a minute with bart



What's Important Today?

• Democrat Bob Casey finally concedes Senate election to McCormick after trying to count illegal votes in Pennsylvania
• Iran has enough uranium and missile tech to produce ten nukes in 30 days
• Trump Picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General After Gaetz Withdraws
• Capitol Police Officer who Shot Ashli Babbitt had Long Disciplinary Record
• Laken Riley’s Dad Reads Journal Entry His Stepdaughter Addressed To Her ‘Future Husband’
• 'Our missiles are ready to blow up Trafalgar Square': Putin propagandists call for Britain to be obliterated and sunk beneath 'a beautiful, radioactive tidal wave' for 'allowing UK weapon strikes inside Russia'
• Trump’s Border Czar to Prioritize Locating 300,000 Missing Children
• How a CCP-Controlled School Tied to Beijing's Nuclear Weapons Program Infiltrated the University of Minnesota

New Administration

• Trump chooses Russ Vought for budget director, reprising his former role
• Trump taps Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Labor Secretary
• Trump Names Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
• Gaetz Bows Out of Consideration For Attorney General
• Leftist Writer: All Trump Nominees Likely To Be Confirmed
• John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson Signal Support For Recess Appointments
• Trump Names Former AG Matthew Whitaker as US Ambassador to NATO
• Trump Selects Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary

Uh oh! Democrats!

• Constituents Demand PA Commissioners Who Defied Law Resign
• Hemingway: Escalating Ukraine War During Transition Is A Scandal
• Republicans Need To Defend Gaetz To Stop Dems' Political Games
• Bucks County citizens take day off work to destroy election officials in person
White House has yet to release visitor logs for month Biden dropped out of race
• Manhattan District Attorney Agrees to Postpone Sentencing for Trump
• Bob Casey Endorsed Illegal Ballot Counting Scheme Hours Before State High Court Smacked It Down
• ‘Fullest Extent Of The Law’: RNC Seeking Criminal Prosecutions Against PA Election Officials Openly Violating State Law

Immigration And The Border

• Laken Riley’s Alleged Killer Received Taxpayer-funded Flight To Georgia In Days Before Her Murder
• ‘Don’t Cross That Line’: Trump Border Czar Warns Mayors Against Harboring Illegal Immigrants
• Arizona’s Katie Hobbs Admits She Won’t Comply with Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Laken Riley's Killer Should Have Gotten The Death Penalty
• Illegal immigrant found guilty of murdering Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole
• Texas offers Trump 1,400 acres for 'largest deportation of violent criminals' in U.S. history
• Trump advisers look to reinstate the term 'illegal alien'
• ‘60 Minutes’ pushes lies to derail Trump’s deportation mandate

War On Civilization

• DOJ asks for gag order to further silence Dr. Haim, whistleblower against hospital genitally mutilating healthy children
• Here’s How Just 4 Pediatricians Pushed A Medical Association Into Nixing Age Minimums For Sex Changes
• 'Whispered conversations' on wokery drove pro-Trump backlash
• Laken Riley Needed A Daniel Penny
• Judge allows death penalty if suspect accused of killing four college students in Idaho is convicted
• National campaign launched against top anti-Semitic faculty group
• Trump’s culture war offensive won the election
• MTG on Gender-confused Men In Women’s Spaces: The American People ‘Are Sick of this Lie’

Economy Watch

• The US defense industrial base needs a revamp for speed and scale
• Gensler Says He Will Leave SEC When Trump Takes Office
• Apple Releases Urgent iPhone Security Updates, Warns Hackers May Be Exploiting Vulnerabilities
Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations
• Bill Clinton Tells Democrats to Quit Lying About the Economy Being Great Under Biden
• Judge rules Youngkin can’t pull Virginia out of greenhouse gas agreement - Washington Examiner
Comcast Greenlights $7 Billion Spinoff of NBCUniversal Cable Channels, Including E!, USA and MSNBC
• Nigeria's richest man Aliko Dangote takes on the 'oil mafia'

Global Affairs

• Satellite images show Russia giving North Korea a million barrels of oil
• UNRWA chief told Hamas and Islamic Jihad: “We are united and no one can separate us”
• Senior North Korean General Wounded in Recent Ukrainian Strike
• Benjamin Netanyahu, Gallant handed ICC arrest warrants for Gaza war
• Hamas leaders no longer in Doha but office not closed, Qatar says
• Ukraine-Russia war: US criticised for sending landmines to Kyiv
• Imprisoned Hamas, Fatah leaders threaten wars in Israeli prisons
• North Korea Sent a Mystery Man to Lead Its Troops Fighting Ukraine

National Security

• DOD Adjusts Nuclear Deterrence Strategy as Nuclear Peer Adversaries Escalate
• US Task Force To Back Philippines In South China Sea
• U.S. Defense Firms Are Warned About Russia’s Sabotage Campaign
• Anduril to equip US Marines with new drone countermeasures
• Conflicts "Eating Into" Critical Munitions Stockpiles Needed For China Fight Top U.S. Officer In Pacific Warns
• China military now a 'significant threat' capable of winning in a conflict with U.S.
• Opinion: NATO Must Respond to Russian Shadow War on European Soil 
• Xi Jinping lays out four red lines the US must not challenge in meeting with Joe Biden