CBP One app will be shut down on first day by Kristi Noem

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1880298015342358583

Kristi Noem pledges to expose what really happened in the assassination attempts against President-elect Trump

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1880279127615558101

Shrine from the Bible sealed up by Jesus' ancestor is OPENED for the first time in 3,000 years

A place of worship sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus has been discovered in the ancient heart of Jerusalem, frozen in time for nearly 3,000 years.

Carved into the rock near Temple Mount, the structure comprises eight rooms, containing an altar, a sacred standing stone, and presses for olive oil and wine.

And experts believe its destruction may have featured in the Bible, which describes how Hezekiah – one of Jesus' ancestors – smashed idolatrous places of worship.

This was one such place, according to Eli Shukron, exacavation director for the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), who dated it to Hezekiah's reign.

He said: 'The structure ceased to function during the 8th century BC, possibly as part of king Hezekiah's religious reform.

'According to the Bible, Hezekiah sought to centralise worship at the temple in Jerusalem, abolishing the ritual sites scattered across the kingdom.

'The Bible describes how, during the First Temple period, additional ritual sites operated outside the temple.

'It says two kings of Judah – Hezekiah and Josiah – implemented reforms to eliminate these sites and concentrate worship at the temple.'

Both kings are identified as paternal grandfathers of Jesus by the Gospel of Matthew.

Hezekiah's crackdown against pagan places of worship – or 'high places' – is described in the second book of Kings.

It recounts how he 'removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones' and 'did what was right in the eyes of the lord'.

Remarkably, the sacred standing stone at the site survived his onslaught.

Shukron called it 'the most dramatic and important find in the excavation'.

'This is what makes this place a cultic site,' he said.

'When we uncovered it, we found it standing in its place, with stones around it.

'The standing stone was covered with earth; it was preserved – no one destroyed it.

'When we found it, it was exactly as it was here 2,800 years ago.'

Another room featured the remains of an altar, identifiable by a drainage channel which still ran from its corner.

And in one part of the site, mysterious v-shaped carvings marked the floor.

Their true purpose is lost to history, but they might once have supported some sort of tripod with ritual use.

Archaeologists also found a hoard of artifacts from the 8th century BC, sealed behind a stone wall in a cave.

These included cooking pots, jars with fragments of ancient Hebrew inscriptions, loom weights, scarabs, stamped seals with decorative motifs, and grinding stones used for crushing grains.

The site lies in the ancient heart of Jerusalem – sometimes called the City of David – just a few hundred metres from Temple Mount, and once co-existed with the First Temple there.

Excavations began in 2010, but the northern part of the ruins was discovered in 1909 by Montague Parker, a British adventurer searching for the Ark of the Covenant and other temple treasures.

Amichai Eliyahu, Israel's Minister of Heritage, said: 'This unique structure uncovered in the City of David is an exciting testimony to Jerusalem's rich past.

'Such discoveries make our connection and historic roots – going back thousands of years – tangible, in Jerusalem and other sites where the Jewish culture and belief system emerged.'

Shukron published his findings in 'Atiqot, the IAA's in-house journal.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14291409/Shrine-Bible-sealed-Jesus-ancestor-OPENED-3-000-years.html

Kristi Noem: I will abolish all disinformation boards at the DHS and will be a champion of free speech and First Amendment rights

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1880279215637168488

Bruce LeVell

@Bruce_LeVell

Colton Moore, a loyal, hardworking, pro-Trump Georgia State Senator, was handcuffed and arrested by the House Speaker after attempting to attend the State of the State session to fulfill his duties.

Previously suspended from the GOP caucus for helping lead the charge to end the corruption of Fani Willis, Moore tried to enter the chamber but was physically blocked from doing so. Law enforcement and guards were stationed outside the door, and when he attempted to proceed, he was wrestled to the ground.

@realColtonMoore deserves to be there to fight for his constituents!

https://x.com/bruce_levell/status/1879938160764891349

KanekoaTheGreat

@KanekoaTheGreat

BERNIE SANDERS: "Are Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg too wealthy and powerful? Do you agree with President Biden about an oligarchy?"

SCOTT BESSENT: "Those three billionaires all made their money themselves. Mr. Musk came to the country as an immigrant. Jeff Bezos…"

SANDERS: "Forget how they made their money… Do you believe it's an oligarchy?"

BESSENT: "Well, I would note that President Biden gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two people who I think would qualify for his oligarchs."

https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1879949916644258032

Oklahoma National Guard deploys engineers to build homes in Africa, but not North Carolina

Steve Baker - TPC

@TPC4USA

This should piss off every N.Carolinian. The Oklahoma National Guard are deploying engineers to The Horn of Africa to “work on infrastructure projects, including building homes and work related to plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems.”

As a reminder, NC Guard has 3 full battalions of engineers available to

@NC_Governor

Stein. None of whom are currently working in WNC to “work on infrastructure projects, including building homes and work related to plumbing, electrical and HVAC systems.”

Some NC-based leftard just today called me a propagandist for pointing out our state government’s failures in WNC. This one stings particularly hard, especially considering the unused, un-deployed manpower and resources already available here in our own state.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-01-15/oklahoma-national-guard-engineers-1120th-africa-deployment-16492366.html

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin reaches orbit in first test flight of massive Glenn rocket

https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1879799319693603137

O'Keefe's investigation leads to Jamie Mannina being busted by Predator DC in 2021 for meeting with an underage girl for sex

https://x.com/realjoshuareid/status/1879576876974219281

California abandons diesel truck ban and 3 other clean-air rules before Trump is sworn in

California has decided to abandon its groundbreaking regulations phasing out diesel trucks and requiring cleaner locomotives because the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to allow the state to implement them.

State officials have long considered the rules regulating diesel vehicles essential to cleaning up California’s severe air pollution and combating climate change.

The withdrawal comes after the Biden administration recently approved the California Air Resources Board’s mandate phasing out new gas-powered cars by 2035, but had not yet approved other waivers for four diesel vehicle standards that the state has adopted.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to revoke or challenge all zero-emission vehicle rules and California’s other clean-air standards. By withdrawing its requests for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval, the Newsom administration is signaling a dramatic step back as the state recalibrates in anticipation of the new Trump era.

“California has withdrawn its pending waiver and authorization requests that U.S. EPA has not yet acted on,” Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph said in a statement. “While we are disappointed that U.S. EPA was unable to act on all the requests in time, the withdrawal is an important step given the uncertainty presented by the incoming administration that previously attacked California’s programs to protect public health and the climate, and has said will continue to oppose those programs.”

Environmentalists were distressed, saying it puts communities at risk and dismantles key programs.

“To meet basic standards for healthy air, California has to shift to zero-emissions trucks and trains in the coming years. Diesel is one of the most dangerous kinds of air pollution for human health, and California’s diesel problem is big enough to cast its own shadow,” Paul Cort, director of the group Earthjustice’s Right To Zero campaign, said in a statement. The group called on “Governor (Gavin) Newsom, state legislators, and our air quality regulators to join us — to clean up our freight system and fix the mess EPA’s inaction has created.”

California’s Advanced Clean Fleet rule, which phases out diesel trucks, was one of the most far-reaching and controversial rules that California has enacted in recent years to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases. It would have ended the sale of new fossil-fuel trucks in 2036 and required large trucking companies to convert their medium and heavy-duty fleets to electric or hydrogen models by 2042.

The truck fleet rule was approved in 2022 after years of analysis, public hearings and discussions with industries and experts. It would have ended diesel’s stronghold on goods movement in the state, with potentially profound effects on the state’s environment and economy.

Trucking companies had already sued the state to stop the measure, saying electric and hydrogen big rigs are not practical for long-haul uses and that it would destroy the state’s economy.

“The California Trucking Association has consistently stated the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule was unachievable,” Eric Sauer, chief executive of the association, said in a statement. He said the industry would work with the state air board and EPA “to further reduce emissions in a technologically feasible and cost-effective manner. that preserves our State and the Nation’s critical supply chain.”

Diesel exhaust has been linked to cancer and contains fine particles that can trigger asthma and heart attacks as well as gases that form smog. Low-income, disadvantaged communities of color near ports, freeways and warehouses, especially in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area, have long complained about noxious and dangerous diesel exhaust.

The state withdrew three other measures regulating emissions from diesel-powered locomotives, commercial harbor craft and refrigeration unit engines that are hauled by trucks and rail cars.

Under the railroad rule, only locomotives less than 23 years old would have been allowed in California beginning in 2030, unless they were zero emissions. The rule also limited how long they could idle. People living in communities with trains and rail yards have long complained that the emissions are making them sick. Railroads said no viable zero-emission locomotive technology and infrastructure exists yet so the rule’s “timeline is impossible,” and that it would prematurely retire viable equipment and disrupt goods movement.

Under the Clean Air Act, Congress more than a half-century ago granted California the unique ability to set its own aggressive emission standards for cars, trucks and other vehicles because of its severe smog. But the federal EPA must grant California a waiver to implement them.

For decades, the EPA has granted California the waivers. Only one waiver was initially denied — a 2008 rule setting greenhouse gas emission standards for cars — and that decision was quickly reversed and the waiver granted.

But when Trump was last in office, his administration took aim at the state’s special status to enact stricter rules — one of the more significant environmental clashes of the first Trump era. The Biden administration in 2022 reversed those efforts.

California air-quality officials have been waiting for years for the Biden administration’s EPA to approve the last four rules, hoping that time wouldn’t run out. But the EPA failed to act in time.

Randolph told CalMatters that Biden’s EPA had informed California that it did not have time to complete the four waivers, prompting the air board to withdraw them.

“Once we knew that, we realized that we needed to deploy an offensive strategy to make sure that we maintained control of the waivers, and so we pulled them back,” Randolph said. “The Trump administration has not indicated a lot of support for our clean air and climate strategy, right? So our concern was that if we leave them hanging out there, we don’t know what they’re going to do with them. So we thought it would be better to maintain control.”

What’s more, Randolph said litigation will be increasingly likely under the incoming Trump administration so it was time to “protect and defend the work that we’ve already done.” Some business groups have already sued to try to block the mandate banning sales of gas-powered cars in 2035.

“We know there’s going to be a lot of litigation in the offing, whether it’s entities suing us, or us going on the offense and trying to protect our ability to move forward to address both air quality and climate change,” she said.

California may have to suspend any future rule-making for vehicles over the next four years of the Trump administration and rely instead on voluntary agreements with engine manufacturers, trucking companies, railroads and other industries.

“The California Air Resources Board is assessing its option to continue its progress as part of its commitment to move forward the important work of improving the state’s air quality and reducing harmful pollutants that contribute to poor health outcomes and worsen climate change,” Randolph said in the statement.

“It’s clear that the public health, air quality, and climate challenges that California faces require urgent action. We are ready and committed to continuing the important work of building a clean air future.”

The truck fleet rule would have affected about 1.8 million medium and heavy-duty trucks on California roads, including delivery trucks used by FedEx, UPS and Amazon. The trucking industry had cited the high costs of zero-emission vehicles, limited charging and fueling infrastructure, and the financial burden on small operators.

Some provisions, for drayage trucks that serve ports, were supposed to be implemented already, but the air board put them on hold pending the outcome of the Biden administration’s approval.

Some companies, including Pepsi, have already rolled out electric and hydrogen fleets. Amazon has deployed 50 heavy-duty electric trucks in Southern California as well as hundreds of electric vans nationally. Sales of zero-emissions trucks have increased despite no deadlines kicking in. In 2023, one out of every six medium and heavy-duty trucks sold in the state — more than 18,000 — were zero emissions.

https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/01/trump-california-withdraws-diesel-clean-air-rules/

US Border Patrol reportedly captures Russian mercenary carrying drone, 2 passports and $4K

A Russian mercenary was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents earlier this month after he illegally entered the U.S. near Roma, Texas, according to reports.

ValleyCentral.com in Harlingen, Texas reported that agents encountered Timur Praliev after he crossed the Rio Grande into Texas, carrying two passports and $4,000 on Jan. 4, 2025. He was ultimately arrested.

A criminal complaint acquired by the station shows that Praliev was questioned about his citizenship during the encounter and stated he was a citizen of Kazakhstan.

Another court document shows Praliev appeared in court last Tuesday with counsel and entered a guilty plea of knowingly and unlawfully entering the U.S. at a place other than as designated by immigration officers.

During the court hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda McColgan reportedly told the judge Praliev was also in possession of a drone in his backpack when he crossed into the U.S.

She added that when questioned, Praliev admitted to being a member of the Wagner Group.

The judge presiding over the case ruled Praliev was guilty as charged and ordered a term of imprisonment plus a special assessment of $10.

The station reported that when Praliev was asked if he had anything to say, he responded, "Nyet."

U.S. Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for more information on the matter.

In 2023, the U.S. Department of Treasury designated the Wagner group as a significant transnational criminal organization, which resulted in sanctions against the group and its supported network across multiple continents.

The Wagner Group has operated across several regions, including the Middle East, Africa and Venezuela, and has long caused "no end of problems for U.S. policymakers."

Since its inception in 2014, the group has been considered a proxy group of the Russian state abroad, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The group rose to prominence during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The group currently has approximately 50,000 personnel deployed to Ukraine, including 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts, according to U.S. officials.

Wagner has increasingly leaned on recruitment from prisons, which often include trained military veterans. U.S. intelligence has indicated previously that the Russian Defense Ministry has "reservations" about Wagner’s recruiting methods, but the group will continue to find fresh troops in prisons.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-border-patrol-reportedly-captures-010100773.html

'Drug-addicted rats' infesting Houston police evidence room

"Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the police department is required to store the evidence, officials said.

Houston Mayor John Whitmire, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare and Houston Police Chief J. Noe Diaz announced new steps Friday to dispose of drugs and other evidence kept at police headquarters downtown, some of which has been sitting there for decades, attracting rodents, even though cases they are linked to have long been adjudicated.

About 1.2 million pieces of evidence are kept in the evidence room downtown and at a second location, a property warehouse, including hundreds of thousands of pounds of drugs, officials said.

“We got 400,000 pounds of marijuana in storage,” Whitmire said. “The rats are the only ones enjoying it.”

Teare said Friday that drug evidence collected before 2015 that is no longer needed for cases will be destroyed. An old rule did not allow destroying drugs unless cases predated 2005.

His office will use its funds to dispose the drugs, Teare said.

A new position has been created in his office, filled by a senior attorney, who will work with law enforcement to help destroy evidence held at the two locations upon the immediate completion of a case, Teare and police spokesperson Jodi Silva said.

Prosecutors sent notifications this week to defense attorneys representing subjects in 3,600 open cases involving drug evidence, explaining that rats have been eating drugs held in the downtown evidence room, Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, said Wednesday.

He said that of the open cases, only one has evidence deemed compromised by rodents.

Asked whether the rodent problem in the downtown evidence room could compromise convictions, Lemaitre declined to answer, saying he's not an attorney.

Peter Stout, president and CEO of Houston Forensic Science Center, said at the media briefing that evidence held in storage rooms attracts rodents and critters of all types. It is a nationwide issue, Stout said.

“This is a problem for property rooms everywhere in the country — rodents, bugs, fungus, all kinds of things love drugs,” he said. “This is difficult getting these rodents out of there. I mean, think about it. They’re drug-addicted rats. They’re tough to deal with.”

To illustrate the problem, Diaz, the police chief, on Friday showed reporters cocaine seized in 1996.

He said of the suspect: “He pleaded to 20 years. He’s already out.”

Diaz said seized evidence that “has no more value within our legal system” must be destroyed. He also showcased marijuana from 1993 and said, “It just attracts rodents.”

"It’s not something that we can continue to do as a professional police agency," he said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drug-addicted-rats-infesting-houston-police-evidence-room-rcna187709

Legal Victory Secured for Young Adults in Pennsylvania Open Carry Case

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) scored a significant legal victory for young adults in Pennsylvania as the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to block the state police from arresting law-abiding 18-20-year-olds for openly carrying firearms during a declared state of emergency. The case, Madison Lara v. Commissioner Pennsylvania State Police, marks the second time the Third Circuit has ruled in SAF’s favor.

Joining SAF in the case were the Firearms Policy Coalition and three private citizens, including lead plaintiff Madison Lara. Represented by a legal team from Cooper & Kirk in Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights Defense Firm in Pennsylvania, the plaintiffs successfully argued that the state’s restrictions violated the constitutional rights of young adults.

Circuit Court Upholds Broad Second Amendment Protections

The case has been through a rigorous judicial journey. After the Third Circuit initially ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, the state appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court remanded the case back to the Third Circuit for reconsideration in light of its recent Rahimi decision. However, the appellate court determined that Rahimi did not alter their analysis and reaffirmed its ruling, ordering the District Court to issue an injunction against the state police.

Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge Kent A. Jordan stated, “It is undisputed that 18-to-20-year-olds are among ‘the people’ for other constitutional rights such as the right to vote, freedom of speech, the freedom to peaceably assemble, and the right against unreasonable searches and seizures. We therefore reiterate our holding that 18-to-20-year-olds are, like other subsets of the American public, presumptively among ‘the people’ to whom Second Amendment rights extend.”

Judge Jordan, a George W. Bush appointee, was joined by Judge D. Brooks Smith, another Bush appointee, while Judge L. Felipe Restrepo, an Obama appointee, dissented.

SAF Stands Firm on Young Adults’ Second Amendment Rights

SAF Director of Legal Operations Bill Sack praised the decision: “SAF has maintained all along that 18-20 year olds are unquestionably part of ‘the people’ contemplated by the Second Amendment who have the same rights to keep and bear that any other adult has. The Third Circuit already agreed with us once, and today it reaffirmed its decision.”

SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb also lauded the ruling, emphasizing that the Second Amendment is inclusive: “There is no language in the Second Amendment that applies only to some age-exclusive subset of the people. We’re delighted the Third Circuit once again has ruled in our favor, and we will continue defending that position.”

This decision strengthens protections for young adults’ right to bear arms and sets a precedent that could resonate in other jurisdictions, reaffirming the Second Amendment’s broad applicability across age groups.

https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/legal-victory-secured-for-young-adults-in-pennsylvania-open-carry-case/

Jesse Watters

@JesseBWatters

NEW: @shellenberger says LA firefighters haven’t been allowed to do their jobs. He says they should have been mobilized as early as January 3rd, and there are also 100 fire engines in repair shops right now that should’ve been fixed and ready to deploy. He lays out how firefighters have been demoralized again and again…

https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1879348049698509047

(2017) How Each Senator Voted on Trump’s Cabinet and Administration Nominees

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/31/us/politics/trump-cabinet-confirmation-votes.html

My house burned: here’s what I learned about insurance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMLjzNSthxU

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

If you’re a hardcore software engineer and want to build the everything app, please join us by sending your best work to code@x.com.

We don’t care where you went to school or even whether you went to school or what “big name” company you worked at.

Just show us your code.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1879531470886465545

Top 10 highest paid LA City employees

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1877632561679098243

Trump speaks with Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez

https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1880790394302312560

Mike Johnson shares shocking story of Biden’s incompetence

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1880602719754293249

They're gunna have to implement multi-planetary tax laws or some shit.