May 5, 2025
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Israel approves plan to occupy Gaza, drastically scale up military offensive against Hamas . . . Israel has approved a new plan to drastically ramp up its military offensive against Hamas — including seizing the whole of Gaza and holding its territories, officials said Monday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet approved the new war plans in an early morning vote just hours after the Israeli military chief said the army was calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers in a bid to defeat the terrorist group. The plan would be gradual and take months, and involves powerful strikes against Hamas targets. New York Post
Politics
Trump mentions Vance, Rubio when asked about a successor . . . "Well, I — it's far too early to say that. But you know, I do have a vice president, and typically — and JD's doing a fantastic job," Trump said. During an interview on Meet the Press. "He would be at the top of the list?" Welker pressed. "It could very well be," Trump replied. "I don't want to get involved in that. I think he's a fantastic, brilliant guy. Marco is great. There's a lot of them that are great." Daily Wire
Trump most likely is not serious about a third term. I don't think he wants to spend the rest of his life as president. Unlike many politicians, such as Joe Biden, he actually has other interests and things going on in his life. Much of the "third term" talk is probably ego gratification, teasing the press, and, most importantly, an effort to avoid becoming a lame duck.
How Many Biden Appointees 'Burrowed in' to the Permanent Bureaucracy? . . . Left-leaning federal bureaucrats aim to oppose President Donald Trump from within the administrative state, and some Biden administration appointees have attempted to "burrow in" to the federal bureaucracy by switching from "political" to more permanent "career" positions. "The biggest challenge that every single new Cabinet secretary and their subordinates will face is the entrenched bureaucrat," said Stewart Whitson, senior director of federal affairs at the Foundation for Government Accountability. Daily Signal
Like evil cicadas that reemerge on four or eight-year cycles.
Trump Will Start Nominating Federal Judges 'Rapidly,' He Says . . . President Donald Trump will nominate federal judges "rapidly," he told The Daily Signal on Sunday night. "We're putting them in rapidly and trying to get very good ones, but we need judges that are not going to be demanding trials for every single illegal immigrant," Trump said on Air Force One. "We have millions of people that have come here illegally, and we can't have a trial for every single person, that would be millions of trials." Trump is off to a slower start in nominating judges than his first term, having only nominated one federal judge. Daily Signal
Trump announces 100% tariff on all foreign-produced movies . . . President Donald Trump decried the state of the motion picture industry in a social media post on Sunday while announcing plans to implement a Hollywood-related tariff. In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump wrote that the "Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death." "Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States," Trump claimed. "Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated." Fox News
Culture
South Dakota students weigh protest against university honors for homeland security chief Noem . . . The university administration decided to award an honorary doctorate to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and invited her to give a commencement speech May 10, bringing politics to the campus. In response, students have planned a rally on graduation day opposing the former South Dakota governor and the Trump administration and expect protestors from across southeast South Dakota to join them. They want to speak out against the federal government's immigration policies. Associated Press
National Security
Trump orders feds to reopen Alcatraz to house 'America's most ruthless and violent' criminals . . . President Donald Trump is calling for the notorious prison and now historical landmark, Alcatraz, in San Francisco, California, to be rebuilt larger and reopened to house the country's most ruthless and violent criminals. Trump made the announcement in a Truth Social post on Sunday evening. "REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!" the president said. "For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. Fox News
A strong signal that we're back to imprisoning criminals.
Trump to tap new national security advisor in 6 months
Trump blasts Mexico's Sheinbaum for rejecting offer to send US troops into Mexico to fight cartels . . . President Donald Trump on Sunday said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected his proposal to send U.S. troops to Mexico to help thwart the illegal drug trade because she is fearful of the country's powerful cartels. The comments by Trump came a day after Sheinbaum confirmed that Trump pressed her in a call last month to accept a bigger role for the U.S. military in combating drug cartels in Mexico. "Well she's so afraid of the cartels she can't walk," Trump said in comments to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. Associated Press
Dem immigration talking points fizzle as dark picture of Abrego Garcia emerges
Money
Buffett quits as Berkshire Hathaway chief. Kind of . . . Billionaire Warren Buffett will remain with Berkshire Hathaway as chairman of the board when vice chairman Greg Abel takes over as CEO to begin 2026. The board of directors at the cash-rich conglomerate voted Sunday to keep the legendary 94-year-old investor as head of the board, a decision likely to relieve investors worried about Berkshire's remarkable winning streak as the U.S. The board in the same meeting also approved Buffett's chosen successor as CEO, veteran Berkshire executive Greg Abel, 62. In a surprise announcement Saturday, Buffett said he would step down from that top spot at the end of the year. Associated Press
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Wisconsin mom of two found safe after vanishing without a trace more than 60 years ago . . . A Wisconsin mother of two who vanished more than 60 years has been found alive — telling cold-case cops she is "happy" and has "no regrets" for leaving her family. Audrey Backeberg was 20 years old, living with her husband, Ronald Backeberg, and their two children in Reedsburg, a city about 55 miles northwest of Madison, when she vanished from her home on July 7, 1962. Days before the then 20-year-old mom of two had gone missing in 1962, she filed a criminal complaint claiming Ronald had beaten her so severely that she had head injuries. New York Post
Life expectancy for women in southern states barely changed from 1900 to 2000 . . . Researchers at the Yale School found that nationwide, life expectancy for women increased from 73.8 to 84.1, and for men, it jumped from 62.8 to 80.3.
The bottom five states for life expectancy among women born in 2000 compared to 1900 are:
Arkansas, where the increase was 76.6 from 75.7
Kentucky, up 76.5 from 74.9
Mississippi, up 76.6 from 73.2
Oklahoma, down to 76 from 76.7
West Virginia, up 75.3 from 74.3
Southern men born in 2000 also tended to have a lower life expectancy, but showed more improvement than women since 1900 in these southern states:
Alabama, with an increase of 72.6 from 62.5
Louisiana, up 72.9 from 61.5
Mississippi, up 71.8 from 62.3
Tennessee, up 73.4 from 63.6
West Virginia, up 72.6 from 63.7
New York cardinal takes Trump to task over AI pope image: 'Wasn't good' . . . New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan disapproved of President Trump's Truth Social post containing an AI image of himself as a pontiff. It was posted not two weeks after the death of Pope Francis and just days before cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new Catholic leader. When asked by reporters about his thoughts on the late Friday post, Dolan replied that he hoped Trump "didn't have anything to do with that." "Well, you know, it wasn't good," the cardinal added when asked whether he was offended by the post. The Hill
Guilty Pleasures
Fruit company staff find cocaine in Norwegian banana boxes . . . Employees at a Norwegian fruit distributor had their eyes peeled when they discovered cocaine in a box of bananas, alerting customs officials who found a stash of 147 kilos, they said Monday. The haul, found in nine boxes of bananas on April 3, is believed to have a street value of $16.4 million. The drugs were smuggled by sea from South America and then on a trailer through Sweden, though they were probably not intended for the Norwegian market. Breitbart
In other news, Norwegian housewives were seen outrunning reindeer in the northern suburbs of Oslo.
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