Edible Flowers

Food, Nature 5 Minutes

I didn’t realize that some flowers are edible, but this article from Treehugger.com details 42 that are!

From Treehugger.com:

Beyond nasturtium blossoms and rose petals, there is a surprising number of blooms that are a true delight to eat. The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years to the Chinese, Greek, and Romans. Many cultures use flowers in their traditional cooking—think of squash blossoms in Italian food and rose petals in Indian food. Adding flowers to your food can be a nice way to add color, flavor and a little whimsy. Some are spicy, and some herbaceous, while others are floral and fragrant. The range is surprising.

Ways to Use Edible Flowers

It’s not uncommon to see flower petals used in salads, teas, and as a garnish for desserts, but they inspire creative uses as well—roll spicy ones (like chive blossoms) into handmade pasta dough, incorporate floral ones into homemade ice cream, pickled flower buds (like nasturtium) to make ersatz capers, use them to make a floral simple syrup for use in lemonade or cocktails. I once stuffed gladiolus following a recipe for stuffed squash blossoms—they were great. So many possibilities…

Eating Flowers Safely

So, as lovely as eating flowers can be, it can also be a little … deadly. Not to scare you off or anything, but follow these tips for eating flowers safely:

Eat flowers you know to be consumable — if you are uncertain, consult a reference book on edible flowers and plants.

Eat flowers you have grown yourself, or know to be safe for consumption. Flowers from the florist or nursery have probably been treated with pesticides or other chemicals.

Do not eat roadside flowers or those picked in public parks. Both may have been treated with pesticide or herbicide, and roadside flowers may be polluted by car exhaust.

Eat only the petals, and remove pistils and stamens before eating.

If you suffer from allergies, introduce edible flowers gradually, as they may exacerbate allergies.

To keep flowers fresh, place them on moist paper towels and refrigerate in an airtight container. Some will last up to 10 days this way. Ice water can revitalize limp flowers.

Edible Flower List

1 ALLIUM All blossoms from the allium family (leeks, chives, garlic, garlic chives) are edible and flavorful! Flavors run the gamut from delicate leek to robust garlic. Every part of these plants is edible.

2 ANGELICA Depending on the variety, flowers range from pale lavender-blue to deep rose and have a licorice-like flavor.

3 ANISE HYSOP Both flowers and leaves have a subtle anise or licorice flavor.

4 ARUGULA Blossoms are small with dark centers and with a peppery flavor much like the leaves. They range in color from white to yellow with dark purple streaks.

5 BACHELOR’S BUTTON Grassy in flavor, the petals are edible. Avoid the bitter calyx.

6 BASIL Blossoms come in a variety of colors, from white to pink to lavender; the flavor is similar to the leaves, but milder.

7 BEE BALM The red flowers have a minty flavor.

8 BORAGE Blossoms are a lovely blue hue and taste like cucumber!

9 CALENDULA/marigold A great flower for eating, calendula blossoms are peppery, tangy, and spicy — and their vibrant golden color adds dash to any dish.

10 CARNATIONS / DIANTHUS Petals are sweet, once trimmed away from the base. The blossoms taste like their sweet, perfumed aroma.

11. CHAMOMILE Small and daisy-like, the flowers have a sweet flavor and are often used in tea. Ragweed sufferers may be allergic to chamomile.

12 CHERVIL Delicate blossoms and flavor, which is anise-tinged.

13 CHICORY Mildly bitter earthiness of chicory is evident in the petals and buds, which can be pickled.

14 CHRYSANTHEMUM A little bitter, mums come in a rainbow of colors and a range of flavors range from peppery to pungent. Use only the petals.

15 CILANTRO Like the leaves, people either love the blossoms or hate them. The flowers share the grassy flavor of the herb. Use them fresh as they lose their charm when heated.

16 CITRUS (orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, kumquat) Citrus blossoms are sweet and highly scented. Use frugally or they will over-perfume a dish.

17 CLOVER Flowers are sweet with a hint of licorice.

18. DANDELION

19 DILL Yellow dill flowers taste much like the herb’s leaves.

20 ENGLISH DAISY These aren’t the best-tasting petals — they are somewhat bitter — but they look great!

21 FENNEL Yellow fennel flowers are eye candy with a subtle licorice flavor, much like the herb itself.

22 FUCHSIA Tangy fuchsia flowers make a beautiful garnish.

23 GLADIOLUS Who knew? Although gladioli are bland, they can be stuffed, or their petals removed for an interesting salad garnish.

24 HIBISCUS Famously used in hibiscus tea, the vibrant cranberry flavor is tart and can be used sparingly.

25 HOLLYHOCK Bland and vegetal in flavor, hollyhock blossoms make a showy, edible garnish.

26 IMPATIENS Flowers don’t have much flavor — best as a pretty garnish or for candying.

27 JASMINE These super-fragrant blooms are used in tea; you can also use them in sweet dishes, but sparingly.

28. JOHNNY JUMP-UP Adorable and delicious, the flowers have a subtle mint flavor great for salads, pasta, fruit dishes, and drinks.

29 LAVENDER Sweet, spicy, and perfumed, the flowers are a great addition to both savory and sweet dishes.

30 LEMON VERBENA The diminutive off-white blossoms are redolent of lemon — and great for teas and desserts.

31 LILAC The blooms are pungent, but the floral citrusy aroma translates to its flavor as well.

32 MINT The flowers are — surprise! — minty. Their intensity varies among varieties.

33 NASTURTIUM One of the most popular edible flowers, nasturtium blossoms are brilliantly colored with a sweet, floral flavor bursting with a spicy pepper finish. When the flowers go to seed, the seed pod is a marvel of sweet and spicy. You can stuff flowers, add leaves to salads, pickle buds like capers, and garnish to your heart’s content.

34 OREGANO The flowers are a pretty, subtle version of the leaf.

35 PANSY The petals are somewhat nondescript, but if you eat the whole flower you get more taste.

36 RADISH Varying in color, radish flowers have a distinctive, peppery bite.

37 ROSE Remove the white, bitter base and the remaining petals have a strongly perfumed flavor perfect for floating in drinks or scattering across desserts, and for a variety of jams. All roses are edible, with flavor more pronounced in darker varieties.

38 ROSEMARY Flowers taste like a milder version of the herb; nice used as a garnish on dishes that incorporate rosemary.

39 SAGE Blossoms have a subtle flavor similar to the leaves.

40 SQUASH and PUMPKIN Blossoms from both are wonderful vehicles for stuffing, each having a slight squash flavor. Remove stamens before using.

41 SUNFLOWER Petals can be eaten, and the bud can be steamed like an artichoke.

42 VIOLETS Another famous edible flower, violets are floral, sweet and beautiful as garnishes. Use the flowers in salads and to garnish desserts and drinks.

SOURCE: TREEHUGGER.COM

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  1. Good morning, Pat and Filly,

    I’ve never eaten a flower. Have you?

    Candied violets are used to decorate cakes… but I’ve never seen or eaten one.

    Supposed to snow/sleet last night and/or today, and they sent a message to all the phones at the Village to stay inside after 6pm last night. Everything at the Village will be closed until 1:30pm today.

    I looked outside our windows three doors around the building and saw only a drizzle, no ice or snow – just wet sidewalks and a drizzle…so far.

    The west entry to FL on I-10 had several inches of snow yesterday! That’s big excitement for FL folks!

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      2. Good morning, Pat! Got a $50 increase in my SS, which is nice and unexpected – didn’t think I’d get one this year. About-face on the weather – didn’t get below 30 last night! Watch and see! We’ll probably get a fricking blizzard in March! LOL

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    2. Good morning, GA! I’ve never eaten a flower either, just candy flowers. We’ve done an about-face here – it didn’t get below 30 last night!!! Typical!

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          1. Our cold weather is just beginning this week – tonight it’s supposed to be 18º
            and early 20s the next two nights. Hope my pipes at home are OK. Never had trouble while I’ve been at the Village.

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  2. Morning All!
    cold here…comfy in bed though with the comforter and quilts.
    -10 out there. I put out a new corn/ apple block yesterday afternoon–it looks to be gone already. we’ll see when it gets lighter out.

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  7. TheseTruths

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    Wolf

    January 22, 2025 01:14

    America First Insight:

    BREAKING: President Trump revoked one of Biden’s EOs aimed at streamlining legal immigration. The order helped

    – Reduce visa backlogs and processing delays.

    – Improve access for H-1B holders, their families, and other skilled immigrants.

    – Enhance transparency in USCIS operations.

    This will slow down Visa processing times and legal immigration and is fully endorsed by us.

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  8. TheseTruths

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    January 22, 2025 01:19

    Chad Pergram:

    Thune on Dems slowing up quick confirmation of nominees: Do we want a vote on these folks on Tuesday or vote on them on Friday, Saturday and Sunday? Because that’s what we’re going to do. This can be easy or this can be hard. This is a nominee that came out of the Intelligence Committee 14 to 3. It is a bipartisan nomination to the Central Intelligence Agency..This is about America’s national security interests. And we’re stalling. So that’s not going to happen. We’re going to file cloture on them. You can force us to stay here staying around here. And we can vote on these things Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But we’re going to vote on them

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  11. TheseTruths

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    January 22, 2025 01:48

    Ann Vandersteel:

    BREAKING: The World Health Organization BEGS Trump to Reconsider Withdrawing.

    Yesterday, Trump signed an Executive Order to WITHDRAW the USA from the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

    24 hours later, WHO comes crawling.

    WHY?

    Because it will be much harder to launch another “global pandemic” without US governement participation.

    And if the last 6 years have taught us anything, it’s that all future health crises will be GOVERNMENT-MANUFACTURED,

    They tried to END TRUMP with the Covid-19 SCAMDEMIC.

    He LEARNED HIS LESSON and he WONT BE FOOLED AGAIN.

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  13. MAGA Minuteman

    MAGA Minuteman

    January 22, 2025 4:11 am

    Reply to  MAGA Minuteman

    MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AND ENERGY DOMINANT AGAIN

    • The President will unleash American energy by ending Biden’s policies of climate extremism, streamlining permitting, and reviewing for rescission all regulations that impose undue burdens on energy production and use, including mining and processing of non-fuel minerals.
    • President Trump’s energy actions empower consumer choice in vehicles, showerheads, toilets, washing machines, lightbulbs and dishwashers.
    • President Trump will declare an energy emergency and use all necessary resources to build critical infrastructure.
    • President Trump’s energy policies will end leasing to massive wind farms that degrade our natural landscapes and fail to serve American energy consumers.
    • President Trump will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
    • All agencies will take emergency measures to reduce the cost of living.
    • President Trump will announce the America First Trade Policy.
    • America will no longer be beholden to foreign organizations for our national tax policy, which punishes American businesses.

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  14. nwtex
    nwtex
    January 22, 2025 4:11 am

    🚨BREAKING: Sarah Sanders has introduced legislation to ban illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits.

    Do you support this?

    YES or NO? pic.twitter.com/w35DID35qH

    — Tucker Carlson News (@TuckerCNews) January 21, 2025

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    1. Well, duh! That’s just common sense!!! Now can we also do the baby mamas who just keep popping out babies to get more $$$?

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  16. Luke Rosiak

    @lukerosiak

    Fairfax County, Virginia is facing a $300M budget deficit after its schools spent $142M teaching migrant children English last year, up 50% from a few years prior Consultants have now been hired to ask if people would rather have police, fire, or parks cut to resolve the deficit

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  19. “Trump and Elon broke Reddits brain…Campaign to ban X on every sub…

    I find it strange that all of these independently moderated communities are all posting very similar messages about how and why they are banning links to it, all in unison. Seems like there is something in the greater background…

    And a lot of these subreddits have a rule of “NO POLITICS” too lol. It’s hilarious, they just can’t help themselves…”

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  22. The 1985 MOVE bombing, locally known by its date, May 13, 1985, was the bombing and destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, by the Philadelphia Police Department during an armed standoff with MOVE, a black liberation organization. As Philadelphia police attempted to evict MOVE members from a house, they were shot at. Philadelphia police then dropped two explosive devices from a helicopter onto the roof of the occupied house.

    For 90 minutes, the Philadelphia Police Department allowed the resulting fire to burn out of control, destroying 61 previously evacuated neighboring homes over two city blocks and leaving 250 people homeless. Six adults and five children were killed in the attack, with one adult and one child surviving. A lawsuit in federal court found that the city used excessive force and violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure…”

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  24. I agree – it was a bad deal!!!

    “The cost of the cease-fire to Israel for freeing only some of the hostages is handing Hamas and Iran an undeserved victory”

    The Federalist, Jonathan S. Tobin, January 22, 2025

    EXCERPT: “There should be no doubt about who deserves the lion’s share of the credit for the cease-fire and release of hostages agreed to by Israel and Hamas. It was President Donald Trump’s tough talk that the hostages taken by Palestinian terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, had to be released or “all hell” would be unleashed on the Middle East.

    The deal was the first salvo in foreign policy from the new administration, taking place even before Trump took office. It did more than demonstrate the vast difference between Trump’s style and former President Joe Biden’s trademark ineffectual weakness. It gave the new president exactly the kind of Inauguration Day optics he wanted, allowing him to usher in his second term with a win in which he was both peacemaker and liberator of hostages.

    But while Trump may bask in the applause his intervention in the negotiations generated, it is not quite the triumph that it is being depicted as.

    Israelis and decent people everywhere are rejoicing at the freeing of three young women who have been held by Hamas for more than 15 months after Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists invaded 22 southern Israeli communities and a music festival, killing more than 1,000 Israelis. The hostages were held under terrible conditions and likely underwent unspeakable torment. And there will be similar joy if Hamas releases the 30 other hostages that are supposed to be freed in phase one of this deal.

    But the price Israel is paying — releasing hundreds of Palestinian terrorists with the blood of innocent people on their hands and withdrawing Israeli forces from most of Gaza — is very problematic for the Jewish state’s security. Trump has said he does not want further involvement in Middle East wars, but it sets up his administration for just that.

    In his Dec. 2 Truth Social post, Trump spoke with greater moral clarity about the problem than the world had heard from the Biden administration during the entire course of the Israel-Hamas war. Trump’s threat was interpreted to be directed at Hamas and its allies, such as Qatar, Iran, and possibly even Turkey, which has also strongly supported the terrorist group.

    Envoy’s Negotiations

    But once Trump sent his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to the Middle East, it became clear that he was just as interested in muscling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…..”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/22/the-israel-hamas-hostage-deal-gives-too-much-to-terrorists/

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  25. “What The Founding Fathers Would Have To Say About Biden And Trump’s Presidential Pardons”

    By: Mark Meuser, January 22, 2025

    Joe Biden speaking

    (In four years, Biden used his Article 2, Section 2 powers more than 8,064 times.)

    “On Jan. 20, 2025, both former President Biden and President Trump issued pardons pursuant to Article 2, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. While President Biden pardoned five members of his family, Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, and the members and staff of the House special committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol demonstration, President Trump issued pardons to all individuals “convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”

    President Biden clearly ignored the warning of Alexander Hamilton, who instructed us in Federalist 74 “that the benign prerogative for pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed.” In four years, Biden used his Article 2, Section 2 powers more than 8,064 times. That is more pardons and clemencies issued than the last 10 presidents, who served over 57 years.

    James Wilson, the most prolific speaker during the debate over the United States Constitution with more than 172 speeches and later an associate justice of the Supreme Court, called the presidential pardon power “extraordinary.” In his 1791 Lectures on Law, he taught us that this extraordinary power was to be used “after they have been apprehended, tried, convicted, and condemned.” Let us be clear, Biden’s family, Fauci, Milley, and the members of the House J6 Committee have never been apprehended, tried, or convicted, let alone condemned. They were not eligible for a presidential pardon.

    Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution clearly states that the president has the power to pardon “for Offences against the United States.” However, Biden understands that these individuals he has pardoned have not committed an offense against the United States because his pardon statement says, “The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.” How can former President Biden pardon someone for an offense against the United States when his pardoning message says that they are not guilty of any offense?

    While our Founding Fathers would have said the president could not pardon someone who has not been convicted, the Supreme Court has indicated that a president might have the power to preemptively pardon an individual. However, for someone to avail himself of this Supreme Court precedent that is not fully developed and is over 100 years old, the individual must first confess to an offense against the United States. If an individual does not confess to an offense against the United States, the court in Burdick v. U.S. made clear the pardon is not valid.

    Should President Trump’s DOJ decide to investigate the Biden family, Fauci, Milley, or the members of the Jan. 6 Committee, these individuals could be prosecuted until they publicly confessed to an offense against the United States. However, even if they did that, Trump’s DOJ could still pursue the matter, arguing that Article 2, Section 2 did not give President Biden the right to preemptively pardon anyone. That issue would eventually be heard in the Supreme Court. Only then would the nation have a definitive answer as to whether a president has the power to preemptively pardon someone who has never been convicted and who has not confessed to an offense against the United States.

    According to Alexander Hamilton, the purpose of the pardon power is to help heal the nation after a time of turmoil. In Federalist 74, Hamilton wrote, “In seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquility of the commonwealth.” George Washington understood this principle when, in 1795, he issued amnesty to those engaged in Pennsylvania’s Whiskey Rebellion. 

    President Trump is simply following the advice of Alexander Hamilton and the example of George Washington. Democrats in Washington, D.C., have called the events that transpired on Jan. 6, 2021, an insurrection. President Trump is using the intended purpose of his pardoning power to restore the tranquility of the nation after years of public political prosecutions.”

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  26. T. Turtle
    January 22, 2025 10:14 am

    Hopefully President Trump can right the wrong the FJB Administration perpetrated on the residents of this region.

    “Trump Announces Visit to Struggling North Carolina: ‘Abandoned by Democrats’ (VIDEO)”

    Excerpts:

    Trump announced today that he is going to visit North Carolina on Friday, noting that the people who are still struggling there have been abandoned by Democrats.

    From there, he is going to visit Los Angeles to survey the damage from the fires there.

    This is what leaders do. It’s a concept that was completely forgotten for the last four years while Biden was in office.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/trump-announces-visit-struggling-north-carolina-abandoned-democrats/

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  27. “The Trump-Vance Women Are Dressed For A Resurgent ‘Golden Age,’ And The Media Hate It”

    The Federalist, By: Elle Purnell, January 22, 2025

    Melania Trump

    As Trump assures America that things are looking up, ‘looking back’ has never looked so good.

    “Trump promised to return America to normalcy and greatness. That the women in his orbit are doing so through their clothes makes the media furious.

    It was just four years ago that we suffered through the sartorial weirdness of the Biden inauguration. With no inaugural balls to attend because of Covid mania, the biggest fashion statements were made by Lady Gaga, whose ensemble looked like a Hunger Games version of those beehive-shaped Barbie cakes, and Ella Emhoff, whose tweed pilgrim look and subsequent modeling contract were created in a lab to communicate to people that ugly is the new pretty.

    It’s been vogue for a while to eschew traditional beauty standards, whether that means putting the morbidly obese on magazine covers or writing headlines like this:

    Fashion and the arts have long sought to be transgressive, but the institutional capture of the arts by sartorial Marxists has turned offending the senses into a, well, art form. Things that normies think are weird — like Ella Emhoff’s attempt to turn armpit hair into a fashion accessory — are celebrated by the editors at fashion magazines precisely because they offend all of those normal people of small minds and small towns who voted for Trump.

    See also: A freak with chest hair in a skirt and 2-inch nails got invited to the Biden White House to be a “Gen Z intern” for a day, and landed a spot in Vogue for it.

    Then, on Monday, Melania Trump dared to show up looking not just not weird, but belligerently not so. With its intense lines and visor-like millinery, her no-nonsense costume would have fit well into the military-inspired trends of the 1940s. It reminded me of the impeccably dressed Nazi chick who fought Indiana Jones for the Holy Grail — a comparison which The New York Times would probably hold against Melania personally if they noticed it.

    It’s true that most inaugural outfits tend on the conservative side, if for no other reason than the frigid January temperatures provide an incentive to cover up. (This year, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez took advantage of the ceremony’s indoor nature to unburden herself of that limitation.) Like Melania, the other women in the presidential party were dressed in muted monochrome and simple, flattering silhouettes. The Trump women and Mrs. Vance — whose coat The Washington Post described as “1960s-ish” — all donned such classic looks that the Post declared they had put “the fashion in old-fashioned.”

    The New York Times faulted Mrs. Trump for daring to look too regal, describing her look as “less elevated accessibility than British royal walkabout.” The Post had a similar critique of Ivanka, saying she “looked more like she was heading to a British royal’s wedding in the 1990s than a 2025 celebration of democracy.” How fascist and undemocratic of them!

    And then there were the Inaugural Ball gowns. The six women onstage — Melania, Ivanka, Lara, Tiffany, and Kai Trump, and Usha Vance — painted a patriotic color palette with one in red, one in blue, and the rest in varying shades of champagne and white.

    Ivanka’s Givenchy reproduction of Audrey Hepburn’s famous gown in Sabrina was a literal throwback, but all the gowns, as the Times observed, “called to mind eras gone by” and nodded to the American “golden age” that Trump heralded in his speech earlier the same day.

    Lest it come across as praise to describe the parade of glamour as “a sartorial tour through the iconography of celluloid Americana,” the Times ended on this ominous note:

    A little taste of the … well, taste that will define the next four years. So bedazzled that for the moment, no one talked about the festering divides and discontent that brought the first Gilded Age to an end.

    Vogue complained that Ivanka’s “nod to upbeat Hollywood glamour, on [a] stage that holds so much weight for Americans, felt misguided.” How dare we have any fun or optimism around here, with democracy dying and all!

    The Post’s fashion critic, who called Monday’s looks “largely devoid of glamour” and “stodgy,” compared the aesthetics of Trump’s second inauguration to those of Reagan’s second, which was also held indoors. Evidently forgetting that Reagan’s winning message that year was “Morning in America,” she wrote these two lines:

    “The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump said in his inaugural speech.

    Yet on the stages at inauguration events and on the streets of Washington, things looked less like a new future and a lot like the 1980s.

    Clearly she has never met someone who grew up in the 80s, because they will all tell you it was America’s golden age. After more than eight years of hearing Trump’s famous slogan, these people are still missing what everyone else loves about it. The slogan’s fourth word exists because the people who say it believe America has already produced greatness, and they want to protect it from those who would give, explain, or deny it away.

    “Style, for this second administration, is looking back,” she complained.

    On that point, she’s kind of right. The coats, gowns, and hats on parade Monday brought back a refreshing dose of old-fashioned glamour and Americana. It’s a shame we can’t agree that’s a good thing.”

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  28. “Republicans Led By Chip Roy Move To Repeal The Act Biden Used To Jail Peaceful Pro-Lifers”

    The Federalist, By: Jordan Boyd, January 21, 2025

    Rep. Chip Roy

    “Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, with the support of 25 Republican cosponsors, reintroduced legislation on Tuesday that seeks to prevent the political prosecution of peaceful pro-lifers by repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

    Congress first passed the FACE Act in 1994. It was at the direction of President Joe Biden after the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision nearly two decades later, however, that the FBI and Department of Justice started to arrest and hand down uncharacteristically harsh sentences to dozens of people, many Christians, who peacefully protested ending life in the womb.

    “Americans just spent the last four years being targeted by a weaponized justice system. The FACE Act was one of the primary weapons of abuse — being used to politically target, arrest, and jail pro-life Americans for speaking out and standing up for life,” Roy said in a statement.

    Former FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in July 2024 that his agency did not single out those who made their opposition to abortion known. As Roy noted, however, “97% of FACE Act prosecutions from 1994-2024 were against pro-life Americans.” 

    Only five of the 60 FACE Act cases brought under the Biden regime zeroed in on pro-abortion extremists. The other 55 mostly targeted peaceful pro-lifers who dedicated their time to praying, singing, and evangelizing at abortion facilities.

    Roy said that, while he appreciates the Trump administration’s vigilance in “reversing the damage of the J6 political prosecutions” and its potential to do the same for persecuted pro-lifers, it is Congress’s duty “to do our part to eliminate the laws used for the weaponization, including the FACE Act.”

    “Now that we have a Republican trifecta in the House, Senate, and White House, Congress should move quickly to repeal this law and ensure that no future president can weaponize it against pro-lifers ever again. No more excuses, let’s get it done,” Roy said.

    The attempt to repeal the FACE Act is not isolated to the Republican-controlled House. GOP Sen. Mike Lee, who has long stood with Roy in calling for the end of the act, is expected to mirror the move in the upper chamber.

    Thomas More Society Senior Counsel Stephen Crampton, who has led the legal effort to represent pro-lifers unfairly persecuted under Biden in court, told The Federalist that abolishing the FACE Act has been a long time coming.

    “The fact is, FACE, we believe, was unconstitutional from day one. It was beyond Congress’s authority,” he said. “Since the Dobbs decision in 2022, clarifying the fact that abortion never was a federal constitutional right, the whole purpose for the FACE Act has vanished, and consequently the law itself ought to be done away with.”

    In his testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government in December, Crampton declared, “There is therefore no federal constitutional right to abortion, and the very reason for FACE’s existence no longer exists.”

    The only way to ensure this lost purpose and constitutional validity is properly addressed, he acknowledged to The Federalist on Tuesday, is for Congress to act while Republicans have control. “Congress created the mess that has been the Face Act and its abuses, and Congress ultimately ought to be the one to fix it,” Crampton said.”

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  29. EXCERPT: “The FBI approved a book manuscript in 2023 from its lead investigator in the Benghazi terror attack probe that confirms frontline agents and prosecutors believed politics kept the Justice Department from approving operations to capture several conspirators, supporting a key part of FBI Director-nominee Kash Patel’s account of events that was recently challenged by The New York Times.

    In his yet to be published book, retired FBI Special Agent Michael Clarke chronicles the frustrations he and other law enforcement officials experienced at the end of President Barack Obama’s administration when their Joint Terrorism Task Force had identified several conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the State Department special mission compound in Benghazi but could not get a memo signed that would have sent the Pentagon in action to round up the alleged suspects.

    Specifically, Clarke raised concerns that in 2016 then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe – whose wife had recently run for political office as a Democrat and received large donations from a Hillary Clinton ally – would not approve an “executive memo” clearing the way for the Pentagon to plan the capture of key suspects in the attack on the Benghazi consulate.

    The deadly terror attack approved to be a black eye for Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State.

    Only one defendant

    The lead agents and prosecutors “could accept a reality where the White House may elect to postpone an operation based on political considerations – this was always their prerogative, however distasteful,” Clarke wrote. “What none of us ever fathomed was that a small number of FBI higher ups would consider politics in making an operational decision.”

    Clarke, who led the FBI’s investigation of Benghazi from the start until his retirement in 2020 and received top DOJ and FBI awards for his work in the probe, declined comment when contacted by Just the News, referring reporters to the FBI-approved approved language in his manuscript.

    McCabe did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent Tuesday to his email address at George Mason University, where he is a distinguished visiting professor. The FBI declined to comment. But in 2017 testimony to Congress, McCabe acknowledged the FBI had managed to bring only one defendant, Ahmed Abu Khatallah, to justice, blaming it on the complexity of the investigation. 

    “So Mr. Khatallah was one of the few people that we have been able to hold responsible for the attack on our special mission facility in Benghazi, Libya,” he testified. “I oversaw the development of that operation and the very significant and complicated partnership relationships that enabled us to bring Mr. Khatallah to Justice.”

    “Was that a difficult case?” he was asked.

    “Yes, sir, it was,” McCabe answered. 

    But other government officials told Just the News that Clarke’s team in concert with other U.S. agencies and foreign allies had identified dozens of suspects and potential defendants but only two ultimately went to trial. The current and former officials said Patel, then the coordinating lawyer in main DOJ’s counterterrorism office, supported frontline agents but that others blocked the team from succeeding as Clarke alleged in his manuscript and Patel claimed in the 2024 book titled “Government Gangsters” was accurate.

    “By the time the D.O.J. was moving in full force to compile evidence and bring prosecutions against the Benghazi terrorists, I was leading the prosecution’s efforts at Main Justice in Washington, D.C.,” Patel wrote in the book…..”

    https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-approved-book-manuscript-supports-kash-patels-benghazi-narrative

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  30. EXCERPT: “President Trump’s day-one deluge of executive orders against censorship pressure, “politically motivated” law enforcement, “erasure of sex” and diversity, equity and inclusion, among 22 others, and rescission of dozens of his predecessor’s orders, sets a clear direction for the federal government he now leads.

    But they don’t necessarily affect state and local decisions nationwide on the same contentious issues, such as freedom of expression in public meetings, where litigation continues against government officials not answerable to Trump.

    A federal court ordered Florida’s Brevard Public Schools on Tuesday to comply with an 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last fall that found some restrictions on public comment at board meetings unconstitutional, rejecting its view that ongoing restrictions were based on policies the Atlanta-based appeals court did not fault.

    U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton, nominated by President Obama, approved the temporary restraining order sought by Moms for Liberty’s Brevard County chapter. He said a “school board’s hardship in needing to redraft part of its policy is greatly outweighed by the deprivation of free speech rights” to the chapter’s members if the policy remains enforced.

    “The school board’s continued enforcement of policies that a federal court already ruled unconstitutional shows an alarming disregard for parents’ First Amendment rights,” Institute for Free Speech senior attorney Brett Nolan, representing M4L Brevard and its members, said in a press release. “It’s unfortunate that today’s order was even necessary.”

    The district’s lawyers did not respond to Just the News queries.

    The chapter sued the district, whose COVID-19 policies spurred the national group’s formation, amid a nationwide inundation of recall attempts and litigation against school board members for censoring public comments in 2021…..”

    https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/judge-smacks-down-florida-school-district-censoring-parents-after-higher-court

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  31. ROFLMAO – sucks to be you, asswipe!!!

    Just The News: “President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for John Bolton, the president’s former national security adviser said on Tuesday. Bolton was part of Trump’s first administration until November 2019 and received assassination threats from Iran after leaving. He has also been a vocal critic of the president since his departure from the administration.

    “I am disappointed but not surprised that President Trump has decided to terminate the protection previously provided by the United States Secret Service,” Bolton posted on X on Tuesday. “Notwithstanding my criticisms of President Biden’s national-security policies, he nonetheless made the decision to extend that protection to me in 2021.

    “The Justice Department filed criminal charges against an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official in 2022 for attempting to hire a hit man to target me. That threat remains today, as also demonstrated by the recent arrest of someone trying to arrange for President Trump’s own assassination. The American people can judge for themselves which President made the right call.”

    An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member was charged by the DOJ in August 2022 for an assassination plot against Bolton. The department offered a reward of up to $20 million for information leading to an arrest or conviction of the IRGC member. The DOJ alleged that the suspect offered $300,000 to hire people to kill Bolton between October 2021 and April 2022.

    The Secret Service declined The Hill’s request for comment and the White House has not yet commented, according to the news outlet.

    It is unclear if Trump directly rescinded Bolton’s Secret Service protection, but presidents can determine who receives Secret Service protection, The New York Post reported.

    Trump revoked Bolton’s security clearance on Monday, along with 49 living former intelligence agency officials who helped coordinate an effort to discredit reporting that former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter had left his laptop at a computer repair business.

    The president’s executive order on revoking security clearances stated that the reason for revoking Bolton’s was because of his 2020 book.

    “Former National Security Advisor John R. Bolton published a memoir for monetary gain after he was terminated from his White House position in 2019,” the order reads. “The book was rife with sensitive information drawn from his time in government. The memoir’s reckless treatment of sensitive information undermined the ability of future presidents to request and obtain candid advice on matters of national security from their staff. Publication also created a grave risk that classified material was publicly exposed.”

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  32. Just The News: “GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday announced the House Republicans who will serve on the chamber’s Subcommittee on Delivering On Government Efficiency of which she is the chairwoman.

    “I am honored to lead the Oversight subcommittee for Delivering on Government Efficiency, and I’m proud to announce my fellow colleagues who will be working alongside me to deliver the mandate from the American people,” the Georgia congresswoman wrote on the social media platform, X.

    The members are Reps. Pat Fallon, Texas;  William Timmons, South Carolina; Brandon Gill, Texas; Brian Jack, Georgia; Tim Burchett, Tennessee; Eric Burlison, Missouri; and Michael Cloud, Texas. The names of the Democrats on the committee, if any, have yet to be made public.

    The subcommittee is based off of the new agency President Donald Trump created that has a goal to slash bureaucracy and eliminate government waste.

    Greene said the subcommittee would eliminate waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement in federal agencies. “These members bring a wealth of experience and dedication to ensuring a more efficient, effective, and accountable federal government,” she said.” 

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  33. Just The News: “The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday advanced the nomination of Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury Secretary to the floor in a 16-11 vote that crossed party lines. Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., joined committee Republicans in backing Bessent for the post, Reuters reported.

    Trump nominated Bessent in November, saying he had “long been a strong advocate of the America First Agenda.” Should he secure confirmation in a floor vote, Bessent will be a key figure in implementing Trump’s financial reforms and combatting the trade practices of adversarial nations.

    He previously testified before the committee that Trump had a “generational opportunity” to pursue an “economic golden age” for the nation.

    “We must secure supply chains that are vulnerable to strategic competitors, and we must carefully deploy sanctions as part of a whole-of-government approach to address our national security requirements,” he warned at the time. “And critically, we must ensure that the U.S. dollar remains the world’s reserve currency.”

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  34. EXCERPT: “….Another prominent conservative who had a stake in the pardons was the founder of the Media Research Center Brent Bozell. His son Zeeker was one of the citizens given a ridiculous sentence by the Biden Justice Department. 

    We’re going to start Bozell’s story with the happy ending first as he tweeted his gratitude to Trump for the release of his son last night: 

    “My son Zeeker (far left) and 6 of his J6 buddies released from captivity last night. He is home with his wife and three girls this morning. Thank you, Mr. President.”

    https://x.com/BrentBozell/status/1881693440083415279

    As happy as Bozell was to post this image, his previous tweet — after the signing of the pardons but before Zeeker was released — was anything but. On Monday night, he posted an extended tweet describing the horrible actions of the Department of Justice for railroading Zeeker into prison and calling him a terrorist. 

    Even with his son’s release, Bozell is not letting this go and he demanded accountability: 

    “The new Trump administration has arrived, with a real sense of purpose. For the past four years, the Biden administration has subjected America to a level of personal corruption, professional ineptitude and abuse of power unheard of in our nation’s history. 

    President Trump committed to address all of this and immediately has put an end to the persecution of J6 defendants through his presidential pardon. I salute the President for this commitment to justice. 

    I also thank him personally for liberating my son. 

    The list of old friends, and new friends who have shared their outrage in emails, texts, phone calls and private conversations, always offering their prayers, have my family’s everlasting gratitude as well.

    America has witnessed the Biden administration transform the FBI from perhaps the most respected to the most feared agency in the federal government. It is high time the Department of Justice be investigated. It needs to be fumigated and the rot expelled.

    My son was guilty of breaking two windows and entering the Capitol that day. He recognized this, was prepared to plead guilty, and accept his punishment. That was, until the “Justice” Department offered him a deal: accept a three-year sentence or face a 20-year prison term, a fate which would befall him by the time they were done with him, after throwing the entire weight of the federal government against him. 

    Others capitulated because they either didn’t have the financial means to defend themselves or didn’t understand the nature of the abuse. My son refused. For that they charged him with an insurrection, which they knew was unconstitutional. At the 11th hour, they added an assault charge, which was as dishonest as it was false. And when sentencing came, they tried to pin a terrorism enhancement charge. This to a man whose greatest crime prior to this was a traffic ticket.

    Were he a BLM rioter, he’d have been given probation and a nominal fine. Or, as has been the case with thousands who did far worse, nothing at all. 

    But my son was a J6er. He was sentenced to 45 months in prison. Amazingly, his was one of the better outcomes. He has spent almost a half year in prison, leaving his wife without a husband and three girls without their father. I want to know who was behind this persecution.

    I want to know who chose my son because he shares my name. I want to know who gave the orders to throw the book against him – including inventing heinous crimes – because I supported President Trump. 

    I want them brought to justice. I want to see them in prison.”

    https://x.com/BrentBozell/status/1881503790420959275

    https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2025/01/22/brent-bozell-talks-about-his-j6er-son-and-demands-accountability-n2407086

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        1. that’s exactly like the one i made for my son! this kind (below) i made for my hubby and my son first. then my son’s caught fire so I made him a second one. then he said, he’d rather have one without sides.

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  36. The full contents of the letter former President Joe Biden left for President Trump has been revealed.

    “Dear President Trump,

    As I take leave of this sacred office I wish you and your family all the best in the next four years. The American people — and people around the world — look to this house for steadiness in the inevitable storms of history, and my prayer is that in the coming years will be a time of prosperity, peace, and grace for our nation.

    May God bless you and guide you as He has blessed and guided our beloved country since our founding,” Signed Joe Biden 1-20-25.

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  38. “Joint University Programs with China Escape Financial Reporting: Unreported billions could be helping China access American STEM research, defense tech.”

    OpenTheBooks, Jan 22, 2025

    EXCERPT: “Following last year’s reporting on DEI spending, federal money, and foreign donations at elite private universities, Open the Books auditors have been taking a closer look at the finances of a sampling of public universities across the country.

    Strikingly, these problems have spilled far beyond those elite Ivory Towers and out to some of the best state schools around the nation. For example, tens of millions of dollars in contracts from China have demonstrably been used to establish joint university programs that then went unreported to our federal government.

    It’s a troubling comparison. Over the past decade, American institutions began pouring money into counterproductive, divisive DEI infrastructure. Meanwhile, China was spending to gain influence in American academia, accessing research and technology to advance their national interests. It happened under Uncle Sam’s radar, and Congress believes the spending continues unreported today – to the tune of hundreds of millions or billions!

    Chinese Funding at University of California – Berkeley

    UC Berkeley has accepted $790.8 million from foreign sources since 2013, including a staggering amount of Chinese funding.   

    China sent $87.5 million to UC Berkeley, more than any other country. The figure doesn’t include $59.4 million from Hong Kong and $57.5 million from Taiwan, which are reported separately.    

    The two largest Chinese contracts — worth $19 million and $15 million — were to help fund the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), a partnership with Tsinghua University that has campuses at Berkeley and in Shenzhen, China.   

    In September 2024, an investigation from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party concluded that the institute and similar programs “serve as conduits for transferring critical U.S. technologies and expertise to China, including to entities linked to China’s defense machine and the security apparatus it uses to facilitate human rights abuses.”   

    As of September 2024, following the committee’s investigation, UC Berkeley leadership said they had “started the process of relinquishing all ownership in TBSI.”   

    Chinese Funding at Georgia Tech…..”

    https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/joint-university-programs-with-china

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  39. “Widespread reports of 5″ to 12″ of snowfall were reported around Pensacola on Tuesday evening, which caused troopers to shut down a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10. National Weather Service offices along the corridor issued a rare Winter Storm Warning for counties from Pensacola to Jacksonville and warned of snow and ice accumulations that could make travel hazardous.

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency on Monday ahead of the wintry mess and said that for communities in the Panhandle, the wintry mess could be record-breaking.”

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  41. “Last week, Brevard County, Florida Deputy Justin Shannon arrested Teryn Acri after a traffic stop where she had trafficking amounts of methamphetamine, and was ultimately charged with trafficking in meth, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia.  She was arrested on January 6th with “no bond” and of course bonded out on January 8th after getting a ridiculous bond set of $15,500.

    Now last night, just 10 days after getting out of jail, Deputy Lexi Gordon and her K9 partner Aurora were out on patrol and conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle where Acri happened to be the passenger. As Deputy Gordon spoke to the driver he agreed to a search of the vehicle stating nothing illegal should be inside. 

    Acri had had a few bags with her and one of them had the words  “Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs” printed on it!!  The bag was filled with snacks…nah just kidding it was actually drugs, that’s right, she actually had a bag with drugs in it that said on the side “Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs”!!

    In her possession, within all of her belongings and the cool bag of course, Deputy Gordon located methamphetamine, needles, narcan, digital scales, small baggies, cut straws and other items associated with drugs.  

    Since Acri apparently forgot what happened to her just the other week, she’s now enjoying another “staycation” at Sheriff Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge, on a No Bond status once again, of course that’s only till a judge gives her another ridiculous bond  so she can get out and do the same crap over again…”

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  42. https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/trump-to-remove-over-1000-biden-appointees-youre-fired/

    Our Take: In yesterday’s Brief, during my Putin take, I threw the Trump Sword Dance video in as a “PS” mostly because of how happy Melania seemed in the clip, but also because it was genuinely my favorite moment of the entire day.

    To preserve the sanctity of that joyous moment, I kept the autismo in its cage, but now the significance of the Trump Sword Dance cannot be ignored.

    I will remind everyone that the last time President Trump performed a Sword Dance in public, a purge against a corrupt oligarchy — in Saudi Arabia — subsequently occurred.

    Do we believe in coincidences?

    Before you answer that, take a look at Melania’s dress, and compare it to the thawb (traditional robes) being worn by the Saudi royals performing the Ardah (sword dance) alongside President Trump in 2017.

    The Saudi Purge lasted over 2 years, and saw thousands prosecuted for betraying the Kingdom by engaging in malicious corruption.” – GhostofBasedPatrickHenry

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  43. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/21/first-raft-of-lawsuits-target-us-birthright-citizenship-other-trump-orders

    Our Take: The initial reporting on the birthright citizenship EO was “17 states” across most outlets. It’s up to 22 states now, and the conflict is sure to be a long and drawn out.

    Of course, I’m more interested in the lawsuits against DOGE and Trump’s ability to fire federal workers. The language reinforces my ongoing assertions about the next 18 months being a transformational change program.

    The DOGE executive order reads as though they’re setting up a “business transformation enabled by technology.” The US Digital Services (USDS) was established by Obama to streamline government technology programs after the “Obamacare Website” disaster. Trump’s executive order renames the USDS and establishes a temporary program office that reports to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

    “There shall be a [United States DOGE Services] USDS Administrator established in the Executive Office of the President who shall report to the White House Chief of Staff.”

    The order establishes teams within each agency, dedicated to modernizing government technology. At first glance, this is disappointing. Upon deeper consideration, it makes sense.

    Every technology transformation is a people project. To optimize technology, you have to streamline processes and employ automation to eliminate redundancies and unnecessary costs. When you’re done, the talent model you need to run your technology programs looks radically different than the one you started with.

    Private corporations go through this kind of transformation all the time, but the government never does. Not like this. The government doesn’t internally optimize for efficiency or cost reduction, and they rarely fire people, regardless of performance. They’ve had no incentive for that behavior… until now.

    The government is a cost center for the American people, and there is staggering waste, fraud, and abuse within the bureaucracy. It’s time to transform and optimize for the future – and we’re lousy with low hanging fruit.
    – Ashe in America

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  44. Trump Moves Quickly to Install New Leaders at Key U.S. Attorneys’ Offices

    In its first 24 hours, the new Trump administration has reached into critical U.S. attorneys’ offices to quickly appoint new interim leaders, signaling a break from past practice that reflects the importance of frontline prosecutors to the administration’s plans.

    In three of the most important federal prosecutors’ offices — two in New York City and one in Washington — new acting leaders have been announced. Two of the picks are respected longtime prosecutors; the third is a Trump loyalist who had pushed for the release of Jan. 6 defendants.

    It is part of a larger bid by the Trump administration to shake up the highest echelons of government. At the Justice Department’s headquarters, top career officials at critical divisions were reassigned.

    The new acting head of the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan is Danielle Sassoon, best known for the successful 2023 prosecution of Sam Bankman-Fried for fraud in his cryptocurrency business.

    John Durham, a veteran federal prosecutor on Long Island, will lead the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn. Mr. Durham is the son of John H. Durham, the former special counsel who investigated possible government misconduct in previous inquiries into President Trump. – The New York Times

    Our Take: If you want to end the weaponization of the justice system, then you need to purge the justice system of those who are weaponizing it. I keep refreshing the announcements to see if I’ve gotten a new US Attorney. No such luck.

    The Colorado US Attorney may not have been named yet, but his or her predecessor, the Biden-era attorney for Colorado as well as his deputy, resigned following the 2024 election.

    They probably knew that nothing can stop what’s coming.

    Notable: Special Counsel Durham’s son just entered the chat as the new US Attorney in Brooklyn, Eastern District of NY. Following in dad’s footsteps it seems. Just in time for the justice phase. – Ashe in America

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  45. He’s starting early – guess it’s something in the genes!

    Barron Trump is Launching His Own Luxury Real Estate Company

    Barron Trump, 18, appears to be following in his father’s footsteps — as he’s preparing to launch a luxury real estate venture with two young business partners. The youngest son of President Donald Trump briefly incorporated his business, Trump, Fulcher & Roxburgh Capital Inc., last July in Wyoming, but the company was dissolved just four months later after Donald’s election win, according to a report in Newsweek.

    The venture, which had listed Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach as its principal address, according to records obtained by The Post, is reportedly set to relaunch in spring 2025. Barron’s co-founder, Cameron Roxburgh, told the outlet the company was paused to avoid election-related media attention — but will eventually focus on high-end real estate projects, including golf courses and properties in Utah, Arizona and Idaho. – New York Post

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  46. CM-TX
    January 22, 2025 2:16 pm

    Yay… more theater by CONgress that results in nothing. 🥱

    🚨BREAKING: Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that Congress will investigate Joe Biden’s pardons of his family members.

    FAUCI TOO.
    pic.twitter.com/KQsRIT9dmP

    — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 22, 2025

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  48. Fox: Antioch, TN – 2 people shot at HS – shooter and one student dead, another grazed by a bullet; 17 year old shooter in cafeteria, turned the gun on himself – dead.

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  49. HAHAHAHHA–the last line

    Neo

    January 22, 2025 3:02 pm

    Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is delayed one week, according to a committee’s notice on Monday. A committee spokesperson told Breitbart News the delay is due to Democrats on the panel but did not pinpoint which Democrat it is.

    Meanwhile back at the ranch …

    President Donald Trump began to fire career employees at the Justice Department on Wednesday, a move that signals his promise of purging the administrative state has begun. The Washington Post reported that there is a 120-day moratorium on some staff reassignments after newly confirmed leaders begin their appointments, under federal guidelines. Bondi has not yet been confirmed; therefore, the moratorium is not yet in effect in the DOJ.

    … Trump is taking a buzsaw to DOJ, signaling the Senate that waiting has a price.

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    1. I’m simply giddy over his “no holds barred” approach this time! He’s got the wind in his sails and the American people to stand behind him! Yeehaw!!!

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