
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This week we're going to play a little game. The following items are a few of the things that have been reported in the news recently. See if you can recognize which ones are GOOD things. Ready? Go!
1. President Donald Trump has ordered the firing of all 'Biden Era' U.S. Attorneys as he attempts to 'restore confidence' at the Department of Justice. That's right, ALL of them. He wrote the following on his Truth Social page: "Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining "Biden Era" U.S. Attorneys. We must "clean house" IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence. America's Golden Age must have a fair Justice System - THAT BEGINS TODAY!"
2. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has uncovered that millions of people on the Social Security rolls are no longer alive. They found that 3,472,000 are between 120-129 years old: 3,936,000 are between 130-139 years old: and 3,542,000 are between 140-149 years old. And that could be just the tip of the iceberg. The Trump administration is on its way to end waste, fraud, and abuse in our government.
3. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked former President Joe Biden's student loan plan, which would have transferred student loan debt from borrowers to taxpayers. The decision by the appeals court came after "seven Republican-led states" filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education's plan and "argued" that Biden had no "authority to establish" the plan and that he had been "trying to find a roundabout way to forgive student debt after the Supreme Court blocked his sweeping debt cancellation plane in June 2023."
4. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned illegal aliens, "We will hunt you down." She then went on to thank President Trump for securing the border and putting America first. The secretary added, "Let me deliver a message from President Trump to the world: if you are considering entering America illegally, don't even think about it. Criminals are not welcome in the United States," Noem emphasized. In reference to lax immigration policies during the Biden administration, the secretary announced, "Those days are over!" The message comes as arrests at the southwest border continue to plummet.
5. The president has issued more than 100 executive actions affecting the economy, national security, federal government, immigration, foreign policy, energy, health, and education. The orders include one issuing a national emergency at the southern border; one revoking a slew of executive actions from former President Joe Biden; one ending all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at federal agencies; and one establishing an "America First" foreign relations policy.
6. DOGE, headed up by Elon Musk, has resulted in nearly $55 billion in savings since Trump took office, according to its website as of Feb. 18. The time-limited organization was formed from a repurposed version of the U.S. Digital Services, created in 2014 by President Barack Obama. According to DOGE, its work has resulted in almost $2 billion in cuts to the Treasury Department and nearly $1.5 billion in cuts to the Department of Education.
7. President Trump signed an executive order defining male and female based on biological sex only, declaring that the federal government would only recognize the two sexes, he went further by blocking male athletes from participating in women's sports. His "Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports" order cited Title IX rules. While the Biden administration had expanded Title IX to include transgender-identifying students, Trump's order limits participation in women's sports to only those who are female by birth.
8. In response to the above, the National Collegiate Athletic Association changed its transgender athlete policy and restricted women's sports to athletes documented as female by birth.
Okay, time to see how you scored on this. If you said all of these are good things, congratulations, you are a true patriot and clear thinker. In other words, you have COMMON SENSE. If however you think any of these were NOT good things, then you undoubtedly are suffering from TDS and stupidity. So sad.
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