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What ?? Randi is lying ?

What a difference two weeks make By Scott Johnson President Trump has only been in office for two weeks, and yet the world seems to have turned upside down. Among other things, the Trump administration has done everything in its power to advertise to the world that illegal aliens are not welcome. Woo hoo! Duly noted. President Trump has promulgated an executive order repealing the program of racial discrimination that goes under the rubric of affirmative action. Christopher Caldwell is a scrupulous historian of the phenomenon. He observes: For half a century, affirmative action has been the federal government’s principal instrument for carrying out desegregation, the longest and costliest moral crusade in American history. After the 1970s it was adapted to liberation movements, from feminism to gay rights. Supreme Court justices anguished over the way its call for special consideration of minorities might clash with the letter of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which barred racial discrimination. Over the past decade affirmative action became the hammer of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement, which grew so unpopular that it has now brought affirmative action (and much else) down with it. Trump’s decision to repeal it is the most significant policy change of this century—more significant than the Affordable Care Act of 2010 or anything done about Covid. https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/02/what-a-difference-two-weeks-make.php .

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the first foreign leader President Trump has chosen to meet with. They will meet this afternoon.

The Left feels that it must get "cruel"

Canada announces US tariffs on hold for 30 days after Justin Trudeau holds ‘good phone call with President Trump’ by Samuel Chamberlain Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that proposed 25% tariffs to be levied by the US will be put on hold for 30 days following a phone call with President Trump. “I just had a good call with President Trump,” Trudeau said in a post on X. “Canada is implementing our $1.3 billion border plan — reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border. https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/canada-announces-us-tariffs-on-hold-for-30-days-after-justin-trudeau-holds-good-phone-call-with-president-trump/ .

Looking good. GOP’s Susan Collins to back Tulsi Gabbard confirmation by Al Weaver https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5124047-tulsi-gabbard-susan-collins-intelligence-committee-dni/

I guess we can close this thread, the "point" of the tariffs is obvious now.

Text: Expecting a bloodbath at FBI today and tomorrow. My guess is acting FBI director Brian Driscoll will be gone by this evening for defying a direct order seeking names of FBI employees—perhaps more than 6,000—involved in Jan 6 cases. Hard to see how James Dennehy, who runs the NY field office, keeps his job after sending defiant email to colleagues over the weekend promising to “dig in” and not step down or follow orders. The NYT obtained the email. Dennehy: “Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the F.B.I. and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and F.B.I. policy,” Dennehy wrote. Dennehy also said the removal of top officials including at Miami and Washington field offices have caused “fear and angst within the F.B.I. ranks.” He compared his insubordination to being a Marine “in the early 1990s, when he dug a small foxhole five feet deep and hunkered down for safety. “It sucked,” he wrote. “But it worked.” Don’t think this is going to end well for Mr. Dennehy.

There's something really special about watching the Left get dumber and more melodramatic in real-time. Sure, we've always known they're a bit slow and likely mentally unwell but their reactions to Elon Musk actually making cuts in spending and holding the federal government accountable for every dollar it spends has been a HOOT. And what's really interesting is they're not so much complaining about the money as much as the PRIVATE CITIZEN who is daring to call these gross expenditures out. How DARE a lowly citizen (who happens to pay more in taxes than anyone else) have access to such important people and agencies?! THE HORROR. For example, Mehdi Hasan is very concerned about the richest man in the world having his Social Security number. No, really. Why does the IRS, an agency with thousands of people no one voted for, have access to our Social Security number? Why does any bank, a company with thousands of people no one voted for, have access to our Social Security number? ARGLE BARGLE RAR, bro. Get a grip. https://twitchy.com/samj/2025/02/03/mehdi-hassan-social-security-number-n2407766

Trump’s Second Week: A Turning Point in American Governance American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman In his second week of his second term in office, President Trump has asserted the right of the Chief Executive to effectively manage the Executive Branch. He has blindsided -- even gelded -- his detractors in the media and Congress, and issued an astonishing array of executive orders which reveal how tax funds have been flowing out of the Treasury to the benefit of the Deep State and its friends without regard (and often even being inimical) to the national interest. So much has happened that I cannot cover it all, but I will try to hit briefly and in no particular order some of the most significant developments this week. Continued at the link: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/trump_s_second_week_a_turning_point_in_american_governance.html .

Hmmmmmmmm. CEO of Canada’s 2nd biggest company defends Trump’s tariff demands, slams Trudeau for not stopping trade war by Ryan King The CEO of Canada’s second-largest publicly traded company says Canadians want their government to do all the things that President Trump is demanding — and slammed outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not preventing the trade war. Trump, 78, on Saturday, signed an executive order to slap 25% across-the-board tariffs on America’s northern neighbor, citing its failure to meet his demands on helping crack the fentanyl and illegal immigration trade. “Canada thrives when it works with America together. Win by helping America win. Trump believes that Canada has not held its side of the bargain,” Tobi Lutke, who co-founded Shopify, wrote on X. “These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source. These tariffs are going to be devastating to so many people’s lives and small businesses.” https://nypost.com/2025/02/02/us-news/shopify-ceo-defends-trump-tariff-demands-slams-trudeau/

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USAID has to go.