The View from Afar: Thursday, January 23, 2025

THE VIEW FROM AFAR

Notes from a retired newspaper publisher

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Government overreach.#

It appears the only ones not on the DHS danger list work for the DHS. — DHS Says I‘m a Dangerous Extremist (and So Are YOU, Comrade) https://t.co/cghIOX4WsL [Link]#

Telling the WEF what to expect.#

Ten minute quick summary of Trump accomplishments and positions starting 10 minutes in at 1.5 speed. — Watch: President Trump Unleashes His "Revolution Of Common Sense" On WEF Globalists In Davos ... https://t.co/ObXyuhKl1w [Link]#

Real question.#

After years of their leaders’ malicious behavior, why is anyone still registered Democrat? — Democrat overkill made Trump stronger, by @donsurber https://t.co/0yb6yXoGwU [Link]#

Official lawfare.#

Why do so many Democrat-appointed judges abuse legal process creating injustice? Do they lack judicial temperament? — Der Prozess, by @utahprez https://t.co/nIAkTabObr [Link]#

Not worth listening to.#

Those who criticized Musk for waving his arm exposed their irrationality and/or their desire for deceit. — The Musk Rorschach Test, by @utahprez https://t.co/klc2ur7CLm [Link]#

The WEF opening act.#

Kicks the pins out from under the WEF’s silly lust for Top-Down rule. — Milei Gives Blistering @WEF Speech: Slams DEI, Says Woke Ideology "Cancer", And Calls For Limited Government https://t.co/7xkVp4qqPp [Link]#

Writing with her eyes closed.#

.@margbrennan rightfully skewered for missing the real reason. https://t.co/BTSVGFAuzD [Link]#

And the media lets them.#

British officials have mastered the crime of not seriously investigating the crimes. — <i>Don’t let’s be beastly</i> https://t.co/AbCdZZpTar [Link]#

Find out what they should have been charged with.#

.@JoeBiden’s minions discounted that such unusual pardons given to family members and Fauci demand full investigation. https://t.co/rA58O6I6NE [Link]#

Deserved rebuke.#

Judge Cannon shredded the professionalism of @JoeBiden ’s Dept of Justice, playing politics with people’s lives. https://t.co/iJTFRyKlWN [Link]#

FAFO is the acromym.#

In the @ATFHQ and elsewhere, such willingness to subvert official policy is reason to also dismiss superiors who allowed it to happen. https://t.co/xkncDMm0rY [Link]#

Slammed and dunked.#

Delicious and deserved! — BEASTMODE: CNN’s Ratings Are Lower Than ‘SpongeBob‘ Reruns, GOP Rep Tells Jim Acosta https://t.co/DouVe0xBmB [Link]#

The point.#

Perhaps the Deep State has proven it cannot be trusted to carry out official policy. https://t.co/04HoZAnylm [Link]#

Her state is a victim of ranked voting that should not be legal.#

RT @ByronYork: Murkowski will probably see this article, and others like it, a lot in the next few days. Will be asked to explain her votes… [Link]#

Heh!#

RT @JackPosobiec: This you? https://t.co/shl9cfpG8y [Link]#

Biden’s minions set him up.#

RT @Jim_Jordan: Joe Biden granted clemency to:... ... -A drug kingpin convicted in the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his mother. ... ... -A murderer… [Link]#

It’s all they have.#

RT @JonathanTurley: There is a mania on the left in calling people with opposing views “Nazis” and referencing the Third Reich. The left ha… [Link]#

On target.#

RT @RichardGrenell: . @realDonaldTrump just called out @BankofAmerica for debanking Conservatives in America. ... ... The CEO of Bank of America… [Link]#

The media should have nailed him and the Democrats should not have pushed him.#

RT @RandPaul: Remember Eric Ciaramella, the guy who accused Trump of a quid pro quo deal to investigate Hunter Biden’s corruption in Ukrain… [Link]#

Revealing.#

RT @Geiger_Capital: I’d follow Scott Bessent into war.🫡... ... “If illegal immigration is good for GDP, just build a road from Tierra del Fuego t… [Link]#

Questionable legality.#

RT @TomFitton: One can‘t issue a pardon without listing the offense. A pardon for nothing is a pardon for nothing. The Biden "blanket pard… [Link]#

Not charitable was she.#

RT @paulsperry_: NEW: Here is the letter Washington National Cathedral‘s Mariann Budde signed calling for the "removal of President Trump f… [Link]#

Those Democrats like double standards.#

RT @SenRickScott: By day three, the Obama Admin had 12 nominees confirmed, but it’s now four days into Pres. Trump’s term, & Democrats have… [Link]#

Do your job, or don’t.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: I love this: You have 10 days to come clean or we will discipline you. [Link]#
RT @elonmusk: Fraudulent behavior is cause for termination [Link]#

Send them home.#

RT @EYakoby: No, these are not Hamas terrorists, they are Columbia students who violently broke into a class of Jewish students and began h… [Link]#

Brennan misrepresenting his misrepresentation.#

RT @JonathanTurley: John Brennan is lashing out at the "misrepresentaton" of the laptop letter and Trump‘s removal of clearances of the sig… [Link]#

Corrupted.#

RT @themarketswork: The Civil Rights Division was the first entity within the DOJ to be politicized by Obama and Eric Holder:... ... 113 activist… [Link]#

That’s not journalism.#

RT @RichardGrenell: In article after article, the @nytimes, the @washingtonpost, @CNN, etc are having to admit that they didn’t speak to Re… [Link]#

Lawfare.#

RT @JonathanTurley: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner declared this week that he is considering filing state charges against Jan… [Link]#
RT @DefiyantlyFree: I picked a J6 case at random to review because I wanted to see how bad it was. ... ... And let me tell you the random one I p… [Link]#

Nice summary.#

RT @zerohedge: Top Overnight News... ... Trump set to tap health industry lobbyist Don Dempsey for top white house budget job. This appointment w… [Link]#

Good for her.#

RT @MilaLovesJoe: BREAKING: ... ... Pete’s second wife has hired an attorney. ... ... She plans to SUE media outlets for defamation. ... ... She is spending… [Link]#

Drug life.#

RT @DrJaclynnMoskow: The tables in this SLEP paper are a bit tedious to digest, but I dug through them to compile us some lists... ... In their c… [Link]#

Another corrupted agency.#

RT @Kerri_Kupec: And the news keeps coming: ... ... DOJ freezes ALL civil rights cases. ... ... This includes consent decrees, settlements, and other a… [Link]#

Make our borders safe.#

RT @JenGriffinFNC: 100 US troops are already en route to the border. A senior Marine official I spoke to said:... The 500 Marines being sent f… [Link]#

Time to get to work.#

RT @realdogeusa: By order of President Trump, DOGE is now official.... ... What is the first agency you want to see audited? https://t.co/s48RCSM… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 #BREAKING: A "DOGE CLOCK" has appeared on the U.S. Debt Clock website, and it is rapidly counting upwards.... ... According to… [Link]#

They deserve this response.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: When you hear Democrats bemoan Trump making documented aliens "undocumented," what they mean is that Trump may undo th… [Link]#

Bad judges.#

RT @julie_kelly2: DC JUDGES ACTING REALLY BADLY:... ... Hoy sh*t. This gem from former chief judge Beryl Howell, an unabashed Trump hater, who de… [Link]#

Getting results.#

RT @BillMelugin_: SNEAK PEEK: We embedded exclusively w/ ICE Boston today as they targeted egregious criminal aliens. We witnessed 8 arrest… [Link]#

Excellent!#

RT @TheLtColUSMC: Master Gunnery Sergeant Peter Wilson—You haven’t truly felt the Star-Spangled Banner until you’ve heard it played by him… [Link]#

The infamous letter.#

RT @FredFleitz: @themarketswork You‘re right, Jeff.... ... But this letter was commissioned and directed by Biden campaign member Antony Blinken.… [Link]#
RT @themarketswork: This can‘t be said enough. It wasn’t 50 intelligence officials.... ... It was FIVE Former CIA Directors and a former Director… [Link]#

So the Jan 6th Committee lied. What’s new?#

RT @Real_RobN: Tucker Carlson,... ... THIS TAPE OVERTURNS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL AND POLITICALLY USEFUL LIE THE CONVICTED FELONS HAVE TOLD US A… [Link]#

Birthright citizenship.#

RT @pepesgrandma: 🔥🔥Huge! The congressman who submitted the 14th amendment, which concerns birthright citizenship, states that it was never… [Link]#

Kneecap them with humor.#

RT @TheBabylonBee: Liberals Briefly Pause Chanting ‘Death To Israel’ To Call Elon Musk A Nazi https://t.co/dygN01xQ7T https://t.co/lck5gCHb… [Link]#

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Government overreach.#

It appears the only ones not on the DHS danger list work for the DHS. — DHS Says I‘m a Dangerous Extremist (and So Are YOU, Comrade) https://t.co/cghIOX4WsL [Link]#

Telling the WEF what to expect.#

Ten minute quick summary of Trump accomplishments and positions starting 10 minutes in at 1.5 speed. — Watch: President Trump Unleashes His "Revolution Of Common Sense" On WEF Globalists In Davos ... https://t.co/ObXyuhKl1w [Link]#

Real question.#

After years of their leaders’ malicious behavior, why is anyone still registered Democrat? — Democrat overkill made Trump stronger, by @donsurber https://t.co/0yb6yXoGwU [Link]#

Official lawfare.#

Why do so many Democrat-appointed judges abuse legal process creating injustice? Do they lack judicial temperament? — Der Prozess, by @utahprez https://t.co/nIAkTabObr [Link]#

Not worth listening to.#

Those who criticized Musk for waving his arm exposed their irrationality and/or their desire for deceit. — The Musk Rorschach Test, by @utahprez https://t.co/klc2ur7CLm [Link]#

The WEF opening act.#

Kicks the pins out from under the WEF’s silly lust for Top-Down rule. — Milei Gives Blistering @WEF Speech: Slams DEI, Says Woke Ideology "Cancer", And Calls For Limited Government https://t.co/7xkVp4qqPp [Link]#

Writing with her eyes closed.#

.@margbrennan rightfully skewered for missing the real reason. https://t.co/BTSVGFAuzD [Link]#

And the media lets them.#

British officials have mastered the crime of not seriously investigating the crimes. — <i>Don’t let’s be beastly</i> https://t.co/AbCdZZpTar [Link]#

Find out what they should have been charged with.#

.@JoeBiden’s minions discounted that such unusual pardons given to family members and Fauci demand full investigation. https://t.co/rA58O6I6NE [Link]#

Deserved rebuke.#

Judge Cannon shredded the professionalism of @JoeBiden ’s Dept of Justice, playing politics with people’s lives. https://t.co/iJTFRyKlWN [Link]#

FAFO is the acromym.#

In the @ATFHQ and elsewhere, such willingness to subvert official policy is reason to also dismiss superiors who allowed it to happen. https://t.co/xkncDMm0rY [Link]#

Slammed and dunked.#

Delicious and deserved! — BEASTMODE: CNN’s Ratings Are Lower Than ‘SpongeBob‘ Reruns, GOP Rep Tells Jim Acosta https://t.co/DouVe0xBmB [Link]#

The point.#

Perhaps the Deep State has proven it cannot be trusted to carry out official policy. https://t.co/04HoZAnylm [Link]#

Her state is a victim of ranked voting that should not be legal.#

RT @ByronYork: Murkowski will probably see this article, and others like it, a lot in the next few days. Will be asked to explain her votes… [Link]#

Heh!#

RT @JackPosobiec: This you? https://t.co/shl9cfpG8y [Link]#

Biden’s minions set him up.#

RT @Jim_Jordan: Joe Biden granted clemency to:... ... -A drug kingpin convicted in the deaths of an 8-year-old boy and his mother. ... ... -A murderer… [Link]#

It’s all they have.#

RT @JonathanTurley: There is a mania on the left in calling people with opposing views “Nazis” and referencing the Third Reich. The left ha… [Link]#

On target.#

RT @RichardGrenell: . @realDonaldTrump just called out @BankofAmerica for debanking Conservatives in America. ... ... The CEO of Bank of America… [Link]#

The media should have nailed him and the Democrats should not have pushed him.#

RT @RandPaul: Remember Eric Ciaramella, the guy who accused Trump of a quid pro quo deal to investigate Hunter Biden’s corruption in Ukrain… [Link]#

Revealing.#

RT @Geiger_Capital: I’d follow Scott Bessent into war.🫡... ... “If illegal immigration is good for GDP, just build a road from Tierra del Fuego t… [Link]#

Questionable legality.#

RT @TomFitton: One can‘t issue a pardon without listing the offense. A pardon for nothing is a pardon for nothing. The Biden "blanket pard… [Link]#

Not charitable was she.#

RT @paulsperry_: NEW: Here is the letter Washington National Cathedral‘s Mariann Budde signed calling for the "removal of President Trump f… [Link]#

Those Democrats like double standards.#

RT @SenRickScott: By day three, the Obama Admin had 12 nominees confirmed, but it’s now four days into Pres. Trump’s term, & Democrats have… [Link]#

Do your job, or don’t.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: I love this: You have 10 days to come clean or we will discipline you. [Link]#
RT @elonmusk: Fraudulent behavior is cause for termination [Link]#

Send them home.#

RT @EYakoby: No, these are not Hamas terrorists, they are Columbia students who violently broke into a class of Jewish students and began h… [Link]#

Brennan misrepresenting his misrepresentation.#

RT @JonathanTurley: John Brennan is lashing out at the "misrepresentaton" of the laptop letter and Trump‘s removal of clearances of the sig… [Link]#

Corrupted.#

RT @themarketswork: The Civil Rights Division was the first entity within the DOJ to be politicized by Obama and Eric Holder:... ... 113 activist… [Link]#

That’s not journalism.#

RT @RichardGrenell: In article after article, the @nytimes, the @washingtonpost, @CNN, etc are having to admit that they didn’t speak to Re… [Link]#

Lawfare.#

RT @JonathanTurley: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner declared this week that he is considering filing state charges against Jan… [Link]#
RT @DefiyantlyFree: I picked a J6 case at random to review because I wanted to see how bad it was. ... ... And let me tell you the random one I p… [Link]#

Nice summary.#

RT @zerohedge: Top Overnight News... ... Trump set to tap health industry lobbyist Don Dempsey for top white house budget job. This appointment w… [Link]#

Good for her.#

RT @MilaLovesJoe: BREAKING: ... ... Pete’s second wife has hired an attorney. ... ... She plans to SUE media outlets for defamation. ... ... She is spending… [Link]#

Drug life.#

RT @DrJaclynnMoskow: The tables in this SLEP paper are a bit tedious to digest, but I dug through them to compile us some lists... ... In their c… [Link]#

Another corrupted agency.#

RT @Kerri_Kupec: And the news keeps coming: ... ... DOJ freezes ALL civil rights cases. ... ... This includes consent decrees, settlements, and other a… [Link]#

Make our borders safe.#

RT @JenGriffinFNC: 100 US troops are already en route to the border. A senior Marine official I spoke to said:... The 500 Marines being sent f… [Link]#

Time to get to work.#

RT @realdogeusa: By order of President Trump, DOGE is now official.... ... What is the first agency you want to see audited? https://t.co/s48RCSM… [Link]#
RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 #BREAKING: A "DOGE CLOCK" has appeared on the U.S. Debt Clock website, and it is rapidly counting upwards.... ... According to… [Link]#

They deserve this response.#

RT @ProfMJCleveland: When you hear Democrats bemoan Trump making documented aliens "undocumented," what they mean is that Trump may undo th… [Link]#

Bad judges.#

RT @julie_kelly2: DC JUDGES ACTING REALLY BADLY:... ... Hoy sh*t. This gem from former chief judge Beryl Howell, an unabashed Trump hater, who de… [Link]#

Getting results.#

RT @BillMelugin_: SNEAK PEEK: We embedded exclusively w/ ICE Boston today as they targeted egregious criminal aliens. We witnessed 8 arrest… [Link]#

Excellent!#

RT @TheLtColUSMC: Master Gunnery Sergeant Peter Wilson—You haven’t truly felt the Star-Spangled Banner until you’ve heard it played by him… [Link]#

The infamous letter.#

RT @FredFleitz: @themarketswork You‘re right, Jeff.... ... But this letter was commissioned and directed by Biden campaign member Antony Blinken.… [Link]#
RT @themarketswork: This can‘t be said enough. It wasn’t 50 intelligence officials.... ... It was FIVE Former CIA Directors and a former Director… [Link]#

So the Jan 6th Committee lied. What’s new?#

RT @Real_RobN: Tucker Carlson,... ... THIS TAPE OVERTURNS THE SINGLE MOST POWERFUL AND POLITICALLY USEFUL LIE THE CONVICTED FELONS HAVE TOLD US A… [Link]#

Birthright citizenship.#

RT @pepesgrandma: 🔥🔥Huge! The congressman who submitted the 14th amendment, which concerns birthright citizenship, states that it was never… [Link]#

Kneecap them with humor.#

RT @TheBabylonBee: Liberals Briefly Pause Chanting ‘Death To Israel’ To Call Elon Musk A Nazi https://t.co/dygN01xQ7T https://t.co/lck5gCHb… [Link]#

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