Dan Scavino said on X that he hears from his sources that there is movement at the top of the USSS. They are giving promotions to “Biden’s people.” Rowe could be a beneficiary of Biden-Harris largesse. Meanwhile, Acting USSS Director Rowe behaved arrogantly and unprofessionally during the hearing on the assassination of Donald Trump. He […] The post Ronald Rowe Screamed at Rep. Fallon During Trump Assassination Hearing appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Daily Wire host Michael Knowles warned Republicans that if they think the attacks on President-elect Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth have been intense, wait until they see what happens with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard. During Knowles’ appearance on “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast, Kelly said “we are really at a crossroads here about whether we are going to sacrifice these nominees because of checkered personal pasts or not. It’s not going to get easier after Pete.” “I’m not surprised that the media and Democrats want to tank Pete Hegseth, and to me, that’s a real mark of confidence in his nomination,” Knowles said. “I really like Pete Hegseth … Pete is one of the first guys that I met when I got into political media.” “I’ve known him for years, and years. … Every interaction that I’ve had with this guy is that he’s a really terrific guy,” he added. “And so, the knocks on him that have come from the press are that years ago that he was a bit of a casanova, and he’s never really hid that, I don’t think, but if that’s the best that they can come up with, they’ve got some really insane allegations that there’s no evidence for whatsoever.” “I think it is great for the military. I think it’s great for morale to have someone who looks like Pete, who talks like Pete, who thinks like Pete, has Pete’s experience, to be in charge of the Pentagon,” Knowles continued. “I think it’s probably already helping military recruitment and military morale, and so I think he’s a solid pick.” Knowles said there’s “real political risk here for President Trump” if Hegseth goes down like his recent pick for Attorney General, Matt Gaetz. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “I understand why he accepted Matt Gaetz’s removal from the AG nomination,” the Daily Wire host said. “But now there’s a little bit of blood in the water as a result of that. And so, it seems to me, there is a major risk…” “If Hegseth were to go down, you know all the attention is next going to be on Bobby Kennedy, then it’s going to be on Tulsi Gabbard, who knows — it’s going to be on Ron DeSantis, if they put Ron DeSantis up for defense secretary. I don’t think that ends the problem. I think in many ways, it would exacerbate it.” Kelly said Republicans are going to have to “find their steely spines” because when it comes to RFK Jr., he makes Hegseth look like the “consummate boy scout” in comparison. She then pointed out that Gabbard is going to be labeled a “Russian foreign agent,” saying “there’s going to be tens of anonymous sources” claiming her connections to Bashar al-Assad. Knowles joked that “the letter is already being written” to discredit her, comparing it to the letter written by “51 former and present intelligence officials” to discredit the authenticity of the Hunter Biden laptop during the 2020 election. 

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Crafting a list that focuses exclusively on songs with the word “times” in the title, rather than the more commonly used “time,” proved to be both a unique challenge and an engaging exploration. While countless songs have used “time” as a central theme, the use of “times” introduces a distinct nuance, often reflecting broader concepts or plural experiences. In this article, we intentionally avoided repeating any songs from our previous list of tracks featuring “time,” ensuring a fresh and exclusive selection that highlights the versatility and creativity of the artists who chose “times” for their titles. This distinction not only The post 10 Best Songs With The Word ‘Times’ In The Title appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in U.S. v Skrmetti, the case that will determine whether states may ban transgender medical procedures for kids, one mother told The Daily Signal that her child began to transition as a baby. “She knew since birth,” Michelle Callahan-DuMont said of her 10-year-old, a biological male who says he identifies as a transgender female and goes by the name “Violet.” The family traveled from Arizona to Washington, D.C., to join the American Civil Liberty Union’s “Free to Be Ourselves” rally Wednesday outside the Supreme Court. The high court likely will rule by June on the constitutionality of a Tennessee law protecting minors from irreversible transgender medical interventions. CNN interviewed the same family about having a so-called transgender child. What the left-leaning news outlet didn’t mention is that Callahan-DuMont and her husband began to “transition” Violet when he was toddler age, over 1 year old. “Violet told us when she was 1 and a half,” Callahan-DuMont told The Daily Signal. “She’s been telling us since she could speak.” After yesterday's SCOTUS hearing determining if states can ban trans procedures for kids, @DailySignal interviewed a family who claimed their son knew he was a trans girl since BIRTH?Little did we know the family had already used their child for @CNN stardom. https://t.co/ytyWVk77Qn pic.twitter.com/ikwF8sme5l— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) December 5, 2024 In the interview with CNN correspondent Lucy Kafanov that aired, Violet said he is afraid he will be murdered on the street for identifying as transgender. Callahan-DuMont, who appeared in the interview with Violet and four other family members, said that “it’s hard to hear her say that” before detailing the 10-year-old’s response to the results of the 2024 presidential election. “She asked me three questions after she heard who won the election,” Callahan-DuMont said, then quoted her child. “Are we going to have to move? Are they going to take me away from you? And am I not going to be able to get my medicine?” Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a bill banning transgender medical procedures for minors in 2022. If the Supreme Court rules that the Tennessee law doing the same thing is unconstitutional, Arizona’s law likely would be overturned as well. Callahan-DuMont appears to have a history of publicly politicizing her child’s story. She runs Instagram and Threads account for Violet, largely focused on advocating for “trans kids.” One Threads post urges people to vote for the Democrats’ Harris-Walz ticket “for Violet’s healthcare & safety.” In the CNN interview, Violet said Republican messaging against transgender ideology in the 2024 election made him feel “dead inside.” “I’ve heard politicians that say, ‘No, you have the wrong gender. You’re confused, Honey,'” Violet said. “No. Myself is a fact, not an opinion, and they don’t get to decide that for me. I get to decide that for myself.” The post ‘She Knew Since Birth’: Family Began Transitioning Child as Baby Boy appeared first on The Daily Signal.

THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Joe Biden, when he pardoned his son, conceded that his own Justice Department is politically motivated, attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump argue. In their latest motion to dismiss Trump’s New York case, defense attorneys pointed Monday to Biden’s claim Sunday that his son Hunter Biden was “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” with political motives that led to a “miscarriage of justice” as justification for ending legal proceedings. “These comments amounted to an extraordinary condemnation of President Biden’s own DOJ,” Trump’s attorneys wrote. “This is the same DOJ that coordinated and oversaw the politically-motivated, election-interference witch hunts targeting President Trump by disgraced special counsel Jack Smith, the other biased prosecutors in Smith’s Special Counsel’s Office (‘SCO’), and others. This is the same DOJ that sent Matthew Colangelo to [Manhattan} DA [Alvin] Bragg to help unfairly target President Trump in this empty and lawless case.” The case must be dismissed immediately as continuing “disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts and his preparations to wield the full Article II executive power authorized by the Constitution pursuant to the overwhelming national mandate granted to him by the American people on Nov. 5, 2024,” the attorneys said.  In November, Judge Juan Merchan indefinitely delayed Trump’s sentencing date, instructing the defense to file its new motion to dismiss the case following the Nov. 5 election victory. Trump’s sentencing was previously scheduled for Nov. 26. Trump’s attorneys noted that even the DOJ has been “forced to concede” that Trump’s election mandated dismissal of the federal cases. Prosecutors’ suggestion that they can resume proceedings in 2029 when Trump leaves office is “not an option,” they wrote. Judges last week granted Smith’s requests to dismiss his federal election interference case against Trump as well as his pending appeal of the dismissal of the classified documents case. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Trump Defense Cites Biden’s ‘Extraordinary Condemnation’ of DOJ in Motion to Dismiss NY Case appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Growing miniature fruit trees and non-native plants, even tropical fruit trees, IS possible on your homestead, no matter where you live – and should be! Miniature Fruit Trees and Non-Native Plants Raising and preserving fruit, non-native, and off-season plants ensures you and your beloveds will have a well-rounded diet without spending a dime to purchase fresh produce from the supermarket during the winter months – or if a long-term disaster strikes. If an apocalyptic event happens, the miniature fruit trees and other non-native crops will make excellent barter items and provide essential nutrients, like vitamin C, the body needs to remain healthy and strong. Growing dwarf fruit trees and non-native plants, such as rice, coffee, and tobacco are also perfect for urban and suburban preppers and folks who are carving out a small homestead. They can all be grown in pots outdoors during the warm weather months and then covered in plastic to make a mini-hot house, moved either inside the home or into a greenhouse. Closing in a porch makes a great inexpensive winter growing area that is camouflaged from prying eyes during a doomsday disaster. What is a miniature fruit tree? It is possible to grow oranges, lemons, tangelos, bananas, dwarf apple trees, and even coffee trees while the snow is heavily falling outside. Miniature fruit trees routinely grow to be about 10 feet tall. Some varieties of dwarf trees only grow to reach about three feet tall, such as dwarf banana trees. Regardless of the ultimate size of the miniature trees, the fruit they produce is normal size! Genetic engineering is not used to create miniature fruit trees. A rather tried and true old-fashioned technique commonly referred to as grafting is used when creating dwarf trees. A branch of a fruiting tree is grafted into rootstock. The specific stocks are chosen because of their resistance to disease, drought, how adaptive they are to varying soil types, and because of their general hardiness and size. The miniature trees will only grow as tall as the roots allow, so combining it with a branch from a specific rootstock allows the grower to control the size of the tree. Miniature fruit trees reach maturity far more quickly than their full-size counterparts. You do not have to wait for up to five years to get a full quality harvest rom a dwarf tree – they bear fruit within one to two years. Nurseries can create custom dwarf trees for customers, even ones which produce more than one type of fruit. Types of Dwarf Fruit Trees Apple Apricot Almond Banana Cherry Coffee Fig Lime Lemon Grapefruit Nectarines Orange Olive Peach Pears Tangelos Non-Native Plants Growing rice, cotton plants, peanut plants, and tobacco plants in climates where they would not normally thrive can be accomplished in the same manner as growing non-native dwarf fruit trees. You would never see a rice patty flourishing in much of the United States, but it can be done in a container or small plot quite successfully almost anywhere! Growing rice in multiple containers will provide ample of the long-term storage food favorite for the entire family to enjoy through the winter – and beyond. The containers will need to be taken inside or placed in a greenhouse to grow during the cold weather months. A rice patty can be grown along a marshy area that can be dammed and slightly flooded, especially along a creek line or in a pond overflow area. Depending upon the hardiness zone you live in, there may be enough time between the first and last frost to raise and harvest a crop of rice in an artificially created patty. Zones six through 10 are typically suited for this type of growing. Tobacco, peanut, and cotton plants can be grown on a small scale in containers either outside during frost-free months as long as they are moved inside or into a greenhouse before the first frost of fall. Peanuts are a shelf-stable crop which are also an excellent source of protein. How do you grow dwarf trees, off-season, and non-native plants inside? The Survivalist Gardener Rick Austin wrote an amazingly detailed how-to book focused on building enclosed porch greenhouses for homesteading and survival purposes. Austin has fresh lettuce and many other garden favorites, growing year around in his secret greenhouse. Austin said when describing the concept and functionality of his Secret Greenhouse of Survival book: “Imagine a greenhouse that heats your home in the winter; and heats your water; that grows five times more food per sq. ft. than a hoop house; that provides food for you and your family all year long; where your food grows in three dimensions; where you never have to use fertilizer; where you never have to use pesticide, and where you can grow exotic foods, i.e. citrus or coffee trees in New England; that allows you to start seedlings in the spring; that hides your solar electric system; and that can house your small animals or incubate chickens and ducks.” Utilizing a Greenhouse The greenhouse on the homestead operated by Rick Austin and his wife Jane (better known as Survivor Jane) looks just like a porch on a typical home. Not only does the enclosed porch greenhouse prevent any marauders or starving roaming groups from knowing ample food is nearby, it also serves as an alternative heat source for their home. During his more than three decades of sustainable homesteading, Austin has constructed a multitude of energy efficient buildings. He incorporated all the knowledge he garnered over the years to reduce the energy consumption of his home substantially by using the sustainable greenhouse to reduce heating and water use for the residence. About 63 percent of a home’s energy consumption comes from heating and water usage. Austin firmly believes you can only make substantial progress towards homestead sustainability if you work to control energy costs first. The secrete greenhouse utilizes extremely energy efficient glass that has a significant amount of thermal mass built in. Concrete planters and crushed stone floors further enhance the thermal mass and provide heat to the greenhouse during the night – even when there are subzero temperatures are looming outside. Austin’s greenhouse is located in the hills of Appalachia and has never dipped below 45 degrees at night – without a supplemental heat source. The passive solar heat generated in the greenhouse not only helps dwarf fruit trees and other non-native plants thrive, it also provides a habitat for small livestock and created passive solar heat and hot water for the home. The sustainable greenhouse has successfully been used to raise rabbits and to incubate ducklings – and could be used to chicks as well. Setting up the brooders and cages properly will allow for the generation of handy composting material as well. Up Next: Repurposed Materials | Transform And Recycle Common Household Items