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Pentagon officials are reportedly discussing how to respond to potential directives from President-elect Donald Trump, according to a report by CNN citing defense sources.

The conversations include planning for various possible actions by the incoming administration, such as deploying military forces to assist with mass deportations or reinstating Schedule F, an executive order from Trump’s previous term that would reclassify certain federal employees, making them easier to dismiss.

The reported discussions include “gaming out” scenarios in which Trump could use the military to support federal and local law enforcement in deportation operations.

According to CNN, some officials are preparing for “the worst-case scenario,” though a defense official acknowledged that the actual course of action remains uncertain.

One of the primary concerns among Pentagon officials, CNN reported, is the possibility that Trump could reintroduce Schedule F, a measure he first implemented via executive order in 2020.

Schedule F reclassified certain civil servants as “at-will” employees, allowing for their dismissal based on performance.

Joe Biden rescinded the order shortly after taking office in 2021, but Trump has publicly indicated his intention to bring it back, stating in a 2023 video that he would “wield that power very aggressively.”

The prospect of Schedule F’s return has reportedly generated significant concern within defense circles, with one official telling CNN that they have received a high volume of communications on the topic.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has previously warned against “inappropriate political encroachments” on career civil servants, while Trump has criticized some in the Pentagon as “rogue bureaucrats.”

Concerns over potential conflicts between Trump and the Department of Defense have also been amplified by Trump’s past statements, including his October comments to Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo about addressing “radical left lunatics” within government ranks.

Trump referenced the possible need for the National Guard or the military to deal with “the enemy within,” a term he used to describe political opponents, including Democratic Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff from California.

The possibility of a strained relationship between Trump’s administration and the Pentagon has reportedly led officials to prepare for a different dynamic in his second term.

CNN reported that the connection between the Trump White House and the Department of Defense (DoD) was notably tense during his first term, prompting a heightened focus on personnel choices for key DoD roles this time around.

"The unelected bureaucracy of this government answers to the civilian and duly elected leadership."@ScottJenningsKY excoriates Pentagon officials over reports of secret meetings about how to “thwart or countermand the Commander-In-Chief."

The plotting against Trump has… pic.twitter.com/Glptqqvw5q

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) November 9, 2024

Republican CNN contributor Scott Jennings addressed these reported discussions on Anderson Cooper 360⁰, suggesting that if officials are worried about upcoming changes, they should raise their concerns directly with Trump. “What’s Donald Trump supposed to think?” Jennings asked.

“He’s gotta read in the newspaper tonight that the unelected bureaucracy of the federal government is having meetings, at some level, about how to thwart or countermand the Commander in Chief.”

The report comes amid heightened interest in how Trump’s approach to the Pentagon may differ from his previous term.

Many of Trump’s most vocal critics from his first term came from within his own administration, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Both Milley and Kelly were prominent in their critiques, with Kelly comparing Trump to a fascist and alleging that Trump praised Adolf Hitler, a claim Trump has denied.

As Trump prepares to re-enter the White House, the focus on his potential actions and changes within the Pentagon reflects broader questions about how his administration will interact with the military and defense establishment.

The discussions reported by CNN indicate that defense officials are actively considering the challenges and adjustments they might face under the incoming administration, with scenarios being evaluated to anticipate potential policy shifts under Trump’s leadership.

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CNN data analyst Harry Enten said President Donald Trump‘s massive gains with certain groups in the 2024 election were much worse than a knockout blow for Democrats.

While Democrats suffered meltdowns following their historic loss, Enten said they haven’t fully grasped how bad it was for them.

Enten broke down the numbers, showing how significant Trump’s victory was.

Enten explained how Trump made the greatest improvements over a previous presidential election performance from Republicans since 1992.

“When was the last time a party gained in so many different places?” he asked.

“You have to go all the way back to 1992 when Bill Clinton improved on Michael Dukakis’ performance in 49 states, plus the District of Columbia.”

Enten continued to marvel at Trump’s epic win.

“Donald Trump’s performance on Tuesday was the best for a Republican presidential candidate in exit poll history.”

“He literally goes all the way back through history and breaks history.”

According to Enten’s chart, Trump improved his party’s election performance in 49 states and Washington, D.C., over the 2020 election.

“You know, I think the breadth of the improvement that Donald Trump had – Holy Toledo!”

Earlier this week, CNNs Jake Tapper admitted Trump’s election victory was the “greatest comeback in history.”

“It is hard to think of a political comeback that is actually more significant than this one. I’m tempted to say Richard Nixon, but that really falls short of what Donald Trump has achieved.”

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Voters in Alameda County, California, have recalled District Attorney Pamela Price, marking the first time the county has removed an elected DA from office.

Price, who was backed by George Soros and known for her “criminal justice reform” policies, was ousted by a significant margin in one of California’s most left-leaning areas, which includes the city of Oakland.

Early Wednesday morning, Alameda County released unofficial results showing that 64.8% of voters supported recalling Price, while 35.2% voted to keep her.

Although official results may take a few days to finalize, the recall’s outcome underscores growing dissatisfaction with progressive criminal justice policies, even in traditionally liberal communities.

According to Mercury News, Price’s recall represents a notable shift in attitudes toward criminal justice reform in California.

Price, who had been in office for less than two years of her six-year term, had faced mounting criticism over policies that many residents saw as too lenient on crime.

Her approach included measures aimed at reducing incarceration and supporting alternatives to prosecution for certain offenses, but critics argued that these policies contributed to rising crime in Oakland and other parts of Alameda County.

Price was one of several progressive prosecutors across the country whose campaigns received financial backing from billionaire George Soros.

Soros has supported numerous candidates promoting criminal justice reform, particularly those who ran on platforms aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement.

However, in California, backlash against these policies has become increasingly visible.

Last year, voters in San Francisco recalled DA Chesa Boudin, another Soros-backed prosecutor, after widespread complaints about rising crime and public safety issues.

On Tuesday, Soros-backed Los Angeles County DA George Gascón, who also implemented similar policies, lost his re-election bid by a wide margin.

During her tenure, Price faced a series of controversies that fueled public discontent.

Notably, her laptop was stolen from her car in Oakland—a city grappling with escalating crime and the effects of “defund the police” policies that led to reduced law enforcement resources.

Price was also accused of nepotism after hiring her boyfriend, despite concerns raised about his background.

Beyond local recalls, California voters have taken other actions to address crime and safety concerns.

In recent state elections, a large majority voted in favor of Proposition 36, a measure designed to counteract some of the unintended consequences of Proposition 47, which passed in 2014.

Proposition 47 reduced penalties for certain theft and drug offenses, but critics say it has contributed to an increase in retail theft, looting, and other crimes.

Proposition 36 aims to reintroduce stricter measures, signaling a statewide shift toward policies that prioritize public safety over leniency.

The recall effort against Price gained momentum as Oakland residents and business owners voiced frustration with policies they believed were inadequate for dealing with the city’s crime issues.

Under Price’s leadership, Oakland had experienced a surge in crime, prompting criticism from citizens who felt that public safety was not being adequately addressed.

The recall’s success could influence similar efforts in other regions, as voters reconsider the impact of progressive criminal justice policies.

Alameda County’s decision to recall Price may have broader implications for the future of progressive criminal justice reforms in California and across the U.S. Price’s removal, along with the recent recalls and defeats of other high-profile reformist prosecutors, highlights a potential shift in public opinion.

As California’s bluest areas push back against progressive policies perceived as ineffective, the state may see a return to more traditional approaches to criminal justice in an effort to curb crime and enhance public safety.

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Maxine Waters joined a growing number of Democrats attempting to blame “racism” on Kamala Harris‘s devastating defeat in the U.S. presidential election against Donald Trump.

Some have even gone as far as to blame sexism too!

For years, Waters has been dividing Americans with her race-baiting politics, with everything from inciting violence against Trump supporters to dividing America with her “white supremacy” narrative.

During an appearance on News Nation with Chris Cuomo, Waters was asked, “What lesson should your party have learned?”

Waters responded:  “The Democratic Party worked very hard; they raised a substantial sum of money, and we had great candidates.”

“Trump had a following generally led by white males. White males voted in big numbers.”

“He had a few from the other race groups that joined, like the Latinos at 45 percent, and black men at about the same rate that they did when they voted for him before at about 20 percent, and that combination won.”

“It’s not that Democrats did not work hard and did not do a great job. We had an unusual situation where we had a black woman, which this country has never seen before.”

“A combination of all these things led to his [Trump’s] win.”

Chris Cuomo responded: “I will not push back on the idea that race and sex matter in America and politics; I think they do.”

“I don’t know if that is the controlling variable, and you don’t suggest otherwise. To me, it seems to be that the Democrats thought ‘Trump stinks’ is enough.”

“Senator Bernie Sanders said something that reminded me of you: The Democratic Party used to be, ‘We are all about doing for working people; that’s what we do.’

“You are now seen as not that, even by Bernie Sanders.”

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A Democratic majority in the Michigan House flipped on Tuesday to an even bigger majority for Republicans, setting the table for the GOP to investigate Democratic malfeasance next year. Michigan Republicans broke a two-year Democratic government trifecta on Election Day by holding on to seats occupied by vulnerable House Republicans and flipping four seats held by Democrats.

In Michigan House District 27, Republican Rylee Linting leads Democratic incumbent Jamie Churches 51.6%-48.4% with 95% of votes counted, while Republican Ron Robinson holds a seven-point lead over Democratic incumbent Nate Shannon in District 58 with 91.83% of the vote in, the Detroit Free Press reports. Republican Steve Frisbie leads Democratic incumbent Jim Haadsma by 19.4% with just 25.81% of the vote counted in District 44. Democratic incumbent Jenn Hill is also poised to fall to Republican Karl Bohnak in District 109, where Bohnak leads 51.3%-48.7% with 99% of the vote in.

The situation is expected to shift Democrats’ 56-54 majority in the lower chamber to a 58-52 majority for Republicans, according to projections by The Detroit News.

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There was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, about a race of aliens called the Binars. They were a genetically enhanced race with computer processors in their heads, and they were androgynous and apparently sexless, with bald heads and indeterminate body shapes. Their non-threatening appearance was key to their success at stealing the Enterprise from space dock. 

Have they been with us here on Earth, and have they been participating in the election? Or, have they been altering certain leftist humans slowly, replacing our usual friends with weirder and less sexy versions? 

Something strange is going on, if this tweet from prominent commentator James Lindsay is any indication. 

Pretty interesting. Thoughts? https://t.co/tme2Gzkwbp

— James Lindsay, anti-Communist (@ConceptualJames) November 8, 2024

I know, it’s confusing. How is it possible to have categories of voters other than “male” and “female,” first of all? It is not possible, of course, but America has been playing in the land of make-believe for at least 10 years about human anatomy. We’re supposed to believe that there are “transgender women,” but those are just men who call themselves women (and vice-versa for “transgender men”). Apparently all you need to do to fundamentally change reality today is slap on the opposite sex’s clothing and throw tantrums whenever someone recognizes that you’re wearing a costume. 

But wait, there’s more! Have you heard of the “non-binaries?” These are an even more special subset of the alleged transgender community. Usually, but not always, “non-binary” people are women (who look just like yesterday’s plain old lesbians) who claim to be neither male nor female.

Reader, don’t sweat this too hard. You can’t make it make sense. Just roll with me. 

So apparently the non–binaries are 1 percent of the population. Of that tiny sliver, 73 percent voted for Kamala Harris, while 21 percent chose Donald Trump, which admittedly is surprising.  

Let’s see whether X/Twitter users are playing along with this fun insane asylum game!

Did the non-binary struggle making a choice between 2 people?

— Tryna Be Logical (@TrynaBeLogical) November 8, 2024

Given that that would be my trollish exit poll answer, I can only assume fellow trolls.

— James Harris (@InHumaneShape) November 8, 2024

Non-binary people buy groceries too.

— BRCooper⚡🔋🚀 (@_BRCooper) November 8, 2024

I refuse to accept the fantasy category of "nonbinary/other".

— The Political Doggo (@Doggo_Political) November 8, 2024

Tee-hee.

Kaitlyn Jenner probably ticked that box and it was at Trump's election night in Mar-A-Lago.

— Tree of Life (@TheBloodFreesUs) November 8, 2024

The View isn’t usually worth watching – it’s a left-wing whinefest commandeered by Whoopi Goldberg and other women who don’t like America and offer practically nothing with their mindless commentary.

The Wednesday, Nov. 6 edition though was spectacular. After months of promoting how Kamala Harris was going to win, The View was forced to accept reality, otherwise known as the result of the 2024 Presidential Election. And they couldn’t even blame the electoral college this time.

It began with Goldberg asking, “How we do we feel?” to the panel, most of whom dressed as if they were attending a funeral.

Today’s unforgettable episode of ABC’s The View opened up with a teary-eyed Whoopi Goldberg and a miserable-looking Joy Behar admitting defeat.

After a long opening pause, broke the silence, asking the panel, “So, how do you feel?”—to which Joy Behar offered a somber,… pic.twitter.com/Z4j9wN62KO

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

There was some acceptance though, particularly from grifter Alyssa Farah Griffin.

“I didn’t expect it to be this resounding,” she said. “And I think there are some lessons from it.” Not like anyone at the panel will bother to learn the lessons, of course.

Political commentator Alyssa Farah Griffin followed Behar’s melancholy comments, describing Trump’s massive, crushing victory as “beyond Reagan.”

“I didn’t expect it to be this resounding,” she said with astonishment. “And I think there are some lessons from it.”

In a… pic.twitter.com/ilYLa9Bab7

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

The meltdowns soon began though, with Sunny Hostin resorting to “cultural resentment” as a reason why the Democrats lost.

Sunny Hostin interjected with a complete meltdown, blaming “cultural resentment” for Trump’s landslide victory.

“I was so hopeful that a mixed-race woman married to a Jewish guy could be elected president of this country. And I think that it had nothing to do with policy. I… pic.twitter.com/7JH4x6UtN6

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

We were even treated to a first-hand account of the Harris watch party, with Ana Navarro saying she was “very disappointed, very sad.”

Ana Navarro, who attended Kamala’s election watch party last night, described the atmosphere as a “very sad scene.”

“I’m, uhh… I’m obviously very disappointed. I’m very sad. I was at the Kamala Harris headquarters yesterday in Washington, and it was a very sad scene. The mood… pic.twitter.com/9FV6gZa3yz

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

Goldberg went fully unhinged, offering a view of Trump that wizards in the Harry Potter series share of Lord Voldemort, because she apparently hasn’t read a book in the past two decades.

Speaking like a true sore loser, Whoopi Goldberg openly disrespected Trump supporters by refusing to say his name, vowing never to speak it again.

“She [Kamala] did what she did. She was everywhere. She talked to everybody, and people didn’t come out. I don’t know why. And it… pic.twitter.com/hO8MrOYSVq

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

Then something which has never happened on The View finally aired – a confrontational disagreement:

Sunny Hostin got a rude awakening when her co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin, confronted her over her degrading remarks about female Trump supporters.

SUNNY HOSTIN: “So why do you think that uneducated white women voted against their reproductive health freedoms? And why do you… pic.twitter.com/FWg3JOAGUe

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

MSNBC’s Joy Reid would not have looked out of place on the following segment, where Goldberg and Hostin praised the Vice President’s “flawless campaign.” One can only imagine what every other presidential campaign looked like by their standards.

The View panel went into full coping mode when Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin claimed Kamala ran a “flawless campaign” despite the devastating defeat.

“She kicked his butt all over the country over the course of those two months…How much more could she have done?” Whoopi… pic.twitter.com/QOHTUWHInn

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

Sadly, all good things must come to an end. The View closed out with a bang with a public admittance of a detest for the First Amendment.

After lacking the self-awareness to reflect on what the Democratic party got crushed at the ballot box, the show reached a fitting end when panelists Joy Behar and Sara Haines openly admitted their hate for the First Amendment.

Haines went as far as to call @ElonMusk’s 𝕏 a… pic.twitter.com/VsPUrX6PP6

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) November 6, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump made a historically unique and profound statement earlier this year that got overlooked. It’s about one of the worst abuses of children in American history, perhaps world history. He looked directly at the camera and told the truth—no other politician has done so—about what “gender-affirming care” for children really is: mutilation and child abuse. 

So Fricking Excited, Trans people are losing their minds rn, It is a good day. pic.twitter.com/w29utN97qm

— Anna 🍎🍏🍎 (@TruthfulTS) November 6, 2024

Trump promised:

• No more federal dollars to any institution that abuses children this way
• No participation in the process of transing children by any federal agency
• A ban on this barbaric cruelty in all 50 states

Wokespy readers, I’m going to get a little more personal with you today than is normal for a news article; I want you to truly understand this on a human level. I was born in 1974, and grew up before it occurred to any sane person that a child could have a “sex change.” I was a stereotypical sensitive sissy boy, and took the chiding and the fights that came with that. Had I been born 25 years later, I would almost certainly have been taken to a gender clinic where my mind and body would have been permanently ruined. 

Unfortunately, mental derangement runs in my family, and child abuse shows up in every generation. I had to personally intervene in my own family to save a young boy from having his health and his manhood taken from him by abusive adults who wanted to turn him into a girl. I assure you, what sounds like a fictional nightmare is very real.

That’s what “gender-affirming care” is. It’s psychological, chemical, and physical mutilation of perfectly healthy children simply because they don’t conform to every stereotype of what “boys are” and “girls are.” The vast majority of children who end up in gender clinics have been abused at home or in other ways. They need help, not brutality. 

Many of you reading this won’t know what “gender-affirming care” really is. You can’t, because the media lies. Try it. Type that into Google. You get nothing but search results that characterize not cutting a child’s genitals off as “abuse.” I will repeat that so that you’re sure you read it right. Yes. Proponents claim that not surgically castrating children is an act of abuse. 

This comprehensive report on the problem from the UK has a summary that will help you understand the issue more clearly. 

It’s a moral reversal. 

Children who are put on “puberty blockers” are being put on the same chemicals used to chemically castrate rapists. They will never grow a natural, normal body, and their brains will not develop normally. Once they are put on cross-sex hormones, they will be permanently sterilized. Most of these children will have the ability to enjoy sexual pleasure as adults permanently taken by these nightmare interventions. 

And parents who are desperately trying to save their children from wicked social services agencies and doctors who can’t wait to perform Mengele-esque procedures are having their children taken away from them by family courts. 

Some of you reading this are shocked. You had no idea. That’s because the leftist media, and the leftist government, have lied. We should all be shocked that it took so many years for any politician to stand up and say “stop mutilating children.”

That’s what Donald Trump did, and it’s going to save innocent lives.

Let’s sample the reaction on X/Twitter. 

As a genuine left-winger, I actually fully support almost all of his remarks here! The only exceptions are his false characterization of gender ideology as "left-wing" and usage of gender ideology's "gender 'assigned' at birth" nonsense.

Relevant thread: https://t.co/RLidqjTD3B pic.twitter.com/WV5hN6P5Gz

— RadicalCulturalPsychologist (@CulturalRadical) November 6, 2024

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@realDonaldTrump PLEASE hold true to your promises!

— Charlotte Welcker (@CSWRB1) November 6, 2024

We'll see if he actually does it.
My fingers are crossed, but I'm not holding my breath.
He said before his first term that he'd be too busy working to golf. He golfed more than any other POTUS.

— 💚🤍💜Maighréad💜🤍💛 (@BanWomanface) November 7, 2024

See why couldn’t Kamala have done that! Why wouldn’t any sane person do that?

— WomanIsBiology 🏁 (@NoToMisogyny) November 6, 2024

AMAZING if @realDonaldTrump
really does this I'll humble myself and happily admit I was wrong about MAGA being the rearguard of the left
As of now Trump/Vance covertly pushes trans kids in the Catholic Church bc Israel manufactures 99% of pub blockers👀⬇️ I pray Im proven wrong pic.twitter.com/n4LBl2ADKI

— TurboRadFemBot 5000 (@TurboTerf5000) November 6, 2024

Is U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg angling to replace Gov. Gretchen Whitmer? It’s a question the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., has repeatedly faced since moving to Michigan with his husband in 2020, two years before Democrats secured a government trifecta for the first time in 40 years.

So far, his silence is speaking louder than his words. “Pete Buttigieg refuses to rule out running for Michigan governor in 2026 – AP,” NewsWire recently posted to X. The move to Michigan transpired a year after Buttigieg and his husband Chasten adopted newborn twins, with a Buttigieg spokesperson telling the Detroit Free Press “moving to Chasten’s hometown of Traverse City allowed them to be closer to his parents, which became especially important to them after they adopted their twins, often relying on Chasten’s parents for help with child care.”

But there’s other political benefits in the battleground state of Michigan that simply aren’t available to a liberal Democrat in Indiana. After a failed presidential run in 2020, the Intelligencer noted Buttigieg had few options in The Hoosier State. “Whatever the personal benefits and the spousal connection, moving to Michigan also happens to place Buttigieg in a red-hot battleground state whose current Democratic governor and two U.S. senators may not stay in their current jobs forever,” the Intelligencer’s Ed Kilgore opined in 2022. “In deep-red Indiana, there was no obvious avenue for higher office for a guy like Buttigieg, which is probably a major reason he ran for president in 2020 instead of climbing a ladder that really wasn’t there.”

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