Good News Friday
November 15, 2024
Dear Patriot,
Well.
Who knew that nominating Cabinet officials would become a highly entertaining national spectator sport?
Only Donald Trump could or would engage Americans in all aspects of his surprising new administration!
Please recognize that often what you know about MAGA/America First/Conservatives has filtered into your brain FROM the far-left media opining on far-left government lawfare. The more effective a conservative is, the greater the efforts by the left cabal to defame and silence them.
Will we love every single person selected by President Trump to fill jobs in his administration. Of course not.
What we have to remember is that all of them are 100% better than anyone currently in those roles.
Conservatives are justifiably jittery. We have been made fools so many times by our own Party. But, we have to take a leap of faith and trust Trump. He has proven to do the things we have voted for him to do.
It is going to be a rocky road. We want to caution you that the days ahead are going to very painful and hard. Not only are we fighting a dying government media and a dying government swamp, we are fighting what is left of the RINO wing of the Republican Party. In their death throes they will be vicious, relentless and gosh-darn-scary. They will win some battles.
We appreciate the direction we see with the Trump nominations. They are, for the most part, young, in their 30s and 40s. They know The Swamp, but they are not OF The Swamp. They are not corrupted by the lobbyist class. They are not going into this battle, and it will be a battle, to enhance their “brands” or their personal finances. They are fighting along side Trump because they love America and want to restore it to glory rather than to demise.
Oh, and can we just point out….this will be THE best looking administration in the history of the country!
Do not sweat each and every action. Do not diss Trump decisions on personnel.
DO PRAY for all of them. PRAY they be given wisdom and protection.
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You guys are the BEST!
Here are two more comments that made our hearts sing.
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Sidney,
I was in a state of pure zen the day after the election. It is utterly
relieving. I think a lot of the country feels the same way, as the
change in atmosphere is palpable.
I highly value your weekly emails and they give us hope and knowledge.
Thank you so much for being who you are and continuing forward.
D. from FL
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I can’t thank you enough for keeping me informed and helping me keep the faith these past few years. I cannot even begin to imagine what Sidney was enduring, and by extension, all of you.
And yet you retained the ability to elevate the rest of us.
Most Fridays, the first thought that entered my head on waking was, “it’s Good News Friday,” and my mood would immediately shift to one of optimism.
So know that all the effort, worry and fatigue you must have been experiencing was/is making a world of difference to the rest of us.
God bless you.
J. B. --fellow patriot
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And…now, enjoy A LOT of good news to start your weekend.
Have a good one.
Keep that smile on your face.
Remember, we WON!
Be HAPPY! (The left hates it when you are happy!)
The future is BRIGHT.
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1- Bear in mind, all the people wailing and moaning about Trump’s “unqualified” picks, are the SAME people who thought hapless Kamala and compromised Biden were qualified.
Dems’ attacks on the intelligent, articulate and patriotic Pete Hegseth show why they lost – a salute to Trump’s defense secretary pick
QUOTE: The elitist attacks on Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, show exactly why Democrats lost the election in a landslide.
Intelligent, articulate, patriotic, a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, a combat veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, with two Bronze Stars, Hegseth, 44, is an inspired choice to lead the Pentagon and rid it of the woke poison that has sent recruitment levels down the toilet.
Not only that, but he has a tattoo of “We the People” on his arm, a visible sign of his America First commitment to the Constitution, whose first words remind us that America at its founding rejected rule by elites.
And yet, because Hegseth most recently has been a popular Fox News host, the liberal intelligentsia are accusing him of being stupid and unqualified.
He’s a lot better qualified to run the Defense Department than Kamala Harris ever was to be commander-in-chief.
2- We can not be rid of these Swamp Rats fast enough.
Rats Flee Sinking DOJ Ship
QUOTE: The New York Times today confirmed Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team of prosecutors plan to resign before Donald Trump takes office in January. In what must have been a painful article to write, Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush, two reliable mouthpieces for the Department of Justice, said Smith’s office is “drawing up its plan for how to end the cases” against the incoming president. It is also unclear whether Smith will file a confidential report summarizing the special counsels’ work, a requirement under the DOJ special counsel rules.
Smith further “finds himself on the defensive,” according to the Times, as House Republicans prepare to investigate the investigators. “Republican lawmakers told Justice Department officials who had worked on the Trump cases to preserve all of their communications for investigators,” Barrett and Thrush wrote. “That is a sure sign that a new balance of power in Washington will make Mr. Smith among those being hunted by congressional investigators and others.”
Smith’s double-barreled pursuit of Trump—he filed unprecedented federal indictments against the incoming president in Washington for the events of January 6 and in southern Florida related to Trump’s alleged hoarding of national defense secrets—ends with a whisper not a bang, a result the regime media and Democrats in Washington never envisioned. For two years, cable news hosts and self-described “legal experts” hung on Smith’s every move in court, salivating over the vision of the war-crimes prosecutor hauling their longtime nemesis off to the gulag in handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit.
Not only did that scenario never come to fruition, Smith himself is now the target of a potential criminal investigation. Representatives James Jordan (R-Ohio) and Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) sent a letter to Smith last week demanding the preservation of all records; Jordan further indicated during a recent interview that as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he may ask Smith to publicly testify.
One can only assume the exodus from the DOJ will accelerate after Trump announced he will nominate Florida Representative Matt Gaetz as attorney general. The nomination appeared to shock even Trump insiders; Gaetz’s name never surfaced as a possible contender.
Gaetz is a Pitbull with a long record of confronting bad actors in the DOJ including FBI Director Christopher Wray. (He also reportedly will resign before he is fired on January 20.) He has been an outspoken defender of J6ers and likely will champion the cause to pardon them next year.
If anyone can chase more rats out of the DOJ, it is Gaetz.
3- What could be more fun to watch then Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy digging into government fraud and waste.
They are going to start with the obvious eye-popping stupid federal waste.
Jesse Watters explains it all here on his Fox News show.
4- We admit to a serious case of schadenfreude watching the lying State Media crumble before us.
Signs of the Collapse of Corporate Media Influence Are Everywhere
QUOTE: Now the signs are everywhere that the corporate media have turned the corner into irrelevance.
The far-left Los Angeles Times just fired its editorial board. This failing newspaper is already losing money every month, and now the owner is looking to attract Republicans with a “fair and balanced” reboot.
The disgraced Chris Wallace exits CNN. That loser was making seven figures. Wallace sounds like he will now try being a podcaster. He will fail.
CNNLOL is facing massive post-election layoffs:
With the election in the rearview, C.E.O. Mark Thompson will finally implement his true transformation plan at the network—including the culling of hundreds of jobs. Many of CNN’s own journalists, plenty of whom were blinded by Trump’s significant victory, have evinced similar naiveté about their own fates.
Comcast is looking to sell off MSNBC so it doesn’t drag down the stock price and the Comcast brand.
The far-left Washington Post is imploding due to two things: 1) Alienating everyone to the right of Fidel Castro, which gave 2) its residual far-left subscribers the power to finish the paper off for any real or perceived ideological sin, which is what’s happening.
MSNBC and CNN have suffered a crippling post-election ratings drop, probably due to viewers who have been assured for ten years the walls were closing in on Trump, only to see him and the MAGA movement triumph on Tuesday night.
The left-wing fascists at the Bulwark have been reduced to demanding Joe Biden go full-fascist to stop Donald Trump.
Then there were those who evaporated. Politico was a non-player. Time and Newsweek never hit anyone’s radar. The Atlantic disgraced itself with a hoax that only resulted in pointing and laughing. ABC and CBS News shamelessly rigged their respective presidential and vice presidential debates to no effect.
The best news is that the corporate media will never reform, never change, and fade even more into the echo chamber of irrelevance at the hands of a few million hard-left subscribers who keep them alive, but only if they remain irrelevant by comforting and affirming those subscribers.
5- At last, Americans of all kinds see clearly who are the leftist-Soros-paid candidates. We know them by their bad policy results.
Sorry, Soros — even Democratic voters rejected soft-on-crime district attorneys
QUOTE: Vice President Kamala Harris frequently touted her prosecutorial bona fideson the campaign trail, probably sensing political peril in boosting her prior support for soft-on-crime policies.
Yet she refused to say how she voted on California’s Proposition 36 to restore tough penalties for drugs and theft, despite its overwhelming backing in public surveys. (The measure sailed through with 70% support — the highest margin for any contested referendum in recent California history.)
Harris hedged because she was stuck between a rock (public opinion) and a hard place (her political benefactors including leftist billionaire George Soros).
The results in prosecutor races across the country — particularly in Harris’ home state and across the battleground states — demonstrate even Democratic voters are done with the soft-on-crime experiment.
The progressive “reform” candidate lost in 13 of last week’s top 25 district-attorney races — even in liberal bastions.
In California, justice reformers were trounced by double digits in three pivotal races even as Harris herself posted huge margins.
6- If you have some young men in your life who saw through the fog and voted for Trump, give them our thanks! They may well have saved the nation. The fact that these young men overcame all efforts to demoralize and silence them and they still stood to fight, is a victory worth celebrating.
One of our favorite writers, Peachy Keenan explains it all.
Peachy Keenan at The Federalist
Let's Hear It For The Boys Who Saved Us From Kamala
QUOTE: White Boy Summer just got extended for at least four more years. The War on Boys that started decades ago has finally ended; the boys won decisively on Nov. 5, 2024. Young guys (18-29) shifted 29 points to the right since 2020!
I saw this one coming from miles away. Boys, especially straight, white ones who can’t claim any special status as a member of a “marginalized” or “oppressed” group, have been cast as the bad guys in the modern world, and they know it. They know that in truth they are the most marginalized group in America. This is what the entire “Barbie” movie was about: Ken finding liberation from his oppressive pink Longhouse, discovering how to be a “real man,” and then getting his wings clipped again by Boss Barbie who makes him take off his cool guy clothes and start dressing like a flamboyant gay man again.
I know a tiny bit about young men. I have three teenage boys, and they were all ready to run through a wall to vote for Donald Trump. Only one was old enough to do it, of course, but all three have organically become huge Trump fans as they’ve gotten older and become aware of politics. My kids are not on X and don’t read my essays. We try to keep their lives mostly apolitical. They are aware their parents are Trump supporters, but we don’t talk to them about politics unless they bring it up.
And since Covid, they started bringing it up a lot. They became “based.” It is in the water, the online discourse, their friend groups, the “Fortnite” group chats, the powerlifting gym, and even at Mass. They discovered weightlifting. They became keenly aware that the world right outside our front door in our deep-blue neighborhood hates them. They lived through “Black Lives Matter” and wondered if white lives mattered. They endured years of movies and cartoons where the hero was a strong independent girl boss, and the boys were either idiots or inconsequential. They had to try to ignore “pride month,” when every identity except theirs was celebrated, and wondered when they were allowed to feel pride about being straight and white — can you even imagine?
Kamala Harris, like Hillary Clinton, represented the face of this oppressive, suffocating girl boss regime. Hillary was the old guard, the white battleaxe, while Kamala was the DEI face of the girl boss machine. She was absolute kryptonite to their sensibilities in every way — and mine too.
Having a female president one day would be fine with me and, I promise you, with them. But Kamala? She ain’t it.
We owe these boys our gratitude. In a poignant echo of June 6, 1944, on Nov. 5, 2024, young American men of every creed and color were once again called to protect the nation from being subjugated by a ruthless enemy.
Thank you for your service, guys. You did it.
7- Which American President could have prompted this response from a foreign leader?
South Korean President Taking Golf Lessons to Play with Donald Trump
QUOTE: The office of the president of South Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol, confirmed to reporters on Monday that Yoon has begun practicing his golf game in anticipation of potentially playing with American President-elect Donald Trump.
The Korea JoongAng Daily, citing Yoon’s office, reported that the South Korean leader had once been an avid golfer but had not played in eight years when he resumed his practice following the November 5 American presidential election.
President-elect Trump has been famous for his love of golf for decades and owns over a dozen golf courses around the world. He famously played golf with other world leaders during his first term as president and developed a close relationship with late former Prime Minister of Japan Abe Shinzo through multiple rounds of golf in America and Japan.
Yoon’s principal deputy national security adviser Kim Tae-hyo emphasized in a separate press conference how keen Yoon is to meet with Trump.
8- BOOM! Another case has been resolved FOR the person who stood against the mob.
Woman Fired For Refusing COVID Vaccine Wins Record $12 Million From Rogue Employer
QUOTE: A woman fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine has won a record $12 million settlement from her employer.
Lisa Domski, who worked at the insurance company Blue Cross Blue as an IT specialist for over three decades, was fired from her position for refusing to take the jab, which has since been proven to have been neither safe nor effective.
After suing the company for religious discirmination against her Catholic faith, Domski was awarded significant damages by a federal jury in Detroit.
The ruling included $10 million in punitive damages against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, as well as $1.7 million in lost wages and $1 million in noneconomic damages.
Her lawyer, Jon Marko, pointed out that during the so-called pandemic, Domski always worked remotely. Even before the virus broke out, the vast majority of her work was carried out remotely. “Our forefathers fought and died for the freedom for each American to practice his or her own religion. Neither the government nor a corporation has a right to force an individual to choose between his or her career and conscience,” Marko said in a statement after the verdict was confirmed. “Lisa refused to renounce her faith and beliefs and was wrongfully terminated from the only job she had ever known,” he continued.
“The jury’s verdict today tells BCBSM that religious discrimination has no place in America and affirms each person’s right to religious freedom.”
Meanwhile, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan sought to defend its actions and refused to apologize for its discrimination.
9- It is time to stop this monstrous child abuse and hold people to account.
Courageous Discourse on Substack
Texas AG Paxton Sues Third Trans Doctor
Another UT Southwestern physician, Dr. M. Brett Cooper, faces grave consequences.
QUOTE: KERA News—the NPR for North Texas—just published a thorough report on Texas AG Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against yet another UT Southwestern doctor for prescribing hormone treatment to minors in violation of the state’s ban on gender-affirming care.
Paxton accuses Dr. M. Brett Cooper, an associate professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center who also practiced at Children's Medical Center Dallas, of prescribing various levels of testosterone cypionate to 15 patients between the ages of 14 and 17. Most patients listed in the lawsuit were between 16 and 17 years old.
In the 34-page lawsuit filed in Collin County, Paxton calls Cooper a “scofflaw” and “radical gender activist” — a reprisal of similar labels he used in his first two lawsuits against Dr. May Lau of UT Southwestern and Dr. Hector Granados of El Paso.
Paxton has said the state “is cracking down” on doctors who provide treatment to children experiencing gender dysphoria despite the state’s ban, which took effect Sept. 1, 2023. The law calls for the Texas Medical License to revoke the medical licenses of physicians who violate it.
This is great news for all decent people who object to the most monstrous form of malpractice in the history of medicine. We applaud AG Paxton for his ongoing effort to restore decency to Texas hospitals like UT Southwestern.
10- Nothing is better for Michiganders than to limit the power of this marxist governor.
Recall the places we have had victory: The White House, U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Electoral College, popular vote, seven swing states, majority of state governors, majority of state legislatures. It is a strong foundation to build on.
Republicans retake Michigan House, making Gov. Gretchen Whitmer a lame duck
Quote: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will find it harder to maneuver in 2025 after Republicans took control of the state House.
The GOP win forces the Democrat to negotiate or be relegated to lame-duck status her last two years in Lansing.
Republicans entered Tuesday’s election with a 56-54 disadvantage. After controlling the lower chamber for the better part of four decades, they lost the House in 2022. Two years later, they’ve retaken it, winning three of the four races they targeted.
“Our hard-fought victory reaffirms that the people of Michigan want leaders who put them first, uphold the rule of law, and advocate for accountability at every level of government,” House Republican Leader Matt Hall told The Post.
11- Many small victories add up to big trends. You may remember when Shelley Luther was put in jail for the crime of keeping her small business open during the Covid-CCP Hysteria. She was just elected to the Texas House. She is a warrior.
Shelley Luther, former Dallas salon owner jailed during COVID-19, wins in TX House Dist. 62
QUOTE: Shelley Luther, the former Dallas salon owner who was jailed after reopening her salon during the COVID-19 pandemic, is heading to the Texas state house.
Luther defeated Democrat Tiffany Drake Tuesday night, earning more than 75 percent of the vote to win in Texas House District 62.
Luther made national headlines when she reopened her far North Dallas salon in defiance of countywide restrictions.
She was jailed for seven days in 2020 after a Dallas County judge found her guilty of civil and criminal contempt of court.
Luther was fined $1,000 for each day her salon, Salon à la Mode, was open after a court ordered it closed.
Luther unsuccessfully ran for state Senate in 2020, losing in a runoff to Drew Springer in District 30.
She lost to then-incumbent Reggie Smith in the 2022 Republican primary for Texas House District 62. Luther defeated Smith in the March 5 primary to move on to the 2024 general election.
12- This is the way out of this mess. Only these women can hold their authorities to account for letting men compete in their sport.
Alleging First Amendment Violations Tied To Transgender SJSU Player
QUOTE: A dozen women have filed a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference and its commissioner, along with officials at San Jose State University. They allege violations of Title IX and of their First Amendment rights, all stemming from the presence of transgender player Blaire Fleming on the San Jose State roster, OutKick has learned.
The plaintiffs, which include San Jose State co-captain Brooke Slusser and two former Spartans, as well as athletes from four other Mountain West schools, allege the conference adopted a new "Transgender Participation Policy" in an attempt to "chill and suppress the free speech rights of women athletes."
The suit, which is seeking emergency injunctive relief ahead of the Mountain West Conference volleyball tournament set to begin in Las Vegas on Nov. 27, is the latest development in a story that has made headlines since OutKick first reported on Fleming’s inclusion on the San Jose State roster back in April.
"The NCAA, Mountain West Conference, and college athletic directors around the country are failing women," said Bill Bock, lead attorney for the plaintiffs and the pro-woman organization Independent Council On Women's Sport (ICONS), which is funding and backing the lawsuit.
"Because the administrators don’t have the courage to do their jobs, we have to ask the federal courts to do their jobs for them," Bock added.
The SJSU volleyball team’s story has become a focal point of the ongoing debate on transgender athletes and their participation in women’s sports, with Fleming’s presence on San Jose State prompting four Mountain West teams to forfeit six games in protest, citing safety risks.
13- We still urge you to pray for those suffering from election reality. But, we might also want to pay to send them all out to sea together. (We would not want to be the staff working that cruise!)
Four-Year Cruise Offered to Unhappy Voters Who Want to ‘Escape’
QUOTE: Unhappy with the results of the election—whether for president, Congress, or your local school board? One cruise company has the perfect antidote.
Villa Vie Residences, a cruise line offering long-stay residential cruises, announced several multi-year packages onboard its ship Villa Vie Odyssey. The company’s release announcing the packages, called “Tour La Vie,” did not directly mention the U.S. elections, but the cheekily named package options offer some hint into how its marketing the products as escapes from the country’s electoral realities.
For one year, cruisers are offered the “Escape from Reality” package; for two years, it’s the “Mid-Term Selection” package; three years is the “Everywhere But Home” package, or cruisers can choose the four-year “Skip Forward” package.
Packages include accommodation with twice-weekly housekeeping service, high-speed internet, gratuities, and meals. Rates start from $49,999 per person (double occupancy) for the one-year package up to $159,999 per person (double occupancy) for the four-year package. Villa Vie also offers full or fractional ownership options, unlimited access options, or a “pay as you go” option that allows for shorter stays. Friends and family can also join as long-term stay guests for a per-night rate that’s based on the ownership or cruise length package.
Villa Vie Odyssey is an older ship that began service in 1993 as Cunard’s Crown Dynasty. The ship was extensively refurbished before entering the fleet of the luxury Fred Olsen Cruises in 2001, and again refurbished before undergoing a top-to-bottom refit after its 2023 acquisition by Villa Vie to operate as an ongoing, residential cruise liner.
Long-term cruising offers a rather extraordinary way to leave the United States without being subject to the visa and residency requirements of another country—virtually all of which require a visa or permanent residency permit for stays lasting longer than a few months. Villa Vie Odyssey is registered in Nassau, The Bahamas, but the operator is based in Florida.
PRAY for divine intervention in all matters large and small.
PRAY for all the warriors entering the Trump administration.
PRAY for wisdom and protection of President Trump.
PRAY for all of our children.
PRAY for all warriors.
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