Trump's Comeback: Hogan Gidley (interview) | FRONTLINE

Jan 30, 2025

This a really great and long video on Trump’s re-election, a lot of things about who Trump really is

Hogan Gidley served as principal deputy White House press secretary in the first Trump administration and in 2020 became press secretary for Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. He now serves as the vice chair for the Center for Election Integrity at the America First Policy Institute and as a consultant to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

Trump’s Unlikely Comeback

How remarkable was it that Donald Trump was elected again? What does it say about him?

We will never see anything like this in the lifespan of this country, I think, ever again. It wasn’t just the most historic, most improbable, impossible comeback; it was a roar-back. He didn’t just squeak by. He won all of the swing states, won the popular vote, which a Republican hadn’t done since [George W.] Bush, I think. It says that Donald Trump has an ability to communicate a simple, strong, sharp message directly to the American people.

And what was so fascinating about this race is that it was both the longest presidential race in history and the shortest, because it started so long with [Joe] Biden, and then all of a sudden, it got condensed to 90 days with Kamala Harris. And so watching the ebbs and flows of this race, where an assassination attempt would have led the news for the duration of a campaign, but he had two. And then they changed candidates. I mean, the news cycle was so oppressive and intrusive in so many people’s lives. It moved so quickly.

But it’s just such an amazing story to have a president who could run on a campaign of not, “Here’s what I’m going to do. I promise, if you elect me, I’m going to try and do.” It's, “I did this before. I can do it again.” Both Biden and Trump—both Trump and Harris had records in office, which is very rare in these types of situations, and one of them actually was a president. So the fight began with talking about what he was able to accomplish the first time and what he could do again. Really a fascinating time in our country’s history.

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https://youtu.be/wxmtdvmegS4

>>22873598 Lara Trump: Dem leadership thought this would 'never' happenPN

Lara doing this in segments

Brett Cooper: It's 'incredibly' cool to be a Republican now(she was a child actor)

Conservative commentator Brett Cooper tells the backstory of how she made her way on the political scene and her take on generational politics on 'My View with Lara Trump.'

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https://youtu.be/TEiAx3URpGc

‘No algorithm, no deal,’ says China expert: SHUT DOWN TIKTOK!

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang highlights his concerns with TikTok and the social media app’s ties to China on ‘Fox Report

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https://youtu.be/E7cTmTuAkss

Making America ‘FREE’ Again: Stephen Miller defends Trump’s historic action

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller criticizes the opponents of President Donald Trump’s agenda on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’

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https://youtu.be/14_0uP-Ud34

Incoming Trump official shares heartwarming story of overcoming addiction

Incoming Deputy Assistant to the President for Minority Outreach Lynne Patton speaks on how she'll serve the Trump administration and opens up about her personal story of perseverance on 'My View with Lara Trump

(Black voters were 25-26% in 2024 election, not 15%)

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https://youtu.be/aJw_RlcI0yU

Piers Morgan: I could tell Biden was 'ga-ga' all the way from London

Piers Morgan Uncensored' host Piers Morgan shares how he felt amid former President Joe Biden's apparent decline while in office on 'Fox News Saturday Night.'

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https://youtu.be/8x0R7xMjNjQ

>>22874599

I’ve never seen Piers Morgan funny, he was actually funny there

>>22873616 DOGE is reportedly organizing a hackathon to build a “mega API” for the IRSPN

DOGE Tracker

@Tracking_DOGE

DOGE PLANS IRS ‘MEGA API’ HACKATHON

DOGE is reportedly organizing a hackathon to build a “mega API” for the IRS —aiming to centralize access to sensitive taxpayer data in one unified system.

DOGE staffers Gavin Kliger and Sam Corcos (CEO of healthtech startup Levels) are spearheading the project. Corcos has described thegoal as creating “one API to rule them all,” simplifying access to names, SSNs, tax returns, and employment info for cloud providers.

Third-party vendors like Palantir are said to be under consideration to manage parts of the system, raising alarms inside the IRS.(when the IRS is alarmed they are only admitting crimes)

Source: WIRED

https://x.com/Tracking_DOGE/status/1908690539182252407

DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants

The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without authorization.

April 5, 2025 at 9:51 a.m.

The Internal Revenue Service building on Feb. 23, 2025. Homeland Security officials are seeking to use the tax agency's data to find millions of people suspected of being in the country illegally.

Federal immigration officials are seeking to locate up to 7 million people suspected of being in the United States unlawfully by accessing confidential tax data at the Internal Revenue Service, according to six people familiar with the request,a dramatic escalationin how the Trump administration aims to use the tax system to detain and deport immigrants.

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security had previously sought the IRS’s help to locate 700,000 people who are subject to final removal orders and had asked the IRS to use closely guarded taxpayer data systems to provide their names and addresses.

The two agencies have still not reached an agreement on how much data, or how, IRS will share.

But immigration enforcement officials on Thursday increased the volume of their request, according to the people familiar with it, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of professional reprisal.DHS officials initially said they would send preliminary queries about 2 million taxpayers, and eventually seek help locating 7 million individuals, the people said.

Federal officials estimate there areroughly 11 million undocumented immigrantsin the United States. (50 million+ they never count those that came before)

IRS officials were aghast, according to people familiar with the discussion, and lawyers from both agencies have spent recent days negotiating the details. Acting IRS Commissioner Melanie Krause has told subordinates she expects the agency to ultimately comply with the Trump administration’s aim of using IRS systems to help in immigration enforcement, The Post has reported.

“While we have nothing to share regarding any potential discussions, the United States Treasury is fully committed to supporting our partner agencies in executing the President’s America First agenda,” a Treasury spokesperson said in a statement, issued on the condition of anonymity because of a department policy.

Representatives from DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the IRS did not respond to requests for comment.

Normally, personal tax information — even an individual’s name and address — is considered confidential and closely guarded within the IRS. Unlawfully disclosing tax data carries civil and criminal penalties. (The laws in U.S. only apply to citizens)

=+But that information can be shared with law enforcement under limited circumstances, usually with permission from a court, to build a criminal investigation.==

It would be highly unusual, and perhaps illegal, the people said, to use tax data to enact criminal penalties. IRS executives told Homeland Security officials that their request likely violates the narrow criminal investigation exemptions. Simply being in the country illegally is a civil, not criminal, offense. (Are you kidding the IRS harasses and penalizes everyday Americans for if they are short $7.00 in tax, which happened to me. Two years of harassment)

==If approved, the agreement would represent a significant shift in how federal agencies manage both taxpayer information and immigration enforcement.=+

The IRS has for years reassured undocumented workers that their tax information is confidential and that it is safe for them to file income tax returns without fear of being deported.

Undocumented immigrants pay tens of billions of dollars in federal taxes each year. Undocumented workers’ wages are subject to the same tax withholding and reporting requirements that apply to other U.S. residents. Many immigrants file tax returns and save them in hopes that a record of paying taxes will one day help them make a case to apply for legal residency. The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, for instance, granted permanent legal status to undocumented migrants who had paid back taxes, among other requirements.

On its website, the IRS says undocumented immigrants “are subject to U.S. taxes in spite of their illegal status.” Because most are ineligible for Social Security numbers, the IRS allows them instead to file with individual taxpayer numbers, known as ITINs.

The IRS has already rejected previous DHS requests to share taxpayer information for immigration enforcement purposes during the Trump administration…

https://archive.is/1DyOM

Tesla Owners Silicon Valley

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BREAKING: Elon Musk hopes that the United States and Europe will have zero trade tariffs

“I hope it is agreed that both Europe and The United States should move ideally in my view to a zero tariff situation, effectively creating a free trade zone between Europe and North America.”

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Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸

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Unhinged leftist threatens Michigan school board member with a Luigi Mangione scenario.

This happened on Monday when Ian Seaman threatened Grosse Pointe Public Schools Board of Education Trustee Sean Cotton.

Seaman ended by saying, “You might be a Brian Thompson.”

Jail Seamen.

8:24 PM · Apr 4, 2025

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Trustee vows to stay on after apparent threat at Grosse Pointe school board meeting 1/2

‘Fortunate for you, I’m no Luigi … but you might be a Brian Thompson’

By Scott McClallen | April 3, 2025

A Grosse Pointe Schools trustee is defiant after receiving an apparent death threat during a March 31 school board meeting.

“Fortunate for you, I’m no Luigi,” local activist Ian Seaman said in a video clip posted to a local Facebook group. “But to some disgruntled teen with his or her father’s pistol or rifle, any of the other things you prefer in school other than rainbow flags, you might be a Brian Thompson.”

The comment was a reference to Luigi Mangione, who allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in December. Video shows Seaman wearing a backpack, as Mangione did during the shooting of Thompson. The audience applauded after Seaman's comments, the video shows.

Seaman's comments were directed at Trustee Sean Cotton, whose family previously owned hospitals in the region.

Seaman claimed to be upset over school policy on hanging gay pride flags in classrooms. Cotton noted that the Grosse Point Public School System's Policies & Guidelinesdocument does not contain policies related to flags. He told Michigan Capitol Confidential he believes Seaman has been radicalized by political opposition whose "months of reckless demagoguery that used me as a boogeyman contributed directly to his actions and the threat he made against my life."

Cotton and other board members expressed shock after Seaman's statement.

“You don’t always have your life threatened right here, and that guy Ian Seaman, he absolutely just did threaten my life,” Cotton told the assembled crowd. “From my exercising representative government and democracy and the First Amendment, that’s pretty disconcerting.”

After ensuring that Seaman had left the location, Cotton filed a report with the Grosse Pointe Farms police department, he told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email.

https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/news/trustee-vows-to-stay-on-after-apparent-threat-at-grosse-pointe-school-board-meeting

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2/2

“While he did not explicitly mention my background in healthcare, it is clear he had done his homework, and I believe he likely knew of my former role,” Cotton said. “He ranted about my ownership of our community’s local newspaper, my political donations, and was clearly very angry and agitated about my participation in the democratic process.”

The death threat won’t stop him from serving the school district, the alumnus of Grosse Pointe South Class of ‘95 said.

“While the incident was unsettling, it will not deter me from continuing to serve the Grosse Pointe community,” Cotton said. “I sought this role to help preserve and strengthen our public schools, championing academic excellence, fiscal responsibility, and long-term stability. That mission remains as important to me today as ever.”

In a phone intereview with CapCon, Seaman countered that the statement was intended to draw attention to the risks of extremism and gun violence. The comment wasn’t a threat, he said, and the board should be more respectful of public commenters.

“I explicitly said I would never do that,” Seaman said. “I am not (Mangione). But if we keep not listening to people and what they need, we are in an environment where someone could do something drastic. That should be a scary thought for everyone.”

The threat typifies extreme views held by many transgender activists, Matthew J. Wilk, president of Get Kids Back to School Inc, told CapCon.

“What you saw Monday at the school board meeting was appalling but sadly predictable,” Wilk said in a text message. “Progressive political organizations have been pushing that a reversion to a traditional view of sex, one that has been understood on this planet for thousands of years, is somehow ‘violence’ against those with gender dysphoria. It isn’t.”

He called on those in the crowd who applauded the death threat to “knock it off before someone tragically acts on their rhetoric.”

The Office of the Attorney General can’t determine whether a real threat was made, saidAttorney General Dana Nessel’s Press SecretaryDaniel Wimmer in an email to CapCon.

“Whether a threat was effectuated would require some degree of investigation that I am unable to conduct, via email as the press secretary for the department,” Wimmer wrote. “If you or anyone else believe a crime has been committed, we would encourage you to contact local law enforcement or your nearest Michigan State Police post.”

Cotton said public servants must remain strong in the face of intimidation.

“I believe deeply in democracy and in the importance of representative government,” Cotton told CapCon. “These are the bedrock principles of our nation. To serve in an elected role is both an honor and a responsibility. Threats and intimidation cannot be allowed to silence public servants or any citizen who chooses to participate in civic life.”

Citizen Free Press

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ATTENTION SECRET SERVICE | THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ASSASSINATION THREAT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ELON MUSK.

From Elad Eliahu

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Trump War Room

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MUST WATCH breakdown of how America Last trade policy gutted U.S. industry:

@StephenM: "The original sin was that we created a tax system that punished you for making something in America and rewarded you for making something in China or a foreign country."

@Taylor47: "The political class didn’t do anything about it—they allowed it to happen!"

@USTradeRep: "The goal very clearly was to remove U.S. tariffs and trade barriers to make it easier for people to outsource to China."

8:41 PM · Apr 4, 2025

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https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1908318952838594601

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‘Liberation Day’—For Mexico

The Mexican president smells economic opportunity.

While most of the world was left shocked and dismayed by President Donald Trump’s tariff roll-out on “Liberation Day” earlier this week, at least one foreign government was quietly celebrating.

“This is great for the country,” Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said the next day. Mexico and Canada, as part of the USMCA free trade agreement, avoided the imposition of any additional tariffsduring Trump’s announcement Wednesday, while the average tariff rate on U.S. imports is set to skyrocket to 29 percent from just two percent previously.

While Mexico does still face a 25 percent on steel and automotive exports to the U.S., the country is not subject to any tariffs whatsoever on exports compliant with the USMCA. With immediate access to the massive import American market—the largest in the world—a relatively inexpensive labor force, and uniquely favorable terms of trade, Sheinbaum sees Mexico as well placed to be the largest beneficiary of the new American tariff regime.

“Today, Mexico has a preferential treaty,”Sheinbaum’s economy minister Marcelo Ebrard said Thursday, pointing gleefully to a map illustrating the effects of Trump’s liberation day speech, showing the entire world painted red except Mexico and Canada.

“The U.S. has 14 free trade agreements, but the only one to which tariffs were not applied is the USMCA; all the rest received tariffs,” Ebrard noted. “The strategy laid out by President Sheinbaum has been that Mexico needs to achieve a preferential treaty, that is, that we have better conditions to compete… such that Mexican exports are more competitive than any other country. And this plan laid out by President Sheinbaum is working.”

Sheinbaum and her supporters see this as the fruit of the president’s efforts to build a good working relationship with Trump. “This is because of the good relationship we have built between the government of Mexico and that of the United States,” Sheinbaum told reporters. “This has permitted Mexico to avoid having further tariffs imposed.”

Sheinbaum pointed to her careful handling of Trump’s earlier tariff threats as reasons for Mexico’s exclusion from the new tariff schedule. “If you recall, after my last call with President Trump I said that if it was the case that he imposed reciprocal tariffs there would not be tariffs [on Mexico],because as Mexico does not put tariffs on the U.S., the U.S. will not put tariffs on Mexico.” Despite some pressure, Mexico declined to implement retaliatory tariffs after Trump put in place a 25 percent tariff on Mexican steel, aluminum, automotives, and automotive parts.

Sheinbaum has also been very cooperative with the United States on matters of immigration and drug trafficking, sending 10,000 troops to police the border, seizing large amounts of fentanyl bound for the U.S., and extraditing 29 cartel leaders already imprisoned in Mexico to face justice in the U.S.

Now Sheinbaum’s skillful political maneuvering looks to be paying off. Mexico is the United States’ second largest import market after China, and with the imposition of major tariffs on China and many of the U.S.’s other largest trade partners, stands to benefit massively from the new economic order. Sheinbaum’s Plan Mexico called for reducing imports from China and increasing foreign investment into export-oriented industries, and, if no significant changes in the White House’s tariff plans are announced, Mexico will probably become one of the most promising places in the world for industrial investment, particularly for countries looking to relocate their supply chains out of China.

And Sheinbaum isn’t done yet. Ebrard is headed to Washington next week to work on negotiations that could reduce tariffson Mexican-assembled automobiles by accounting for U.S. manufactured parts. The president even hopes she can get Trump to lower his tariffs on Mexican steel and aluminum.

The world is still grappling with the new economic order being hashed out at Washington—a return to protectionist measures not seen in the U.S. since the 19th century. Economists are unhappy, American stock markets are dropping, and foreign economic ministers are trying to scrape together deals that might grant them more favorable trade terms with the U.S. But south of the border, things are looking bright for Mexico.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/liberation-day-for-mexico/

>>22874814

An example on working with Trump without outrage like Canada. Canada has the same benefits as Canada, if they would stop being stupid and work with Trump, they could work it out.

6 Apr, 2025 01:34

NATO not part of Ukraine peace talks – secretary general

The US-led alliance will not send peacekeepers to Ukraine, Mark Rutte has said

NATO is not involved in the US-mediated ceasefire negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Secretary General Mark Rutte has said. He added that considering Kiev’s bid to join the bloc has never been a part of a potential peace deal.

During an interview with Ukraine’s New Voice, published on Saturday, Rutte was askedif NATO had any “red lines” in the negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict.

“We do not have our own red lines, because we are not part of that,” Rutte said. “We are not part, as NATO, of those negotiations. They are really driven by the US, together with Ukraine and the Russians.I’m glad that the US has broken the deadlock, that these talks are now ongoing,” he added.

Rutte ruled out NATO itselfsending peacekeepers to Ukraine. “Probably it will not be NATO as such. That’s not very likely,” he said, while adding that individual member states could dispatch troops on their own. “That always means that it has an impact on NATO territory. It might have an impact on the defense of NATO territory also, going forward.”

Several NATO members, including France, the UK, and Germany, have floated proposals to deploy peacekeepers after a ceasefire is reached.

Rutte stressed that Ukraine’s aspiration to join the bloc has not been tied to the ongoing talks.“It has never been promised to Ukraine that NATO membership will be part of a peace deal or a ceasefire,” he said. “These are two separate things, a peace deal and the long-term prospect.”

US President Donald Trump reiterated this week that Ukraine will “never be a member of NATO.” Russia has cited NATO’s expansion eastward as one of the core reasons for the conflict, and demanded that Ukraine drop its plans to join the alliance.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected the deployment of troops from NATO members in Ukraine in any capacity as unacceptable.

https://www.rt.com/russia/615283-nato-ukraine-peace-talks/