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Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000 Waste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts
Waste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts
Waste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts
Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations ,
Topline: A Dec. 18 report from the California State Auditor claims that Mendocino County is “vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse” after spending thousands of dollars on steakhouse dinners, unapproved donations and more .
The annual dinners are a trademark of local District Attorney C. David Eyster, who earned $211,484 from taxpayers in 2024, according to Open the Books’ payroll records .
Key facts: Law enforcement agencies can earn revenue by seizing property from convicted criminals, such as stolen cash or cars used to transport illegal drugs. California law requires local governments to use 15% of this asset forfeiture money to combat drug abuse and gang activity, but there are few restrictions on the other 85%.
Mendocino County held $1.5 million in asset forfeiture funding as of June 2025 , but the funds have been used for several purchases that state auditors “believe” to be illegal gifts in violation of the California Constitution.
In February 2025, the District Attorney’s office spent $3,600 on an “End of the Year Debriefing and Training” at a steakhouse, where dinner was served to employees and their spouses.
The office told auditors that spouses were invited to “foster a more inclusive and positive work environment.” The office also claimed that County CEO Darcie Antle approved the expense, but auditors found no evidence that was the case.
The District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office also used asset forfeiture funds to donate nearly $23,000 to 11 private groups “with little oversight or accountability,” the audit claimed. There were no requirements that the donations be used to benefit taxpayers.
One of the donations — $560 to the 11-99 Foundation, which supports the families of California highway patrol workers — was the exact amount needed to pay for dinner for eight people at the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser. The audit “could not determine” whether county employees actually attended the dinner. But if they did receive food in exchange for a donation of public funds, legal concerns would likely be raised.
Two donations of $5,000 each went to St. Mary of the Angels Catholic School. Religious schools are banned from receiving direct subsidies under both the California Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, according to the audit.
State auditors reviewed a sample of 30 other payments Mendocino County made since 2020 — using tax revenue, not asset forfeiture — and found issues with 13 of them. These included missing signatures to approve $500 worth of seat cushions, missing receipts for $370 in travel costs, and a lack of written justification for buying a 75-inch television for $1,099.
Mendocino County has increased its spending by 30% over the last five years, according to the audit. Its tax revenue has remained “relatively unchanged,” leading to budget deficits for the last three years.
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Summary: When a local government has an unbalanced budget three years in a row, lavish dinners for employees’ spouses should be the first expense to go.
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Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 19:15 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:50:00 +0000 US Eyes Private Security Contractors To Protect Oil Assets In Venezuela
US Eyes Private Security Contractors To Protect Oil Assets In Venezuela
US Eyes Private Security Contractors To Protect Oil Assets In Venezuela
A top White House priority for Venezuela in the aftermath of Nicolás Maduro is restarting and ramping up the country's oil production. But that's a tall order given many years of decaying and neglected infrastructure. Despite that Maduro's VP, now acting President Delcy Rodriguez, is currently running the country, there are still fears there could be a power vacuum if hostile forces challenge Caracas.
There's not just the question of a political challenge, or even military insurgency which could further destabilize the country, but the role of the cartels . All of this political and security uncertainty surrounds the question of rebooting the ailing oil industry - which though sitting atop the world's biggest proven oil reserves, has a derelict and largely defunct infrastructure for getting it out of the ground and refining.
Major oil companies are now being courted by the administration, which must convince them they can operate in enough safety to be successful , not just for the coming months, but for years down the line.
President Trump, however, is reportedly wary of placing American boots on the ground for what will be seen at home as another indefinite foreign occupation.
CNN reports Thursday that one administration plan being mulled right now is tapping military contractors , or mercenaries , to protect Venezuela's oil industry as American companies move in.
"Discussions about how to secure those assets remain in the early stages, sources said. Still, multiple private security companies are already jockeying to get involved in the US presence in Venezuela , according to a person familiar with the matter," the report describes. "Interest is high given the potential payday; during the Iraq War, the US spent s ome $138 billion on private security, logistics and reconstruction contractors."
CNN continues, "Last week, the Department of Defense put out a Request for Information to contractors about their ability to support possible US military operations in Venezuela, the person said." And already, "Contractors are also in touch with the State Department’s overseas building operations office to cite interest in providing security if and when the US embassy in Venezuela re-opens."
One military firm founder highlighted that going private is another aspect of "investment" in conquering and subjugating a foreign country Venezuela's energy industry "coming back" to the American people :
“Foreign investment comes back, and when it does, it brings a bunch of Navy SEAL dudes and Green Beret dudes and ninjas to keep them alive and safe,” Stern said. “It’ll look a lot like that in Venezuela.”
Turning to private contractors is certain to invite scrutiny. Over the past two decades, the US has relied heavily at times on private contractors, especially during the height of the Iraq War. But they were marred in controversy, from killing Iraqi civilians to allegations of war profiteering
Indeed, it's never a good look when Washington's talk of "liberating" a people from a "tyrant" quickly results in trigger-happy foreign mercenaries rolling into your local neighborhood barking orders backed by endless firepower - all for a cool hundreds of dollars per hour.
US oil companies are up against significant risk, with few "guarantees" given the billions what will need to be invested...
But at the very least, US oil majors which get deeper in extracting Venezuela's oil will be hiring their own security, at least on some level. Whether the Trump administration gets directly involved in writing major contracts for mercenary firms remains to be seen. Usually Erik Prince is circling the Pentagon right about now.
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 18:50 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:25:00 +0000 Devon-Coterra Tie-Up Would Create A New Permian Heavyweight
Devon-Coterra Tie-Up Would Create A New Permian Heavyweight
Devon-Coterra Tie-Up Would Create A New Permian Heavyweight
By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com ,
Coterra Energy is kicking the tires on what would be one of the biggest U.S. shale mergers in years, holding talks about a possible combination with Devon Energy, according to people familiar with the matter. Nothing is signed, nothing is guaranteed, but the market liked the idea enough to send shares of Coterra Energy sharply higher on the day.
The deal would be a classic all-stock shale mashup: two midsize operators with large footprints in the Permian Basin trying to bulk up as oil prices sit stubbornly around $60 a barrel.
Coterra carries a market value of roughly $20 billion, while Devon is closer to $24 billion.
A tie-up of this size would put it firmly into megadeal territory by shale standards.
This is a Permian land grab, plain and simple.
Putting neighboring Delaware Basin acreage under one roof makes drilling cheaper and operations cleaner.
The timing matters.
After a quiet year for dealmaking, consolidation is starting to reappear as bigger players move past recent acquisitions and smaller independents look for ways to keep up.
A Devon-Coterra tie-up would immediately put the combined company among the Permian’s top-tier producers.
Devon has also been dealing with softer crude prices and the lingering question of how much Venezuelan oil might eventually re-enter the market. That kind of uncertainty rewards operators that are efficient, conservative with capital, and financially flexible. In that environment, scale matters.
For now, talks are ongoing and could still fall apart.
But even floating the idea sends a clear message: in a choppier oil market, size, simplicity, and execution are back in fashion.
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 18:25 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000 Lindsey Graham Drowns Sorrows After Trump Refrained From Iran Attack On 'No Guarantees'
Lindsey Graham Drowns Sorrows After Trump Refrained From Iran Attack On 'No Guarantees'
NeoCon Senator Lindsey Graham wants to "go bigger" on Iran and is so disappointed that President Trump hasn't bombed it yet that he appears bar
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Lindsey Graham Drowns Sorrows After Trump Refrained From Iran Attack On 'No Guarantees'
NeoCon Senator Lindsey Graham wants to "go bigger" on Iran and is so disappointed that President Trump hasn't bombed it yet that he appears barely able to speak, with the color draining from his face.
Journalist Ryan Grim comments on the below video clip of Graham responding to the lack of action by the US, "His life force is being drained in front of us by the lack of bombing." When this armchair general is deeply disappointed and shattered by American non-action abroad, it without doubt means something good for America.
Dear Lindsey, the adults in the room took over, now go cry outside...
The Wall Street Journal reports that "President Trump was advised that a large-scale strike against Iran was unlikely to make the government fall and could spark a wider conflict , U.S. officials said, and for now will monitor how Tehran handles protesters before deciding on the scope of a potential attack."
By that moment of the briefing, Iran's streets had already gone largely silent, with Iranian security services firmly in control, and Tehran leadership vowing not to hold any executions. In short the demonstrations, riots, and crackdown had ceased.
Continues the WSJ, "The U.S. would need more military firepower in the Middle East both to launch a large-scale strike, protect American forces in the region and allies like Israel should Iran retaliate, the advisers told Trump, the officials said."
Still, it seems the world was very close to the US launching yet another war more "precision strikes" against a nation we are not actually at war with (still a possibility though!). Per the WSJ :
Trump, without making a final decision on which action he would take, asked for military assets to be in place should he order a big attack , the officials said.
“The president and his team have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday. “Only President Trump knows what he’s going to do and a very, very small team of advisors are read into his thinking,” Leavitt said.
But again, Lindsey's pain is America's gain .
Getty Images Here he is Thursday talking to reporters (in the above clip): "Should it be bigger or smaller? I’m in the camp of bigger. Time will tell." He then asserted that "the regime’s days are numbered."
When in doubt... sanction higher, the D.C. blob mantra says ...
The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on five Iranian officials it accused of being behind the crackdown on protests and said it was tracking Iranian leaders' funds being wired to international banks, as President Donald Trump keeps the pressure on Tehran.
The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on the Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security as well as Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and law enforcement forces commanders, accusing them of being architects of the crackdown.
What might happen in the next major Iranian protest go-around? The Islamic Republic's severe economic woes, and with yet more US sanctions being unleashed on Tehran, won't be getting better anytime soon.
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 18:00 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:40:00 +0000 Chaos Is The Strategy, And Too Many Are Helping It Succeed
Chaos Is The Strategy, And Too Many Are Helping It Succeed
Chaos Is The Strategy, And Too Many Are Helping It Succeed
Authored by Armstrong Williams via The Epoch Times,
Let’s dispense with the convenient fiction: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not the primary threat to our communities. The real danger lies in the growing normalization of disorder, intimidation and lawlessness—often wrapped in the language of “justice” but driven by something far less noble.
What we are witnessing is not spontaneous civic unrest. It is a sustained strategy of division, enabled by progressive activism untethered from accountability and amplified by legacy and social media ecosystems that reward outrage over truth.
This is not how a nation is conquered by force. This is how it is hollowed out from within.
Over the past several years, protests have increasingly crossed the line from expression to coercion—blocking streets, vandalizing property, intimidating citizens, and provoking confrontations with law enforcement. Too often, progressive leaders and activists refuse to draw a firm line between protest and chaos. Silence becomes endorsement. Justification becomes fuel. The result is a culture where disruption is valorized, and restraint is treated as complicity.
When rare and tragic mistakes occur in law enforcement, they are not treated as moments for sober examination or reform. They are instantly weaponized. Context is stripped away. Facts are subordinated to narrative. Grief is transformed into political leverage. The objective is not justice but rather ignition sparking unrest, delegitimizing institutions, and exhausting public trust.
Here is an inconvenient truth: It remains exceedingly rare for law enforcement officers to fire their weapons in the line of duty. The overwhelming majority—well over 90 percent—never discharge a firearm at all. Most encounters are resolved through deescalation, judgment, and professionalism under immense pressure. That reality rarely survives the media cycle.
Legacy media outlets, once entrusted with informing the public, too often act as accelerants rather than moderators. Complex incidents are flattened into morality plays. Headlines are written to inflame rather than inform. Progressive narratives are echoed uncritically, while inconvenient facts are buried below the fold or ignored entirely. The result is a distorted public understanding that erodes confidence in law enforcement and emboldens those who seek confrontation.
Social media makes it worse. Algorithms do not reward nuance; they reward rage. Viral clips divorced from context travel faster than corrections ever could. Activists understand this and exploit it, baiting confrontations designed to produce images that inflame rather than illuminate. The platforms profit. The country pays the price.
We saw this pattern clearly on Ivy League campuses, where protests metastasized into intimidation and disorder. Administrators hesitated. Media outlets romanticized the unrest. Progressive leaders excused it. Only after chaos became undeniable did order return—at significant cost to institutional credibility. The lesson should have been obvious. Instead, it was ignored.
Today, those same forces have seized on immigration enforcement as their next flashpoint. The deployment of ICE agents under President Donald Trump has become a new rallying cry—not because it represents an unprecedented threat but because it offers another opportunity to provoke confrontation and amplify grievance. This is not about policy disagreement. It is about power: who controls the narrative, who dictates the terms of public debate, and who benefits when enforcement collapses under pressure.
That said, responsibility does not rest on one side alone.
Trump, for all his emphasis on law and order, bears a duty to temper his rhetoric. Words matter, especially from the highest office in the land. Enforcement must be firm, but it must also be wise. Precision, not provocation, strengthens institutions. A tone that encourages restraint, judgment, and professionalism does more to uphold the rule of law than bombast ever could.
Likewise, law enforcement leadership must continue emphasizing deescalation as the standard, not the exception. Officers already do this every day, often without recognition. In those vanishingly rare moments when lethal force is used, the expectation must be clarity, accountability, and transparency—not political scapegoating or reflexive condemnation.
The progressive movement, however, must confront its own complicity.
A philosophy that treats enforcement itself as oppression, that excuses disorder as activism, and that relies on media distortion to advance its aims is not reformist—it is corrosive. A society cannot function when laws are optional, authority is demonized, and chaos is reframed as conscience.
History is unforgiving to nations that mistake outrage for virtue and division for progress. Democracies do not collapse because laws are enforced. They collapse when enforcement is delegitimized, institutions are undermined, and truth becomes subordinate to narrative.
If we are serious about justice, reform, and social cohesion, then restraint must apply to everyone—activists, media, political leaders, and law enforcement alike. Anything less is not resistance. It is surrender to chaos.
And chaos, once normalized, never confines itself to the causes that first unleashed it.
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 17:40 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:20:00 +0000 MrBeast Broke? Billionaire YouTuber Claims He Has "Negative Money" As Tom Lee Invests $200M
MrBeast Broke? Billionaire YouTuber Claims He Has "Negative Money" As Tom Lee Invests $200M
The allure of becoming a YouTube superstar often conjures images of endless wealth and effortless luxury. Yet for Jimmy Donaldson, better kn
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MrBeast Broke? Billionaire YouTuber Claims He Has "Negative Money" As Tom Lee Invests $200M
The allure of becoming a YouTube superstar often conjures images of endless wealth and effortless luxury. Yet for Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, the reality is more nuanced - and far less liquid.
In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal , Donaldson addressed the frequent media portrayal of him as a billionaire, clarifying the distinction between headline-grabbing net worth and actual cash on hand.
“It’s funny talking about my personal finances because no one ever believes anything I say , because they’re like, ‘You’re a billionaire,’” Donaldson said. “I’m like, that’s net worth. ”
“I actually … I have negative money right now. I’m borrowing money. That’s how little money I have ," he continued. "Technically, everyone watching this video has more money than me in their bank account if you subtract the equity value of my company, which doesn’t buy me McDonald’s in the morning, or whatever.”
Last June, Donaldson revealed he had asked his mother for financial help to cover costs related to his upcoming wedding to Thea Booysen, then 28. The couple has described plans for an intimate ceremony, far removed from the extravagance one might associate with a global media figure.
Forbes pegged his annual earnings at $85 million as of June 2025, while Fortune reported in September 2025 that his holding company, Beast Industries—which he owns a little more than half of—carried a $5 billion valuation . The conglomerate encompasses his YouTube operations, the Feastables chocolate brand, Lunchly snacks, and other ventures, with Donaldson’s personal net worth frequently cited around $2.6 billion on paper, according to the New York Post .
Yet Donaldson’s ventures have not been without its headaches.
The most prominent example is his virtual restaurant brand, MrBeast Burger, launched in 2020 through a partnership with Virtual Dining Concepts (VDC). The ghost-kitchen concept initially exploded, expanding to thousands of locations and generating substantial revenue via delivery apps. The momentum stalled amid persistent customer complaints about quality. Reviewers often described the burgers as "disgusting," "inedible," undercooked, or arriving in subpar condition , the Daily Mail reported.
In 2023, Donaldson sued VDC, seeking to end the partnership and alleging breach of contract, inadequate quality control, unpaid royalties, and irreparable harm from the inferior product - despite periods when the brand reportedly pulled in over $100 million . VDC countersued for up to $100 million, accusing Donaldson of breaching obligations, publicly disparaging the brand (including now-deleted social-media posts calling it a "bad deal"), and interfering with operations. Both parties claimed the other prioritized scale or personal interests over quality and mutual fairness. The legal dispute remains unresolved.
Tom Lee Is All In
Donaldson's cash crunch comes amid news that Donaldson's Beast Industries is about to receive a $200 million investment from Tom Lee's Bitmine Immersion Technologies , the world's leading ETH treasury company. Lee's investment will back a media property which boasts over 450 million subscribers and attracts over 5 billion monthly views. The deal closes on or around Jan. 19, CNBC
"It’s our view that ethereum, which is a smart contract platform, is the future of finance, where digitalization of not only dollars but stocks and equities [are] going to take place," Lee told "Squawk Box" Thursday. "Over time, that really blurs what is a service versus what’s digital money, and that’s where a collaboration and investment into Beast Industries makes sense."
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 17:20 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000 Ron Paul: Making Imperialism Great Again?
Ron Paul: Making Imperialism Great Again?
Ron Paul: Making Imperialism Great Again?
Authored by Ron Paul via the Mises Institute ,
It did not take long for President Trump to change the reason for sending the US military to “arrest” Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife . The allegation that President Maduro ran a drug cartel was front and center in the months leading up to President Maduro’s “arrest.” Afterwards, President Trump said the invasion was about Venezuela’s oil and announced plans for the US government to send American oil companies into Venezuela.
About a week after the invasion, President Trump had a meeting with executives from American oil companies to discuss plans for Venezuela . Some of the companies’ executives at the meeting were less than enthusiastic about developing Venezuelan oil. One reason for this is that, since the Venezuelan government nationalized oil activities twenty years ago, fracking has made the US the world’s leading producer of oil and natural gas. Rebuilding the oil industry in Venezuela could cost as much as a billion dollars for an uncertain payoff. Among the complications, Venezuelan oil does not easily flow though pipelines unless it is cut with solvents, making it more expensive to transport.
In his first press conference after the Venezuelan first couple was seized, President Trump said: “We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition.” He later stated that Maduro’s successor Vice President Delcy Rodriguez would “pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” if she does not adequately fulfill the US government’s demands.
Following the invasion of Venezuela, there have been suggestions that President Trump will direct the US military to invade other countries as well. For example, Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio said, “if I lived in Havana and I was in the government, I’d be concerned.”
To no one’ s surprise, Senator Lindsey Graham was delighted by the possibility that Venezuela was just the first of many regime change wars President Trump will wage. Senator Graham even got President Trump to autograph a Make Iran Great Again hat. Many Iranian victims of the Shah of Iran’s secret police might disagree with Senator Graham on whether having the CIA install another puppet government in Iran will make that country great.
President Trump’s newfound love of regime change wars may be one reason why he is seeking to increase the military budget to 1.5 trillion dollars . President Trump claims that tariff revenue can fund the increase, but that is simply not possible. The majority of the increase in spending would come from other taxes, including the Federal Reserve’s regressive and hidden inflation tax.
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that there is much less support for an “activist” US foreign policy among Americans under 50 than among older Americans. This is the case among both Democrats and Republicans. In fact, the differing view on foreign policy among younger people was a major factor behind President Trump’s support from younger people in 2024. Continued betrayal by President Trump of his no more regime change wars pledge will cause the president and the Republicans to lose support among younger voters.
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 17:00 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:40:00 +0000 President Trump Unveils 'The Great Healthcare Plan'
President Trump Unveils 'The Great Healthcare Plan'
President Donald Trump unveiled what he's calling "The Great Healthcare Plan" on Thursday morning, promising to fundamentally restructure how Americans purchase and pay for
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President Trump Unveils 'The Great Healthcare Plan'
President Donald Trump unveiled what he's calling "The Great Healthcare Plan" on Thursday morning, promising to fundamentally restructure how Americans purchase and pay for healthcare by cutting out insurance company middlemen and putting money directly into consumers' hands.
Trump’s plan targets prescription drug prices, insurance premiums, and industry transparency. At the heart of the plan is a radical shift in how healthcare subsidies work—rather than payments flowing to insurance companies, the government would send money directly to individuals who would then shop for their own coverage.
"Instead of putting the needs of big corporations and special interests first, our plan finally puts you first and puts more money in your pocket," Trump said in his announcement. "The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own healthcare. Nobody's ever heard of that before, and that's the way it is."
A central component of the plan locks in discounts on prescription drugs through Trump's Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Agreement.
“Now, when you hear about that, for 40 years they've been trying to do it, but they never were able to do it,” Trump said. “No other president was able to do it. I got every other country to approve it.”
He added, “By the use of tariffs and other things, they all approved it. Nobody else got it. No other president got it.”
The president projected dramatic savings, stating that "prescription drugs will come way, way down" with some medications seeing price reductions of between 300-500% starting this month at TrumpRx.gov . Rather than Americans paying the highest drug prices globally, Trump promised they would now pay the lowest international rate.
"The lowest price in the world is what you're gonna pay," he promised. "Before you were paying the highest price in the world by far, and the politicians did nothing about it."
Trump also took aim at Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
“Obamacare was designed to make insurance companies rich,” he said.
“I call it the Unaffordable Care Act, with billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies that helped their stock prices skyrocket over 1,700% as you paid more money for healthcare every single year. More and more, the premiums went higher and higher.”
According to Trump, his plan would redirect those subsidies from insurers to individual health savings accounts, allowing consumers to purchase their own coverage.
"You'll make a great deal. You'll get better healthcare for less money,"
Additional premium reductions would come from eliminating "giant kickbacks to insurance brokers and corporate middlemen" and fully funding the Cost Sharing Reduction program, a previously neglected provision that could cut premiums on popular Obamacare plans by 10 to 15 percent.
Another key component of the plan is mandatory transparency measures to expose industry pricing practices. The plan would require insurance companies to publish rate and coverage comparisons "in very plain English" and disclose detailed information about claim payouts versus profits.
"In other words, you will be able to watch the scam,"
The plan would require insurers to disclose claim denial rates and appeal outcomes, while forcing any hospital or insurer that accepts Medicare or Medicaid to publicly post all prices. The goal is to eliminate surprise costs and give patients real visibility into what they’re paying for.
President Trump said transparency would let patients shop smarter. “You are never surprised, and you can easily shop for a better deal or better care,” he explained, adding that consumers would end up with “a better deal and better care.” Invoking the idea that sunlight is the best disinfectant, Trump argued that full price visibility would drive competition and push costs down.
While Trump can implement some measures through executive action, he acknowledged he can’t do this alone.
“I’m calling on Congress to pass this framework into law without delay, have to do it right now, so that we can get immediate relief to the American people, the people I love,” he said.
More details about the plan can be found on the White House website .
Tyler Durden Thu, 01/15/2026 - 16:40 Close Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:20:00 +0000 "The Left Is Coming For Us"; Larry Klayman Warns "It's Going To Get More And More Violent"
"The Left Is Coming For Us"; Larry Klayman Warns "It's Going To Get More And More Violent"
"The Left Is Coming For Us"; Larry Klayman Warns "It's Going To Get More And More Violent"
Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com ,
Renowned Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch USA, has long predicted (along with other top intel experts ) increasing violence from the Left in a Marxist style Bolshevik Revolution.
As money is cut off by the Trump Administration and legal pressure mounts for prosecuting Democrats for everything from fraud to sedition, you can expect the Left to dramatically increase the violence to try to destabilize America . Klayman explains, “Here’s what’s going to happen..."
"Department of Homeland Security Secretary Noem has a death warrant on her. They are chanting ‘kill Kristi Noem.’
It’s going to get more and more violent. The more they are checked legally, the more set back on their heels legally, the more violent they become, that is why the American people need to arm up. They need to be prepared.
Don’t use weapons offensively, but defensively.
The Left is coming for us. . .. It’s going to get extremely violent. That is their intention.
That is their desire, and that is what’s going to happen.”
What got the Left to increase the violence? Klayman says, “I believe the trigger was Venezuela a week or so ago..."
" We knew that was going to have a ripple effect, and it means business. The President has cut off money, not just to Cuba, Iran and China with regard to oil revenues, but it shows his strength of resolve, and they frankly freak out over that.
Then there are the ICE activities in Minnesota, which is one of the most corrupt and left-leaning states in this country.
The Left is panicking, and they were always going to go to violence. That is their modus operandi.
That is the Bolshevik way of doing things. That’s Karl Marx, and the way the Soviet Union was brought down by the communists.
These people are communists. They are Islamists. There are good Muslims, but these are not those.
They are united in the form of Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz and that crazy mayor Jacob Frey. They are using Minnesota as ground zero to do this.”
Other big legal news is a grand jury empaneled in Florida, which is going to look into partisan investigations on President Trump , including an FBI raid of his home at Mar-a-Lago in 2022. Klayman says:
“We do have a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, which is the same district where I practice, and it is also the same district where Judge Aileen Cannon is. She is probably the one who empaneled this grand jury.
She found President Trump did not commit any violations with regard to the documents found at Mar-a-Lago. There is a reason why it was filed in Fort Pierce.”
Klayman says some Republicans in Congress are not totally committed to stopping the fraud and crime of the Left. Klayman points out:
“Congresswoman Nancy Mace went to the oversight committee and asked for a subpoena to be issued for Ilhan Omar with regard to marrying her brother, with regard to tax fraud and all kinds of illegal acts.
Congressmen James Comer and Jim Jordan denied the request of Mace. That is unbelievable!”
There is much more in the 42-minute interview.
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Watch: This Is Just Absolutely Insane
Watch: This Is Just Absolutely Insane
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
In an incredible Senate hearing meant to address the dangers of abortion pills sold online without proper oversight, a Democratic witness turned the spotlight on herself by refusing to acknowledge that only women can get pregnant.
Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN tapped by Democrats, evaded direct questions from Republicans, prioritizing “identities” over scientific fact. This exchange highlights how insane woke ideology has infiltrated even medical testimony, undermining protections for women and enabling potential abuse through lax regulations on chemical abortions.
The hearing exposed real risks, like men coercing women into abortions by easily obtaining pills online—no in-person checks required. Yet Verma couldn’t—or wouldn’t—affirm basic truths, leaving observers questioning how such “experts” hold medical licenses in the first place.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee convened on Wednesday to examine the safety of mifepristone, the abortion pill increasingly distributed via mail and telehealth.
Republicans highlighted cases of coercion, including one where a male physician forced pills on his girlfriend after she refused a spiked drink. Senators also shared stories of abusive partners exploiting online access to these drugs, with one staffer nearly ordering pills under a male name like “Michael” to prove the point.
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But it was an unbelievable exchange between Senator Josh Hawley and Dr. Nisha Verma that garnered all the attention. Verma serves as a senior advisor to Physicians for Reproductive Health, an organization advocating for abortion access. She’s a board-certified OB-GYN and abortion provider who has testified before Congress previously.
According to her profile , Verma is also a medical school professor, but her reluctance to address straightforward biology raises serious doubts about her adherence to evidence-based medicine. It’s a stark example of ideology trumping science.
The fireworks started when Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL) pressed Verma on the risks of men obtaining abortion pills to harm women. “Can men get pregnant?” Moody asked.
Verma responded, “I treat people with many identities.”
Unsatisfied, Hawley (R-MO) took over, repeatedly seeking clarity. “Can men get pregnant?”
“I’m not sure what the goal of the question is,” Verma replied.
Hawley clarified: “The goal is to establish a biological reality. Can men get pregnant?”
Verma doubled down: “I take care of people with many identities.”
Hawley persisted: “Can men get pregnant?”
“Again, as I’m saying-” Verma began, before Hawley interjected: “You said science and evidence should control. Can men get pregnant? You’re a doctor, I think.”
“Science and evidence should guide medicine,” Verma said.
Hawley pushed: “Do science and evidence tell us that men can get pregnant?”
“I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool,”
Hawley fired back: “It is not polarizing to say that women are a biological reality and should be treated and protected as such; that is truth.”
He later added that it “is deeply corrosive to science, to public trust and yes, to constitutional protections for women as women” not to acknowledge that only biological females can get pregnant.
This isn’t the first time leftist witnesses have twisted biology in abortion hearings.
But Verma’s evasions stand out as particularly egregious.
Episodes like this underscore the left’s detachment from reality, where protecting women from exploitation takes a backseat to appeasing radical activists. Biological facts aren’t negotiable—they’re essential to safeguarding freedom and common sense. If we let ideology override science, we risk more than just hearings; we risk the very foundations of truth in our society.
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