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The Broadside | Our Evil Shadow Government Is Being Exposed

This is what I voted for.

The initial release of the JFK Files will not be enough to turn the tide against the deep state, but Trump has only been in office less than 75 days. He has earned a grace period considering the myriad of challenges facing the country, but ultimately, his base expects him to fulfill his promises of transparency sooner rather than later. The initial release of the JFK files is a great start for the public to taste openness for the first time, and I hope it will soon lead to earth-shattering discoveries. This process is building momentum and priming the public to hear the unvarnished truth that will rip the lid off government corruption.

Remember, it was only last year when President Trump could have suffered the same fate as John F. Kennedy, being shot in the head by a suspicious lone gunman with convenient security lapses in an operation that very well may have involved federal collusion. The deep state learned with the JFK assassination that they could get away with eliminating their opponents in broad daylight, and the American system has been essentially held hostage ever since. Only through the providential will of God was Trump able to survive his assassination attempt, and now Trump has a chance to bring lasting change to the corrupt system that may never come again.

The deep state has been weakened after being unable to keep Trump from the presidency, but it will only be brought to heel after being correctly exposed. When the public sees the complete JFK Files, followed by the 9/11 files, the MLK Files, the Epstein files, and other shocking government documents we may not even be aware of, there will be no possible argument preventing reform. These deep state monoliths – the FBI, CIA, NSA, and others – hide behind the guise of protecting national security to cover up their misdeeds.

It’s not just the JFK, RFK, MLK and Epstein files being released that I voted for. That’s just one facet of what I want. It’s also exposing the inner workings of the administrative bureaucracy and how they have taken hard-earned money from me (and you) and distributed it to unaccountable NON-GOVERNMENT organizations that hate me and seek to shatter all that I hold dear.

Read Schmitt’s entire thread and watch the embedded video(s). In particular, take a look at this graphic that lays out the “whole of society approach” that these organizations—funded by money taken from you and me—take to control what we see, hear and think.

It’s an astonishing and frightening web that’s been erected around us.

For an even deeper dive on the administrative state, e.g. the Deep State, take an hour and watch the new documentary from Ned Ryun called American Leviathan.

From the description:

What You’ll See in the Documentary:

  • The roots of the administrative state and its ties to the Progressive movement of the early 20th century
  • How unelected bureaucrats became the real power brokers in Washington
  • The role of FDR’s New Deal, LBJ’s Great Society, and decades of bipartisan complicity in growing Leviathan
  • The modern-day weaponization of government against dissenters and political opponents
  • A battle plan for slaying the Leviathan and restoring self-governance

This is not a history lesson for the faint of heart. It’s an unflinching look at the war that has been waged against the American Republic for over a century.

We’re in a war and we only have a couple of years, really, to win it.

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The Broadside | Now For Something Different: Entitled WNBA Players

I’m tired of privileged athletes complaining about how much they do or don’t get paid.

[Angel] Reese and fellow WNBA player DiJonai Carrington addressed the next WNBA collective bargaining agreement during Reese’s podcast Friday.

“I’ve got to get in the meetings because I’m hearing like, ‘If y’all don’t give us what we want, we sitting out,'” Reese said.

“The WNBA don’t pay my bills at all. I don’t even think it pays one of my bills. Literally.”

What does this woman spend her money on? Apparently she pays $8,000 a month for rent. If your job “don’t pay your bills at all,” maybe you should downsize. Or waitress in the off-season. Or maybe try coding.

The loudmouth baller, who plays for the WNBA’s Chicago Sky, immediately showed America why she deserves more money.

WNBA player Angel Reese may not have helped her negotiating leverage much with a viral lowlight Monday.

During an Unrivaled game, Reese missed three straight shots while standing right under the basket, and one of the shots hit the bottom edge of the backboard.

Reese was able to at least come away with two offensive rebounds on the possession but fell to the hardwood after missing her third shot.

Footage of the sequence quickly spread across social media, and many mocked the timing of it after Reese ignited controversy with recent claims WNBA players may refuse to play games to negotiate higher pay.

As Ace says:

Before reading this, keep in mind that the real NBA, the men’s league, actually would allow any woman to play if they were good enough. They’re not a men’s only league by rule, but by practical fact.

Also keep in mind the NBA makes fifty (five-zero) times as much money as the WNBA, and the WNBA is, was, and always will be heavily subsidized by the NBA, who take less money to give more money to the women’s league players.

It’s already the Welfare National Basketball Association and of course they demand more welfare.

He doesn’t say where he got those stats, but I trust his reporting. Plus, it’s true of other women’s sports. Take women’s soccer for instance. I wrote about it some time ago here, after the women complained about the “pay gap.” The most pertinent point was what John Glynn said:

One of the major factors that separate men’s sports and women’s is a not so little thing called revenue. To put it bluntly, female soccer players, just like female basketball players and female hockey players, are paid less because their respective sports make less. The total prize money for the Women’s World Cup in France this July was $30 million; the total prize money for the men’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be $440 million.

This gap is criminal, right? It’s not. When viewed objectively—based on how much money each competition generates—women actually make more than men. How so?

Well, there is a sizable difference in the revenue available to pay the male and female teams. According to Mike Oznian, a writer for Forbes, the 2015 Women’s World Cup “brought in almost $73 million, of which the players got 13%. The 2010 men’s World Cup in South Africa made almost $4 billion, of which 9% went to the players.”

Men’s sports outdraw women’s sports. Men run faster, swing harder, jump higher and throw further than women do. They’re physically larger and stronger. That’s why women get hurt when men are allowed to play in women’s sports.

Entitled brats like Angel Reese, who just finished her rookie season, should shut her mouth and play a few seasons without groaning about how unfair life is. Once she’s proved her reliability as a player, she can ask for a raise.

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The Broadside | At 50 Days There Are (At Least) 50 Wins

When Brandon was in office, every day seemed to crawl by. Months were like molasses, years like decades. Every moment he was in the White House with his cabal was a moment he could use to consolidate power and corrupt the institutions he controlled. I couldn’t wait for his four-year term to be done.

Now that the shoe is on the other foot, I can’t believe it’s been 50 days since Trump the Magnificent took office. The days and months fairly fly by. They’re going too fast! Slow down! It’s only four years! There’s so much more to accomplish!

But he’s off to a great start, as Paula Bolyard catalogues in 50 wins in 50 days. Here’s a few to whet your appetite:

1.    President Trump secured the border in unprecedented fashion.

  • Illegal border crossings have declined to the lowest level ever recorded — down 94% from last February and down 96% from the all-time high of the Biden Administration. In one sector, illegal border crossings are down 99% over 2023.
  • Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin: “If Fox were to send me down there right now, I would have trouble finding a single migrant on camera.”
  • CBS immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez: “Typically, when we go to the U.S./Mexico border, we at least see one group of people who are trying to cross into the U.S. illegally. We did not see a single migrant.”

 4. President Trump’s tariffs are leveling the playing field for American workers.

  • President Trump restored a 25% tariff on steel imports and elevated the tariff to 25% on aluminum imports to protect these critical American industries from unfair foreign competition – a move praised by the Steel Manufacturers Association, the Aluminum Association, and businesses across the country.
  • President Trump unveiled a plan for fair and reciprocal trade, making clear to the world that the United States will no longer tolerate being ripped off. 

6.    President Trump has secured billions of dollars in new U.S.-based investments.

  • Apple announced a historic $500 billion investment that will create 20,000 new U.S.-based jobs.
  • TSMC announced an unprecedented $100 billion investment in U.S.-based semiconductor chip manufacturing.
  • President Trump announced the largest artificial intelligence infrastructure project in history, securing $500 billion in planned private sector investment — with major CEOs agreeing it would not have been possible without President Trump’s leadership.
  • President Trump secured a $20 billion investment by DAMAC Properties to build new U.S.-based data centers.
  • CMA CGM announced a $20 billion investment in U.S. shipbuilding and logistics, which will create 10,000 new jobs.
  • Eli Lilly and Company announced a $27 billion investment in its U.S.-based manufacturing.
  • The Trump Administration announced an $18 billion investment by American liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Venture Global into their Plaquemines LNG export facility — made possible by President Trump’s energy policies.
  • Wisconsin-based Clarios, a leader in low-voltage energy storage, announced a $6 billion plan to expand its U.S.-based manufacturing.
  • Saudi Arabia declared its intention to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years.
  • Taiwan pledged to boost its investment in the United States.

7.    President Trump is bringing manufacturing back to America.

  • The U.S. gained 10,000 manufacturing jobs in President Trump’s first full month in office — led by the auto sector, which gained the most new jobs in 15 months. This is a swift turnaround after losing an average of 9,000 manufacturing jobs per month in the final year of the Biden Administration.
  • Stellantis will reopen its assembly plant in Illinois, build its next-generation Dodge Durango in Michigan, and make new investments in their Ohio and Indiana facilities.
  • Nissan is expected to move some production to the U.S.
  • Mercedes-Benz announced plans to “grow” its vehicle production in the U.S.
  • Honda is expected to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid model in Indiana.
  • Electronics giants Samsung and LG “are considering moving their plants in Mexico to the U.S.” now that President Trump is back in office.
  • Siemens announced a $285 million investment in U.S. electrical product manufacturing, which will create more than 900 new skilled manufacturing jobs.

12.    President Trump unleashed American energy.

  • President Trump declared a National Energy Emergency to unlock America’s full energy potential and bring down costs for American families — and the U.S. is now the largest net exporter of natural gas in the world.
  • President Trump re-opened 625 million acres for offshore drilling, which Biden banned in his waning days, in order to “drill, baby, drill.”
  • President Trump established the National Energy Dominance Council to maximize use of America’s extensive energy resources.

19.    President Trump is ending waste, fraud, and abuse in government.

  • President Trump established the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to maximize government productivity and ensure the best use of taxpayer funds — which has already achieved tens of billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers.
  • President Trump stopped the waste, fraud, and abuse within USAID — ensuring taxpayers are no longer on the hook for funding pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, such as sex changes in Guatemala.

27.    President Trump designated English as the official language of the United States.

49.    President Trump is ending China’s chokehold over the Panama Canal as he seeks its rightful return to U.S. ownership.

  • Following a visit from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, a debt-trap diplomacy scheme the Chinese Communist Party uses to gain influence over developing nations.
  • CK Hutchison Holding sold ports operating on both sides of the Panama Canal to a U.S.-based consortium, effectively placing the ports back in American control.

These are some of my favorites. There’s much more at the link. Go read them all and be amazed.

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The Broadside | Remember the Alamo!

I’m not an expert on the battle, but I think it’s worth taking a moment to remember the Alamo. Yesterday was the 189th anniversary of the martyrdom of the heroes of the Alamo, including Jim Bowie, William B. Travis, and Davey Crockett.

The context of the battle was the drive for Texian’s independence from Mexico. Conflict had been growing since late in 1835, when the Texians at Gonzales refused to return a cannon that Mexico had lent them. Realizing they were outnumbered, the Mexican army gave up the fight and retreated to San Antonio de Bexár (San Antonio).

The Texians followed and laid siege to San Antonio de Bexár. After a losing a couple of battles in October and November, the Mexican army withdrew, and the Texians began fortifying the town and the Alamo garrison, expecting a counterattack.

Unbeknownst to them, a division of the Mexican army, under the command of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the elected president of Mexico, was marching north to take back San Antonio de Bexár and strangle the Texian’s revolution before it could gain any more momentum.

The siege of the Alamo lasted 13 days.

The Alamo had 18 serviceable cannons and approximately 150 men at the start of the siege. As the Mexican Army arrived, a parlay was called by one of the two Alamo Commanders, James Bowie, a famous adventurer and knife fighter. Green B. Jameson, chief engineer of the garrison met with Mexican officials. Santa Anna’s terms were surrender at discretion, meaning he would decide their fate. The other Alamo Commander, 26-year-old William B. Travis answered with a cannon shot from the 18-pounder cannon. The Siege of the Alamo had begun. Santa Anna ordered a red flag to be flown from San Fernando Church showing that no quarter would be given.

On February 24, 1836, with the garrison surrounded and the Texan Army at the Alamo outnumbered, one of the most famous letters in American history was written by William B. Travis. It was addressed, “To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World.” This letter was a passionate plea for aid for the Alamo garrison. He ended the letter “Victory or Death” – the only outcome this battle could have. That letter left the Alamo and the siege continued.

On March 1, 1836, 32 men from the town of Gonzales arrived to aid the Alamo. This brought the number of defenders up to almost 200 men.

On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

On March 3, 1836, courier James Butler Bonham arrived at the Alamo with word from Robert Williamson informing Travis help was on the way. Unfortunately it would not arrive in time.

On March 5, 1836, Santa Anna held a council of war, setting forth this plan for a four pronged attack of the garrison.

Battle of the Alamo
At dawn on March 6, 1836, the 13th day of the siege, the Battle of the Alamo commenced. Fighting lasted roughly 90 minutes, and by daybreak all the Defenders had perished, including a former congressman from Tennessee, David Crockett. The loss of the garrison was felt all over Texas, and even the world. The Defenders were from many different countries, including some Defenders who were native-born Mexicans. Following the battle, Santa Anna ordered the Defender’s remains burned.

The question is, why was this battle considered so heroic when, in the end, the fort was lost and the defenders were slaughtered? The defenders died heroically, but what did they accomplish?

Rod Martin has an interesting perspective.

But beyond the unquestionable rightness of the Texian cause, the successful Revolution served to answer the burning geopolitical question of that era, namely, would America or Mexico — and would liberty or tyranny — dominate the New World?

Santa Anna had proclaimed himself “the Napoleon of the West”:  his ambitions were vastly greater than just holding a few farms on the Brazos.  Had he imposed his tyranny on the Texians, he would have been liberated to threaten — and possibly conquer — New Orleans, the continent’s single most strategic point.

Had Santa Anna taken New Orleans, he would have reversed Jefferson’s achievement in securing the Louisiana Purchase and accomplished what the British in 1815 could not: the reduction of the United States to a servile position. And with all commerce in the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi river basins bottled up at Santa Anna’s mercy, not only might America never have generated the capital, industrial strength and military might needed to become a great power, but an authoritarian Mexico might well have supplanted it, expanding throughout the West and the Caribbean Basin as well.

But for Houston’s victory at San Jacinto — but for Davy Crockett’s martyr’s death at the Alamo, enabling Houston’s triumph — the American experiment might well have come to nothing.  America might well have been recolonized in that era of global European expansion which saw India and China subjugated (as indeed Mexico was by France for a time, during the 1860s). And with the coming of the 20th Century, freedom might well have perished from the Earth.

In other words, if the defenders of the Alamo had not tied up Santa Anna in a siege, stalling him for those two weeks, Sam Houston and his army may not have been able to prepare themselves for the battle of San Jacinto seven weeks later. It was there that the battle cry, “remember the Alamo!” rang out, and that Santa Anna and his army were defeated.

As I said, I’m no Alamo historian, but I understand why it was so critical to the formation of the United States and to the liberty we enjoy.

Remember the Alamo!

And have a good weekend.

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The Broadside | Trump Delivers a Side-Winder and Exposes the True Conflict Between Left and Right

I watched Trump’s first joint address to Congress since retaking the White House and it was one for the history books. Here’s some highlights along with one simple observation I have.

This was a new one: Churlish Rep. Al Green gets booted after disrupting Trump’s speech and refusing to sit or to quiet down. “Remove this gentleman from the chamber.” I haven’t seen that before.

Trump on the border: “All we needed was a new president.” Trump calls out the lies that the Dems have told for the last four years while letting foreign invaders overrun our southern border.

Trump asked, presumably rhetorically, how many want to see the war in Ukraine go for another five years. Some Democrats applauded and Trump specifically called out Elizabeth Warren, using her preferred name, Pocahontas, who continued to applaud for FIVE MORE YEARS OF WAR while the cameras were on her.

Like a clapping seal that doesn’t know why it’s applauding. It just does because it’s been trained to.

Here’s the investments Trump has secured less than two months into his presidency:

In total, President Trump has secured nearly $2 trillion in new U.S. investments.

  • TSMC announced an unprecedented $100 billion investment in U.S.-based semiconductor chip manufacturing.
  • Apple announced a historic $500 billion investment that will create 20,000 new U.S.-based jobs.
  • President Trump announced the largest artificial intelligence infrastructure project in history, securing $500 billion in planned private sector investment — with major CEOs agreeing it would not have been possible without President Trump’s leadership.
  • President Trump secured a $20 billion investment by DAMAC Properties to build new U.S.-based data centers.
  • Wisconsin-based Clarios, a leader in low-voltage energy storage, announced a $6 billion plan to expand its U.S.-based manufacturing.
  • Eli Lilly and Company announced a $27 billion investment in its U.S.-based manufacturing.
  • Saudi Arabia declared its intention to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years.
  • Taiwan pledged to boost its investment in the United States.
  • Electronics giants Samsung and LG “are considering moving their plants in Mexico to the U.S.” now that President Trump is back in office.

Needless to say, the Democrats sat on their hands for the vast majority of speech. Trump even addressed the obvious.

Full Text: “I look at the Democrats in front of me – I realize, there’s nothing I can say to make them happy, stand, or smile or applaud. I could find a cure to the most devastating disease…or announce the answers to the greatest economy in history, or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever. And these people – sitting RIGHT HERE – will not clap, stand or cheer for these achievements. They won’t, no matter what. 5 times I’ve been up here.”

The Democrats are reflexively, automatically, predisposed to oppose anything and everything that Trump represents, and nowhere was it more obvious than in the joint session of Congress tonight, as enthusiastic Republicans cheered and chanted USA! USA! USA! while the childish Democrats sat on their hands or held up their virtue signaling signs. The contrast between the two groups couldn’t have been clearer.

We used to be a country that agreed on what was important. What we disagreed on was how to address those issues. Democrats (generally) wanted bigger government intervention; Republicans (generally) wanted less.

Now, we can’t even agree on the issues. We’ve got one party who left the impression last night that they support taxes on tips, taxes on overtime, taxes on Social Security, the war in Ukraine, men participating in women’s sports; that they hate the popular vote, cutting waste, eliminating Social Security fraud; and that they couldn’t care less about every one of Trump’s special guests, including the mothers and sisters of children murdered by illegal aliens, a steel worker who has fostered more than 40 children, and a child battling brain cancer his whole life who was deputized as a Secret Service agent. The party of “joy” they’re not.

The Democrat party isn’t dead—yet, but they made it clear last night that it’s really not a fight between good ideas (left v. right), but a fight between good and evil.

Pick a side.

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The Broadside | Christianity’s Slide Into Obscurity Has Bottomed Out—For Now

Some 62 percent of U.S. adults currently describe themselves as Christians.

The decline in the number of Americans who identify as Christian appears to be slowing down after years of losses, according to a Pew Research Center survey published Wednesday.

The expansive Religious Landscape Study (RLS) study found the number of people in the U.S. who identify as Christian has been stable since 2019. It also discovered that the number of those who are unaffiliated with a religion, after years of uptick, has plateaued.

Around 62 percent of Americans identified as Christians. Some 40 percent were Protestant, 19 percent were Catholic, and 3 percent identified with other Christian groups, according to the survey.

The share of Americans who identify as Christians has been hovering in the 60s from 2019 to 2024. In 2023, it was 63 percent, down from 78 percent in 2007.

That the slide has stopped is good news but is tempered by the fact that only 62 percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. We were at 78 percent less than twenty years ago.

That’s a steep drop.

Nearly 3 in 10 Americans, 29 percent, were religiously unaffiliated. Among those, 5 percent were atheist, 6 percent were agnostic and the other 19 percent said they identify as “nothing in particular,” Pew found. 

Approximately 7 percent of the U.S. population is non-Christian but religious: 2 percent were Jewish, while Muslim, Hindu or Buddhist were each at 1 percent, according to the poll. 

What’s fascinating is that our liberal or “progressive” friends, who support all manner of sexual deviancy, have become increasingly irreligious.

Researchers also noted that 37 percent of self-described liberals identified with Christianity, a 25-point drop from 2007 when it was 62 percent. Just more than half of liberals, 51 percent, said they have no religion, a 24-point jump from 2007’s 27 percent.

The Epoch Times adds:

Young adults also presented as far less religious than those of older generations—a fact that the study’s researchers noted could portend an eventual decline.

“It is inevitable that older generations will decline in size as their members gradually die,” the researchers wrote in their report. “We also know that the younger cohorts succeeding them are much less religious.

“This means that, for lasting stability to take hold in the U.S. religious landscape, something would need to change.”

That change could be on the horizon.

In the weeks since President Donald Trump took office, he has taken several steps to put Christianity front and center, from creating a new White House Faith Office led by Pastor Paula White-Cain to establishing a Justice Department task force to root out anti-Christian bias.

He has also vowed to create a Presidential Commission on Religious Liberty.

At the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 6, Trump lamented the decline of faith in the United States and called on the nation to “bring God back” into its life.

“We have to bring religion back,” he told lawmakers on Capitol Hill. “We have to bring it back much stronger. It’s one of the biggest problems that we’ve had over the last fairly long period of time.”

I’m not sure if Trump understands that Christianity is not a “religion,” which is a secular way of describing it. A religion is marked by rules and regulations; Christianity is about a personal relationship with God. Yes, we engage in worship and acts of service and read our bibles and pray, but those are expressions of gratitude and obedience, not a list of activities that we check off to keep God happy or to stay in His good graces.

Trump’s instincts are right, even though his call to “bring religion back much stronger” isn’t quite what we need. What we need is to humble ourselves and repent of our corporate sin, then encourage the act of making disciples, which is the way the Church has grown of the centuries.

We were once considered a Christian nation, founded on Judeo-Christian principles. Trump can’t “make” America Christian again, but he can call attention to our need for God.

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The Broadside | Epstein Documents Released But Disappoint the Public

During Trump’s campaign for president he promised that he would make public the secret files on JFK’s assassination, RFK’s assassination, MLK’s assassination, and Jeffrey Epstein’s client list. After taking office, Trump ordered the declassification of JFK, RFK and MLK’s records.

On Wednesday night Pam Bondi, head of the DOJ, said that files related to Jeffrey Epstein would be released on Thursday. In fact, two tranches of documents were released, but fell short of what most of us are wanting to know: who were Epstein’s clients? In other words, we want names.

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Feb. 27 declassified and publicly released the first phase of files related to the investigation and conviction of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Justice Department head found that the FBI withheld some of the documents.

Bondi released the first batch of files on Thursday in conjunction with the FBI. Epstein was convicted of sexually abusing and exploiting more than 250 underage girls in his homes in New York, Florida, and other locations. The initial batch of files contains “documents that have been previously leaked but never released in a formal capacity by the U.S. Government,” according to the Justice Department.

“This Department of Justice is following through on President Trump’s commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators,” Bondi said in a statement.

“The first phase of files released today sheds light on Epstein’s extensive network and begins to provide the public with long overdue accountability.”

The release contains documents that have largely been circulating in the public domain for years and did not include significant revelations about Epstein and his operations.

The batch of files includes copies of logs from the wealthy financier’s private plane, which have long been accessible in various court cases, and a photocopy of an address book with significant redactions that was seemingly complied by Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell and has been reported on by the media for many years.

So you’re telling me, nothing new.

Another set of documents was released Thursday evening. These, too, revealed nothing new.

Bondi accused the FBI in New York of withholding thousands of documents and wrote a memorandum to FBI Director, Kash Patel, demanding that the documents be in her hands at 8:00 a.m. this morning.

“By 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, February 28, the FBI will deliver the full and complete Epstein files to my office, including all records, documents, audio and video recordings, and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein and his clients, regardless of how such information was obtained There will be no withholdings or limitations to my or your access,” she wrote. “The Department of Justice will ensure that any public disclosure of these files will be done in a manner to protect the privacy of victims and in accordance with law, as I have done my entire career as a prosecutor.”

We’ll see if we get the goods in the morning.

“The FBI is entering a new era—one that will be defined by integrity, accountability, and the unwavering pursuit of justice,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. “There will be no cover-ups, no missing documents, and no stone left unturned — and anyone from the prior or current Bureau who undermines this will be swiftly pursued. If there are gaps, we will find them. If records have been hidden, we will uncover them. And we will bring everything we find to the DOJ to be fully assessed and transparently disseminated to the American people as it should be. The oath we take is to the Constitution, and under my leadership, that promise will be upheld without compromise.”

It’s a new day under a new administration, but the resistance persists. I only hope that Bondi and Patel can root it out.

Have a good weekend.

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The Broadside | Another Indication That Trump is Taking Us Back to Foundational America

The previous administration was led by a “very devout” Roman Catholic who supported gay marriage, transgenderism, abortion, and who lit up the White House with the rainbow colors of the LGBTQ+ mafia. The current administration is led by a man who has been divorced twice, punctuates his speeches with swear words, boasts about his accomplishments and, yet, appears to have some awareness and reverence for a God whom he thinks spared his life for a reason.

In a scene that seemed strangely foreign, but shouldn’t, President Trump asked HUD secretary Scott Turner to open his first full cabinet meeting with prayer.

Click image above to see video

Father, we thank you for this awesome privilege, Father, to be in your presence. We all thank you that you’ve allowed us to see this day. The Bible says that your mercies are new every morning, and Father God we give you the glory and honor. Thank you, God, for president Trump, Father, for appointing us, Father God, for anointing us to do this job.

Father, we pray that you’ll give the president, the vice president, wisdom, Father God, as they lead. Father, I pray for all of my colleagues that are here around the table and in this room.

Lord God, we pray that we would lead with a righteous clarity. Father God, as we serve the people of this country, every job that we have, Father, we would humble ourselves before you, and we would lead in a manner that you’ve called us to lead and to serve.

Father, the Bible says that The Bible says “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” But Father, we today honor you, and in your rightful place, Father, thank you for giving us this opportunity to restore faith in this country and be a blessing to the people of America.

And Lord God, today in our meeting, we pray that you would be glorified in our conversation.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Trump isn’t ready to pray himself, but it was a strong indication that even in matters of faith, the president is taking us back to our roots as Americans, where our founders acknowledged God even in matters of politics. It was refreshing to have someone open a meeting in prayer “in Jesus’ name.”

The Epoch Times catalogued five key takeaways from the meeting.

Government-Shrinking Efforts
Elon Musk, whose government efficiency efforts have sparked a media frenzy, was also at the Cabinet meeting to discuss his work.
“We do need to move quickly,” Musk told Cabinet members and reporters.

Achieving a trillion-dollar debt reduction in 2026, he said, requires saving $4 billion per day from now until the end of September.

“We can do it, and we will do it,” he said.

No Security Guarantees for Ukraine
Trump confirmed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Feb. 28 to sign a deal that would allow the United States access to the Eastern European country’s rare earth minerals.
While the deal could provide a financial boost to Ukraine as it looks to fend off Russia’s invasion, there are no security guarantees in the deal, according to Trump, despite the Ukrainians’ seeking them.

“I’m not going to make security guarantees beyond very much,” Trump said. “We’re going to have Europe do that.”

Taiwan Question
Trump was asked by a reporter whether it was his policy that communist China would never take Taiwan by force as long as he was president.

“I never comment on that. I don’t comment on any because I don’t ever put myself in that position,” Trump replied. “If I said it, I certainly wouldn’t be saying it to you. I’d be saying it to other people, maybe people around this table.”

Gold Card Visa Could ‘Sell Like Crazy’
During the Cabinet meeting, Trump shed more light on his new proposal to address the country’s mounting debt.

He recently proposed selling “Gold Card” visas to wealthy immigrants in exchange for a $5 million investment in the United States.

“I don’t know, maybe it will sell like crazy,” Trump told reporters.

‘I’m Not Stopping the Tariffs’
Trump said he would continue with his plan to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico despite a recent decline in border crossings.
“I’m not stopping the tariffs,” Trump said. “Millions of people have died because of the fentanyl that comes over the border.”

Soon after taking office, Trump announced broad 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada, citing illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking. His administration paused those tariffs for 30 days after the countries’ leaders announced separate plans to combat both issues.

Trump said the drop in border crossings was good but attributed that to policy changes with the Department of Homeland Security.

“That’s also due to us, mostly due to us,” he said.

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The Broadside | Trump Announces Dan Bongino As Deputy Director of the FBI and Things Are About to Get Real

Trump has put together one of the strongest and most unified teams in the history of our country, with Bongino being the latest high-profile addition.

What makes Bongino such a great pick is that he sees clearly the malfeasance of the FBI in its persecution of Trump and the January 6 prosecutions, along with the Russia! Russia! Russia! hoax. As a former Secret Service agent he understands how Washington runs. I think the Bondi, Patel, Bongino combo is truly a triple threat.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the three of them could start rooting out the rot at the FBI and investigate the who and how behind the weaponization of the agency. Most of all, I want to see bad actors go to jail. I mean, that’s what they tried to do to Trump, right? Put him in jail. We were constantly told that “no one is above the law,” correct? Well, let’s get to it, then.

Here’s a list to start with: James Comey. Adam Schiff. Nancy Pelosi. Tony Fauci. Barack Hussein Obama.

If you missed Kash Patel’s comments after being sworn in, I’ve embedded them below. The most inspiring thing he says is that he’s “living the American dream.”

He can hardly believe it.

This is the guy leading the law enforcement community across the country, and his deputy director is just as committed to defending and preserving the U.S. constitution.

Buckle up!

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The Broadside | The Senate Was Full of Surprises on Thursday

With Trump in the White House, every day is like Christmas.

WASHINGTON—The Senate on Feb. 20 confirmed Kash Patel as director of the FBI.

Senators voted 51–49 to confirm Patel, who gained prominence for exposing alleged FBI and Justice Department malfeasance during the Crossfire Hurricane probe into the Trump campaign. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) crossed the aisle to join Democrats in voting against Patel’s nomination.

In a post on social media platform X, his first post as FBI director, Patel called it an honor to lead the agency and said change is coming.

Murkowski and Collins need to be primaried because they’re basically Democrats. They can go join the other squish Republican, Mitch McConnell, who finally announced he would not seek reelection.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will not run for re-election in 2026 and will instead retire, the longtime senator announced Thursday.

McConnell has served in the Senate for decades, including as Senate majority leader under President Donald Trump’s first administration. McConnell is the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, and he announced his retirement on his 83rd birthday.

“Seven times, my fellow Kentuckians have sent me to the Senate,” McConnell said in prepared remarks to the Senate floor. “Every day in between, I’ve been humbled by the trust they’ve placed in me to do their business here. Representing our commonwealth has been the honor of a lifetime. I will not seek this honor an eighth time. My current term in the Senate will be my last.”

He’s made a career out of being a senator and has made the case for term limits. He’s been in the Senate for 40 years. I will allow that McConnell was responsible for setting Trump up to create a 6-3 conservative Supreme Court by not allowing Merrick Garland’s nomination to gain traction. (And we thank God for that, given the disaster that Garland proved to be as head of the DOJ during the last administration. Can you imagine him with a lifetime appointment on SCOTUS? Me, either!)

But McConnell also voted against the confirmations of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary. Frankly, I’m surprised he voted to confirm Patel. He also called January 6 a “violent insurrection,” which it certainly was not. And don’t forget that in 2022, McConnell shifted money away from important Senate races to help Murkowski defeat her Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka, while Republican Senatorial candidate Blake Masters, who was outspent 5-to-1 by Sen. Mark Kelly, got no help at all from McConnell.

It’s been a mixed bag with McConnell. I’m glad he’s out of leadership, and I’m glad he’s retiring.

Have a good weekend.