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Farage: Climate Lockdowns Are Coming, ‘Mark My Words’.

Brexit leader Nigel Farage has foretold of impending, authoritarian measures by Western governments designed to limit people’s movements and vehicle usage under the guise of “climate change” action. Speaking to supporters via social media, Farage warns: “climate lockdowns are coming,” citing a recent limit placed on automobile usage by the far left Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

In response to one of Khan’s tweets, which encouraged Londoners to “avoid unnecessary car journeys,” Farage argued: “he’s telling us: don’t use your car unnecessarily, no engine idling, no burning of wood or waste.”

“Mark my words, this isn’t gonna end with 20-mile-an-hour zones and low traffic neighborhoods, no, no: this is the beginning of climate lockdowns,” Farage continued.

“We will have in years to come days when we’re told we can’t drive, we can’t do this, we can’t do that, and Sadiq Khan is leading the way,” he added.

Khan has often warned of the dangers of climate change and used it to justify London’s “Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ),” which charges Brits £12.50 per day to drive in the capitol.

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This Is How RINO Senator Susan Collins Plans to Obstruct Trump Health Appointments.

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is raising roadblocks against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s efforts to reshape America’s health agencies, calling for what she describes as “extensive committee investigations” into his nominees. Last week, Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Dr. Mehmet Oz as his choice to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Collins’s demand for prolonged scrutiny could slow the process of reforming agencies like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Maine Republican insists that the Senate’s “advice and consent” role requires background checks, lengthy public hearings, and comprehensive investigations. However, many see this as thinly veiled obstructionism. Trump argues that positions need to be filled “IMMEDIATELY” to ensure the government can function effectively.

The 71-year-old Senator has rejected the possibility of recess appointments, a mechanism past presidents have used to bypass Senate delays.

Along with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Sen. Collins has a track record of siding with Democrats on key votes, including the confirmation of controversial Biden-Harris officials. Critics argue that by dragging out Trump’s confirmation process, Collins is undermining the mandate voters delivered in the 2024 election.

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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is raising roadblocks against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s efforts to reshape America’s health agencies, calling for what she describes as “extensive committee investigations” into his nominees. Last week, Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Dr. Mehmet Oz as his choice to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. show more
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Musk and Ramaswamy Unveil Plans for New Government Efficiency Department.

Technology and space exploration mogul Elon Musk and entrepreneur-turned-2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy have unveiled their vision for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which they will spearhead under President-elect Donald J. Trump. The two laid out their plans in an editorial for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, emphasizing that the government should be run by the elected and not the permanent, unelected bureaucracy.

“Most government enforcement decisions and discretionary expenditures aren’t made by the democratically elected president or even his political appointees but by millions of unelected, unappointed civil servants within government agencies who view themselves as immune from firing thanks to civil-service protections,” Musk and Ramaswamy contend.

CUT REGULATIONS.

To address the problem, they say they will work with legal experts in each agency to identify regulatory guidance and rulemaking that is outside the bounds of  West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency and Loper Bright v. Raimondotwo recent Supreme Court decisions that have significantly curbed the regulatory reach of federal agencies. These rules and regulations will be compiled into lists to be presented to President Trump, “who can, by executive action, immediately pause the enforcement of those regulations and initiate the process for review and rescission.”

SHRINK THE WORKFORCE.

The next stage, Musk and Ramaswamy write, will then be a mass reduction in the size of the federal workforce. They contend that a reduction in the scale of regulatory requirements and paperwork will pave the way for shrinking the bureaucracy that enacts and oversees said regulations. Musk and Ramaswamy note that while the President cannot—arguably—target individual positions for elimination, federal law allows for “‘reductions in force’ that don’t target specific employees.”

Finally, they propose an aggressive legal challenge to the 1974 Impoundment Control Act. If overturned, President Trump could, in theory, withhold congressional appropriations from various agencies, generating taxpayer savings.

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Technology and space exploration mogul Elon Musk and entrepreneur-turned-2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy have unveiled their vision for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which they will spearhead under President-elect Donald J. Trump. The two laid out their plans in an editorial for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, emphasizing that the government should be run by the elected and not the permanent, unelected bureaucracy. show more
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Sadiq Khan Accuses Trump of Racism and Islamophobia.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has reignited his feud with President-elect Donald J. Trump, claiming the America First leader’s criticisms of him are racially and religiously motivated. “He wasn’t coming for me because I’m five foot six. He’s coming for me because of—let’s be frank—my ethnicity and my religion, so it’s incredibly personal to me,” the Labour politician alleged.

“It affects me, my family. What worries me though, it’s not about me and my family, it’s about the fact that he’s the leader of the free world,” he continued, suggesting that America is a kind of “lighthouse” that can send out “ripples of hope and love, but also ripples of hate.”

“I was speaking out against somebody whose policies were sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, racist, [it] wasn’t because I wanted to come to his attention, [it was] because I have a responsibility to speak out if I think something’s affecting not just Londoners, but… all of us,” Khan insisted.

Trump clashed with Khan after the latter began attacking him for his so-called Muslim ban—travel restrictions on Muslim-majority countries known to have little government and large jihadist contingents. The American leader called the London mayor a “stone-cold loser” and has at various times argued mass migration, which Khan supports, has changed the British capital for the worse.

The 2021 census recorded that the ‘White British’ population of Khan’s city had fallen to just 36.8 percent.

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has reignited his feud with President-elect Donald J. Trump, claiming the America First leader's criticisms of him are racially and religiously motivated. “He wasn’t coming for me because I’m five foot six. He’s coming for me because of—let’s be frank—my ethnicity and my religion, so it’s incredibly personal to me," the Labour politician alleged. show more
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Trump Comms Chief Blasts ‘Idiot’ at CBS After Mar-a-Lago Misreporting.

The corporate media is taking flak for setting off a panic on social media after an unofficial CBS News television pool falsely reported ambulances accompanied by United States Secret Service (USSS) leaving President-elect Donald J. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. In reality, the emergency vehicles and USSS presence were part of Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s motorcade.

“The press has set up a fake, unofficial “pool” because they want to feel important about themselves,” Steven Cheung, the incoming Trump White House Communications Director, wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He continued: “In this case, some idiot at CBS overreacted and set off the fire alarm for no reason thinking they were going to get the scoop of a lifetime.”

“F*cking dummy,” Cheung added.

Andrew Feinberg, a reporter for The Independent, a leftist news site based in the United Kingdom, set off the initial media panic. At 4:16 PM, Feinberg posted on X, citing the unofficial CBS News pool: “NOW: Per pool, 2 ambulances and several vans that appeared full of @SecretService have left Mar-a-Lago in the last few minutes.” Almost 30 minutes later, Feinberg clarified that the report was a false alarm but offered no other details.

The National Pulse’s Editor-in-Chief, Raheem Kassam, was the first to report that the fake CBS News pool’s claim regarding an emergency at Mar-a-Lago was incorrect. “This is NOT an official pool report, I am told by Trump world sources. This is some recently invented CBS pool that they made up for themselves,” Kassam wrote on X at 4:38 PM, continuing: “It’s not reliable. A separate source tells me there’s nothing out of the ordinary going on.”

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The corporate media is taking flak for setting off a panic on social media after an unofficial CBS News television pool falsely reported ambulances accompanied by United States Secret Service (USSS) leaving President-elect Donald J. Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. In reality, the emergency vehicles and USSS presence were part of Vice President-elect J.D. Vance's motorcade. show more
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International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and a prominent Hamas leader. The ICC, headquartered in the Netherlands, accuses Prime Minister Netanyahu of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the protracted conflict in Gaza following the October 7 assault on Israel by Hamas in 2023.

Netanyahu branded the court’s decision “absurd and false.” He asserted that Israel’s actions in Gaza are justified.

The ICC’s move designates Netanyahu and the others as internationally wanted figures. However, the practical impact of these warrants is dubious. Neither Israel nor its primary ally, the United States, are members of the ICC. The Hamas official the court is seeking has reportedly already been killed in the ongoing conflict.

The ICC claims there is evidence that Netanyahu and Gallant were responsible for attacks targeting civilians. Among the alleged crimes is the use of starvation as a method of warfare.

The ICC relies on member states to enforce arrests, lacking its own policing capacity. Israel has consistently rejected the court’s jurisdiction, and it seems unlikely Britain and other Western ICC members will take Netanyahu into custody.

The warrants come after the ICC also issued similar arrest warrants for Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and others in March of 2023, arguing that Russia had kidnapped children from Ukraine.

Russia, like Israel and the United States, is not a current signatory to the Rome Statute and does not recognize the authority of the ICC, as the country withdrew its support in 2016. No country has yet to attempt to arrest President Putin, either.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and a prominent Hamas leader. The ICC, headquartered in the Netherlands, accuses Prime Minister Netanyahu of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the protracted conflict in Gaza following the October 7 assault on Israel by Hamas in 2023. show more
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Neuralink Secures Approval for First International Brain Chip Trial.

Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, has been granted approval by Health Canada to start recruiting participants for its first clinical trial in the country. This marks a notable advancement for Neuralink in its objective to develop technology that aids individuals with paralysis in controlling external devices using mental commands.

The Canadian trial will be conducted at the University Health Network hospital in Toronto, where complex neurosurgical procedures will be performed. The trial will concentrate on assessing the safety and initial capabilities of the implant for those with quadriplegia, a condition involving paralysis of all four limbs. The aim is to restore some level of independence for users by enabling them to control digital devices through thought alone.

This initiative parallels efforts by Neuralink in the United States, where two patients have already been implanted with the device under the Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface Study. The study’s goal is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of this technology in individuals with severe motor impairments. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the start of human trials in May 2023, leading to the first trial participant, Noland Arbaugh, receiving his implant in January 2024.

Neuralink reported that by August 2024, a second participant, referred to as “Alex,” had received his implant and had been making strides in using computer-aided design software and playing video games.

Since 2017, Neuralink has conducted tests on various animals, including monkeys, pigs, and sheep.

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Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company founded by Elon Musk, has been granted approval by Health Canada to start recruiting participants for its first clinical trial in the country. This marks a notable advancement for Neuralink in its objective to develop technology that aids individuals with paralysis in controlling external devices using mental commands. show more
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Appeals Court Upholds Judge’s Halt on Displaying Ten Commandments in Schools.

The federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a motion by the State of Louisiana seeking to temporarily stay a lower court ruling that bars the display of the Ten Commandments in the state’s public schools. Earlier this year, Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA) signed into law legislation that requires the posting of the ethics code associated with Jewish and Christian religious beliefs in Louisiana schools beginning next year.

U.S. District Court Judge John deGravelles issued a preliminary injunction against the law earlier this month as litigation over the requirement and its constitutionality continues. The Fifth Circuit will hear arguments over the matter on January 23, which means the stay will remain in effect, delaying the state’s January 1 deadline to post the Ten Commandments.

In June of this year, Louisiana became the first U.S. state to mandate that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms. The law includes any educational institution receiving state funds, from kindergartens to public universities.

“I’m going home to sign a bill that places the Ten Commandments in public classrooms,” Gov. Landry said this past summer during a fundraiser. Seemingly unphased by the prospect of litigation, he added: “And I can’t wait to be sued.” Hours later, Landry signed the Ten Commandments bill into law.

Reacting to the appellate court decision, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said her office will “continue to defend this clearly constitutional law.”

In issuing his stay earlier this month, District Court Judge deGravelles found the Louisiana law to be “overtly religious” and ruled it “unconstitutional on its face.” The State of Louisiana contends that the Ten Commandments are not purely religious texts but also have a long history of influence over U.S. legal codes.

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The federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a motion by the State of Louisiana seeking to temporarily stay a lower court ruling that bars the display of the Ten Commandments in the state's public schools. Earlier this year, Governor Jeff Landry (R-LA) signed into law legislation that requires the posting of the ethics code associated with Jewish and Christian religious beliefs in Louisiana schools beginning next year. show more
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REPORT: Pentagon Delayed National Guard Response on Jan. 6.

A House Republican-led investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, is accusing Department of Defense (DOD) officials of delaying the deployment of the National Guard and subsequently covering it up. Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who is overseeing a review of the partisan investigation conducted by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), has requested that the Department of Defense’s inspector general amend its November 2021 report on the matter.

In a letter, Loudermilk asserted that numerous discrepancies in the report indicate a possible partisan cover-up. Through an analysis of various documents and testimonies, Loudermilk’s Subcommittee on Oversight for the House Administration Committee concluded that the Pentagon was responsible for delays in deploying the National Guard. The subcommittee also alleges that the inspector general’s office omitted key testimonies critical of then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy for his lack of communication with the Guard.

Loudermilk revealed Trump’s order to have 10,000 troops ready on standby on the day of electoral certification. The Georgia Congressman asserts this decision was covered up during the official proceedings of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riots. Additionally, he notes that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at the time, expressed concerns about deploying troops due to the potential optics in the Capitol.

In March, Kash Patel, the former chief of staff at the DOD, affirmed Trump’s order to have National Guard soldiers at the ready. Patel added that senior Pentagon officials were in contact with and consulting with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office.

Loudermilk’s letter requests the inspector general ensure historical records accurately reflect these events.

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A House Republican-led investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, is accusing Department of Defense (DOD) officials of delaying the deployment of the National Guard and subsequently covering it up. Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who is overseeing a review of the partisan investigation conducted by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), has requested that the Department of Defense's inspector general amend its November 2021 report on the matter. show more
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Biden-Harris Govt Forgives $4.7 Billion in Ukrainian Loans.

The Biden-Harris government has moved to forgive approximately $4.7 billion in U.S. loans to Ukraine. During a press briefing on Wednesday, Miller indicated that this decision was aligned with legal provisions but noted that Congress retains the authority to reverse it.

This recent development is part of a broader pattern of financial and military support from the U.S. to Ukraine, with the government’s total expenditure nearing $60 billion. In April, Congress passed legislation that included $9.4 billion in loan forgiveness for Ukraine as part of a package allocating $61 billion for military resources and governmental operations.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a motion to block further loan forgiveness.

As President Biden approaches the conclusion of his term, he stands accused of attempting to prolong the conflict at almost any cost. Biden has boosted financial and military aid, positioning the U.S. as the single most critical ally in the war.

President-elect Donald Trump has indicated plans to pursue a peace agreement soon after taking office on January 20. This stands in contrast to recent actions from the departing government, which include approving missile strikes within Russia and the deployment of anti-personnel landmines in Ukraine. These moves have led to heightened tensions and threats of retaliation from Russia.

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The Biden-Harris government has moved to forgive approximately $4.7 billion in U.S. loans to Ukraine. During a press briefing on Wednesday, Miller indicated that this decision was aligned with legal provisions but noted that Congress retains the authority to reverse it. show more
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WEIRD: AOC Really Wants Dudes in Her Bathroom.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is publicly defending Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, while criticizing a GOP-backed effort to restrict bathroom use in Congress and on federal property to the users corresponding biological sex.

The proposal, introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), aims to prohibit transgenders from using restrooms that do not align with their biological sex on federal property. Ocasio-Cortez condemned the proposed restrictions in an interview on Wednesday.

The New York Democrat argued that the measures lack a practical means of enforcement and would create situations where women and girls could face invasive scrutiny over their gender identity. She accused Mace and her Republican colleagues of using the issue to fundraise rather than protect individuals, urging House members to reject the measure.

“It’s disgusting and everybody, no matter how you feel on this issue, should reject it completely,” she said. “What are they doing? They’re doing this so that Nancy Mace can make a buck and send a text and fundraise off of an email.”

“They’re not doing this to protect people; they’re endangering women, they’re endangering girls of all kinds, and everybody should reject it,” Ocasio-Cortez concluded.


Mace dismissed Ocasio-Cortez’s comments, rejecting the spurious claims that the proposal endangers women.

Meanwhile, Speaker Mike Johnson has announced single-sex facilities in House office buildings and the Capitol will be restricted to those of the appropriate biological sex. McBride says he will abide by this determination.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is publicly defending Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, while criticizing a GOP-backed effort to restrict bathroom use in Congress and on federal property to the users corresponding biological sex. show more
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