President Joe Biden used his farewell with Wednesday night to tell Americans to remain involved, remain informed and be careful with the sinister agitation of the “oligarchy” that, in his eyes, is now being formed.

“I need to warn the country of safe things that worry me a lot. And that is the harmful concentration of force in the hands of very few ultronists, and the harmful consequences if their abuse of force runs out of control,” Biden told the United States.  

“Today, an oligarchy takes shape in the United States, of excessive wealth, of strength and influence, which literally threatens our democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair blow so that we all advance. We see the consequences of the United States, And I have already noticed it, more than a century ago.

Although Biden committed a basic precept of fact and base that has been overlooked, many considered that they drill the message in the final gasps of their presidency was emblematic of his time in office: too little, too late.  

“This is probably the maximum vital discourse that Biden pronounced its presidency, but who will listen or pay attention now?” He asked that historian Simon Shama in X. “Against not chosen billionaires and for other people they deserve to be the undeniable message of the Democrats in the future. Will they speak it?

Others are much less favorable.  

“In 2020, there is a user who values ​​more than $ one hundred billion. Today, at the end of the Biden mandate, they are 16 years old, “Matt Stoller wrote of the American Economic Liberties project, with a subtitling meme” we all reviewed to locate the guy who did this “, insinuating that they drill the” type. ” 

“It kills me that this is the message Biden conveys in his farewell address,” Josh Miller-Lewis said of a more very better union. “Why hasn’t it been consistently delivered over the four-plus years?”

“The presidential medal of Freedom Bridees de Biden, with value, previous this month: George Soros, $ 7 billion. David Rubenstein, $ four billion,” said Alec Macgillis of Propublic.  

The Ulrarich were deeply concerned about the presidential fashion policy, even when it comes to a difficult Democrat. But Trump, with his multimillionaire office, his corporate hobnobing and his hotel business in the back room, blatantly present the oligarchy. Maybe Biden aspires to the subtlety of the past.  

The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, got rid of the Mike Turner representative of the Chamber Intelligence Committee, either declared at the request of Donald Trump.

Two incredible resources told Daily Beast that Trump had asked Johnson in particular to eliminate Turner. “Trump has worried and thinks that Turner is necessarily a syllopant of the Intel Network,” said a family source with Turner’s urgent.

Johnson returned when he was asked if his walking orders arrived here from the elected president. “It is not a resolution through President Trump, it is a resolution of the Chamber and is not for our outgoing president; He did a correct job, however, we, the intelligence community, and everything similar to [the Permanent Selective Committee of the Intelligence Room] is that he wants a new beginning, and that is what is nothing else, “Johnson He told Newhoups on Wednesday.

Johnson’s decision to oust Turner could be a sign of clearing the way for a more supplicant committee chair. It’s unclear exactly why Trump could be concerned about Turner, but among other things the Ohio Republican has raised the alarm about Russian propaganda “being uttered” on the House floor. He also was one Republican who certified Joe Biden’s win in 2020, marking him as an obvious operative of the so-called “deep state.”

Representative Jim Himes, a top Democrat on the committee, told reporters that he was “enormously concerned” about Turner’s removal, according to CNN’s Manu Raju. Turner’s removal “sends a shiver down my spine,” Hiimes said, adding that the Ohio Republican wasn’t quick to “bend the knee” to Trump.

Johnson will announce Turner’s replacement on Thursday. According to Punchbowl News, Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark. , is Rep. Rick Crawford, a Republican from Arkansas, who chaired the CIA subcommittee.

Jill Biden is still injured through the vote of Nancy Pelosi confidence in the re -election of her husband.

“I imagine a lot about relationships,” the first lady said in an interview with the Washington Post on Wednesday.

“It’s been on my mind a lot lately, and we were friends for 50 years,” she said of Pelosi. “It was disappointing.”

Pelosi’s comments on Morning Joe in July 2024, amid questions about Biden’s intellectual aptitude after a horrible debate performance, they were approval.

“It’s in sight for the president if he runs. We all inspire him to make this resolution because time is short,” he said at the time. “I need him to do whatever it takes to do. “

Pelosi told The New Yorker in August that the president hadn’t spoken to her since he dropped out of the race. When asked if their friendship could survive, Pelosi said, “I hope so. I pray so. I cry so.”

The Fuego Alto the Fire Agreement between Hamas and Israel announced on Wednesday will enter into force until Sunday, January 19, just before the inauguration of Donald Trump the next day. This seems to be a coincidence.

From its elected official, Trump has seen several times that it seems an agreement before its inauguration, saying that there will be “hell to pay” or “all hell will explode. ” The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, did not have a secret preference for Trump in the elections in 2024, and El Alto El Fuego de Israel with Lebanon was probably also a gift from Netanyahu.

The Time of Alto Fire is a reminder of a similar scenario opposite to President Jimmy Carter in the last days of his presidency in 1980, while negotiations were underway to release US hostages in Iran. In the end, the hostages were intentionally released the day Ronald Reagan swore as president, thanks to the efforts of the Reagan campaign.

The press release taking position lately, Trump scores a propaganda victory and is already claiming credit for the deal, even if he is not yet in office, and some Israeli officials believe the sudden progress of negotiations for him. But Trump takes the big credit: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir boasted of sabotage ceasefire agreements intentionally in the year beyond the year.

According to one analyst, Wednesday’s deal is almost a deal proposed on May 27 that Israel rejected, with six minor adjustments to the appendix. So what’s another now from 8 months ago? Netanyahu has his favorite president and Trump can characterize the credit. The question is whether Netanyahu gets anything back, and what will happen to civilians who have been suffering for a long time.

Democratic Senator Adam Schiff delivered scorching criticism Wednesday of Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, over her closeness with the president-elect.

At his confirmation hearing, Schiff pressed Bondi about whether he had the “independence” to “tell hard truths” to Trump, despite his nearby appointments and the fact that he selected exactly his loyalty.

“Let me start with a simple fact that you can talk to the president. Can you tell us, can you tell us that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election?Schiff asked.

“The senator, what I can tell you is that I will never play politics. You are looking to worry about a “goat. ” Possibly I did not. “Bonddi replied. After the 2020 elections, Bondi united his strengths with Rudy Giuliani to sow doubts in Trump’s call.

“I will play politics with an ongoing investigation, like you, in the E E of your Collega Devin Nunes,” he replied, refusing to answer the true question.

Schiff took a moment to consider why precisely Bondi’s loyalty was detrimental and would bite her again.

“The president is entitled to other people who, according to him, will be faithful to him. Our fear occurs when this president’s loyalty is in shock with his duty, he clashes with the Constitution, you collide with your oath, “Schiff said.

“And our questions have been designed to try to ascertain what you will do when that inevitable conflict arises. And you may say you believe that conflict will never come. But every day, week, month, and year of the first Trump administration demonstrated that conflict will come.

“Jeff Sessions probably wouldn’t have believed that he got here, he got here. Bill Barr probably had no idea he had here, he came here to him. It came here to everyone. It will come to you. And what you do at that moment will describe your general counsel, your public service.

During her confirmation hearing, Bondi refused to answer simple questions about her views on birthright citizenship and whether she would pursue legal action against former special prosecutor Jack Smith; former Congresswoman Liz Cheney; and Bondi’s potential predecessor, Merrick Garland.

Israel and Hamas’s historic ceasefire agreement could have come a lot sooner, according to Israeli leadership.

The text of the Alto El Fuego agreement, which published on Wednesday, stores wonderful similarities with the agreement of Alto El Fuego negotiated between Israel and Palestine in May, adding the proposals reflected for the withdrawal of the Israeli forces of “spaces densely populated to what length of the borders of all the borders of Gaza “. and the release of 1,000 detainees from Gazan who were not worried on the occasions of October 7.

Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir practically boasted about successfully sabotaging ceasefire agreements over the last year, posting on X Tuesday that “through our political power, we succeeded in preventing this deal from moving forward time and time again.

“However, since then, more elements have been added to the government, than now the agreement and no longer constitute an act of balance,” he continued, referring to the United Party of Israel, which went from 64 to 68 members of the KNESET, according to the Jerusalem post.

However, Ben-Gvir burned the stop the fire as a “terrible agreement”, imploring its parts at war that are registered to reject it once returning while begging for the siege without stopping Israel in Palestine.

“Along with this, I call on the Prime Minister to come to his senses and take steps that will lead to the defeat of Hamas and the release of our hostages without abandoning Israel’s security: completely stop the transfer of humanitarian aid and fuel, electricity, and water to Gaza, along with continuing the military crushing of Hamas until its complete defeat,” Ben-Gvir wrote.

But the defense minister’s defense did not win well through other Israeli politicians.

“For beyond the year, I say that you have prevented a hostage from materializing for political purposes,” opposition leader Yair Lapid responded, calling a “terrible truth” comments.

Donald Trump jumped in to claim the credits for negotiating the ceasefire for a few moments after its announcement on Wednesday, despite the fact that he was not on the job site in the conflict. But his intuition arguably wouldn’t be far off: A diplomat briefed on negotiations assigned his sudden progress to Fortiety’s new chairman, the Washington Post reported.

Trump warned last week that “all hell” would break loose if the two nations did not reach a ceasefire agreement by the time he returned to the White House on January 20. That was, apparently, the “first time there has been real pressure on the Israeli side to accept a deal,” the diplomat told the newspaper.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

“You have stated several times to this committee that you will respect the laws of this country and the constitution of the United States,” said Democratic Senator Alex Padilla. “Do you believe that birthright citizenship is the law of the land and you will still be a child born of the status of your parents’ immigration status?”

Bondi refused to answer the question. “Senator, I will study birthright citizenship, I would love to meet with you regarding birthright citizenship—”

“Madam, do you ask to be considered as the United States attorney general, and you will still have to examine the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution?” Replicated pad. “It doesn’t help me accept as true with your ability to do this job. “

Bondi’s no alloys are a deference to the president -elect Trump, who said that the citizenship of birth would end an executive order in the press in December.

The Fourteenth Amendment provides, “All other persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject matter thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state in which they reside. “

The senators on both sides of the corridor played the candidate of Donald Trump on Wednesday to administer the Office of Control and Budget, noting that the elusive and bureaucratic not assignments of Russell Vought to obey the law the service of the country.

When it was pressed, the Embediamment Control Law would obey, in which the Congress reexamines the withholdings of the executive branch of the budget, and would break Trump in its plans to retain fund law.

“I’m not going to continue to break the law,” Vought said. “I’m giving you my commitment to uphold the laws of this land.”

But the candidate then adheres to the statement that the law is unconstitutional and advised that Trump’s incoming management deserves itself whether they adhere or not.

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Vought also declined to adopt to reject the subsidies in accordance with the applicant’s political alignment.

“I’m astonished and aghast that someone in this responsible a position would, in effect, say that the president is above the law and that the United States Supreme Court is entitled to their opinion, but mine should supersede it,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal during the hearing.

Vought directed Trump’s control and budget workplace from July 2020 to January 2021, an era that froze the army helps Ukraine, said that foreign aid expenses were “unnecessary expenses” and painted to increase the number of Federal paintings necessary to paint a government. closing.

He won some other helping role in Trumpworld, the executive presidential campaign: crafting a 180-day “transition book” to increase the federal government’s implementation of the 2025 appropriation. But his appointment to manage the country’s budget workplace may see him enter a must-have role in shrinking the federal government and advancing Trump’s agenda.

The 920-page Christian nationalist manifesto advanced outwardly outrageous policy positions, including dismantling wholesale staples of the executive branch such as the Department of Education. But as time has marched on, those outlandish policies have morphed from a fascistic pipe dream to a forthcoming reality among the far right in Congress: On Monday, North Carolina Representative David Rouzer introduced legislation in the House formally filing to eradicate the public education agency.

Other portions of the Voucht 2025 allocation have proposed to review the federal approval of the abortion pill, a national pornography prohibition, put the department of justice under the control of the president, reduce federal investment for the climate to replace studies in An effort for mitigation efforts and expand investment for the US border wall. UU. Mexico.

Vought also the architect of the proposal of “Annex F” of Trump, which requires saying goodbye to thousands of public servants and replacing them with up to 54,000 Trump loyals previously victimized to the executive branch through the executive order.

During oral arguments as part of a First Amendment case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, ruling on Samuel Alito continued a series of questions about free speech and pornography.

The case, Free Speech Coalition et al. v. Paxton, concerns a Texas law that requires adult users of pornographic websites to verify their ages before they can view content. The law is opposed by free speech advocates, including the ACLU, which is representing a coalition of organizations, including some adult websites, in the lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

During Wednesday’s arguments, Alito spoke about the online site pornhub, one of the coalition members, and asked the attorney representing the coalition how pornhub’s content was “obscene” to children. The lawyer, Derek Shaffer, may not provide precise figures, however, in the end, Alito and Shaffer arrived at an estimate of 70%. Then Alito revealed his ignorance on the subject.

“It’s like the old Playboy magazine; Do you have proof through the fashion of Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. ? Alito asked, drawing an audible laugh from Shaffer.

“Not in that sense, but in the sense you have wellness posts about women recovering from hysterectomies and how they can enjoy sex,” Shaffer replied. “That’s on there, discussions about age verification proposals and where the industry lines up, as far as what they think should be legislated and what should not.”

Although Alito’s consultation would possibly seem fun, it also provides the impression that only serious evidence deserves the coverage of freedom of expression, and not anything else, which does not seem to be in accordance with what the first amendment said.

The law of Texas, as well as similar legislation in the States led through the Republicans across the country, are component of a greater right effort, as indicated in the manifesto of the 2025 project, to target not only pornography yet also Drag Queens, Trans, LGBTQ, yet also library books, and more. By striking such a top popular for freedom of expression, the right would be to criminalize what it may just only demonize before.

Donald Trump his pawns around the table.

The incoming forty-seventh president has reportedly encouraged Vivek Ramaswamy to take the Ohio Senate seat vacated by Vice President–elect JD Vance, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Vance officially resigned from the post Friday. The next senator will be chosen by Republican Governor Mike DeWine, who under Ohio law will be tasked with appointing a replacement until 2026, when a special election will determine who will serve in the role until the term expires in 2029.

Two resources unidentified with wisdom of the matter told The Post that Trump had appealed to Ramswamy to take the position of great power if he was offered.

DeWine has been tight-lipped during the months-long process to fill Vance’s vacancy, but potential candidates have included Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague, former state Senator Matt Dolan, Ohio Secretary of State Frank Larose, Columbus-area Congressman Mike Carey, former Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken, and Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted, the last of whom has emerged as a clear front-runner.

But A To Mar-a-Lago on Thursday may have planted some other suggestion.

“I will have an announcement next week,” Dewine to Newshouings in Florida that day.

Blade Columbus Bureau leader Jim Proquation had the main internal points in Dewine’s process.

“He has said that, number one, he wants somebody who can legislate and have Ohio in mind for any progress that would be made. He’s also said that he wants somebody who can raise money,” Provance told WTVG on Monday. “You have to remember that the Moreno–Sherrod Brown race set records.”

Ramaswamy publicly backed out of the race to replace Vance in November after Trump announced him as a potential co-chair for the not-yet-real Department of Government Efficiency alongside world’s-richest-man Elon Musk. The bold new agency was tasked with identifying what they determined to be wasteful government spending to help the Republican trifecta make sweeping spending cuts. Ramaswamy’s exit could call the project’s future into question, especially as Musk’s presence (and his opposing views on immigration) face heightened scrutiny in Trumpworld.

“Trump’s decisive victory on Tuesday leaves a good chance of replacing the country,” Ramaswamy told ABC Affiliate News Five Cleveland after the election.