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Turning Point USA’s America Fest in Phoenix, Arizona saw college students and even whole families attend to speak and to listen, to advocate for and to network with publications, content creators, businesses, vendors and thought leaders. The four-day conference at the Phoenix Convention Center was dominated by the first Speaking appearance of President-elect Donald J. Trump since his election victory in November and defined by appearances by such conservative voices as The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles, TheBlaze’s Glenn Beck and Ally B. Stuckey as well as Steve Bannon, James O’Keefe and TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk. The atmosphere differed significantly from the AmericaFests of 2023 and 2022, which could be described as strategy sessions, filled with a panoply of ‘get-out-the-vote’ and ballot-chasing initiatives which proved fruitful in the November election. Rather the mood was simultaneously celebratory and victorious, while tempering optimism with a wariness toward the newly elected Congress. In one room some speakers discussed the collapse of the woke-left, while across the hall the crowds loudly chanted “Shut it down! Shut it down!” prior to the passage of the third iteration of the Budget Continuing Resolution Friday. As earlier noted, families abounded with grade school children led by their parents from event to event bedecked in patriotic ware and cheerful, red MAGA hats. One such family, the Andersons of East Mesa, just under an hour away from downtown Phoenix had parents Tim and Kelly bring their daughters Kaylee and Jada along. Kelly explained that her girls were homeschooled and were brought to Phoenix to learn. Asked why they were there she said, “To be around people who are actually joyful, who are in celebration of the victory we fought so hard for. To expose my kids to the process, and to meet more like -minded people who we can network with.” She explained, “We're a homeschool family and so this is a lot of civics and they get to watch all these podcasts and see all these people with me at home so now getting to interact with them and see it up front is pretty awesome.” Kaylee piped up that she was looking forward to meeting former Secret Service Agent turned-host Dan Bonjino. They were also hoping to meet Knowles. Another family, a father and son Mr. Patrick Murphy, chief executive of the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation (IS&WFPO) and his son Eoindaniel came to the Desert Southwest to share the plight of Irish fishermen with American conservatives, hoping to draw international attention to the crushing blows dealt to them by the oppressive Eco-leftists in Dublin and the EU.   Murphy said that he’s also seeking to bring back some of the MAGA energy to Ireland in the face of the radical leftist, pro-abortion, and pro-illegal immigration policies handed down by Irish and EU lawmakers in an attempt to reverse the damage. https://x.com/BrandonIFP/status/1861199965067821397 In a statement to ConservativeHQ Patrick explained, “My son and I are enjoying a special father son experience that is selfishly ours. We both followed American politics closely for the past years. Couple this with our similar beliefs. Ireland is resembling the madness of the USA in regard to a lack of belief in family, the community right to follow values that make sense. Government is influenced by an ideology of acceptance of people having the right to go against nature and punishing those who dare object. Freedom of speech, immigration and the abandonment of our rights as citizens of our country. My Catholic religious beliefs attacked, but not the madness of killing developing life before it has a chance to be born. Our ability to protect our values being eroded. We come here with hope in us asking those who are bringing a reversal of what is wrong to the USA will help us Start the process in Ireland. We need our people be put first.“ Trump spoke to the conference for over ninety minutes to cap off the four-day event on Sunday. Speaking to Fox10 , Kathy Hair told the outlet, “People coming together, It's about unity, right? Yeah, it's about change.”  The King family from California, like the Kellys from Arizona brought their children. Forest King told reporters that "I'm learning a ton.” His wife Karissa said, "To have the kiddos here, they've been able to really dig in, and they've asked us lots of questions. We've been able to respond to the questions and train them." Speaking to the gathered crowd Trump told them he was offering “just a small preview of the common sense revolution,” according to ABC News . “Because that's what I call it, a commonsense revolution that's coming soon to America, to a theater near you, right? But it's coming to you through your president, Donald J. Trump,” he said. The President-elect said that he plans to demand the return of the Panama Canal to U.S. control, throwing establishment media into a tailspin. He said, "It was not given for the benefit of others by a token of cooperation, but it was given to Panama and to the people of Panama. But it has provisions. You have to treat us fairly, and they haven't treated us fairly if the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, that we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America in full, quickly and without question. Not going to stand for so to the officials of Panama, please be guided accordingly." Earlier in the day Trump had posted to Truth Social about his selection of Paypal co-founder Ken Howery to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Denmark and even suggested, “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” echoing a Pat Buchanan talking point from his 1996 Presidential campaign. During his remarks he presented his vision for the second Trump administration saying, "With the stroke of my pen, on day one, we're going to stop the transgender lunacy. And I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of our elementary schools and middle schools and high schools." From the suburbs of Phoenix to southwestern shores of Ireland, the 2024 Election in the United States and the victory of the President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican party has shown a far-reaching influence, and AmericaFest is bringing together conservatives, populists, libertarians and Republicans from Arizona to Cork and from Mar-a-Lago to California. Conservativism has risen as the popular movement of 21st century, and Turning Point USA’s America Fest is this truth made manifest. Matthew Holloway is a contributor for  Conservative HQ .  Follow him on X  for his latest stories, or email tips to  Matthew@theconservativefreelancer.com . 2024 Election AmericaFest Phoenix Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk Donald Trump Get Out the Vote Congress

Will the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come Visit Joe Biden on his final Christmas as president?   The more things change, the more they stay the same. For those wondering whether senile Joe Biden evolved during his four years as president, here’s a look back to a satire/parody piece I put together for Christmas in 2020, titled “ Joe Biden and Kamala Harris star in ‘A Campaign Christmas Carol’ ”:   https://www.conservativehq.com/post/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-star-in-a-campaign-christmas-carol  (link)   Here’s an excerpt:   “The ghostly Kennedy then nearly tripped over his chains as he yanked open a window and poured himself out onto the snowy lawn below -- a fifteen foot drop -- landing with a loud thud. Joe heard a lot of moaning and groaning outside in the spirit world, a sound Biden was familiar with from having participated in whole caucus conference calls in his senate days. Joe quickly slammed the opening shut. Silence returned to the room and Joe surmised it had merely been a nightmare, perhaps brought on by an undercooked morsel of beef or a fragment of an underdone potato at dinner. ‘Dr. Jill is an awful cook! YUCK!’ he thought. Teddy Kennedy was more gravy than grave. Humbug!    “Just then, the clock struck one. As Joe laid his head down on his pillow to accept what he considered a well-deserved rest, a flash of light lit up the room and a translucent figure appeared in the center of the space. Biden squinted to detect an identity. A human form for sure, the ghostly being looked a lot like Michael Dukakis, though he had much grayer and thinner hair than Biden remembered the one-time Democrat presidential candidate had, and long gone was the unibrow the Greek card-carrying member of the ACLU once sported so proudly.”   https://www.conservativehq.com/post/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-star-in-a-campaign-christmas-carol  (link) --I haven’t re-read the story since its publication after the 2020 election – and before the infamous January 6, 2021 tourism riot took place – so it came as a smidgen of a surprise to see how little Senile Joe has learned from his experiences as the leader of the free world. In short, he did not become a better man. Neither did Kamala Harris become a better woman.   One note – all of the predictions at the end of the story are the same as they appeared at time of publication. I forecasted Donald J. Trump’s return to politics, and his 2024 victory!   Yes, you could see it coming from a mile away.   The story is long, but well worth checking out to see how the more things change, the more they stay the same.   Merry Christmas!   Enjoy.

Late Friday the Democrats at Biden's Department of Education withdrew their proposed rules that would have forced girls’ athletic teams to play against men by requiring participation in single-sex sports according to “gender identity.” The Democrat-proposed rule change that would have punished schools for preventing trans athletes from competing in women's sports. The rule would have officially outlawed individual states from banning participation in single-sex sports by gender identity rather than just sex. There are 23 states in the U.S. that have legislation in place to restrict trans athletes from competing as females in public school sports. The purported intent of Biden's proposal was to "propose a regulatory standard under Title IX that would govern a recipient’s adoption or application of sex-related criteria that would limit or deny a student’s eligibility to participate on a male or female athletic team consistent with their gender identity." In reality it would have forced girls and women to compete against men. Multiple Republican-governed states have filed lawsuits and enacted their own laws to address the issue after the Biden-Harris administration issued a sweeping rule that clarified that Title IX’s ban on "sex" discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and "pregnancy or related conditions."   FOX News reported that in August, The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to deny the administration an emergency request to enforce that sweeping rule. The request would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms in 10 states where there are state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it. Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch was the only conservative justice to dissent in that decision. The Epoch Times reported the proposed rule generated over 150,000 public comments, ranging from outright opposition to suggestions for modifications. Additionally, ongoing lawsuits challenging the interpretation of Title IX in cases involving gender identity and sports influenced the decision to step back. The Biden administration noted in its filing that it chose “not to regulate on this issue at this time,” citing the complexity of the comments and the unresolved legal battles. President Trump has pledged to take stricter action, including restricting transgender procedures for minors and bolstering protections for women in sports. However, there is still more to be done to unwind the Biden Democrats’ efforts to institutionalize gender dysphoria in our children’s schools.  Our friend Roger Severino is right, S.5356 - Defining Male and Female Act of 2024, is necessary to prevent future Democrat attempts to destroy the right to privacy of women. The bill, sponsored in the Senate by Republican Senators Roger Marshall, Risch, Crapo, and Hyde-Smith, and in the House by Representatives by Republican Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill, Debbie Lesko of Arizona, Lisa McClain of Michigan, Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Claudia Tenney of New York, Barry Moore of Alabama, Greg Steube of Florida, Doug LaMalfa of California, Keith Self of Texas, Michael Guest of Mississippi, Andy Harris of Maryland, and Alex Mooney of West Virginia, would prevent future rulemaking that purports to redefine sex as something other than the binary biological traits of male and female. “The Defining Male and Female Act will enshrine these definitions in federal law, preventing future departments and administrations from redefining this fundamental characteristic,” explained Rep. Mary Miller. The Capitol Switchboard is (202-224-3121), we urge CHQ readers and friends to call their Senators and Representative to urge them to reintroduce and sponsor the Defining Male and Female Act. 2024 Election Gender identity Title IX Single sex sports State bans Trans athletes Biden administration Republican lawsuits Discrimination based on gender identity Biden regulations protections for women in sports S.5356 - Defining Male and Female Act of 2024

The American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a conservative watchdog group, sent a letter to Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, listing the first 20 names of leaders across the military whom it deems excessively focused on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), as well as similar left-wing initiatives, and, therefore, an impediment to national security. “The woke takeover of the military is a major threat to our national security,” AAF President Thomas Jones wrote in a letter to Hegseth shared first with the New York Post.   “As global tensions rise, with Iran on the march, Russia at war, and China in midst of a massive military buildup, we cannot afford to have a military distracted and demoralized by leftist ideology,” he added. “Those who were responsible for these policies being instituted in the first place must be dismissed.” Among those listed are: Air Force Col. Benjamin R. Jonsson, who authored ‘Dear White Colonel’ op-ed One of the individuals who made AAF’s list is Air Force Col. Ben Jonsson, who penned an op-ed in July 2020 demanding his white colleagues “to give a damn” and “address our blind spots around race.” Against the backdrop of national upheaval over the death of George Floyd, he recommended reading Robin DiAngelo’s “White Fragility” and urged other colonels and members of the armed forces to make a plan.   “As white colonels, you and I are the biggest barriers to change if we do not personally address racial injustice in our Air Force,” Jonsson wrote in the piece. “…Dear white colonel, you and I set the culture, drive the calendar, and create the policies at most of our installations around the Air Force.”   “Dear white colonel, it is time to give a damn. Aim High.” Navy vice admiral Jeffery Hughes, who spoke at DEI summit Back in 2022, the Navy hosted a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) summit in Virginia. The Navy vice admiral on the list, Jeffery Hughes, spoke at that summit and underscored the importance of DEI to recruit “exceptional talent.”   That summit stoked ire from Republicans in Congress. Sen.-elect Jim Banks (R-Ind.) had a viral exchange with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday over the cost of the summit during a committee hearing later that year.   AAF also zinged Hughes for speaking at a webinar sponsored by #NatSecGirlSquad, which strives for “competent diversity in national security and defense.”   The conservative firm also flagged comments he made to Navy Recruiter magazine in 2016 in which he talked about realigning the Navy’s diversity team to funnel “diversity-related resources to the most impactful parts of the recruiting process.”   Air Force Maj. Gen. Elizabeth Arledge lauded RBG, railed against ‘whiteness’ Another military official who made the list is Air Force Maj. Gen. Elizabeth Arledge who had made “woke posts” on her social media, according to AAF.   In one post, Arledge shared articles that featured “discussions of whiteness in org[anization] theory and the ways in which whiteness (verb) has become naturalized as the ideal in orgs.”   Org theory pertains to the sociological makeup of organizations.   Another post focused on intersectionality.   “Women are impacted by many constructs simultaneously not just gender. Today’s reading by Evangelina Holvino. So much for me to think about both as an academic and a practitioner. #OrgTheory #AICCSED,” she posted on X.   She had also reposted a tribute to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Navy vice admiral Shoshana Chatfield complained Congress is 80% male Navy vice admiral Shoshana Chatfield delivered a speech at a Women’s Equality Day event in 2015 where she bemoaned male dominance in Congress, where she claimed at the time, 80% of lawmakers in the House of Representatives were males.   “It seems a bit unequal what issues go forward,” she said.   AAF also noted that in her speech she was quoted proclaiming that “our diversity is our strength.”   Chatfield also attended a Commander, Naval Air Forces DEI summit in 2022.   Air Force Brig. Gen. Corey Simmons oversaw DEI task force creation  AAF also took aim at Air Force Brig. Gen. Corey Simmons who helped oversee the formation of a DEI task force at Vance Air Force Base.   Simmons also partook in an October 2020 video on “Diversity and Culture Message” where he hailed the work being done to promote “the four principles foundational to diversity and inclusion.”   The New York Post reported that prior to getting selected by President-elect Donald Trump, Hegseth, 44, had publicly clamored against wokeness in the military — going as far as to publish a book on the subject earlier this year — and proclaimed on a podcast that any “General, Admiral, whatever that was involved in any of the DEI woke sh— has got to go.” 2024 Election Pete Hegseth Military Officers National security global tensions woke takeover of the military Air Force Col. Benjamin R. Jonsson Navy vice admiral Jeffery Hughes Air Force Maj. Gen. Elizabeth Arledge Navy vice admiral Shoshana Chatfield Air Force Brig. Gen. Corey Simmons

Donald Trump is the same he’s always been; it’s everyone else who’s changed   Seeing as we’ve reached Christmas week in the wonderfully impactful year of 2024, people in-the-know are beginning to note how the world appears to have changed around president elect Donald J. Trump. You read that right -- the world has changed. Trump is the same man he’s always been.   If you only went by the way Trump has been shown in the media lately, he has suddenly transformed from one of the most consistently despised men in America to one of the most admired. Make no mistake, Trump still has plenty  of detractors, but those expressing admiration for the 78-year-old second time president are a lot bolder than they’ve ever been in speaking up.   The new aura around Trump kind of reminds me of the ending to the original Dr. Seuss version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, where the Seuss-created Whos emerge from their homes on Christmas morning and sing as though nothing had happened to them. Yes, the Grinch had removed all their presents and taken their decorations in the hours before, but it didn’t stop Christmas from coming to Whoville. Lesson learned: Christmas was always the same – it was the Grinch who discovered something different that day.   Similarly, Donald Trump never altered his behavior or his approach to the country. But in the time since November 5th, it’s everyone else who’s adopted a new way of looking at the man who was the 45th president and will once again assume the role as the 47th president next month. Thanks to Trump’s remarkable comeback victory and rebirth as a respected – and feared – world leader, the stage is set for a monstrously memorable 2025. Let’s just hope it’s for the good.   In a newsletter post titled “ Trump is under attack less. His popularity is rising. What will the resistance do? ”, the irreplaceable Byron York reported at the Washington Examiner :   “[W]ith Trump’s election victory, the dynamic has changed again. For many Americans, and for some world leaders, too, Trump appears already to be president. He is moving forward on a wide range of fronts. He has plans, and he has the energy to pursue them. Even with some iffy nominations, voters have a generally positive view of what he is doing as president-elect.   “Meanwhile, some of Trump’s attackers have gone (relatively) silent. Their silence — at the moment, the resistance is confined to routine opposition to Trump on Capitol Hill — is allowing Trump to govern.   “At some point soon, the anti-Trump world will realize this is a dangerous situation for them. The key to resistance in Trump’s first term was preventing Trump from governing. Now, a decrease in attacks has allowed the public to see Trump preparing to govern in a second term, and so far, voters are positive and hopeful about it. Which means we should expect the old-style attacks to fire up pretty soon. This time, though, Trump is better prepared for what is coming — so the battle might play out in an entirely different way.”   One would certainly think so, that’s for sure. The Donald Trump of 2024 isn’t the same as the Trump of 2017 – but only because those around him treat him so differently. One need not strain one’s memory to recall how Democrats and the establishment media (same animal?) seemingly couldn’t wait to sink their claws into the political novice first-time politician-turned-president. Trump was so politically naïve he actually believed he could say something and people would give it credence.   He was wrong. Back then. The confirmation hearings for his first term nominees were full of skeptical senators who felt they owed no deference to the man who the American people had chosen. He was a tool of Vladimir Putin and the Russians, right? Trump’s own congressional leaders disparaged him in public. Celebrities doubted his legitimacy. His co-chiefs of staff worked to undermine him. If Trump wanted a friend in Washington, he’d need to get a dog.   But not these days. Trump himself recently commented that people like him and want to be around him – and that perhaps they thought he’d changed. But it’s those same admirers who have seen the light. Why so different? The reasons are many:   First, the change from within the Republican Party . It’s hard to fathom it in 2024, but the GOP was still conflicted in 2017. The Bush wing was still influential and voicing opinions. Trump was dismissed as a pacifist, isolationist and trade protectionist. His enemies said he was doing it all for himself. Democrats sniped and there were few Republican defenders. The deep state was still in the ruling class’s control. John McCain was still alive. The smart set openly speculated about using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump as president.   Today’s Republicans are different. Even his rivals for the party presidential nod are behind Trump. Yes, even Nikki Haley (at least publicly). Trump’s vice president is an unquestioned loyalist, as are his closest advisors, outsider cabinet picks and the leadership of the RNC (minus Laura Trump, who has resigned).   The party still looks mostly the same, but they’re different. Trump is the leader of the band. Get in line behind him and march.   Second, (some – a few) Democrats have changed . Most Democrats are the same as they’ve always been and are all-but incapable of fixing themselves. But there’ve been a few opposition party members who’ve pledged to work with Trump to try and establish common ground. Further, former Democrats Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. are in line for cabinet posts. Most of the vocal opponents to their confirmation are Democrats. Go figure.   Kamala Harris hasn’t settled on a post-election message. Senile Joe Biden appears content to play out the string and make plans to utilize son Hunter’s ill-gotten gains during his retirement. The liberal party is leaderless and divided. It’ll take them a while to get it back together.   Third, there’s been a change in the media . Not a big one, mind you, but the “old” media appears to realize that they can’t just continually lie and criticize Trump and the American people will follow them blindly. Some liberal commentators, such as Van Jones, admits Trump is “smarter” than all of them . It only took them three GOP nominations, two impeachments, a hailstorm of negativity and years in the wilderness to realize it.   Fourth, foreign leaders have changed . Trump said recently that many foreigners are calling him to wish him congratulations on his election win. More than a hundred, I think.   Trump’s election and subsequent tariff threats have got the world’s leaders dancing to his tune. Nothing like a little American financial power to make them toe the line. Is that really all senile Joe and Democrats had to do to get the world to cooperate with the United States? Trump makes it look all too easy.     Lastly, Americans have been given a glimpse of life under the Democrats. And they didn’t like it .   If today’s situation were a real life political version of the Christmas classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, America’s “Guardian Angel” has already gifted the country a four-year long version of what things would’ve looked like if Trump was yanked from the White House by circumstances – and more than likely a crooked vote count that engineered over 80 million (still the record) votes for senile Joe Biden – and life went on as if he’d never been born.   Trump didn’t need to do anything to come back, but he did plenty to make it happen. In other words, all Trump had to do to have the country come back around to his MAGA agenda and his unflinching leadership was to be himself. Everything else followed the natural order of things.   And America is now better off because of it. Joe Biden economy inflation Biden cognitive decline gas prices, Nancy Pelosi Biden senile Kamala Harris candidacy Donald Trump campaign Harris Trump debates J.D. Vance Kamala vice president Speaker Mike Johnson Donald Trump assassination Donald Trump 2024 presidential election Tim Walz

If our government really doesn’t know what these giant drones are over New Jersey and our military bases, they’re even more incompetent than we thought. Time for them to level with us about what’s really going on . Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) The federal government’s information, or lack thereof, about the drone invasion or drone plague over New Jersey and various military installations across the country gets curiouser and curiouser.   It turns out that now that drone mania has hit the establishment news media, people around the country are coming forward to say they’ve been seeing them for longer than just the past month, and in places far away from New Jersey. The Daily Mail reported Ord, Nebraska Police Chief Chris Grooms revealed that Valley County, NE, and its surrounding regions, were besieged for weeks from December 2019 into January 2020 by 'upwards of 40-50' drone UFOs at a time.   Across nearly three weeks of nighttime encounters, typically between 7pm and 11pm, these inexplicable SUV-sized drones operated 'with impunity,' Chief Grooms said, and sometimes seemed to be 'toying with law enforcement.'   'A lot of reports by ranchers stated that these objects were harassing their horses or cattle on a nightly basis,' he added. Some of the drones reached speeds of 120mph.   The police chief said he 'finds it alarming' that the White House is insisting that the 'drone incursion over New Jersey is not a known threat' — particularly given that the size, shape and behavior of Nebraska's mystery drones matched those in New Jersey. By the way, Ord, NE is about three hours west of Offutt Air Force Base, Headquarters of the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM)* and the 595th Command and Control Group, which flies America’s “Doomsday Planes,” the airborne control aircraft that would be our mobile command centers in case of a nuclear attack. Mysterious drones were also sighted in the vicinity of Offutt AFB (see map below).   *That’s the former Strategic Air Command or SAC for us old timers. It is also more or less in the middle of our Minuteman missile fields, spread across the northern Great Plains from Nebraska to Montana. So, we’re not buying the Biden administration’s play dumb act. And neither should you. In one 911 call report, obtained by DailyMail.com , a rural resident of Lincoln County, NE told police she witnessed 'seven drones flying directly over her house' and that these 'suspicious drones' were moving 'east and west' in a coordinated fashion.   The witness described the seven mystery drones 'as having red, green and white flashing lights' as they buzzed her property over two nights in early January 2020. The drone swarm's lighting colors, as well as its behavior, match those that later made repeated brazen incursions over the restricted airspace above Air Force joint-base Langley-Eustis in Virginia, then home to America's stealth F-22 fighter fleet.   For at least 17 nights in December 2023, swarms of these noisy, small UFOs were also seen at dusk 'moving at rapid speeds' and 'flashing red, green, and white lights.'   And these cases are almost identical to what has been reported above sensitive sites in New Jersey, like the US Army's Picatinny Arsenal.   Base police have reported 11 confirmed and unauthorized drone sightings over the arsenal since November 13, meaning security officers 'visibly witnessed a drone.' And then there was this intrusion at Hill AFB in Utah. And then there was this case at Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. Vandenburg AFB is where our Minuteman III ICBMs are tested, it is also where our missile interceptors are tested, Space X launches rockets and various classified missions are conducted. We don’t buy Biden’s “we don’t know what they are, but they are no threat” claim. One key “tell” is the representation that the drones are “being operated lawfully” which suggests that the White House knows who is operating them but isn’t saying. Why not? The Capitol Switchboard is (202-224-3121), call your Senators and Representative TODAY to demand that they conduct open public hearings on who is operating these mysterious drones and why they pose no threat – if indeed they do not pose a threat. 2024 Election Trump cabinet Kash Patel drone sightings Biden administration national security nuclear power plant Stewart International Airport Air National Guard Base Newark Airport Rep. Jeff Van Drew Iran aircraft carrier Governor Larry Hogan Davidsonville John Kirby U.S. Coast Guard

Tom DeWeese, President of the American Policy Center (APC), just delivered petitions to the office of Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX), asking him to reintroduce his DEFUND Act into the upcoming 119th Congress. The petition also called on Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) to do the same in the U.S. Senate.   The petitions were gratefully accepted by Rep. Roy’s staff. Said DeWeese, “these two Members of Congress took courageous action in the current 118th Congress by introducing the DEFUND Act.  This is one of the most powerful anti-UN bills ever introduced in Congress.”   DEFUND stands for Disengaging Entirely From the United Nations Debacle!   The Bill calls for:   Termination of U.S. membership in the UN and all affiliated bodies, conventions, and agreements.  Stops all funds to any UN body. Prohibits U.S. participation in UN peacekeeping operations. Throws the UN headquarters out of the U.S. And ends U.S. membership in the World Health Organization! DeWeese went on to say, “The United Nations is the center of the globalist agenda to eliminate national independence as it seeks to control the world’s economy and political policy. If the United States would exit the United Nations, it would collapse almost instantly. Many other nations would leave it with us. And you would see the World Economic Forum, the World Health Organization and the nearly 20,000 Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs), that help to enforce the agenda, also collapse as the money and political power they create dries up.”   As DeWeese met with Rep. Roy’s staff, he related a story concerning APC’s long dedication to getting the U.S. out of the United Nations. In the year 2000, APC worked closely with former Congressman Ron Paul when he introduced a similar anti-UN bill. At that time, APC gathered over 350,000 signed petitions for Rep. Paul’s bill. The group then sponsored a national news conference, featuring Rep. Paul and the late Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth, as the petitions were delivered to Congress.   DeWeese promised Rep. Roy’s staff that APC would do this again if Rep. Roy and Senator Lee would reintroduce the DEFUND Act.   DeWeese pledged that APC would work to create a steady flow of pressure to Congress to pass the DEFUND Act by gathering thousands more petitions in support of the bill; provide leadership and training of local activists to organize local “Exit UN” rallies; and even create a telephone call-in to Congress to keep their office phones ringing. Concluded DeWeese, “The fact is, due to the massive change that is taking place in our federal government right now, as President Trump prepares to take command, I believe we have never had a stronger opportunity to make Exiting the UN a reality.” Author Tom DeWeese is President of the American Policy Center and National Grassroots Coordinator for CFACT (Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow) working to help local activists organize into Freedom Pods ( www.CFACT.org ). He is also the author of three books, including Now Tell Me I Was Wrong, ERASE, and Sustainable: the WAR on Free Enterprise, Private Property, and Individuals. 2024 Election United Nations Anti-UN Rep. Chip Roy Defund the U.N. Senator Mike Lee Petitions DEFUND Act Globalist agenda World Health Organization NGOs

Donald Trump not content to be lied about anymore. He sues and wins. The media beware   Folks familiar with media history and the controversial record of the journalism industry probably recognize the New York Times ’ famous slogan: “ All the News That's Fit to Print ”. The saying is still used by the New York paper and was originally coined by owner Adolph S. Ochs in 1897.   Those who’ve followed what conservatives now label the establishment media also understand that the major reporting agencies – in print, television, internet, etc. – have fallen on hard financial times, mostly because of poor accountability standards and changing news consumer habits and tastes. Whereas most Americans used to rely almost exclusively on a few “credible” providers to find out what’s happening across the country and world, today’s citizens are much more likely to pick up tidbits from social media or “alternative” sources such as podcasts or online streaming.   In other words, media is changing – rapidly. Regular daily newspaper readers or nightly news viewers have altered their practices, leaving sources like the New York Times  and their “All The News That’s Fit to Print” motto searching for ways to adapt to the quickly shifting environment.   Nonetheless, members of the establishment media were shocked when president elect Donald Trump earned a settlement from ABC News last week. The lawsuit was spurred on by Trump’s objecting to a falsehood that ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos repeated over and over during a segment earlier this year .   It wasn’t just that Stephanopoulos’s assertions were deceitful – they were egregious lies. The hubris in the reporting industry has gotten out of control, where “fact-checking” is typically done by the same tainted mindset as those appearing on air or writing the articles. The same applies to reports on the election – and supposedly neutral polling information.   Well, Trump wasn’t about to let the industry cower behind the First Amendment any longer – as though the Founders’ goal of protecting newspapers and the free flow of information extended to lies and the lazy passing along of fabrications.   It doesn’t. In an article titled, “ Wrong polls, real lawsuits: Trump wages legal war on media for election fumbles ”, Stephen Dinan reported at The Washington Times :   “The lawsuit argues that the poll — published three days before the election and showing Vice President Kamala Harris with a lead in Iowa when she lost the state by 13 points — defied ‘credulity’ and should have been deep-sixed. Mr. Trump’s lawyers called the poll ‘manipulated’ and ‘election-interfering fiction.’   “The lawsuit, filed under Iowa’s consumer fraud laws, targets the Register, pollster Ann Selzer and Gannett, which owns the newspaper. At the time it ran, the poll struck some observers as wildly off base due to the voters sampled. Still, a number of media outlets trumpeted it as a sign that Mr. Trump was showing weakness in Midwestern states or that he was struggling in usually strong GOP areas.   “Floyd Abrams, a prominent First Amendment lawyer, called the lawsuit unprecedented. ‘The notion that a candidate who won an election would sue a newspaper that published what turned out to be an incorrect poll predicting his defeat is surely unknown in our history,’ he told The Washington Times in an email.”   Of the many illusions that the political rise and subsequent success of lifelong real estate developer, tabloid celebrity and reality TV star Donald J. Trump has shattered, perhaps the biggest and potentially longest lasting is the notion that the corporate/establishment media can’t be touched because of prior Supreme Court precedent which has all-but erected an invisible barrier around reports involving public figures.   Trump is the most public of public figures in just about every way and the media has found it open season to concoct, twist and fabricate stories that had little or no connection to truth and feed them to the American news consumer as though they were food rich in mental nutrients and high in veracity fiber. In case you’re wondering which lies I’m referring to, Scott McKay at The American Spectator compiled a partial list of whoppers the media has invented . Though it’s difficult to recall just how pervasive the sleaze is in the media on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, the totality of the offenses is impressive, indeed.   One can’t help but think that better source checks and being more careful in reporting would alleviate a lot of the credibility problem, but clearly the media felt it could get away with murder – figuratively and almost in reality – by taking the word of anonymous sources and blowing up rumors without regard to journalistic standards of veracity.   But as some observers have pointed out, the Trump lawsuits pinpointing media outlets that went with bogus reports are somewhat unprecedented. Critics have suggested that by letting Trump sue the media – and win – that the entire industry will pull back and, gulp, refrain from moving on unsubstantiated reports that could, in a perfect world, turn out to be true.   Why? Why would anyone in the media think they’re losing something valuable?   Trump hasn’t exactly filed suit against the entirety of the reporting industry, just the outlets that were blatantly careless in their stories. Naturally, one would think to question anonymous tips from anyone, and likewise harbor suspicion against the most obvious lies stemming from Democrats.   The Steele dossier was a prime example. Didn’t the editors and producers find it odd that there wasn’t anyone willing to come forward and corroborate the fantastic claims in it? If Trump had actually have been in the infamous “pee incident” detailed in the faux compilation document, wouldn’t there be prostitutes or hotel maids who could’ve supplied the back up testimony?   Similarly, don’t the higher ups in these media companies worry that the tales originate only from unquestionably partisan sources? Trump has been the target of so many sordid fantasies, it’s almost not possible to surmise that there’s more out there. I’ve proposed that Trump might be the most thoroughly vetted presidential candidate of all time.   Watch your sources, journalists. As Trump has shown, you might have a lawsuit on your hands if you’re not careful. It’s not a “chilling” effect that’s the danger – it’s allowing the media to run wild. A large payout or two will do wonders for the media itself, not hold them back.   Trump’s suit regarding the Iowa polling reporting is long overdue   Likewise, there’s perhaps no one who’s suffered the ill effects of bad polls more than Donald Trump. The polling was awful in 2016, 2020 and 2024. So bad, in fact, that most responsible news consumers automatically figured surveys showing Trump running behind this year were certainly suspect.   As detailed in Dinan’s article, the referenced Iowa poll showed Trump trailing cackling Kamala Harris by double digits  a few days prior to Election Day. Politics watchers who’d kept track of the back-and-forth didn’t even put Iowa in the toss-up category. The poll results were so wrong that hardly anyone took the findings seriously.   But maybe someone did. Negative poll results have a dampening effect on turnout and enthusiasm can make all the difference in a tight race, which this year’s contest was destined to be.   It wasn’t. Trump won comfortably in Iowa and managed to prevail in every swing state, the definition of a landslide. This particular poll didn’t hold Trump back, but it might have. Hence Trump is justified to be angry and think this is a good subject for legal action. Let’s prevent it from happening again; let them check closer next time, and be prepared to explain their results.   If the past four years has revealed anything meaningful, it’s that Americans aren’t settling for word from the media to form opinions on politics. Neither should Donald Trump. 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And the King said unto his servants, “Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel.”  2nd Samuel 3:38   And thus I feel about the passing of my oldest living friend, Dr. Lee Edwards, who went to his heavenly reward December 12, 2024.     In the summer of 1961, I went to New York City to become the Executive Secretary of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF).  Lee was a founding member of YAF in 1960 and a member of the Board of Directors.   Thus began a lifelong, deep, and strong friendship.   We had so much in common—same age, both strong, conservative, anti-Communist, Catholics—consumed with saving Western Civilization.   In early 1975, I mailed promotion letters for a new magazine I wanted to launch— Conservative Digest .   As the subscriptions started to pour in, I began to focus on the fact that I had no magazine.  My vision was to produce a monthly publication providing leadership, news, information, action items, for the new political movement known as the New Right.   Almost in a panic, I called Lee, who had been the founding editor of YAF’s magazine The New Guard  and said, “Help. I need to put out a monthly magazine, and soon”.   Lee liked the idea and became the first Editor of Conservative Digest , and for the next 10 years it had more subscribers and received more media attention than any other conservative publication.   Earlier this year, Lee was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer but led an active life until recent weeks.   At his death, he was busy writing his 26th book , Ten Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement .  His list did not include himself, but on my short list of conservative unsung heroes would be Dr. Lee Edwards.   I was fortunate to be with Lee numerous times in recent months.  A few months ago, we sat next to each other at a dinner of national conservatives.  For two hours we made plans to begin a new project of recording the history of the Conservative Movement by interviewing those who were there at the beginning in the 1960s and 1970s.   After his cancer diagnosis, Morton Blackwell offered the use of his Leadership Institute’s film studio with camera and crew for Lee to be interviewed by his daughter, Dr. Elizabeth Spalding, Chairman of Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and myself for about two hours.    Lee spoke long and eloquently about the earliest days of the Conservative Movement, including comments on his late father, Willard, who was a well-known journalist for the Chicago Tribune , and the founding of ISI and Human Events in the 1950s.  Lee was one of 90 young conservatives to meet at Sharon, Connecticut on September 11, 1960, the family home of Bill Buckley, Jr.  YAF was born and launched that day.  Lee would become the first Editor of YAF’s monthly Magazine The New Guard.   He continued telling stories from his role in 1964 as director of public information for the Goldwater for President campaign through the early years of the Conservative Movement, including the 1960s and 1970s when conservatives were in the wilderness up until Ronald Reagan’s election as President in 1980.   His analysis of the Conservative Movement and politics in recent years is priceless.   Lee’s work continued until his death. He chronicled the movement and his vision was that our fight to win the Cold War and the horrors of communism must be told.  His living legacy will be the Victims of Communism Museum and Foundation now opened in Washington, D.C. On display there are the atrocities that Joseph Stalin and every leader of the Soviet Union perpetrated on their own people. Communism has caused the death of more than 94 million people who were executed, starved to death, forced in slave labor or sent to war by its leaders.   Lee and his wife Anne were perfectly yoked.  I actually knew Anne a few years before Lee as she was a leader in New York City’s Young Republicans and YAF.  It was her idea for Lee to start the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.   Lee was an indispensable leader in the founding and development of today’s Conservative Movement.  As St. Paul said about himself in 2nd Timothy, 4:7, “I have fought the good fight; I’ve finished the race; I’ve kept the faith. Now waiting for me is the crown of righteousness….” I paraphrase and say this, “Lee fought the good fight; Lee finished the race; Lee kept the faith. Now waiting for Lee Edwards is the crown of righteousness.”   At his death, December 12, 2024, 11 days past his 92nd birthday, in addition to being known, admired, and respected by the leaders of the Conservative Movement of the last 60+ years, Lee was known by many as “001”—meaning he had been active at the national level of the Conservative Movement longer than any living conservative.   If you didn’t like Lee Edwards, you didn’t like people.  I’ve not known a better role model in my 91 years.   Rest in peace dear friend.

In our recent article “ Christians Under Assault In Syria ” we documented how the Islamist militia that overthrew dictator Bashar al Assad had immediately turned upon Syria’s ancient Christian communities. Since then, things have only gotten worse for Christians in Syria. Before the Syrian Civil War, approximately 1.5 million - 10% of Syrian population were Christians. The number is thought to have dropped sharply in recent years, but by how much is unclear. There could now be as few as 300,000 Christians left in Syria today.    Christians predominately live in and around cities of Damascus, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia and in Hasaka governorate. Most Syrian Christians are members of either Eastern Orthodox Church’s Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East or Syriac Orthodox Church (part of Oriental Orthodox family of churches). Most of the Catholics in Syria belong to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. There are also a minority of Protestants, including Congregationalist, Presbyterian and Armenian Evangelical Churches. As Madeleine Rowley documented in an article  for The Free Press, the Islamist rebels in Syria have a history of persecuting Syrian Christians.   The radical theology of many Islamist rebels in Syria resulted in acts of violence against Syrian Christians, everything from desecrating churches to kidnapping and murder.   So, when armed Islamist fighters standing in the streets of Mary’s village tell the Christians no harm will come to them, they have no reason to believe them.   For years, the Christians in Mary’s village held sizable Christmas celebrations. But this year, she said, “When the local Christmas tree was lit, just a handful of people showed up. Some shops are open, but many people don’t leave their houses and are waiting for what will happen next. Others, though, just want to go about their daily lives.” What’s the bottom line for Syria’s Christians?   Credible sources report Jolani’s HTS has confiscated over 500 properties from Christians and has violently converted the Druze population north of Aleppo to Sunni Islam, massacring those who attempted to resist. Wherever it rules, HTS imposes strict “Hisbah” patrols that beat up and imprison women who violate the dress code or are caught traveling without a supervising male. While HTS outwardly speaks of liberating Syrians, internally, it speaks of enslaving them. 2024 Election Syria Bashar al Assad Hamas Iran Israel ISIS Muhammad al-Julani Muhammad al-Jawlani Levant Front Russia Political Islam Sharia supremacy General Lloyd Austin Free Syrian Forces Islamist State

Countdowns have begun… to commemorations of January 6th. Pardon one? Pardon all? Pardon none ?   We’re now inside of a week until Christmas day. For you Christmas clock – or calendar – watchers you’d best quit procrastinating and make your way to the store, or the computer, to purchase what you’ve been putting off until now.   But calendar spectators may also be observing the passage of the days for another, less heartwarming reason. We’re now about two and a half weeks until January 6th, which next year, falls on a Monday. Though no political leader has yet declared that January sixth now shares notoriety with December 7th or September 11th as a “date which will live in infamy”, there’s little doubt most Americans reflexively recognize it and reflect back to what happened four years ago.   Not only that, but here’s predicting the near dead duck (not lame duck!) Biden administration remnants will devote much time and attention to how the anniversary should  be observed, somewhere in between calling for silence for the horribly torn nation to striking a celebratory tone for successfully siccing the Justice Department on every participant to pay with their freedom, livelihood, self-respect, fortune, home, marriage, etc. -- punishment for the “crime” of disbelieving the legitimacy of the 2020 vote count and then showing up on the Capitol grounds to “let their voices be heard.”   At any rate, in one of his final official acts as president, senile Joe Biden will most likely take whatever stimulants he needs to make himself coherent for an hour or two and then deliver a nationwide address – perhaps from the Oval Office – to decry and denounce, for a final time, the occurrences of January 6, 2021.   As for the rest of the country, many people are engaged in a debate over whether to pull a senile Joe Biden (for his son, Hunter) and ask Trump to pardon the lot of the January 6 “prisoners” who were literally and figuratively rounded up by Merrick Garland’s goons and charged with a variety of criminal no-no’s for utilizing their First Amendment rights to speak, petition and assemble.   President elect Trump has said he will pardon many if not all of the J6ers (as they’re now called) on his first day in office. Should  he? In a commentary titled “J6 Pardons: Trump Must Not Go Wobbly”, the always thought-provoking David Catron wrote at The American Spectator  earlier this week :   “…These people are not insurrectionists — not one has been charged with that crime — nor are they criminals. None carried firearms into the Capitol and the only one who died that day was Ashli Babbitt, a veteran shot by a capitol police officer to whom she presented no serious threat. A majority of the J6 prisoners are guilty of little more than trespassing and disorderly conduct.   “Moreover, it’s obvious that millions of Americans agree with this assessment. Trump has long made it clear that he intended to pardon many if not all of the J6 prisoners, and 77.3 million voters cast ballots for him last month. The Democrats, the corporate media, and some weak-kneed Republicans insist that it would be a mistake for him to pardon these people. They’re wrong. Jan. 6, 2021 was hardly America’s finest hour, of course...”   Therein lies the dilemma. There is no clear answer to the pardon conundrum. Trump has said he’ll consider each case individually, but time is of the essence. Every day of delay impacts lives.   It would make sense to come to a general policy before delving down to the nitty gritty. As Catron argued, all  of the J6ers should receive a pardon. Kurt Schlichter and others have argued similarly. They provide various rationales for advocating to include everyone. Here are mine:   First and foremost , it’s the right thing to do. And they deserve it. If it’s a fundamental, God-given right to speak out against the government, what the participants in the protest did on that day (almost) four years ago was at the top of the list in terms of allowable actions. It doesn’t get more “American” than that – to find the most visible and consequential place possible and go there to “make themselves heard”.   The fact the purveyors of “dignified” government freaked out when it was all over doesn’t justify what the Biden revenge-seekers did in response. People were right to be angry at how the protest got out of hand. It didn’t look good for our side to behave the way some of those Trump backers did. Yet let the punishment fit the offense. Some measure of monetary restitution should have been made for the minimal physical damage; then forgive and move on. Most of the participants left the place how they found it. Others, goaded by police excess, went overboard. The law exists for a reason.   But four years later, nothing good would come from leaving the matter unresolved, and those who’ve been serving time have paid their debt to society. Let ‘em go, and cleanse their records. An official apology would be a bonus.   Second , the nation has moved past January 6, 2021. Issuing full pardons to every participant will allow for everyone  in the country to have a new start, whether they desire one or not.   There’s simply no need to keep bringing this up. I learned recently that the ugly knee-bashing incident involving Nancy Kerrigan and some idiot colleagues of Tonya Harding thirty years ago took place on January 6 , 1994 . What is it about that date?   Aren’t anniversaries supposed to be a good thing? Putting a blanket end to the legal leftovers from J6 2021 will expunge the stain that now lingers on that date, begging for a collective emotional stain remover.   Third , Ashli Babbit deserves to rest in peace. Protester Ashli Babbitt was killed for no reason by a capitol police officer for jumping through a broken window. Video and subsequent analysis showed she went through the opening so she could prevent others from doing the same. Babbit’s fellow protesters were luckier than she was. But the taint that remains will forever be there unless Trump acts to pardon the entirety of the protester group. Singling out those who may have acted violently (there are two sides to every story) dishonors the sacrifice Ashli Babbitt made. Her memory and legacy deserve to endure with an act of clemency and forgiveness, not to simply perpetuate the vindictive score-settling that’s taken place under the auspices of the Biden Justice Department.   Lastly , any political repercussions Trump would possibly feel from granting every J6er a full pardon will only be temporary and won’t last long.   Some people will definitely be angered by Trump being lenient with all of the J6ers, including the purportedly violent ones. Some of those definitely appeared to go overboard that day. But again, they’ve already paid for their actions. They’ve done their time. No one is going “free”. But justice hasn’t been done -- yet.   At the same juncture, American voters have short memories. Senile Joe Biden’s pardon of his son for the middle-aged lad’s crimes was comparatively more egregious. Yet when it comes to harboring a grudge for something that boils down to a difference of opinion (should Trump pardon them all  or not?), it’ll have no staying power.   The J6 investigation was hardly on the level, too .   Americans will be concentrating on Trump’s policy prescriptions and whether the country is recovering from its funk imposed by senile Joe Biden and the rest of the Democrats, not an innocuous detail like a one-time mass pardon regarding something that took place years ago.   David Catron is right – Trump mustn’t go wobbly on the J6ers. Pardoning all of them is the best way to put that tragic day behind us. Maybe, then, by next year, Americans won’t even think of January 6 as a date that needs to be singled out. 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Word has come from our sources on Capitol Hill that Speaker of the House Mike “The Disappointment” Johnson is about to cave to Democrats and put another giant year-end spending bill on the House Floor.   Worse still, in order to dragoon reluctant Republican House Members into voting for it the desperately needed supplemental spending for hurricane relief in Florida and the Carolinas – home to some of the GOP staunchest fiscal conservatives – has been buried in the bill, along with billions in as yet undisclosed pork. This government by fiscal crisis has become a congressional habit no matter which party is in power. It obviates any need for transparency or accountability and allows members to avoid responsibility for adding more billions – or will it be trillions this time – to our already unconscionable national debt. Fortunately, The Hill reports Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is threatening to hold up spending package that congressional leaders claim is needed to pass by the end of the day Friday to avoid a government shutdown, that is unless leaders in Congress agree to vote on amendments to offset the cost of new spending in the proposal.   Paul has significant leverage to force colleagues to vote on spending cuts because congressional leaders are late, as usual, in unveiling the continuing resolution, which is expected to fund the government until March 14.   Senator Paul says he won’t yield back time on the floor unless Schumer guarantees fiscal hawks a full debate and opportunity to vote on amendments to offset the cost of new spending in the proposal.   “I can’t anticipate giving any time of consent to condense time without debate and debate means amendments. We’ll probably put forward some pay-fors,” Paul told The Hill, flagging green-energy subsidies as spending that could be cut to offset the cost of disaster relief for North Carolina and other states hit hard by recent hurricanes.   “There are some big existing pay-fors and I think they should be forced to decide: Do you want to help the people in Asheville or do you want to help green-energy companies, multimillion-dollar companies with subsidies for green energy? There’s about $4 billion out there in that,” he said. The Hill reported conservatives in both chambers are furious they still haven’t seen the details of the continuing resolution, which will extend government funding as well as provide new funding for disaster relief, payments to farmers and other programs that have vocal constituencies.   “I don’t know what all kinds of schemes they’re hatching here,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “I did hear a word of scuttlebutt that the House Republicans aren’t real happy with what the supposed final deal was.” The Capitol Switchboard is (202-224-3121), call your Senators and Representative TODAY to demand that they vote NO on any year-end Continuing Resolution that does more than fund the government at existing levels until the new Republican trifecta is sworn in. 2024 Election Spending bill Senator Rand Paul Speaker Mike Johnson Supplemental spending for hurricane relief transparency national debt Social security benefits tax continuing resolution Chuck Schumer green energy subsidies