01/28/2025 05:30 CDT

TRUMP STARTS TO CLEAN HOUSE AT POLITICIZED DOJ; CONTENTIOUS CONFIRMATION HEARINGS EXPECTED THIS WEEK

TODAY’S TOP TEN

TRUMP FIRES BIDEN’S DOJ HENCHMEN

TRUMP FIRES MORE THAN A DOZEN DOJ OFFICIALS involved in political prosecutions. Ace of Spades HQ.

TRUMP’S MOST CONTROVERSIAL REMAINING nominees face hearings this week — RFK Jr., Gabbard, and Patel. The Last Refuge.

ABC, CBS, NBC SPENT 46 MINUTES covering Trump pardons — only 3 minutes of Biden pardoning his family. Fox News.

TRUMP IS TAKING WAY MORE QUESTIONS from the news media than Joe Biden. Daily Caller.

BIDEN GAVE CLEMENCY TO A DRUG LORD who was convicted of killing an eight-year-old boy and his mother. PJ Media.

TRUMP SAYS HE MAY SEND NEARLY 90,000 newly hired IRS agents to border after issuing indefinite hiring freeze. New York Post.

U.S. SENATE CONFIRMS TRUMP NOMINEE Scott Bessent as new Treasury Secretary. The National Pulse.

PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS PROPOSE erasing sex from birth certificates. Breitbart.

LIBERAL PUBLICATION REPORTS federal employees are “terrified” that Trump will eliminate their jobs. PJ Media.

NPR, PBS, AND VOICE OF AMERICA facing renewed calls for defunding amid bias concerns. Just the News.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• So-called experts will owe RFK Jr. an apology in 4 years. Douglas MacKinnon.
• Christianity is the cure for Critical Theory. Nathanael Blake.
• The looming climate vs. AI civil war. Parker Briden.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• Miss America says she’s following the Lord in a world that’s broken. Fox News.
• Salena Zito: People in New York and DC don’t decide elections. Real Clear Politics.
• Pete Hegseth arrives at Pentagon and answers questions. Fox News.

LATEST FIRST RIGHT PODCAST

• Host Hayden Ludwig interviews culture warrior Terry Schilling about American Principles Project’s fight to expose “Trans Inc.” Rumble.

OFFBEAT BEAT

• 84-year-old uses nothing but pair of trousers to take out masked robber. The Western Journal.

TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@OldHollowTree) I earnestly hope you have the opportunity one day to sit in a sunlit room with a baby in your arms, gently rocking in an old wooden chair. I have traveled the world, climbed mountains, and had adventures I dare not tell you about. This, however, is the peak. Tweet.
• (@walterkirn) I mean what are they afraid RFK Jr will do if he's confirmed? Authorize research that kicks off a deadly global pandemic and then bungle the response in a way that destroys the lives of the poor while making his cronies unfathomably rich? No. That was the crew they confirmed before. Tweet.

MOST CLICKED ITEM YESTERDAY

• OBSCURE MEGADONOR JUMPS into the deep end of Democrat dark money. Restoration News.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Trump DOJ Fires Over a Dozen Key Officials on Jack Smith's Team BONGINO REPORT.

STATE OF THE RACE

• New Senate composition: Democrats 47, Republicans 53.
• New House composition: Democrats 215, Republicans 220.