CALIFORNICATION: California’s Air Resources Board has officially withdrawn its attempt to force trucks to transition from diesel to zero-emission.
CNN: In 2022, Jake Tapper branded plaintiff Zachary Young guilty of exploiting desperate Afghans during the U.S. military withdrawal in 2021. Early today, a Florida jury found CNN liable for defaming the Navy veteran and ordered CNN to pay $5 million in damages. There will be a second phase of the trial to decide if that number should be even higher.
- https://nypost.com/2025/01/17/media/cnn-must-pay-5m-for-defaming-navy-veteran-during-bidens-afghanistan-fiasco/
- https://notthebee.com/article/jake-tapper-and-cnn-owe-5-million-for-defamation-of-navy-veteran
FAUXTUS: Biden has announced that he has ratified the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), something the U.S. archivist and U.S. deputy archivist have both said recently he couldn’t do.
Back in the 1970s, when passing the ERA was a hot topic, Congress set June 30, 1982 as the deadline for getting three-fourths of the states to ratify it. Right wingers concerned about its impact on abortion, on women being drafted, and on legally removing the distinctions of mother and father in the nuclear family were able to prevent proponents from achieving their goal.
In 2020, Virginia became the 38th state to “ratify” the amendment, long past the deadline and after multiple states had rescinded their ratifications. Slow Joe said never mind to all that. HE is going to make it the “law of the land.” We shall see.
In other ridiculous lame duck acts, Biden pardoned 2,500 more felons and forgave $4.5 billion in student loans.
- https://notthebee.com/article/president-biden-affirms-the-equal-rights-amendment-as-the-28th-amendment-to-the-constitution-heres-what-that-means
- https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/biden-ratifies-new-constitutional-amendment-despite-opposition-5794080
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment
GEORGIA: [:51] – The New Georgia Project (NGP) is a non-profit founded by Stacey Abrams to engage in voter registration. In 2018, NGP spent $3.2 million to support Abrams’ failed bid for state governor. The state’s campaign ethics commission just slapped a $300,000 fine on them for violating campaign finance law.
- https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/stacey-abrams-nonprofit-hit-with-largest-fine-in-state-history-for-illegally-using-funds-to-support-her-2018-bid-for-governor/
- https://notthebee.com/article/stacey-abramss-nonprofit-was-just-hit-with-a-300000-fine-for-illegally-funding-her-failed-bid-for-governor-
GOD MADE THIS: “In the heart of Antarctica, nature creates an incredible sight: a red waterfall cascading through the perennial ice of the Taylor Glacier. This phenomenon, known as Blood Falls, is even more fascinating than it seems. Its intense color is not only due to oxidized iron but also to tiny iron-rich spheres created by tiny bacteria living in a salt lake hidden beneath a glacier. When this water reaches the surface and encounters oxygen, it takes on such an intense red hue that it seems unreal in the Antarctic landscape. The waterfall continues to flow even at sub-zero temperatures.” – Nature Wilderness Facebook page
FLORIDA: [21:27] – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference to announce his choice of his state’s Attorney General, Ashley Moody, to fill Marco Rugio’s Senate seat. Her bio is astonishing.
INAUGURATION: An arctic cold front will hit on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so the ceremony has been moved indoors. I’m guessing this might be God’s way of discouraging leftie demonstrations of “tolerance.”
MIRACLE: The Eucharistic tabernacle at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Pacific Palisades, Calif., was found completely untouched after the church burned to the ground in the Los Angeles wildfires. Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Bryan Nassour said the Blessed Sacrament was intact inside the 300-pound tabernacle. The firefighters also found undamaged vials of holy oil. “Talk to any firefighter,” he told Angelus News. “In any religious building what usually survives is the cross and certain specific items that are highly religious, unless they’ve been specifically set on fire.”
- https://www.churchpop.com/tabernacle-remains-untouched-after-catholic-church-burns-to-ashes-in-la-wildfires/
- https://angelusnews.com/local/la-catholics/corpus-christi-tabernacle/
WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM: Ordinarily, the front row of seats is reserved for the “major” (aka, “legacy”) media outlets, including ABC, CBS, NBC, AP, Reuters, and CNN. Rumors are afloat that Trump aides are thinking of mixing things up to give other, less biased media organizations a shot.
The White House Correspondent’s Association (WHCA) is responsible for the briefing room seating chart. To take that duty away from the WHCA is akin to a declaration of war on the legacy press … which may be exactly what Trump’s media team is looking for.
On a personal note, I dated a guy once who had had the chance to attend a presser in this room. He was stuffed into the back, standing beside the big equipment. His main comments were that the room was a lot smaller than it looks on television and that the noise from the cameras in the back was so loud that, from where he was, it was hard to hear anything.
WOMEN’S SPORTS: CLICK https://rumble.com/v69nc3s-reporter-attempts-gotcha-bible-question-on-mike-johnson-gets-rekt.html?e9s=src_v1_upp to hear House Speaker Johnson give a beautiful answer to a loaded question.
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