The American People Are Awake to the Scam

 

General Mike Flynn

@GenFlynn

Democrats, if you’re wondering why America voted for Trump, allow me to explain: The truth is, the American People are sick of your shit. You ruined our nation and our culture. You openly mocked, belittled, and discriminated us, then called us racist, misogynist, Nazis when we started noticing. You defiled and corrupted all of our great institutions, to include the media, social media, tech, academia, intelligence, health, pharma, Hollywood, entertainment, sports, EVERYTHING! You weaponized every aspect of American life, and used it to push your insane far-Left agenda down our throats. You told us Trump was a Russian asset that was going to start WW3 and would be worse than Hitler. Then you used that as an excuse to justify hatred towards Trump supporters and to riot in the streets. You used it as an excuse to obstruct and ruin Trump’s entire first term, and it turned out it was all a lie. Then during Covid, you demanded we all be forced to take medical experimentation without testing. You wanted dissenters locked in prison. You wanted children taken from their anti-vax parents. You wanted the anti-vax in camps. You were rooting for our deaths. Then it turned out you were wrong about everything from the man-made origin, to masks, to vaccines, to social distancing, to ivermectin, to HCQ, to natural immunity, and everything in between. Then during Ukraine, you told us that Ukraine was a bastion of Democracy, and that they desperately needed all of our tax dollars. Then it turned out that Ukraine is one of the most corrupt nations in the world, with literal Nazi military forces, and it was actually just a money laundering operation to steal from the American taxpayer. You want to defend Ukraine’s borders more than our own. You sent hundreds of billions of dollars on the other side of the planet, while Americans are suffering, all based on more lies. Then there’s the whole Epstein, Diddy, human-trafficking element. You all told us VEHEMENTLY that human-trafficking was a myth, you told us the border was secure, and you told us that anyone who questioned it was an irredeemable & deplorable conspiracy theorist (and a piece of garbage). You said anyone who watched “Sound of Freedom” was a QAnon extremist and threat to democracy. Then it turned out to be true, and the elites really are engaged in unspeakable crimes against children. After you all told us for decades this was not true. You covered up the most heinous crimes imaginable, for political gain. I could do this for days, but I think you get the point. The American People are awake to the scam and the true evil going on around us, and we are not going to stand for it anymore. So we hired Donald J. Trump and his team of Patriots to rectify the situation, and bring America back to her greatness. This is the reality of the situation. You are the bad guys, and you have been deceived. The sooner you wake up to it, the sooner you can join us in repairing this nation. Or you can choose to deny reality, and spend the rest of your lives consumed by hate, based on lies. The choice is yours. Signed: A True American Patriot

@realDonaldTrump

Thank you for your courage and for standing in the fire for America and all of humanity. God Bless America

https://x.com/genflynn/status/1855580973028540483

AEP to Heed Wants of State Leaders, Putting Climate Aim in Flux

American Electric Power (AEP) is adjusting its energy and economic development goals to align with state regulators' preferences, potentially leading to a change in its 2045 net-zero carbon target, according to CEO Bill Fehrman. Fehrman believes it is the responsibility of the states to determine their own policies, and AEP will meet those policies accordingly. The utility company aims to improve relationships with regulators, enhance reliability, and reduce customer bills by adopting a bottom-up approach that involves understanding state preferences and executing accordingly. AEP operates in 11 states and supplies electricity to nearly 5.5 million customers.

https://medial.app/news/aep-to-heed-wants-of-state-leaders-putting-climate-aim-in-flux-2213e08fcc58d

Rick Scott for Majority Leader

 The 2024 election results have energized the conservative movement, bringing a powerful red wave across the United States. With Donald Trump returning to the White House and Republicans recapturing the Senate and presumably holding on to control of the House, it’s easy to think the hard work is over. But while we may have won the election, the real fight is just beginning. The woke left will continue its relentless push to undermine our values, and we must be prepared to counter it with strong, principled leadership.

A critical part of advancing President-elect Trump’s America First agenda lies in choosing the right Senate majority leader. With Mitch McConnell stepping down, we have a rare opportunity to break from the past and choose someone who embodies the skill and resolve necessary to fight for real change.

Conservatives owe a debt of gratitude to McConnell for helping shape a strong Supreme Court, and for resisting the Democrats’ cynical gambits to overturn the 2016 election by impeaching the president over a banal phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky. But McConnell’s leadership has also resulted in massive omnibus spending bills, driving our national debt to an unsustainable $36 trillion. Time and again, he has sided with Democrats on foreign spending, failing to champion fiscal restraint and robust border protection. Conservatives can no longer accept a “go along to get along” approach that compromises our core principles, leaving us with soaring debt and unfinished work on securing our borders.

Among the potential candidates to replace McConnell are John Thune, John Cornyn, and Rick Scott. While Thune and Cornyn have decades of experience, Washington is such a mess that it’s a liability more than a recommendation. They have become fixtures in Washington, entrenched in its bureaucratic culture. But a majority of Americans want something more, something different. Last Tuesday’s election results signaled that voters are demanding real change, not more of the same old, ineffective leadership.

In contrast, Rick Scott, who entered the Senate in 2019, brings a more recent and fresh perspective. As governor of Florida, he demonstrated decisive action and bold leadership. Scott’s record shows a willingness to challenge norms and push for conservative policies. His tenure as governor included cutting taxes, creating jobs, and taking a strong stance on fiscal responsibility – principles that align closely with President-elect Trump’s America First agenda. Scott has also been an advocate for stronger border security, healthcare reform that reduces government control, and policies that support economic growth.

MAGA Republicans are coalescing on social media to express concerns about Thune and Cornyn while lauding Scott. A new poll from Sen. Mike Lee shows overwhelming support for Scott. Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville weighed in about Thune during a radio interview.

“Just because he’s been there, and just because he's been second in charge, I do not want Mitch McConnell’s Senate,” he said. “We can't afford to do that again. We can’t afford to have the RINOs run our country, the neocons. We have to have people that represent their states and the American people and the people in their states.”

While Tuberville’s remarks resonate with many conservatives frustrated with leadership that fails to act boldly, the process for selecting the majority leader seems rushed, occurring even before new senators are seated. (Strong alternatives like Tuberville and Mike Lee are not being seriously considered.) We need a fighter, not a career politician.

Perhaps not coincidentally, Trump himself has indicated that term limits for Congress are a priority of his administration. Expecting career politicians like Thune and Cornyn to carry that torch is highly unlikely. Their long tenure in Washington has been marked by caution and compromise, not the bold action needed to enact sweeping reforms. Cornyn, with his deep ties to establishment politics, has shown an unwillingness to break with traditional, safe approaches. Thune, while polished and experienced, has similarly fallen short of advancing the decisive, aggressive change conservatives demand.

Rick Scott deserves acknowledgment not just as a viable alternative, but the choice Americans want and the fighter President Trump needs. His tenure as Florida governor showcased his ability to take decisive action and manage effectively. Scott’s record of challenging the status quo and advocating for conservative principles – from implementing tax cuts to standing up against government overreach – makes him the strongest choice for Senate majority leader. Unlike Thune and Cornyn, Scott has shown that he is not afraid to disrupt the status quo and push for real, impactful change.

The stakes are too high to allow business as usual to resume in the Senate. The woke liberals will not rest, and neither should we. We need leadership that prioritizes action and accountability –qualities Thune and Cornyn have failed to demonstrate consistently. Scott’s willingness to confront Washington’s entrenched norms and advocate for meaningful change sets him apart. His commitment to term limits and ending career political stagnation resonates with the American people, who are tired of endless political maneuvering.

We need a Senate majority leader who will storm the halls of power and ensure that Washington, D.C., remembers whom it works for: the American people. Rick Scott has the courage, vision, and loyalty to champion policies that will secure America’s future. With Scott at the helm, we can ensure that the momentum from this red wave is not squandered but harnessed to deliver meaningful, lasting change.

 

Gerrick Wilkins is an automotive consultant, former congressional candidate, and author of “Unshackling Democracy: Embracing Term Limits, Empowering Citizens.” Reach Gerrick at author@unshacklingdemocracy.com.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/11/11/rick_scott_for_majority_leader_151927.html

PE-Backed Prison Health-Care Firm Wellpath Declares Bankruptcy

 

• H.I.G.-backed firm failed to repay credit facility recently
• Prison service industry faces high labor costs, debt piles

Wellpath Holdings Inc., one of the largest providers of health-care services to prisons and jails across the US, has filed bankruptcy after failing to meet its debt obligations while grappling with high labor costs.

The H.I.G. Capital-backed firm filed for Chapter 11 and listed assets and liabilities between $1 billion to $10 billion each.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/pe-backed-prison-health-care-firm-wellpath-declares-bankruptcy

Bristol Touts Cardiovascular Portfolio with New Clinical and Real-World Data at AHA

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) today announced the presentation of data across its cardiovascular portfolio at the American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions, taking place November 16-18, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. New analyses include updated results from the nearly two-year post-launch evaluation of the CAMZYOS® (mavacamten) Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Program and real-world and long-term extension data reinforcing the efficacy and safety profile of CAMZYOS, as well as data on behalf of the BMS-Pfizer Alliance on ELIQUIS® (apixaban) and the BMS-Johnson & Johnson Collaboration on milvexian.

With inclusion in both the ESC and AHA/ACC clinical guidelines as a recommended option for when symptoms persist after first-line therapy, CAMZYOS is a standard of care for NYHA class II-III symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM).

Research to be presented at the meeting supports the growing body of evidence of CAMZYOS, including compliance with the REMS Program. These data include:

• An updated analysis of results from the post-launch evaluation of the CAMZYOS REMS Program spanning nearly 2-years (22-months).
• A featured science presentation of the 128-week analysis (nearly 2.5 years) of the VALOR-HCM long-term study analyzing the efficacy and safety profile of CAMZYOS in reducing patient eligibility and/or decision to proceed with septal reduction therapy (SRT) in patients with symptomatic oHCM.
• New real-world evidence on CAMZYOS’ long-term effectiveness and safety profile, including data from MARVEL-HCM—the largest observational study on CAMZYOS’ effectiveness—and from COLLIGO-HCM, a real-world study examining racially diverse patients and those with higher disease burden than typically seen in clinical trials.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241108701311/en/

Spirit Airlines flight from Florida hit by gunfire while trying to land in Haiti

 A Spirit Airlines flight out of Florida was struck by gunfire on Monday while making a landing in Port-au-Prince in Haiti on Monday.

A spokesperson for the airline told Fox News Digital Spirit flight 951 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted to Santiago, Dominican Republic, where it landed safely after being hit by gunfire.

After arriving in the Dominican Republic, an inspection found evidence of damage to the aircraft that was consistent with gunfire.

While none of the guests on board were injured, one flight attendant on the aircraft reported minor injuries and was being evaluated by medical personnel.

A Spirit Airline flight was struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

The aircraft has since been taken out of service and Spirit is arranging for a different plane to take guests and crew back to Fort Lauderdale.

"The safety of our guests and team members is our top priority, and we have suspended our service at Port-au-Prince (PAP) and Cap-Haitien (CAP) pending further evaluation," the airline said in a statement.

A Spirit Airlines plane was struck by suspected gunfire Monday as it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (CREDIT: X/@_01Katarina)

The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince said it is aware of gang-led efforts to block travel to and from the city, which may include armed violence and disruption to roads, ports and airports.

A Spirit Airlines plane was struck by suspected gunfire Monday as it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (CREDIT: X/@_01Katarina)

"The security situation in Haiti is unpredictable and dangerous," the U.S. Embassy said. "Travel within Haiti is conducted at your own risk."

The statement also noted that the U.S. government cannot guarantee the safety of U.S. citizens traveling to airports, borders or abroad in Haiti.

A Spirit Airlines plane was struck by suspected gunfire Monday as it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (CREDIT: X/@_01Katarina)

The embassy suggested those considering traveling in Haiti to consider their personal safety first.

The safety warnings come on the same day Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille was removed from office after just six months in the role.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/spirit-airlines-flight-from-florida-hit-gunfire-while-trying-land-haiti

FEMA outrage reveals weaponized government — and points Trump toward reform

 One of President-elect Donald Trump’s first orders of business must be to de-weaponize the federal government. One episode from Florida illustrates why.

Not long ago you might have charged me with paranoid conspiracy theorizing if I had told you that federal disaster relief workers were deliberately keeping Trump supporters from receiving government assistance.

But they were, and a FEMA supervisor has been fired for it. 

Marn’i Washington allegedly told FEMA workers in Florida to skip houses with Trump signs out front after Hurricane Helene.

“Avoid homes advertising Trump,” she wrote in a “best practices” memo to employees, a copy of which was obtained by Daily Wire, reportedly reinforcing this with a verbal order.

When Donald Trump raised this issue, The New York Times accused him of spreading disinformation. According to The Times, Trump “falsely accused” the Biden administration of “neglecting areas that had voted for Republicans.”

Er, except that it was true. And The New York Times, as of this writing, had not corrected its false reporting, which itself constitutes disinformation.

So does that mean the conspiracy theorists are right?  Well, yes and no.

If the “conspiracy” would involve a handful of big-shots in a smoke-filled room sending out orders to their minions, not really. 

That happens in government sometimes — as with the federal campaign to quash dissent on social media over COVID policy and the disputed 2020 election — but usually it doesn’t work that way.

Because it doesn’t have to.

When you have a federal workforce that overwhelmingly favors the Democratic Party, coupled with nonstop media (and social media) accounts of how awful Republicans are and how it’s fair to do pretty much anything to stop them because they’re basically Hitler, you don’t need to issue orders. 

People act on their own. 

I very much doubt that any FEMA higher-up told Marn’i Washington to skip over houses with Trump signs. 

She just knew that she hated President Trump and wanted to punish his supporters. Then she took action.

Democrats like to see themselves as vital soldiers, defending democracy — and, coincidentally, their party’s power — from opponents who are not merely different, but outright evil. 

This sense of self-importance is coupled with a self-esteem-boosting snobbery: They tell themselves they deserve to be in charge because they’re so much smarter and better and more moral than the hoi polloi.  

And the allegedly high stakes justify even the most immoral actions because they’re in service of a higher cause — stopping Hitler! (An excuse that’s always available: Democrats characterize just about all of their GOP opponents as the next Hitler, going all the way back to Tom Dewey in 1948.)

Trump has said he will fire bureaucrats who get in the way of his reforms, and plans to vastly thin the civil service in general. This will help.

In fact, you can make a good argument for eliminating the civil service altogether, in whole or in part. 

Under the Constitution, all executive power is vested in the president, and no one else. The president is accountable to the public via democratic election. 

If federal bureaucrats, who aren’t accountable to the public, aren’t accountable to the president either, then the federal government isn’t democratic at all.  

It’s been a convenient set-up — for Washington, DC, at any rate.

Federal bureaucrats can pursue their own agendas, and the democratically elected president and Congress can blame the bureaucrats when they fail to deliver on election promises.

But it’s not the only way to run our federal government.

Under the old “spoils system” that predated the establishment of a job-protected civil service, any bureaucrat could be fired by the president, and everyone understood that the president was therefore responsible for what the bureaucracy did.

Making the system responsive to electoral turnover also ensured political diversity. Today, the federal workforce is a deep-blue monoculture, and people like Marn’i Washington fit right in. 

But a federal workforce that turned over regularly would end up with roughly equal representation for the parties, so shenanigans like hers would be much less likely. Especially if federal employees were easier to fire.

America has a runaway budget deficit and a huge national debt. Our bloated federal government has increasingly been prone to abusing its power in ways large and small. (Forget FEMA – don’t get me started on the Department of Justice, which was treating parents who protested at school board meetings as domestic terrorists.)

In his second term, President Trump should slash the bloat. Some of these bureaucrats shouldn’t have jobs at all, doing work that’s either unnecessary to the constitutional responsibilities of government or that’s outright harmful. 

The rest of them should have to worry more about being fired.

Make government responsible. Make government accountable. It’s time and past time.

Glenn Harlan Reynolds is a professor of law at the University of Tennessee and founder of the InstaPundit.com blog.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/11/opinion/fema-outrage-heralds-trumps-coming-government-reforms/