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🚨 BREAKING: Appeals Court Removes Block on DOGE Data Access

DOGE is part of the White House. The Constitution gives all executive power to the President. He has 100% right to see ALL government data.

So why did a Democrat judge block Trump from doing just that?

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2/ Trump created DOGE to modernize federal software, slash waste, and force agencies to work like the private sector.

It's rooted out $200 BILLION in waste and fraud so far.

So of course, the bureaucrats & unions sued to keep DOGE from finding their secrets (with YOUR $$$). Image
3/ One Democrat judge (Deborah Boardman) sided with them — blocking DOGE from accessing records at:

• Dept. of Education
• Treasury
• Office of Personnel Management

The effect? Stop the audits before they find anything, and hide things as fast as possible. Image
4/ Blocking the President from accessing data on his own branch of government is like blocking doctors from operating rooms, or firemen from water.

It's absurd. It's unconstitutional. And she knows it.

Now, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has stepped in. Image
5/ The ruling:

• DOGE’s work is legal under the Privacy Act
• Admin-level access is necessary to modernize outdated systems

Oh, and the President gets to decide who sees what data. Duh. Image
6/ This isn’t the first win.

In June, SCOTUS lifted another block — this time on DOGE’s access to the Social Security Administration.

The left knows: if Musk & Trump clean house, a LOT of skeletons come out, and a LOT of slush funds dry up.

rodmartin.org/p/usaids-shutd…
7/ DOGE is the most serious threat to DC’s waste machine in decades. And now, it’s back in business.

It's saved more than 10% of the federal deficit so far. And that's with this block in place!

Now it's Katy bar the door. Image
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Aug 13
🚨 Trump's welfare reform DWARFS Clinton/Gingrich’s 1996 welfare reform.

Biggest welfare reform in U.S. history — and you probably haven’t heard the details.

Medicaid work requirements. Food stamp crackdowns. Fraud penalties.

Here’s what it does ⬇️ Image
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2/ In 1996, Clinton’s reform cut TANF rolls by 60% — about 8 million people — by requiring able-bodied adults to work.

But TANF was small compared to today’s welfare state.
Medicaid now covers 83 MILLION people.

Food stamps? 42 MILLION.

The 1996 reform barely touched them. Image
3/ Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” changes that.

➡ First-ever Medicaid work requirement
➡ Food stamp work rules expanded
➡ State fraud penalties for overpayments
➡ Medicaid expansion incentives rolled back

Impact: at least double the number leaving welfare vs. 1996. Image
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Aug 13
🚨 Illegal immigrant population PLUNGES by 1.6 MILLION in 6 months 🚨

Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows the steepest drop EVER recorded — and it’s no coincidence.

Let’s break down what’s happening.

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2/ Between January and July 2025, the total foreign-born population (legal + illegal) fell by 2.2 million — the largest six-month decline in American history.

The entire drop came from non-citizens.

Naturalized U.S. citizens? Slightly up.
Illegal aliens? Down big.Image
3/ Analysts estimate illegal immigrant numbers fell 10% — from 15.8 million to about 14.2 million.

That’s 1.6 million fewer illegals inside our borders in just half a year.

cis.org/Report/Overall…
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Aug 12
🚨 Zelenskyy is NOT invited. Here's why.

Trump and Putin will meet face-to-face in Alaska on Friday to talk peace in Ukraine.

Trump: "I may say, ‘lots of luck, keep fighting,’ or I may say we can make a deal."

Here’s what’s happening—and why Zelenskyy is out...for now. 🧵👇 Image
2/ White House Press Sec Karoline Leavitt says the invite came from Putin.

Trump accepted—alone—to “walk away with a better understanding of how we can end this war.”

No Ukraine at the table. No NATO chorus in the background.

Just like when Trump met with Zelensky alone. Image
3/ Trump’s logic: You don’t end a war by talking around the other side.

“You need both countries to agree to a deal… but first, I need to know if Putin is serious,” Trump said.

If not, there's no point: time for secondary sanctions & arms shipments.

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Aug 12
🚨 Ilhan Omar’s father served in a communist-Islamist regime accused of genocide

50,000+ civilians murdered.
Cities leveled.
Villages wiped out.

She’s never answered for it. She lived in luxury under it.

And now she’s a Socialist member of our Congress. 🧵 Image
2/ Omar calls her father “an educator.”

In reality? Colonel Nur Mohamed Omar served under Somali dictator Siad Barre, whose regime the UN ranked among the worst human rights abusers in Africa. Image
3/ Barre fused Marxist-Leninism with Islamism, ruled for 20 years, and unleashed his Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party on rival clans — especially the Isaaq.

Slogan: “Social Justice.” Of course.
Reality: mass killings, mass graves. Of course. Image
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Aug 12
🚨 TRUMP TO HOST FIRST SUMMIT WITH SOUTH KOREA’S NEW PRESIDENT 🚨

Aug. 25, Washington D.C. — Trump & Lee Jae Myung meet for the first time.

Agenda: Trade. Defense. Energy. Tech. North Korea.

The two countries just cut a huge trade deal. Now it gets serious.

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2/ This isn’t just a courtesy call.

Lee took office in June after a snap election. He’s coming to Washington to lock in a future-oriented, comprehensive strategic alliance with Trump — in both economics and security. Image
3/ On the table:

• Critical minerals & semiconductor supply chains
• Shipbuilding & battery production, maybe even for the U.S. Navy
• $100B in U.S. energy sales to Korea
• Strengthening the U.S.–Korea combined deterrence against North Korea & China Image
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Aug 11
🚨 TRUMP EXEMPTS GOLD FROM TARIFFS

Last week, confusion over tariffs sent gold prices to a record $3,534.

Traders feared gold tariffs would slam the bullion market.

But today, Trump ended the panic with 4 words:
“Gold will not be Tariffed!”

🧵👇
2/ The scare started when a U.S. Customs ruling suggested imported gold bars could face country-specific tariffs — up to 39% for Switzerland, the world’s refining hub.

That would have wrecked global gold supply chains overnight. Image
3/ The result?

📈 Gold futures hit $3,534.10, a record.
📈 Spot gold jumped above $3,390.
📈 The premium between U.S. futures & global prices exploded to $100+.

Markets feared the U.S. might break the gold trade. Image
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