Republicans Grapple With Trump’s Position on Package for Tax Cuts and Spending

Republicans are divided on a strategy to move the Trump administration’s agenda, and some want more input from President-elect Donald Trump, while others are fine to hash it out on their own.

Before Republicans can knuckle down and fully develop what will and won’t move through the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process, they need to know whether they have one colossal bill to work with, or if they can divide Mr. Trump’s agenda between two bills.

Congressional leaders are split on which approach to take. Mr. Trump has waded into the congressional back and forth over the last few days, but has not taken a firm position with either side.

“I like one big, beautiful bill and I always have, I always will,” Mr. Trump said on Tuesday. “If two is more certain, it does go a little bit quicker because you can do the immigration stuff early.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, and some in his conference want to take the two-bill track, which could move key items in Mr. Trump’s agenda, like border security funding, much faster. (Read more from “Republicans Grapple With Trump’s Position on Package for Tax Cuts and Spending” HERE)

WATCH: American Airlines Passenger Confronts Flight Attendant Over ‘Hate Pin’

A Jewish passenger boarding an American Airlines flight in Miami encountered an unexpected situation when he noticed one of the flight attendants wearing a watermelon pin, a symbol that has become widely recognized as representing pro-Palestinian solidarity. The passenger subsequently documented the incident and shared it on his Instagram account, providing a detailed account of what transpired.

“The flight attendants became visibly upset and informed me that my act of filming them constituted a legal violation. They prevented me from disembarking and insisted that I remove the video footage, which I refused to do,” according to Israel Hayom.

The situation was eventually resolved when law-enforcement officers arrived at the scene and directed the flight attendants to permit the passenger to leave the aircraft. (Read more from “WATCH: American Airlines Passenger Confronts Flight Attendant Over ‘Hate Pin’” HERE)

‘Spit in the Face of Every American’: Watch Man Photographed With Would-Be Trump Assassin Get Presidential Medal of Freedom

Joe Biden spit in the face of every American on Saturday as he awarded Hillary Clinton and George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Other undeserving recipients include Bill Nye the [Communist] science guy, Denzel Washington, Anna Wintour and Chef Jose Andres, the man who was photographed with would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh.

“José Andrés is a renowned Spanish-American culinary innovator who popularized tapas in the United States. His World Central Kitchen provides large-scale relief to communities affected by natural disasters and conflict around the world,” Biden said in a press release.

In September federal prosecutors charged Ryan Routh with attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate after he pushed the muzzle of his rifle through the fence line at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course.

Ryan Routh was previously charged with two federal gun crimes: Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession (max penalty of 15 years in prison and $250,000 fine), and receipt of a firearm with an obliterated serial number (max penalty of 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine). (Read more from “‘Spit in the Face of Every American’: Watch Man Photographed With Would-Be Trump Assassin Get Presidential Medal of Freedom” HERE)

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Husband, Wife Die in Separate Accidents Between Christmas and New Year’s

A Michigan couple died in two separate accidents between Christmas and New Year’s Day, according to local officials.

Scott Levitan, 66, and Mary Lou Levitan, also 66, were both residents of Livonia, a suburb west of Detroit. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the sequence of events unfolded after Scott Levitan fell into a frozen lake on Dec. 26.

The Michigan resident, who was ice-fishing with his 15-year-old grandson, was drilling a hole into the ice on Lake George in Addison Township at the time. . .

The next day, Mary Lou Levitan was on her way to pick up her husband’s vehicle when she was fatally injured in a car accident, according to police. Scott Levitan was on life support at that time.

The sheriff’s office said a 19-year-old driver crossed into the northbound lane of an Oakland Township road “for an unknown reason,” striking the car in which Mary Lou Levitan was riding. (Read more from “Husband, Wife Die in Separate Accidents Between Christmas and New Year’s” HERE)

City Rocked By Terror Attack Suffers Loss Of Major Law Enforcement Official In Apparent Suicide: REPORT

Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting allegedly killed himself inside the district attorney’s office building Saturday night, according to WVUE.

Authorities found Kersting dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound around 9 p.m. Saturday in District Attorney Jason Williams’s staff offices, WVUE reported.

The 34-year-old was assigned to Orleans Parish’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI), an outfit which works in conjunction with New Orleans Police Department detectives to investigate and prosecute sex crimes using DNA evidence, according to the outlet.

“The Orleans Parish DA’s Office family suffered a terrible tragedy Saturday night,” Williams’s office said in a statement obtained by the outlet. “Assistant District Attorney Ian Kersting was a beloved member of our office, and we send our love and deepest condolences to his family,” the statement continued. (Read more from “City Rocked By Terror Attack Suffers Loss Of Major Law Enforcement Official In Apparent Suicide: REPORT” HERE)

The Latest Development on the Tesla Cybertruck Bomber Just Took an Unusual Turn; Cops Reveal Special Forces Soldier’s Motive for Bombing — As He Trashed ‘Feckless Leadership’ of a USA ‘Near Collapse’

By Townhall. The Tesla Cybertruck bombing got a lot weirder today. There were initial concerns that this bombing in Las Vegas outside of the Trump Hotel was linked to the New Orleans ISIS terror attack on New Year’s Day, where 14 people were killed.

It’s still early, but the bomber Matthew Livelsberger, 37, a reported US Army Green Beret who was on leave from his assignment in Germany, seems to have emailed The Shawn Ryan Show before his death, alluding to the New Jersey drone situation claiming that they were powered by a “gravitic propulsion system,” which he claims only China and the United States have this capability:

(Read more from “The Latest Development on the Tesla Cybertruck Bomber Just Took an Unusual Turn” HERE)

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Cops Reveal Special Forces Soldier’s Motive for Cybertruck Bombing — As He Trashed ‘Feckless Leadership’ of a USA ‘Near Collapse’

By New York Post. Las Vegas Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger claimed his shocking suicide wasn’t a terror attack but a way for the US solider to “cleanse” his mind — while blasting the “feckless leadership” of a United States “near collapse,” authorities revealed Friday.

Livelsberger, an active member of the Army’s elite Special Forces, left behind two notes in a charred cellphone recovered inside the singed Tesla he rented that suggest his motive for detonating explosives as he “simultaneously” shot himself in front of the Trump International Hotel Wednesday, Las Vegas police said.

“This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives,” Livelsberger, 37, wrote in a notes app. . .

“We are the United States of America, the best country people to ever exist! But right now we are terminally ill and headed toward collapse.”

Federal officials suggested Livelsberger had been suffering from PTSD and other personal issues that contributed to his suicide bombing. (Read more from “Cops Reveal Special Forces Soldier’s Motive for Cybertruck Bombing — As He Trashed ‘Feckless Leadership’ of a USA ‘Near Collapse’” HERE)

J6er Exposes Rapes by Guards and Chaplain in Prison She Was Sent to for Misdemeanor

If there’s one thing to be said about the J6 political prisoners, it’s that, despite the injustices they endure, they never stop fighting to expose our broken system. They continually find ways to shine a light on the corruption festering within our crumbling jail and judicial systems. Their unfair and un-American suffering has illuminated these flaws, forcing the cockroaches to scurry as the spotlight grows brighter. With any luck—and perhaps divine intervention—real change might finally be on the horizon.

One patriot leading the charge is Danean, a woman who attended the January 6th event and was sentenced to jail for a measly misdemeanor. While incarcerated, she bore witness to horrific crimes committed against women—by guards, the warden, and even the chaplain. Refusing to stay silent, Danean bravely vowed to expose these atrocities and fight for those women, revealing to America just how deeply our system is decayed.

Rotten to the very core.

Danean took to X, posting a chilling exposé on the degeneracy within the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California.

Danean:

I went to prison for J6 misdemeanors. Several ladies I was incarcerated with in FCI Dublin were raped by the warden, chaplain and guards. My inmate friends who reported the rapes were retaliated against. I promised them I’d try to amplify their voices when I got out.

This is my lane. I try not to veer from it, but I often fail.

These courageous women were awarded $116M in damages last week. The abuse they suffer is real and ongoing at other facilities.

Our prison system is broken. We desperately need reform.

Please search “FCI Dublin” for the back story.

(Read more from “J6er Exposes Rapes by Guards and Chaplain in Prison She Was Sent to for Misdemeanor” HERE)

Law Professor Nails Why Judge Merchan Is Sentencing Trump on January 10

President-elect Donald J. Trump will be sentenced on January 10, but there will be no jail time, not that was ever a concern. The laws and statutes got so contorted that even CNN’s Elie Honig, the network’s chief legal analyst and former assistant US attorney, couldn’t defend it, aptly calling it a total disaster of a case. In essence, Trump only got convicted because Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his team perverted the rule of law.

Law professor Jonathan Turley nailed why Judge Juan Merchan wants to get this wrapped on January 10. It’s to give the liberal media the talking point they’ve salivated over for months: Trump is a convicted felon, and now he’s being sworn in as one on Inauguration Day:

(Read more from “Law Professor Nails Why Judge Merchan Is Sentencing Trump on January 10” HERE)

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Sibling of Suspect in Bourbon Street Bloodbath Unravels Terrorist’s Descent Into Radicalization Ahead of Attack; FBI Does Another 180, Claims Attacker Worked Alone Day After Conducting Manhunt For Accomplices

By Fox News. The half-brother of the terrorist suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar blamed radicalization for the attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans.

Fox News spoke with Abdur Rahim-Jabbar in Beaumont, Texas, where they grew up alongside three additional siblings.

Abdur said that they grew up Muslim, along with his whole family. He said that Jabbar stepped away from Islam, but found his way back following his 2022 divorce.

Jabbar struggled to find himself throughout his life, his half-brother told Fox News. He said that his half-brother joined the army to “find something, to set him straight, ground him, and maybe find a viable career path.” . . .

His half-brother blamed radicalization for the attack and said that he did not see any signs prior to the attack, as well as expressing his condolences for the 15 lives lost. (Read more from “Sibling of Suspect in Bourbon Street Bloodbath Unravels Terrorist’s Descent Into Radicalization Ahead of Attack” HERE)

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FBI Does Another 180, Claims New Orleans Attacker Worked Alone Day After Conducting Manhunt For Accomplices

By Daily Caller. The FBI said Thursday the suspect in New Orleans’ terrorist attack on New Year’s Day acted alone despite previous reports of potential accomplices.

Officials identified Shamsud-Din Jabbar as the driver of a Ford pickup truck that plowed through a Bourbon Street crowd early Wednesday morning. Police killed Jabbar, who reportedly possessed an ISIS flag in the vehicle, in a shootout shortly thereafter.

“We do not asses, at this point, that anyone else is involved in this attack except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar,” FBI Counterterrorism Division Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia said in a press conference.

The FBI reviewed surveillance footage showing Jabbar, a Texas-born U.S. citizen, placing improvised explosive devices (IED), two of which FBI bomb technicians recovered from coolers on streets surrounding the area attacked. Following their review, authorities concluded that no one else was involved in Jabbar’s attack.

“We’re confident at this point that there are no other accomplices,” Raia reiterated later in the press conference. (Read more from “FBI Does Another 180, Claims New Orleans Attacker Worked Alone Day After Conducting Manhunt For Accomplices” HERE)

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New Orleans Terrorist Wanted to Kill His Family, but Backed Off for Agenda-Driven Reason

By WND. The New Orleans terrorist, Shamsud Din Jabbar, being blamed now for the deaths of 15 and injuries to dozens after he drove a truck through the crowded streets of New Orleans early New Year’s Day, had wanted to harm his family too.

But he backed off because he was concerned that the horror over that news would overshadow what he called the “war between believers & disbelievers.”

Evidence is showing that the onetime soldier was radicalized into Islam, and was taking the Quran’s instructions to destroy those who don’t follow Islam’s ideologies literally.

(Read more from “New Orleans Terrorist Wanted to Kill His Family, but Backed Off for Agenda-Driven Reason” HERE)

Did Anyone Catch What Was Odd About Liz Cheney Getting a Presidential Medal?

Madeline covered this ridiculous news that former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work on the House Select Committee on January 6, the biggest, most transparent political circus in modern political history. It was set up to destroy Donald Trump and the MAGA movement within the Republican Party—it ended up accelerating its takeover of the party. She also reportedly tried to bury evidence that exonerated Trump of the crazy premise that he led an insurrection.

Cheney got booted in her state’s primary. No one cared, with supposed star witnesses being exposed as liars and anti-Trump clowns with zero credibility. Remember the story of Trump trying to hijack the ‘Beast’ so he could get to the Capitol on the day of that little riot? It was false. But is Joe Biden truly picking these people? Some are suggesting no since the man has been AWOL, popping his head out to give a brief statement about the Nola terror attack on New Year’s Day, but he’s back in the bunker.

Las Vegas, and this man is virtually nowhere. Is he in charge? Adam Housley is deeply skeptical about this decision, even if it’s ceremonial, because we know for the entire presidency, most of the policy initiatives of the Biden administration are suspect.

(Read more from “Did Anyone Catch What Was Odd About Liz Cheney Getting a Presidential Medal?” HERE)

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