First female Chief of Staff, First Latino Secretary of State… I can’t figure out if that’s racist or sexist… or maybe the legacy media has just been lying to you.
“We thought Donald Trump was an idiot. We thought his campaign made no sense, and it turns out they were smarter than us…”
-Van Jones on CNN
“There’s a growing knock in the press that the only people being appointed by Trump are ‘loyalists.’ As if there is anything wrong with presidential nominees supporting the agenda of their boss, the person the American people elected. Such a foolish criticism.”
-Ari Fleischer
Trump Wins Big: A national mandate for change, reform, and common sense.
President Trump won a decisive victory in the Electoral College and a majority of the national popular vote. He garnered more votes than any other Republican candidate in history…ever!
He helped win a governing majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives!
The President only campaigned in some 10 states and still won the popular vote. Can you imagine his margin of victory if he had run nationwide? America has spoken!
President Trump has a clear mandate to lead this country, and the liberals in Congress owe it to the American people to give him a chance to govern. There will be plenty of time for politics. What the country deserves is a peaceful transfer of power, a respectful “honeymoon period” allowing the President and the Republican majorities to put forward their program, build his team, and move America forward.
Divide & Conquer: BEWARE… be prepared. Democrats, liberals, and deep state players are going to do EVERYTHING they can to cause division amongst Republicans. It’s time to unite!
Don’t let them succeed… the President’s agenda depends on it!
Support President Trump & His Team: Now, more than ever, we at the grassroots have to support this President and his team. Just because the election is over, we can’t sit on the sidelines and gloat. Our job has just begun.
The President will be building a team around him that will need our support during the nominating process and beyond. Don’t be afraid to let your voices be heard. Ask your Senators to help quickly confirm his nominees; he’s earned the right to put his team together, and we can help by encouraging our Senators to quickly confirm his nominees.
And yes, President Trump should appoint those who are loyalists and will support his agenda… again, just common sense… and why Americans voted for him.
Engage in the debates on the issues and policies President Trump puts forward. There are many who will try and thwart his efforts. Congress needs to know the American people continue to stand behind our President.
Seniors are the most loyal voting class in American politics. Our voices matter. We can be an important part of the President’s team by providing him the grassroots support he needs.
We have millions of activists across this country that came out to support the President and his allies in Congress. We can’t stop now. Our efforts, our voices, our encouragement outside the swamp is critical to help President Trump get his agenda implemented.
We have just begun to fight for the values and policies this country voted for… just plain ‘ole common sense, back to normal living… with good jobs, schools that teach, limited government that serves its citizens, and an America First perspective that takes care of those hurting across the country.
President Trump was given a mandate, and he needs our continued voices and support to help him and his team implement his agenda. We have an important role to play in the endeavor and a responsibility to our children and grandchildren to Make America Great Again!
Social Security & Medicare – Fight the Lies: I want to remind everyone what the progressive liberal Democrats said during this election. They were NOT afraid to lie about President Trump’s positions, agenda, and where Republicans wanted to take this country.
There was no better example than the Democrats willingness to try and scare senior citizens on the issues of Social Security and Medicare. President Trump could not have been more clear; he stood with us during his first four years in office and was committed to protecting Social Security and Medicare in his next four years.
It seems like almost daily we were responding to the Democrats attacks against President Trump and Republicans running for Congress. These weren’t just distortions or misleading statements; they were lies designed to scare senior citizens. It was shameful.
We responded aggressively across the country. We travelled to multiple states letting seniors know where candidates stood on the issues. We responded to attacks on behalf of Congressional candidates and those running for the Senate… not letting the left get away with their lies.
We ran this ad in targeted states and beyond, making it crystal clear where President Trump stood on Social Security and Medicare… in his own words. There was NO ambiguity. The Democrats were blatantly lying and we had to respond.
Check it out – We Are Senior Citizens: https://youtu.be/ilMB67kl6wI?si=lpys76xw2sLiC7DV
Many of you supported our efforts with your time, money, and prayers. We were on the front lines and as I mentioned above, the President still needs our support.
Thanks Again!: On behalf of the 60 Plus Association, the American Association of Senior Citizens, our board, and state leaders… thank you for all you did… and all you will continue to do.
We are already making plans to do all we can to support President Trump and his agenda. We are looking forward to putting in the work necessary in targeted states where critical elections will be held in two years… it’s not too early to start making plans for the next two years.
I am grateful for your support and proud to serve with our Chairman Jim Martin as the President of this great organization. I look forward to working side by side with all of you over the next years to come. The President needs us. His team and Congressional supporters need our support. Each and every one of you make a difference. Your voices matter. Our voices matter.
Thanks again for all you do and will do!!!
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This Week: Senator John Thune will be the new Senate Majority Leader, FEMA in hot water over Trump discrimination, and the Harris-Walz campaign ends with millions in debt!
To Understand Trump’s Victory, Consider the Difference Between a Movement and a Campaign
The most frustrating part of the last month of the 2024 presidential campaign was the chorus of supposedly sophisticated analysts who focused on daily campaign activities and highlighting specific actions rather than the big picture
Was a comedian’s stupid joke about Puerto Rico historically more important than the reality that President Donald J. Trump filled Madison Square Garden with 20,000 supporters — or that he built a broad coalition including Elon Musk, Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Hulk Hogan, and Dr. Phil?
Similarly, was Beyoncé’s appearance with Vice President Harris more significant than Harris’s decline in support among African American men and Latino voters?
Donald Trump Is Set to Make MAGA America’s Defining Political Movement
When one considers Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections announced thus far, there are a few themes that emerge.
One discernible theme, which has been the subject of constant teeth-gnashing all week, is the unorthodox or perhaps outright surprising nature of some of the picks. Tulsi Gabbard, tapped as our next director of national intelligence, is not a career spy. Pete Hegseth, Trump’s inspired choice to be our next secretary of defense, is not a company man who steadily worked his way up through the Pentagon’s labyrinthine bureaucracy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tapped to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, is a famously iconoclastic figure. And if you had consummate “Florida man” Matt Gaetz on your bingo card as Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general, then you’re quite a bit more prescient than me.
But there is at least one other clearly discernible theme that emerges when one considers all those who Trump has picked to surround himself with: Many of these people are young.
Gabbard is 43. Hegseth 44. Gaetz is 42. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for ambassador to the United Nations, is 40. Lee Zeldin, Trump’s pick for Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is 44. Vivek Ramaswamy, who will manage the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency alongside Elon Musk, is 39. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for secretary of state, isn’t exactly an old geezer at 53; ditto his fellow Floridian Michael Waltz, Trump’s pick for national security advisor, who is 50. And lest we forget, Trump’s own running mate and soon-to-be vice president, JD Vance, just turned 40 a few months ago.
That is a lot of high-ranking young — or at least comparatively young — people. And there are still many top positions in the second Trump administration that remain unannounced, raising the distinct possibility of even more young blood getting tapped for powerful leadership positions. What exactly is going on here?
Democrats’ plans to shun Trump-voting family will tragically drive division
Ignorance thrives when people live in isolation, breeding irrational concepts about the “other” they clearly do not understand.
The overwhelming victory for President-elect Donald Trump has brought to the forefront Democrats’ wholesale ignorance surrounding his supporters — and many are choosing to lean on their lack of knowledge, rather than think deeply about Trump voters’ reasoning.
The most prideful Trump haters are now imploring others to remain in their benighted wasteland by permanently separating themselves from friends and family who helped to put the former president back into power.
Yale-affiliated psychiatrist Dr. Amanda Calhoun appeared on MSNBC’s “The Reid Out” and encouraged left-leaning viewers to disconnect themselves from Trump-supporting family members as the holiday season approaches.
“There is a societal push that, if somebody is your family, they are entitled to your time,” Calhoun told host Joy Ann Reid. “And I think the answer is absolutely not.”
If family members or close friends “voted in ways that are against you, that are against your livelihood,” she advised, “it’s completely fine to not be around those people.”
“I’m not going to be around you this holiday,” she declared. “I need to take some space for me.”
She’s not alone: Bitter leftists across social media are picking up the theme.
Only two types of people will tell you to separate yourself from your friends and family because of ideological differences: cult leaders and domestic abusers.
This voting bloc that transcends race, class, and gender handed Trump his victory, top pollster says
Election analysts are still puzzling over the surprising gains that President-elect Donald Trump made in securing a second term, especially as traditionally Democratic groups shifted to the Republican side.
Most notably, Trump saw increased support from Hispanic, Black and women voters compared to 2020. That’s despite running against Kamala Harris, a woman of Black and Indian heritage, while also facing backlash from Latinos after his Madison Square Rally, where a comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
Meanwhile, Democrats were also faulted for abandoning working-class voters, while Trump’s strong support among Gen Z men was notable as well.
But prior to Election Day, polling expert Frank Luntz identified a group that cuts across race, gender, and class, saying “paycheck-to-paycheck” voters would be key. And in an interview with News Nation after the election, he said that voting bloc handed Trump his win.
“That’s in fact exactly what happened, and this is a group that has been voting Democrats since I’ve been alive,” he said. “And Trump is the first Republican able to coalesce them.”
Rand Paul to target ‘COVID cover-up’ as head of Senate Homeland Security committee
Sen. Rand Paul will take over the chairmanship of the upper chamber’s Homeland Security Committee starting in January after two years as the panel’s top Republican — and he’s told The Post he wants to uncover the truth about the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I chose to chair this committee over another because I believe that, for the health of our republic, Congress must stand up once again for its constitutional role,” Paul (R-Ky.) said in an exclusive interview Wednesday. “This committee’s mission of oversight and investigations is critical to Congress reasserting itself.”
“I think we’re on the cusp of, really, the beginning of uncovering what happened with COVID,” the 61-year-old added.
After years of subpoenaing government agencies about research grants and funding related to the origins of the coronavirus, Paul believes his newfound power — coupled with a sympathetic president in the White House come Jan. 20 — will help promote transparency.
The ‘Lost Boys’ of Gen Z: how Trump won the hearts of alienated young men
Generation Z was supposed to be a vanguard of progressive politics – more queer, ethnically diverse and environmentally conscious than previous generations. Spurred on by climate protests, racial equality campaigns and feminist movements, we were sold the vision that Gen Z could usher in a more progressive and equitable future.
So, how is it that Donald Trump was elected to a second term despite this cohort now having reached voting age? And how did he secure a larger share of voters under 30 than any Republican presidential candidate since 2008?
The answer may lie in Gen Z’s “Lost Boys”, as they’ve been dubbed by some in the media. Not unlike Peter Pan’s disciples, these young men are failing to mature and find purpose in today’s rapidly changing social and economic landscape. They feel overlooked and shortchanged by left-wing politics and current economic outcomes.
In Trump, they see an outlet for their grievances – a figure who promises to restore the old order and give them the recognition they believe they deserve.
Inside The Brand New Ballot-Chasing Operation That Helped Republicans Flip The Senate
Sentinel proved to be a difference maker in electing Trump and helping Republicans decisively take back the Senate.
When the Associated Press on Thursday declared Republican Dave McCormick the winner of a hard-fought Senate race over entrenched Democrat Sen. Bob Casey, it wasn’t just the latest crest in a Red Wave 2024 election year. It was eye-opening proof that a focused ground game fixated on turning out early and absentee voters when voting runs several weeks long is a blueprint for GOP electoral success.
That fact should have been clear to Republicans long ago. But many in the party and too many campaigns didn’t get it, and conservatives have paid a high political price for failing to learn. So have Americans in general, as evidenced by the past four long years of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the White House.
Some Republicans saw the writing on the wall long ago, however. They’ve been watching and taking notes on what Democrats have done in recent election cycles — beyond the 2020 shenanigans under the cover of Covid. Dems get the importance of a long-term commitment to the ground game, of constant connections, particularly with people who irregularly vote at best. They have mastered the art of ballot chasing, as they’ve pushed for expanded mail-in voting.
After the crushing “Red Wave” that wasn’t in the 2022 midterms, some Republicans finally woke up and decided they were going to try to beat Democrats at their own game. They learned that where the rubber meets the road in elections is on the ground.
Democrats Couldn’t Get Away With 2020-Style Election Shenanigans In 2024 Thanks To The Election Integrity Movement
Donald Trump won in a landslide in part because Republicans and conservatives mobilized like never before to ensure free and fair elections.
The 2020 presidential election was marred by irregularities, insecure election practices, and last-minute rule changes that, as election integrity activists have since pointed out, benefitted Democrat Joe Biden. As The Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway put it in her bestseller, the election was “Rigged.”
But four years later, President-elect Donald Trump won in a landslide in part because Republicans and conservatives mobilized like never before to build a massive election integrity network focused on ensuring free and fair elections.
Take 2020 for example. Republican observers “were either kept out, or allowed inside but kept too far away from the counting to see what was happening” at the Philadelphia Convention Center, as explained by my colleague Beth Brelje.
But following reports on Tuesday that Republican poll watchers were being “turned away” in Philadelphia, York, Westmoreland, Allegheny, Lehigh, Cambria, Wyoming, and Lackawanna counties, the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) was on top of it.
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a post on X that the committee “deployed our roving attorneys, engaged with local officials, and can now report that all Republican poll watchers have been let into the building.”
Social Security update: First round of November payments worth $4,873 goes out in three days
The first round of November Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at age 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in three days.
The amount of Social Security benefits retirees receive depends on the age at which they retire, the number of years they paid into the system, and the amount of money they paid to Social Security. Highest-income earners who retired at age 70 can expect to receive a maximum of $4,873 each month. Those who retired at age 62, the earliest age at which one can begin to collect benefits, at most, can collect $2,710 each month.
Beneficiaries can see a personalized estimate of how much they can expect each month through the Social Security Administration’s calculator.
Retirees will receive their Social Security check depending on when their birthday falls. The first round of checks will go out to people born between the first and 10th of the month on the second Wednesday of the month with recipients receiving their checks on Nov. 13. Beneficiaries born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive their checks on Nov. 20, and retirees born on or after the 21st of a month will receive their payments on Nov. 27.
Curtain Pull: How Trump’s Election Produced a Moment of Unintended Honesty
Below is my column in Fox.com on the response of media figures to the Trump victory on election night. The meltdown was a moment of honesty for some in revealing the bias harbored by many in the industry. That curtain pull offered a glimpse of the Great Oz that some will be difficult to unsee.
Here is the column:
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” Those words came to mind as leading scientific and media figures lost any semblance of restraint or neutrality in bemoaning the results of the presidential election. After regaining their composure, the public was told to ignore what they had just seen.
It was not surprising that the sweeping Trump victory last week produced near hysteria among some Harris supporters from women pledging to break up with men to others cutting off their hair to those pledging to flee the country (including one curiously announcing that he was “leaving the United States” for Hawaii).
It also may not be such a surprise that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul would label over half of the electorate as “anti-American” for voting for Trump or other Republican politicians. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced that we are now officially moving into a dictatorship due to this democratic election.
It is the media elite that was most interesting to watch. Obviously, the response on MSNBC and CNN were expected as figures like contributor Claire McCaskill wept on air.
However, other news organizations like CBS News have long maintained claims of neutrality even as their networks were criticized for openly pushing the Harris-Walz ticket. That included the alleged biased handling of the vice-presidential debate as CBS insisted that its hosts and journalists were completely neutral in the election.
Democrats Deserved to Lose
They have tried to do a zillion different things and done them badly, at great expense.
By electing Donald Trump again, the American electorate has made a bad decision, one that will expose our country to unreasonable risks in areas from foreign policy to public health. Fiscal policy will get worse—budget deficits will become even larger, keeping interest rates high, and programs that provide health care to the poor and elderly are likely to be trimmed back to finance tax cuts for rich people. Abortion rights are likely to be further restricted by a hostile administration that uses the powers of the FDA and the Department of Justice to make abortion harder to provide. And we’ll have another four years under Trump’s exhausting, mercurial, and divisive leadership, making our politics nastier and stupider.
I wish the election had gone the other way. I am annoyed. That said, when Trump won eight years ago, I was much more than annoyed.
Marc Elias and the Demise of the Faux “Save Democracy” Movement
Below is my column in the New York Post on the reappearance of Marc Elias in leading the effort to undo the victory of Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania. While some have distanced themselves from the controversial Democratic lawyer, Sen. Bob Casey has embraced Elias in his effort to retain the seat. Despite being sanctioned and ridiculed by courts in prior cases, Democrats continue to enrich Elias, who is the personification of the hypocrisy of some self-appointed “save democracy” champions. Casey continued on Tuesday to refuse to concede. Every candidate has a right to have all of the votes counted. However, regardless of the outcome of the effort, Casey’s association with Elias destroys any moral high ground for him and his campaign.
Here is the column:
Marc Elias is back and that is not good news.
Despite the Pennsylvania race being called by the AP almost a week ago, Elias is working with Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) to try to change that outcome. It is not surprising that Casey was left with Elias.
For many, Elias is a notorious figure who captures the hypocrisy of the “save democracy” crowd. Elias is an attorney who has been sanctioned in court and denounced by critics as a Democratic “dirty trickster” and even an “election denier.”
Despite his checkered history, Elias remains the go-to lawyer for many Democratic campaigns.
NY Times columnist slams Dems over denials about crime, migrants and inflation across US cities: ‘Shut the f–k up’
New York Times columnist Ezra Klein slammed Democrats over their stubborn denials that US cities are plagued with rising crime, out-of-control migration, and skyrocketing prices, saying they need to “shut the f–k up.”
In Donald Trump’s blowout election victory last week, the president-elect won a 6.5% gain in the most populous urban counties across the country, which outpaced the 3.3% swing towards Trump in suburban counties, the Washington Post reported.
A voting district in Manhattan even went red for the first time in at least a decade, The Post reported exclusively this week.
Klein, 40, cited anger that has built up among residents of major blue cities like New York and San Francisco, saying Dems who try to explain away the worsening conditions in these cities need to “talk to some people who live near you.”
Final Thought…
“If you discard a lifelong friendship because somebody votes for the other team, you’ve made a terrible mistake… Whether you vote for Donald Trump or for Kamala Harris, don’t cast aside family members and lifelong friendships. Politics is not worth it.” -JD Vance
