Things Trump Did... Day XII | Blog#42
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Playbook: Dems seek unity as Trump sows chaos
DEMS IN ARRAY — Top Democrats are coming together in a show of support for whomever is elected the next chair of the Democratic National Committee today, pledging to raise money for the party apparatus, Playbook has learned from a person granted anonymity to describe the plan.
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WHY NOW: As you read this, the 448 voting members of the DNC are gathered at their winter meeting at National Harbor in Maryland, voting for their first new leader in the second Trump era.
The race has not only tightened in recent days but also come into sharper focus about what the results could mean for the future of the party, with bold-faced Democratic names locking into and endorsing in the race.
“If I thought this shit was over with, I wouldn’t go to the meeting this weekend,” Donna Brazile, who has twice served as acting DNC chair, told Schneider and Booker. “I’d go home to New Orleans and watch the Super Bowl.”
Brazile added, “Deals are being made, compromises are being sought and everybody’s trying to game the other.”
Continue reading at Politico
Chopra removed from consumer bureau post
Chopra posted a letter on X to President Donald Trump confirming that his “term as CFPB director has concluded.”
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra has been removed from his post, ending a three-year tenure where he angered the nation’s banks and technology giants by taking on everything from “junk fees” to Big Tech’s role in consumer payments.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on who the interim director would be.
Continue reading at Politico
Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended
The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination.
A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names of doctors who have had their licenses revoked, suspended or faced other discipline, The Associated Press has found.
The letter was meant to lend credibility to Kennedy’s nomination, which has faced strenuous opposition from medical experts due to his two decades of anti-vaccine activism.
Continue reading at Politico
Merkel, Musk and the far right: What is going on in Germany’s election?
As Germans prepare to vote on Feb. 23, an almighty argument over whether mainstream parties should work with the anti-immigration AfD is threatening to upend politics in Europe’s most powerful democracy.
BERLIN — Germany’s former leader Angela Merkel has exposed a deep rift within the country’s conservative movement, slamming her party’s top brass over how it’s handling the rise of the far right.
The anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been gaining ground in the polls in recent months and is now in second place ahead of Germany’s federal election scheduled for Feb. 23. That poses big questions for the mainstream parties, notably Merkel’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which is currently the frontrunner.
Continue reading at Politico
Trump's MAGA machine mobilizes to boost Gabbard
President Trump and his allies —including the online right, Vice President Vance and Sen. Tom Cotton — are mobilizing to try to boost Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as director of national intelligence.
Why it matters: The MAGA machine that helped Pete Hegseth narrowly win confirmation as defense secretary last week is now focused on Gabbard. Trump's team believes she faces the most headwinds of any of his current Cabinet nominees.
"We feel OK about Tulsi's chances," one senior White House official told Axios. "But we want to feel better."
Continue reading at Axios
Trump builds a tariff wall
There is a wrecking ball coming for the norms of global trade.
President Trump is expected to disrupt the largely friendly economic relationship between our North American neighbors with high tariffs that would blow up his own trade deal.
He plans to up the ante on U.S.-China trade relations too and pledged more tariffs ahead.
Why it matters: Trade policy moved more slowly in Trump 1.0. The measures send a warning that this time tariffs will be broader, implemented faster and wielded to notch economic wins.
Continue reading at Axios
What Octavia Butler saw on Feb. 1, 2025, three decades ago
Science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote in her 1993 novel "Parable of the Sower" that Feb. 1, 2025, would be a time of fires, violence, racism, addiction, climate change, social inequality and an authoritarian "President Donner."
That day is today.
The big picture: This Black History Month, which begins this year on a day of Butler's dystopian vision, Axios will examine what the next 25 years may hold for Black Americans based on the progress in the first quarter of this century.
Continue reading on Axios
Trump spoke to Egyptian president about plan to evict Palestinians from Gaza
President Trump spoke on Saturday with Egyptian President Abdul Fatah el-Sisi to discuss his idea of moving Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan in order to rebuild the enclave.
Why it matters: Trump's comments about moving Palestinians from Gaza alarmed the Egyptians, who see the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza to their territory as a threat to national security. Trump's plan would also involve forcibly displacing two million people.
At the beginning of the war, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised this idea, Sisi made it clear that such a move would jeopardize the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
Continue reading at Axios
Trump social media claim of using troops to force water flow is refuted by California
President Trump on Monday night heightened his battle with California over water policy by suggesting U.S. military troops had arrived in the state to turn on pumps and send more water flowing — something state officials quickly denied.
On Monday evening, Trump wrote that the military “just entered the Great State of California and, under Emergency Powers, TURNED ON THE WATER flowing abundantly from the Pacific Northwest, and beyond,” in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.
The California Department of Water Resources responded in a statement: “The military did not enter California. The federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for three days. State water supplies in Southern California remain plentiful.”
Continue reading at the Los Angeles Times
News Alert: 7 dead, including 1 on ground, after a medevac jet with a child patient and her mother crashes in Philadelphia, mayor says
Seven people are dead, including one in a car on the ground, after a twin-engine medevac jet carrying a child patient and her mother crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia Friday night, Philadelphia’s mayor said Saturday morning.
At least 19 were injured on the ground. The six people on the plane were Mexican nationals, Mexico’s president said Saturday morning.
“I mourn the death of six Mexicans in the plane crash in Philadelphia, United States,” Claudia Sheinbaum said. “The consular authorities are in permanent contact with the families; I have asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support them in whatever way is required. My solidarity with their loved ones and friends.”
Continue reading at CNN.com
1 big thing: Purges, punishments, payback
America has never witnessed so many people purged or punished by an incoming president so quickly. White House sources tell us this is just the beginning, Axios' Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write in a "Behind the Curtain" column.
Last night, a Defense Department memo said four major news organizations — The New York Times, NBC News, NPR and Politico — will have to move out of their longtime workspace on Correspondents' Corridor in the Pentagon, an unprecedented move, under a new Annual Media Rotation Program for Pentagon Press Corps.
"Hope those hit pieces on Pete were worth it," a source close to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but not involved in the decision-making, told us.
Continue reading at Axios
Trump says Venezuela agreed to accept migrants back, lauds return of hostages
President Trump said that Venezuela has agreed to accept the country’s migrants living in the U.S. back as he lauded the return of six American hostages who were held in the Latin American country.
“It is so good to have the Venezuela Hostages back home and, very important to note, that Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their Country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the U.S., including gang members of Tren de Aragua,” Trump wrote in a Saturday morning post on Truth Social. “Venezuela has further agreed to supply the transportation back.”
Continue reading at The Hill
The GOP’s Unreliable Cutter-in-Chief
Donald Trump shows yet again he’s not really interested in reining in government spending.
For all his bluster about “government efficiency” these days, President Donald Trump has never been comfortable as a scissor-happy, cost-cutting deficit warrior.
He barreled into a Republican Party a decade ago that was dominated at the time by the debt-minded politics of Paul Ryan and the tea party movement and single-handedly shut down talk of slashing Social Security and Medicare.
This week, his aversion to austerity showed its face again — and it portends strife ahead for the GOP.
The White House walked back a budget office directive to freeze a staggering swath of federal spending within about 24 hours earlier this week. The surrender came after an uproar not only from Democrats but some fellow Republicans, and it was a tacit admission that the negative coverage about potentially halting programs like Meals on Wheels was cutting through Trump’s flood-the-zone flurry of Washington chaos — and thus becoming a major political headache.
Continue reading on Politico
‘There will be many casualties’: Panama girds for war as Rubio opens talks
On the ground in Panama City ahead of Marco Rubio’s first trip as secretary of State.
PANAMA CITY — Marco Rubio’s weekend visit to Panama is set to offer clues to a pressing question: whether the next four years of American policy will more closely resemble an imperial conquest or a hardball real estate negotiation.
On the ground here, members of the country’s small political elite have been bracing for either: As tensions over the Panama Canal ratcheted up last month, Panama’s former president, Ernesto Pérez Balladares, sat in his office on the 10th floor of a bank building and contemplated the worst-case scenario: an American invasion. “I think there will be many, many casualties on our side,” he said, “and international condemnation of the U.S.”
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Republicans from disaster-prone areas back Trump’s push to overhaul FEMA
Republican lawmakers, including those from disaster-prone areas, are backing President Trump’s calls to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
“We need a FEMA that looks like somebody designed it on purpose, and that’s not what we have right now,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said this week. “It’s a mess, and it’s very inefficient.”
Continue reading at The Hill
Ken Martin elected DNC chair as party seeks to rebuild
The chair of Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party defeated Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler on the first ballot.
Ken Martin, a longtime Democratic tactician and Minnesota state party leader, was elected chair of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, calling for a unified front against Republican-controlled Washington as the party seeks to rebuild following crushing losses in November.
“We have one team, one team — the Democratic Party. We have one fight,” Martin said in his acceptance speech. “The fight’s not in here. The fight’s out there.”
Continue reading at Politico
Trump says he ordered airstrikes against Islamic State in Somalia
An initial assessment by the Pentagon indicated that “multiple” operatives were killed.
The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the strikes by U.S. Africa Command were directed by Trump and coordinated with Somalia’s government.
Continue reading at Politico
Florida goes full steam ahead on immigration enforcement in schools
The measures proposed in Florida would ensure that campus doors are open to immigration authorities under a Trump administration that wants the option on the table.
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida’s GOP-controlled Legislature disagree over key pieces of newly passed immigration legislation. But they appear to align on teachers and campus police officers being part of the state’s “all-hands-on-deck” plan to aid federal immigration enforcement.
While the exact role, if any, that school employees will play in that enforcement remains unclear – as does whether the bill will even become law – the measures proposed in Florida would ensure that campus doors are open to immigration authorities under a Trump administration that wants the option on the table.
Continue reading at The Hill
Greene suggests throwing out foreign outlets: ‘American media first’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested throwing out foreign news outlets of the White House briefing room as she appears to have taken an issue with a reporter’s accent during a press briefing on Friday.
Greene reacted to Friday post on the social media platform X shared by political commentator Gunther Eagleman from the Friday White House press briefing. In it, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about staffing at various federal agencies, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in light of Wednesday night’s collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter that killed 67 people.
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Michigan priest has license revoked after imitating Musk’s gesture at Pro-Life Summit
A Michigan priest had his license rescinded by the Anglican Catholic Church after imitating a cross-body gesture that tech billionaire Elon Musk made at an event following President Trump’s inauguration, which same critics characterized as a fascist salute.
Musk during a speech placed his right arm on the left side of his chest. He then extended the arm straight across. He turned around and did the same again, saying “My heart goes out to you.”
Continue reading at The Hill
LIST: Are you in the top 1 percent of earners in your state?
(NEXSTAR) — What it takes to be “rich” can vary from person to person: it could be owning a house, making a lot of money, or, in today’s world, finding eggs under $4 per dozen. The definition on paper, however, is a lot more straightforward — and maybe not as far out of reach as you may think.
Reviewing data from the Social Security Administration, GOBankingRates recently determined that to be among the top 1 percent of earners in the U.S., you need to make at least $794,129 annually. That works out to about $66,180 a week — for comparison, the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau found the average annual household income in 2023 was $80,610.
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Venezuela to accept deported migrants, Trump says amid immigration crackdown
The announcement came a day after the U.S. secured the release of six hostages from the South American country.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuela would take back “all” of the country’s migrants his administration wants to deport, an announcement that came on the heels of the release of six American hostages from the South American country late Friday night.
Trump celebrated the hostages’ return in a post to Truth Social, adding that the country had agreed to receive “all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the U.S.” — and that Venezuela would “supply the transportation.”
Continue reading at Politico
White House faces decision on Gabbard after shaky confirmation hearing
The White House faces a decision on how to move forward with director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard — wait and see if any GOP senators publicly oppose her or launch a pressure campaign like the one that helped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth get confirmed.
A number of Republicans emerged from Gabbard’s confirmation hearing this week appearing concerned and unimpressed with her answers on Edward Snowden, government surveillance and her communication with foreign adversaries. But no GOP senator has said flat out they will oppose her nomination.
Continue reading at The Hill
Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
Continue reading at Wired
Comparing Levels of Religious Nationalism Around the World
By global standards, the U.S. has a relatively low level of religious nationalism, but it stands out from other high-income countries
In many countries, religion and politics are deeply intertwined. The belief that a country’s historically predominant religion should be a central part of its national identity and drive policymaking is sometimes described as “religious nationalism.”
A wide range of movements have been described as religious nationalism, including in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi has campaigned and governed on the idea that Hindu faith and culture should shape government policies; and in Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is backed by a coalition that includes ultra-Orthodox and national religious parties.
Continue reading at Pew Research Center
Barnes & Noble to add 60 new stores as bookstore revival picks up speed
Barnes & Noble opened 57 stores in 2024 and plans to open at least 60 in 2025, part of a surprising revival for brick-and-mortar bookshops.
Why it matters: Some of the new stores are in prime locations. The new D.C. flagship sits like a statement in some of Georgetown's most sought-after retail space.
The big picture: One factor driving the boom is BookTok, the thriving community of book lovers sharing recommendations on TikTok.
Continue reading at Axios
What to know about Ken Martin, the next chair of the DNC
Here’s what to know about the next DNC chair:
Longtime chair of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party
Martin has helmed the Minnesota DFL since 2011. In the lead-up to Saturday, he touted the state party’s record under his leadership, saying that Democrats had won every statewide office while he was at the helm.
Continue reading at The Hill
USAID Website Goes Offline as Trump Continues to Dismantle Government
Trump is purging information that doesn't suit his fascist worldview.
The website for USAID, the U.S. government agency that distributes foreign aid, went down on Saturday, and it’s unclear when it may return. The outage comes as every federal website has been ordered to erase forbidden words, though USAID’s outage could related to reports that Donald Trump plans to put most of the agency under control of the U.S. State Department, according to Reuters.
Posts on X suggest the USAID website may have redirected to the White House website for a time before going dark completely, but Gizmodo couldn’t independently confirm that. USAID’s press office didn’t immediately respond to questions emailed on Saturday.
Continue reading at Gizmodo
Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system
Billionaire Elon Musk’s deputies have gained access to a sensitive Treasury Department system responsible for trillions of dollars in U.S. government payments after the administration ousted a top career official at the department, according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe government deliberations.
On Friday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approved access to the Treasury’s payments system for a team led by Tom Krause, a Silicon Valley executive working in concert with Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” the people said.
Continue reading at the Washington Post
Musk claims DOGE found lax Treasury payment controls
Musk did not offer evidence for his assertion that Treasury instructed employees to approve payments to known fraudulent or terrorist groups.
Elon Musk suggested on Saturday that his government efficiency group’s effort to gain greater control over the Treasury Department’s disbursement of trillions of dollars in payments to Americans was about rooting out fraud or illicit payments.
Musk, the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump, responded on X to a post about the sudden departure of Treasury’s top career official David Lebryk on Friday after he reportedly clashed with Musk-affiliated officials over whether to hand over access to Treasury’s sensitive payment system.
Continue reading at Politico
Trump signs tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump on Saturday imposed significant tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, a White House spokesperson said, following through on a long-standing pledge and potentially setting off a trade war with the United States’ top trading partners.
“Tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China are SIGNED!” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields posted on the social media platform X.
Bloomberg reported that Trump was imposing a 25 percent tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as a 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods. Canadian energy imports will only be tariffed at 10 percent.
Continue reading at The Hill
Axios
Trump tariffs begin, with levies on Canada, Mexico, China
What they're saying: The White House said the tariffs were a response to an "emergency threat" posed by undocumented immigrants and drugs. The Trump administration said they would remain in place "until the crisis is alleviated."
The Canadian government told their national press they expected the tariffs to begin Tuesday.
What they're saying: The White House said the tariffs were a response to an "emergency threat" posed by undocumented immigrants and drugs. The Trump administration said they would remain in place "until the crisis is alleviated."
Continue reading at Axios
Politico
Trump finalizes tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, triggering possible trade war
The tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods will be 25 percent.
President Donald Trump took action Saturday to impose new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, the White House said, which could have a sweeping impact on the American economy.
The additional tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods will be 25 percent, although only 10 percent on Canadian energy. The new tariff on Chinese goods will also be 10 percent, as Trump indicated earlier.
The move sets the stage for a possible North American trade war that economists say could hurt economic growth on the continent and increase inflation.
The White House issued the tariffs after failing to resolve Trump’s concerns with the three countries over fentanyl trafficking, undocumented migration and the U.S. trade deficit.
Continue reading at Politico
Buttigieg rules out run for Michigan governor, mulls Senate bid
The former transportation secretary had been weighing a run for governor or a 2028 presidential campaign, which he could still pursue.
Pete Buttigieg has ruled out running for Michigan governor and is focused on weighing a potential Senate bid in 2026, according to two people familiar with his thinking.
The former transportation secretary and South Bend mayor, who moved from Indiana to Traverse City, Michigan, in 2022, is now “very seriously focused on a potential run for Senate,” according to one of the people, granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations. Buttigieg’s decision not to run for governor was first reported by the Detroit News.
Continue reading at Politico
Trump moves you might have missed this week
Trump world 2.0 is moving at a pace that can be hard to follow — and that's intentional. If you missed some key White House or Capitol Hill events of the week, we've got you covered.
The big picture: Donald Trump's second week in office included a surprise federal funding freeze Tuesday that prompted nationwide confusion and a shifting timeline on tariffs across U.S. imports from Canada, Mexico and China set for a Feb. 1 rollout, creating whiplash in financial markets Friday.
As Axios' Erin Davis reported, much of Trump's activity in the last two weeks has involved a slew of executive orders — more than any modern president has issued in their first two weeks.
Over in Congress, three of Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks had hearings before Senate committees this week: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel.
Continue reading at Axios
Marisa Kabas is an independent journalist
Wall Street Journal slams Trump’s tariff plans: ‘The dumbest trade war in history’
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board published a punchy Saturday op-ed listing all the failed reasons for President Trump’s tariff plan, citing a declining trend in trade and manufacturing culpability following signed sanctions.
Trump on Saturday imposed significant tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, fueling a potential trade war.
“Tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China are SIGNED!” White House spokesperson Harrison Fields posted on X. “This bold move holds these countries accountable for stopping illegal immigration and the flow of dangerous drugs like fentanyl.”
“Leaving China aside, Mr. Trump’s justification for this economic assault on the neighbors makes no sense,” the board wrote.
Continue reading at The Hill
Freshman wish list: Sen. Jim Banks plans to lead in the new GOP
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sees himself as part of the "new right" that's transforming Congress, and Vice President Vance as the party's future.
"He's got four years to learn from the best president that we've had in modern times. And he'll be ready to go," Banks told Axios in an interview.
Why it matters: Banks doesn't tiptoe around President Trump. He's been solidly in line on tariffs, using the military to address immigration and backing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whose confirmation drama Banks described as "disappointing."
Banks, 45, has currency with Trump's orbit and deep experience from his House tenure
Continue reading on Axios
Black History Month faces uncertainty under President Trump's diversity rollback
Black History Month arrives under a new threat as President Trump aims to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and establish federal guidance against heritage months.
Why it matters: Conservatives argue Black history lessons induce guilt, while critics of Trump's agenda view the president's work as an effort to erase hard truths.
Driving the news: As every president since 1976 has done, President Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Black History Month on Friday.
Yes, but: The proclamation comes after weeks of targeting DEI initiatives through decision making and rhetoric. In his first days back in office, President Trump dismantled federal DEI programs, halting efforts to bolster diversity and inclusion.
Continue reading at Axios
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday.
Federal employees at the Education Department could be placed on administrative leave for previously attending a diversity training.
Several employees began receiving leave notices late Friday and reported them to their local union president at the American Federation of Government Employees, confirmed Brittany Holder, deputy communications director at AFGE, which represents federal workers at the agency.
Continue reading at Politico
Canada's Trudeau announces counter tariffs
OTTAWA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday Canada would impose 25% tariffs on C$155 billion ($106.5 billion) of U.S. goods in response to U.S. tariffs.
C$30 billion would take effect from Tuesday and C$125 billion in 21 days, Trudeau told a news conference.
Continue reading at Reuters
Mexican president orders retaliatory tariffs against U.S.
MEXICO CITY, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday she ordered her economy minister to implement tariff and non-tariff measures to defend her country's interests, after the U.S. slapped across-the-board duties on goods coming from Mexico.
In a lengthy post on X, Sheinbaum stressed her government does not seek confrontation with its northern neighbor but collaboration and dialogue.
Continue reading at Reuters
Here’s what will get more expensive from Trump’s tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
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The action, which is expected to take effect on Tuesday, includes a 25% duty on all imports from Mexico and most goods from Canada (there’s a 10% carve-out for energy-related items such as crude oil), and an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods imported into the United States.
Trump has used and promised to employ tariffs for three primary purposes: to raise revenue, to bring trade into balance and to bring rival countries to the negotiating table.
However, economists warn that these moves negatively impact American businesses and consumers, many of whom are still reeling from the sharp rise in inflation in recent years.
Continue reading at CNN
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Watch: Rare Orca Pod Spotted Hunting Off Newport Beach Coast
Whale-watchers were treated to a sight off the coast of Newport Beach Thursday: a pod of orca in the middle of a hunt.
Continue reading at Patch.com
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About that alternate version of….
They're Pinky and the Brain
Yes, Pinky and the Brain
One is a genius, the other's other insane
They're laboratory mice
Their genes have been spliced
They're Pinky, they're Pinky and the Brain
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain
Before each night is done
Their plan will be unfurled
By the dawning of the sun
They'll take over the world
Before each night is done
Their plan will be unfurled
By the dawning of the sun
They'll take over the world
They're Pinky and the Brain
Yes, Pinky and the Brain
Their twilight campaign is easy to explain
To prove their mousy worth
They'll overthrow the earth
They're Pinky, they're Pinky and the Brain
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