The Washington Post on January 15 reported that President-elect Donald Trump is thinking of issuing an executive order suspending the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The law is often and incorrectly referred to as the “TikTok ban.”
Trump has no power to suspend the law by executive order. In any event, a delay in enforcement, even in accordance with the law’s provisions, would be a grave mistake.
We’re all excited about Trump’s coming inauguration, but in light of the recent attempts on his life, it’s a fair question to ask if all the necessary safety precautions are being taken to ensure his safety.
Here’s a one-word summary of the reaction from some American Muslims to news of the Gaza ceasefire deal: vindication.
There was heated debate last year as so many in the community turned on Democrats and supported Donald Trump, a Republican, in unusually high numbers — betting that he could succeed where Joe Biden had failed and end the 15-month Israel-Hamas war.
Their calculus was questioned or even ridiculed, given the unflinching pro-Israel stance of Trump’s party and the dearth of evidence he has ever cared about Palestinians.
TDS CBC ahead.
Hamas gonna Hamas …
After the hostages deal announcement, Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya's speech live from Qatar.
He expressed pride in the Oct. 7th massacre and has promised to do it again
This terrorist group cannot be left intact.
— David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) January 16, 2025
Some of America’s vilest creatures pile on to a patently decent man.
How bizarre it was to watch Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, being abused at his confirmation hearing by the Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Until Trump picked him for his cabinet, I didn’t really know anything about Hegseth and had never watched his show on Fox News. But since his nomination, I’ve looked into him. I’ve heard his former colleagues speaking about him, without exception, in glowing terms. And when he sat there for hours in the committee room on Tuesday, he was not just highly articulate and well-informed on military matters; he exuded sincerity and decency. It was clear that whatever his past peccadillos, this is a man who genuinely loves America, who is dedicated to the idea of a strong military, and who cares about the men and women who wear the uniform of the American armed forces. For heaven’s sake, he comes off like something out of another era — a good, old-fashioned, corny, foursquare patriot of the kind that might have been played in an old movie by Jimmy Stewart or Gary Cooper.
Elon Musk has been given an office in the White House complex for his department of government efficiency (Doge) in the latest sign of his closeness to Donald Trump.
The SpaceX founder has reportedly been assigned space in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is next to the main White House, the New York Times has claimed.
Mr Musk, who is so close to Mr Trump that he has been dubbed the “First Buddy” by Lara Trump, the president-elect’s daughter-in-law, is still said to be in discussions about what level of access he will have to the West Wing and how formal his position will be.
During his Tuesday Senate confirmation hearing, Pete Hegseth provided his best case yet on why he’s the perfect man to be President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary.
Speaking before the Armed Services Committee, the Army veteran noted how the “the primary charge” given to him by Trump was to “bring the warrior culture back to the Department of Defense.” He subsequently detailed how he intends to make the Pentagon into an agency “laser focused on warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards, and readiness.”
Question for women: Do you agree with Pete Hegseth that women shouldn't serve in combat roles if they don't qualify under the same standards as men?
Hegseth reiterated that he will review and increase the military's standards if necessary to ensure only the best are on the front… pic.twitter.com/q9NbZYspB2
— George (@BehizyTweets) January 14, 2025
“Tens of thousands of service members who were kicked out because of an experimental vaccine. In President Trump’s Defense Department, they will be apologized to, they will be reinstituted with pay and rank.” – Pete Hegseth pic.twitter.com/EubZbjeTaM
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 14, 2025
The Village People will perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration celebrations next week after the band’s disco hits YMCA and Macho Man became unlikely anthems on the campaign trail and spawned a signature dance by the president-elect.
NEW: Trump absolutely goes off on stage, finishing his signature YMCA dance with a huge golf swing.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 22, 2024
The famous garbage truck that President Trump rode in Wisconsin to highlight derogatory comments made by President Biden about Trump supporters will travel to the nation’s capital next week to appear in the inaugural parade, an employee for the company confirms to The New York Sun.
The Catholic Church has clear teachings on immigration, but US bishops stand to lose lots of money from mass deportations.
As President-elect Donald Trump is just days away from returning to the White House, American Catholic leaders are denouncing his immigration agenda. Chicago’s powerful Cardinal Blase Cupich warned in a recent interview that U.S. bishops “are going to have to be prophetic and denounce any abuse of human dignity that may occur” as Trump rolls out his mass deportation program. “We are going to be vigilant and we are going to defend the human dignity of immigrants,” Cupich said. The cardinal called deportation plans “intolerable, especially in a country where we are all immigrants. I am a product of immigration!”
A parade of foreign leaders is desperately angling to receive a coveted invite to President-elect Trump’s inauguration later this month.
By custom, foreign leaders don’t attend inaugurations of U.S. presidents, but Trump has thrown that precedent out the window, setting off the scramble after inviting Chinese president Xi Jinping to the Jan. 20 ceremony. Xi has already turned the offer down, with a top emissary expected to attend instead.
I doubt we’ll see an LPC member there.
So, what are you doing on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 at 12 noon?
I, for one, will be watching the most significant and historic presidential inauguration that has occurred in my half-century (or so) on this planet: the re-installment of Donald J. Trump as the now-47th President of the United States, and the mesmerizing Melania Knauss Trump as our First Lady. (I can’t wait to see what she wears! So sue me.)
Donald Trump’s recent refusal to rule out military intervention in his outspoken quest to acquire Greenland left the EU in panic and disarray.
While some leaders, such as France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz jumped at the opportunity to act tough and stay relevant on the international stage, the European Commission adopted the opposite strategy and tried its best to bury its head in the sand.
Trump’s powerplay unmasked Europe as a headless chicken prone to panic whenever faced with unseen challenges, which leaves the U.S.—or rather, Trump—as the one calling the shots.
Goodbye EU, hello AU? It’s been evident for a few months now that Donald Trump’s second administration will be more geostrategically ambitious than his first. Yesterday, in another extraordinary press conference in Mar-a-Lago, we got a glimpse of what Trump and his advisors are thinking for the planet in 2025 and beyond.
Trump reiterated his desire to annex Canada and Greenland. He declared that the Gulf of Mexico should be called the Gulf of America and told Hamas “all hell will break loose” if its Israeli hostages are not returned before his inauguration.
If you happen to find yourself in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican today, that vibration you feel beneath your feet is likely caused by St. John Paul II spinning in his sacred crypt. John Paul, born Karol Josef Wojtyla and pope of the Catholic Church from 1978 until his death in 2005, would undoubtedly be reacting negatively to the action of his successor, Pope Francis, who this week chose Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.C.
Harold Grant spent his career as a federal probation and parole officer and criminal justice instructor. He begged his son not to attend President Donald Trump’s rally over what he falsely claimed was a stolen election. And after, when the elder Grant asked James whether he’d marched to the Capitol and gone inside, James lied and said he hadn’t.
James Grant was eventually convicted of assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon, rioting and other charges. His law school plans evaporated. He spent three years behind bars, then knocked on doors for Trump this fall after his release. He said he still believes the 2020 election might have been stolen. And he knows Trump has promised to pardon Jan. 6 defendants, which he wants more than anything.
