Trump Reportedly Looks to Privatize Massive Federal Agency

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President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly looking to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), three people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post in a report published Sunday.

Trump has made known his desire to detach the USPS from the federal government in conversations at his Mar-a-Lago estate, sources informed the outlet, including with Howard Lutnick, his commerce secretary pick and co-chair of his presidential transition team.

In early December, Trump also talked with a group of transition team officials to feel out their opinions on privatizing the agency, one person told the outlet.

As mail volume declines for the Postal Service, the agency has reportedly lost $9.5 billion in the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, The Washington Post reported.

The outlet expressed concern regarding the potential effect on e-commerce of privatizing the Postal Service, naming Amazon, whose executive chairman Jeff Bezos reportedly plans to donate $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund. Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. (Read more from “Trump Reportedly Looks to Privatize Massive Federal Agency” HERE)

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No Answers: White House Provides Most Detailed Update Yet on Drone Sightings; Latest on Mysterious Flying Objects in NJ, NY and Elsewhere

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By Newsweek. The White House on Monday put out its most detailed statement yet on a flurry of drone sightings that have been reported across the Northeast in recent weeks.

“We assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and even stars that were mistakenly reported as drones,” John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesperson, told reporters Monday.

“We have not identified anything anomalous or any national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the Northeast,” he added. “The work continues.”

Federal and local officials have been confounded over reports of drone sightings in New Jersey and other parts of the Northeast that started about a month ago. (Read more from “No Answers: White House Provides Most Detailed Update Yet on Drone Sightings” HERE)

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Latest on Mysterious Flying Objects in NJ, NY and Elsewhere

By New York Post. Weeks into the drones-over-New Jersey mystery, the FBI and Homeland Security are finally stepping up to investigate and determine what threat, if any, they might pose.

Garden State residents have reported thousands of drone sightings going back as far as Nov. 18. Despite the eerie flying objects taking to the skies above the Eastern Seaboard nightly ever since — and calls by local and state politicians, and President-elect Donald Trump, to shoot them down — federal authorities have given no explanation about what the drones might be.

Trump on Monday said the “government knows what is happening,” and accused President Biden and the Pentagon of hiding information.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer intends to leverage his last week at the helm of the upper chamber to push for legislation to address the uproar over drone sightings in New York and New Jersey.

Schumer announced Monday that he push for a vote on legislation to “give local officials greater authority to swiftly respond to these sightings.”

“The reports of the past few weeks have ignited immense anxiety and confusion for millions of people living across the Northeast,” Schumer said in a Senate floor speech Monday. “Thankfully, there is no reason to believe these drone sightings pose a national security threat.” (Read more from “Latest on Mysterious Flying Objects in NJ, NY and Elsewhere” HERE)

Joe Biden Tells Kamala Harris ‘You’re Not Going Anywhere’ After Loss

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President Joe Biden told Kamala Harris she’s “not going anywhere,” as the vice president reportedly mulls over her next move following her November election loss.

At the Democratic National Committee’s holiday reception in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Biden said: “It’s also been an incredible honor to serve with someone of immense character as she demonstrated throughout her entire career — Kamala Harris.”

“I knew what I was doing when I asked her to be my vice president,” he said. “She always served this country with purpose and integrity, and she always will. And you’re not going anywhere kid — because we’re not going to let you go.”

Harris, who became her party’s presidential nominee after Biden dropped out of the race in July, ran a truncated campaign in under four months and ultimately lost to Donald Trump. It’s unclear what she will do next, but some reports suggest that she is contemplating whether to run for governor of California in 2026 or to try to win the Democratic nomination for president in 2028. (Read more from “Joe Biden Tells Kamala Harris ‘You’re Not Going Anywhere’ After Loss” HERE)

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Watch — ‘They’re Idiots’: Mob Performs Fiery Street Takeover at Florida Intersection

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Video shows a mob descending on an intersection in Orange County, Florida, causing a frightening scene the night of November 30.

The group of approximately 30 individuals took over the intersection at South John Young Parkway and Central Florida Parkway then set fires and performed dangerous stunts with their vehicles, Fox 35 reported Friday.

“And seeing the video, that video is nuts,” one driver told WFTV. “If you look on TikTok, that’s all you see. Donuts, street racing, and they’re idiots because they’re getting hit by their own cars. They have no, apparently no care of what it costs”:

“The situation escalated as participants harassed innocent drivers, blocked them from passing, and in some cases, climbed on and damaged vehicles,” the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post Thursday.

“This reckless and violent behavior poses a serious danger to our community and we are committed to holding those responsible accountable,” the agency continued. (Read more from “Watch — ‘They’re Idiots’: Mob Performs Fiery Street Takeover at Florida Intersection” HERE)

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U.S. Senators Call Out Bureau of Prisons for Religious Discrimination

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U.S. senators in Washington, on a bipartisan basis, are calling out the federal Bureau of Prisons for what apparently is discrimination against Christians and Christianity.

A report from CBN News explains they are “pushing for answers on practices happening under the First Step Act.”

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said the problem is that prison officials are “not allowing” various faith-based programs “to actually get into the Federal Bureau of Prisons.” . . .

“I think Jesus lives in prison because it seems like so many people meet Him while they’re there. I would tell you that the love of God pours out to individuals regardless of their past,” Lankford explained.

He said various programs have been tested and proven effective, and can reduce recidivism significantly. (Read more from “U.S. Senators Call Out Bureau of Prisons for Religious Discrimination” HERE)

Biden Claims His Campaign Was ‘Basically Scandal Free’ And People Have Thoughts

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President Joe Biden claimed on Sunday that he had run a campaign free from scandal and critics were quick to point out the errors in that particular statement.

“We’ve run a campaign that’s basically scandal free. That’s hard to do in American politics these days,” Biden said.

Biden made the comments during the Democratic National Committee’s holiday reception in Washington, D.C. — where he also weighed in on the possible political future of Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Trump War Room’s Jacob Schneider posted a brief clip from the event along with a caption that read, “BIDEN: ‘We’ve run a campaign that’s basically scandal free. That’s hard to do in American politics.’ (Except covering up his obvious cognitive decline, peddling his family’s influence, hiding classified documents, etc etc etc).”

Critics pushed back on Biden’s claim, laying out a few details that they thought he must have missed when making his assessment.

(Read more from “Biden Claims His Campaign Was ‘Basically Scandal Free’ And People Have Thoughts” HERE)

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Ancient Engraved Amulet Could ‘Turn Back History’ of Christianity, Experts Claim

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Just ahead of the holidays, archeologists have “digitally unrolled” a 1,800-year-old silver amulet to decipher an inscription that’s being hailed as the oldest known evidence of Christianity in Europe. . .

The amulet housed a “wafer-thin” foil, measuring 1.4 inches, and featuring text referred to as the “Frankfurt silver inscription.”

It was found beneath the chin of a man’s skeleton at a burial site on the outskirts of Frankfurt in 2018. However, the ancient wording, dating back to between 230 and 270 — when the predominant religions in Europe were Judaism and paganism — has been virtually illegible until now.

[It reads,] “In the name of Saint Titus. Holy, holy, holy! In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God! The Lord of the world resists with [strengths] all attacks [or setbacks]. The God grants entry to well-being. May this means of salvation protect the man who surrenders himself to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, since before Jesus Christ every knee bows: those in heaven, those on earth and those under the earth, and every tongue confesses (Jesus Christ),” reads the translation, per DailyMail.

The deific discovery closely trails the recent decrypting of the Meggido Mosaic, a 1,800-year-old relic that says, “Jesus is God.” It, too, follows the July 2024 unearthing of a nearly 2,000-year-old manuscript that details the earliest known account of Christ’s childhood. (Read more from “Ancient Engraved Amulet Could ‘Turn Back History’ of Christianity, Experts Claim” HERE)

Trump-Hating ABC Settles Defamation Case With $15 Million Payment to Trump Library

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A top corporate media player is paying a hefty price for its Trump Derangement Syndrome and for the claims of its Democrat Party hack.

ABC will fork $15 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library fund to bail out big-mouth anchor George Stephanopoulos for his false assertions that Trump had been found liable for raping writer E. Jean Carroll, according to the terms of the settlement.

The agreement, signed Friday and made public Saturday, characterizes the payment as a “charitable contribution.”

ABC News weasels simply added an editor’s note at the bottom of a March 10, 2024 story headlined, “Nancy Mace defends her support for Trump after he was found liable for sexual assault.” They had no choice. The settlement demanded it.

“Editor’s Note: ABC News and George Stephanopoulos regret statements regarding President Donald J. Trump made during an interview by George Stephanopoulos with Rep. Nancy Mace on ABC’s This Week on March 10, 2024,” the suspect apology states. (Read more from “Trump-Hating ABC Settles Defamation Case With $15 Million Payment to Trump Library” HERE)

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Alleged Chinese Spy Linked to Prince Andrew ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

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A suspected Chinese spy who became a confidant of disgraced royal Prince Andrew is only the “tip of the iceberg” of Beijing’s espionage activities in the UK, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith claimed Monday.

Judges on Thursday upheld a ban on the businessman, identified only as H6, from entering the country, saying that the government had been “entitled to conclude that his exclusion was justified and proportionate”.

In the ruling, judges assessed H6 was in a position to “generate relationships between senior Chinese officials and prominent UK figures which could be leveraged for political interference purposes by the Chinese State”.

“The fact is, there are many more like him in the UK,” Duncan Smith, one of the UK’s leading China-sceptic voices, told BBC radio on Monday.

“We’re dealing with the tip of the iceberg,” he added.

(Read more from “Alleged Chinese Spy Linked to Prince Andrew ‘Tip of the Iceberg’” HERE)

Gov Abbott Blasts Migrant Accused of Setting Home on Fire With Children Inside

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently lambasted the migrant who allegedly tried killing his children in a house fire, and vowed to work with President-elect Trump’s incoming “border czar” to enforce law and order.

Pedro Luis Parra Pulgar, 46, was recently charged with three counts of attempted murder over a Nov. 6 incident at his home. The migrant allegedly set his Fulshear, Texas, home on fire while his three children were inside.

It is unclear whether Pulgar immigrated to the U.S. legally. Fox News Digital inquired about his legal status to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Abbott described his legal status as “unknown.”

In a Monday post on X, the Texas governor called for Pulgar to “spend the rest of his life” in jail.

“A Venezuelan immigrant – legal status unknown – is accused of setting a Texas house on fire with three children inside,” Abbott’s post read. “He better spend the rest of his life behind bars.” (Read more from “Gov Abbott Blasts Migrant Accused of Setting Home on Fire With Children Inside” HERE)

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