If you have friends who post drool-worthy photos of luxury resorts in beautiful, tropical places and you wonder how on Earth they can afford such amazing vacations, there are four main possibilities: 1) They're rich; 2) They saved up for a long time and splurged; 3) They went into debt to make it happen; 4) They spent far less than you think—perhaps close to nothing—because your friends know how to play the travel hacking game.If No. 4 intrigues you, buckle up, because I'm about to take you on a mindblowing trip through Travel Hacking Land. But before we embark, I want to make something clear: Everything I'm about to share with you is legitimate, legal and honest. I say that upfront because often people's initial response when I describe how travel hacking works is, "That sounds sketchy." They usually respond with 1) This is a scam, or 2) This is unethical. Neither is true. More on that shortly. Luxury travel is far more doable than you might think. Photo by Paolo Nicolello on UnsplashOkay, off we go!Welcome to Travel Hacking Land, where if you learn to play the game well, you get to travel for free.A few things to keep in mind as we take this tour:1. Think of travel hacking as a game rather than a "hack." Like any game, the more strategies you master, the better you get at playing.2. The game is simple in concept, but complex in practice. Don't expect to walk away from this article knowing exactly how to book a free trip to Europe. There's a fairly steep learning curve, but speaking from experience, it's 100% worth the time to learn it. 3. (Almost) anyone can play. If you have a good credit score, you can play this game. (That being said, people with more spending power will be able to play it faster. No way around that really.)4. Be ready to unlearn some things. Most of us come into the game with major misconceptions about how credit card points and airline miles work.5. It truly is as mindblowing as it sounds. Yes, the people who play this game really do travel the world regularly—often in luxury—for free or nearly free. No, it's not an exaggeration. (I'm not selling anything here, by the way—I love to travel, I love saving money and I love strategy games, so this hobby just hits all my happy buttons.)Also, I didn't make any of this up or figure it out on my own. I learned it from Bryce Conway, founder of 10xTravel, a website where anyone can learn all the ins and outs of this game and see how other people are playing it. (10xTravel Insiders is also the largest and most active Facebook group dedicated to this game, with more than 113,000 members, so Conway definitely is the go-to expert in this space.) As we take our tour through Travel Hacking Land, I'll share what Conway says about how the game works and what anyone who's interested in it needs to know. The travel hacking game is played with three main pieces: credit card points, hotel points and airline miles.On a basic level, the goal of the travel hacking game is to optimize credit card points, hotel loyalty points and airline miles and make the most of how those award systems work and interact with each other. You have to understand these pieces of the game to strategize using them.The first thing to understand is that credit card points are the most powerful pieces in the game. Everything else stems from there. Each credit card grouping (Chase, American Express, Citibank, Capital One, etc.) has its own points-earning system. You earn points by spending with a credit card (i.e., "earn 1% cash back on purchases") or by signing up for new cards and qualifying for sign-up bonuses ("spend $4000 in the first three months and get 100,000 bonus points"). Most of us most likely have points-earning cards of some sort, because they're so common.Generally speaking, the cash value of a credit card point is one cent, so 100,000 points would have a cash value of $1,000. If I have 100,000 Chase points, for instance, I can trade those in for $1,000 cash back. That's exactly what I used to do—get cash back for the points I earned on my Chase cards—and I thought it was pretty awesome. Now I kick myself for it because those points are sooooo much more valuable when used in the points/miles game for travel.Credit card points become more valuable when they are transferred to travel partners.As I said, the game is complex, and there's no way to explain it all in one article. But here's one example of what it means to optimize the points and miles systems.Recently I wanted to buy a one-way ticket on Southwest airlines. The cash price for the ticket was $88, but I could get the exact same ticket for 4,400 Southwest Rapid Rewards miles. Southwest is a travel partner with Chase, which means I can transfer my Chase points to Southwest and they count as Rapid Reward miles. 4,400 Chase points would be worth $44 if I got cash back for them, but if I transfer them to Southwest to purchase that $88 ticket, I've just doubled the value of those points. Double the value is pretty good, right? But that's just scratching the surface. As another example, with 100,000 Chase points, I could get $1,000 cash back or I could transfer those points to Hyatt and get four nights at the Grand Hyatt resort in Kauai—which, on the dates I just looked up in August, would cost $900/night cash. So for $1,000 worth of points, I could get a $3,600 stay at a luxury resort. Almost quadrupled their value.But keep in mind, I'm not actually even paying that $1,000 out of pocket. These are points I earned for free, just by signing up for and using my credit card (on things I'm spending money on anyway) to earn points. When people say they're traveling for free, this is what they mean. If you want to play the points/miles travel hacking game, you can learn how for free.I had a vague understanding of airline miles and credit card points before taking Conway's 10xTravel course. I'd used frequent flyer miles before and my husband and I have used credit cards for everything (paying them off every month—that's vitally important) to earn points for cash. I don't even remember now what made me click on the course, but I'm so glad I did. There are multiple travel hacking websites and courses out there, but I appreciated the way Conway laid the whole thing out and that he was totally upfront about how he makes his money with a free course. (Basically, he asks that course participants use his credit card referral links if/when they start getting into the game, which is beyond fair for the amount of knowledge the course provides.) Conway started puzzling out the game himself when he was in college, when there were only a handful of online forums and Reddit discussions about how to optimize points and miles. His friends would see him traveling all the time and ask him how he was doing it, so he'd explain it. Eventually, he got tired of having to go through the whole game with new people over and over again at parties, so he wrote it all down in an email that he could just forward to whoever asked. Finally, a friend told him he should turn it into an ebook. That ebook eventually morphed into the course and the 10xTravel website and a full-fledged win-win business. We win by getting free knowledge about how to game points and miles to travel for practically nothing. He wins by earning credit card affiliate income each time people use his referral links to start playing. The biggest travel hacking hurdle to get over is our misconceptions about credit cards.One big key strategy in this game is regularly signing up for new credit cards to take advantage of sign-up bonuses, as that's the quickest way to accumulate a lot of points. But most people think that's nuts. "When I tell people that I generally open 10 or more credit cards a year, almost every single person … their eyes get bigger and they kind of freak out," says Conway. "And the next question is always, doesn't that destroy your credit score?"No, it doesn't. "It's very straightforward how that works, but of course, people have a bad association of credit cards with debt and bad credit," he says. "So you have to kind of get past that."But won't credit card companies get wind of people doing this and shut it down? Conway says nope. "They know that this exists. In some ways, they kind of encourage it because most people aren't able to make points work or are not willing to put in the effort to make points work in a way that is really advantageous to them," he says. "So it's kinda like the banks are making a bet like, 'Hey, we have this cool point system. You probably won't figure it out. It's profitable for us anyway.'""Credit card companies make a lot of money when people use their product, both on interest charges and fees—kind of the negative side of credit cards—but also just on swipe transaction fees," says Conway. "People forget that credit card companies make a large portion of their money on people who don't even ever pay interest or have credit card debt."Credit cards are profitable for banks, so they incentivize people opening them. And banks compete to get you to open their cards, so all we're doing here is making the most of that competition and the incentives that come with it. No one is getting swindled. You have to spend on the cards to earn the points—even the sign-up bonuses—so banks are still making their money. The key is to use your credit card for every transaction possible, pay off the balance each month before any interest posts and keep getting new cards for the sign-up bonuses. Here are some examples of people who have learned how to play the travel hacking game and won big.One of the things you start seeing after you take the 10xTravel course and join the group on Facebook is people sharing the amazing trips they've taken for free or close to free. Some of those stories get posted on the 10xTravel site, too. For example, one couple took a two-week, five-country, $17,000 trip to Europe for just over $1,500 out of pocket. Another family detailed how they saved $14,000 in travel costs on trips to Puerto Rico, Europe, Costa Rica and Canada—not to mention getting a ton of free travel domestically—over a two-year period. Some people in the Facebook group have shared trips where they've gotten redemption values of 10 or 20 cents per credit card point or more (essentially turning what would be $1,000 cashback into $10,000 or $20,000 in travel value). Those are exceptionally amazing, but it's not unusual at all to see 3x, 4x or 5x point values being redeemed by travelers in the group. Often the only cash people have to shell out on their trips is for food and a modicum of taxes on flights, which don't get covered by points. At all-inclusive resorts, food is covered, so all they pay for are any extra activities. And we're not talking cheap places or terrible traveling conditions. You know those over-the-water bungalows you see in the Maldives? I've seen people fly first-class there and stay in those places, all on points and miles. It's bonkers what people can do if they play this game well.Why don't more people play the travel hacking game if it's really so great?Again, the game is simple in concept but complex in practice. There's a lot to learn and a lot to unlearn at first, and how the various points and miles systems intertwine and interact can make your brain hurt until it all starts to click. But a lot of what stops people from even starting to learn is simply not believing that it is what it is. "I think it doesn't really make sense to most rational minds," Conway admits. "Because things don't just kind of come for free in life. There's always gonna be some sort of catch down the road. So when you can show them how easy it is to book a meaningful amount of travel—and good travel—using simple tactics with points and miles, it seems too unbelievable."This is especially true with business or first-class airline travel. The redemption values for points on those seats can be simply astounding. "People assume that I'm gonna do a bunch of work just to be able to get a three-stop red-eye flight to Vegas—is that even worth it? And that's just not the case," says Conway. "My wife and I have flown first-class all over the world and can do so pretty much whenever and wherever we want, thanks to this."Travel hacking (a term Conway bristles at because it makes the whole thing sound sketchy) is a long game—and more chess than checkers for sure—but for those who wish they could afford to travel more, it's definitely a game worth learning how to play. Thanks for coming along on the tour of Travel Hacking Land! And hey, if you see your friends sunning themselves in Fiji or exploring Machu Picchu or galavanting around Europe, don't assume they have gobs of excess wealth. They may have just learned to game the points and miles systems in a way that lets them travel for ridiculously little money. This article originally appeared two years ago.

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Watch The X22 Report On Video 2 videos found Ep 3502b – [DS] Pushing Race War,Election Fraud Exposed,Fake News Admits There Was A Great Awakening Ep 3502a – World Bank Panics, Trump Readies The Country For A New Age Of Energy Independence Click On Picture To See Larger PictureThe US is going to break free from the green new scam. Trump has nominated Chris Wright to lead the energy dept in the US. Hochul tries to convince the people that she is saving them money. The World Bank panics about Trump’s budget cuts. The Fed is trying to time the crash, boomerang. The [DS] has not given up, their next plan is chaos, could be a race war. Election fraud is being exposed to the people and people can now see how you rig and election. The fake news admits that there were a lot of people who voted for Trump but they kept it a secret, the Great Awakening worked.   Economy Hochul: I'm saving you 40% since the toll will be $9, not $15. (Current toll: $0)pic.twitter.com/S4v0QW9sug — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 17, 2024 BREAKING: The US Pentagon has failed its 7th audit in a row, unable to fully account for its $824 billion budget. Last year, the Pentagon couldn’t properly account for a whopping 63% of its $3.8 trillion in assets. This year, there was a $200 BILLION gap between assets and… pic.twitter.com/m21jtrtISs — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 16, 2024  liabilities. The Pentagon’s goal is now to pass an audit by 2028. It’s so beautiful pic.twitter.com/SP9jywM2Jk — Jack Poso (@JackPosobiec) November 16, 2024   The Fed just made a big mistake: After aggressive rate cuts, inflation is back on the rise in a similar path seen in the 1970s. In fact, core inflation is RISING and has been above 3.0% for 43 STRAIGHT months. The following charts confirm the Fed's worst nightmare. (a thread) — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 16, 2024 If you look at 1-month and 3-month annualized core PCE inflation, it's even worse. 1-month annualized PCE inflation is nearing 4% again and 3-month annualized PCE inflation is back above 2%. When the "Fed pivot" began, financial conditions eased like rate hikes never happened. pic.twitter.com/ek9j2RCQLU — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 16, 2024 To make things worse, the labor market is weakening. The youth unemployment rate hit 9.5%, its highest level since August 2021. Non-farm payrolls have been revised lower by over 1 MILLION jobs over the last year. Downward revisions are the new normal. Is stagflation here? pic.twitter.com/Gr2fqMHLju — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) November 16, 2024 Political/Rights Trump Hater Sunny Hostin of ‘The View’ is the Latest Leftist to Nuke Her Twitter/X Account in Anger Source: thegatewaypndit.com UmmmmmmmmPete Strzok has wiped his X account…….. pic.twitter.com/pXtAYkgWbF — Fletch17 (@17ThankQ) November 16, 2024 Geopolitical/Police State Left-Wing Social Media Platform ‘Bluesky’ Says It Cannot Keep Up With Users’ Censorship Requests The left-wing alternative to Elon Musk’s X platform is already running into difficulties with its promise to censor “harmful content.” Bluesky, which has received millions of sign-ups from angry leftists boycotting Elon Musk’s X platform, has admitted that it cannot keep up with the number of moderation and censorship requests from its progressive user base. In a post from “Bluesky Safety,” the company announced that it was receiving over 3,000 censorship demands per hour, leading to a backlog in its response times. They explained: Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome! With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it: In the past 24 hours, we have received more than 42,000 reports (an all-time high for one day). We’re receiving about 3,000 reports/hour. To put that into context, in all of 2023, we received 360k reports. We’re triaging this large queue so the most harmful content such as CSAM is removed quickly. With this significant influx of users, we’ve also seen increased spam, scam, and trolling activity — you may have seen some of this yourself. Our team is reviewing these accounts, and you can help us by reporting them by clicking the three-dot menu on each post/account. We appreciate your patience as we dial our moderation team up to max capacity and bring on new team members to support this load. Your safety is our highest priority, and we’re glad to welcome you to Bluesky!   Bluesky was originally established in 2019 by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. However, he has since stepped down from its board and encouraged users to stay active on X. Source: thegatewaypundit.com FCC Commissioner Sends Letter to Tech Giants on Their Improper Role in the Unprecedented Surge in Censorship Brendan Carr, the Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, penned a letter to the CEOs of Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft on the central roles their companies have played in the censorship cartel. The four page letter calls out the tech giants Facebook, Apple, Google, and Microsoft for participating in what he describes as “improper conduct.” Carr wrote, “Big Tech companies silenced Americans for doing nothing more than exercising their First Amendment rights.” Carr accused the tech giants of “working in concert with so-called media monitors and others – to defund, demonetize and otherwise put out of business news outlets and organizations that dared to deviate from an approved narrative.” Carr also pointed out how the tech giants were “participating in a censorship cartel that included not only technology and social media companies but advertising, marketing, and so-called “fact-checking” organizations as well as the Biden-Harris administration itself.” Carr goes on, “The relevant conduct extended from removing or blocking social media posts to labeling whole websites or apps as “untrustworthy” or “high-risk” in an apparent effort to suppress their information and viewpoints, including through efforts to delist them, lower their rankings, or harm their profitability. Says Carr, “This censorship cartel is an affront to Americans’ constitutional freedoms and must be completely dismantled.” Source: thegatewaypundit.com Australia Unveils “Digital Duty of Care” Modeled on UK and EU Online Censorship Laws Australia’s government is working on a set of new rules to eventually be added to a law dealing with “online harms.” But these could turn into yet more – well, harm to freedom of expression. Addressing the Sydney Institute, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced that the effort is now known as a “Digital Duty of Care” and promises the result will be “safer and healthier” platforms. Once, that is, the tech companies behind the platforms are whipped into shape to “moderate” and remove content to the government’s satisfaction. And as EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) and UK’s own Online Safety Act continue to create controversies and draw accusations of enabling wide-scale censorship, Rowland essentially promises that the result of her country’s effort along the same lines will be “even better.” Source: reclaimthenet.org   War Biden-Harris Send Another $230 Million In Unvetted Money to Pro Terrorist Elements  According to The Geller Report, the Biden-Harris regime continues its pattern of sending large amounts of foreign aid to terrorist-inhabited regions, this time in the form of $230 million. Much of this money will inevitably go to people who hate America in what is, perhaps, a last-ditch effort to rush the flow of money through before President Trump is sworn in. According to Geller, “The regime has admitted knowing the money will go in large part to Hamas.” “This is in direct violation of the Taylor Force Act financing and promoting the murder of innocent Americans, Israelis, and others.” The Taylor Force Act “prohibits certain FY2018-FY2023 economic support assistance that directly benefits the Palestinian Authority (PA) from being made available for the West Bank and Gaza unless the Department of State certifies that the PA, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and any successor or affiliated organizations” as long as they continue to reward terrorism. The Act was named for former U.S. Army officer Taylor Force, who was stabbed to death during a Palestinian terror attack on a Vanderbilt University tour group in Tel Aviv in 2016. Source: thegatewaypundit.com Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations. “ President-elect Donald Trump has condemned the withdrawal as a “humiliation” and “the most embarrassing day in the history of our country.” It is not clear, though, what would legally justify “treason” charges since the military officers were following the orders of President Joe Biden to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan. A 2022 independent review by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction blamed both the Trump and Biden administrations for the chaotic U.S. withdrawal in 2021. Source:nbcnews.com False Flags Having been called a liar by Anthony Fauci for saying that "not one of the 72 vaccines mandated for children has ever been safety tested", RFK Jr. sued Fauci. After a year of stonewalling, Fauci's lawyers admitted that RFK Jr. had been right all along. "There's no downstream… pic.twitter.com/XfHNs98z4d — illuminatibot (@iluminatibot) November 16, 2024 Trump promises to "sign an Executive Order to end this global [Big Pharma] freeloading on American consumers for once and for all." In partnership with @RobertKennedyJr Trump 2.0 will restore health and end the profit-over-health pharmaceutical cartels that profit off human… pic.twitter.com/LMbb4GJ0ve — Justin Deschamps | Truth Social @Justindeschamps (@JustinStillness) November 16, 2024  suffering. Combined with DOGE with@VivekGRamaswamy and @elonmusk at the helm the cost of living will go down dramatically and the quality of living will go up dramatically. And this is only the beginning. If RFK were to call for the U.S. to follow the lead of every other industrialized country (other than NZ) and ban pharma ads, the move would also indirectly slash the most significant income source for cable news and defund MSNBC and CNN. — Lee Fang (@lhfang) November 15, 2024   Q T-Mobile hacked in massive Chinese breach of telecom networks, WSJ reports    T-Mobile’s (TMUS.O), opens new tab network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple U.S. and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. Hackers linked to a Chinese intelligence agency were able to breach T-Mobile as part of a monthslong campaign to spy on the cellphone communications of high-value intelligence targets, the Journal added, without saying when the attack took place. “T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack,” a company spokesperson told Reuters in an email. “At this time, T-Mobile systems and data have not been impacted in any significant way, and we have no evidence of impacts to customer information.” It was unclear what information, if any, was taken about T-Mobile customers’ calls and communications records, according to the WSJ report. Source: reuters.com When you become the laughingstock of the profession, it is time to seek “other ventures.” The Democrats won’t miss her at all. Her usefulness to them is at an end https://t.co/qWoO8L5bJ9 — Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) November 17, 2024 Bucks County Officials Defy PA Supreme Court, Count Ballots Missing Signatures Bucks County Commissioners openly defied the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday by moving to count provisional ballots missing a signature as Democrats and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) challenge Senator-elect Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) election victory. Bucks County Board of Commissioners Chair Robert J. Harvie Jr. (D) and Vice Chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia (D) decided to count provisional ballots that were missing a signature in one of two places, which officials call “block two” and “block four.” The third commissioner, Gene DiGirolamo (R), was the lone dissenting voice to oppose the Democrats’ challenge to count the ballots. According to Section 3050(a.4) of the election code, highlighted in the court’s decision, those voting via provisional ballot must also submit a signed affidavit. After Deputy County Solicitor Daniel Grieser advised them that “unless it’s signed by the voter in two places… we shouldn’t count these,” Ellis-Marseglia and Harvie Jr decided to count the votes missing one signature anyway.  Source: breitbart.com This time they were caught. https://t.co/7FfHPJOLB2 — Lara Logan (@laralogan) November 16, 2024  other Pennsylvania counties. District Attorney Heather Adams revealed that the applications came from canvassers who were paid to obtain voter registrations, adding that “The majority of the applications were from residents in the city of Lancaster… The canvases themselves took place at various shopping centers, parking lots of grocery stores and businesses, sidewalks and parks.” “We are aware of at least two other counties that receive similar applications that are currently being investigated.” If you listen closely, the DA said the Clerk received the applications at or near the deadline to register to vote. That means the bad actors waited till the last minute so no one would notice. They would’ve used the fraudulent applications to commit mail-in ballot fraud without getting caught. We better check the entire state of Pennsylvania, and we better see arrests NOW. WOW! Even the Washington Post is calling out Democrats in Pennsylvania for trying to STEAL the election from Sen.-elect Dave McCormick and hand it to Bob Casey The tides have made a HUGE shift in our country! The Democrats in Bucks County KNOWINGLY violated Supreme Court… https://t.co/TVQe3JhHBM pic.twitter.com/ix0U9Pu2Pw — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 16, 2024  orders barring them from counting illegal ballots, and they should be JAILED for it. “I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter… People violate laws anytime they want,” one of the Democrat Commissioners said. TIME TO START JAILING PEOPLE. The radical left is at it again. Same playbook: 1. They accuse anyone who says illegal votes are being counted of being a far right wing conspiracy theorist. 2. It turns out to be happening … 3. They AGREE it’s happening, but now that’s actually GOOD!! 4. They use lawfare… https://t.co/c5pXIygwt0 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 16, 2024   and Dem election officials to force illegal votes to be counted. This needs to stop. If Bob Casey doesn’t concede, Pennsylvania keeps counting illegal votes, & Casey relies on those votes to claim victory, the Senate could refuse to seat him Article I, Sec. 5, Cl. 1: “Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members” https://t.co/LVPyKxnyMN — Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) November 16, 2024 Oh man the rats are SCRAMBLING. Andy McCabe, the guy who helped launch the Russiagate hoax against Trump and Flynn, says Kash Patel would not run the FBI “faithfully, ethically, and legally”. That’s rich coming from him. He then says Kash is unqualified: “At the end of the… pic.twitter.com/D1pH1Q5NvY — Patri0tsareinContr0l (@Patri0tContr0l) November 16, 2024     day, Kash Patel is profoundly incapable of running the FBI. He is absolutely unqualified for that position. He’s never run anything in his life that I’m aware of.” Lastly, he says Kash wouldn’t receive any respect from law enforcement: “The idea that Kash Patel would walk into a room of police chiefs and sheriffs and command any level of respect and recognition is absurd.” Panic harder, Andy. Treason doesn’t pay well in the end. My good friend, Kash Patel would make a fantastic ⁦@FBI⁩ Director. pic.twitter.com/2N7pnX7NOS — Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) November 16, 2024   Trump transition team does end run around hostile FBI: Background checks on Cabinet picks to be vetted by private firms President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is skipping the protocol of using the FBI to conduct background checks, according to a report.Instead, the president-elect’s team is turning to private companies to vet administrative appointees, people familiar with transition planning told CNN. Trump has criticized the FBI for its slow investigation process and feared it would delay his ability to roll out his agenda.A security clearance is needed for some Cabinet positions, such as attorney general, and the process of obtaining one includes an FBI background check.Source: sott.net Trump wants to avoid FBI background checks for the likes of Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard? A president who cared about the country would want to make sure their nominees were not child sex traffickers or fond of dictators. But it’s never been America first. Only Trump first. — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) November 16, 2024 BREAKING: Trump has chosen Karoline Leavitt as White House Press Secretary “Karoline Leavitt did a phenomenal job as the National Press Secretary on my Historic Campaign, and I am pleased to announce she will serve as White House Press Secretary." "Karoline is smart, tough,… pic.twitter.com/5PTyu54a4a — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 15, 2024  and has proven to be a highly effective communicator. I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium, and help deliver our message to the American People as we, Make America Great Again.” @kleavittnh Lawyer for Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth Says Sexual Assault Accuser ‘Was the Aggressor’ Trump Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth’s lawyer Tim Parlatore said that sexual assault allegations from seven years ago — in 2017 — were “completely investigated” at the time and that he is “completely and totally innocent.” “He is completely and totally innocent. It was completely investigated. She was the aggressor,” Parlatore said in a phone interview, referring to the woman who claimed she was assaulted. “She took advantage of him. She led him. She was, by all accounts, both video and eyewitness, she was sober. He was drunk. She grabbed him. She took him to his room. She’s like walking arm in arm with him. And really putting it on, and she gets him into his room. And then the police honestly, when they looked at it, even though she was the one that reported it, when they looked at the video, they considered charging her,” he said. “But that didn’t go anywhere, because obviously Pete’s not gonna sit there and say, ‘I was raped,’” he said. This incident happened at the height of the Me Too Movement when a number of high profile men in media became the focus of allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Source:breitbart.com   Wow John Cornyn actually said or did something not horrible https://t.co/2uCEWu1Ci5 — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) November 15, 2024   JUST IN: Over half of Senate Republicans privately admit they’re really Democrats and their main goal in life is to sabotage President Trump and his historic landslide. https://t.co/ZHXtbRAM3y — Catturd (@catturd2) November 16, 2024 WE ARE WATCHING: Up to 30 Senate ‘Republicans’ Are Allegedly Prepared to Defy President Trump and Sink MAGA Warrior Matt Gaetz’s Hopes of Becoming Attorney General  The two most left-wing GOPers in the conference, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine have already announced their opposition to Gaetz. But the number of silent no’s is allegedly far higher. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal published on Friday, as many as 30 RINOS have decided to spit in Trump’s face and vote no on Gaetz’s nomination when it comes before the Senate. “People are p***ed,” one source told the Journal. From the Journal:   Source: thegatewaypundit.com Check this out https://t.co/MkWJQK1u42 — Catturd (@catturd2) November 16, 2024   If the US Senate prevents Matt Gaetz from being Attorney General then we will bring Gaetz into the Department of Government Efficiency. We will give him the task of auditing the FEC reports of the US Senators who opposed him. Check mate! — DOGE – Department of Government Effeciency Parody (@realdogenews) November 16, 2024 Hispanic, LGBTQ communities receive hateful emails after racist text surge The FBI is investigating the mass emails. Residents of more than a dozen states have reported receiving racist text messages just a day after the election, including children. A week after cellphone users across the U.S. reported a flurry of racist text messages, members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are now receiving text messages saying they have been selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp, according to a new statement from the FBI. The messages follow reports of African American and Black residents receiving racist texts in the days after the 2024 election that they were selected to “pick cotton on a plantation,” according to the FBI. Cellphone users in at least nine cities — New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Houston, Huntsville, Texas, Los Angeles, Norfolk, Virginia, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama — reported receiving the messages. Source: abcnews.com Colombus, Ohio today: A group of Nazis walking down the streets waving swastika flags Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/sJy5K6jxQi — JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) November 16, 2024 Secret Trump voters have post-election coming out party They’re donning MAGA hats in cafes, celebrating on social media and flying Trump flags: Supporters of President-elect Trump in deep blue cities and states are no longer keeping it to themselves. Why it matters: Trump improved on his 2016 and 2020 margins in almost every state, including in most big, blue cities like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Many Trump voters in those cities saw his victory as validation, and are acting accordingly. Some residents of liberal enclaves tell Axios they’ve seen more Trump yard signs go up after the election than before it. And many supporters of Vice President Harris are grappling with the fact that their neighbors might not have voted the way they did. Flashback: The “secret” Trump vote has been a phenomenon for the past few election cycles. A study from Columbia Business School found that among those who kept their choice a secret leading up to the 2016 election, two out of three went for Trump. Source: axios.com