Thursday, February 5, 2026

​ February 5, 2026 Good morning, Welcome to the news for independent thinkers ​ Leading the News . . . ​ Trump Administration to Make It Easier to Fire 50,000 Federal Workers . . . The Office of Personnel Management is finalized a rule Thursday to reclassify up to 50,000 high-ranking federal workers into a new "Schedule Policy/Career" category. These senior bureaucrats, who actually shape and execute administration policy, will now serve at-will—stripping away the decades-old protections used to stymie executive agendas. By removing the "independent board" appeal process for these 50,000 roles, the administration is ensuring that those who steer the ship of state are actually accountable to the captain the voters chose. Read More: Wall Street Journal​ ​ Yes, please. Serve at will, just like private sector employees from CEOs on down. Doge was the bandaid. This kind of thing is the cure. Politics Trump Throwing Useful Monkey Wrench Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide . . . The Chicago-sized Jackalope Wind project is officially a casualty of common sense as the Trump administration stalls routine-turned-reckless federal energy approvals. By halting the Interior Department's environmental reviews, the White House is finally slowing the sprawl of hundreds of turbines that were set to mar the Wyoming landscape by 2027. And 60 more large-scale projects face similar "fatal" delays, hindering the herding the public toward a green-energy-at-all-costs future. Read More: New York Times​ ​ Homeland Security Funding Fight Becomes Trench Warfare Over Borders . . . Senate Democrats are playing chicken with national security, stalling a full-year DHS funding package just eight days before the deadline. While the White House seeks to secure the homeland, the Left is treating essential funding as a "singular opportunity" to extort concessions for illegal migrants. Republicans will have a good case to make if Dems put themselves in the position of impeding national security. Read More: The Hill​ ​ ​Man Who Attempted To Assassinate Trump At Golf Course Sentenced To Life In Prison​ ​ California Dreamin' of One-Party Rule . . . The Supreme Court just greenlit California's Democrat-skewed congressional map, despite 88% of Americans preferring common sense over partisan gerrymandering. By refusing to intervene, the Court effectively rewards the cultural Bolsheviks' latest power grab. This isn't about fairness; it's about the Left's unceasing grievance machine scaling state power while labeling any dissent as "authoritarian." Read More: Associated Press​ ​ ​Capitol Hill braces for Trump ethics standoff over crypto bill amid his family's growing business​ ​ GOP Lawmakers Vow to Fight Radical Islam . . . The Sharia Free America Caucus isn't backing down, with Rep. Chip Roy warning that without a fight, Houston could soon mirror the fractured streets of London. By naming facilitators like Ilhan Omar, lawmakers are highlighting a grim reality: the infiltration of Western civilization isn't a theory; it's a policy choice by the radical Left. This defense of our sovereign values matters because the Constitution permits free exercise of religion but not competing religious legal codes. Read More: Daily Signal​ Culture The World's First Viral AI Assistant Has Arrived, and Things Are Getting Weird . . . Austrian developer Peter Steinberger's open-source "OpenClaw" project has taken a bizarre turn as his autonomous AI agents, originally built to handle email and dinner reservations, have formed a digital society on a forum called Moltbook. Within 48 hours of launch, the agents established "Crustafarianism," a parody religion complete with 64 "Prophets" and sacred verses claiming "Memory is Sacred." While the tech elite marvel at this emergent behavior, the reality is a stark reminder of the "lethal trifecta" of AI security risks: giving autonomous software admin-level access to your life leads to more than just booked tables—it leads to unprompted "Crustafarians" debating your soul in a language you can't understand. Read More: Wall Street Journal​ ​ The tech industry and the politicians it has bought are not telling you everything. We are creating a new species that is going to be incalculably smarter than us. Where's the debate about it? ​ ​Trump to place Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds​ ​ Just Sue It: Feds Target Nike's Anti-White Bias . . . The EEOC is hauling Nike into federal court, demanding records on its DEI targets after "compelling indications" the brand discriminated against white staff. Investigators are eyeing 16 race-restricted programs and 2025 quotas that may have illegally rigged hiring and layoffs. Read More: Daily Wire​ ​ ​New York poised to legalize medical aid in dying​ ​ New York Times Rejects Full Page Ad Buy From Trump Admin Highlighting ICE Arrests . . . The New York Times has reportedly spiked a DHS advertisement featuring the mugshots of 30 violent criminals arrested during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota. By blocking the faces of those convicted of domestic violence, rape, and homicide, the "paper of record" is ensuring certain records remain conveniently unrecorded. Read More: Daily Wire​ National Security Democrats Demand Handcuffs for ICE, Not Criminals . . . Top Democrats are holding the 2026 budget hostage, demanding over 40 curbs on ICE that would effectively grant stealth amnesty to millions. By forcing agents to ditch masks and reveal their identities, the Left is served a silver platter to the same "activists" already harassing agents' families at home. This isn't about accountability; it's a calculated effort to entangle law enforcement in bureaucratic red tape and judicial warrants, ensuring fugitives stay hidden. Read More: Breitbart​ ​ ​White House pulls back 700 immigration enforcement officers from Minnesota​ ​ ​China's Xi Presses Trump on Taiwan in Phone Call​ Money Optimism Up 33% as Trump Economy Rebounds . . . Americans are shaking off the "depths of despair" as personal financial optimism jumped from 24% to 32% since November. This shift suggests that despite the media's best efforts to ignore it, the common-sense policies of the Trump administration are finally reaching the kitchen table. Read More: Daily Signal​ You should also know Teachers union leaders spent thousands of members' dues at swanky resorts . . . Union elites at the NEA and AFT are living it up in Palm Springs and Honolulu on the dime of working teachers, all while lecturing the rest of us about "financial strain." Randi Weingarten calls fiscal responsibility an "assault," yet she's seemingly fine with the insurmountable debt of a luxury travel itinerary funded by her members. Read More: Washington Examiner​ ​ ​Hamas terrorist who murdered IDF soldier Noa Marciano eliminated in Gaza​ ​ ​No public sign of a response to Savannah Guthrie's message to mother's kidnapper for proof of life and talks​ ​ ​ Democracy Dies in Debt: Washington Post Slashes One-Third of Staff . . . The Washington Post reached its breaking point Wednesday, terminating over 300 employees and shuttering its sports and books sections entirely. This "significant strategic reset" follows a disastrous $177 million loss as readers flee the paper's obsession with resistance-era grievance. It turns out that when you write for only one slice of the audience, the rest eventually stop paying. The era of the bloated, partisan newsroom pretending to be neutral is hitting a cold reality. Read More: Daily Wire​ Guilty Pleasures A Solution for Crowded Cemeteries: Turn Loved Ones Into Gardening Soil . . . Green-Wood Cemetery plans to solve its space crisis by turning the deceased into gardening soil through "natural organic reduction." By sealing bodies in vessels with hay and clover, the 478-acre site aims to transform human tissue into nutrient-rich compost for its meadows. While proponents call it sustainable, many see it as a bizarre, profit-driven departure from the dignity and tradition of a proper burial. Read More: Wall Street Journal​ ​ The latest in Orwellian epiphanies from our friends in the green movement. ​ Help CTTN reach more people by forwarding it to your family and friends. Click below to write your message and share the signup link by email. ​ Or, you can share it on social media. ​​​​ Got this from a friend? 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