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Trump to yank funding from terror-supporting U.N. group and remove U.S. from U.N. Human Rights Council

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

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JERUSALEM – Middle East/Israel Morning Brief

Trump to yank UNRWA funding, remove U.S. from UNHRC

Trump just signed an executive order ending all US funding for UNRWA. pic.twitter.com/RrPTk5DmGY

— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) January 21, 2025

U.S. President Trump is set to cut funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees – which has extensively reported ties to the Hamas terror group – and withdraw the U.S. from the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council, according to the New York Post.

Trump will sign an executive order implementing the changes Tuesday, the same day he is set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Bibi Netanyahu’s coming on Tuesday, and I think we have some very big meetings scheduled,” the president told reporters on Sunday after returning to Washington from his Palm Beach, Fla. residence.

Both organizations have a lengthy track record of vexing Israel and Trump had pursued those same actions in his first term. Former President Biden restored funding for UNRWA and returned the U.S. to the HRC in his term.

Trump urges congressional leaders to OK $1 billion in arms sales to Israel

❗Trump Pushes $1B Weapons Deal for Israel

▸ 4,700 massive bombs & armored bulldozers – Trump’s White House urges Congress to approve a $1 billion arms sale to Israel. Will it go through? https://t.co/1DWCYFBm3U

— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) February 4, 2025

The Trump White House has asked congressional leaders to approve about $1 billion in weapons sales to Israel, according to U.S. officials.

The sales would include more than $700 million in 1,000-pound bombs (4,700 in total), along with armored bulldozers worth more than $300 million, the officials said.

According to JNS, the 1,000-pound bombs, referred to as “general purpose bombs,” consist of 4,500 BLU-110s and 200 Mk-83s.

Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers also are part of the sale. Although they are used to defend Israeli soldiers clearing explosives, and to protect infantry camps, their sale has faced scrutiny from anti-Israel progressives in Congress because of Israel’s past use of them to demolish terrorists’ homes.

Trump set to reimpose ‘maximum pressure’ on Islamic regime in Tehran

BREAKING

Trump is set to sign an executive order on Tuesday to reinstate ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran, according to US officials.

The show is about to begin… pic.twitter.com/LimzKRXQf8

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 4, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a presidential memorandum on Tuesday which restores his “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran and aims to deny Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon, a U.S. official said, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The move brings back the tough U.S. policy on Iran which Trump implemented throughout his first term. The president has accused his Democratic predecessor, former president Joe Biden, of weakening U.S. resolve toward Iran.

The official told Reuters, Trump’s directive orders the U.S. Treasury secretary to impose “maximum economic pressure” on Iran, including sanctions and enforcement mechanisms on those violating existing sanctions.

Tehran preparing for rapid nuclear weapon development

THE IRGC NUCLEAR RACE

New intelligence received in the U.S. in recent months has led to the assessment that Iran is actively working to shorten the time required to develop a nuclear weapon. According to the Intel, gathered at the end of the Biden administration and passed… pic.twitter.com/sj1U59pgrM

— Voice From The East (@EasternVoices) February 3, 2025

New intelligence obtained by the U.S. indicates Iran is exploring faster ways to develop a nuclear weapon, according to the New York Times, and reported in Israel Hayom.

This development comes as Iran’s relatively new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has conveyed messages indicating his interest in engaging in dialogue with the new U.S. administration.

In addition, the Times reported this intelligence was gathered in the final months of the Biden administration, and was transferred to Trump’s team during the transition of power.

Officials who spoke with the Times stated intelligence assessments warned Iranian weapons engineers and scientists have been searching for a shortcut, which would allow them to convert Iran’s growing stockpile of enriched uranium into a functional atomic weapon within months, should Iran ultimately decide to produce a nuclear bomb.

IDF report highlights air-defense failures on Oct. 7

IDF Report: Iron Dome Missed HALF of Hamas Rockets on Oct. 7

Israel’s air defense failed to intercept 50% of the 3,700 rockets fired in the first 4 hours of Hamas’s brutal attack.

⇣ https://t.co/sKocOlTB2m

— Jewish News Syndicate (@JNS_org) February 3, 2025

Israel’s air-defense system failed to intercept half of the rockets fired by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, according to Hebrew media.

The finding is based on an Israel Defense Forces investigation whose findings were presented to the military’s chief of staff.

According to the Jewish News Syndicate, it is unclear how many rockets impacted Israeli cities and towns, but
the Gaza-based terrorist organization launched a total of 3,700 rockets in the first four hours of the attack. Fourteen people were killed by Hamas rockets, seven of them in unprotected Bedouin communities.

The relatively low number of casualties was attributed to sirens warning residents of incoming rockets. The sirens were activated on time and enabled civilians to enter protected areas, according to the report.

It further noted a number of Iron Dome air defense batteries in the Gaza Envelope suffered unspecified failures in the initial minutes of the assault, resulting in a total lack of interceptions from these batteries.

In the first 20 minutes of the attack, Hamas fired an unprecedented 1,400 rockets into Israel. Many Iron Dome batteries were depleted in the face of the massive barrage, according to Israel’s Channel 12.

IDF widens Jenin operation as it uses lessons learned in Gaza

The IDF says it demolished 23 buildings in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp which were used by terror operatives.

Troops have scanned hundreds of buildings in Jenin during an ongoing raid there, locating bomb-making labs, caches of weapons, and command centers, the military… pic.twitter.com/Xsga8jBrz5

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) February 2, 2025

Israeli security forces operated throughout Judea and Samaria in January, working to thwart terror activities.

Over the course of the month, the forces eliminated around 55 terrorists, including those involved in terrorist attacks in which Israeli civilians were killed, as well as terrorists who were on their way to carry out an attack. The forces also arrested 380 wanted suspects, according to Israel National News.

The aim is to destroy terrorist infrastructure, clear explosive devices on main routes and kill or arrest terrorists. An explosive and weapon-production lab was found and destroyed in Tulkarm and five suspects were detained. At the same time, forces detained terrorism suspects in Jenin and prepared the surrounding for an extensive stay in the refugee camp.

The operations now focus on three key points: Jenin, Tulkarm, and a concentration of five towns where the forces are working with tanks.

Over the past few days, the forces located significant weapons caches, including pistols, rifles, and many explosives.

Wave of intra-Arab violence erupts in Israel with 6 dead

14-year-old boy shot and killed in Lod, the 5th murder in the Arab community within hours pic.twitter.com/b267jYSdd2

— Steve Calvert (@JobberSteve65) February 3, 2025

A doctor was shot dead inside a clinic in Kafr Yasif on Monday evening, hours after a teenage boy was killed in Lod – the fifth and sixth homicide victims within the Arab community since midnight, the Times of Israel reported.

Police said the suspects fled the scene after opening fire on their victim, Dr. Abdallah Qasem Awad, a pediatrician from Mazra’a who had been filling in for another doctor at the time.

Paramedics who arrived shortly after the shooting declared Awad dead on the spot. Officers opened an investigation into the incident, but did not immediately arrest any suspects.

Earlier the same day, a teenage boy was fatally shot in Lod.

The 14-year-old Ramle resident was critically injured alongside two others in Pardes Snir neighborhood. All three were taken to the hospital, where doctors pronounced his death.

Since the start of 2025, 29 Arab Israelis have died in violent incidents, more than double the number of Arab homicide victims as of the same point last year.

Arab League secretary-general: Trump’s Gaza relocation plan ‘existential threat to Palestinian cause’

The Arab League and regional officials are scrambling to propose alternatives to #Trump‘s idea of relocating part of Gaza’s population to reshape the territory’s future. Trump’s idea is gaining traction for a simple reason: no one within the region is willing to offer viable… https://t.co/Lf7TcKWm0L

— Ahmed Quraishi (@_AhmedQuraishi) February 3, 2025

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit stated in Cairo on Sunday that Israel aims to render the Gaza Strip uninhabitable, WAFA, the official PA news agency, reported. Aboul Gheit made this remark during a meeting with U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim, Sigrid Kaag.

“Israel’s objective is to make the Gaza Strip unlivable, creating a situation that is both unacceptable and a clear violation of international law,” Aboul Gheit said, suggesting that “the forced displacement of Palestinians is an existential threat,” the Jewish Press reported.

He stressed that without concrete efforts to establish a Palestinian state based on the pre-1967 borders, the region would remain perpetually at risk of spiraling into further cycles of violence.

Majority of Israelis back Trump’s Gaza relocation plan

Oh wow.

Over 80% of Israelis support President Trump’s plan to relocate over a million Gazans to Jordan and Egypt in a recent poll.

Less than 15% think it’s immoral.

Source: Jpost pic.twitter.com/vIv4P8fQ8X

— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) February 3, 2025

A poll conducted for the JPPI shows a large majority of Israeli Jews in favor of President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate the displaced population of Gaza – some 2.4 million people – from the Strip to Egypt and Jordan, JFeed reported.

According to the JPPI’s statement:

Survey respondents were asked about their stance on President Trump’s proposal to relocate Gaza Arabs to another country.

43% of all Israelis believe the Trump plan is “practical” and should be pursued. A small majority of 52% of Jews in Israel think similarly. An additional 30% of Jews responded the plan is “not practical, but hopefully” – meaning they support it but don’t believe it has a real chance of being realized. In total, more than eight out of ten Jews in Israel support the plan.

Overall, about 14% of all Israelis (13% of Jews) consider the plan a “distraction” – a response that doesn’t express explicit opposition but shows reluctance to engage with it.

The percentage of Israelis who believe the president’s proposal is “immoral” because it involves a “transfer that cannot be accepted” is 13%, with almost all of these being Arabs (a majority of 54% of Arabs responded this way). Among Jews, only 3% believe the proposal is “immoral.”

Two IDF reservists killed in Samaria terrorist attack

The terrorist who carried out the attack at the Jordan Valley crossing is on his way to hell.

This is how every damned terrorist should end his life. pic.twitter.com/MvrPqYBXDP

— נועה מגיד | Noa magid (@NoaMagid) February 4, 2025

Two Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed and eight more were wounded when a terrorist opened fire at a military post near the village of Tayasir in northern Samaria on Tuesday morning, reported the Jewish news Syndicate.

The slain troops were identified by the military as IDF Sgt. Maj. (res.) Ofer Yung, 39, a squad commander in the Ephraim Regional Brigade’s 8211th Reserve Battalion, from Tel Aviv, and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Avraham Tzvi Tzivka Friedman, 43, a soldier in the battalion, from Ein Hanatziv.

According to an initial IDF probe, the terrorist managed to take up a position near the entrance of the military post and fired on troops as they exited. The terrorist was said to have exchanged fire with troops inside the post for several minutes before being killed.

The terrorist, who reportedly had been waiting in the area for hours before carrying out the attack, was said to have been armed with an M-16 rifle and two magazines, and was wearing a tactical vest.

Dept. of Education launches investigations into five universities over anti-Semitic harassment

BREAKING: The Department of Education has launched investigation into five universities.

This comes right after the Department of Justice announced an antisemitism task force. pic.twitter.com/k2EujSkp8c

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) February 3, 2025

The Department of Education is taking its first major action under the new administration to combat anti-Semitism, launching investigations into alleged anti-Semitic discrimination at Columbia University; the University of California, Berkeley; Portland State University; Northwestern University and University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

The Department of Education under the Biden administration pursued anti-Semitism cases after complaints had been filed by students and organizations representing them. These new cases, however, are being launched proactively, giving the Department of Education broader investigative latitude.

“Too many universities have tolerated widespread anti-Semitic harassment and the illegal encampments that paralyzed campus life last year, driving Jewish life and religious expression underground,” Craig Trainor, the acting assistant secretary of education for civil rights, said in a statement. “The Biden Administration’s toothless resolution agreements did shamefully little to hold those institutions accountable.”

Trainor said the announcements serve to put “universities, colleges, and K-12 schools on notice: this administration will not tolerate continued institutional indifference to the wellbeing of Jewish students on American campuses, nor will it stand by idly if universities fail to combat Jew hatred and the unlawful harassment and violence it animates.”

Netanyahu meets Elon Musk in Washington, D.C.

Prime minister Netanyahu meets with President Trump and Elon Musk pic.twitter.com/GKfSHADg75

— Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) February 3, 2025

After landing in Washington on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and owner of social media site X, who also recently began his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency in the Trump administration, Israel National News reported.

According to a report in Channel 14 News, also taking part in the meeting was David Sacks, who was appointed by Trump as the White House AI and Crypto czar. During the lengthy meeting, the report said, the prime minister requested and secured cooperation from both Musk and Sacks on all matters related to artificial intelligence, for a full partnership between the U.S. and Israel in this field.

The Americans are set to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence, and Israel is expected to join this massive investment and agreement.

Additionally, it was reported at the conclusion of the meeting, the trio formulated a working plan for the near future and the longer term for integrating Israeli forces into American programs. The meeting is expected to benefit Israel’s cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence industries for years to come.

Saudi Arabia, UAE, two possible venues for likely Trump-Putin summit

Trump and Putin reportedly eyeing Saudi Arabia or the UAE as location for first meeting.

Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/MaOoTBRmDd

— AF Post (@AFpost) February 4, 2025

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seen by Russia as possible venues for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, two Russian sources with knowledge of the discussions said.

Trump has said he will end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible and said he is ready to meet with Putin. Putin congratulated Trump on his election and stated he is ready to meet the president to discuss Ukraine and energy, according to the Algemeiner.

Russian officials have repeatedly denied any direct contacts with the U.S. about preparations for a phone call between Trump and Putin, which would precede an eventual meeting later this year.

However, senior Russian officials have visited both Saudi Arabia and the UAE in recent weeks, according to the Russian sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation.

One source said there was still some opposition to the idea in Russia as some diplomats and intelligence officials were pointing to the close military and security links both the Kingdom and the UAE have with the United States.

U.S. DOJ forms anti-Semitism task force

Trump’s Department of Justice has formed a Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, focusing on college campuses and schools.

When us Jewish students asked Biden’s DOJ to enact similar measures, they refused.

It took Trump less than 2 weeks to do what Biden refused to do for 2 years.… pic.twitter.com/UmXdflUsrO

— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) February 3, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department announced on Monday the launch of a task force to combat anti-Semitism in schools and college campuses.

The force is set to include representatives from the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Service, with efforts being coordinated via the Department’s Civil Rights Division, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Leo Terrell, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, who is also set to lead the task force, noted, “Anti-Semitism in any environment is repugnant to this nation’s ideals.”

He added, “The Department takes seriously our responsibility to eradicate this hatred wherever it is found. The Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism is the first step in giving life to President Trump’s renewed commitment to ending anti-Semitism in our schools.”

Biden quietly funneled $3 million to Palestinian Authority for ‘security training’ after its members carried out attacks on Israelis

Biden Admin Quietly Funneled $3 Mil to Palestinian Government ‘Security Forces’ for Weapons Training—After Its Members Carried Out Attacks on Israelis @kredo @FreeBeacon https://t.co/RmobEJOVBI

— Matthew Continetti (@continetti) February 3, 2025

The Biden administration, weeks before leaving power, funneled more than $3 million in taxpayer cash to the Palestinian Authority Security Forces, according to a nonpublic notice transmitted to Congress that was reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

Those funds allowed the PASF to conduct “firearms and ammunition” training – and came after its members carried out scores of attacks against Israelis.

The Jan. 3 funding notice outlined more than $20 million in funding for regional security projects, including those in Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Jordan. Just over $3 million of these funds were earmarked for the PASF, which the United States is training to handle security operations in the war-torn Gaza Strip. As it does so, the PASF is reportedly seeking more than $680 million from the American government over the next four years.

Jerusalem Old City store owner arrested for selling books by Sinwar, Nasrallah

נעצר בעל חנות בעיר העתיקה בירושלים, לאחר שמכר ספרים המכילים תכני הסתה ותמיכה בטרור, בהם ספרים של רבי המרצחים יחיא סינוואר וחסן נסראללה

במהלך פעילות שביצעו שוטרי מרחב דוד בסוף השבוע נבדקה אישה, כאשר במסגרת בדיקתה נמצאו בתיקה ספרים המכילים תכני הסתה. בתשאול טענה כי רכשה את אלו זמן… pic.twitter.com/rjAwUkpE02

— משטרת ישראל (@IL_police) February 3, 2025

Israeli security forces arrested the owner of a bookstore in the Old City of Jerusalem over the weekend on suspicion of selling pro-terror inciting material, including works by slain senior Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Yahya Sinwar, the Israel Police announced on Monday.

The bookstore was discovered after police officers searched the bag of a female suspect in the Old City and found the pro-terrorism content, according to the statement. During questioning, she claimed to have purchased the materials from a nearby bookshop a short time earlier, JNS reported.

Officers of the Israel Police’s David Precinct, which is situated close to the Old City’s Jaffa Gate, subsequently discovered the store was selling numerous books containing “inciting and terrorist content, the sale and distribution of which is prohibited.”

In addition to the publications by Nasrallah and Sinwar, the bookstore also sold writings of Abdullah Barghouti – a Palestinian bombmaker responsible for multiple attacks, which claimed the lives of 66 people.

Confirming Trump Cabinet is key to forcing Deep State transparency, Sen. Ron Johnson says

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Sen. Ron Johnson, leading Senate oversight in the new majority, anticipates more transparency under the Trump administration—but still expects challenges from the same bureaucrats that stonewalled his information requests during the Biden administration.

Johnson, R-Wis., is the chairman of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, part of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

“Will we get all the information we requested? I don’t know. My assumption is the shredders, the BleachBit programs are in high gear,” Johnson told The Daily Signal. “I suggested early on after President [Donald] Trump’s election that he ought to appoint somebody called a secretary of information extraction. The deep state does not give up its secrets easily, no matter who’s in charge.”

The entrenched bureaucracy battle against transparency is another reason to promptly confirm Trump’s Cabinet choices, Johnson said.

“It’s one of the reasons why we need to get his nominees confirmed quickly, the sub-Cabinet posts confirmed quickly,” Johnson said. “He’s put acting administrators in place. He did that very swiftly because President Trump in his first term, he wasn’t a seasoned politician. … He came in far more trusting of the administration, that people would respect the fact that he won the election. He was now president. He’s commander in chief. The permanent bureaucracy, they don’t, they just look at any president, and the attitude is that this, too, shall pass.”

Johnson wrote about 60 oversight letters as a ranking member of the subcommittee to the Department of Health and Human Services and subagencies regarding what he called the government’s failed response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The lack of transparency from the agencies has been jaw-dropping,” Johnson added. “We’re going to focus on that. I’ve got a pent-up demand for information that belongs to the American public that they have every right to see, things like the analysis of the vaccine-injury surveillance systems.”

He noted that after several years, committee members gained access to about 50 pages of redacted emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, after initially requesting several thousand pages.

“The redacted emails were incriminating enough. Who knows who’s in those last 50 pages, so that there will be an early target of subpoenas,” Johnson said.

On his way out, President Joe Biden granted a pardon to Fauci, who some members of Congress think played a potential role in directing U.S. tax dollars to pay for gain-of-function virus research in a Chinese laboratory. The term “gain of function” describes a risky process of making a pathogen more dangerous or contagious for the purpose of studying a response.

Fauci has previously denied that such federal funding occurred for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. However, he accepted the Biden pardon.

A presidential pardon would likely prevent someone from invoking a Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination for testimony. However, the Wisconsin senator said, the first order of business will be to obtain documents before calling Fauci to testify.

“First, we have to get the documents. I mean, what you don’t want to do is just call somebody in for an interview before they have the documentation to base your questions on. You don’t want to call people in for a hearing until you’ve probably done a transcribed interview,” Johnson said.

[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.]

‘Slanted viewpoints’: Cost-cutters taking close look at government support for ‘biased’ PBS and NPR

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

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Just as President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting campaign is reaching its stride, members of Congress are developing their own suggestions for saving taxpayers’ money, including from the tax-supported Public Broadcasting System and National Public Radio, which benefit by hundreds of millions of dollars.

In fact, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., the chair of the new Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee, has summoned NPR chief Katherine Maher and PBS chief Paula Kerger to answer questions.

Reports call the strategy a “direct challenge to what conservatives have long criticized as taxpayer-funded propaganda for the left.”

For instance, NPR refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop scandal in 2020.

Officials there explained, “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.”

Actually, the laptop evidence revealed much about scandals involving the Biden family, including information about its years-long influence peddling operations that appeared to involve Joe Biden himself. The family, according to a later report from Congress, took in tens of millions of dollars – in return essentially for giving people access to Joe Biden as vice president, then president.

Joe Biden himself once openly bragged about threatening Ukraine with the loss of American support if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into a company that was paying Hunter Biden a million dollars a year to be on its board.

PBS AND NPR CALLED TO FACE DOGE SUBCOMMITTEE

PBS and NPR receive the tax dollars of hard-working Americans to stay on the air.

Their coverage should serve every single American, not just a narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups.

Notably,… pic.twitter.com/m2qAkGpzMo

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) February 3, 2025

The publicly funded operations more recently claimed that Elon Musk, a key adviser to Trump and tasked with cutting government waste, fraud and abuse, gave a “fascist salute” at a rally.

Greene said, “PBS and NPR receive the tax dollars of hard-working Americans to stay on the air. Their coverage should serve every single American, not just a narrow slice of like-minded individuals and ideological interest groups. Notably, NPR refused to cover the Hunter Biden laptop story in an attempt to protect then-candidate Joe Biden leading up to the 2020 presidential election. Just hours after President Trump was sworn in for the second time, PBS falsely implied that @elonmusk made a fascist salute at the President’s inaugural rally.

“This kind of one-sided reporting, which attacks over half the country to protect and promote its own political interests, doesn’t deserve a single cent of American taxpayers’ money. I look forward to bringing the president of each of these so-called ‘media’ outlets before my brand-new DOGE Subcommittee to explain to me—and to the American people—why they deserve to continue receiving public funding. To me, it looks like a great place for @DOGE to save some extra $.”

Musk said it was an excellent idea.

NPR gets about one-quarter of its budget from taxes; PBS about 40%, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.

Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena.

“Some elections are important, some are not. But this one, this one really mattered and I just… pic.twitter.com/K8Fo0sdozL

— PBS News (@NewsHour) January 20, 2025

The decision by NPR, too, to essentially cast aside “truth” in its priorities also has earned criticism.

NPR’s new CEO: “Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction getting in the way of finding common ground & getting things done.”

This gets to the heart of the cultural divide in the modern West: whether you believe truth is a priority or a hindrancepic.twitter.com/Pkwy5kkNWy

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) April 17, 2024

Should your tax dollars really be paying for an organization run by people who think the truth is a “distraction”? https://t.co/W79tcJJLxu

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 12, 2024

Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley pointed out that even “respected editor, Uri Berliner,” wrote a scathing condemnation of political bias at NPR, but the outlet still “doubled down on its one-sided coverage.”

And, he noted, “What is striking is how NPR’s shrinking audience righteously opposes any effort to withdraw public subsidies. While dismissing the values or views of half the country, they expect those citizens to support its programming. What would the reaction be if Congress ordered the same subsidy for more popular competitors like Fox Radio?”

He explained outlets “have every right to offer their own slanted viewpoints or coverage. They do not have a right to a federal subsidy to insulate them from the response of consumers.”

WATCH: Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi for U.S. attorney general

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Pam Bondi (Video screenshot)

‘Shadow government’: Democrats go to war against DOGE

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (Video screenshot)

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (Video screenshot)
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

By Matt Bailey, WorldNetDaily Washington correspondent

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer declared DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, a “shadow government” at a Monday news conference on Capitol Hill.

Schumer and others from the Democratic caucus had gathered the media to discuss the Elon Musk-helmed agency gaining access to the Treasury Department’s payment system.

An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.

DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be…

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) February 3, 2025

The five gathered Democrats – Sens. Schumer, Ron Wyden, Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray, and Brian Schatz – argued DOGE had no authority to access the payment system. They claimed Musk had “illegally” accessed the system.

At one point, Sen. Warren claimed that DOGE had “raided” the Treasury to gain access to the system. As of this reporting, that is not accurate, and it appears Treasury Secretary Scott Bissent has cooperated with DOGE’s efforts to access the Treasury.

The Democrats also argued President Donald Trump has no authority to interfere with congressionally approved funding.

I can’t believe the words that just came out of Chuck Schumer’s mouth.

“Before our very eyes, an unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government…”

WOW! Does Chuck know that all the bureaucrats being kicked out are UNELECTED & SHADOW?… pic.twitter.com/OEWOzHHaxF

— George (@BehizyTweets) February 3, 2025

Unfortunately for the senators, this is incorrect. In fact, the DOGE office is a reworking of an Obama-era agency known as the United States Digital Service. Just as with DOGE, the Digital Service was created unilaterally by the president.

What was on display today was a reaction to Trump doing exactly what he said he would do: cut the government down to size and get it to work for the American people. Elon Musk claims to have already found what he’s calling “fraudulent” payments that Treasury officials were directed to hand out, no questions asked.

Fraud in the federal government is closer to 10% of disbursements, so more like ~$700 billion per year.

Outright waste is at least 15%, so another trillion+ dollars.

Anyone who works in government knows this. https://t.co/P0622Wr2Y6

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2025

Donald Trump has created an agency whose sole job it is to look under the hood of government institutions. This has establishment bureaucrats on both sides of the aisle terrified, and for good reason.

The questions about DOGE stalling payments already authorized by congress is at this point a hypothetical. But it is a net positive that the executive branch, as part of the checks and balances that make our government work, now has the ability to audit the fund that congress is approving.

‘Crap’: White House stuns with list of abusive USAID expenditures, including help for the Taliban

Ilhan Omar has written the name of Somalia with a gold pen

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Feb. 4, 20205: 9:00 a.m.:

Ilhan Omar has written the name of Somalia with a gold pen

Ilhan Omar’s interests are in Somalia and she’s a Rep in the U.S. to represent Somalia.pic.twitter.com/HF9cYELJOc

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 3, 2025

Russian ballistic missile attack on central Izium

February 4, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Feb. 4, 2025: 5:55 a.m.:

Russian ballistic missile attack on central Izium

RUSSIAN MISSILE STRIKE ON UKRAINE KILLS 4

A Russian ballistic missile attack on central Izium destroyed a five-story apartment bloc and several administrative buildings.

At least 4 people are dead, 20 injured, with rescuers scrambling to free those trapped under the… pic.twitter.com/fp9ijbw5pZ

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 4, 2025

Mexican cartels hitting back over Trump’s demand for military on border

February 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Feb. 3, 2025: 10:00 p.m.:

Mexican cartels hitting back over Trump’s demand for military on border

Mexican cartels are planning to use kamikaze drones and other explosives to fight back against President Trump’s demand for Mexican border agents patrolling the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The United States also has their own agents posted on the border. Agents have been directed to wear their ballistic armor and use their long firearms as needed, according to Fox News.

“On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information advising that Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against US Border Patrol agents and US military personnel currently working along the border with Mexico,” a memo, obtained by the New York Post and picked up by Fox News states.

President Trump pauses tariff terrors for Canada and Mexico

February 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Feb. 3, 2025: 9:30 p.m.:

President Trump pauses tariff terrors for Canada and Mexico

Canada and Mexico were likely feeling some terror over a 25 percent tariff that President Trump was planning to levy on them. He agreed to pause the tariff on each country for 30 days if they will put their troops on the border. He wants Canadian troops to watch for and prevent organized crime and fentanyl from coming over the border.

The agreement with Mexico is similar. Trump wants 10,000 Mexican soldiers on the border to stop the flow of the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigrants from coming over the border, according to The Hill.

“As President, it is my responsibility to ensure the safety of ALL Americans, and I am doing just that. I am very pleased with this initial outcome, and the Tariffs announced on Saturday will be paused for a 30 day period to see whether or not a final Economic deal with Canada can be structured. FAIRNESS FOR ALL!” Trump posted online.

Trump starts sovereign wealth fund, may use to purchase TikTok

February 3, 2025 Ogghy Filed Under: THE NEWS, WND

Feb. 3, 2025: 8:30 p.m.:

Trump starts sovereign wealth fund, may use to purchase TikTok

President Trump has decided he’d like to start a sovereign wealth fund, and has asked the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments to take steps to get that started. The state-owned investment fund consists of financial items such as stocks, bonds, real estate or other financial assets. One of the purchases he’s considering making with the fund is TikTok, according to Newsweek.

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