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IN POLITICAL NEWS

1) President Trump wasted no time in getting rid of Barack Obama's generals, firing the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff. He replaced the chairman with a 3-star general, leapfrogging several 4-stars who were viewed as wokesters.

2) Leave it to James Carville, the Ragin' Cajun to be wrong again. One day after he said MAGA land would "collapse" in 30 days, President Trump came in at 52% in the new Harvard-Harris poll, and 42% say the country is now on the right track, up 14 points from Rutabaga. And Trump's policies? Overwhelmingly popular.

3) In what is probably Trump's/Musk's first misstep, DOGE sent out an email to all government employees asking them to list five things they did last week. The goal, as Musk said, was to weed out all those "employees" who don't really exist or who don't even bother to open their emails. Except it has produced backlash among the Departments---State, DNI, FBI, DOD, and so on. There are two things at work. One is a genuine concern for activities that merely by their disclosure ("I was working on a classified project") could reveal secret info. Second is the old fashioned turf war. "Who is Elon to evaluate MY employees?" You can see how quickly this sets in, even with really good people. Trump is going to have to assemble all these people in one room and clearly lay out the chain of command. I suspect Elon will lose this round, but it is a process that should be done immediately by the Departments.

4) He also appointed MAGA and conservative heavy hitter, Dan Bongino as deputy director of the FBI.

5) In New York state, the GOP gains/DemoKKKrat losses in voter registration total 72,000. Great movement, but a long way to go. New York is still about a three million D advantage, as is Kollyfornia.

6) President Trump killed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created by ComanChe (Elizabeth Warren) and all employees were told the building was closed because the lease was cancelled. This is the way.

7) Recently confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel will also be temporary acting ATF director.

8) CIA Director John Ratcliffe has been quiet. Too quiet. Now word is that the CIA will have the largest layoffs since 1977. Gooooooood. And here is a compreh