02/05/2025 05:10 CDT/Online version

TRUMP’S CABINET BREEZING TOWARD CONFIRMATION; TRUMP MAKES CUTS AT EPA AND THREATENS TO DISMANTLE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

TODAY’S TOP TEN

TRUMP’S KEY NOMINEES ALL LIKELY TO BE CONFIRMED

U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS PAM BONDI as next U.S. Attorney General. Fox News.

• Gabbard, RFK Jr. pass crucial hurdles on way to confirmation. The Hill.

FBI TURNS OVER RECORDS SHOWING that one-seventh of its staff was devoted to overcharging J6 defendants. Ace of Spades HQ.

TRUMP COST-CUTTERS POISED TO DISMANTLE or eliminate the Department of Education. Breitbart.

TRUMP INFORMS EPA STAFF THAT 1,000 employees may be fired at any moment. PJ Media.

TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS INVESTIGATION of wasteful “high-speed rail” in California. Breitbart.

HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ASKS PBS, NPR chiefs to testify about their liberal bias. ZeroHedge.

TRUMP BUYOUT OFFER ALREADY HAS CUT federal bureaucracy by 20,000 jobs. The National Pulse.

SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO SAYS EL SALVADOR willing to jail our worst criminals in super 40,000-capacity prison. The Western Journal.

TRUMP, TRUE TO HIS PROMISE, shuts down Biden’s anti-2nd Amendment “gun violence” office. Restoration News.

HOW DEMOCRATS PLAN TO USE Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election to rig the 2026 midterms. The Federalist.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Why did Biden treat his political foes like POWs? Jacob Grandstaff.
• Trump works to end California’s man-made drought. Victor Joecks.
• Why it’s Christian to swiftly deport all illegal immigrants. Nathan Stone.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Trump: Gaza could become the “Riveria of the Middle East.” Real Clear Politics.
• Karoline Leavitt drops the hammer on Chuck Schumer on illegal immigration. Townhall.
• Senator Kennedy notes that Democrats are livid about spending cuts. Fox 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

• Togo, the life-saving sled dog. Smithsonian Magazine.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@elonmusk) DOGE is the wood chipper for bureaucracy Tweet.
• (@RepMTG) I’m truly amused at all the Democrats absolutely losing their mind and defending USAID. We are $36 TRILLION in debt and government OVERSPENDING on foreign countries and foreign causes is NOT at all what people care about. But I truly hope Democrats make it their hill to die on. Democrats keep fighting to send American’s hard earned tax dollars overseas. I really want to win the midterms. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• DEMOCRATS MELT DOWN NOW THAT TRUMP and DOGE take control of massive left-wing slush fund known as USAID. Ace of Spades HQ.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Trump Holds Press Conference With Israeli PM Netanyahu - Says U.S. Will Take Over Gaza Strip BONGINO REPORT.

STATE OF THE RACE

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