Trump transition is offering the dawn of a new reform era — plus Matt Gaetz
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Trump transition is offering the dawn of a new reform era — plus Matt Gaetz

ByNews Polite

Senate Republicans on Wednesday chose calm, soft-spoken John Thune (R-SD) as the next majority leader, even as the “conservative” House faction gave up on running an opponent to contest Mike Johnson’s continued speakership: The path is smoothing out wonderfully for President-elect Donald Trump to truly usher in the promised “Golden…

Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment
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Trump’s pick of Lee Zeldin for EPA shows he’s serious about protecting the economy and the environment

ByNews Polite

President-elect Donald Trump meant it when he vowed to juice the economy by rolling back needless regulations, and nothing proves that more than his choice of ex-Rep. Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Zeldin — who in 2022 came closer to becoming New York governor than any Republican…

Wokeism elected Trump, Don’s vote-by-male triumph and other commentary
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Wokeism elected Trump, Don’s vote-by-male triumph and other commentary

ByNews Polite

From the left: Wokeism Elected Trump The “metropolitan liberal left has been going down a particularly self-destructive path in recent years,” thunders Nick Tyrone at Spiked; if those “liberals hadn’t done so many things wrong, Trump almost certainly would have lost.” If the center-left wants to win again, “rejecting the…

Gavin Newsom threatens Trump like Kathy Hochul — but HE has more power to cause problems
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Gavin Newsom threatens Trump like Kathy Hochul — but HE has more power to cause problems

ByNews Polite

Pretty-boy Gov. Gavin Newsom is making his bid to lead the #Resistance — or at least to use it as an excuse to slam California’s taxpayers even more. “The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” thundered Newsom as he called for…

ActBlue’s shady donor setup draws fed scrutiny — time for a full-on reckoning
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ActBlue’s shady donor setup draws fed scrutiny — time for a full-on reckoning

ByNews Polite

Finally: Dem donation mega-website Act Blue is under the magnifying glass by the Treasury Department for apparently shady behavior. The move — reported by Rep. Jim Comer (R-Ky.), the House Oversight bloodhound chasing political corruption to the left’s chagrin — includes hundreds of transactions linked to the platform.  Good news. Trouble…

FEMA hurricane aid stopped by ‘Road Closed’ sign? That’s Kamala Harris in a nutshell
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FEMA hurricane aid stopped by ‘Road Closed’ sign? That’s Kamala Harris in a nutshell

ByNews Polite

Worry not, Americans — the brave heroes of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are here to help you recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.  Unless, of course, they encounter . . .  a ROAD CLOSED sign.  Yes, per on-the-ground reports out of tiny Bat Cave, NC, which was absolutely…

NY State Ed’s pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We’ll stop tracking it
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NY State Ed’s pathetic response to rising chronic absenteeism in schools: We’ll stop tracking it

ByNews Polite

For years now, we’ve been slamming the State Education Department and its rulers, the state Board of Regents, as having turned against anything resembling excellence, but we’re still shocked at SED’s latest move. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli just issued a blaring alarm about how truancy soared in New York schools…