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KRISTI NOEM CONFIRMED AS DHS SECRETARY: It’s a massive upgrade from Alejandro Mayorkas to Kristi Noem, and now it’s official: the senate voted Saturday to confirm Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by a 59-34 vote. (Occasionally sensible Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voted for the nominee.) There is now a very real chance that the southern border will be secured, and that the government will take a more realistic approach to national security than it ever came close to doing during the long four years of Old Joe Biden’s misrule. During her confirmation hearings last week, Noem, who has been governor of South Dakota since 2019, declared: “I was the first governor to send National Guard troops to Texas when they were being overwhelmed by an unprecedented border crisis. If confirmed as secretary, I will ensure that our exceptional, extraordinary border patrol agents have all the tools and resources and support they need to carry out their mission effectively.” https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/01/25/breaking-noem-confirmed-as-dhs-secretary-n4936357

You see, I know it isn't. You however, wear your blinders proudly. Meanwhile:

More Hilarity: Worse than Chernobyl and Fukushima Combined: The Best Leftist Meltdowns Over Pete Hegseth Over on the left, however -- Whoa Nellie, were there some absolute MELTDOWNS about Hegseth's victory. Remember the scene in the movie Scanners where that guy's head exploded? Yeah, it was that ... times 1000. https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2025/01/25/the-best-leftist-meltdowns-over-pete-hegseths-confirmation-n2407275

Trump's 'Midnight Massacre' of 17 Inspectors General Throws DC Status Quo Into Chaos President Trump summarily dismissed 17 agency inspectors general Friday night in a move that caught official Washington by surprise. The inspectors general were dismissed via emails from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, with no notice sent to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who have pledged bipartisan support for the watchdogs, in advance of the firings, the person said. The emails gave no substantive explanation for the dismissals, with at least one citing “changing priorities” for the move, the person added. A senior White House official confirmed to POLITICO that “some” inspectors general had been fired. The known firings include the IGs of the departments of State, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Labor, and Defense, as well as the Small Business Administration, the US Energy Corporation, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The inspector generals are allegedly independent of the administration and are supposed to root out fraud, waste, abuse, and lawbreaking. The reality is much more checkered. https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/25/trumps-midnight-massacre-of-17-inspectors-general-throws-dc-status-quo-into-chaos-n2184789

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Looks like I had it right. (other than the 24 hour democrat delay) Congratulations Secretary Hegseth. .

Both conditions posed by Trump are neither beyond the pale nor unreasonable; they are of the utmost necessity if California will ever be able to thrive again. During Trump's first term as president in 2017, he offered at least one of these conditions: to redirect the water back to Southern California, and Newsom rejected it. The year 2018 saw the most catastrophic series of fires in the state's history: the Paradise Fire, the Camp Fire, and the Woolsey Fire among the most destructive among them. It is 2025, and California started the year with five catastrophic fires, and new ones seem to keep developing. Millions have lost their lives and their property and desperately need assistance. It would behoove Newsom to lay off the politics and gaslighting and accept conditions that will not only help those who most need it, but reverse the state's decline. -- Jennifer Oliver O'Connell https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/01/24/trump-flies-to-california-to-assess-the-fire-damage-lays-down-conditions-for-receipt-of-federal-aid-n2184768