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Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Gavin Newsom Uses Wildfire Destruction to Clear Way for His Los Angeles 2.0 Vision

HotAir: I want to focus on one issue that Duane didn’t have time to cover: how Gavin Newsom and the commies who run L.A. and California plan to rebuild the city in their image (HotAir). Eric Daugherty: REPORTER: Los Angeles will be host to the World Cup, Superbowl and Olympics. Can it rebuild in time? GAVIN NEWSOM: We have a Marshall plan for Los Angeles 2.0. REPORTER: Oh, what is that plan? NEWSOM: Well, we’re just starting to lay out and talking (X). Timcast News: “This is exactly what they want and exactly what they vote for.” Tim Pool breaks down how Gavin Newsom is exploiting the wildfire crisis to enact his ‘Marshall Plan’ for an LA 2.0 (X).

Mayor Karen Bass Broke Promise to Not Travel Internationally While in Office

New York Times: After the first rally in her campaign for mayor of Los Angeles in 2021, Karen Bass spoke candidly about what she saw as a potential drawback to the job — a lack of world travel and involvement in global affairs. Ms. Bass was accustomed to circling the globe as a Democratic member of Congress and of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and had spent decades working on U.S.-Africa relations. It was one of the most absorbing parts of her political career, she told The New York Times in an interview on Oct. 17, 2021… She ultimately decided that she did, telling The Times that if she was elected mayor, “not only would I of course live here, but I also would not travel internationally — the only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York, in relation to LA” (New York Times). Ryan Saavedra: She broke her pledge when she was in Africa last week as fires erupted in LA despite warnings that the city was on high alert for fires (X). Byron York: As a candidate for LA mayor, Karen Bass said she would not travel internationally. Not only was she in Ghana when the wildfires began, in the last year she has also been to France three times and Mexico once (X).

Jake Sullivan: “The American people are safer and the country is better off than we were four years ago”

Daily Wire: National security adviser Jake Sullivan said during an interview on Sunday that the American people were better off and safer from threats today than they were four years ago. Sullivan made his claim, which comes less than two weeks after an ISIS-inspired terrorist killed 14 people in an attack on New Orleans, during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper (Daily Wire). Steve Cortes: Wow. Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan just said this with a straight face: “The American people are safer and the country is better off than we were four years ago” (X).

CNN Perplexed Americans Not Attributing California Fires to Climate Change

Eric Daugherty: Americans do not blame wildfires on climate change – CNN. “The searches for wildfires – up 2,400%. The most ever. Search for climate change? It went down 9%. In California, no increase in the search for climate change.” “Americans don’t connect wildfires to climate change” (X). Libs of TikTok: HAHAHAA CNN is freaking out because polls show most people don’t think “climate change” is responsible for the CA fires (X).

FBI Director Wray: China is Prepared to Unleash Major Cyber Attack on the US

Fox News: During his “60 Minutes” interview, Wray expressed his view that China poses the greatest threat to the United States. “Chinese government is prepositioning on U.S. civilian critical infrastructure to lie in wait on those networks to be in a position to wreak havoc and inflict real world harm at a time & place of their choosing,” he said (Fox News). Commentator Gunther Eagleman: Soon-to-be-retired Christopher Wray says China is primed and ready to unleash an attack on our critical infrastructure. His FBI went after Christians and parents at school board meetings while ignoring this? He should be tried for TREASON (X)!

Nearly 8,000 National Guardsmen Will Act as Security for Trump’s Inauguration

One more week. ABC45: President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will take the oath of office on the west front of the Capitol and security is expected to be extremely tight. While law enforcement prepares for some demonstrations, they do not expect any major problems. A spokesperson with the FBI Washington Field Office said the agency is not tracking any credible or specific threats associated with the inauguration (ABC45). David Harris Jr.: DC police chief Pamela Smith announces all DC police will be activated for Trump’s inauguration. Additionally, she states that nearly 4,000 police officers nationwide are volunteering to attend and help with the event (X). George: The Inauguration must be the safest place on Earth. Not a single tragedy should be allowed to take place (X).

Biden Forgives More Student Loans for 150,000 Borrowers

Townhall: President Biden on Monday announced he is bailing out more than 150,000 Americans in his last week in office, bringing total loan “forgiveness” over the last four years to $183.6 billion for more than 5 million borrowers, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said. The latest handouts go to nearly 85,000 borrowers whose schools “cheated or defrauded students,” 61,000 individuals with permanent disabilities, and 6,100 public service workers (Townhall). Spencer Kalimian: How many times does the Supreme Court have to tell him no before he stops breaking the law (X)? Commentator Gunther Eagleman: This is putting the tax burden on people who never signed up for it (X).

California Spends $2.6 Billion Annually on Healthcare for Illegals

Governor Newsom cut millions in fire prevention funding for this. America: California is spending $2.6 billion per year on healthcare for illegal aliens (X). Elon Musk: This will scale to enormous numbers, as California passed a bill providing free healthcare for illegals that just took effect last year. Essentially, anyone on Earth can come to California for free healthcare. Earth has 8 billion people, but California has 40 million people. There are not enough doctors to take care of everyone, even with infinite funding (X).

Montana Asks Supreme Court to Listen to Arguments on Law Requiring Parental Consent for Minors to Get Abortions

After the state supreme court invalidated it. Fox News: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal of a ruling handed down by his state’s highest court invalidating a 2013 law that requires minors seeking an abortion to obtain notarized written consent from a parent or guardian. The law also includes a judicial bypass provision, allowing minors to seek court approval for an abortion without parental consent. The Montana Supreme Court struck down the Parental Consent for Abortion Act in 2024, ruling it violates a minor’s fundamental right to privacy under the state constitution by conditioning access to abortion on parental consent. The court acknowledged parents have a right to direct the care and custody of their children but determined those rights don’t override the “fundamental” right of a minor child to seek an abortion (Fox News). Wahington Times: The law, though, was challenged by Planned Parenthood of Montana after it originally passed in 2013 (Washington Times).

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Fani Willis Asks Court to Be Reinstated on Trump Case

Townhall: Fulton County DA Fani Willis has asked Georgia’s highest court to place her back in charge of prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump and his allies after she was officially kicked off the 2020 election interference case. Last week, Willis filed an appeal asking the state’s Supreme Court—known as the court of last resort—to overturn the appeals court’s disqualification decision. Willis asserts that failure to reinstate her would “infect” the state’s case law for years to come (Townhall). Reporter Phil Holloway: Fulton DA FaniWillis asks the Georgia Supreme Court to put her back on her RICO case against Donald Trump and the other defendants (X).