Articles by Jim Hft

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted a large-scale raid in Boston, targeting criminal aliens, including MS-13 gang members, murder suspects, and a Haitian gang member with 18 prior convictions.
The operation led to the arrest of over 300 individuals.
In an exclusive report from Fox News National Correspondent Bill Melugin, ICE Boston executed a targeted operation against egregious criminal aliens, resulting in eight high-profile arrests.
The operation resulted in eight arrests, including multiple members of the notorious MS-13 gang, suspects wanted on Interpol Red Notices for murder and rape, and a volatile Haitian gang member with an alarming record of 18 convictions in recent years.

When confronted by ICE, the Haitian national defiantly told cameras, “I ain’t going back to Haiti” and delivered a politically charged outburst: “F**k Trump, Biden forever!”

Also, the arrests involved collateral detention, where ICE apprehended an illegal immigrant not originally targeted but found in the company of an MS-13 gang member.
This gang member had been released just the day before by a sanctuary jurisdiction that refused to honor an ICE detainer.

Bill Melugin reported:
SNEAK PEEK: We embedded exclusively w/ ICE Boston today as they targeted egregious criminal aliens. We witnessed 8 arrests, including multiple MS-13, Interpol Red Notices, murder & rape suspects, & a volatile Haitian gang member w/ 18 convictions in recent years who told our cameras he “ain’t going back to Haiti” and “f**k Trump, Biden forever!”.
We also witnessed a “collateral” arrest, where ICE arrested an illegal alien who wasn’t their initial target – but was with a MS-13 gang member who had been released by a sanctuary jurisdiction yesterday with an ICE detainer not honored.
These collateral arrests are something that border czar Tom Homan has warned would happen in sanctuary jurisdictions.

At one point, a woman yelled out “thank you” to ICE as a violent illegal alien was being arrested in her neighborhood.
Story to come tomorrow on Fox News.
You won’t want to miss it.

SNEAK PEEK: We embedded exclusively w/ ICE Boston today as they targeted egregious criminal aliens. We witnessed 8 arrests, including multiple MS-13, Interpol Red Notices, murder & rape suspects, & a volatile Haitian gang member w/ 18 convictions in recent years who told our… pic.twitter.com/LgerOp8dU8
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 22, 2025 […]

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In a recent interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump criticized Joe Biden’s decision to issue preemptive pardons to several family members and associates in the final moments of his presidency.
Trump highlighted that while Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses, he notably did not grant a pardon to himself.
During the interview, Hannity brought up the issue of preemptive pardons, reminding Trump that Biden had once campaigned on the promise that he would never use them.
If you remember, Joe Biden expressed concern to CNN’s Jake Tapper over reports that President Trump was contemplating a series of preemptive pardons for his adult children, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani, and even the possibility of granting one to himself.

“It concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world looks (at) us as a nation of laws and justice,” Biden said during his first joint interview after winning the election.

“I’m not going to be telling them what they have to do and don’t have to do,” Biden said.
“I’m not going to be saying, ‘go prosecute A, B or C’, I’m not going to be telling them. That’s not the role, it’s not my Justice Department, it’s the people’s Justice Department. So the persons or person I pick to run that department are going to be people who are going to have the independent capacity to decide who gets prosecuted, who doesn’t.”

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Dec 3 2020 pic.twitter.com/tF3TbNO9OA
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 20, 2025

During the interview, Trump responded by revealing that he had been presented with the option to pardon himself and others but declined.
He further lamented the hardships faced by his allies, mentioning individuals like Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro, who endured legal challenges and financial burdens.
Hannity:“Joe Biden ran and said he would never do preemptive pardons. It was an issue that came up when you were leaving your first time.”

Trump:“He thought, he heard that I was going to do it. I didn’t want to do it.I was given the option. They said, sir, would you like to pardon everybody, including yourself? I said, I’m not going to pardon anybody. We didn’t do anything wrong.
And we had people that suffered. They’re incredible patriots. We had people that suffered.
You had Bannon put in jail. You had Peter Navarro put in jail. You had people that suffered.

and far worse than that, they’ve lost their fortunes. They’ve lost their, whatever their  nest egg, paying it to lawyers. And those people, and people said, and they don’t even, they wouldn’t have even taken, most of those people, they wouldn’t have even taken a pardon.
This guy went around giving everybody pardons. And you know, the funny thing, maybe the sad thing, is he didn’t give himself a pardon. And if you look at it, it all had to do with him.”
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Just hours after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump wasted no time in making good on the promises that defined his campaign.
With a series of bold Executive Orders and policy directives, President Trump has demonstrated his commitment to revitalizing American energy, securing the border, restoring common sense, and putting America First.
On his inaugural day, President Trump signed 42 Executive Orders, Memoranda, and Proclamations. He also implemented 115 personnel actions, took over 200 executive actions, and spent 60 minutes in a press Q&A session.
The transition team has released detailed accounts of Trump’s commitments and their fulfillment:

Promises made, promises kept.
Unleashing American Energy

Promise Made: President Trump vowed to declare a national energy emergency to expedite domestic production on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderdeclaring a national energy emergency, unlocking America’s full energy potential.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to rescind every one of Joe Biden’s industry-killing, pro-China, and anti-American energy regulations.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing all Federal agencies to suspend, revise, or rescind all Federal policies that restrict American energy production.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to terminate the Biden administration’s electric-vehicle mandate on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderterminating the previous administration’s harmful electric vehicle mandate.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska for energy development on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderreversing burdensome regulations that impeded Alaska’s ability to develop its vast natural resources.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to reduce energy costs by 50% within a year to ease financial burdens on American families, starting on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash American energy production in order to bring costs down for American families.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to withdraw the United States from the disastrous Paris Climate Accord that unfairly ripped off our country.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, for the second time, President Trump has signed an Executive Order withdrawing the United States from the Paris agreement.
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to scrap offshore wind projects on Day One of his presidency.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum pausing all new and renewed federal leasing and permitting for both onshore and offshore wind projects.

Securing America’s Borders

Promise Made: President Trump promised to take bold and decisive action to immediately seal the border on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency at the southern border to allow the government to gain operational control of the border, combat the cartels, and secure our nation.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to terminate every open-border policy enacted by the Biden administration on his very first day back in the White House.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order revoking the disastrous Biden Executive Orders and policies that collapsed our border and flooded millions of illegal aliens into our country.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to immediately launch the largest deportation operation of criminals in American history.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order requiring Homeland Security officials to deport aliens with orders of removal and prioritizing the prosecution of immigration criminal offenses.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to restore the travel ban and keep the terrorists out of our country on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to enhance federal vetting and screening of aliens, requiring officials to identify which countries are not cooperating with United States officials in providing basic information on individuals seeking to enter the United States.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to suspend refugee admissions on Day One to prioritize American public safety.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order pausing the operation of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States when such entry is not in the national interest.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to close loopholes in immigration laws on Day One, ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens and outlawing “birth tourism.”
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order prohibiting recognizing as United States citizens, children who are born while in the United States to foreign national parents who are not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, as consistent with the Fourteenth Amendment.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to stop all migrant flights used for relocating illegal aliens and shut down all entries through the CBP One app on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump shut down the CBP One App.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to end catch-and-release policies abused by the Biden administration on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to end catch-and-release programs.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to restore the successful “Remain in Mexico” program on Day One to manage asylum claims effectively.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to resume the successful Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, also known as “Remain in Mexico.”
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to immediately restartconstruction of the border wall.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderdirecting the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to finish construction of a physical barrier along the southern border.

Promise Made: President Trump promised to immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order designating international cartels and transnational gangs Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the invasion of illegal aliens.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the military to prioritize our own borders and territorial integrity in strategic planning for its operations.

Draining The Swamp, Targeting Government Corruption

Promise Made: President Trump promised to order Federal workers to get back to the office in person or be terminated from their job immediately.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering agencies to take all necessary steps to terminate remote work.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to create a Department of Government Efficiency to slash government waste.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing and implementing the President’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to oversee a substantial reduction in the size and scope of government.
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to return the Federal government to a merit-based system.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderreforming the Federal hiring process to restore merit to government service and re-prioritize skills, experience, and patriotism, not commitment to radical ideologies.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to make it easier to fire corrupt or incompetent bureaucrats – a cumbersome process that currently takes years.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order instilling accountability for failing career bureaucrats to better address misconduct or poor performance.
Promise Made: President Trump vowed to clean out the deep state on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to create a new category of federal hires for career employees in policy-influencing positions, making it easier to remove rogue bureaucrats without length delays and red tape.
Promise Made: President Trump pledged to end the weaponization of government against the American people.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to bring a swift end to the weaponization of the federal government.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to sign an Executive Order within hours of his inauguration banning any Federal department or agency from seeking to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to restore freedom of speech and end government-sponsored censorship, rectifying years of government abuse.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to undo numerous Biden executive actions on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding a record 78 executive actions signed by the Biden-Harris administration — including eliminating radical DEI ideology, open border policies, and climate extremism from our federal government.
Promise Made: President Trump promised the “most aggressive regulatory reduction” in American history if reelected.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum to the heads of all executive departments and agencies ordering an immediate halt to the publication of regulations.

Restoring American Greatness

Promise Made: President Trump promised to start his second term by putting America First again.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Policy Directivedeclaring that the United States’ foreign policy must always put the interests of America and its citizens first.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to stop the reckless foreign aid spending, emphasizing the need to prioritize America’s interests.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order to realign U.S. foreign aid to match American values.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to once again put America First when it comes to trade.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum reviving his America First trade agenda.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and to bring back the name Mount McKinley.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order reinstating the name Mount McKinley and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to get economic relief to American citizens starting on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to deliver emergency price relief for American families by ordering all Federal agencies to eliminate unnecessary administrative expenses, counterproductive requirements, and harmful climate policies that are driving up costs.

Bringing Back Common Sense

Promise Made: President Trump pledged to bring back the death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderrestoring the death penalty.
Promise Made: President Trump promised to make the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female, on Day One.
PROMISE KEPT: Today, President Trump signed an Executive Orderrequiring the Federal government to recognize the biological reality of two sexes — male and female. […]

Credit: (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
In a final act of blatant disregard for justice, outgoing President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shielding him from any future prosecution related to his mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fauci, who has been widely criticized for his inconsistent guidance, misleading statements, coverup, and involvement in controversial research funding, now escapes accountability thanks to Biden’s unprecedented use of executive clemency.
“For more than half a century, Dr. Fauci served our country. He saved countless lives by managing the government’s response to pressing health crises, including HIV/AIDS, as well as the Ebola and Zika viruses. During his tenure as my Chief Medical Advisor, he helped the country tackle a once-in-a-century pandemic. The United States is safer and healthier because of him,” Biden wrote.
Recall that in the 1980s, during the height of the AIDS epidemic, Dr. Fauci told Americans that children could catch AIDS from casual contact.

Fauci also withheld successful treatments from AIDS patients for over a year as THOUSANDS died. He wanted a vaccine—that never came.

Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has finally broken his silence following the controversial decision.
Fauci spoke with CNN’s Dana Bash during the network’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Bash said that while Fauci is ‘ very appreciative’ of the pardon, he once again insisted he did not commit any crimes while overseeing the United States’ response to the COVID pandemic.
The Supreme Court has ruled that accepting a pardon implies an acknowledgment of guilt.
Dana Bash:“I talked briefly to Anthony Fauci, who got one of the pardons, who said he is very appreciative of what President Biden did. He said, and again and again, he has done nothing wrong, but there are baseless accusations against him in his view, and he has been very worried about what it will mean for him, and even more so for his family.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci tells me he is “very appreciative” of the preemptive pardon President Biden issued this morning. “As (Biden) said, we did nothing wrong, but the baseless accusations and threats are real for me and my family,” Fauci said. pic.twitter.com/g2iVYNgRqo
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) January 20, 2025 […]

Credit: Getty Images; Ukraine’s Unwinnable War
The man who was previously photographed with would-be assassin Ryan Routh and later honored by Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom has released a statement following his firing by former President Donald Trump.
As Cullen Linebarger reported earlier, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social early Tuesday morning to announce the termination of the first four individuals from his predecessor’s administration upon taking office.
The firings, executed in signature “Apprentice-style” fashion, come as no surprise to conservatives, particularly one certain infamous general.
Trump wrote on Truth Social:

“Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again.
Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon:
Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council—YOU’RE FIRED!”

José Andrés quickly responded to his firing, insisting that he had already resigned before Trump’s announcement. However, critics were quick to question why he would need to resign if his term was already set to end, calling his explanation nonsensical.

“I submitted my resignation last week…my 2 year term was already up,” Andrés wrote.
“I was honored to serve as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. My fellow council members – unpaid volunteers like me – were hardworking, talented people who inspired me every day.

“I’m proud of what we accomplished on behalf of the American people…like a historic partnership between the White House and every major sports league to increase access to sports and health programs for kids.
“I hope Donald Trump exercises his presidential authority so the Council can continue to advocate for fitness and good health for all Americans. These are bipartisan issues…nonpartisan issues.
“May God give you the wisdom, Mr. President, to put politics and name calling aside…and instead lift up the everyday people working to bring America together. Let’s build longer tables….”

I submitted my resignation last week…my 2 year term was already up ‍♂️
I was honored to serve as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. My fellow council members – unpaid volunteers like me – were hardworking, talented people who inspired me… https://t.co/8U1l7IoYVp
— Chef José Andrés ️ (@chefjoseandres) January 21, 2025

José Andrés is the same individual who was photographed with Ryan Wesley Routh—Donald Trump’s would-be assassin—and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this month.
According to reports, the photo was taken in Kiev a while back when Ryan Wesley Routh was a prominent figure in Ukraine’s capital for his habit of displaying American flags in Maidan Square.

Biden just gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jose Andres, who appears in photos with Trump’s would-be assassin. pic.twitter.com/jZoWh8se1z
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 4, 2025 […]

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President Donald Trump wasted no time on his first day back in office, signing a series of executive actions aimed at restoring national sovereignty, economic prosperity, and public safety.
These bold initiatives mark a stark departure from the Biden regime’s globalist policies and signal a return to the principles that put the American people first.
Here is the list of presidential actions Trump signed on Monday following his inauguration:

Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization
Application Of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok
Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021
Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis
Hiring Freeze
Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
Return to In-Person Work
Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government
Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship
Securing Our Borders
Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
Unleashing American Energy
Clarifying The Military’s Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States
America First Trade Policy
Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel
Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States
Holding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information
Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
Protecting The American People Against Invasion
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)
Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees
Reevaluating And Realigning United States Foreign Aid
Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
Declaring a National Energy Emergency
Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives
Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture
Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety
Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion
Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists
Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government
Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”
America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State
Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats
Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

With bold leadership and a clear vision, Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to putting America first. You can read each of these executive orders on the White House’s website. […]

IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel announced his resignation just days before Trump’s return to the Oval Office.
Werfel, who had three years left in his term, made the decision to step down on President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day as Trump has nominated former Missouri Congressman Billy Long as the new IRS Commissioner to revitalize the corrupt agency.
Portrait of Danny Werfel, Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service under Biden.
“After significant introspection and consultation with others, I’ve determined the best way to support a successful transition is to depart the IRS on January 20, 2025,” Werfel said in a memo obtained by Wall Street Journal.
“While leaving a job you love is never easy, I take comfort in knowing that the civil servant leaders and employees at the IRS are the exact right team to effectively steward this organization forward until a new IRS Commissioner is confirmed.”

He continued, “While I had always intended to complete my full term as Commissioner, the President-elect has announced his plan to nominate a new IRS Commissioner. I have been touched by those who have reached out to me to share how they were hopeful that I could remain in seat and continue the important work underway. But as civil servants, we have a job to do, and that job is to now ensure a new Commissioner is set up for success.”

OAKLAND FIELD OFFICE: Special agents and professional staff participate in building entry, active shooter, and weaponless tactics at the Tactical Village in Sacramento, Calif.
Trump’s decision to overhaul the IRS is in line with his broader promise to “drain the swamp” and restore accountability within federal agencies.
In 2022, The Democrat Senate passed the sweeping economic package that would allocate billions of taxpayer dollars to facilitate the expansion of the Internal Revenue Service’s workforce.

The IRS would receive $80 billion if H.R. 5376, the $750 billion “Inflation Reduction Act” passes the House and lands on Biden’s desk. The funding would mark a 600 percent increase from 2021 when the bureau received $12.6 billion.
The reconciliation package would also double the current IRS workforce by hiring an additional 87,000 employees to the bureau’s staff of 78,661 employees.  At 165,661 employees, the IRS  is poised to become larger than the Pentagon, State Department, FBI and Border Patrol combined total employees of 158,779.
The IRS has been accused of selectively auditing conservative organizations.

Senator J.D. Vance highlighted instances where the agency harassed right-leaning groups. This selective scrutiny harks back to previous abuses, notably during the Obama era, where the IRS targeted Tea Party groups.
A report by the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government detailed egregious civil liberties abuses, including unannounced visits to journalists’ homes on days they testified before Congress.
Alarmingly, nearly 6,000 IRS employees, approximately 5% of its workforce, owe about $50 million in unpaid taxes. Despite their role in enforcing tax compliance, the majority have no plans to settle their debts. […]

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Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany highlighted remarkable similarities between President Donald Trump and President Ronald Reagan, drawing attention to pivotal moments in their presidencies that echo one another.
Speaking on a recent panel discussion, McEnany referenced historical parallels, ranging from hostage releases to assassination attempts, while emphasizing Trump’s “Reagan-esque” leadership style.
McEnany began her commentary by noting that indoor inaugurations are exceedingly rare in American history, occurring only twice before: in 1909 with President William Howard Taft and in 1985 with President Ronald Reagan.
“What’s interesting to me is the Ronald Reagan comparison, because not only is the inauguration in doors, you have the hostage release, really, right before Trump comes in. You had the assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan as well. Trump is a Reagan-esque president in more ways than one,” she said.

For context, Reagan’s second inauguration on January 21, 1985, was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda due to severe cold weather, with temperatures at 7°F and wind chills plummeting to -20°F.

On January 20, 1981, minutes after Reagan was sworn in as the 40th President, the 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days were released.
On March 30, 1981, just 69 days into his presidency, Reagan survived an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Hinckley shot Reagan in an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster. Reagan sustained a broken rib, punctured lung, and internal bleeding but recovered quickly.

Fox News host Emily Compagno chimed in, lauding Trump’s practical and safety-focused decision to move his inauguration ceremony indoors due to freezing temperatures. “You don’t have to do something just because that’s how it was always done,” Compagno stated.
“We see this stuff often with other large events, and I think the reality is that the storied history of this, the solemnity, and the iconography that we’re all going to be watching—how important and crucial this event is—all of that remains the same. Now, everyone’s going to be a lot more comfortable. We don’t have to look at Bernie Sanders memes anymore,” she said.
WATCH:

.@kayleighmcenany: “This has happened twice… What’s interesting to me is the Ronald Reagan comparison — because not only is the Inauguration indoors, you have the hostage release right before Trump comes in. You have the assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan as well.” pic.twitter.com/kLMnlouwaV
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 17, 2025 […]

Pastor Brandon Biggs has issued a dire new warning (Screenshot: Last Days/Youtube)
Pastor Brandon Biggs, who gained nationwide attention after accurately predicting the assassination attempt on Donald Trump months before it occurred, has sounded the alarm once again.
This time, the stakes are even higher, as he claims to have received visions of a sprawling, orchestrated attack targeting Trump, his properties, and key U.S. landmarks.
Biggs first gained attention when his detailed vision of an attempt on Trump’s life came true, as previously reported by The Gateway Pundit.
Biggs, at the 11-minute mark of the video, posted three months before Trump’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, said, ” I saw Trump rising up, and then I saw an attempt on his life. This bullet flew by his ear and it came so close to his head it busted his eardrum.”

“He fell to his knees during this timeframe and started to worship the Lord,” added Biggs.

Biggs continued, “He got radically born again during this timeframe; people saying he’s saved now. But he becomes really on fire for Jesus.”
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TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT PREDICTED 3 MONTHS AGO
Brandon Biggs made an unbelievably accurate prediction about the attack on Trump’s life in an interview several months ago.
“I saw Trump rising up, and then I saw an attempt on his life.
This bullet flew by his ear, and… pic.twitter.com/txtqf5jFqw
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 14, 2024

Now, Biggs has issued an even graver warning: a series of coordinated, catastrophic events planned to coincide with Trump’s inauguration and targeting his iconic properties.

According to the video posted on YouTube by Biggs, these attacks are not isolated acts of terrorism but are instead state-sponsored efforts designed to dismantle symbols of Trump’s influence and leadership.
The pastor described seeing “massive dump trucks” armed with armor plating and packed with fertilizer-based explosives, echoing the devastating Oklahoma City bombing of the 1990s.
The attacks, Biggs warns, aim to cripple Trump’s iconic properties, such as Trump Tower and golf courses, and disrupt national symbols of power, including the Capitol.

He alleges that a network of operatives spread across ten major U.S. cities, with each city hosting 100 attackers—trained and funded by foreign governments, possibly Iran—has infiltrated the United States through underground tunnels along the southern border.
Biggs:The vision was putting all out in front of me. I saw farming equipment. I saw massive farming equipment that was… It looked like on the East Coast, this farming equipment was. There were silos. The Lord said, I want you to focus on fertilizer.
[…]
I saw massive dump trucks with separation in the back of these dump trucks, separation with 50 20-gallon drums, all filled with different chemicals to make what was happened in Oklahoma City back in the ’90s. This happened in the ’90s. It was a massive thing, not black powder, but this fertilizer stuff. I saw fertilizer in a big dump truck. The dump truck was like a big diesel. They looked like construction workers. They had purchased a massive construction vehicle, like dump truck thing.

They put all this in so that it would cause a major catastrophic event. They made the front of it armor proof, bulletproof. You could not shoot it and to make it stop it. Very, very strong armor was on the front of this truck underneath it. It wasn’t able to be seen really well. I saw these men, and this is going to go a lot of different places, so you have to just listen to what I’m trying to tell you all. I saw these men with these vest on in the front cab of the truck.
Vest on. They had explosives on these vests. There was two men in the truck. They took the truck and they used it to go through police barricade and military barricades in Washington, DC. When they did this and they tried to stop them because they were trying to do it at a checkpoint to stop them, they pushed through the barricade because the truck was very strong.
Then they got them, they surrounded them, and they ignited their vest, and they took out everybody. When this happened, it was a massive crater in the dirt, in the ground, and all the buildings were completely wiped out, and they tried to get as close as they could to the capital. I saw them trying to get as close as they could to the capital, to major landmarks of Washington, DC.”

The internet can’t help but connect Pastor Biggs’ vision with a recent alarming development: about 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate—a chemical used both as fertilizer and as an explosive—is missing after disappearing during a rail trip from Wyoming to California.
According to an incident report filed by explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel, the rail car carrying the ammonium nitrate left a plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12, 2023. The chemical was discovered missing after the car arrived in Saltdale, California, more than 1,000 miles away.

The report stated the substance was “released due to an unknown cause,” but by the time the car reached its destination, it was completely empty and en route back to Wyoming.

The chemical was reported missing from the shipment two weeks later, and no one knows what really happened.
On May 10, the company Dyno Nobel notified the federal government’s National Response Center, also known as the NRC.
California officials launched four separate investigations to determine the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the chemicals.

Read more:
California Officials Launch Four Separate Investigations After 30-Ton Shipment of Explosive Chemicals Goes Missing

“The Lord said, This is not terrorism per se. This is an act of war per se,” said Biggs.
“This is a government of another country coming against America, making it look like it’s terrorist. You will see in the days ahead a great shaking still to come because of past administrations not doing their job, securing the border. Not just on the Southern, but this is about the Northern border also. I warn you to pray so that we can pray, not a call to fear, but a call to prayer. I saw great plans and great plots from these men to try to disrupt the inauguration.”
While the message is alarming, Pastor Biggs insists it is not meant to incite fear but to galvanize Americans into prayer and vigilance.
“We pray against this for what I’ve seen coming. That’s our job. I pray protection over your families. I pray protection over our President, over the capital of America. We pray for the White House. We pray for all kinds of things because this was very dark what they were trying to do.”
WATCH: […]

Election worker shoving a large batch of ballots through a counting machine three times
In a bombshell revelation, TGP contributor Joe Hoft and his team at JoeHoft.com have raised serious questions about ballot counting procedures in Orange County, California.
Reviewing video footage from the Orange County ballot counting facility on the evening of Friday, November 8, 2024, Joe identified a troubling incident: an election worker appeared to process a large batch of ballots through a voting machine three separate times.
“We don’t know if there is a legitimate reason for the worker’s actions,” Joe wrote, adding, “But the worker pushed the same batch through the machine three times. (Each ballot is to be counted only once.)”
WATCH:

This activity allegedly occurred shortly before the facility had received a bomb threat, forcing the evacuation of staff and public observers.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that a bomb threat was called into the Santa Ana building where counting was going on.
In a statement, Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley Page sought to reassure the public, saying, “The Orange County Registrar of Voters is committed to ensuring equal access to the election process, protecting the integrity of votes, and maintaining a transparent, accurate, and fair election system.”
Page explained that the bomb threat, sent via email, was immediately addressed by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, already present on-site as part of standard security protocols during ballot processing.

Now, in response to Joe’s explosive reporting, the Registrar’s office provided a detailed explanation to The Gateway Pundit.
According to their statement, the worker seen scanning the ballots three times was not committing fraud but rather following a standard protocol to address “scanner errors.”
Orange County Registrar of Voters said in a statement:

In his post, Joe Hoft stated: “We don’t know if there is a legitimate reason for the worker’s actions.”
The answer is “Yes.” This video shows an Orange County election worker scanning a batch of ballots three times, but only saving the batch once.
This is shown at the 1:25 mark of the video Mr. Hoft posted when following her third scan of the batch of ballots, a batch report printed from the printer at the end of the table, which she then attached to the top of the batch of ballots. This batch report did not print the first two times she scanned the batch of ballots, meaning she did not save those scans.

She likely scanned the batch of ballots twice and then cleaned the scanner before scanning the batch of ballots a third time because during the first two scans some of the ballots were rejected by the scanner. Given the large number of vote-by-mail ballots we must scan during an election, we must regularly clean the scanners.
We complete quality checks and audits to ensure ballots are only counted once and accurately, including:

Other Orange County election workers later quality checked the batch of ballots in this video two additional times, making sure the ballots in the batch match the information printed on the report. We do not upload any batch of ballots into the tally until these two reviews are completed.
Before I certified the results of the election, we audited the results of each of the 171 contests on the ballot. The audit was conducted by randomly selecting one percent of the precincts in the county (23) and then selecting additional precincts (62) until every contest was included. Then four-person audit teams hand counted every ballot in those selected precincts. Our audit teams hand counted about 40,000 ballots for this election. These hand-counted results were compared to the voting system tally, finding that the results of each contest was correct. You can review information about these audits on our website at ocvote.gov/audit. […]