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Today's News with Larry Schweikart

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  • Today's News, December 13-15, 2025

    Today's News, December 13-15, 2025
    Dec 15 2025
    IN POLITICAL NEWS 1) I'm seeing a pattern here. More and more of the Trump cabinet are calling Kollylfornia's economy a "national security threat." The latest? Interior Sec Doug "Bring Back Real Conservation" Burgum. This may be a prelude for various types of federal involvement. 2) This column shows in six charts how Trump 2.0 is significantly different from the first administration. 3) We continue to see steady outperformance by Rs over Ds in voter registration. Indies are doing better than either, but in KS, Rs net gained about 200 on Ds. Meanwhile, Seth Keshel argues that AZ could become the new FL in terms of voter registration and GOP dominance. First we have to get rid of Moonman Kelly and El Pollo Gallego. 4) Several U.S. cities are under a terror alert after the Australia shootings. There was already a shooting at Brown University in RI that left 2 dead and several wounded. The FBI used its phone geolocation unit to identify a "person of interest," but no one has been arrested. Of course, reptilian DemoKKKrat Senator Chris Murphy (Spooge: CT) has blamed Trump for the shooting. 5) The moronic mayor of New Mogadishu (Minneapolis) tried to show solidarity with the Somalis by masticating on some of their food. It nearly made him gag. But hey, they don't eat the dogs. That's the Hatians. Don't Haitianize my Somalia. 6) Politico is trying to make it look like there is a split between President Trump and states over data centers. I say, "Nyet!: there is none. Trump is looking at federal regulation over AI in order to ensure national security. He isn't going to be concerned with the state issues of how they get power and water. 7) From Pew, trust in gubment has hit a new low. Good. Maybe people will start acting like free adults again. But how did it get to this? It all began when Newt Gingrich caved in the 1995 shutdown, which badly damaged the power of the House, especially over budgets. Since then, the House has been mostly irrelevant, simply rolling over Continuing Resolutions. Meanwhile the Senate, with its partisan minorities, consistently blocks nominees and legislation. . 8) Over 60% of security clearance data may be unreliable according to the GAO. 9) The FBI stopped a New Year's Eve terror attack in New Azteca (LA) by a pro-Pale group IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS 10) Muy bueno. DemoKKKrats are embracing "abolish ICE." IN CULTURAL NEWS 11) Good chart here by Ryan Girdusky, showing black births in the South have plummeted; whites remain a majority of births in most states, and Hispanic births are falling in the southwest due to deportations. Imagine that. No mo "replacement." IN TRANSOID NEWS 12) From the great Ryan Burge, transoid identification peaked in 2020 and has fallen sharply, by 5 points, as of today. And it has fallen among all age groups. IN ECONOMIC NEWS 13) In recent decades so-called "conservatives" have been screaming to lower the trade deficit (but don't do it with actual industry or products, but by convincing Americans they don't need material goods). Now the trade deficit under Trump has fallen to a five year low. Not a peep out of the sawdustnibblers at NRO. Meanwhile the Wall Street Urinal got tariffs wrong. 14) President Trump has instructed Transpo Secretary Sean Duffy to remove regulations preventing the production of "microcars" such as they have in Japan. Oh, and speaking of cars, I am in love. Toyota has an incredible new super sports car. 15) Mortgage demand increased 4.8% last week. 17) From the Rush Limbaugh of Energy, David Blackmon, Texas is seeing high numbers of data center requests (220 gigawatts of new projects) One of my TX sources in the Dallas/Ft. Worth region says the land purchases by these data companies is off the charts and they are paying "too good to refuse" money. But they are soaking up the water table too. As I've been saying, the next decade's economic growth will come down to energy and water. IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS 18) At least 16 dead and 38 injured in Australia in a mass shooting labeled a "targeted attack on Jews" in a nation that has very strict gun control. A father-son team struck a beach celebration on Hannakuh A beachgoer tackled one of the gunmen from behind and disarmed him---not the police. 19) A poll in France, Mediocre Britain, and Germany shows large majorities of their voters think President Trump is stronger and more decisive than their own, er, "leaders." 20) Norway has flipped the bird to the greens, accelerating its oil and gas licensing. Good job, Rolands! Now about those Thompson Guns . . . . 21) One by one the patriots who challenge socialism are winning in South America. The latest is Chile's Jose Kast, who, now along with Jaiver Milei of Argentina and Nyeb Bukele of El Salvador. If the socialist government in Brazil can be un-elected, most of the continent will be more or less MSAGA. 22) Meanwhile, in Bulgaria, hundreds of thousands rallied in the streets and forced the pro-war/pro-EU ...
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    15 mins
  • Today's News, December 11-12, 2025

    Today's News, December 11-12, 2025
    Dec 12 2025
    IN POLITICAL NEWS 1) The Trump administration has now deported or encouraged people to self deport to the tune of 2.5 MILLION. This would work out to 10 million in Trump's term. By many accounts, that would be half of all illegals here. I know it's looking ahead, but a President J.D. Vance could oversee the final removal of all illegal criminals by the end of his second term. Meanwhile ICE was really busy in N'yawlins as they arrested oer 2,800 and deported over 11,800 . . . in a MONTH!. Kristi Noem's DHS acquired a new fleet of Boeing jets to facilitate faster removal! 2) The weak, cowardly, Pence-influenced IN senate will not redistrict, costing the GOP 1-2 seats. This knocks 2026 back into the razor edge zone of "safe" GOP seats, which I now have as 217. Now, as for some comments by these IN chodetokers: I am a Christian. I am a conservative. And right now, many of these people are metaphorically tossing babies into Moloch ovens because of "muh principles." Oh, and it couldn't be bribes from the holy offering plate, could it? As Seth Keshel points out, someone b gettin' rich from Big Pharma, and does not want a Trump/Bobby HHS taking away their, er, "tithe checks." There is good news: MD has ruled out redistricting. 3) The Comptroller of the Currency's Office has conclusive proof (or, if you are Clinton's adviser, Lanny Davis, "pwoof") that nine big banks engaged in de-banking. I personally know someone who was screwed by this and deserves a nice settlement. 4) I keep chattering about his, but it really is next gen warfare: President Trump has signed an order overriding all state AI regs and putting AI regulation in the hands of the feds. As long as Rs hold the executive, this will be vunderbar. You cannot allow NY or Kollyfornia to have final control over AI. Ever. 5) We'll see: HHS is threatening MN with loss of fed money due to its stratospheric welfare fraud. 6) Two women and a service dog were kiilled in a PA machete attack. Hmm. Machete is the preferred weapon of what group? 7) In a bipartisan bill, the House has reduced the red tape and time it takes to get water permits (can you say "AI data centers?") THIS IS PRECISELY THE KIND OF EFFORT THAT IT WILL TAKE, MANY TIMES OVER, TO MAKE THE HOUSE RELEVANT AGAIN. Six DemoKKKrats voted for it, only one inebriated R voted against. 8) President Trump has reaffirmed his support for the Punisher, Pete Hegseth, and Kristi Noem. 9) Erika Kirk pushed back against the conspiracy theories involving Charlie Kirk. "Just Stop," she said. Don't tell me Erika is Mossad too!! 10) A Columbia review found that Jewish students were called "murderers" and suffered continuous anti-Israel tirades. One question: did any of these analpustules ever criticize the Hamas Murder Pirates? 11) An electric school bus burst into flames in LA. You know, I cannot tell you the last time I heard of any gas-powered car just "bursting into flames." 12) How Republicans tricked Jazzy What-a-Crockett into running for the senate. 13) Gov. Ron DeSantis is being accused by the Miami Herald of diverting $35 million in taxpayer funds to defeat ballot initiatives he opposed. IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS 14) Remember this Kilmar Garcia catboxliner? I forgot all about him. Guess he had been put back back in fed daycare when yet another fungalicious judge says he must be released. Yeah, I'd release him. Then I'd give him an Uber to the judge's house. And a key. And maybe some superglue and feathers. 15) Ok, so in our last meeting I said I thought the Minny Skinny Fraud had legs, that it would be a "thing." Well, well. The Communist Broadcast System (CBS) just ran a big story on how the fraudsters had luxurious villas and luxury cars, all courtesty of the moronic Minny voters. Folks, as I noted on Monday when I reported the Minny Skinny fraudsters dipping their blood-soaked little hands into the MAINE Medicare system, this is going to unravel everywhere like one of Dinobernie's cheap geriatric suits. Now, Minny admits that nearly every single Somali family with children in the state is on welfare. IN TRANSOID NEWS 16) Good. This is 100% about sending the right signals. This administration won't L.I.E. fo D.E.I. (There's a protest slogan in there somewhere.) Anyway, RICHARD Levine, who chopped off certain organs to "become" Rachel, has had his real, birth name put back on his official portrait at HHS. IN ECONOMIC NEWS 17) EXXON is pausing a major clean-energy hydrogen project. 18) The Wall Street Urinal says this is the one! A new uber-life battery is just around the corner. You know, like the next Cowboys Super Bowl appearance. 19) Transpo Secretary Sean Duffy just pulled 9,500 trucks off the roads because drivers could not pass an English proficiency test. Good. 20) The number of Americans receiving unemployment dropped to a 10 month low. 21) The FED cut interest rates again. Good, We need about four more of these. 22) Shocked. Blue states with "green" energy mandates ...
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    12 mins
  • Today's News, December 9-10, 2025

    Today's News, December 9-10, 2025
    Dec 10 2025
    IN POLITICAL NEWS 1) Panicans and Doomspoogers unite! We have nothing to lose but the majority! The Eyores of the Right were out in force as a DemoKKKrat won the Miami mayor race. Many said "for the first time." Well, except for the DemoKKKrat who held the mayorship for 8 years not long ago as an independent who immediately re-registered as a DemoKKKrat the minute he left office. Seth Keshel is absolutely right on this: the level of groin-grabbing on X and "social media" is not only, but completely out of synch with everything else happening around it. Miami? Fine. Yet Miami-Dade COUNTY just flipped red. Last week---yes, last week---FL gained 10,000 net new Rs, bringing the GOP lead in the state to over 1.4 million. But let's get worked up about a big urban area that elects a D for the second time in 20 years. 2) Trump's excellent chief of staff Susie Wiles says the President will go on offense next year with multiple campaign stops to secure the House again. 3) CAIR (the Council on American Islamic Relations, better known as the Council on American Islamic Rampagers) is threatening to sue FL governor Ron DeSantis for calling CAIR, correctly, a terrorist organization. Now do the DemoKKKrats, gov. 4) Jazzy What-a-Crockett claims Hispanics have a "slave mentality" when it comes to the GOP. Right. But blacks voting like robots fror DemoKKKrats who ignored them and utterly destroyed their families and neighborhoods, that ain't slave mentality right, Steppin? 5) The War Department confirmed 87 narco terrorists have been vaporized in boat attacks. Good. Vaporize them all. 6) The EPA is wiping all mention of "human caused" climate change from its website. Good. 7) In a victory for President Trump, the a judge approved the DOJ's request to release all the grand jury material from the Epstein files following Congress's Epstein Transparency Act. As best I can tell, this was 100% "Don't throw me in that briar patch" from Trump. I think DemoKKKrats will be badly disappointed in who comes up in those lists. It won't be Trump. For the record, I have argued for months that the only way to get this material out is to force DemoKKKrats to release it. 8) Update on Jordan Peterson's health from his daughter, who says he is home but continuing to battle a severe autoimmune problem. IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS 9) Somalis may be in MN legally, but they are engaging in massive fraud on all levels, flying out "millions of dollars" from Minny' s airport in bags. It also appears the Somalis were bilking a ME medicare fund to send money to furrin jihadists. 10) Rather than fix crime or kick out illegals, Charlotte city council spent $3.2m on public relations. IN CULTURAL NEWS 11) Colleges no longer offer a way out. They are massive traffic jams for youts who need work. IN TRANSOID NEWS 12) A D.C. circuit court says The Punisher Pete Hegseth's transoid ban in the military is "likely constitutional" since military leaders support it and because it advances American security. Yeah, duh. IN ECONOMIC NEWS 13) Job openings jumped 443,000. Yeah, sounds like a recession to me. 14) Data center demands are not just requiring more power, but are pushing innovation in both technical and bookkeeping methods. 15) A new superheating method may have provided a way to extract rare earth minerals back out of used electronics. 16) Trump announced $12 billion in aid to farmers, noting the lag in tariff costs to farmers (due to lower sales) and increased benefits. He is also pushing equipment manufacturers to lower farm equipment costs by cutting regulations. 17) A battle is developing between Trump and the states over regulatory control over AI. Trump says it is essential to stay ahead of the ChiComs. 18) Wonder why we have inflation? A new report shows that federal spending per person rose by 10,000% since 1916. 19) NextEra and Exxon are working on a 1.2 gigawatt data center powered by natgas. 20) According to the Rush Limbaugh of Energy, David Blackmon, the U.S. oil industry has essentially added the equivalent of Saudi Arabia to its oil reserves. IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS 21) Sanctions on Russkie and Iranian oil at sea leaves a giant glut just floating, waiting to go to market. 22) The Italian energy firm Eni discovered major gas reserves off Indonesia and Borneo. IN MEDICAL NEWS 23) DemoKKKrats and the left are losing so hard on these issues that it's astounding panicans on our side are somewhere on Uranus. Now the Supes overturned a New York state rule banning religious exemptions on vaxxes. This whole vax scaffolding is falling apart faster than the playoff hopes of the Kansas City Swifts. How bad is it? Jeff Childers has dedicated the better part of two columns to analyzing this retreat. Now the FDA will expand its vax injury investigations to adults (take that Dr. Fallacy). HHS says it is investigating side-effect deaths across "multiple age groups." As Childers notes, only in America could the investigation into...
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    16 mins
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