A very non-pretending Tom Homan appears on ABC This Week with Martha Raddatz to discuss the deportation operation currently underway. Martha asks the same question 4 or 5 different ways and keeps getting the same answer. She just can’t believe that illegal aliens are going to be deported. WATCH:
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There are moments in life to just savor. This is one of them.
Apparently, Colombia has refused repatriation flights of illegal aliens. President Trump responds forcefully, in what can only be described as epic, in part due to the timing of this. Colombia is the #1 exporter of long stem roses (and other flowers) to the USA. Valentines Day is about two weeks away. I love Trump!
President Trump (via Truth Social) – I was just informed that two repatriation flights from the United States, with a large number of Illegal Criminals, were not allowed to land in Colombia. This order was given by Colombia’s Socialist President Gustavo Petro, who is already very unpopular amongst his people. Petro’s denial of these flights has jeopardized the National Security and Public Safety of the United States, so I have directed my Administration to immediately take the following urgent and decisive retaliatory measures:
-Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.
-A Travel Ban and immediate Visa Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters.
-Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.
-Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.
-IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed.
These measures are just the beginning. We will not allow the Colombian Government to violate its legal obligations with regard to the acceptance and return of the Criminals they forced into the United States! (Source)
Seriously folks, there could not be better timing.
CBS’s Margaret Brennan is desperate to secure her role as an established leader of the media resistance; in part, due to her peers losing their jobs, positions and relevance in the aftermath of President Trump’s reelection and the collapse of the business model for multiple media outlets.
Vice President JD Vance is interviewed by Brennan in part due to her intent going in. Vance was very well prepared in substance and structure to confront the insufferable media narrative represented in the tone, content and construct of Brennan’s activist and contrarian position.
The majority of Americans hate the media; Margaret Brennan showcases why. However, the interview (or transcript – below) is well worth reviewing, because JD Vance took her narrative talking points, wound them into a tight intellectual cloth and slapped her across the face for almost 20 solid minutes. WATCH:
The part about Tulsi Gabbard is really good.
Not identifying or outlining “action.” Not “actionable priorities.” Not articulating targeted “stakeholder” interests. Not creating action. Simply “identifying information“… Yes. Yes. Yes. Let the executive, the commander in chief, determine outcome. Just provide clear, raw, factual, intelligence information. Full stop. Core mission. Nothing more. He knows.
[TRANSCRIPT] – MARGARET BRENNAN: Mr. Vice President, if you’re ready, we’ll dive right in.
VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE: Ready to go.
MARGARET BRENNAN: So, both defense secretaries from President Trump’s last term were confirmed overwhelmingly, 90 percent of the vote. Pete Hegseth, it was a tie, bipartisan opposition, smallest margin since the job was created. You had to break that tie. If the nominee can’t unite your party, how is he going to lead three million people?
I’m not feeling any better about it, you guys know EXACTLY WHY. However, it’s good to know that President Trump is at least concerned about the potential runaway process within automated Artificial Intelligence.
During an interesting interview aboard Air-Force-One on the return from Las Vegas, President Trump was asked whether he was concerned about “artificial super intelligence” or fully automated AI. President Trump said it was the first question he asked the AI team (Musk, Sacks, presumably Ellison and Altman). Trump expressing the concern that it could be, “the rabbit that got away.”
The entire interview is loaded with some really interesting topics and insight; however, the AI comments come at 12:42 (prompted):
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I also want to remind everyone that a DHS memo was issued on August 8th, 2023, discussing using AI as a tool for the domestic surveillance of American Citizens.
DHS’ AI task force is coordinating with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on how the department can partner with critical infrastructure organizations “on safeguarding their uses of AI and strengthening their cybersecurity practices writ large to defend against evolving threats.”
What are those critical infrastructure organizations? They include voting systems. Who or what are those evolving threats? You!
Today at 3:30pm EST, President Trump will be holding a post-inauguration celebration rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. RSBN is broadcasting live from the venue, with livestream links below.
RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN Rumble Livestream
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The promises of an America-First agenda in combination with clearing out the bureaucracy is underway as the first five days of the administration culminate.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has put a pause on most foreign aid with the exception of Egypt and Israel as the State Dept begins reevaluating spending priorities. Coinciding with this announcement, President Trump removed over a dozen Inspectors General from various DC agencies.
WASHINGTON DC – Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted spending Friday on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order, which shocked State Department officials, appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine.
Rubio’s guidance, issued to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign assistance awards,” according to the document, which was obtained by POLITICO. It is effective immediately.
It appears to go further than President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which instructed the department to pause foreign aid grants for 90 days pending review by the secretary. It had not been clear from the president’s order if it would affect already appropriated funds or Ukraine aid.
For 20-years we have called out the Machievellian nature of Mitch McConnell and his duplicitous agenda to support the UniParty apparatus in Washington DC. Heck, even the name of this site, “The Last Refuge” came from our non-pretending association as to the nature of the root cause of our problems within the Republican apparatus. Mitch McConnell has always been working for the other side.
Last night in the confirmation vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Mitch McConnell voted no. In an almost identical way to former Senator John McCain refusing to repeal Obamacare, Mitch McConnell ends his time in the senate with a very planned, purposeful and public rebuke of President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the military.
Do not overlook that Senator McConnell intentionally waited, just like McCain, to cast his ‘nay’ vote until the end of the vote call. McConnell did this with purpose and public intent, just like McCain. Vice-President JD Vance then steps-in to a 50/50 vote to cast the tie-breaking vote.
Mitch McConnell now exits the chamber as Pete Hegseth is now confirmed despite him.
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President Trump was asked about Mitch McConnell’s vote as he departed California for the return to DC. Video Below:
California Governor Gavin Newsom didn’t have a choice, not really. Newsom knows President Trump, and he knows what pragmatic common sense means in the aftermath of crisis.
The California Governor knew President Trump would stand amid the wildfire chaos that was made worse by leftist ideology and speak in commonsense terms about optimal solutions, solutions that come from allowing people, free markets and efficient response to recover themselves with government support.
Newsom knows the dependent and all-encompassing bureaucracy that permeates the ideology of leftist government becomes more visible when disruptions to the social order are boldly staring at the faces of the residents. The rubble sits there, while President Trump starts talking about getting things done and making sure the same problems do not recreate in the future. The problem at the core of the matter is leftist control of government.
That’s why Governor Gavin Newsom had to show up to meet President Trump, he had no choice. From the moment Trump arrived in California there was going to be a massive contrast between a pragmatic problem solver and the Democrats who know nothing about how to restore.
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Leftism is parasitic, it needs a host to feed. When the host is dead or destroyed by nature or circumstance, the parasitic nature of the left is suddenly in the spotlight. The left only knows how to consume, not create. Democrats do not know how to build, only how to destroy.
During a press conference following a review of the devastated area, President Trump questioned why he was being told by Los Angeles residents that it would take 18 months for permits to begin the rebuilding process.
Los Angeles area officials are not permitting residents to clear their own lots after the fire. Under the auspices of “hazardous material concern” the LA officials are telling residents they must wait for local officials to clear the area. This ridiculous impediment resulted in President Donald Trump confronting Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass over the timing of when displaced residents can legally return to their properties to clear out debris after the recent fires.
President Trump drowned Karen Bass in buckets of common sense. WATCH:
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Several videos below.