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Patrick says

I like the idea of states taking care of themselves. Less federal, more local.

Amen

Lol @Booger you just beat me to posting that.

If that were real, it would be awesome.

If we can get 12 years of win, then I think that might be enough to set things right.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/president-trump-signs-two-executive-orders-banning-dei/

Trump's "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness" calls for the military to have a "singular focus on developing the requisite warrior ethos." The order states, "The pursuit of military excellence cannot be diluted to accommodate political agendas or other ideologies harmful to unit cohesion."

"Recently, however, the Armed Forces have been afflicted with radical gender ideology to appease activists unconcerned with the requirements of military service like physical and mental health, selflessness, and unit cohesion."

The order continues, "Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false “gender identity” divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service. Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life. A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member."

YES! Someone finally telling the truth to the whole country about the trans mental illness.

https://www.kunstler.com/p/six-ways-from-sunday

The fact is they have already lost their grip on the levers of power and, for the moment, that is all that matters. They especially no longer control the Department of Justice, its subsidiary, the FBI, the many public health agencies under Health and Human Services, and the many-footed intel “community,” as it styles itself. These agencies are where the truth about our national affairs has been locked up. Now, the citizens will either see what’s there, or find out what has been deliberately destroyed — such as the internal agency email correspondence over RussiaGate, the Covid-19 operation (and the deadly vaxx campaign), the J-6 affair (and the pipe-bomb sideshow), the weird, documented irregularities of the 2020 election, the Ukraine War money-laundering shenanigans, the manifold janky DOJ prosecutions of Mr. Trump, and much more.

Every day now since January 20, heads explode all over DC as the executive orders roll out and the insanity of whatever lurked behind “Joe Biden” gets systematically expunged from the order of things. And as this happens, the more plainly deranged the past four years looks. Did they really believe that men dressing-up as women would improve the US military? Or was it a traitorous effort to weaken and demoralize our armed forces? Was DEI a public ethics exercise or a massive jobs program for incompetents?

https://www.kunstler.com/p/february-2025-eyesore

Concerning President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring new federal buildings to show a preference for "classical architectural style" which includes Neoclassical, Georgian, Federal, Greek Revival, Beaux-Arts, and Art Deco, referencing the architectural traditions of Greek and Roman antiquity. . .



Behold (above) the federal building and courthouse in Tuscaloosa, Alabama by HBRA Architects. And, no, it was not conceived when Andy Jackson was fighting the Battle of Emuckfaw against the “Red Stick” Creek Indians in 1814. Rather, it went up in 2012, a rare example of neoclassical design executed in our time.

For the most part, though, the decades-long trend in American civic architecture has been for sui generis one-off, tortured-genius, para-metaphysical, high-tech, in-your-grille stunt buildings commissioned to shock and confound the middle class (Épater le bourgeois, as the French dubbed this maneuver).

These generally horrified the public (as intended), as well as perplexing and confusing them, making their interaction with the building a form of punishment. Often it was difficult to even discern where the entrance of the building was, or where to go once you managed to get inside. For instance, the recent San Francisco Federal building by Tom Mayne of Morphosis Architects, below, designed in the style of a dashboard from an alien spacecraft:



At its worst, you got the conjunction of malign form and evil function, as concretized in Washington’s J. Edgar Hoover Building, home office (mother ship) of the FBI, below:



Kind of looks like a giant stroopwafel jammed under a coffee table. You can be sure that little good came out of it, especially the past four years, and probably the whole six decades of its miserable existence. FBI-Director nominee Kash Patel went so far as to propose it be turned into “a Museum of the Deep State.” Well, yes. Perfect!

Below, see another new-ish civic structure dressed in neo-Georgian formality: the Alpharetta, GA, City Hall by David M. Schwartz architects — granted, not a federal building, but proof that trad proportions and details can be done well, where there’s a will to get’er done. Nice, huh. Dignified. Serene, confident, legible. . . reflecting what is to be desired in a polity, sanity and grace.



Why trad design, you might ask? Initially, with our nation’s founding, there was a wish to express our national ethos in architecture that denoted the democratic spirit of Ancient Greece melded with the order of the early Roman republic. And so, you got this bold neoclassicism for over a hundred years, climaxing in the US Supreme Court’s headquarters, completed in 1935, below:



... Sure there are other ways of making buildings, but are they expressing what we want to say about ourselves? Might we want to suggest that there is a sacred order to the human project, and be reminded of it forcefully in our monumental buildings?

God bless Trump for this order. He is reading the room very well, with the continuing glaring exception of promoting the mRNA death jabs in spite of his base's recognition of their extreme danger and uselessness.

Patrick says

I like the idea of states taking care of themselves. Less federal, more local.

Federal is there for protection and transport. That's about it. They're way too involved in other bull shit. I'm friends with 2 of the guys on the school board that approved banning cell phones for kids. I'm like WTF? My kid has forgotten stuff or needs a ride. They wouldn't use them in the class room, but I'm sure some other ass hole kids do. But why punish kids that are responsible? I'm pissed at both the dudes for the decision.

But this is the local perspective you mention. They don't even do detention anymore in my district. 98% of the kids are great knowing most of them since we're small, but there are a few dick heads. My 6th grade teacher was such a hard ass that I got detention for chewing gum on a field trip. I still goofed off in high school, but that taught me a lesson. 1 don't get caught and 2 know who to respect and not screw around with.

It's a gay job, but I think we need more male teachers. In hindsight I feel bad, but I made multiple teachers cry and not get in trouble for it. Females are weak even when they act tough to a young male. I got kicked out of class once and just went to the bathroom and grabbed TP. This was with another kid. We just shot spit wads at the ceiling for 30 minutes and got out of class. That was the moment I knew I could manipulate female teachers.

Completely random tangent as usual. But I agree that focusing on local is more important. Don't ignore national, but it's tough to make change.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/gremlins-friday-february-7-2025-c

In related news, the CDC’s website now, for the first time, provides a link to “adoption services” when users search for “abortion:”




Setting aside that minor but encouraging victory, imagine what that small change says about what is happening inside the CDC right now. Remember, the white coats at the Centers from Disease Control are muted, squelched, ordered to not communicate with anyone outside the agency. This little change in the CDC’s search results hints at massive reorganization inside the bloated health agencies.

And how deliciously ironic is it that these overfunded “health” agencies were the ones that orchestrated deleting our free speech, and now they are the only agencies under a Trump gag order?

Simply marvelous, if you ask me.

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-signs-new-order-that-all-female-video-game-characters-must-be-hot-now

Patrick says

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-signs-new-order-that-all-female-video-game-characters-must-be-hot-now

Looks like the free market took care of that on its own.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/trust-me-thursday-february-27-2025

Following his first full, public cabinet meeting yesterday, President Trump issued a new executive order, the latest in a string of near-daily fusillade of political missile strikes, this one titled, “Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative.” It was a bureaucratic neutron bomb. The far-left UK Guardian ran the story under the headline, “Trump signs executive order expanding power of Elon Musk’s Doge agency.”

A well-known problem plaguing the federal disbursement apparatus is that most of the work is done by career bureaucrats deep in the shadowy federal skunkworks. When a new president appoints some reformer to run a particular agency, if that person doesn’t know what to look for, well, good luck fine-tuning the accountability apparatus.

It was a very detailed order. The most significant part of the executive order was creation of a new centralized payment justification system, which introduced a brand new level of oversight and transparency into federal spending. Every single expense must be entered into the centralized system, along with a written rationale for its payment. These expenses and explanations will be publicly accessible.

And it gave politically appointed agency heads power to halt any expense having an insufficient rationale or that is inconsistent with the Administration’s priorities.

In other words, it creates a powerful discretionary veto over otherwise “routine” spending decisions normally processed deep in the federal bureaucracy. Agency heads, handpicked by Trump, can put the kibosh on any payments they dislike.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-executive-order-english-official-language

Trump plans executive order to make English the US’s official language

United States has never had national language at a federal level, with hundreds of languages spoken across country ...

The move is also just the latest in a series of symbolically nationalist executive orders, including one renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in official government documents and reverting the name of Denali – North America’s highest mountain – to Mount McKinley, swapping a Native American name for that of a former US president.

According to the Wall Street Journal report, a White House summary of the order said the goal of making English the national language was to “promote unity, establish efficiency in the government and provide a pathway to civic engagement”. Agencies would still be allowed to provide documents and services in languages other than English under the order, according to the summary.

Trump has previously used anti-multilingual rhetoric as a talking point in his arguments against open borders and immigration in the US.

This is a good idea for the unity of the country.

Fuck diversity, it's pure harm. Bring back the melting pot.

I'm starting to think that's the way America's best laws should be made and kept. By Presidential order. Don't like creeps like Obama and Biden and their disasters laws they created. Vote the motherfuckers out and be done with it. Don't like over burden of Bureaucracy? Elect a President that will send them all packing. This whole nonsense of Congress or the Courts sticking their fingers in Trump's eye is bullshit. And even with Laws passed by Congress, we have seen time and time again how administrations interpret those laws and acts on the books. I would preferer to have a President that can shitcan everything that sucks.

Make Presidential elections so fucking important that there will never be a President ever elected again, because they aren't the other guy. Make the parties put up quality candidates because the stakes are so high. Make the Voters dig in and know who they are elected and realize the ramifications if they get it wrong.

Patrick says

Trump plans executive order to make English the US’s official language

Seems to be real, from 2021:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/french-call-replace-english-latin-europes-official-language

I think resurrecting Latin as the official language of Europe would be wonderful! Learning Latin would reconnect Europeans with their past, and make classic literature more accessible.

After the EO to shut the failing bloated Dept of Education:

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/regime-changes-friday-march-21-2025

President Trump signed three executive orders yesterday, keeping up the blistering pace of DOGE reform. His second game-changing EO was also widely ignored by mockingbird media, but was reported by Federal News Network under the bland headline, “Draft EO would make GSA the center of most common buys.”

Titled “Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement”, the new order requires for the first time all government purchasing to flow through the General Services Agency. It was wonky, but no less revolutionary.

Right now, agencies all run their own purchasing departments. That is obviously inefficient, but more importantly, it conceals waste and abuse in the detritus of a thousand unconnected databases and individualized processes. Under cover of disorganization, agencies can dole out lucrative contracts to favored friends and political patrons.

Centralizing federal procurement under GSA is a direct assault on swampy patronage networks. No more fiefdoms, no more “coincidentally awarded” contracts to somebody’s brother’s solar startup in Loudoun County. It was the bureaucratic equivalent of forcing every pirate to check in at Port Royal.

The Wild West period of federal purchasing is now ending. For the first time in modern history, the government will maintain a centralized, transparent database of government purchases of all domestic goods and services. To help, DOGE developers have designed an AI tool to help purchasing agents timely review and approve purchase requests.

DOGE’s consolidated software and AI system could potentially be an unhackable audit trail highlighting favoritism like a neon mole stuck on a naked mole rat.

It wasn’t just reform, it was revolutionary infrastructure.

Rounding out the trifecta, Trump’s third and longest order was titled, “Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production.” The BBC reported the under-covered story yesterday, headlined “Trump uses wartime powers to boost mineral production.”

The order —signed personally, not by AutoPen— invoked the President’s emergency powers under the Defense Production Act, waiving reams of regulations and permit procedures, and expediting extraction of America’s “critical minerals.”

I guess he got tired of waiting for Zelensky to sign that rare minerals deal. Haha, just kidding. The order was carefully drafted. My guess is it was prepared well before Trump took office.

Trump’s minerals order installed a pacemaker in the heart of one of America’s most dangerous strategic vulnerabilities: our deep dependence on foreign adversaries —chiefly China— for the critical rocks powering everything from smartphones to fighter jets. By invoking the Defense Production Act to fast-track domestic mining, the order bypassed decades of bureaucratic inertia and green tape. It launches a wartime-level, urgent effort to secure the critical supply chains essential for our national security.

It’s not just about minerals. The geopolitical implications are staggering. In one personally-signed stroke, the U.S. has nimbly repositioned itself to challenge China’s near-monopoly on rare earths, reduce our reliance on unstable global markets, and reassert control over the key raw materials underpinning 21st-century progress.

It was also a major step toward world peace. Trump’s minerals order could significantly de-escalate tensions over Taiwan— by undercutting one of the key strategic drivers behind the conflict: China’s near-total control over critical mineral supply chains.

Most of Washington’s urgency to defend Taiwan stems not just from vague notions of democratic solidarity, but from the island’s practical role in semiconductor production and the region’s grip on rare earth elements essential to America’s tech and defense sectors.

By fast-tracking domestic mining, and reducing dependency on Chinese exports, the executive order starts cutting off the economic fuse that makes Taiwan a geopolitical powder keg. A self-sufficient America is a less desperate America— one that can afford diplomatic deterrence instead of being dragged toward military confrontation.

Biden couldn’t do things peacefully because he was politically shackled to his green constituencies. For his administration, more mining on U.S. soil was simply off-limits—sacrilege to the climate faithful. Ironically, to most environmentalists, a war over Taiwan is better than a domestic dig site.

Trump ended the argument with a stroke of the pen: we’re developing America’s resources, not starting World War III. By invoking his emergency powers to unleash critical mineral production, he didn’t just break the regulatory logjam—he pulled the plug on the false choice between ecological purity and geopolitical survival.

Altogether, the three new orders constitute three more body blows to the administrative state. Couple them with the JFK files blowtorch being taken to the deep state, and yesterday wasn’t just a big news cycle.

It was regime change.

https://slaynews.com/news/trump-signs-major-executive-order-crack-down-fake-elections-voter-fraud/

President Donald Trump has just signed a major executive order to crack down on “fake elections” by restoring voter integrity.

Trump signed the order on Tuesday afternoon.

The order requires that federal funding be cut to states that refuse to take steps to secure elections.

It also asserts that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) resources will be used to ensure illegal aliens are not voting.

For the first time ever, a citizenship question is now mandatory on the voting form.

Trump’s order also instructs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to vigorously pursue election crimes.

The DOJ will especially crack down in states not compliant with federal law around election integrity.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth. This revisionist movement seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light. Under this historical revision, our Nation’s unparalleled legacy of advancing liberty, individual rights, and human happiness is reconstructed as inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed. Rather than fostering unity and a deeper understanding of our shared past, the widespread effort to rewrite history deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame, disregarding the progress America has made and the ideals that continue to inspire millions around the globe.

The prior administration advanced this corrosive ideology. At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — where our Nation declared that all men are created equal — the prior administration sponsored training by an organization that advocates dismantling “Western foundations” and “interrogating institutional racism” and pressured National Historical Park rangers that their racial identity should dictate how they convey history to visiting Americans because America is purportedly racist.

Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology. This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive. For example, the Smithsonian American Art Museum today features “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture,” an exhibit representing that “[s]ocieties including the United States have used race to establish and maintain systems of power, privilege, and disenfranchisement.” The exhibit further claims that “sculpture has been a powerful tool in promoting scientific racism” and promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct, stating “Race is a human invention.”

The National Museum of African American History and Culture has proclaimed that “hard work,” “individualism,” and “the nuclear family” are aspects of “White culture.” The forthcoming Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum plans on celebrating the exploits of male athletes participating in women’s sports. These are just a few examples.

It is the policy of my Administration to restore Federal sites dedicated to history, including parks and museums, to solemn and uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union, and unmatched record of advancing liberty, prosperity, and human flourishing. Museums in our Nation’s capital should be places where individuals go to learn — not to be subjected to ideological indoctrination or divisive narratives that distort our shared history.

To advance this policy, we will restore the Smithsonian Institution to its rightful place as a symbol of inspiration and American greatness –- igniting the imagination of young minds, honoring the richness of American history and innovation, and instilling pride in the hearts of all Americans.

Sec. 2. Saving Our Smithsonian. (a) The Vice President, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate Staff Secretary, Lindsey Halligan, Esq., shall work to effectuate the policies of this order through his role on the Smithsonian Board of Regents with respect to the Smithsonian Institution and its museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo, including by seeking to remove improper ideology from such properties, and shall recommend to the President any additional actions necessary to fully effectuate such policies.

(b) The Vice President and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall work with the Congress to ensure that future appropriations to the Smithsonian Institution:

(i) prohibit expenditure on exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy; and

(ii) celebrate the achievements of women in the American Women’s History Museum and do not recognize men as women in any respect in the Museum.

(c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Interior shall take any other measures within their authority to promote the policy of this order.

(d) As appropriate, the Vice President shall, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Special Assistant to the President and Senior Associate Staff Secretary, Lindsey Halligan, Esq., work with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate Majority Leader, to seek the appointment of citizen members to the Smithsonian Board of Regents committed to advancing the policy of this order.

Sec. 3. Restoring Independence Hall. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide sufficient funding, as available, to improve the infrastructure of Independence National Historical Park, which shall be complete by July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Sec. 4. Restoring Truth in American History.

(a) The Secretary of the Interior shall:

(i) determine whether, since January 1, 2020, public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction have been removed or changed to perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology;

(ii) take action to reinstate the pre-existing monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties, as appropriate and consistent with 43 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., 54 U.S.C. 100101 et seq.,and other applicable law; and

(iii) take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to ensure that all public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties within the Department of the Interior’s jurisdiction do not contain descriptions, depictions, or other content that inappropriately disparage Americans past or living (including persons living in colonial times), and instead focus on the greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people or, with respect to natural features, the beauty, abundance, and grandeur of the American landscape.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 27, 2025.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/23/exclusive-trump-to-sign-orders-to-block-dei-based-school-discipline/

A White House document provided to Breitbart News states that Trump’s expected education order aims to bolster classroom safety and order by ensuring disciplinary policies are based on a student’s behavior rather than “DEI” policy.

“The Order requires new guidance to local and state educational agencies regarding school discipline, emphasizing compliance with Title VI protections against racial discrimination and preferencing,” the document notes.

“It calls for appropriate action against educational agencies that fail to comply with Title VI by continuing to use racially preferential discipline practices,” the document adds.

Black kids were allowed to get away with behavior that white and Asian kids would be punished for, so as not to end up with black kids being disproportionately punished even though black kids were causing most discipline problems.

Punishment and advancement should both depend entirely on personal behavior and never on racist policies imposed by racist Democrats.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/improving-the-safety-and-security-of-biological-research/

IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

... immediately:
(i) end Federal funding of dangerous gain-of-function research conducted by foreign entities in countries of concern (e.g., China) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6627(c), or in other countries where there is not adequate oversight to ensure that the countries are compliant with United States oversight standards and policies; and
(ii) end Federal funding of other life-science research that is occurring in countries of concern or foreign countries where there is not adequate oversight to ensure that the countries are compliant with United States oversight standards and policies and that could reasonably pose a threat to public health, public safety, and economic or national security, as determined by the heads of relevant agencies.

Sounds good to me.

Why is there federal funding of ANYTHING IN CHINA AT ALL?

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/in-sickness-and-health-tuesday-may

Between the limits to Presidential authority in these executive orders, and the fact that they can be reversed by a new president with the stroke of an Autopen, it is clear that Congress, not the President, needs to deliver the comprehensive solution, whatever it is. My best idea is full and immediate sanctions against any country or entity found to be engaging in bioweapons research or its inbred cousin, “pandemic prevention.”

https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/govt-can-now-engineer-pathogens-to

Gov't Can Now Engineer Pathogens to Be More Deadly, Resurrect Extinct Viruses in Secret Without Any Oversight or Independent Review: OSTP Waiver

Trump's new executive order does not outright ban gain-of-function or suspend the OSTP waiver clause, as his admin ramps up bird flu pandemic efforts.

A new rule issued last year by the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) takes effect today that allows the Secretary of “any federal department” to indefinitely waive oversight requirements for high-risk experiments involving the most deadly pathogens known to man.

That means no safety checks and no independent review for government-led gain-of-function (GOF) experiments, despite the risky practice causing the COVID-19 pandemic that killed millions of Americans. ...

On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that many are incorrectly claiming bans all gain-of-function in the U.S.

The EO does not ban all GOF research in the U.S.; it only suspends federal funding for some GOF research—and even then, it explicitly allows for exceptions if approved by the OSTP Director, Michael Kratsios.

“Heads of agencies shall report any exception to a suspension to the Director of OSTP for review in consultation with the APNSA and the heads of relevant agencies,” the EO reads.

Routine or so-called lower-risk GOF studies are also unaffected, and non-federally funded dangerous research is not banned, meaning bird flu experiments that are currently being funded by Bill Gates can continue.

The order also does not end all foreign collaborations, only those involving research in certain high-risk countries.

While it is true that Trump’s new EO does direct the OSTP to “revise or replace” the waiver-allowing DURC/PEPP policy within 120 days, it does not suspend the policy’s most dangerous clause: Section 5.5, which gives any agency head unilateral power to waive oversight of dual-use or gain-of-function research.

That waiver authority apparently remains fully intact as of today and for at least the next few months, meaning dangerous experiments can still proceed without independent review.

Unless the OSTP immediately freezes this loophole or the President issues a direct suspension, the core threat is untouched.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is laying the groundwork for a bird flu pandemic—fast-tracking Gates-backed vaccines, mobilizing nationwide outbreak response infrastructure, and quietly coordinating with the WHO—while refusing to ban all GOF.

With the waiver now active and no immediate action taken to stop it, the U.S. government has effectively legalized secret bioweapons research on American soil—under the false flag of pandemic preparedness.

This is the NEXT stage in the Depopulation Agenda. They are making the DEADLIEST PATHOGENS deadlier. Think: this is NOT for Profit, not even Blackmail. This is the Pogrom, not the program!

I have spoken with my wonderful Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and we agree that the Biden/Harris so-called “Digital Equity Act” is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL. No more woke handouts based on race! The Digital Equity Program is a RACIST and ILLEGAL $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR giveaway. I am ending this IMMEDIATELY, and saving Taxpayers BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114474136573150113

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/not-boring-wednesday-december-17

Early yesterday morning, I sniped at the House of Representatives and suggested they get busy passing bills to lock in Trump’s executive orders. Later the same day, during the weekly House Republican Leadership press conference, Speaker Mike Johnson teased an “aggressive” 2026 legislative agenda and vowed to do just as I’d asked.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2000957946352820238

Here’s the transcript from the terrific clip. Johnson was asked about Republicans’ legislative agenda, and he said:

You’re going to see an aggressive affordability agenda, and we’re going to see continued codification of the President’s executive orders. He’s up to about 200 executive orders. Probably about 150 of them are codifiable by Congress— and we’re working steadily through that list.

A very aggressive legislative agenda coming right out of the gates in January. We’re going to continue to work, for example, on healthcare to continue to bring costs down for the American people, to bring down the cost of living overall.

You’re going to see us delivering for the American people while the effects of that giant piece of legislation signed on July 4th comes into implementation.

So much more. Much more yet to do. And the President and I talk about that almost every day.

As they say in Portland, chatter is cheap. We’ll soon see whether Congress delivers, but Johnson’s explanation was a very good sign.

If Speaker Johnson’s timetable is accurate, and the GOP does plan a legislative surge in January, the schedule makes sense. The first year of Trump’s term was focused on maximalist use of presidential powers without Congress —with the notable exception of the OBBBA— giving President Trump room to rapidly capture territory. The second year, 2026, could be the year for legislation, now that Trump has painted all the road signs for lawmakers.

It might even be better to do them all at once. A rapid-fire surge of bills will confuse and confound Trump’s political enemies, including the media: what should they focus on? They’ll be overwhelmed.

Still, the Senate remains a major problem, since Republicans lack a 60-vote majority needed to defeat the filibuster. There are three possibilities. First, Republicans might make concessions for some Democrat priorities, to build consensus, and to pass some watered-down laws. That’s the usual way it works. Second, they could ‘nuke’ the silent filibuster. Seems unlikely, but you never know. Or, third, they could make a big show of trying to pass bills while Democrats unreasonably filibuster every single one, thereby energizing the base and spurring high turnout in the midterms.

In other words, let’s say Republicans roll out 100 great bills. There would be some bill in there for everyone. Everyone would have a good reason to vote for their local Republican, to get Trump’s agenda cemented into law. Every single GOP candidate could run on that platform: Elect me to ensure Trump’s agenda is secured and we don’t go backwards.

https://slaynews.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-reclassify-cannabis-use-medical-research/

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to expedite the reclassification of cannabis in order to expand medical research.

The move marks a significant shift in federal policy that the White House says is driven by patients, doctors, and data, not politics.

A senior White House official said during a Thursday briefing that the order is designed to remove federal barriers that have long prevented researchers from studying cannabis-derived treatments.

“The president has heard from so many people who have talked about the potential benefits of medical marijuana and CBD use, but he’s also heard from patients and from doctors that there’s not enough research to inform medical guidelines and that many patients are using these products without talking to their doctor about them,” the official said.