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Analysis: Trump 'emphatically correct' about birthright citizenship

Josh Hammer
Newsweek
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:17 UTC
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© Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. "He can't do it!" the critics have invariably howled in decrying President Donald Trump's landmark day-one executive order upending the status quo on birthright citizenship for the children of illegal aliens, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship." The usual suspects in the punditocracy say Trump's order is "blatantly unconstitutional" and that it "violates settled law." Perhaps it's even "nativist" or "racist," to boot!

Like the Bourbons of old, pearl-clutching American elites have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. Because when it comes to birthright citizenship, the virtue signaling and armchair excoriation is not just silly — it's dead wrong on the law. Trump's Jan. 20 executive order on birthright citizenship is legally sound and fundamentally just. The maestro of Mar-a-Lago deserves credit, not condemnation, for implementing such a bold order as one of his very first second-term acts.

The Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, reads:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."
The clause's purpose was to overturn the infamous 1857 Supreme Court case, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and thereby ensure that blacks were, and would forever be, full-fledged citizens.
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Crusader

Vance eviscerates European leaders over 'Soviet'-style censorship in address to Munich Security Conference

Morgan Phillips
Fox News
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:41 UTC
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© (REUTERS/Leah Millis"The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China. It's not any other external actor," Vice President Vance said at the Munich Security Conference February 14, 2025
The vice president called out the organizers of Munich conference who 'banned' both far-right and far-left parties

In a speech to European leaders, Vice President JD Vance said the continent's recent censorship activities were a bigger threat to its existence than Russia.

"The threat that I worry the most about vis-à-vis Europe is not Russia, it's not China. It's not any other external actor," he said in an address at the Munich Security Conference.

"What I worry about is the threat from within the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America."

Vance called out former European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who said in January that if the right wing German AfD party were to win elections in Germany, the results could go the way of Romania.

"These cavalier statements are shocking to American ears," said Vance.

Comment: Though not highlighted in this article, Vance also delivered the message that Europe must now look to its own defense needs, and stop relying on the US.
'While the Trump administration is very concerned with European security and believes that we can come to a reasonable settlement between Russia and Ukraine, and we also believe that it's important in the coming years for Europe to step up in a big way,' he said.

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Trump is pushing for an end to the conflict and is putting pressure on both sides to find a settlement.

Trump upended years of support for Ukraine with a 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, kickstarting talks between Moscow and Washington.

His defense secretary Pete Hegseth said Ukraine would not be able to keep its pre-2014 borders and would not be admitted to NATO, comments which he quickly had to walk back.

The comments angered European leaders who quickly pushed back, reiterating that Ukraine was on a path to NATO membership and insisting that Ukraine must be part of any talks.

'The Ukraine war has to end,' Trump told reporters Thursday. 'Young people are being killed at levels that nobody's seen since World War II. And it's a ridiculous war.'

Trump is unconcerned with accusations that he is selling out Ukraine, and instead paints his proposals as the sort of out-of-the-box thinking that is needed after three years of war.

Vance himself appeared to go further than Trump in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, suggesting that military action could be used to pressure Putin.

'There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage' the U.S. could use against Putin, Vance told the newspaper.

On Friday morning he hammered the message that European nations should spend more on defense.

'NATO is a very important military alliance, of course, that we're the most significant part of,' he said ahead of a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

'But we want to make sure that NATO is actually built for the future, and we think a big part of that is ensuring that NATO does a little bit more burden sharing in Europe, so the United States can focus on some of our challenges in East Asia.'
Vance delivers eighteen-plus minutes of pure gold. Make sure to watch the faces in the audience. They've never been spoken to so bluntly in their collective lives:



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MAGA

Leaning into it: NY Post Trump mug shot adorns wall outside Oval Office

Steven Nelson
The New York Post
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:31 UTC
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© AFP via Getty ImagesThe cover appears to be in the passageway between the Oval Office and Trump’s secretaries’ office.
The Post's front page showing President Trump's Georgia mug shot was spotted Thursday on a wall just outside the Oval Office — indicating the 45th and 47th president isn't embarrassed by the snap and may even view it as motivation as he begins his second term.

The framed newspaper appears to be in the office of Trump's secretaries — located between the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room. The space often serves as an entryway for guests walking into the Oval.

The surprising decorating choice was revealed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit when the leaders were seated in front of the Oval Office's fireplace — with the door behind Trump left open.
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Arrow Up

Trump halts federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates

Nick Gilbertson
Breitbart
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:05 UTC
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© Martin Pope/GettyParent protesting vaccine mandate in schools
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday halting federal funds for schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before they can attend classes in person, Breitbart News has learned.

UPDATE: President Trump has now signed this executive order.

According to a White House document provided to Breitbart News, the expected order also applies to education service agencies, state education agencies, and local education agencies.

The order would prohibit "federal funds from being used to support or subsidize an educational service agency, state education agency, local education agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend in-person education programs," it reads.

Comment: Excellent news, especially for those servicemen and women who lost their livelihoods because they held to their principles.

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Blue Planet

Here's why Trump really wants to get his hands on Greenland and Canada

Constantin von Hoffmeister
RT
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:31 UTC
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© Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesEntrepreneur, Business Executive Elon Musk • US President Donald Trump
In a world caught between ecological limits and technological ambition, the revival of the long-dormant vision of the Technate suggests that America's future may be shaped not by traditional geopolitics but by the pursuit of industrial autarky, resource control, and the promise of a self-sustaining technocratic order.

It was an unexpected move, bewildering analysts across the globe. After securing victory in the election, Donald Trump did not immediately focus on perceived strategic rivals like China, Russia, or Iran, as the geopolitical forecasters had so confidently predicted. Instead, his gaze settled on Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal - territories that, at first glance, seemed disconnected from the expected choreography of American foreign policy ambitions. This pivot raised a chorus of speculation and debate. Many theories were put forward. Yet, among the multitude of explanations, only one has managed to weave together the strands of Trump's apparent unpredictability into a coherent narrative. This theory traces the logic of these moves back to a long-forgotten vision of a technocratic society that emerged in the early 20th century within the United States.

The roots of this idea, known as the "Technate," lie in a vision of a society governed not by politicians or financiers but by scientists and engineers, guided by the principles of efficiency, technological mastery, and resource optimization. In the worldview of early technocrats, economic systems based on arbitrary currencies and speculative markets were seen as chaotic relics of the past. Instead, they proposed that energy itself - measurable and quantifiable - should serve as the basis for all economic transactions. The Technate would thus become a self-contained and self-sustaining entity, where wealth is defined by the availability of natural resources, the expertise of its inhabitants, and the seamless integration of technology with governance.

Comment: Technate, as described, may mean choosing a path less violent, more inclusive and more productive in service to many versus the few.

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MAGA

Darkness dying

James Howard Kunstler
kunstler.com
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00 UTC
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© CopyrightDeath of Democracy! Can it be revived?
The exorcism of the USA just keeps revving up. You can tell by the number of revolutions-per-minute Elizabeth Warren's head spins while she spews pea soup at the cameras. Who knew what a demon-infested slough USA Management Central was? And yes, I would like some insight as to how humble civil servants like Liz Warren accrue a $12-million fortune . . . and $30-million for Samantha Power (ex-USAID-chief) . . . and more than $150-million for Nancy Pelosi. Could it be as simple as just good stock-picking? (Is that how they spend their time?)

You have reason to suspect that what goes on in Washington DC is the greatest racketeering operation ever run on God's green earth. "A threat to our democracy!" the Party of Chaos spouted incessantly during the election campaign in re: Donald J. Trump. "Democracy Dies in Darkness," The Washington Post still declares on its name-plate. Yet, who exactly kept the lights off the past four years? Who scrambled the brains of the nation's management and thinking classes? Who made mental illness aspirational?
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Big Bomb

Hegseth drops bombshell of realism on Europe, rules out NATO membership for Ukraine

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 01:25 UTC
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© US Mission to NATOUS Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L)
Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has definitively poured cold water on Ukraine's hopes of gaining Washington backing to join NATO, at a moment he's visiting the alliance's headquarters.

Hegseth issued firm words on this crucial question directly to the faces of top Ukrainian officials in opening remarks before the Ukraine Defense Contact Group - the alliance of 50+ countries and the European Union who support Ukraine's military - which is meeting in Brussels this week.

The US defense chief not only ruled out NATO membership, but laid out that it is "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine's borders to revert to pre-2014, in reference to Russian rule over Crimea.
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Arrow Up

'Anti-globalists are winning': Fico party MP speaks to RT

Georgiy Berezovsky,
RT
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 14:22 UTC
Fico and crowd
© RT/RT
A close ally of the Slovak prime minister talks about the unrest in the country, attempts to oust the current government, and shifts in European politics.

For over a month, protests have been taking place in cities across Slovakia, where demonstrators brandishing the slogan "Slovakia is Europe" (which suspiciously echoes a similar phrase used during the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine in 2014) are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico's government.

The controversial figure of Fico, who survived an assassination attempt by a pro-Ukrainian activist in May 2024, has sparked divisions within the European Union. His views on Russia largely diverge from the European mainstream. In December, he traveled to Moscow to discuss with President Vladimir Putin the implications of Kiev's cessation of Russian gas transit to the West. He has halted military assistance to Ukraine, criticized EU sanctions against Russia, and opposes Ukraine's NATO membership.

RT spoke with Lubos Blaha, vice-president of Fico's Smer party and a member of the European Parliament, about the situation his country finds itself in.
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Here's what comes next after Putin and Trump just agreed to start peace talks

Andrew Korybko
korybko.substack.com
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00 UTC
Ringadingding
© unknownUS President Donald Trump • Russian President Vladimir Putin
The path ahead will be very difficult due to the sensitive issues that Russia and the US must resolve.

12 February 2025 will go down in history as the day when the NATO-Russian proxy war in Ukraine officially began to end. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth started everything off by declaring that:
Ukraine won't join NATO; the US doesn't believe that Ukraine can restore its pre-2014 borders; the US won't deploy troops to the conflict zone; the US wants the Europeans to assume some peacekeeping responsibilities there instead; but the US won't extend Article 5 guarantees to EU forces there.
This was followed by Trump and Putin talking for the first time since the former returned to office. They agreed to begin peace talks without delay, which was followed by Trump calling Zelensky to brief him about this and likely coerce the concessions from him that he presumably promised Putin. Trump also suggested that he'll soon meet Putin in Saudi Arabia and that each of them might then visit each other's countries as part of the peace process.
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Attention

Will the EU ever learn to make more friends?

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:03 UTC
As the EU shivers over what America's new president will or will not do, policymakers in Brussels consider continuing catastrophic economic warfare on Russia.
Sanctions
© New Eastern Outlook
News that a draft proposal for the 16th round of sanctions is circulating in the halls of power in the EU comes as Moscow rivals London in property values. Russia's Putin declared that Europe would "wag its tail" and follow Donald Trump's commands. Ordinary citizens in the Eurozone can only pray that the Russian statesman is correct again.

Who was it who said, "The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing?" I believe it was legendary industrialist Henry Ford who was being interviewed along with Thomas Edison by Alexander Graham Bell (1929). A word of advice arises from this old interview, where the wizards of the European Union are concerned. If the most innovative and most successful people who ever lived caution against something, it's a wise policy for all leaders to follow. Only the European Union has exactly ZERO wise persons running that show. More Russia sanctions! Now, there's a genius stroke for a continent out of gas, on the ropes, and an air raid siren away from nuclear destruction.
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