01/29/2025 05:10 CDT/Online version

TRUMP DE-EMPHASIZES LEGACY MEDIA AND ELEVATES CONSERVATIVES, PODCASTERS; LATE PUSH TO UPEND RFK JR., GABBARD

TODAY’S TOP TEN

TRUMP OPENS BRIEFING ROOM TO CONSERVATIVES

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WELCOMES conservative media, podcasters into White House briefings. Daily Wire.

DEEP STATE TRIES TO UNDERMINE RFK JR. and Tulsi Gabbard with late hit pieces. Ace of Spades HQ.

EVEN LIBERAL REPORTERS NOTICE NEW WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt leaps and bounds sharper than Biden’s spokeswoman. The Western Journal.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS DRONES over New Jersey were approved by FAA. Legal Insurrection.

OBNOXIOUS CRANK JIM ACOSTA announces departure from CNN after his demotion. New York Post.

MICHIGAN DEMOCRAT SENATOR GARY PETERS announces he won’t seek re-election in 2026. Daily Caller.

U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS FORMER WISCONSIN congressman Sean Duffy as new Transportation Secretary. The Hill.

GOOGLE READY TO CHANGE MAP for Gulf of Mexico and Denali after Trump changed their names. Washington Times.

DERANGED LEFTISTS USING CODED LANGUAGE on social media to plot violence against Republicans. ZeroHedge.

HOUSE GOP COULD GRANT CONCEALED CARRY reciprocity for 22 million gun owners nationwide. Restoration News.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• NYT refuses to admit Kash Patel was right about Obama Spygate. Elle Purnell.
• Why “climate change” ideology is dying. Barton Swaim.
• Withdrawing from WHO a win for decency. Jacob Grandstaff.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• New WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sets reporters straight. Free Beacon.
• WH’s Stephen Miller squares off with CNN’s Jake Tapper about federal employees. Real Clear Politics.
• Tom Homan tells CNN how some are trying to shield illegal immigrants from arrest. Grabien News.

LATEST FIRST RIGHT PODCAST

• Host Hayden Ludwig interviews culture warrior Terry Schilling about American Principles Project’s fight to expose “Trans Inc.” Rumble.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• Army officers had to write haikus during World War II. Task & Purpose.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@libsoftiktok) USA Today when it’s Elon: He probably did a Nazi salute USA Today when it’s Tim Walz: He didn’t do a Nazi salute You don’t hate these people enough Tweet.
• (@DefiyantlyFree) How embarrassing for the state of California that Donald Trump has to use his emergency powers to come turn on their water. The incompetence is just mind numbing. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• TRUMP FIRES MORE THAN A DOZEN DOJ OFFICIALS involved in political prosecutions. Ace of Spades HQ.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Holds First Official White House Press Briefing BONGINO REPORT.

STATE OF THE RACE

• New Senate composition: Democrats 47, Republicans 53.
• New House composition: Democrats 215, Republicans 220.