While the media has been largely focused on the nominations of Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, and RFK Jr., other nominees such as Lee Zeldin for EPA and now Doug Burgum for Interior Secretary, have sailed through the confirmation process.

Burgum was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support.

Like Lee Zeldin at EPA, Burgum’s confirmation is key to advancing Trump’s domestic energy policy. Burgum will be an important ally and advocate.

The Hill reports:

Senate confirms Burgum as Interior secretary

The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber.

Burgum, a one-time candidate for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination-turned-visible Trump campaign surrogate, has been among the president’s least controversial nominees. He advanced out of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week in a nearly unanimous vote, with only Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) voting against the nomination.

Wyden, the mastermind of the renewable energy tax credits within the Inflation Reduction Act, cited President Trump’s opposition to the cuts in opposing both Burgum and Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright, who is also unlikely to face significant Senate opposition…

As Interior secretary, Burgum will oversee environmental policy and the nation’s public lands. Trump has vowed on the campaign trail and in his early actions as president to expand oil and gas development and roll back environmental protections enacted under the Biden administration.

Congratulations to Secretary Burgum.

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— Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) January 31, 2025

BREAKING: Doug Burgum has been confirmed as the Secretary of Interior pic.twitter.com/4vLD2xNqLG

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 30, 2025

CONFIRMED: Doug Burgum as the 55th Secretary of the Interior pic.twitter.com/2O4XksFKD6

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 30, 2025

The Trump team is coming together. Doug Burgum will do a great job in this role.

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Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under Trump, is launching an investigation of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).

Both organizations are already facing the loss of taxpayer funding, but this investigation will increase pressure on lawmakers to pull that funding.

Conservative Americans have been calling for the defunding of NPR and PBS for years. There are countless examples of these organizations acting as surrogates for the Democrat party. They do not even try to appear politically balanced, even though they are funded in part by taxpayers.

FOX News reports:

Trump FCC chair targets NPR, PBS for investigation ahead of Congressional threats to defund

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched an investigation into media outlets PBS and National Public Radio (NPR) over member stations potentially airing “prohibited commercial advertisements,” according to a letter obtained by The New York Times.

“I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials,” FCC chair Brendan Carr wrote, according to the Times. “In particular, it is possible that NPR and PBS member stations are broadcasting underwriting announcements that cross the line into prohibited commercial advertisements.”

The FCC allows businesses to support noncommercial radio and television stations — such as NPR, PBS or college radio stations — via on-air announcements known as underwriting sponsorships. The sponsorships, though similar to advertisements, face different FCC rules than typical TV or radio ads.

The Washington Free Beacon has more on this:

Both outlets have long faced scrutiny. NPR senior editor Uri Berliner resigned in April after he was suspended for criticizing Maher’s “divisive views” and “devastating” bias. The Washington Free Beacon reported that month that Maher had dismissed widespread looting and property damage during the summer 2020 riots, saying it was “hard to be mad” about the destruction.

Carr’s investigation aligns with President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to cut wasteful spending and boost government efficiency. Shortly after his election victory in November, Trump named Carr, a longtime Republican member of the FCC, to lead the commission, saying Carr is “a warrior for Free Speech” and “will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators.”

NPR and PBS have received federal funding for decades through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For fiscal year 2025, the CPB received around $535 million from the federal government, which it distributed among public broadcasting entities, including NPR and PBS.

Conservatives should not be expected to fund organizations which actively work against their political beliefs and aspirations. If the left wants to support NPR and PBS, they are free to do so through charitable contributions.

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President Donald Trump has set a Saturday deadline to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Mexico and Canada.

The administration asserts that these tariffs will remain until both neighboring countries take substantial measures to curb the flow of unauthorized migrants and illicit drugs into the United States.

This announcement follows a recent agreement with Colombia, where the threat of similar tariffs led the Marxist president to fold like a cheap suit and begin accepting deported migrants.

In a statement from the Oval Office Thursday, President Trump emphasized the urgency of the situation.

“Mexico and Canada have never been good to us on trade. They’ve treated us very unfairly on trade,” Trump said.

“We’ll be announcing the tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a number of reasons. Number one is the people that have poured into our country so horribly and so much.

“Number two are the drugs, fentanyl and everything else that have come into the country. Number three are the massive subsidies that we’re giving to Canada and to Mexico in the form of deficits.

“I’ll be putting the tariff of 25% on Canada and separately 25% on Mexico. We will really have to do that because we have very big deficits with those countries. Those tariffs may or may not rise with time,” Trump said.

When asked about whether he would impose tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil, Trump said, “We may or may not. We’re going to make that determination probably tonight.”

WATCH:

The 25% tariffs is the blood on Canadian politicians hands.

It’s not Donald Trumps fault our government SUCKS.

DO NOT let these POS’s blame him. pic.twitter.com/xX43Bw6ytu

— Christy (@Christy4Change) January 30, 2025

President Donald Trump emphasized the United States’ self-sufficiency in natural resources, particularly in lumber and oil. He remarked.

He also mentioned the possibility of imposing tariffs on China.

Trump:
“We have all the trees you need—meaning the lumber. We have more than almost anybody in those two categories. In oil, we have more than anybody, and we don’t need anybody’s trees. We have to free up some of the tree areas that we have. We have great lumber in this country, and we have to free them up environmentally, which I can do very quickly. But we don’t need what they have.

For us to be subsidizing Canada to the tune of $175 billion a year and subsidizing Mexico to the tune of $250 billion to $300 billion a year—it’s absurd. Mexico is being used as a method for China to send in its product.

With China, I’m also thinking about something because they’re sending fentanyl into our country, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths. China is going to end up paying a tariff for that, and we’re in the process of making that happen. We’ll determine what that tariff will be, but China has to stop sending fentanyl into our country and killing our people.”

WATCH:

BREAKING: President Trump just dropped another nuke, saying after tariffs on Mexico and Canada go into effect, China will be next.

“China is going to end up paying a tariff also. China has to stop sending fentanyl into our country and killing our people.”

He is on a rampage. pic.twitter.com/hFNxTyRdNL

— George (@BehizyTweets) January 30, 2025

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A morbidly obese Detroit rapper who describes herself as a “BBW” – ‘Big Beautiful Woman’ – is suing Lyft for discrimination after one of its drivers told her she was too big to ride in his sedan.

Earlier this month Dank Demoss, AKA, Dajua Blanding, ordered a Lyft to attend a Detroit Lions party.

The Lyft driver pulled up in a Mercedes-Benz and informed Demoss that she wouldn’t be able to fit in his sedan.

“I can fit in this car,” Demoss told the Lyft driver to which he responded, “Believe me, you can’t.”

“I’ve been in this situation before,” the driver said.

Demoss responded, “So every big person, you turn down because they can’t fit in your car?”

The Lyft driver said his tires couldn’t handle her weight and suggested she order an Uber XL rideshare. He also reimbursed her for canceling the ride.

Dank Demoss reportedly weighs nearly 500 pounds.

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Demoss is now suing Lyft for discrimination.

“I’ve been in cars smaller than that,” Demoss told FOX 2. “I just want them to know that it hurt my feelings.”

Excerpt from Fox 2:

A Lyft driver denied a Detroit rapper a ride because of her size – and now she’s suing.

Dajua Blanding, known on stage as Dank Demoss, requested a ride to a Detroit Lions watch party earlier this month. However, when the driver arrived, he saw Blanding and told her he couldn’t give her a ride because of her weight. Blanding was recording the encounter.

Blanding has retained attorneys Jonathan Marko and Zach Runyan to sue for discrimination.

What they’re saying:
“I knew that it was illegal, and I knew that it was wrong,” Marko said.

He said weight is a protected characteristic in Michigan. Marko said that denying someone a ride based on their weight would be the same as denying someone because of their race or religion – at least under the law.

Lyft drivers can turn down passengers for perceived security threats, but Marko said they cannot deny a ride based on protected characteristics.

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