President Trump on Friday evening nominated Brett Matsumoto as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“For many years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under WEAK and STUPID people, has been FAILING American Businesses, Policymakers, and Families by releasing VERY inaccurate numbers,” Trump said on Truth Social.

“That is why I FIRED the former Commissioner, and am pleased to nominate the very talented Brett Matsumoto as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Brett was a Supervisory Research Economist for the BLS, but is now serving as a Senior Economist on the Trump Council of Economic Advisers, like he did in my First Term,” Trump said.

“I am confident that Brett has the expertise to QUICKLY fix the long history of issues at the BLS on behalf of the American People. Brett Matsumoto is a Brilliant, Reputable, and Trusted Economist who will restore GREATNESS to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Congratulations Brett!” Trump added.

President Trump previously fired the Biden-appointed Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after she ‘faked’ the jobs numbers before the 2024 election to try to boost Kamala Harris’s chances of a victory.

Last summer Dr. Erika McEntarfer was promptly fired after an abysmal July jobs report. The US only added 73,000 jobs in July and the previous months were all revised down.

Trump nominated conservative economist Dr. E.J. Antoni to replace McEntarfaer as the next Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner but he ultimately withdrew the nomination.

Dr. E.J. Antoni is a favorite guest on the Bannon War Room. E.J. Antoni is currently the Chief Economist and Richard Aster Fellow, in the Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget.

Antoni’s work has been featured in a variety of news outlets, including Fox News and Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, Bloomberg, Daily Caller, National Review, CNBC, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Federalist, and The War Room.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed the White House pulled Dr. Antoni’s nomination as head of BLS because he didn’t have the votes.

RINO Senators Collins and Murkowski did not meet with Antoni.

“We will be announcing a replacement nominee very soon,” Karoline Leavitt said.

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Another bombshell indictment has ripped the mask off America’s so-called “justice system,” and this time the rot allegedly runs straight through the black robe.

Federal prosecutors have charged four Detroit-area insiders, including a sitting Michigan judge, in what authorities describe as a years-long scheme to loot incapacitated individuals and their estates, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from people the court was supposed to protect.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the defendants are:

• Nancy Williams, 59
• Attorney Avery Bradley, 72
• Judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin, 46
• Dwight Rashad, 69

Bradley-Baskin is the daughter of Avery Bradley and currently serves as a judge on Michigan’s 36th District Court.

All four were charged by federal indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Prosecutors also charged Bradley with wire fraud, Bradley, Bradley-Baskin, and Rashad with multiple counts of money laundering, and Bradley-Baskin with making a false statement to federal investigators.

The indictment lays out jaw-dropping examples of alleged abuse:

• $70,000 in ward funds allegedly used by Bradley-Baskin to buy an ownership stake in a local bar
• $203,000 from a ward’s legal settlement allegedly split between Bradley, Williams, and Rashad — without a single dollar benefiting the ward
• Williams allegedly paid Rashad rent for wards who never lived in his facilities
• Bradley-Baskin allegedly used embezzled estate funds to lease a new Ford Expedition for two years

DOJ said in the press release:

According to the indictment, probate courts regularly appoint guardians and conservators to manage the personal and financial affairs of adults, known as wards, who have been found by the court to lack the capacity to do so themselves.

Guardians and conservators are fiduciaries who are obligated to act in the best interests of their wards.

The indictment alleges that Nancy Williams owned Guardian and Associates, an agency that was appointed as a fiduciary by the Wayne County Probate Court for incapacitated wards in over 1,000 cases.

Avery Bradley is an attorney, who, along with his daughter (and fellow attorney) Andrea Bradley-Baskin, operated a law firm that often represented Guardian and Associates in Wayne County Probate Court and otherwise practiced regularly in that court.

Bradley-Baskin is currently a district judge on Michigan’s 36^th District Court. Dwight Rashad operated a series of group homes and residential facilities for elderly individuals, including wards, who needed support and care.

The indictment alleges that the four defendants conspired to systematically embezzle funds from wards, and to obtain and retain money for themselves that rightly belonged to the wards and the wards’estates.

The indictment sets forth numerous examples of the co-conspirators working together to misappropriate money belonging to wards. In one instance, Bradley-Baskin is alleged to have used $70,000 in a ward’s funds to purchase an ownership stake in a local bar.

In another, Bradley, Williams, and Rashad are alleged to have taken for themselves some $203,000 in funds from a ward’s legal settlement, with none of the money being used to benefit the ward.

Williams is alleged to have paid Rashad rent for wards who did not live in one of Rashad’s homes.  Bradley-Baskin, in yet another case, is alleged to have used money embezzled from the estate of a ward to pay a two-year lease on a new Ford Expedition for herself.

“We respect the authority that covers a black robe. This state judge and her cronies allegedly abused that high honor for personal gain by preying on the needy protected by the court. This would be a grievous abuse of our public trust,” said U.S. Attorney Gorgon.

“Regardless of a person’s position in society, no one is above the law. These four defendants allegedly conspired to steal from some of our most vulnerable citizens — looting bank accounts, exploiting legal authority, and profiting off those who relied on them for care and protection,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office.

“Let me be clear: if you prey on the vulnerable, we will find you and bring you to justice. Finally, I want to recognize our FBI Detroit Area Corruption Task Force, alongside our partners at the IRS Criminal Investigations Detroit Field Office, for their dedicated work on behalf of these victims, as well as the Wayne County Probate Court for bringing this matter to our attention and assisting the investigation.”

“No matter who you are, or what your position is, it is entirely unacceptable to help yourself to money that is not yours. What makes these allegations so disturbing is that the victims are part of very vulnerable population and trusted the accused to act in their best interest,” said Karen Wingerd, Special Agent in Charge, Detroit Field Office, IRS Criminal Investigation.

“IRS-CI is proud to work alongside our law enforcement partners to protect the financial well-being of the vulnerable and root out those who threaten their security.”

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The return of US astronauts to the moon orbit is easily the most overlooked contemporary event.

Ever since 1972, no human being has been to the moon surface or its orbit. But now, the Donald J. Trump administration is gearing up for a historic return.

The Artemis II will take American astronauts back to the moon, and a first mission, to orbit our satellite, will take off in less than 10 days.

The mission was today bumped two days ahead because of the inclement weather in Florida.

NASA delayed a the fueling test (‘wet dress rehersal’) for the Artemis II moon rocket to Monday (February 2), and that pushed the historic launch back to no earlier than 11:20pm EST on February 8.

Due to weather, we now plan to fuel our Artemis II Moon rocket on Monday, Feb. 2, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With this adjustment, the earliest possible launch date is Sunday, Feb. 8. A launch date will be set after teams have reviewed the results of the wet dress… pic.twitter.com/JHZV8Elqzt

— NASA (@NASA) January 30, 2026

CBS News reported:

“The long-awaited Artemis II mission will use NASA’s huge Space Launch System rocket to boost three NASA astronauts and a Canadian crewmate on a trip around the moon and back, the first such flight since the final Apollo mission 54 years ago. The upcoming mission will set the stage for another crew to attempt a landing near the moon’s south pole in 2028.

The Artemis II launch had been targeted for next Friday, assuming a leak-free fueling test Saturday. But with the test delay, and the time needed for NASA to analyze the results, the agency opted to give up launch opportunities on Feb. 6 and 7. If the rocket is not off the ground by Feb. 11, the flight will slip to early March.”

I don’t think people really understand why Artemis II is such a big deal. Artemis II will travel farther from Earth than any previous human mission, setting a new record for human spaceflight distance. The crew will travel 4,600 nautical miles (5,300 miles) beyond the far side of… pic.twitter.com/bCfhIakyOk

— Natalie F Danelishen (@Chesschick01) January 30, 2026

Artemis II & moon, another view.

Photo: @ulalaunch pic.twitter.com/E0TvNmoTuJ

— Ben Cooper (@LaunchPhoto) January 29, 2026

Who would you take with you on a trip around the Moon?

As we prepare to send our Artemis II astronauts around the Moon, we’d love to know who’s on your dream team. Use the hashtag #NASAMoonCrew and we may share yours during the launch broadcast: https://t.co/2cTxQZwOYf pic.twitter.com/UNvEJsVbSS

— NASA (@NASA) January 26, 2026

Read more:

LUNAR POWER: NASA and Department of Energy Team up To Build and Deploy a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030

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Saudi Arabia said it will not allow the use of its airspace for any military attack against Iran. This geopolitical move has surprised many, since Saudi Arabia has historically been an ally of the United States and a major oil partner as well.

While both Iran and Saudi Arabia are Islamic nations, each represents the cradle of a different branch of Islam. Saudi Arabia is the cradle of the Sunni current, including Wahhabism and Salafism, two strands of Islamic fundamentalism, while Iran is the cradle of the Shiite branch, which also, of course, has its own forms of extremism.

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