Andrew McCabe, other deep state mascots want Mike Rogers for FBI director — but Trump adviser says 'it's not happening'



Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director who shut down investigations into the Clinton Foundation in 2016 then undermined the Trump presidency with Crossfire Hurricane, told CNN Thursday that former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers would be a "totally reasonable, logical selection" for President-elect Donald Trump's FBI director.

McCabe said that Rogers' "strongest qualification ... is the respect and awareness and knowledge that he has for the intelligence community, for the work they do, for the seriousness of that work, for how those secrets and that sensitive information needs to be protected."

To the likely displeasure of McCabe and other exponents of the Washington security establishment, Trump has apparently joined Michigan voters in rejecting Rogers.

Trump adviser Dan Scavino indicated Friday morning — shortly after Fox News' Brian Kilmeade sung Rogers' praises — that where FBI Director Christopher Wray's replacement is concerned, Rogers is "not happening."

Scavino quoted President-elect Donald Trump as saying, "I have never even given it a thought."

This came as great news to those alternatively keen to see former National Security Council official Kash Patel named Wray's successor.

"Winning," tweeted Donald Trump Jr.

"Boom," wrote Revolver News editor Darren Beattie.

Rumors that Trump was considering Rogers for the position began to circulate last week after the former congressman met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

The prospect of a defense lobbyist associated with censorious groups antagonistic to Trump and historically supportive of mass surveillance programs running the FBI rankled Trump loyalists and other critics of the dysfunctional administrative state, particularly those keen to see Patel nominated.

Mike Benz, the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online, told former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon that Rogers' involvement with the Atlantic Council — "probably the number-one apex predator in the entire censorship industry" — and his help advancing Russiagate were disqualifying.

'There is a lot of damage someone like Kash Patel could do.'

Independent journalist Glenn Greenwald tweeted, "There's literally no worse appointment possible than choosing Mike Rogers for FBI Director, or for any government position. He's the single most devoted loyalist to the US Security State and all of its multi-faceted abuses. It doesn't get worse than Mike Rogers."

Wikileaks highlighted that Rogers, favored by Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and John Cornyn (Texas), not only pushed for the suppression of a Republican memo critical of the FBI's spying on the Trump campaign but was involved with the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy initiative and its Hamilton 68 Dashboard. Wikileaks noted that the dashboard's "true purpose appeared to be casting suspicion on Trump supporters and reinforcing claims that his presidency was illegitimate."

McCabe — whom Trump fired in March 2018 after the Justice Department's inspector general concluded McCabe had authorized an information leak to a liberal reporter then lied about it — expressed horror Thursday at the prospect of Patel taking power.

"It's inconceivable to me that an outsider with no experience in the organization, no knowledge of the work and the scope of authority that’s involved there could perform adequately," he told CNN. "If you enter into that position with nothing more than a desire to disrupt and destroy the organization, there is a lot of damage someone like Kash Patel could do."

McCabe is hardly the only establishmentarian fearful of Patel taking over the bureau.

'I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on Day One.'

Former FBI Special Agent Daniel Brunner told CNN's Jessica Dean on Sunday, "Putting someone like Kash Patel in the position of director of the FBI is, I believe, extremely, extremely dangerous."

"He has clearly stated that he wants to exact revenge upon those that have investigated President Trump and those who have investigated those that are around him. He will conduct a massive amount of damage to the interior of the FBI," added Brunner.

The leftist blog New Republic called Patel an "intellectual lightweight" and warned that "if Trump installs Patel at the FBI, it would certainly further Trump and his MAGA allies' goal of purging the federal workforce of disloyal employees."

Patel wrote in his book "Government Gangsters" that "government tyranny" within the FBI must be eliminated and called for the removal of anyone who "in any way abused their authority for political ends."

"The FBI has become so thoroughly compromised that it will remain a threat to the people unless drastic measures are taken," wrote Patel.

Patel recently told "The Shawn Ryan Show," "I'd shut down the FBI Hoover building on Day One and reopen it the next day as a museum of the deep state."

Blaze News previously reported that despite his characterization as inexperienced, Patel has served as chief of staff to former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller; as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council; principal deputy to the acting director of national intelligence; as national security adviser for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; as a terrorism prosecutor at the Department of Justice; as a public defender; and as a hockey coach.

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Trump signals major media shake-up with FCC chairman pick



Jessica Rosenworcel, the Democrat presently running the Federal Communications Commission, has been antagonistic to President-elect Donald Trump and dismissive of conservatives' concerns in recent years, particularly regarding rogue liberal broadcasters, the foreign-funded takeover of hundreds of American radio stations, and other pressing issues pertaining to the regulation of wire, television, radio, cable, and satellite communications in the homeland.

Trump announced his nominee to replace Rosenworcel Sunday evening: Brendan Carr, currently the senior Republican commissioner on the five-member, Democrat-controlled FCC.

After highlighting that he first nominated Carr to the commission in 2017 and that Carr has been confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate thrice, Trump noted, "Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms, and held back our Economy. He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America."

'We must dismantle the censorship cartel.'

Prior to serving the independent federal agency as commissioner, the father of three was the FCC's general counsel, an attorney at Wiley Rein LLP, a clerk for Jude Dennis Shedd on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and an editor for the Catholic University Law Review.

"Thank you, President Trump!" Carr responded on X. "I am humbled and honored to serve as Chairman of the FCC. Now we get to work."

Carr, a lead-bellied critic of tech censorship and identity politics, immediately made clear that he was ready to make waves.

"We must dismantle the censorship cartel and restore free speech rights for everyday Americans," wrote Carr.

Insinuating that the FCC as currently led and composed has failed in its duties, the commissioner noted further, "Broadcast media have had the privilege of using a scarce and valuable public resource — our airwaves. In turn, they are required by law to operate in the public interest. When the transition is complete, the FCC will enforce this public interest obligation."

A FCC under Carr would likely take another look at leftist billionaire George Soros' takeover of over 200 American radio stations with cash from unvetted foreign nationals. After all, he was a vociferous critic of the takeover while his Democratic peers were virtually silent.

Carr previously told Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck, "Foreign company ownership of U.S. radio stations is not supposed to exceed 25%. But Soros took foreign investment to make his bid, and then he asked the FCC to make an exception to the usual review process."

The three Democratic appointees on the FCC signed off on both approving the assignment of licenses under the control of a Texas bankruptcy court to the Soros-controlled company Audacy and to sparing the company from complying with Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act, which prohibits foreign owners from having a stake in a radio station license exceeding 25%.

"Never before has the Commission voted to approve the transfer of a broadcast license — let alone the transfer of broadcast licenses for over 200 radio stations across more than 40 markets — without following the requirements and procedures codified in federal law," Carr said in his dissenting statement. "Not once."

A Carr-led FCC might not be so willing to look the other way.

On Sunday, Carr indicated that in addition to fulfilling its obligations to the public, his FCC would give the boot to the racist ideology that has taken hold at the institution in recent years.

"The FCC's most recent budget request said that promoting DEI was the agency's second highest strategic goal," wrote Carr. "Starting next year, the FCC will end its promotion of DEI."

— (@)

Rather than obsessing over Americans' immutable characteristics, Carr indicated in Project 2025's "Mandate for Leadership" what the commission should instead be focused on:

  • "Reining in Big Tech,
  • Promoting national security,
  • Unleashing economic prosperity, and
  • Ensuring FCC accountability and good governance."

According to Carr, reining in Big Tech would require the elimination of its immunities that courts added to Section 230; the imposition of transparency rules on tech giants like Google and Facebook; support for legislation that ensures internet companies "no longer have carte blanche to censor protected speech while maintaining their Section 230 protections"; and Big Tech companies to pay their "fair share" into the Universal Service Fund.

Tackling tech censorship appears to be a matter of critical importance to Carr.

'Carr will be an outstanding FCC Chairman.'

Days prior to Trump's announcement, Carr penned a letter to the top executives at several social media companies, putting them on notice for their collusion with the "Orwellian" organization NewsGuard, which he noted leveraged its partnerships with advertising agencies "to effectively censor targeted outlets" — including Blaze Media.

"Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft & others have played central roles in the censorship cartel. The Orwellian named NewsGuard along with 'fact checking' groups & ad agencies helped enforce one-sided narratives. The censorship cartel must be dismantled," tweeted the commissioner.

Where national security is concerned, Carr seeks to curb foreign influence, subterfuge, and sabotage through and on various communications systems and social media platforms, especially TikTok. He appears to be focused primarily on countering the threats posed by communist China.

Carr, who has in recent days and months echoed Argentine President Javier Milei and Trump's proposed Department of Government Efficiency leaders, also stressed the importance of ending the wasteful spending policies pursued by the Biden-Harris administration and of maximizing efficiency.

Following Trump's landslide re-election earlier this month, Patrick Yoes, president of the National Fraternal Order of Police, insisted that Carr was the best choice for the job, writing:

Mr. Carr has more than 20 years of private and public sector expertise in communications and technology policy as well as a deep institutional knowledge of the FCC. As Commissioner, he is known as 'Mr. 5G' for his passionate commitment to cutting through the bureaucratic red tape to get 5G technology into the marketplace. He was instrumental in the FCC's recent action to authorize the use of the 4.9 GHz spectrum within the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN) and granting a nationwide license to the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to administer it.

Yoes added that "Carr will be an outstanding FCC Chairman."

The chairman nominated by the previous president customarily resigns when a new commander in chief of a different political party takes power; however, this is apparently not required by law. Time will see whether Rosenworcel will leave the position kicking and screaming.

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It's official: Trump announces dynamic duo who will go on bureaucrat firing spree — and lefties can't cope



President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new federal agency, the Department of Government Efficiency — thereby making an internet meme a government-shrinking reality.

Some liberals are enraged over the proposed agency and appointments, apparently worried that these relative outsiders will lack the sensitivity and restraint necessary to preserve the status quo.

Trump said in a statement that Musk and Ramaswamy will "pave the way for my Administration to dismantle government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies — Essential to the 'Save America' Movement."

The novel agency, which Trump suggested could become "potentially, 'The Manhattan Project' of our time," will provide extra-governmental counsel and partner with both the White House and Office of Management and Budget "to drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before."

This initiative has a strict deadline of July 4, 2026.

Trump figures that the maximization of efficiency and minimization of bureaucracy "will be the perfect gift to America on the 250th Anniversary of The Declaration of Independence."

"This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people," Musk said in the statement shared by Trump.

'Americans voted for drastic government reform.'

Musk indicated that the DOGE will post all of its actions online for "maximum transparency" and suggested that the novel agency will regularly update a leaderboard for the "most insanely dumb spending of your tax dollars."

The tech magnate also shared a clip from his interview with Tucker Carlson, where he said, "Just take a look at all the federal agencies and say, 'Do we really need whatever it is, 428 federal agencies?' There's so many that people never even heard of and that have overlapping areas of responsibility. ... I think we should be able to get away with 99 agencies."

Ramaswamy tweeted, "Afuera!" — a term that more or less means "out" and that Argentine President Javier Milei repeated in a viral video when tearing the names of government ministries off a whiteboard.

Ramaswamy, who indicated Tuesday that he is withdrawing himself from consideration for the pending Senate appointment in Ohio, noted further that the "DOGE will soon begin crowdsourcing examples of government waste, fraud, & ... abuse. Americans voted for drastic government reform & they deserve to be part of fixing it."

While there has long been a desire among fiscal conservatives to rein in and shrink government, this particular initiative appears to have taken shape during a 70-minute conversation in August between Trump and Musk on X Spaces.

"Inflation is caused by government overspending," said Musk. "Would you agree that we need to take a look at government spending and have, perhaps, a government efficiency commission that just ... tries to make the spending sensible and so that the country lives within its means?"

"The waste is incredible, and nobody negotiates prices," said Trump.

Musk stressed that there should be a government efficiency commission "that takes a look at these things and just ensures that the taxpayer money — that taxpayers' hard-earned money — is spent in a good way. And I'd be happy to help out on such a commission."

Trump appeared receptive to the idea, having elsewhere marveled at what Musk had done at X — canning over 80% of the workforce and righting the ship — as well as at the wonders worked in Argentina by Milei, who took a "chainsaw" both to his leftist predecessors' failed policies and to bureaucratic overgrowth.

Shortly after their conversation, Musk posted an AI-generated image of himself standing at a podium emblazoned with the proposed title "Department of Government Efficiency," along with its acronym, which users recognized alluded to another meme: "Doge," the shiba inu dog immortalized in the cryptocurrency Dogecoin.

Trump was evidently unwilling to let the dream remain a meme.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was among the first in line to complain.

Hours after belittling a two-time Bronze Star-awarded combat veteran, Warren — a senator with a platoon of staffers — wrote sarcastically, "The Office of Government Efficiency is off to a great start with split leadership: two people to do the work of one person. Yeah, this seems REALLY efficient."

Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway III, whose effort to spoil Trump's Madison Square Garden rally failed last month, joined MSNBC talking head Alex Wagner Tuesday night to complain about the proposed new agency.

Wagner, who apparently missed the Biden-Harris administration's short-lived Disinformation Governance Board, said, "Nothing has been more Orwellian in title."

'What are we going to be left with at the end of this?'

Conway cast doubt on whether the DOGE was possible, telling Wagner, "First of all, it's not going to be a governmental department as I understand it. And then there are actually rules and statutes that apply, I think. The Federal Advisory Committee Act talks about regulat[ing] from an ethics standpoint, people who are coming in and, you know, being consulted on how to run the government."

Jeffrey Toobin, the cable news analyst who exposed himself to colleagues on an October 2020 Zoom call, tried to reassure fellow travelers on CNN that the Administrative Procedures Act "requires a lot of hoops to be jumped through," meaning that Musk and Ramaswamy might have trouble slashing through the Washington kakistocracy with ease.

"If you want to get rid of a government department — if you want to change the structure of the Department of Education, the Department of the Interior — you have to go through all these steps, and like it or not, these two entrepreneurs are going to have to start learning that and following it, and it's going to drive them crazy," said Toobin. "We'll see how much they actually do."

New York Times writer Lulu Garcia-Navarro expressed concern on the CNN about what might be left after Musk and Ramaswamy are finished.

"Let's look at his track record. What did he do at Twitter, now X? He completely gutted that organization. It remains to be seen what he does in the federal bureaucracy," Garcia-Navarro told Cooper. "Radical change — it's a good thing, but you know, a lot of these people do not have the experience to know what they should be cutting, what they shouldn't be cutting. These are not people [with] government experience. So it really does beg the question, what are we going to be left with at the end of this?"

While it is presently unclear which federal agencies will be plastered with pink slips by the incoming Trump administration, bureaucrats at the FBI and Pentagon are among those now reportedly updating their resumes.

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Establishmentarians belittle Trump's defense secretary pick — but are quickly put in their place



President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will be appointing decorated Army veteran Pete Hegseth to the position of secretary of defense, a post currently occupied by Ret. Gen. Lloyd Austin.

The liberal media and various establishmentarians rushed to criticize Trump and his selection, suggesting that the father of seven lacks the credentials and experience of past Pentagon chiefs, including President Joe Biden's pick, whose legacy is apparently a better-armed Taliban.

Hegseth, a two-time recipient of the Bronze Star, likely doesn't need help fending off those armchair critics desperate to maintain the status quo. Nevertheless, friends, allies, and others with long memories jumped in to highlight that Hegseth is, in fact, well suited to the role, not least because of the reasons that have rankled establishmentarians.

The announcement

"Pete has spent his entire life as a Warrior for the Troops, and for the Country," Trump said in a statement Tuesday. "Pete is tough, smart and a true believer in America First. With Pete at the helm, America's enemies are on notice — Our Military will be great Again, and America will Never Back Down."

'The woke stuff will be gone.'

Trump noted that Hegseth is a graduate of Princeton University as well as Harvard University, where he received a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Trump also alluded to Hegseth's firsthand experience with war, writing, "He is an Army Combat Veteran who did tours in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan. For his actions on the battlefield, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars, as well as a Combat Infantryman's Badge."

It appears that Hegseth's proposals in his recent book, "The War on Warriors," concerning how to "return our Military to meritocracy, lethality, accountability, and excellence" caught Trump's eye, warranting a mention in the announcement.

Months ahead of his landslide victory, Trump told a crowd in Las Vegas to buy Hegseth's book, stressing, "The woke stuff will be gone within a period of 24 hours. I can tell you," reported the Associated Press.

"Nobody fights harder for the Troops, and Pete will be a courageous and patriotic champion of our 'Peace through Strength' policy," added Trump.

Bubbles in the swamp

Politico, incautious as always despite its recent false and misleading reports, rushed to attack Hegseth with an article titled "'Who the f--k is this guy?': Defense world reacts to Trump’s surprise Pentagon pick." The subtitle read, "'Hegseth is undoubtedly the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history,' one veterans' advocate said."

The liberal publication suggested:

the pick will do little to quell fears inside the Pentagon and beyond that Trump, who jousted with his own defense secretaries, plans this time to install a loyalist who will unquestioningly carry out his policies. Trump's campaign trail rhetoric has primed fears that his second term could see a swift and divisive overhaul at the Pentagon.

While framing the 44-year-old father of seven as unfit for the position and a Pentagon overhaul as undesirable, the article revealed the kinds of people presently uncomfortable with the decision: Eric Edelman, a top policy official in the Bush Pentagon and former Dick Cheney adviser; a military-industrial complex lobbyist unfamiliar with the pick; a veterans group funded by the Koch brothers; Democratic Rep. Adam Smith of Washington, D.C.; and a former Obama official.

"I think it's a surprising pick, someone who’s a TV personality when the entire rhetoric from Trump and everyone else is that the world is falling apart and you pick someone who is not necessarily the most experienced," said former Obama official Max Bermann, now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies — a think tank funded in part by the Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Raytheon Company.

Former Jan. 6 committee member and Ukraine hawk Adam Kinzinger tweeted, "Wow. Trump picking Pete Hegseth is the most hilariously predictably stupid thing."

'Everyone is simply shocked.'

"I confess I didn't know who he was until 20 minutes ago," said Rep. Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. "And he certainly doesn't seem to have any background whatsoever in DOD policy."

Smith was apparently concerned that Hegseth might not be able to fill the shoes of the man who oversaw the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal, lied to the president about being hospitalized, watched impotently as a Chinese spy balloon flew over the United States, and failed to correct the recruitment crisis.

"What's your plan? What are you going to do?" said Smith. "How can you assure us that that lack of experience, you know, isn't going to make it impossible for you to do the job?"

Identitarian Joy Reid suggested on her MSNBC show that Hegseth was just a morning show host for Trump's "clown car."

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted, "A Fox & Friends weekend co-host is not qualified to be the Secretary of Defense. I lead the Senate military personnel panel. All three of my brothers served in uniform. I respect every one of our servicemembers. Donald Trump's pick will make us less safe and must be rejected."

'He's had a front row seat to ALL of our forever wars.'

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) reportedly said, "Wow," in response to Trump's pick.

One defense official reportedly told CNN, "Everyone is simply shocked."

Media Matters, a leftist organization founded by Democratic operative David Brock that recently pushed for the censorship of BlazeTV hosts, attacked Hegseth, suggesting he is "an anti-Muslim bigot" for daring to write, "Just like the Christian crusaders who pushed back the Muslim hordes in the twelfth century, American Crusaders will need to muster the same courage against Islamists today."

Bursting bubbles

Combat veteran Sean Parnell was among those who did not take kindly to the dismissive tone taken by liberal media types regarding Hegseth.

When MSNBC news analyst Jake Sherman tweeted, "TRUMP had named PETE HEGSETH to be secretary of defense. Hegseth has been a host on Fox News," Parnell responded, "I'm sorry but is this a joke? He's a combat veteran of Iraq & Afghanistan. He served in GITMO. He's had a front row seat to ALL of our forever wars. He's seen the total failure of those who sent us. He's more qualified than **any** so called DC expert & it's not even close."

'The party of DEI hires are pissed about Pete Hegseth?'

BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler shared an excerpt from the Politico piece, writing, "If the military industrial complex hates you, you may be an awesome choice for Sec of Defense."

Wheeler also shared a picture of two of the cross-dressing officials in the Biden-Harris administration, tweeting, "Leftists were cool with this creep at Dept of Energy and this groomer at HHS. But now they're outraged by ... Pete Hegseth? Lol. Ok, weirdos."

The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway wrote, "Obviously it's better to have a SecDef who'd give the enemy a heads-up before we or our allies attack," alluding to Mark Milley's phone calls with his communist Chinese counterpart.

YouTuber David Freiheit, known under his online pseudonym "Viva Frei," blasted Sen. Warren for her attack on Hegseth, writing, "It's unbelievable. Truly astonishing. They are not just rapacious liars. They are incorrigible idiots. Hey Pocahontas, do you not know that Pete Hegseth is a two-decade veteran who served in combat?"

Conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck jumped in, noting, "Pete Hegseth is literally a combat veteran with 2 bronze stars who led a squadron in Baghdad. He's worked on veterans issues ever since and he's also a Princeton + Harvard graduate. You do NOT respect our troops or you wouldn't disrespect Pete by calling him just a Fox host."

"The party of DEI hires are pissed about Pete Hegseth?" wrote Chad Prather. "Sorry that the Harvard grad that led a battalion in Iraq and has two bronze stars doesn't paint his nails."

Extra to wanting to maximize lethality and to rid the military of paralyzing wokeness, Hegseth has signaled a desire to maintain high standards for combat roles, even if that means fewer or no female service members on the battlefield.

"It hasn't made us more effective, hasn't made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated. … We've all served with women, and they're great," Hegseth told the titular host of "The Shawn Ryan Show" last week. "But our institutions don't have to incentivize that in places where, traditionally — not traditionally, over human history — men in those positions are more capable."

Hegseth, who has a tattoo of the Jerusalem cross as well as a tattoo of the Latin phrase for "God wills it," indicated in his book that he was sidelined for his religious views.

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Trump names his border czar, revealing he means business



President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement Thomas D. Homan will serve as "border czar" in his incoming administration.

"The Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation's Borders ('The Border Czar'), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security," Trump noted on Truth Social.

"I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin," continued Trump. "Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job."

Homan, the president and CEO of Border911, has proven himself to be a no-nonsense law enforcement official, unwavering in his belief that like other criminals, illegal aliens "should be afraid" when flouting America's laws.

Trump promoted Homan to acting ICE director in January 2017, then nominated him as director. According to the New York Times, illegal immigration arrests skyrocketed 38% under Homan from Jan. 22 to April 29, as compared with the previous year under former President Barack Obama, who gave him the government's highest civil service award in 2015.

"These statistics reflect President Trump's commitment to enforce our immigration laws fairly and across the board," Homan said at the time.

Extra to criticizing so-called sanctuary cities and demonstrating a willingness to go after any of the tens of millions of illegal aliens who had stolen into the homeland, Homan helped blow up Democrats' family-separation talking point, underscoring that the U.S. has separated minors and adults at the border for over three decades.

'I got down on my knees, put my hand on the child's head, and said a prayer.'

When Homan — whose Senate confirmation never came — retired in April 2018, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen stated,

Under his exceptional leadership, the men and women of ICE have made significant progress in restoring the rule of law to our immigration system. Consistent with the priorities set out by President Trump, the past year has seen arrests increase by 40 percent, interior removals increase by 30 percent, and the highest number of MS-13 arrests since 2008. But perhaps most important to Tom is that employee morale at ICE is the highest it has been since 2010, which I believe is due in large part to his passionate leadership.

While the liberal media has attempted in recent years to characterize Homan as callous, he revealed to the Atlantic in 2022 that his desire to end illegal immigration and secure the border was not born solely out of a sense of duty to the nation and his fellow citizens but also out of a sense of humanitarian responsibility to would-be border-jumpers.

In 2003, he was reportedly called to a crime scene in Victoria, Texas, where over 70 illegal aliens had been found crammed into a semitruck. When the trailer was opened, corpses tumbled out. Seventeen were dead, and two more would ultimately die. Among the dead was a 5-year-old boy — the same age as Homan's son at the time.

"I got down on my knees, put my hand on the child's head, and said a prayer, because I could only imagine what his last hour of life must have been like, how scared he must have been. Couldn't breathe, pitch black, begging his father to help him. His father couldn't help," said Homan. "What was his father thinking? He'd put him in that position, right? His father was probably saying, 'I can't believe I did this.'"

'What price do you put on national security?'

Homan added, "That one instance made me who I am today, because it's preventable. We could stop this."

Homan demonstrated the continued strength of his resolve in an interview last month with CBS News' "60 Minutes." When asked about the potential cost of deporting one million illegal aliens a year, Homan said, "What price do you put on national security?"

The former ICE boss further revealed a resistance to emotional manipulation.

Correspondent Cecilia Vega concern-mongered about the possibility families might be separated as a consequence of mass deportation. Homan reassured Vega, "Families can be deported together."

While Homan is likely to succeed in the position, the previous border czar, failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris, set the bar incredibly low. After all, she oversaw the illegal entry of tens of millions of foreign nationals into the country, including terroristic gang members and human traffickers.

Homan told Fox News over the weekend that the deportation campaign is "going to be a well-targeted, planned operation conducted by the men of ICE. The men and women of ICE do this daily. They're good at it."

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Critics lay into Fetterman for attacking Pennsylvanians who didn't vote Democrat



Days after he unwittingly nudged Joe Rogan farther toward an endorsement of President-elect Donald Trump, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) found a group of constituents to scapegoat for the consequential defeat of one of his fellow Democrats.

Rather than admit the weakness of his comrades' pitch to Americans or acknowledge that Republicans simply did a better job overall, Fetterman belittled Green Party voters for fulfilling their civic duty.

Fetterman jumped on X to complain after Republican David McCormick successfully ousted Democratic Sen. Bob Casey, giving the GOP an even greater majority in the U.S. Senate with at least 53 seats.

First, he took aim at the Associated Press for calling the race for McCormick, writing, "@AP_Politics shouldn't make a call in this race until every Pennsylvanian has their vote counted."

As it became clear that the Associated Press was not budging and the race might not fall within recount territory, Fetterman lashed out at those who would dare upset the Democrats' political ambitions.

"Pennsylvania is going to count every last vote," tweeted Fetterman. "That's not controversial — that's the law. Also, Green dips***s' votes helping elect the GOP."

'Probably not the smartest choice.'

Accompanying the senator's tweet was an image highlighting the number of votes Green Party candidate Leila Hazou received. At the time of writing, the Associated Press indicated that with 98% of the votes counted, Hazou, a Palestinian activist with an apparent problem with white men, netted 64,127 votes, amounting to 0.9% of the total. John Thomas, the Libertarian candidate whom Fetterman apparently overlooked, secured 1.3% of the vote.

Fetterman evidently figured that without Hazou in the race, those votes would necessarily have gone to Casey, who lost by roughly 0.5%.

Fetterman's tweet served as yet another reminder of how little Democrats think of Americans who support parties other than their own.

Back in 2008, Barack Obama suggested that working-class voters in Pennsylvania and the Midwest who were ambivalent about supporting him in his first bid for the presidency were "bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment." Years later, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called her 2016 opponent's supporters "irredeemable" "deplorables." Weeks ago, President Joe Biden called Trump supporters "garbage."

The Democratic senator's "dips****" comment this week was not well received.

Elon Musk wrote, "Calling Green voters 'dips****' is not a great way to win them over."

Scott Presler, the conservative activist who worked diligently in recent months to turn out the vote for Trump in the Keystone State, responded, "I think Green Party voters are going to remember you calling them names when you're running for re-election. Probably not the smartest choice. We'll be sure to remind them."

"Cope Fetterlump," wrote one X user."

YouTuber David Freiheit, known under his online pseudonym "Viva Frei," noted, "What a f***ing idiot. Instead of understanding why Dems are losing, they call the people whose support then want 'dips****.' Hey dumb***, maybe don't adopt the rhetoric of the very same Tim Walz dips*** who just caused your demonic party to suffer the most devastating defeat since Mondale. Dips***."

While keen to blame Green Party voters, Fetterman may have done more political damage overall with his pre-election interview on "The Joe Rogan Experience," where he struggled to provide satisfactory answers to the host's questions about Democrats' exploitation of the border crisis.

After his win, McCormick indicated that he was "honored and excited to represent EVERY Pennsylvanian."

The Associated Press indicated when calling the race that even if Casey carried six out of 10 of the remaining votes, he still would not win. Nevertheless, Casey has yet to concede his defeat.

The defeated Democrat said in a statement Thursday evening, "We must allow that process to play out and ensure that every vote that is eligible to be counted will be counted. That is what Pennsylvania deserves."

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Republicans celebrate Scott Presler for his incredible work turning out the vote for Trump in Pennsylvania



Winning elections is a collective effort, but some individuals shoulder far more responsibility than others, as demonstrated over the past several months by conservative activist Scott Ryan Presler, founder of the Early Vote Action PAC and former chairman of Gays for Trump.

Presler, the son of a retired Navy captain, put his nose to the grindstone in Pennsylvania, working to turn out the vote for President Donald Trump.

After Trump beat Kamala Harris 50.5% to 48.5% in the Keystone State, Presler tweeted, "Mister President, I'm pleased to share that we have delivered Pennsylvania for you. Congratulations, sir."

Presler is now being celebrated for his efforts.

BlazeTV's Allie Beth Stuckey wrote, "GREAT JOB!"

"Thank you, Scott," wrote Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "You were a miracle worker."

"Thanks Scott!" Elon Musk tweeted Wednesday following Trump's landslide victory.

"You're a legend Scott," tweeted Donald Trump Jr.

"The Republican party needs to pay this guy and put him in charge of voter registration in ALL of the swing states," wrote Wall Street Silver.

"Not a talker," wrote James O'Keefe. "A man of action. He put in the work and did what he said he was going to do."

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.) similarly celebrated Presler, writing, "You have gone above and beyond and we are so grateful for all the work you've put into winning this election."

Presler previously indicated that after graduating from George Mason University with a 3.63 GPA, he couldn't find a job, so he began walking dogs for a living. Unfortunately for Harris, that turned out to be a short-lived career.

After spending two years working to defeat Hillary Clinton, Presler committed to getting Trump re-elected and renewing America. His activism took on different forms.

'Pennsylvania has the power to change the world.'

For instance, in 2019, Presler traveled to cities dirtied by "failed Democrat policies" like Baltimore and worked to clean up their streets. He told Fox News Digital at the time, "We organized 200 volunteers, on a Monday, a workday, and we picked up 12 tons of trash in 12 hours on the most dangerous streets of America in West Baltimore."

"We went to Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Dukane, Detroit, Houston, Kenosha, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Portland, Pittsburgh, Philly, and I was even protested for picking up trash in San Francisco, California," added the activist.

Over time, the activist refined and focused his efforts.

In January 2023, Presler announced the launch of his PAC with the stated purpose of "increasing voter registration, along with increasing absentee voting & early voting participation, beginning with the key 2024 swing states of Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin."

Presler noted in a Jan. 24, 2023, op-ed that

EVA is going to organize and mobilize, devoid of insider political drama plaguing the RNC and the D.C. swamp, and lead the way in ensuring that every right-leaning American is registered to vote and excited to vote early, whether by mail or in person. And by achieving this goal, Early Vote Action PAC is going to ensure that 2024 is a year of Republican victories.

While making good on his plan, he was attacked viciously by Democratic operatives such as Alex Floyd, rapid response director for the Democratic National Committee, who called Presler "an election-denying conspiracy theorist."

Elements of the liberal media similarly smeared Presler. A Daily Beast hit piece, for example, deemed him a "radical" and insinuated he was an extremist.

Undeterred, Presler announced on Sept. 20 that he would not leave Pennsylvania, citing the need to be present for the "final battle."

"For the next 40+ days, I am not leaving Pennsylvania. I even purchased property in Pennsylvania just to vote for Donald Trump. We have 40+ paid staff on the ground & ALL of our resources are going to PA," wrote the activist. "We're all in."

Weeks later, when Trump returned to the site where he was previously shot by a Democratic donor, Presler was brought onstage, where he told the crowd, "Pennsylvania has the power to change the world."

After imploring audience members to double-check their voter status, he said, "A message to our union workers: We want your vote. We want to keep jobs here in America. To our beautiful Amish in Lancaster and across the state: We will protect your raw milk, your dairy, your farming, your school choice, your religious freedom, your ability to afford to have 10 beautiful children per family."

Trump ultimately won the state with over 130,000 votes.

Blaze News reached out to Presler for comment but did not receive a response by the deadline.

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Rosie O'Donnell reveals she's a loser even in her preferred post-election alternate reality



Former comedian Rosie O'Donnell was one of the many liberals who decided to film and share their meltdowns over President Donald Trump's landslide victory this week.

O'Donnell suggested in a Wednesday TikTok video that Kamala Harris' crushing defeat signaled again the need for a radical transformation of the American republic, namely the abolition of the Electoral College. Trump secured 312 electoral votes Tuesday, and Harris managed to nab only 226 votes.

It appears the grieving Trump critic was unaware that even without that institution, which enhances the status of minority interests and prompts political candidates to appeal to the whole of the nation as opposed to a few populous coastal states, she still would have ended up crying on TikTok.

O'Donnell's video was captioned, "I remain stunned and kinda numb #thankyoukamalaharris," with the addition, "resist fascism #neverforget" — an apparent attempt to draw a parallel between Trump's success and the Holocaust.

Holding back tears, the 62-year-old Trump critic, who celebrated the Republican president's felony conviction earlier this year, said, "So what can we say? We watched Kamala do her speech — must have been very difficult to do — and Claire McCaskill crying on 'Deadline White House' with Nicolle Wallace, and so many touching videos from people today talking about how to take care of yourself when you're, you know, overwhelmed and stressed and scared."

"Get ready," said O'Donnell, "because we're in for one hell of a ride with him at the helm and no immunity guardrails."

Hours before the former comedian posted her video, the markets surged in response to Trump's win — the first time the Dow jumped over 1,000 points in a single day since November 2022.

Midway through the video, O'Donnell said, "How about we get rid of the Electoral College? Does that — anybody like that? Anyone? I'm not so sure any more. It's a popular vote. That's what we need to do. Who gets the most votes wins. One vote, one person. No racist math in the equation. Okay?

"That's what I'd like to do," continued O'Donnell. "Spend my life doing that, right. Find a cause you believe in and go right for it."

'Who is going to tell her?'

President Trump not only won a landslide victory where it counts — the Electoral College — but also became the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote. At the time of publication, Decision Desk HQ indicated that Trump had nearly 73 million votes — 4,637,738 million more votes than Harris. The difference roughly amounts to the population of Louisiana.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis noted, "The scope of the victory — electoral swing state domination, popular vote victory, and a Republican-controlled Senate — represents a decisive rejection of the Biden-Harris administration."

Critics online poked fun at O'Donnell's failure to appreciate that her advocacy would likely not have prevented another Trump victory.

"Who is going to tell her?" wrote one X user.

The Pittsburgh-based sports commentator John Steigerwald asked, "Is she still in favor of packing the Supreme Court?"

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Chuck Schumer-affiliated PAC messed up big time, boosting a Republican who just took a Senate seat



Post-McConnell Republicans now control the U.S. Senate, thanks in part to a Democratic super PAC closely affiliated with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Although Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) has been in office for nearly two decades, he appeared particularly vulnerable this election cycle. The Duty and Country PAC, funded by the Schumer-linked Senate Majority PAC, meddled in the 2024 Ohio Republican primary in hopes of boosting the weaker of Brown's potential challengers in hopes of keeping the Senate seat.

It had no idea it would be helping the man who would ultimately unseat Brown: the Trump- and Vance-backed Cleveland businessman Bernie Moreno.

'Exactly the type of MAGA fighter that we need in the United States Senate.'

The New York Times reported in March that Duty and Country, which had been running ads on behalf of Brown in Ohio, blew roughly $2.7 million to run an ad across the state characterizing Moreno — then facing off with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan — as an ultraconservative aligned with President Donald Trump.

While the ad was on its face negative, it highlighted views and credentials that might resonate with likely Republican voters.

"MAGA Republican Bernie Moreno is too conservative for Ohio," said the ad. "In Washington, Moreno would do Donald Trump's bidding. That's why Trump endorsed Moreno, calling him 'exactly the type of MAGA fighter that we need in the United States Senate.'"

Dolan told NBC News at the time, "National Democrats are putting millions of dollars behind Bernie Moreno in the waning days of this primary because he is damaged, unelectable and incapable of defeating Sherrod Brown."

"Democrats constantly underestimate the America First movement at their own peril," said Reagan McCarthy, Moreno's communications director. "They thought President Trump would be easy to beat in 2016 and then they got their clocks cleaned when he demolished Hillary Clinton. The same thing is going to happen to Sherrod Brown this year."

Of the two, McCarthy was right.

'You're fired, buddy.'

With 92% of the vote in, Decision Desk HQ indicated that Moreno beat Brown 50.2% to 46.4%, netting over 220,000 more votes.

"What we need in the United States of America is leaders in Washington, D.C., that actually put the interests of American citizens above all else. We're tired of being treated like second-class citizens in our own country. We're tired of leaders that think we're garbage and we're tired of being treated like garbage," the soon-to-be senator said in his victory speech.

Moreno then singled out Schumer, saying, "Chuck Schumer, if you're watching, thanks for the help in the primary, but you're fired, buddy."

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Mark Cuban and Cenk Uygur eat crow, acknowledge Trump's epic win amid continued silence from Harris



It became abundantly clear in the early hours Wednesday that Donald Trump's transition from America's 45th to 47th president was going to be difficult for those liberals fed in recent months a constant diet of alarmist rhetoric and fascist accusations by the Democratic press.

Some Harris boosters have, however, managed to handle Trump's landslide electoral victory better than others or, at the very least, than the vice president.

Just days after saying that "it's not a stretch to call Donald Trump a fascist" and that it would be "Armageddon" were the Republican to win, former "Shark Tank" star and Harris booster Mark Cuban went online to wish Trump well.

"Congrats @realDonaldTrump," tweeted Cuban. "You won fair and square. Congrats to @elonmusk as well. #Godspeed."

'Mark Cuban, a really dumb guy, who thinks he's "hot stuff" but he's absolutely nothing.'

While some commentators signaled appreciation for Cuban's eagerness to congratulate the man he previously accused of fascistic tendencies, others seized upon Cuban's tweet to mock the billionaire.

A handful of critics suggested, for instance, that Cuban's recent suggestion on "The View" that Trump is never seen "around strong, intelligent women" helped mobilize women to vote for Kamala Harris' opponent.

According to NBC News exit polls from 10 key states, 44% of American women voted for Republican candidates. The New York Post noted that reflects a two-point increase among women from the 2020 election.

Trump responded at the time, "Mark Cuban, a really dumb guy, who thinks he's 'hot stuff' but he's absolutely nothing, is now out there saying that I don't surround myself with strong women. Actually, he is very wrong, I surround myself with the strongest of women - With the understanding that ALL women are great, whether strong or not strong."

'He won this one.'

Libs of TikTok replied to Cuban's congratulatory message, "Thank you for your help with your closing comments about women!"

Another user wrote, "Couldn't have done it without you."

Unlike Cuban, Cenk Uygur, co-creator of "The Young Turks," was initially not so gracious in defeat.

"Donald Trump is going to be the 47th president of the United States," Uygur said in a flop sweat on his show.

"So buckle up. Brace for impact. We're going to have four years of anarchy and chaos. My prediction, which is not a bold one, is they're going to rob the place blind."

"I'm not a big fan of the establishment, but they put some brakes in the car for Donald Trump, and he's a guy who needed brakes," continued Uygur. "Now there will be no brakes in the car. Steve Bannon is back. All the ghouls and goblins of the first administration that stayed through all of his corrupt and ridiculous demands are back. None of the people who had any sanity are back."

Despite feverishly painting a picture of a nightmare situation under Trump, Uygur had a moment of clarity, stating, "We say that Donald Trump is unstable and unhinged, and I think that is true. But you know that old saying about how insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result? So how crazy are we if we just go back to the Joe Bidens, the Nancy Pelosis, the Chuck Schumers, the Kamala Harrises — the same — the Hillary Clintons — the same dumbass people who have been taking donor money, taking it and taking it, and delivering no results."

Uygur later composed himself and tweeted, "Trump and MAGA - congratulations. I hate it and I think it's huge mistake. But you won fair and square. Trump tried to steal the last election, but he won this one. And that's also democracy. If the American people want him back in, that's the final word! I believe in democracy."

Just after 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, the Kamala's Wins account on X tweeted, "BREAKING: The other team has more electoral votes."

Unlike Cuban, Uygur, and the Harris booster account, neither the vice president nor her campaign have acknowledged Trump's landslide victory as of midmorning on Wednesday — despite having spent years complaining about Trump doing the same in 2020.

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