News
Compiled by Michael Hernandez, 12-2-24
There are so many stories making up the mosaic of national/international news that we can’t cover them all every week. The biggest stories now seem to be: the Trump transition, immigration, wars, weaponization of government, our nation going bankrupt, massive inflation, phony climate change controversy and related expenses of government/industry attempting to address these issues, and the Chinese threat. So here are just a few:
Nov. 27: Gateway Pundit By Jim Hoft
Israel Announces Ceasefire In Lebanon As A Gift to President Trump – Joe And Kamala Take Credit Anyway
Israel announced on Tuesday a ceasefire with Lebanon in their war against Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Israel authorities called it a gift to Trump.
An Israeli official spoke with President Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago before speaking with the lame duck Biden White House. An Israeli official spoke with President Trump and Jared Kushner at Mar-a-Lago before speaking with the lame duck Biden White House.
It should not be a surprise that Biden took the credit. It would be one of their few foreign policy successes. If any? President Trump met with Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in July. Kamala took credit too. She was in Hawaii for a week.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/israel-announces-ceasefire-lebanon-as-gift-president-trump/
Nov. 27: Gateway Pundit By Margaret Flavin
Harris Campaign Advisor David Plouffe Accidently Exposes How Legacy Media Lied To The American People With Junk Polls
Legacy media keep gaslighting voters with polls showing Harris neck and neck with Trump and even leading in some surprising places.
Recently, Harris campaign advisor David Plouffe sat down with fellow Harris campaign alums Jen O’Malley Dillon, Quentin Fulks, and Stephanie Cutter on Pod Save America to discuss what went wrong. The junk polls pushed by the legacy media were an overt gesture to help Democrats and influence the mindset of the electorate. Case in point: Ann Selzer’s shocking poll suggesting that Kamala Harris was leading Donald Trump in Iowa by 3 percent. Leftwing outlets used the Iowa poll constantly in an attempt to embolden Harris supporters and suppress Trump supporters. Selzer’s poll was precisely as it appeared: junk. Ultimately, Selzer was 16 points off. President Trump won the state of Iowa by +13.
Despite all the polls legacy media used to gaslight Americans, Plouffe admitted during the podcast that the campaign’s internal polling never actually had Harris ahead of Trump. The Harris campaign knew what was likely coming on election day.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/harris-campaign-advisor-david-plouffe-accidently-exposes-how/
Nov. 28: Gateway Pundit By Mike LaChance
Trump Roasts Dems With ‘Christmas Vacation’ Turkey Parody Video
Hours after wishing everyone — even “Radical Left Lunatics” — a Happy Thanksgiving, President-elect Donald Trump roasted Democrats with a “Christmas Vacation” parody video. “If this turkey tastes half as good as it looks, I think we’re all in for a very big treat,” a computer-generated President Biden, whose head is superimposed on the body of Chevy Chase’s beloved Clark Griswold character, says in the 35-second video Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday night.
“Save the neck for me, Clark,” California Rep. Adam Schiff urges as crazy Cousin Eddie, while Vice President Kamala Harris releases her infamous cackle laugh as his wife, Catherine. The characters are played by Randy Quaid and Miriam Flynn, respectively, in the 1989 holiday classic. “OK, Adam,” Biden’s voice said.
The video pans to an uncomfortable-looking first lady Jill Biden as Beverly D’Angelo’s Ellen Griswold before moving to outgoing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who is sitting next to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who gulps a glass of wine.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/trump-jd-vance-troll-democrats-hilarious-thanksgiving-tweets/
Nov. 29: Red State By Streiff
Pete Hegseth Lays Down A Marker In His Looming War On DEI
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth has made no secret of his disdain for the DEI cancer that has metastasized inside the Department of Defense.
The ingrained stupidity that insists that the correct mix of skin colors or genders rather than skills and abilities creates an effective military organization popped back on the scene a couple of days ago when the X, formerly Twitter, account “Libs of Tik Tok” (@libsoftiktok) posted a year-old video of US Air Force Lieutenant General Kevin Schneider, commander of Pacific Air Forces and the air component commander of US Indo-Pacific Command in an interview with something called the Department of the Air Force Company Grade Officer’s Council to emphasize the importance of DEI.
Pete Hegseth was quick to respond. There should be no mercy for guys like Schneider. He either believes what he is saying, which makes him a total poltroon, or he mouths corporate slogans, which says he has zero integrity. Fortunately, Hegseth has already arrived at that conclusion.
“First of all you gotta fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs,” Hegseth said on the Shawn Ryan podcast. “Any general that was involved, general, admiral, whatever, that was involved in any of the DEI woke s***, has got to go. Either you’re in for warfighting and that’s it. That’s the only litmus test we care about.”
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/11/29/pete-hegseth-lays-down-a-marker-in-his-looming-war-on-dei-n2182599
Nov. 29: Gateway Pundit By Jim Hoft
Republicans Face Narrowest House Majority In 90 Years, Thanks To California’s Ballot Harvesting— If GOP Loses Just One Vote, Their Bill Will Die
Now that counting has finally been completed in lawless California, where elections no longer take place, a mad dash of ballot harvesting and illegal voters determines elections in the Golden State today. Republicans lost their final seat when Derek Tran ousted Michelle Steel after three weeks of counting and collecting suspect ballots in Orange County. Tran was declared the winner the day before Thanksgiving.
As it stands, Republicans are projected to hold just 220 seats compared to the Democrats’ 215. This razor-thin margin leaves little room for error, particularly as President Trump has announced nominations for three key Republican members—Elise Stefanik, Matt Gaetz, and Mike Waltz—to join his administration. With their departure, the GOP majority would shrink to a mere 217 seats. That means Republicans will hold only a two-seat advantage when Congress convenes in January.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/republicans-have-smallest-lead-us-house-90-years/
Nov. 29: Gateway Pundit By Ben Kew
Democrats Say Thanksgiving is About Being Grateful For Illegal Aliens: ‘For Picking and Packing the Food’ and ‘Cleaning the Hotel Rooms’
While most Americans are simply grateful for the freedom and prosperity they enjoy, some Democrats are insisting that Thanksgiving is also about being grateful to illegal aliens. As the country celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, various Democratic lawmakers posted messages urging people to be grateful for the “undocumented immigrants” who helped put their meal on the table.
Among them was Barack Obama’s former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, who specifically called on Trump supporters to show their gratitude to migrant workers.
“Everyone at the dinner table today, especially MAGA, please give thanks to the undocumented immigrants that picked and packed the food you’re enjoying,” he wrote on the X platform. “They deserve our grace. Happy Thanksgiving!”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/democrats-say-thanksgiving-is-about-being-grateful-illegal/
Nov. 30: Breitbart By Olivia Rondeau
RFK Jr: ‘I Give Thanks To God’ For The Success Of The ‘MAHA Movement’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave “thanks to God” for his family and the success of the “MAHA movement” on Thanksgiving.
In a holiday Instagram post showing his family, Kennedy wrote, “I give thanks to God for all the extraordinary gifts of a year guided unerringly by Providence: my wife Cheryl, my children including Amaryllis without whom my campaign would have faltered”:
Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, who married Bobby Kennedy III in 2018, served as her father-in-law’s campaign director while he was still running for president, and remains a “proud steward of RFK’s movement to Make America Healthy Again. I’m grateful for the campaign staff who each coalesced from their own spiritual journeys, to the generous donors, and to the thousands of volunteers and supporters who have built the MAHA movement,” the HHS nominee continued in his caption.
“After two decades of prayer, your idealism, energy, and selfless labor have brought us to this moment where we stand poised to finally protect and reclaim our children and to restore the health of our country,” he added. “Thanks to all of you and God bless you.”
MAHA, a spinoff of MAGA that means “Make America Healthy Again,” has largely been adopted as Kennedy’s Trump-approved health-focused plan to run HHS.
“I look forward to working with the more than 80,000 employees at HHS to free the agencies from the smothering cloud of corporate capture so they can pursue their mission to make Americans once again the healthiest people on Earth,” he wrote on X.
“Together we will clean up corruption, stop the revolving door between industry and government, and return our health agencies to their rich tradition of gold-standard, evidence-based science,” he continued. “I will provide Americans with transparency and access to all the data so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families.”
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/11/29/rfk-jr-i-give-thanks-god-success-maha-movement/https://www.breitbart.com/health/2024/11/29/rfk-jr-i-give-thanks-god-success-maha-movement/
December 1: Gateway Pundit By Anthony Scott
Bible Sales Are Booming In 2024
A new report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that Bible sales have increased by 22% compared to last year. Book sale tracker Circana BookScan has released data showing Bible sales through the end of October are up 22% compared to 2023 sales. By the end of October last year, Bible sales were only up 1% from 2022.
Many Bible sales stem from first-time Bible buyers. In 2019, Bible sales hit 9.7 million, and in the first 10 months of 2024, they have already surpassed 13.7 million, marking a 41% increase.
December 2: Right Side Broadcasting News By Dillon Burroughs
Trump reacts to President Biden pardoning son Hunter
President Donald Trump reacted to President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter Biden on Sunday night, calling the action a “miscarriage of justice.” Trump shared the response on his Truth Social within hours of Biden announcing that he was pardoning his son from past criminal activities. “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” Trump responded.
Biden’s pardon was announced in a statement from the White House late Sunday.
“Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter,” Biden wrote in a statement. “From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.
Kentucky Republican Rep. James Comer also joined Trump in blasting Biden’s pardon. “Joe Biden has lied from start to finish about his family’s corrupt influence peddling activities. Not only has he falsely claimed that he never met with his son’s foreign business associates and that his son did nothing wrong, but he also lied when he said he would not pardon Hunter Biden,” Comer wrote on X. “The charges Hunter faced were just the tip of the iceberg in the blatant corruption that President Biden and the Biden Crime Family have lied about to the American people. It’s unfortunate that, rather than come clean about their decades of wrongdoing, President Biden and his family continue to do everything they can to avoid accountability,” he added.
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-reacts-to-president-biden-pardoning-son-hunter/
Michael Hernandez, from California is co-founder of the Citizens Journal—Ventura County’s online news service. He is a former Southern California daily newspaper journalist and religion and news editor. Mr. Hernandez can be contacted at [email protected] and is editor of the weekly “Stories Speak Volumes” and “Revive America: Make America Great Again.”
