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What We’re Reading: Little Resistance, DOGE Alert, ‘Woke’ Jaguar … And More

Resistance Is Futile

Broken: ‘The Resistance’ Is Mostly MIA for Trump 2.0 — RedState

Democrats More Pessimistic About Party After Trump Triumph — Washington Times

The Resistance Goes Quiet — Axios

After Trump’s Win, Black Women Are Rethinking Their Role As America’s Reliable Political Organizers — AP

Trump Transition

Trump Really Screwed the Pooch With His Surgeon General Nomination — PJ Media

CBS News Poll Finds Trump Starts On Positive Note As Most Approve Of Transition Handling — CBS News

Trump’s Labor Pick Is ‘Toxic’ Anti-Conservative RINO Who Is Too Close To Unions, Critics Allege: ‘Not Serious’ — New York Post

DOGE Alert

Feds Blew $267M to ‘Study’ Misinformation — Hot Air

Why Musk Thinks ‘Impoundment’ Could Be Key For His DOGE Ideas — Yahoo News

What’s ‘Impoundment’? It May Be Trump’s Secret Weapon To Curb Spending — Off the Press

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government — Wall Street Journal

Biden Is Still ‘President’

Is Anyone on Duty? Biden Falls Silent, Harris Goes Missing – But Trump Is Here — Andrew Malcolm, RedState

Biden Aims To Trump-Proof His Legacy With Policy Blitz In Final Days — Financial Times

Biden-Harris Admin Races To Dish Out $25 Billion for Green Energy Before Trump Takes Office, Sparking Fraud Fears — Washington Free Beacon

Break Out the World’s Smallest Violin

House Foreign Affairs Member Calls for State Dept. Briefing Over Post-Election Therapy Sessions — Washington Free Beacon

Anti-Trump Filmmaker Rob Reiner Has Checked Himself Into a ‘Facility’ Following the 2024 Election — Legal Insurrection

Rachel Maddow’s Massive Salary Slashed at MSNBC — Washington Free Beacon

Energy Dominance

‘Put Us To Work Right Now’: Trump Plans To Resurrect Keystone XL Pipeline on Day One: Report — Washington Free Beacon

Team Trump: New Energy Picks Vow To Restore American Oil Dominance — Washington Times

Deportation Update

The Democratic Mayors And Governors Who Are Vowing To Harbor Criminals — Fox News

Debunking the Left’s Deportation Hysteria — Hot Air

Trump Border Czar Homan to Newsmax: ‘Game On’ for Dems Fighting Deportations — Newsmax

The Biden-Harris Administration’s CHNY Parole Program Two Years Later: A Fraud-Ridden, Unmitigated Disaster – House Judiciary Committee Report

Misc

Why Were Liberal Pollsters So Far Off… Again? — Restoration News

Solar Power Glut Boosts California Electric Bills. — Los Angeles Times

Can RFK Jr Make America’s Diet Healthy Again? — BBC

Jaguar Stocks Took A Plunge After Their Woke Ad Campaign — Not the Bee

The New York Times Claimed D.C.’s Minimum Wage Hike Created Jobs. We Exposed Their Error. — Reason

IRS Compliance Costs $546 Billion Per Year — Daily Signal

Humor

BREAKING: Trump Considering Replacing Federal Reserve With Much More Reliable Magic 8 Ball — Genesius Times

Top 10 Government Positions DOGE Will Be Eliminating First — Babylon Bee

The Week in Pictures: Dance Craze Transition Edition — Powerline

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