“Trump Promises to Bring Back Troops Booted for Refusing COVID Vaccine”
Original article President Donald Trump holds the hand of his wife, Melania, after taking the oath of office during the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Monday. (Morry Gash/AP) Just minutes after returning to office Monday, President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate more than 8,000 troops dismissed from military service for refusing …
“Trump Issues 1,500 Pardons for Jan. 6 Defendants: ‘Going to Release Our Great Hostages'”
Original article (via NYPost) WASHINGTON — President Trump issued pardons Monday night to hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — staying true to his promise to grant clemency to people involved in halting the counting of Electoral College votes that day. Trump, 78, signed what he said was “approximately 1,500” pardons …
“Trump Taps IBM’s Darío Gil for Energy’s Undersecretary for Science and Innovation”
Original article Darío Gil, senior vice president IBM Research, is seen during the inauguration of Europe’s first IBM Quantum Data Center on October 01, 2024 in Ehningen, Germany. President-elect Donald Trump selected Gil to serve as undersecretary for science and innovation at the Department of Energy Jan. 16. Thomas Niedermueller/Getty …
“Schedule of Events Surrounding Trump’s Second Inauguration”
Original article Members of the U.S. military Joint Honor Guard parade as they rehearse ahead of the upcoming presidential inauguration, at the North Lawn in front of the White House in Washington, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The pageantry and parties surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration kick …
“Why Was Reservoir Supplying Pacific Palisades Empty?”
Originally published on the author’s Substack There’s a funny scene in the film Smokey and the Bandit when Sheriff Buford T. Justice tells his son “Junior” to hand over his service revolver so that he can use it to shoot the fleeing Bandit’s tires. Junior obeys his father and hands over his …





