Trump Ends Military Occupation of 3 American Cities - the Wednesday AM Quickie 1/1/26

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  • Trump Abandons National Guard Invasions of Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon The announcement nearly coincided with a federal appeals court ruling forcing Trump to relinquish control of the California National Guard back to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. via the Associated Press and the New York Times.
  • Regime's Health and Human Services Department Freezes Child Care Funds for All States An anonymous official says the funds will be released "only when states prove they are being spent legitimately." via ABC News, Politico, and HuffPost.
  • US Military Strikes More Civilian Boasts in the Pacific Ocean, Killing Eight People Meanwhile in the Atlantic Ocean, the oil tanker fleeing US Coast Guard ships was formally re-registered as a Russian vessel, although the Kremlin has declined to say whether it will defend the ship using force. via NBC News and the New York Times.
  • Happy New Year! Zohran Mamdani Sworn in as New York City Mayor The leftist phenom was sworn in on a Quran at a private ceremony just after the Times Square ball drop; a public inauguration at 1pm EST today will feature Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Squad Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. via the New York Times, Gothamist, and the City.

SOME NUMBER

$100 million

That's how much Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend in the coming year on a "wartime recruitment" campaign, the Washington Post reports. The strategy calls for the regime's Gestapo forces to "flood the market" with massive public spending on "Snapchat ads, influencers and live streamers on Rumble." Separately, the Homeland Security Department posted a social media image depicting America as a tropical paradise "After 100 Million Deportations," which would have to include US citizens by mathematical necessity.

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PARTING WORDS

"We had numerous witnesses who would say, 'I voted for President Trump. I campaigned for Trump President Trump. I wanted him to win.' The Speaker of the House in Arizona. The Speaker of the House in Michigan.
"We had an elector in Pennsylvania who is a former Congressman who was going to be an elector for President Trump who said that what they were trying to do was an attempt to overthrow the government and illegal.
"Our case was built on, frankly, Republicans who put their allegiance to the country before the party."

-- Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, explaining the strengths of his abortive election interference case against Donald Trump in a Dec. 17 closed-door hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. The 255-page deposition transcript was released yesterday.


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