Author name: Jason Walsh

Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly warned that both Democrats and Republicans are planning to derail President Donald Trump‘s second term by going after his cabinet nominations.

Kelly said Pete Hegseth, who is battling to stay in the running for Secretary of Defense in the wake of unsubstantiated accusations against him, will end up as Matt Gaetz did. Then RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and others would be targeted next.

“If you don’t think they’re going to do this to RFK Jr., you haven’t been paying attention,” Kelly urged.

“I realize that Pete has his belly exposed. He has not led a perfect life, and there’s plenty if you want to start attacking his character in terms of his marital history and so on,” Kelly added. “But as he said to me yesterday, he found around 20, I think it was 18 or so, he found his two J’s: his wife, Jen and Jesus, and started changing his life in a profound way,” she further explained.

The host continued: “Let’s say they get Pete’s scalp like they got Matt Gates’s scalp, Bobby Kennedy’s history makes Pete look like the consummate Boy Scout. He looks like he’s ready to enter the priesthood.”

“He’s a lot older, with a lot more of a checkered past… It’s not going to be pretty at all.”

“So we are really at a crossroads here about whether we are going to sacrifice these nominees because of checkered personal pasts or not. It’s not going to get easier after Pete,” Kelly emphasized.

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Key Republican senators are wavering in their support for several of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, which could upend their confirmation prospects.

Four of Trump’s picks are facing scrutiny from within his own party:

• Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense
• Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary
• Kash Patel as FBI Director

Below 9 Republican senators are likely to vote against President Trump’s cabinet appointments:

• Lisa Murkowski
• Susan Collins
• Bill Cassidy
• Joni Ernst
• Thom Thillis
• John Cornyn
• Mitch McConnell
• Todd Young
• John Curtis

According to the Daily Caller’s Henry Rodgers, the threat extends beyond traditional GOP sceptics.

Rodgers noted that South Dakota Senators Mike Rounds, John Thune and Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy, have emerged as potential swing votes in the upcoming confirmation battles.

Hegseth’s nomination has been plagued with unproven sexual assault allegations.

Meanwhile, reports emerged that Trump is exploring a potential last-minute change to his Defense Secretary nomination, considering replacing Hegseth with former rival Ron DeSantis.

Media outlets are also reporting stories suggesting issues with alcohol and personal conduct.

RINOs have also used Gabbard’s previous meeting with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to raise concerns about her views on foreign policy.

However, Rodgers noted that Gabbard defended her position, stating, “I will never apologize for doing all that I can to prevent more of my brothers and sisters from being sent into harm’s way.”

RFK Jr.’s nomination also drew criticism about “scientific backing” for his claims about water fluoridation, despite it being proven true.

Kash Patel is also facing a battle over his intentions to reform the FBI following its investigations of Trump during his first term.

Senator Collins took a cautious approach regarding Patel, saying, “I don’t know Kash Patel. I had heard his name, but I don’t know his background, and I’m going to have to do a lot of work before reaching a decision on him.”

Senator Mike Lee of Utah urged colleagues to unite behind Trump’s choices, stating, “Donald Trump survived attempts to kill him and have him imprisoned through a perversion of America’s justice system.”

“The American people elected him again to smash Washington corruption with a hammer, and gave him a mandate to choose the right team to do it,” he continued, as highlighted by Rodgers.

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Projection is what Democrats do best as former president Barack Obama recently demonstrated after he accused Republicans of weaponizing the justice system against their political enemies and rigging the election.

So Obama has just perfectly described what Democrats have been doing to President-elect Donald Trump these past four years

During an appearance at the ‘Democracy Forum, Obama said:

“Since total victory is impossible in a country politically split down the middle, the result is a doom loop of government gridlock, even greater polarization, wilder rhetoric, and a deepening conviction among partisans that the other side is breaking the rules and has rigged the game to tip it in their favor.”

He added: “One side tries to stack the deck and lock in [very long pause].

“A permanent grip on power, either by actively suppressing votes or politicizing the armed forces or using the judiciary criminal justice system to go after opponents.”

NEW: Obama says Republicans are the ones who rig elections and weaponize the justice system while speaking at a "Democracy Forum."

The comment was so outrageous that Obama could barely get the words out of his mouth.

"One side tries to stack the deck and lock in [very long… pic.twitter.com/LoKM5d7rjr

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 6, 2024

Talk about the pot calling the Kettle black.

Obama continued by underscoring that pluralism is “not about holding hands and singing Kumbaya” but “about recognizing that any democratic power comes from forging alliances and building coalitions and making room in those coalitions, not only for the woke but also for the waking.”

Besides looking dishevelled and worried, Obama comes across as a man who knows payback is coming.

It’s also worth noting that this isn’t the first signal that Obama is running out of material for his arguments as the walls close in.

Earlier this month, Obama recycled the now debunked “very fine people” narrative and the “Muslim ban during a Kamala Harris campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Maybe you’re Muslim-American or you’re Jewish-American and you’re furious about the ongoing bloodshed in the Middle East and worried about the rise of anti-semitism,” said Obama.

Obama then repeated another lie.

“Why would you place your faith in someone who instituted a so-called Muslim ban,” he added. Obama asserted that Trump “said that there were very fine people on both sides of the white supremacist rally,” Obama said.

Even the fact-checking website Snopes was forced to correct the false claims that Trump called neo-Nazis “very fine people” after the Charlottesville protests in 2017.

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Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, has released a list of 60 “deep state” adversaries he plans to target immediately when he begins his role next year.

The list, which includes President Joe Biden and network analysts, is detailed in his 2022 book Government Gangsters.

In the book’s appendix, titled “Members of the Executive Branch Deep State,” Patel lists those names alphabetically but acknowledges that the list is not exhaustive.

Patel said other “corrupt actors” could include Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Senator-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA), ex-congressman Paul Ryan, author of the Trump-Russia Steele Dossier Christopher Steele.

Patel also reassures the public he will be going after “the entire fake news mafia press corp.”

Here’s the list:

Michael Atkinson – Former inspector general of the intelligence community
Lloyd Austin – Secretary of Defense under President Joe Biden
Brian Auten – Supervisory intelligence analyst, FBI
James Baker – Former general counsel for the FBI and Twitter executive
Bill Barr – Former attorney general under Trump
John Bolton – Former national security adviser under Trump
Stephen Boyd – Former chief of legislative affairs, FBI
Joe Biden – President of the United States
John Brennan – Former CIA director under President Obama
John Carlin – Former DOJ national security division head under Trump
Eric Ciaramella – Former National Security Council staffer
Pat Cipollone – Former White House counsel under Trump
James Clapper – Former director of national intelligence under Obama
Hillary Clinton – Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate
James Comey – Former FBI director
Elizabeth Dibble – Former deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, London
Mark Esper – Former Secretary of Defense under Trump
Alyssa Farah – Former strategic communications director under Trump
Evelyn Farkas – Former Pentagon official under Obama
Sarah Isgur Flores – Former DOJ communications head under Trump
Merrick Garland – Attorney General under Biden
Stephanie Grisham – Former White House press secretary under Trump
Kamala Harris – Vice President and former presidential candidate
Gina Haspel – Former CIA director under Trump
Fiona Hill – Former National Security Council staffer
Curtis Heide – FBI agent
Eric Holder – Former attorney general under Obama
Robert Hur – Special counsel for Biden document investigation
Cassidy Hutchinson – Former assistant to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
Nina Jankowicz – Former head of Biden’s Disinformation Governance Board
Lois Lerner – Former IRS official under Obama
Loretta Lynch – Former attorney general under Obama
Charles Kupperman – Former deputy national security adviser under Trump
Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) – Former CENTCOM commander
Andrew McCabe – Former FBI deputy director
Ryan McCarthy – Former Secretary of the Army under Trump
Mary McCord – Former DOJ national security division head
Denis McDonough – Former Obama chief of staff, current VA secretary
Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) – Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lisa Monaco – Deputy attorney general under Biden
Robert Mueller – Former FBI director and Russiagate special counsel
Bruce Ohr – Former DOJ official under Obama and Trump
Nellie Ohr – Former CIA employee
Lisa Page – Former FBI counsel
Pat Philbin – Former deputy White House counsel under Trump
John Podesta – Former Obama adviser, current Biden climate adviser
Samantha Power – Former U.N. ambassador under Obama, current USAID administrator
Bill Priestap – Former FBI counterintelligence chief
Susan Rice – Former Obama national security adviser
Rod Rosenstein – Former deputy attorney general under Trump
Peter Strzok – Former FBI counterintelligence agent
Jake Sullivan – National Security Adviser under Biden
Michael Sussman – Former DNC lawyer
Miles Taylor – Former DHS official under Trump
Timothy Thibault – Former FBI agent
Andrew Weissman – Mueller’s Russiagate deputy
Alexander Vindman – Former National Security Council official
Christopher Wray – Current FBI director under Trump and Biden
Sally Yates – Former deputy attorney general under Obama
Adam Schiff – Senator-elect and former House Intelligence Committee chairman

Earlier this month, Patel announced the “massive declassification” of troves of information ranging from the Jeffrey Epstein files to the “P Diddy” list.

Patel told Conservative podcast host Benny Johnson that releasing documents that implicate the Department of Justice and FBI for their illegal surveillance of over 250,000 Americans.

“When we go back to the DOJ and FBI, we still don’t have all the lists, all the FISA documents, all of the things they did to 275,000 Americans illegally in one year,” Patel said.

“We need to put that out there. I’m not saying we reveal the exact methods, but we can keep the hood on the engine while showing the American people how their rights were violated.

“To me, what you mentioned is the most important part: restoring trust in our agencies and departments. And the way to do that isn’t to treat them like a piñata, hoping for something good to pop out,” he added.

“The way to do it is by giving the American people the truth. And that’s what they feared about Donald Trump,” Patel continued.

“He’s going to come in there and might just give them the Epstein list, the ‘Diddy list,’ and everything else they’re terrified of being exposed.”

BREAKING: Kash Patel just announced that massive declassification will occur in Trump's Administration from the Epstein to the Diddy list. It's all going to be made public.

"He's going to come in there and maybe give them the Epstein list, maybe give them the P Diddy list and… pic.twitter.com/UBDbIDMg6y

— George (@BehizyTweets) November 7, 2024

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued two flight restrictions on Tuesday after suspicious drone activity was detected over President-elect Donald Trump‘s Bedminster golf club in New Jersey.

The drone activity was first reported within Morris County, the border two miles north of Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Somerset County.

The agency issued two “temporary flight restrictions” (TFR) following requests from “the state’s federal security partners.”

However, the strange drone sightings have continued into this week in Central New Jersey.

FAA places restriction on ALL drone flights over Picatinny Arsenal and Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster NJ after car size Drones/UFO's have been hovering for weeks in Morris County.

Legacy media is purposely ignoring this story, but local media is all over it. pic.twitter.com/r45kaQOEZf

— RJ Talks (@realRJTalks) December 3, 2024

One TFR applies to an area near Solberg-Hunterdon County Airport with airspace near Trump Bedminster.

Flights are also banned banned Picatinny Arsenal, a major U.S. Army hub in Dover, New Jersey.

The ban will remain in place throughout the rest of the week, and restrictions on the Picatinny Arsenal will remain until December 26, 2024.

“Safely integrating drones into the National Airspace System is a key priority for the FAA,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday.

NEW: 'Car-sized drones spotted over Trump’s private residence in Bedminster, NJ'

This is controlled airspace. Spy drones wouldn't have lights to be seen by us. These aren't Chinese or Russian drones. pic.twitter.com/Hh5ZRwIclT

— Kab (@Kabamur_Taygeta) December 3, 2024

“We look into all reports of unauthorized drone operations and investigate when appropriate,” the statement added.

The FBI issued a joint statement with the New Jersey State Police and the State Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness requesting information related to “the recent sightings of possible drones flying in several areas along the Raritan River.”

“Witnesses have spotted the cluster of what look to be drones and a possible fixed-wing aircraft,” FBI spokesperson Amy Thoreson said.

“We have reports from the public and law enforcement dating back several weeks.”

The bureau is also investigating several sightings of “fixed-wing aircraft” over central New Jersey.

Morris County Sheriff James Gannon said h there is “no advisable immediate danger to the public at this time” and asked the public for clear photos of the drones.

Meanwhile, drones have been sighted over British-American joint bases in the United Kingdom.

Fox News reported that “Swarms of small drones” have been seen over Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Fairford, and RAF Feltwell in England.

According to a Pentagon spokesman, the drones did not have any adverse effect on the base’s buildings, personnel or assets

Additional security assets have been dispatched around the bases in response to the sightings.

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ABC’s The View was forced yet again to issue another legal note regarding the panel’s recent comments about President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.

On Monday, co-host Sunny Hostin issued a statement after co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin commented on a private email sent by Hegseth’s mother.

The email detailed a family dispute in which Hegseth’s mother accused him of mistreating his ex-wife.

However, Hegseth’s mom has since apologized for the statement, stating she made the comments while in an emotional state.

“It is not true. It has never been true,” she said

“I know my son. He is a good father, husband.”

She also slammed the left-wing outlet for releasing the private email, calling it “disgusting.”

While discussing the Trump cabinet picks, Hostin began with by saying, “I have a very quick statement.”

“It’s not gonna be that quick,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg interjected.

“Pete Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing, his lawyers said he paid the woman in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit,” host Hostin said with a stone cold expression on her face.

“No charges were ever brought.”

LOL: The View’s Sunny Hostin Is Forced to Read Another Legal Notice Live on Air

She’s literally dying inside as she reads this:

“Pete Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing. His lawyer said he paid the woman in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. No charges were ever… pic.twitter.com/f90FwyWgjq

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) December 2, 2024

The legal notes came just a week after the show issued another “legal note” on Matt Gaetz regarding allegations against him.

During a discussion of the Cabinet picks, Hostin said:

“Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims ‘invented’, and saying in a statement to ABC News that this false smear, following a three-year criminal investigation, should be viewed with great skepticism.”

“The DOJ investigation was closed with no charges being brought.”

Sonny Hostin was forced to issue a “legal note” on The View that Matt Gaetz was found to have done nothing wrong after a three year DOJ investigation. Enjoy. pic.twitter.com/wiz0OhynFK

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 20, 2024

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Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent from CNN, appeared to slip up after the news broke that Joe Biden had granted his embattled son, Hunter Biden, a pardon for any criminal acts he partook in from 2014 to 2024.

These criminals acts included trading influence for cash, trafficking prostitutes, and being his father’s bagman.

🚨 NEW: CNN just ADMITTED Biden pardoned Hunter for ALL crimes for the past 11 years out of fear that his family would be investigated by the Trump administration

THIS WAS ONE BIG COVERUP. pic.twitter.com/AJOaWVDKqs

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 2, 2024

“We were told that this came to a head this weekend, and this is why President Biden decided now to do this. But as Isaac was just saying, that really is a sense of the conversation that has been going on really inside the family,” Jeff Zeleny said.

“I’m told this has been very much a family discussion and something that has been not widely shared or discussed as a policy matter inside the West Wing.”

“But there was a worry of future prosecutions or future the potential of what the incoming Trump Justice Department could do.”

“So that, of course, is fretted in all of this as well.”

“But for now, this moment, this certainly is a decision that President Biden, I’m guessing, did not come too easily,” he added.

“But as you played that statement before, so much has changed since June when he told David Muir of ABC News that he would not do that,” Zeleny continued.

“Of course, his station in life has changed. Did not complete his campaign.”

“So that is why, leading up to this, that’s why I’m told a decision was reached finally this weekend after spending time together in Nantucket.

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A seasoned reporter for Axios and previous founder of Politico went on a bizarre tirade attacking Elon Musk for purchasing X and “ruining” journalistic integrity by allowing people to say what they want on his platform X.

Jim VandeHei, who was in Washington D.C. to receive a journalism award from the National Press Club, used the podium to rip Musk’s declaration to X users that “you are the media now.”

Jim VandeHei joined @Morning_Joe to discuss his and Mike Allen's reporting on "Trump's liberal cabinet" and reflect on his Fourth Estate Award acceptance speech at @NPCInstitute.

📺: @morningmika + @JoeNBC | @JimVandeHei | @axios pic.twitter.com/gabaXH9z2m

— Axios Comms (@AxiosComms) November 25, 2024

“My message to Elon Musk is bulls***. You’re not the media!” VandeHei yelled.

“Everything we do is under fire. Elon Musk sits on Twitter every day, or X today. saying like, ‘We are the media. You are the media’…”

“You having a blue checkmark, a Twitter handle and 300 words of cleverness doesn’t make you a reporter any more than me looking at your head, and seeing that you have a brain and telling you have an awesome set of tools makes me a damn neurosurgeon, right?”

VandeHei then encourages his fellow leftists to pat themselves on the back for being bulwarks against Donald Trump‘s looming administration.

“Being a reporter is hard. Really hard. You have to care. You have to do the hard work,” he said.

“You have to get up every single day and say, ‘I want to get to the closest approximation of the truth without any fear, without any favoritism,’” VandeHei added.

“You don’t do that by popping off on Twitter. You don’t do that by having an opinion. You do it by doing the hard work,” VandeHei said.

VandeHei’s remarks were mentioned on “Morning Joe,” where host Joe Scarborough praised the Musk bashing to combat “all of the garbage flying around on social media,” including “lying about what reporters do.”

However, Scarborough failed to mention the fact that he recently visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago to “restart communications” with the president-elect

He then continued mocking Musk.

“Oh! You get your news from a website run by Chinese conspiracy theorists in a Chinese religious cult?” Scarborough said.

“That’s where you get your – no! Social media, people lying every day, every hour, every minute about the news. What you do matters!”

Musk has indeed ruffled many feathers since buying X, mainly because he is exposing the media for what it actually is: a propaganda mouthpiece for the liberal elite.

Among Musk’s many battles was the recent threat by British MPs to “summon” him to their parliament to address allegations he is spreading ‘disinformation.’

In true Musk fashion, he fired back that British MPs “will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens.’”

They will be summoned to the United States of America to explain their censorship and threats to American citizens

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 20, 2024

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