Shaken, Not Stirred

 

Friends, today's top story is the fact that Amazon now has the James Bond franchise well and truly under its control.  Even a year ago, this would have filled me with dread, because Amazon was churning out woke drivel by the barrel full.  Well, now that Jeff Bezos has seen the light and is at least tolerant of Trumpism, there's hope that James Bond will emerge from his long sabbatical in recognizable form.  Let's hope so!  I suggest a slightly older, heavier, orange-haired Bond.  Who's with me?

 

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/20/jeff-bezos-asks-social-media-who-should-play-james-bond-after-amazon-takes-over-franchise/ 

 

In an unsurprising move, Senator Mitch McConnell has announced that he won't seek reelection to the Senate in 2026.  That's a wise decision, since he's in poor health and it's questionable whether Kentucky Republicans hold him in any higher regard than Republicans more generally.  McConnell, lest we forget, has been a great asset to the GOP and to conservatism on many occasions.  Lately, though, those occasions have been few and far between.  Adios, Mitch!  Enjoy your well-earned retirement.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5155235-sen-mitch-mcconnell-re-election/ 

Here's a shocker: Hollywood doesn't care for Trump.  The attacks on Trump have been relentless on late night comedy shows, as they have been in the mainstream media, and thus we can safely assume that somewhere around 45-50% of the U.S. population will be afflicted with TDS for the next four years, unless the reach of traditional media outlets declines even further, which, God willing, it will.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/02/20/study-stephen-colbert-jimmy-kimmel-seth-meyers-skewer-trump-9-times-more-than-they-did-biden/ 

 

Say what you want about old Mitch, but at least he voted to confirm Kash Patel as the new Director of the FBI.  Republicans, conservatives, and Trumpers have high hopes for Patel, and I hope we won't be disappointed.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/20/kash-patel-confirmed-to-lead-fbi/ 

Finally, best of luck to the AfD in Germany's upcoming elections on Sunday.  Although the party is widely condemned by establishment forces as "far right", it is garnering record levels of support and looks likely to finish second overall.  In no major European country is populist conservatism going to command a majority of public support in the near future, but in most corners of Europe the right is on the march and is, or soon will be, in a position to transform the political conversation in long overdue ways.  Let's hope the traditional right-wing parties get the message and move in a Trumpy direction ASAP.  The alternative is for them to be submerged by a "far right" tidal wave and to sink into irrelevance.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn48y8xg53lo 

Misinformation Rears Its Ugly Head

 

Friends, it's the Associated Press versus Donald Trump, and with any luck not only will this battle royal take down the A.P. but the whole legacy media establishment too.  I'm licking my chops in anticipation!  Read all about it in my latest article:

https://townhall.com/columnists/nicholaswaddy/2025/02/19/get-out-and-stay-out-legacy-media-n2652464

The animosity between the U.S. and Ukraine is growing as the Trump Administration reaches out to Russia in an effort to bring an end to the fighting.  If Ukraine isn't careful, America will cut it off and let it fend for itself, which of course it could if the Europeans put their money, and more importantly their troops, where their mouths are.  That'll be the day, huh?

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/02/19/president-trump-blasts-zelensky-a-dictator-without-elections/

No NATO Expeditionary Force in Ukraine!

 

Friends, more and more Europeans want to end the Russia-Ukraine War by flooding what remains of Ukraine with Western troops.  Sure, Ukraine wouldn't be in NATO, per se, but the presence of large numbers of NATO troops in the country, plus a U.S. security guarantee, would amount to...exactly the same thing.  Russia says: no thanks!  The terms that our European "partners" want to impose on Russia and Ukraine, while they might allow Russia to usurp control over much of the Donbass, would bring powerful NATO military forces right up to Russia's borders.  Is that really what we want to commit to, going forward?  I think not.  A truly neutral Ukraine is acceptable to all, so why not...accept it, as we should have done before this ridiculous war even got started?  Ukraine would be infinitely better off, and NATO, including us, would not be exposed on its eastern flank.  In fact, the best way to protect Ukraine, for years and decades to come, might be for NATO to retreat, or for it to wind up its operations and cease to exist, because it's NATO that causes heart palpitations in Moscow to begin with.  Long story short: NATO isn't always the solution.  Sometimes it's the problem.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0n5e1pdz9o 

 

In a rare flourish of rationality, one highly developed country, Japan, is expanding its commitment to nuclear energy.  Bravo!   The "zero carbon" future that global elites envision can't be achieved unless "green energy", in the form of wind and solar, can be supplemented with...something constant and reliable.  That something ought to be either hydropower or nuclear energy.  Sure, nuclear energy comes with some potential risks, but it also comes with essentially zero pollution, relative to fossil fuels.  The technology is safer than ever before, and it can be, in the long run, delightfully cheap.  It's high time for America to up its game in terms of nuclear energy, and I hope that we'll do exactly that in the next four years.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yeyy3y1ejo 

 

Finally, there's talk in legacy media circles of "collective action" against the Trump Administration, meaning a media blackout of presidential and White House events.  I say: bring it on!!!  The less the mainstream media covers the Trump Administration, the better, because their coverage invariably seeks to undermine and denigrate Republicans, conservatives, Trump, and Trumpers.  Let's accelerate their decline into irrelevance and support their self-defeating boycott!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/02/18/media-elites-call-for-boycott-of-donald-trump-in-support-of-aps-speech-codes/ 

Too Soon?

Friends, the majestic Zeppelin may be making a comeback, as a startup in California has built and flown a giant, rigid dirigible named Pathfinder 1, which is the first time anyone has done so since...the 1930s.  Apparently, the airship industry suffered a significant P.R. setback in the 30s.  Not sure what that's all about, but I've always loved the idea of airships, and I hope they get a second chance.  I, for one, would love to be a passenger on a luxury airship.  I think the touristic potential is immense.

 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250214-pathfinder-1-the-airship-that-could-usher-in-a-new-age 

 

In other news, the "Gulf of America" continues to win new converts.  On the other hand, the Associated Press has dug in its heels and refuses to despoil the Gulf by calling it by its Trumpian moniker.  As a result, the A.P. has been banned from Trump's presence.  I say: it's not enough!  The A.P. ought to be banned from AMERICA altogether, including the Gulf of America.  They're welcome to visit Mexico, of course.  Who's with me???

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/15/apple-maps-renames-gulf-of-mexico-gulf-of-america/ 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/14/white-house-restricts-ap-access-misinformation-gulf-americas-official-name/ 

 

Before I forget, did I mention that I've been lighting up the airwaves this weekend, enlightening radio listeners far and wide about the accomplishments of the Trump-Musk imperium?  Oh yes!  You won't want to miss this week's Newsmakers show -- especially the part featuring ME!

 

https://wysl.podbean.com/e/newsmakers-2-15-25/ 

Making Kennedys Cool Again

 

Friends, congrats to RFK, Jr., who has stood up to the Democratic Party elite, the corporate elite, lobbyists, and even his own family in the course of his migration from la-la to MAGA.  I have high hopes for what he'll be able to achieve at HHS!

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-things-watch-rfk-jr-takes-helm-health/story?id=118787702

DOGE is finding so many instances of federal money flowing to the legacy media and to NGOs that espouse the agenda of the Deep State.  My question is: how will these corrupt organizations get by without constant subsidies?  Maybe they won't!

https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1890062843632099538

Finally, a big thumbs-up to Vice-President Vance, who is calling out our European "friends" for their persecution of dissent.  Granted, Europe has never upheld the right to free speech with the rigor that we have in America, but liberal values (that's classical liberalism, to be precise) ought never to extinguished in the continent that gave birth to them.  Here's hoping that the Euro-weenies will heed Vance's admonition.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/02/14/jd-vance-tells-europe-threat-from-within-greatest-risk-to-continent/

No More Wondering For This Formidable Woman

 

Friends, Tulsi Gabbard, former Democrat and current America First all-star, has won confirmation as our new Director of National Intelligence.  Wow!  Words cannot express how much the D.C. hawks and the political establishment loathe her.  I, for one, look forward to seeing what kind of mischief she can make, and how much corruption and duplicity she can expose.  Kudos, Tulsi!

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-lands-key-tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-following-uphill-senate-battle 

In a closely related development, President Trump had a long conversation with President Putin of Russia today, and it looks like the wheels are in motion regarding a settlement of the Russia-Ukraine War.  Trump appears to understand that Ukraine will never be in NATO, and that ominous (if speculative) prospect was the main trigger for all this senseless slaughter, lest we forget.  Alas, we can't undo all the damage that the arrogance and naivety of the Biden Administration and the Western security elite caused, but we can end this ridiculous war, and we can try to patch up America's relationship with Russia, which ought never to have deteriorated this badly.  There is far too much at stake for us ever to court WWIII so blithely again.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c04n622gzx7o 

No Way, José!

 

Friends, among the flurry of accomplishments that the Trump Administration has notched in a mere three weeks is the near total elimination of illegal immigration.  What I mean by this is that the numbers of migrants crossing the southern border is rapidly approaching...zero.  This is a stunning turnaround from a year ago under El Presidente Biden.  How did Trump (and Homan) do it?  Not by building a wall, but simply by being themselves.  Turns out that, when people expect the U.S. government to enforce its own laws against illegal immigration, they stay home!  Who would've thunk it?

 

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/02/11/migrant-encounters-on-southwest-border-drop-96-percent-from-last-year/ 

 

While the mainstream media and lefties are hammering Elon Musk and DOGE day and night, Joe Rogan, who has emerged as a titan of the "new media", is standing by him.  Rogan believes that Musk is exposing massive waste and corruption.  Legacy media polls say that Americans have had it up to here with Musk, but the more historically accurate polling firms, like Trafalgar and Rasmussen, paint a different picture.  They suggest that Musk's popularity is similar to Trump's, which is to say it's hovering around 50 percent.  That's good enough for government work, I'd say.

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/10/joe_rogan_elon_musk_and_doge_are_uncovering_insane_corruption_what_they_found_so_far_is_very_enlightening.html 

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-polling-2029471

 

Finally, while many Americans and people all over the world are frightened by A.I., the Trump Administration, including Vice-President Vance, is articulating a more optimistic view.  Trump and Vance believe that the U.S. can lead the A.I. sector, and that A.I. will generally enhance worker productivity rather than destroying jobs.  We shall see, but in my view A.I. is here to stay whether we like it or not, and the smart approach is to try to maximize its advantages and minimize its downsides.  In other words, I'm with Vance.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/11/jd-vance-tells-world-leaders-paris-summit-ai-will-make-our-workers-more-productive/ 

How America Got Its Groove Back

 

Friends, there's no denying that these days there a feeling of giddy optimism among conservatives, but some of that "joy" (to borrow a phrase) is spilling over to consumers and investors too.  Both are increasingly keen on America's prospects in the year ahead.  Is it "the Trump effect"?  He ain't hurting matters any...

 

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/02/10/breitbart-business-digest-americas-economic-mood-soars-as-confidence-in-the-future-returns/ 

 

While the lamestream media tries its hardest to blacken the name of Elon Musk, the Wall Street Journal is defending DOGE as a necessary step in bringing entrenched interests and the Deep State to heel.  They point out, quite rightly, that DOGE hasn't saved us a heck of a lot of money as yet, but it is finding sweetheart deals for elite insiders galore, and that may ultimately be every bit as valuable a contribution to the revitalization of our democracy and the recalibration of our moral compass.

 

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-stand-up-for-the-bureaucrats-protest-dodge-government-policy-d9b18071?st=s7wYb2 

In a fascinating move, the Trump-Bondi DOJ is asking that charges against New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams be dropped.  Republicans and conservatives suspect that the charges were meant to punish Adams for criticizing the Biden Administration, and now Democrats and progressives are suspicious that all Trump wants is to make the NYC mayor his pet.  What a tangled web we weave!

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/eric-adams-charges-dismissed-rcna191600 

 

According to DJT, it's time for us to say goodbye to the noble penny.  That's right: the U.S. Mint will stop making new pennies, and thus, we assume, the penny will someday soon go the way of the dodo bird.  It's a sad day for penny pinchers, to be sure, but let's face it: inflation has made the penny a laughable medium of exchange.  I say it's time to reevaluate the division of the dollar into one hundred units more fundamentally.  Perhaps the nickel is the new shilling?  Another fun gambit would be to knock a zero off of everything, and then all of a sudden a penny wouldn't be quite so worthless anymore...  Plus, we could go back to buying a car, say, for a few thousand bucks, which sounds about right to me!

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/09/trump-announces-plan-stop-producing-pennies/78378996007/ 

Finally, take note that Amazon is retreating from wokeness and showing a little more deference to the principle of free speech.  Maybe Amazon isn't so evil, after all!  Side note: I strongly advise all lefties to cancel their Amazon accounts.  There's really no need for one.  Kmart has you covered!  Or, better yet, retreat into the woods and pick berries for sustenance.  You know you've always dreamed of doing exactly that.  Imagine the bliss of never having to hear a single news story about Trump ever again!  Yup, you'll be much happier cut off from society, and in all likelihood society won't miss you much either...

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/conservative-author-says-amazon-made-a-purely-political-move-to-restore-his-book-critical-of-trans-ideology/ar-AA1yJMcF 

No Holds Barred

 

Friends, our heroes DJT and Elon Musk continue to wrestle, hour by hour, and day by day, with the Dems and the Deep State (not that there's much daylight between the two), and the outcome is still in doubt.  On one hand, DOGE is expanding its scope and setting its sights on the Department of Defense, and the Department of Education, and far beyond.  On the other hand, DOGE's resources are limited, and the administrative state is fighting back by enlisting federal judges as allies, and Democrats on Capitol Hill are plotting to use the federal budget as a weapon against Trump and Musk.  It's thrust and parry, thrust and parry.  It's exciting to watch, and so far Trump's poll numbers are holding up, although the main focus of Dem/leftist attacks may now be Musk, and we must watch carefully to see if his popularity suffers even more than it already has.  Ideally, the Dems would love to drive a wedge between Trump and Musk, and making Musk toxic would be a fine way to do it.  These Deep State shills may be morally bankrupt, but they're not dumb!

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/02/09/defense_secretary_hegseth_we_welcome_doge_at_dod_its_long_overdue.html 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/elon-musk-s-doge-has-swept-into-14-federal-agencies-here-s-what-to-know/ar-AA1yExBD 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/09/trump-musk-will-find-millions-of-dollars-in-fraud-and-abuse-at-department-of-education-military-next/ 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/02/09/stephen-miller-radical-left-judges-blocking-elon-musk-is-unconstitutional/ 

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/politics/democrats-spending-trump/index.html 

Trump(ism) on Trial

 

 

Friends, Trump's show trials may be over, for now, but in a sense his fate, and our nation's too, is no less vulnerable to judicial overreach, obstructionism, and abuse.  That's because court challenges are about the only (legal) tool that the Dems have left to slow down the Trump train, which, as we've all found out in the last two weeks, has left the station with a very big head of steam.  The current battle over DOGE and USAID is a great test case for whether Trump and Musk really will be able to exercise the powers of the executive branch to impose fundamental change in Washington, D.C. (and, in this case, globally).  Success is by no means guaranteed, because, so far at least, a single federal judge can, with a unilateral injunction, halt literally ANY executive action or initiative.  We can't even rule out the possibility that a judge would, by himself or herself, toss Elon Musk off his perch as head of DOGE once and for all.  The corruption and waste that USAID represents is real -- make no mistake.  But the principles that 1) federal spending ought to be transparent and in the national interest, and 2) federal bureaucrats ought to be accountable to the American people, rather than solely to themselves and their friends in the Deep State, are vital and non-negotiable, from a MAGA, conservative, and frankly patriotic perspective.  The battle that is brewing at DOGE and USAID, therefore, is a proxy for the battle royal that is just getting started between Trump, Musk, and the American people, on one side, and the entitled and entrenched elitists, on the other.  Buckle up, because it's bound to be a bumpy ride!

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/why-the-courts-may-be-the-last-constraint-on-trump-but-may-not-contain-his-power-grabs/ar-AA1yzsNy 

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3312999/making-sense-war-doge/ 

 

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/07/wait-you-mean-theres-corruption-in-washington/ 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/07/trumps-usaid/