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

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

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…

Dems’ post-election meltdown: Letters
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Dems’ post-election meltdown: Letters

The Issue: Democrats’ infighting and dismay after Donald Trump’s clear victory in last week’s election. It’s poetic justice that the elitist Democratic leaders and left-leaning media pundits are eating their own after the referendum imposed by the American people on election night (“Blue hoo!” Nov 8). It’s shocking how out-of-touch…

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

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…

Stop the scamsters who rip off vets with fake ‘charities’
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Stop the scamsters who rip off vets with fake ‘charities’

The fundraising letters sounded warm and loving — a promise that a $10 donation every month could help provide a US military veteran with suicide-prevention counseling and medical care. But $20 million later, the federal government declared that Help the Vets was a phony charity. Founder Neil Paulson spent 95%…

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

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…

P’nut the Squirrel is tragically euthanized by NY officials: Letters
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P’nut the Squirrel is tragically euthanized by NY officials: Letters

The Issue: The euthanasia of P’Nut, a squirrel famous on social media for his various antics, in New York. I just read the story about New York’s most wanted, P’Nut, and his caretakers (“State’s rodent rage,” Oct. 3). I’m so proud to have the Department of Environmental Conservation and Gov….