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Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - Almost all of Trump’s nominations that the Senate failed to confirm during the 119th Congress 1st session were returned to the White House on Saturday including former NC GOP Rep. Mark Walker to be U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom & Sean Plankey to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Both nominees faced holds by Senators last year.
https://govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2026-01-03-v172/pdf/CREC-2026-01-03-pt1-PgS1-10.pdf
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Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan
Senate now has a very empty executive calendar as all of Trump’s nominations except 4 with pending confirmation votes & certain military nominations have been returned to the WH. It’s now up to Trump which of them he’ll renominate to be considered in the Senate again in the 119th Congress 2nd session.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/executive_calendar/xcalv.pdf
https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2007888747271245854
Craig Caplan @CraigCaplan - Capitol Hill SCIFs will be busy tomorrow [today] with top Trump Administration briefings on the details of Operation Absolute Resolve against Venezuela
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Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
BREAKING NEWS
RUBIO, HEGSETH, BONDI, RATCLIFFE, CAINE will be on the Hill at 5:30 tomorrow evening to brief on Venezuela.
HFAC, SFRC, SASC, HASC and Gang of 8 will all get the classified briefing.
Full member briefing expected next week.
Much more in AM
AND yes, text subscribers got first.
https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/2007993007849808106
Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil - Here is my operating theory on why Marco Rubio is the best Secretary of State in generations.
It's because he unified the foreign policy apparatus—it's because he's the Secretary of Everything.
https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/2007703354294636585
Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil - Marco Rubio is such an insanely good foreign policy pick.
https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/2007428632063426868
CSPAN @cspan - President Trump on Venezuela: "We're dealing with the people who just got sworn in. Don’t ask me who's in charge because I’ll give you an answer and it will be very controversial."
Q: "What does that mean?"
President Trump: "We’re in charge."
https://x.com/cspan/status/2008020302006047014
CSPAN @cspan - Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC: "You just wait for Cuba....Their days are numbered."
https://x.com/cspan/status/2008020490367967431
Curtis Sliwa @CurtisSliwa - When the government fails to make cities better, Guardian Angels step up. We’re helping homeless with winter clothes for earth, assisting EMS and helping get homeless to shelters. Dare to care with us: http://guardianangels.org
https://x.com/CurtisSliwa/status/2007639255015895072
Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - I'm not sure anyone in the federal government really understands just what a momentous event the Somali daycare scam is for America.
The people who pay taxes are noticing, bigly.
This will end in one of two ways:
(i) Radical change across all strata of government that greatly eliminates fraud, waste and abuse;
-or-
(ii) Middle-class taxpayers decide enough is enough and they too stop following the rules.
Door (i) = prosperity.
Door (ii) = anarchy.
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Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol
I just got off work.
And it dawned on me, that 30% of every dollar I made today probably went to some scam.
THIRTY PERCENT.
I’m so angry.
All this time I’ve been saving, going to school, working hard… for fraudulent Somali daycares?
I’m fed up, this has to stop.
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/2006750062844534872
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