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John Podesta, Biden’s top climate czar, was in charge of doling out $375 billion in climate change spending, which had been sent to many charities founded only months ago. The New York Post wrote: The Biden administration funneled at least $20 billion dollars into environmental groups, most of which had only recently been founded. In one case, former Vice President Kamala Harris handed over a check for nearly $7 billion to Bethesda, Maryland, based group Climate United Fund, which does not appear in the IRS’s charities database, and has no federal filings. in 2024, EPA adviser Brent Efron was caught on video saying the EPA had rushed out its $20 billion in climate funding. “Get the money out as fast as possible before they [Trump administration] come in … it’s like we’re on the Titanic and we’re throwing gold bars off the edge.” EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is working with the FBI and DOJ on the eight groups tied to the “gold bars” scheme. Zeldin said “the director of the greenhouse reduction fund left an NGO to come to the Biden administration, becomes the director of the greenhouse reduction fund, and gave their former employer $5 billion.” One CEO who applied for a $20 million grant sat on the Biden White House environmental justice council, which had only received $3 million over the prior three years. The EPA has learned that $2 billion was set aside for a climate change group, Power Forward Communities, which is associated with Democrat Stacey Abrams, even though the organization had only reported $100 in revenue. “We want to reestablish more oversight controls. We want to have accountability over every penny. I want to have the ability to sit before Congress and you can ask me 20 of your top questions, and I want to have answers for every single one of them on top of my head,” says Zeldin.

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“I’m like, actually, if you just literally took Clinton’s words and Gore’s words, they’re the same words we’re using, almost identical,” Musk said. “So, I mean Clinton and Gore sound like what would today be called far-right Republicans by saying, ‘Yes, we need to, you know, not have crazy deficits, and we do have sensible spending.’ That’s what they were saying — we’re saying the same thing.” https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-defends-doge-cuts-184540974.html

The head of the FBI's New York field office, James Dennehy, has retired from the bureau after being directed to do so. This is the field office which initially did not provide the Epstein files to Pam Bondi.

OPEC+ has finally decided to go through with its long-delayed oil production increase, adding 138,000 barrels per day to its production plans beginning in April. It’s the first output hike for OPEC since 2022, marking a cautious step toward unwinding the 2.2 million bpd in cuts the cartel has been clinging to like a security blanket. The decision comes as President Trump renews his calls for lower oil prices, pressuring Saudi Arabia and its allies to pump more. With crude hovering around $71 per barrel and a volatile mix of geopolitical and economic uncertainty in play, including U.S. sanctions on Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, plus a looming global tariff war, OPEC+ didn’t have an easy time deciding this move. The OPEC announcement tanked US oil stocks yesterday and today.

President Trump has told the leaders of Japan and China they can not continue to reduce the value of their currencies, as doing so would be unfair to the United States. "I've called President Xi, I've called the leaders of Japan to say you can't continue to reduce and break down your currency. You can't do it because it's unfair to us. It's very hard for us to make tractors, Caterpillar here, when Japan, China and other places are killing their currency, meaning driving it down. Instead of complaining repeatedly over the phone over such attempts, the US can make up for the disadvantage its manufacturers suffer by imposing tariffs."

The European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation European Union, now admits that it could free up $841 billion (€800 billion) for defense spending. Once the US says we're not going to pay for their defense anymore, they suddenly have the money to make up the difference.

I haven't forgotten. It remains front burner with me. Intelligent Americans knew it was a scam, orchestrated by big business and politicians on kickbacks, but were powerless to do anything about it. This 25 percent import tariff basically short circuits NAFTA. If one wants to sell in the USA, one should produce in the USA. This is the tone in China, India, Brazil, Russia and other large countries. Protectionism is proper. Look out for your own. For example, don't allow your DoJ to authorize the sell-off of 75 percent of your commercial truck makers to foreign aggressors. That's called sabotage by traitors. Put the national interest before the self-serving wants of big business, and the country will profit from it. Observe the countries that do, and note the has been countries that didn't.

There are so many automotive and commercial truck plants in Mexico, plus an ocean of supporting supplier plants, it would take me an hour to list them all. And of course, a significant amount of that production arrives in the US. What Bill Clinton and corporate American did, creating NAFTA under entirely false pretenses, was criminal.

"Tariffs are actually, we've had a lot of experience with them. They’re an act of war, to some degree. Over time, they are a tax on goods. I mean, the tooth fairy doesn’t pay them." Warren Buffett

DOGE at work: $1.9 million for DEI trainings in the Air Force $3.5 million contract at Defense Human Resources Activity for support of DEI groups. $6 million to the University of Montana to strengthen American democracy by bridging dividers $1.6 million to the University of Florida to study social and institutional detriments of vulnerability and resilience to climate hazards in the African Sahe $256 million - USAID contract for Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative $682 million - USAID contract for Global Health Training, Advisory and Support $597 million - 7 year IT services contract from USAID vendor Salient CRGT Inc.

"We got them [Epstein files] all by Friday 8am... a truckload of evidence," says Attorney General Pam Bondi . "And why were they sitting in the Southern District of New York? I want a full report on that. You know, sadly, these people don't believe in transparency. But I think more unfortunately, I think a lot of them don't believe in honesty. It's a new day. It's a new administration, and everything's going to come out to the public. The public has the right to know Americans have a right to know." Given the very suspicious reported circumstances, will we ever learn with certainty how he actually died?

Attorney General Pam Bondi is preparing to file federal charges against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for instructing illegal aliens on how to avoid ICE.

Defense Secretary Hegseth has changed the name of Fort Moore in Georgia back to Fort Benning. Fort Benning was named for Confederate Brigadier General Henry L. Benning who won the respect of his peers at the Battle of Antietam, Gettysburg and Chickamauga. Now, Fort Benning will be named in honor of Corporal Fred G. Benning, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross who served in France during World War I. Benning was honored for heroic actions in October 1918, when he led troops through heavy fire after his platoon leader was killed by the enemy.

Speaking on the worsening economy, from 1:55 .

https://www.twz.com/sea/warships-caked-in-rust-prompting-late-night-trump-texts-to-navy-secretary-nominee

Honda has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-honda-produce-next-civic-082707249.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14453793/CNN-rejects-Joe-Rogan-fueled-conspiracy-theory-Trumps-infamous-rally-Butler-Pennsylvania.html