TRUTH IN ADVERTISING: Trump advisers in talks to replace Biden term ‘undocumented immigrant’ with ‘illegal alien.’

One of the first actions that President-elect Donald Trump could take come Jan. 20, 2025, is rescinding the Biden administration’s ban on the term “illegal alien.”

Advisers to Trump’s transition team on homeland security matters told the Washington Examiner this week that there have already been discussions on doing away with the Biden administration’s politically correct immigration language to talk about illegal immigrants at the border and within the country.

“In this [present] administration, we used ‘undocumented immigrants,’ right?” said a former high-ranking immigration official who now is involved in advising the transition team on policy. “Expect all of that to change.”

A second official involved in advising transition officials confirmed that talks on returning to “illegal alien” were true.

“I don’t see anyone at [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] or [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] using any euphemisms for illegal aliens after Jan. 20,” the second official said.

Administration guests on news programs should correct the anchors when they use anything other than “illegal aliens” to describe illegal aliens.

LAME DUCK: Biden’s Last Gasp Effort to Forgive Student Loans Is Just as Illegal as All His Other Attempts.

DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH: Shameless court behavior of migrant charged with robbing and exposing himself to Alvin Bragg’s assistant prosecutor.

Simosa was arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday and was charged with first-degree sexually motivated robbery.

But he appeared nonchalant during the hearing, at one point closing his eyes and lying back languidly across the courtroom bench.

Judge Janet McDonell also pointed out that the defendant did not appear to be taking things seriously – as he was pictured rolling his eyes.

‘He arrived here in New York in June and has managed to get arrested seven times since June, and at one point was smiling, and is smiling now, and I observed him laughing during the proceeding,’ the New York Post reports the judge said.

Simosa walked into the court smirking wearing a green jacket, jeans and black boots.

She remanded him in custody pending his trial. ICE has already put in a request for custody.

Simosa is accused of following the 38-year-old victim into her 44th Street building before demanding she hand over her possessions.

The terrified attorney handed over her phone, ID and credit cards, Assistant District Attorney Devin Horzempa told the court.

Simosa is then alleged to have yelled at the victim until she gave over her PIN codes and ‘began masturbating towards the victim for a period of several moments,’ Horzempa said.

He’s just doing the jobs Americans won’t do.

DOG BITES MAN: AOC Humiliates Herself Blasting Capitol Bathroom Policy That Protects Women.

GET INVOLVED IN OTHER PEOPLE’S STUPID WARS, WIN STUPID PRIZES: Senior North Korean General Wounded in Recent Ukrainian Strike, Western Officials Say. “Russia President Vladimir Putin enlisted the support of North Korean troops because Russian forces have been stretched thin as they seek to grind forward in eastern Ukraine while pushing back on the Ukrainian forces in Kursk, according to military analysts.”

Then again, Mark Galeotti’s estimation seems apt: “First, Russia is losing. It is using its soldiers like human ammunition, burning through its economic reserves and mortgaging its future to Beijing. Second, Ukraine is losing faster than Russia. Ukraine’s forces are beleaguered along a too-long front and increasingly reliant on what looks like press-ganging for recruits. The country’s energy infrastructure is 80 percent damaged or destroyed.”

A DAY MAY COME WHEN THE RADICALISM OF DEMS FALLS, BUT IT IS NOT THIS DAY: Good News for Republicans — Dems Don’t Grasp How Fringe and Cringe Their Coastal Elites Are.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: NASA is stacking the Artemis II rocket, implying a simple heat shield fix.

The readiness of the Orion crew capsule, where the four Artemis II astronauts will live during their voyage around the Moon, is driving NASA’s schedule for the mission. Officially, Artemis II is projected to launch in September of next year, but there’s little chance of meeting that schedule.

At the beginning of this year, NASA officials ruled out any opportunity to launch Artemis II in 2024 due to several technical issues with the Orion spacecraft. Several of these issues are now resolved, but NASA has not released any meaningful updates on the most significant problem.

This problem involves the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. During atmospheric reentry at the end of the uncrewed Artemis I test flight in 2022, the Orion capsule’s heat shield eroded and cracked in unexpected ways, prompting investigations by NASA engineers and an independent panel.

NASA’s Orion heat shield inquiry ran for nearly two years. The investigation has wrapped up, two NASA officials said last month, but they declined to discuss any details of the root cause of the heat shield issue or the actions required to resolve the problem on Artemis II.

It seems strange that NASA now seems satisfied with the unexpected behavior of Orion’s heat shield during Artemis I but still won’t say why.

THE DEEP STATE AT WORK: Biden Administration Rigging System to Protect Illegals From Trump.

BIG CUTS WORK:

JP Morgan has raised its estimate of Argentina’s GDP growth in the third quarter to 8.5%, one of the highest in the world.

JP Morgan is citing optimism around recent reforms by President Milei as the reason for such rapid growth.

🇦🇷 pic.twitter.com/RJGy3KLNDw

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 22, 2024

Growth, way up — inflation, slayed.

Inflation in Argentina stood at 25.5% when Milei came into office on December 10th last year. Since then:

January: 20.6%
February: 13.9%
March: 11%
April : 8 ,8%
May: 4.2%
June: 4.6%
July: 4%
August: 4.2%
September: 3.5%

The figure for October just came in – 2.7% pic.twitter.com/STM9SfBf0Y

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 21, 2024

I’m sure the DOGE boys are paying attention.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Was Trump Doing His 4-D Chess Thing With His Attorney General Picks? “Given Pam Bondi’s close personal and professional relationship with Donald Trump, why wasn’t she his first choice? Since we’re having fun with the 4-D chess idea, we have to wonder if the plan always was to eventually have her be the nominee.”

CHANGE: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow’s salary reportedly cut by $5M despite being ‘ratings Viagra’ – as parent company Comcast deals with ‘difficult time.’

Maddow’s reported salary haircut comes as panic engulfed MSNBC’s 30 Rock headquarters in Midtown, as The Post reported, over Comcast’s plan to spin off off its cable channels by the end of 2025.

Splitting off MSNBC from NBC News could force the cable channel to change its name, logo and headquarters, and may lead to layoffs.

Maddow’s new deal will keep her in the anchor chair on Monday nights, and allow her to produce podcasts and documentaries, the Ankler reported.

The network also plans to use her as a “secret weapon” on other shows when there’s breaking news, the outlet added.

MSNBC’s ratings have tanked 54% in the days after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris — a win that left MSNBC’s staunchly anti-Trump hosts speechless.

Viewers no longer seem to be buying what Maddow is selling at any price.

SPOILER: YOU WILL, IN FACT, BELIEVE IT: You Won’t Believe Who Police Say May Be Breaking Into Celebrity Athletes’ Homes. “While the burglaries were initially thought to be a local issue, multiple law enforcement agencies are now involved, including the FBI. The reason? Sources say that it’s part of a larger, more sophisticated organization, and many in law enforcement believe a ‘South American crime ring’ could be behind it. And it’s not just limited to the Kansas City area; it’s happening in wealthy neighborhoods around the country.”

GALLUP: Republican Women Scooping Up Guns.

The percentage of Republican women who own a gun increased from 19% in 2007-2012 to 33% in 2019-2024, according to Gallup. Gun ownership rates have fallen 7% among Democrat men to 29%, and fell 5% among independent men to 39%, according to the poll.

Republican men remain the most likely gun owners at 60%, according to Gallup.

The survey found men (43%) are more than twice as likely as women (20%) to own a gun, though the gender gap has decreased from 30 points in 2007-12 to 23 points in 2019-24.

Close that gap faster, ladies!

This gap I’m fine with: “The political party gap among gun owners has increased, according to Gallup. In 2007-2012, personal gun ownership rates differed by 16 points among Republicans, 38%, and Democrats, 22%. Now the gap is 28 points, 47% and 19%, respectively, according to Gallup.”

Is it any wonder that Harris-Walz struggled so comically to connect with gun owners?

INDEED: Trump’s Big Tent GOP Seems Like a Great Place to Party for a While. “Trump the salesman pitched the American dream, and it worked.”

MORE LIKE THIS, PLEASE: Greg Abbott Vs. Communist China. “Communist China has plenty to worry about with a second Trump Administration coming in, but now a second Republican politician is taking concrete steps to thwart their plans: Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has issued a number of executive orders to curtail Chinese influence in the state.”

THE ESCALATION THAT WASN’T QUITE:

Pentagon:

– Russia's experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile launched at Ukraine was based on the RS-26 Rubezh ICBM model;

– The US was notified by Russia about the launch briefly before it occurred through nuclear risk reduction channels. pic.twitter.com/a9bq8e8IZ3

— Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (BlueSky too) (@Archer83Able) November 21, 2024

Not an ICBM as more worried sources claimed and the established warning channels were used in advance.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? The Arecibo Message Beamed Into the Universe is 50 Years Old.

ANTITRUST: Google Should Be Forced to Sell Chrome Browser, Justice Department Says.

Government lawyers said competition can only be restored if Google separates its search engine from products it has built to access the internet, such as Chrome and its Android mobile operating system. Chrome controls about two-thirds of the global browser market, according to the website Statcounter. Searches in the Chrome address bar go through Google unless a user changes the settings.

The Justice Department also requested that Google be prevented from giving preferential access to its search engine on devices that use its Android mobile operating system. If Google violated that rule in the future, it would have to divest itself of Android as well under the government’s proposal.

Android runs on billions of smartphones from manufacturers such as Samsung, along with Google’s own Pixel devices.

Google would also be forbidden from paying to be the default search engine on any browser, including Chrome under its new owner. Google currently pays Apple tens of billions of dollars a year to be the default on its Safari browser.

Developing…

NOT ONE MORE WORD FROM THE DEMS ABOUT “OUR PRECIOUS NORMS.”

Alejandro Mayorkas and Christopher Wray did not show up to provide testimony at a routine hearing today before the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Their refusal to appear is a "shocking departure" from tradition, Sen. Gary Peters said in a statement. https://t.co/X3pMNcjqMy

— Axios (@axios) November 21, 2024

I’m not so sure it’s actually “shocking,” however.

UGH: Father Loses His Fight to Save His Son From Transitioning.

SOME PARTS OF AMERICA STILL WORK — AT A BREAKNECK PACE: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida, its 7th liftoff in a week.

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT [VIP]: Democrats in Denial and Other Failures to Cope in the Second Trump Era.

“Lessons learned” is one of the most powerful weapons in a military’s arsenal — a formal process for “capturing, analyzing, and applying knowledge or insights gained from past operations, exercises, or other events.”

While it lacks the dramatic presence of an M1A3 Abrams main battle tank or the existential dread of a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile, Lessons Learned allows a military organization to avoid repeating failures, to build on past successes, and — perhaps most importantly — to disseminate those lessons throughout the organization and enhance future decision-making.

If there’s a human pursuit as chaotic and prone to failure as military operations, it must be politics.

Much more at the link — VIP members asked for more long-form pieces and I’ve been happy to oblige.

GOODER AND HARDER, CALIFORNIA:

We just ran payroll. The payroll taxes were 2K higher than calculated. We called the payroll company. They explained (in summary) that California has a budget shortfall, and the federal government wants money back that it lent California for UI that it "lost." They are making up…

— Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) November 20, 2024

More:

Wait, what https://t.co/0tdHwu42ko pic.twitter.com/Rp4jA7Sy7y

— Mason (@webdevMason) November 21, 2024

“F*** you, pay me,” they explained.

THIS IS MORE LIKE THE JON STEWART WHO MADE ME LAUGH 20-PLUS YEARS AGO: Jon Stewart Blasts the Democrats’ ‘Audacity of Cope’ — and It’s Hilarious!

BILLIONAIRE PLEDGES TO UNDERMINE POPULARLY ELECTED PRESIDENT IN THE NAME OF SAFEGUARDING DEMOCRACY:

Some background: The New York Times and other outlets recently profiled the existence of a new Democratic governors-led Trump “resistance” group, noting its funding was unclear as it preps to coordinate state-level pushback to the incoming administration

It's called “Governors… pic.twitter.com/go0KFvSLuv

— Gabe Kaminsky (@gekaminsky) November 20, 2024

Read the whole thread.