02/12/2025 05:20 CDT/Online version

TRUMP, MUSK MEET THE PRESS, FORGE AHEAD WITH MASSIVE SPENDING CUTS AS CORRUPT MEDIA GRUMBLES IN BACKGROUND

TODAY’S TOP TEN

SIDES DRAWN IN BATTLE TO SHRINK DEEP STATE

WHEN IT COMES TO SPENDING CUTS, it’s Trump, Musk, American people vs. corrupt media, Washington bureaucrats. The Last Refuge.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FIRES FOUR FEMA employees who sent millions for migrants in defiance of spending pause. Daily Caller.

FORMER USAID OFFICIAL WARNS OF CORRUPTION within agency, says Democrats benefitted. Just the News.

PRESIDENT TRUMP NAMES MAGA FAVORITE Ric Grenell to head Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Off The Press.

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES “ANGERED” and “fearful” at having to show up at the office and obey their boss. The Federalist.

UNDER JOE BIDEN, MILITARY TRAINING standards fell to new low as Pete Hegseth tries to clean up the mess. Restoration News.

PBS CAVES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP and removes its diversity, equity, and inclusion office. Breitbart.

REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL IN PENNSYLVANIA slow-walking action on Trump’s order to stop sexual mutilation of children. Daily Caller.

BUNDLING DEI WITH CLIMATE INITIATIVES might spell big trouble for the climate spending. Restoration News.

GOOGLE DELETES BLACK HISTORY MONTH, “Pride” Month, and other woke holidays from its calendars. Ace of Spades HQ.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Trump is the un-radical. Isaac Schorr.
• How to commit Democratic Party suicide. Victor Davis Hanson.
• Liberal media rattled by lawsuits. Robyn Dolgin.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Award-winning journalists destroys notion of “climate change.” Wide Awake Media.
• Deep State libs go ballistic over DOGE cost-cutting. Free Beacon.
• Elon Musk: “I’m not sure we should be sending $50 million worth of condoms to anywhere, frankly.” Real Clear Politics.

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

• Scientists discover traces of military service on soldier’s teeth. Archeology News.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@joelpollak) Trump's offer of asylum to Afrikaner farmers has taken South Africa by surprise. It is a wake-up call: your most valuable resources are not your minerals but rather your people and their skills. These, ultimately, are mobile and cannot be made to endure bad policies indefinitely. Tweet.
• (@CynicalPublius) It kinda feels like every tactic the Democrats are trying no longer works. I can't imagine how frustrated they must be. They are pulling out all the stops with all their ploys that were once so effective, but now every one sputters like a wet firecracker. It's sort of amazing. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• HERE ARE THE LEFT-WING ACTIVISTS urging illegal immigrants to “fight back” against ICE deportations. Restoration News.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• FEMA Employees Who Paid for Luxury Hotel for Illegals Fired BONGINO REPORT.

STATE OF THE RACE

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