This was published earlier today in Santa Barbara Current.
“The Israel-Hamas ceasefire is the first triumph of the new Trump era” (The Telegraph)
You wouldn’t know it listening to Lyin’ Biden, who tried to take credit for a deal to release the hostages held by Hamas.
Anyone with an ounce of brain matter knows that Hamas made a deal five days before Inauguration Day because of Trump’s announcement that “all hell will break out” if the hostages are not released by then.
“Hostages handed over to Israeli troops” (The Telegraph)
Biden and his team go out the same way they came in: As liars and connivers.
And if you still don’t believe their chicanery, this one’s for you…
“Biden staffers lift the lid on president's cognitive decline as 82-year-old is accused of unforgivable lapse” (Daily Mail)
Perhaps most shockingly, Biden had to use a teleprompter for small fund-raisers in private homes, while donors were forced to submit questions before he spoke.
Little wonder…
“Joe Biden’s reputation is already in tatters. History’s judgment will be even harsher”(The Telegraph)
He will be remembered as a cognitively-impaired president whose aides hid that grim reality from voters.
Even Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace, left office with more grace and a higher popularity rating than Joe.
Continues the Telegraph’s astute analyst…
Biden’s reputation, already in the drainpipe, is unlikely to recover. Indeed, it is likely to sink even lower as we learn more about his cognitive impairment, the ways it was hidden from voters, how some members of his family exploited their proximity to power during his years as vice president, and his recent decision to issue a sweeping pardon for his son after repeatedly denying that he would grant one.
The botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the tsunami of illegal immigrants, and inflation outpacing wage gains are already well-known. Every time one of those illegal immigrants kills an innocent victim, every time they are involved in terrorist attacks on Americans, attention will turn to Biden’s failure to secure the country’s borders.
Maureen Dowd summed up Biden’s legacy in her New York Times column: “Resurrecting Trump.”
And for that—and that alone—we thank him.
“FBI closed DEI office in December, agency says” (MSN)
This would also not have happened if Trump hadn’t won reelection.
“Trump has already conquered D.C. even before taking office” (Washington Post)
Ya think?
Kristy Noem: "There will not be a disinformation board under my leadership at the Department of Homeland Security."
In other words, the Ministry of Truth (“Newspeak”) that George Orwell warned us about in his novel 1984, constructed by Biden and his un-merry band of wankers and wokesters, is gone, gone, gone—hopefully, forever.
Or as The Telegraph put it…
“‘DEI is dead’ as American businesses prepare for Trump presidency”
And…
“Trump's CIA director will take a 'wrecking ball' to transgender lectures and pride events at Langley” (Daily Mail)
DailyMail.com obtained more than 20 flyers for events at CIA headquarters
Maybe the folks at CIA will now have time to roll up their sleeves, get back into the nuts and bolts of national security—and no longer be the butt of jokes by friendly and hostile intelligence services around the globe.
“Meta announces 5% cuts in preparation for ‘intense year’” (CNBC)
At the risk of being cynical, you gotta wonder if the 5% of “under-performers” Meta intends to lose were DEI hires.
Idiocracy is dead. Meritocracy is back.
From X: After Three Hour Dinner with Trump, Bill Gates says, “Frankly, I was very Impressed”
What a turnaround from Trump’s first term!
It is truly amazing how so many deranged folks have suddenly regained their sanity.
That said, syndromers still exist…
“Limp cheers and tiny crowds: March protesting against Donald Trump falls flat” (Daily Telegraph)
…but not many, apparently.
After four years of Biden Administration horrors (to include catastrophic foreign policies and disastrous Bidenomics) most people now appreciate that Trump’s 2020 forecast of what a Biden presidency would look like was spot-on.
“Therapists suggest group crying, ‘forest-bathing’ for liberals to deal with ‘sense of hopelessness’ on Trump” (NY Post)
Waah!
(Cry me Niagara Falls on a rainy day.)
“Piers Morgan interview: ‘Trump will win the Nobel Peace Prize in two years’” (The Telegraph)
Well, at least they won’t award him one in advance of doing nothing, as the family who invented dynamite did for Barack Obama.
LA millionaires shell out for $2,000-an-hour private firefighters as overwhelmed city abandons neighborhoods to the flames (NY Post)
That’s because public funds have been squandered on DEI, other frivolous programs and more administrators than doers.
Good luck getting the police to show up in a timely manner. (A consequence of de-funding them.)
Your house is about to burn down?
When the firemen arrive and cannot access water at least they’ll hold your hand while you watch your house burn down and your family heirlooms turn to smoke and ash.
So, if you have the bread, and you value your safety and home, you have to pay twice.
But at least when tax-paid services finally show up, they are diverse, trained in equity and everyone is included.
“Should awards season be canceled? A quiet debate amid L.A. fires.” (Washington Post)
YES.
Permanently.
Unless British comedian Ricky Gervais returns as a host to cut Hollyweird’s gargantuan egos down to size.
“How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades fire safety project to save an endangered shrub” (NY Post)
The project was halted within days by conservationists outraged that Braunton’s milkvetch plants had been trampled during the process.
“LA Fire Chief: 100+ Trucks Sat Unrepaired During Fires” (Newsmax)
"Let me be clear. The $17 million budget cuts and elimination of our civilian positions, like our mechanics, did and has and will continue to severely impact our ability to repair our apparatus," LA Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley told CNN, referring to the $17.4 million in LAFD budget cuts approved by L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in June.
“Trump, Vance official portraits released” (CBNC)
A prodigious pair of portraits.
Trump’s image, a recreation of his mugshot, says, I’ve got an eye on you, meant for Mad Vlad Putin, Xi, Kim Jong Un, Ali Khamenei along with all U.S. government offices and embassies (Institutional Washington).
Vance looks perfectly comfortable, even with Elon Musk appearing to eclipse him (a mainstream media futile fantasy designed to drive a wedge).
“Prince Harry and Prince Andrew given brutal four-word nickname by Palace staff” (Daily Mirror)
Nickname: The Dukes of Hazard.
“Locals blast 'the Prince and the starlet': Furious Montecito residents describe Harry and Meghan as the 'most entitled, disingenuous people on the planet' - as bombshell article lays bare couple's California nightmare” (Daily Mail)
Wealthy homeowners living in star-studded Montecito near the couple's $29 million mansion criticized Harry and Meghan for turning their once-peaceful neighborhood into a noisy throng of tourists and fast cars.
One fuming local said: 'They moved away from England to get away from the scrutiny of the press and all they do is try and get in the press in the United States.'
The February issue of Vanity Fair labeled hapless Harry and Me-Again’s antics…
…an “American hustle.”
And finally…
“Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump” (AP)
“Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House” (AP)
With a pardon comes a presumption that laws worthy of criminal prosecution were committed.
Maureen Dowd was wrong. Joe Biden’s true legacy is soiling the White Hose with an indelible stain.