Life is good.
I will just share the highlights.
There are too many separate stories to react to in a single article.
Jack Smith Dismisses Federal Election Interference Case and Documents Case
NBC News just broke in to announce "Special Counsel Jack Smith just filed a motion to dismiss the federal criminal case against the president-elect."
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 25, 2024
This is a MASSIVE WIN for the rule of law. pic.twitter.com/2lkzsE2v1t
Special Counsel Jack Smith moves to dismiss all charges against Donald Trump in election interference case pic.twitter.com/CCj6cN5VER
— BNO News (@BNONews) November 25, 2024
Breaking News: Jack Smith, the special counsel, asked a judge to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump, minutes after a similar request on the Jan. 6 case. https://t.co/WinCtafTPL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 25, 2024
Jack Smith has surrendered.
The lawfare against Donald Trump backfired and helped him win the 2024 election. Democrats will be much less likely to go down this road again after getting burned so badly.
Judge Merchan Indefinitely Delays Sentencing In Stormy Daniels Case
?BREAKING: Judge Juan Merchan has granted President-elect Donald Trump’s request to file a motion to dismiss the charges in the so-called “hush money” case (New York v. Trump) and removed the sentencing date for the president-elect indefinitely.
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 22, 2024
The legal assault against… pic.twitter.com/3LIEzA75CP
Judge Merchan has folded in the Stormy Daniels hush money case and has indefinitely delayed Trump’s sentencing on felony charges. More than anything else, it was the Alvin Bragg case against Trump that revived his political career in the Spring of 2023. The entire Trump era has been consumed by lawfare starting with the Steele Dossier and the Mueller probe. Is it finally over?
Donald Trump’s Honeymoon and Normalization
Much improved from 2016, this Trump presidential transition is getting 2 thumbs up from Americans. Trump's net approval rating is up 17 pts (to +18 pts).
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) November 25, 2024
A majority (53%) are excited/optimistic for Trump's coming term.
Trump also seems to have exhausted his Democratic rivals: pic.twitter.com/2dGCT6h5po
#NEW NATIONAL poll – favorability of the Republican and Democratic Parties
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 25, 2024
? Republican: 44% (+6)
? Democratic: 38%
Gallup pic.twitter.com/2XMeU87KTA
JUST IN: Democrats are afraid, angry, devastated and surprised at Donald J. Trump's election victory – Gallup
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 25, 2024
% of Democrats that are…
? Afraid: 76%
? Angry: 68%
? Devastated: 61%
? Surprised: 59%
? Optimistic: 11% pic.twitter.com/5JBHniIrY1
? BREAKING: President-elect Trump viewed much more favorably by Americans than Kamala Harris, new Gallup poll finds
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 25, 2024
? Donald Trump: 48%-48% (=)
? Kamala Harris: 42%-53% (-11) pic.twitter.com/wEa4v9Vken
JUST IN: More Americans will accept Donald J. Trump as the legitimate president than in 2016 – Gallup
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 25, 2024
Percent that accept him as legitimate:
? 2016: 84%
? 2024: 91% [+7]
Percent by party:
? Republican: 96% ?? 99% [+3]
? Democratic: 77% ?? 84% [+7] pic.twitter.com/nov2OP7pAD
The Resistance goes quiet https://t.co/mZcjyJM4oK
— Axios (@axios) November 24, 2024
What happened to the Civil War?
In November 2024, we are in a radically different place than in November 2016. Trump’s victory in 2016 sparked “The Resistance” which appears to have collapsed. Trump’s victory in 2024 has been accepted as legitimate which foreshadows a very different second term.
Donald Trump Is Changing American Politics
https://t.co/MrN3eZIZ21 pic.twitter.com/1zEcODbRlt
— Hunter Wallace (@LutherEnjoyer) November 25, 2024
As was the case with voters during the campaign, most Americans would, in principle, approve of a new mass deportation program. https://t.co/4kyn1u2wy4 pic.twitter.com/RrZbbcE0p5
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) November 24, 2024
After inflation and the economy so dominated the election, Americans are more inclined to think Trump’s administration will bring down prices rather than raise them, and his voters overwhelmingly say that.https://t.co/4kyn1u2wy4 pic.twitter.com/V1yoKHwI4S
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) November 24, 2024
Trump's current selections for agency heads & cabinet picks get rated overwhelmingly as good choices from Trump's voters.
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) November 24, 2024
His picks are net-positive among Americans who have heard enough about them to say. (Many have not heard enough yet.) https://t.co/4kyn1u2wy4 pic.twitter.com/qSsmDxnoUa
Donald Trump's incoming administration starts off with mostly good will from the public: a majority of Americans overall are either happy or at least satisfied that he won.
— CBS News Poll (@CBSNewsPoll) November 24, 2024
Trump's handling of his presidential transition gets approval from most Americans.… pic.twitter.com/gKoXjLlsrX
Americans support mass deportations by a larger margin than Trump’s victory in the popular vote. This will put tremendous pressure on the Democrats to move to the Right on immigration.
Anti-White “Woke” Politics Was a Political Loser and Albatross
James Carville calls out Jon Stewart and others for lying about Kamala not running on 'woke' 'identity politics':
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 25, 2024
"Bill Maher, Jon Stewart I saw different people, did it [woke identity politics] hurt us?
Jon Stewart says 'It couldn't have hurt because no Democrat ran on it'
In… pic.twitter.com/f1GgyGdVwX
James Carville lays out a timeline of how Democrats dismissed his warnings about the party becoming too woke:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) November 11, 2024
James Carville: "I pointed it out on April the 27th in the year 2021. That's correct. You can look it up. I said, this [woke, identity politics] stuff is killing us. It… pic.twitter.com/atw9NQCwDD
We are winning the argument on anti-Whiteism.
Young Voters Shift Right And Turn Off Television
? Approval of Donald Trump's presidential transition – adults under 30
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 24, 2024
? Approve: 65% (+30)
? Disapprove: 35%
CBS/YouGov pic.twitter.com/8yelP0Hotg
No word for it but…
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) November 25, 2024
Realignment. pic.twitter.com/ujDDtkEWzY
Americans aged 18 to 34 watch less than five hours TV per week.
— Battle Beagle (@HarmlessYardDog) November 24, 2024
Those aged 65 and older watch more than 40 hours per week. pic.twitter.com/KGOGwx8YIh
Voters under 30 are at 65% approval of the Trump transition pic.twitter.com/3piuBa3T0T
— Patrick Ruffini (@PatrickRuffini) November 24, 2024
By a 30 point margin, young voters approve of Trump’s transition. The Democratic collapse with the youth vote in the 2024 election was real. Zoomers will likely be more rightwing than Millennials.
Israel and Hezbollah Near Peace Deal
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to the terms of a ceasefire agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, a senior U.S. official told Axios today. The parties have not yet announced an agreement. https://t.co/ndHTTSfQUu
— Axios (@axios) November 25, 2024
BREAKING: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to the terms of a ceasefire agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict per @axios
— OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) November 25, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah are close to a ceasefire to end the war in Lebanon.
MSNBC Audience Collapses As Comcast Spins It Off
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei loses his mind over Elon Musk saying “you are the media.” Claims only legacy outlets “do the hard work.”
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) November 25, 2024
Morning Joe hosts applaud afterward, calling it “incredible content.”
They aren’t going to learn anything.
pic.twitter.com/tplxPMML5e
While Musk and his friends trade memes and crack each other up, there's a serious undercurrent here. It's known as "media capture." pic.twitter.com/yuZYbpqUI6
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 25, 2024
What happened to the MSNBC audience?
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) November 24, 2024
After being lied to for years, the audience has abandoned MSNBC.
? pic.twitter.com/a67XZ6tJHK
And lead us not into temptation … pic.twitter.com/0FG24fdwUc
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2024
“Journalism” is dying before eyes.
Liberals are leaving X for Blue Sky, tuning out of politics and abandoning CNN and MSNBC. Comcast is spinning off MSNBC and Elon Musk is joking about buying it and transforming it like Twitter.
Report: Trannies To Be Banned From Military On Day One
? #BREAKING: President-elect Donald Trump plans executive order to remove all transgenders from the U.S. military – The Times
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 24, 2024
It would also ban trans people from joining the military.
“The order could come on his first day back in the White House, January 20.”
“There are… pic.twitter.com/yiRZzKOzjA
I don’t know how much stock I put into this one, but it would be a radical change from what we have experienced since Day One of the Biden administration.
Donald Trump’s Cabinet Is The Least Jewish, Least Diverse Cabinet In Modern History
Based on his first 34 picks, Donald Trump is building the least Jewish administration in modern American history. https://t.co/e84La3fX6X pic.twitter.com/q8ampFjUE3
— Chris Brunet (@realChrisBrunet) November 23, 2024
Donald Trump’s complete Cabinet is the least Jewish Cabinet in decades and seems to have paid little if any attention to appointing token minorities. Of the three Jews in the Trump Cabinet, Stephen Miller is a diehard immigration restrictionist and Howard Lutnick is a loud trade protectionist.
I agree that the lawfare backfired, but I still think he kind of brought it on himself. If he did it on purpose, it was Brilliant. He probably didn’t do it on purpose. But it did help him.