Trump and Republicans plot radical policy agenda in one ‘big, beautiful bill’

Donald Trump is working with top Republicans in Congress to devise a single “big, beautiful bill” that will contain all of his major policy ambitions – including a clampdown on immigration, tax cuts, and increased military spending in an attempt to supercharge his radical agenda as he embarks on a second presidency.

The plan to pile all of Trump’s main policy goals into one mega-bill, against the wishes of some top congressional Republicans, raises the prospect of months of potentially bruising political in-fighting needed to secure its passage. Though the Republicans hold both chambers of Congress, their margin in the House is the slimmest in almost a century.

Radical for the Guardian apparently does not include running cover for Muslim rape gangs.

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A different and more dangerous world awaits President-elect Trump

President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term stronger and more dominant as a player on the world stage than when he was sworn in eight years ago. The world that awaits him, however, is far different — and more threatening — than when he left the presidency four years ago.

Trump’s “America First” second-term focus purports to be principally on the home front. The deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants was one of his leading campaign pledges, and his initial appointments suggest he is serious about this priority. The proposal is fraught with practical and political questions.

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Four Years After Jan. 6, Trump Will Officially Be Certified As 47th President

Four years to the day after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, President-elect Donald Trump is set to be officially certified as the 47th President of the United States in the 2024 election. This marks a pivotal moment in the wake of what Democrats have labeled an “insurrection.” The certification comes after years of legal battles and political efforts aimed at keeping Trump out of the White House. Despite continued attempts by the left to use January 6th as a dark stain on his legacy, Trump has emerged as one of the most consequential presidents in modern history—despite the left’s efforts to rewrite history and reshape the narrative in their favor.

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Smith now Canada’s de facto prime minister – gives reason for attending Trump inauguration

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has emerged as Canada’s de facto prime minister over the last several weeks — and is now giving her reason for attending U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration.

Justin Trudeau, who’s been on the receiving end of Trump’s ridicule on social media, won’t be attending the inauguration.

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What Trump’s expansionist designs on Canada, Greenland and Panama all have in common

What self-respecting strongman does not have territorial expansion on his wish list?

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has mused repeatedly in recent weeks about taking over the Panama Canal and Greenland, and even making Canada the 51st American state. And while most analysts have rejected his comments as unserious, there is more to Mr. Trump’s expansionist mutterings than merely a bad joke by a low-information leader who remains a Manhattan real estate developer at heart.

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To succeed, Trump needs to remember who put him there

Donald Trump’s comeback in 2024 was extraordinary. The US president-elect survived his political opponents’ attempts to convict and jail him, as well as a sniper’s fire by a mere inch. His victory in November represented one of the most significant political realignments in US history, with him continuing to win over, most notably, black and Latino voters, whom many assumed were permanently attached to the Democrats.

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Trump lobs threats at Greenland, Panama and Canada – should we take him seriously?

Merry Christmas,” Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Christmas Day with a photo of himself and his wife, Melania. So far, so traditional. But the US president-elect was just getting started.

In another post, Trump wished merry Christmas to all “including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama canal”. He poked fun at the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, and claimed the US could annex Canada as its 51st state. For good measure, he addressed “the people of Greenland, which is needed by the United States for National Security purposes and, who want the US to be there, and we will!”

It was the type of diatribe that, if delivered by a drunk uncle at the Christmas dinner table, might be laughed off or undercut by “Anyone for dessert?” But Trump, 78, is less than a month away from accessing the nuclear codes and commanding the strongest military in the world. No one is quite sure whether to take him literally or seriously – or both.

The Guardian lies ahead.

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Be Warned: The Dems Aren’t Finished Hatching Schemes to Keep Trump From Taking Office

Throughout the 2024 campaign, Democrats insisted that we simply had to vote for Kamala Harris or else the nation would descend into the fascist rule of Bad Orange Man, the most dangerous enemy of “our democracy” since the reigns of terror of his good friends and role models Adolf Hitler and Genghis Khan. It was all bunkum, of course, and an extended use of the old tactic of accusing the enemy of what they were guilty of doing, as it was the Biden-Harris regime that took actual steps to criminalize opposition to its policies. And now, even after their disastrous electoral defeat, the defenders of democracy are still hatching plans to subvert the will of the people and prevent Donald Trump from returning to the Oval Office.

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Musk threatens ‘war like you’ve never seen’ with Maga Republicans

Elon Musk has said he will “go to war” with Maga Republicans over visas for skilled migrants.

The Tesla billionaire, chosen by Donald Trump to be co-head of his new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has infuriated anti-immigration elements of the Republican Party by defending the H-1B visa, which permits highly educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.

Mr Musk responded to the backlash from the Make America Great Again (Maga) faction by vowing to kick out “hateful, unrepentant racists” from the Republican Party.

That was fast.

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Go to hell, Trump tells death row inmates whose lives were spared

Donald Trump has used a Christmas message to tell the 37 federal death row prisoners whose sentences were commuted by President Biden to “go to hell” and has vowed to expand capital punishment.

The president-elect, 78, was incensed by Biden’s decision to convert the sentences of nearly all inmates on federal death row to life behind bars.

While Trump approved 13 executions during his first term, Biden introduced a moratorium on federal capital punishment.

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Trump’s Re-election Defines a New Era of American Politics

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When Barack Obama won re-election in 2012, it seemed to mark the beginning of a new era of Democratic dominance, one propelled by the rise of a new generation of young, secular and nonwhite voters.

With hindsight, the 2012 election looks more like the end of an era: the final triumph of the social movements of the 1960s over the once-dominant Reagan Republicans.

Instead, it’s the three Trump elections — in 2016, 2020 and 2024 — that look as if they have the makings of a new era of politics, one defined by Donald J. Trump’s brand of conservative populism.

Thank God that moment passed.

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