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UPDATE: Kash Patel Passes Key Senate Confirmation Vote – Howard Lutnick Confirmed as Secretary of Commerce. UPDATE: Kash Patel has passed in a cloture vote by a margin of 48-45. Patel’s final confirmation vote could be as soon as Wednesday. Howard Lutnick’s confirmation as Secreaty of Commerce has been passed by a vote of 45-51. The full Senate will take two key confirmation votes at 5:30 pm ET to confirm Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary and to invoke cloture for a later vote on Kash Patel’s nomination as FBI Director. 

JUST IN: FBI Director Nominee Kash Patel Passes Through First Major Hurdle in Confirmation Process – Confirmation Vote Expected Next Week!

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BREAKING: President Trump Goes Scorched Earth, Fires All “Biden Era” US Attorneys. “Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining “Biden Era” U.S. Attorneys. We must “clean house” IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence. America’s Golden Age must have a fair Justice System – THAT BEGINS TODAY!”

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Trump Reports on MASSIVE FRAUD Uncovered By DOGE, Including $10 Million for — Circumcisions in Mozambique. During a press conference Tuesday, President Donald Trump described several questionable federal expenses uncovered by the Department of Government Efficiency, tasked with rooting out government waste, fraud, abuse and corruption. Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Trump ran down a list of numerous foreign programs being funded by American taxpayers that insanely included $520 million for environmental consulting, $10 million for circumcisions in Mozambique, “$47 million for improving learning outcomes in Asia” and more.

THIS. IS. UTTER. INSANITY.

President Trump spending FOUR MINUTES exposing MASSIVE fraud uncovered by @elonmusk and @DOGE.

The Democrats are all in total panic mode. Wait until @Kash_Patel gets confirmed. Many people will go to prison. pic.twitter.com/qhUOz6IsJE

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 18, 2025

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USAID funded Boko Haram's slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, among other horrific attacks around the world. Last week I reported how USAID, a federal agency operating under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, funded Islamic terrorism that killed more than 3,000 U.S. soldiers. We have an update now that suggests Washington’s funding of Islamic terror groups was much more widespread than originally thought.
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“Why Are You Not Celebrating These Cuts!?”: Stephen Miller Calls Out CNN Over DOGE Restoring Accountability In Federal Govt. "We are stopping American taxpayer dollars from subsidizing a rogue federal bureaucracy that has been relentlessly weaponized against the American people.” "The American people are exhausted and tired of watching their tax dollars be corruptly spent, abused, wasted and in every sense robbed and stolen from them." "The American people are exhausted and tired of watching their tax dollars be corruptly spent, abused, wasted and in every sense robbed and stolen from them."

JUST IN: Stephen Miller starts laughing at CNN's Brianna Keilar while explaining to her how the government works as if she's a child.

"I understand that even a temporary interruption in federal employment is a great crisis, a catastrophe for you and for CNN."

"What the American… pic.twitter.com/omyJJXn6Gu

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 18, 2025

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Major! RFK Jr. Announces Chronic Disease Investigation Examining Childhood Vaccines, Electromagnetic Radiation, Processed Foods & More. 'Let's all depoliticize these issues and re-establish a common ground,' says Kennedy. President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated during his first press conference on Tuesday that he’s ready to unleash “radical transparency” at the department in an effort to “reverse the chronic disease epidemic in America.”

JUST IN: RFK Jr. to investigate rising chronic disease:

- Ultra-processed food
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Childhood vaccine schedule
- Glyphosate & pesticides
- Artificial food additives
- SSRIs & antidepressants
- Microplastics & more pic.twitter.com/ksgKHuOiGM

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) February 18, 2025

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U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Joe Biden’s Student Debt Forgiveness Plan. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked former President Joe Biden’s Saving on a  Education (SAVE) plan, which would have transferred student loan debt from borrowers to taxpayers.
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NEW: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to Step Down. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will step down after five years on the job. Recall that in December, Louis DeJoy was grilled during a congressional hearing about his failures. Lawmakers accuses Louis DeJoy of bankrupting the USPS. He covered his ears as representatives blamed him for the fall of the postal service.

NEW: The Postmaster General Louis DeJoy covers his ears during a Congressional Hearing as Representative McCormick rips him for “bankrupting” USPS. pic.twitter.com/2OCR42Luy4

— Trending Politics (@tpbreaking) December 10, 2024

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Federal Judge Randy Moss Sides With DOGE, Will Not Block Access To Dept. of Education! JUST IN: U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss just declined to block DOGE from accessing Education Department data on student borrowers. He ruled the Student Association, which brought the lawsuit, didn’t show sufficient irreparable harm.
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BREAKING: Judge Chutkan Denies Democrat AGs Request For Restraining Order Against Elon Musk and DOGE. Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee, denied a request for a restraining order on Tuesday in response to a motion filed by 14 Democrat state attorneys general after they sued to stop Trump and DOGE. The Trump Administration on Monday filed a declaration explaining what authority Elon Musk has in response to a lawsuit arguing Musk and DOGE violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution. Elon Musk is an employee of the White House Office. He holds the position as a non-career Special Government Employee (SGE),” Joshua Fisher, the White House’s Director of the Office of Administration said in a sworn declaration.

JUST IN: Left Leaning Never Trump Anti- Trump Obama Judge Reinstates Biden-Appointed Chairwoman of Merit Systems Protection Board, Says Trump Doesn’t Have Authority to Fire Her. A federal judge on Tuesday reinstated Left Leaning Cathy Harris, the Democrat chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). “The mission of the MSPB is to “Protect the Merit System Principles and promote an effective Federal workforce free of Prohibited Personnel Practices.”” the agency’s website says. Judge Rudolph Contreras, an Obama appointee with a history of anti-Trump bias, said Trump’s decision to fire Cathy Harris, a member of an agency in the executive branch, exceeded his authority.
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NO MAN LEFT BEHIND- January 6 Patriots Will Be Outside DC Jail  Calling for Release of All Remaining J6 Hostages! In a powerful demonstration of resilience and unity, former January 6 political prisoner Jake Lang will lead a protest Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET outside the Washington D.C. Jail. This marks Lang’s first return to the facility since his release, following a sweeping pardon by President Trump that liberated over 1,500 individuals connected to the January 6 events. The protest aims to demand the immediate release of the remaining five January 6 detainees who are unjustly held by the Deep State.

Trump Signs Three Executive Actions, Establishing Memo ‘Imposing Radical Transparency Requirements’ for Departments. President Donald Trump signed three executive actions on Tuesday, including a memo that imposes “radical transparency requirements on government departments and agencies.” ​Scharf said the lone memorandum in the bunch imposes “radical transparency requirements on government departments and agencies in keeping with President Trump and the administration’s broader commitment to governmental transparency. ”It mandates that federal departments and agencies publicly report details of “waste, fraud, and abuse” as uncovered in the respective agencies.