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Victor Reacts: You’ve Got to Love A Happy Ending, Trans Activist Celebrates Too Soon (VIDEO)
January 8, 2025
You’ve got to love a happy ending. After insulting Ron DeSantis and celebrating a loophole in state law, a transgender activist got a thank you letter from the state of Florida.
In a self-congratulatory TikTok post, transgender activist James Rose recently boasted about exploiting a “loophole” to change the sex listed on his Florida driver’s license to female, despite state legislation that explicitly prohibits such alterations.
Rose’s celebratory moment, however, was short-lived as Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) swiftly corrected the error and issued a replacement license identifying Rose as male.
In January 2024, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) implemented a policy prohibiting transgender residents from updating the gender marker on their driver’s licenses to reflect their gender identity.
On December 20, 2024, James Rose, a biological male who identifies as female, posted a video claiming to have successfully bypassed Florida’s strict regulations. The activist gleefully announced that his driver’s license now displayed “female” as the sex marker.
In a TikTok captioned “BIG WIN FOR THE DOLLS, BIG LOSS FOR RHONDA,” Rose mocked Governor Ron DeSantis and his administration.
Rose explained that the loophole allowed him to bypass state requirements by replacing a lost driver’s license instead of renewing it. By presenting a passport that listed his gender as female—a document that permits self-identification under Biden’s federal rules—Rose claimed to have forced the state DMV to follow suit.
After the video gained traction, the incident caught the attention of Florida officials.
On January 6, 2025, the FLHSMV issued an official letter to Rose, invalidating the altered license and reinstating the original designation of male.
As it turns out, if you think that you have pulled a fast one on the state and wiggled your way around the law it is best not to brag about it on social media. Now this loophole has been closed for anyone else who may have wanted to do the same thing. Again I say, you have to love a happy ending. Ensuring that state identification accurately reflects the biology of an individual is crucial for public safety and collective delusion will not change that.
LA Mayor Karen Bass STUNNED as Reporter Absolutely SKEWERS Her Over Failed Policies, Dry Fire Hydrants – Then She Runs Away Like a Coward! (VIDEO)
January 8, 2025
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass
You love to see it.
LA’s Democrat Mayor Karen Bass got absolutely skewered by a reporter over her failed policies that led to dry fire hydrants and the most destructive fire in history.
Karen Bass slashed Fire Department funding by $17.6 million a few months before the fires erupted on Tuesday.
This is the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history and the city is not prepared to contain the fire because of Democrats like Karen Bass.
Los Angeles firefighters couldn’t even battle the inferno because the hydrants went dry.
Karen Bass was actually in Africa as her city burned down.
The LA Mayor was in Africa attending the presidential inauguration in Ghana as tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents evacuated and watched their homes burn down.
Later Wednesday, fresh off the plane from Ghana, Mayor Karen Bass met with Governor Newsom and Los Angeles firefighters for a photo op with charred structures as the perfect backdrop.
WATCH:
The impact of these fires and winds are devastating.
I just got off the phone with @POTUS and discussed an urgent path forward towards recovery for the thousands of families impacted.
A Sky News reporter cornered Karen Bass and absolutely torched her over her failed policies.
Karen Bass was stunned and hung her head in shame as the reporter lambasted her.
“Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent while their homes were burning?” the reporter asked a stunned Karen Bass.
“Do you regret cutting the fire department budget by millions of dollars?” the reporter asked.
Karen Bass stood there in silence.
“Have you nothing to say? Elon Musk says that you’re incompetent. Are you considering your position?” the reporter asked Karen Bass before she ran off like a coward.
WATCH:
‘Do you owe citizens an apology for being absent whilst their homes were burning? Do you regret cutting the fire department’s budget? @skydavidblevins questions the mayor of LA, Karen Bass, as she faces backlash regarding the California wildfires.https://t.co/Nkz8onjC7Vpic.twitter.com/WwRwp6Imqz
State Farm Canceled Hundreds of Pacific Palisades Homeowners’ Policies Before Devastating Wildfire Strikes
January 8, 2025
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As wildfires ravage Southern California, homeowners in Pacific Palisades find themselves grappling with an unbearable reality: their homes are burning, and their insurance policies—once their safety net—were canceled just months ago by State Farm.
In a move justified by the company as a strategy to avoid “financial failure,” State Farm canceled over 72,000 homeowners’ policies statewide, with Pacific Palisades—a now-charred affluent neighborhood—bearing a significant brunt.
James Woods, a renowned actor and Pacific Palisades resident, summed up the community’s frustration on social media.
“Actually, one of the major insurance companies canceled all the policies in our neighborhood about four months ago,” he wrote.
Actually one of the major insurances companies canceled all the policies in our neighborhood about four months ago. https://t.co/JS03dsV9rF
Another resident, watching her family home of 75 years succumb to flames, shared with ABC News.
“My parents are 90 years old. They lived in this house for 75 years and had the same insurance policy. Then State Farm decided to cancel it. They’re now left with nothing. Thank you, California insurance companies, for abandoning taxpaying residents who love this state. And they wonder why people are leaving California in droves.”
WATCH:
COUNTLESS reports of mass fire coverage cancellations by insurance companies just WEEKS before the Los Angeles fires
This woman BLASTED the California government for their mismanagement and explained the fire coverage on her childhood home was just cancelled after DECADES… pic.twitter.com/727iDcXItM
State Farm’s mass cancellations came on the heels of its March 2024 announcement to cease issuing new homeowners’ policies in California entirely, according to Newsweek.
State Farm announced in April 2024 that it would cancel a total of 72,000 policies in California, including 30,000 homes.
About 1,600 insured homes in Pacific Palisades lost coverage due to this decision.
“State Farm General Insurance Company (“State Farm General”) is working to ensure its long-term sustainability in California. In doing so, State Farm General has had to make some difficult but necessary decisions that will impact a portion of our California policyholders as follows:
Non-renew approximately 30,000 homeowners, rental dwelling, and other property insurance policies (residential community association and business owners). (A rental dwelling policy insures rental home owners. Renters insurance is not affected.)
Withdraw from offering commercial apartment policies with the non-renewal of all of those approximately 42,000 policies. (A commercial apartment policy insures apartment owners. Renters insurance is not affected.)
These actions are California-specific and will occur on a rolling basis over the next year, beginning on July 3, 2024, for homeowners, rental dwelling, residential community association and business owners policies and on August 20, 2024, for commercial apartment policies. Combined, these policies represent just over 2% of State Farm General’s policy count in California.
This decision was not made lightly and only after careful analysis of State Farm General’s financial health, which continues to be impacted by inflation, catastrophe exposure, reinsurance costs, and the limitations of working within decades-old insurance regulations. State Farm General takes seriously our responsibility to maintain adequate claims-paying capacity for our customers and to comply with applicable financial solvency laws. It is necessary to take these actions now.
We also recognize the Insurance Commissioner’s proposed regulatory reforms, such as streamlining the rate application process, accounting for catastrophe modeling and reinsurance costs in rates, and addressing FAIR Plan vulnerabilities. We will continue to work constructively with the California Department of Insurance, the Governor’s Office, and policymakers to actively pursue these reforms in order to establish an environment in which insurance rates are better aligned with risk.
We will notify customers impacted by this decision in advance of their policy expiration to provide information on other coverage options. State Farm independent contractor agents licensed in California will continue to service policies not impacted by these decisions. State Farm General’s May 2023 decision regarding new applications remains unchanged. We will evaluate the need for any additional business actions as market conditions change.”
This corporate retreat, echoed by other private insurers, has forced countless homeowners into the state-run FAIR Plan—a last-resort insurance program that has seen its enrollment more than double since 2020.
Newsweek reported:
Several private insurers have cut coverage in at-risk areas across California in the past three years, leaving homeowners scrambling to find options for coverage. As a result, California’s FAIR Plan, which works as an insurer of last resort in the state, has more than doubled its policies between 2020 and 2024, reaching a total of 452,000, as reported by CapRadio.
Most insurers who have limited their offer in the state mentioned the rising wildfire risk as well as the state’s regulations as the main reasons behind their decision. Unable to increase their premiums to a level that will match their growing risk, companies have decided instead to cut coverage.
This has triggered an ongoing property insurance sector crisis in the Golden State as homeowners are finding it increasingly harder to find coverage at a time when they so desperately need it.
Stephen A. Smith Torches Judge Merchan’s Decision to Sentence Trump: ‘What is the Purposes of This?’ (VIDEO)
January 8, 2025
The ESPN host and political commentator Stephen A. Smith has slammed the decision to sentence Donald Trump on the bogus hush money case on which he was convicted last year.
On Monday, New York Judge Juan Merchan declined a motion to delay Trump’s sentencing, meaning he will be sentenced on Friday just 10 days before he is inaugurated for the second time.
Trump responded to Merchan by slamming him as a “radical partisan” who is leading an “illegitimate political attack” against his administration.
Smith appears to agree with this view, as he explained:
What I have to say about them. You might be surprised with what I have to say about this. This is the kind of stuff that just validates assertions about stuff being politicized.
Maybe not specifically with Trump, but the suspicion definitely is there. What is the purpose of this? Is he going to jail? Are you going to jail? You think you’re fine?
We got to sit up there and go through all the pomp and circumstance when you know you’re not going to do anything. He was certified today as the next president of the United States of America.
Come January 21st, he will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States of America. But you want to have, you want to, you, you want to sentence him. You’re Juan Merchan. Who is he? The State Supreme Court Justice in New York.
You want to sentence him next Friday. And by the way, what is this sentencing about? Because we got to be real about it. We just got to be real about it.
34 felony counts sounds, sounds very, very damaging. It’s a hush money case. Essentially the case against Donald Trump is that he is alleged to have engaged in relations with a former porn star and he made efforts involving finances to keep Her mouth shut.
That’s what all of this is about? Do you know what some people said to me when they were talking about this?
They said, can you please tell me what’s the difference between this and somebody signing an NDA? I don’t know the answer to these questions. I’m just telling you what people’s thought process is.
In a recent interview with Fox News host Mark Levin, Smith said that he had grown disillusioned with the Democratic Party and regretted voting for Kamala Harris.
“I voted Democrat, and I got to tell you something right now: I don’t like the fact that I did,” he said at the time. “I don’t like what I’m seeing.”
Federal Reserve Officials Sound Inflation Warning… Over Trump’s Policies
January 8, 2025
Federal Reserve officials during a December meeting sounded the alarm on inflation over Trump’s policies related to tariffs and immigration.
Joe Biden’s tax-and-spend policies utterly destroyed the US economy but the Federal Reserve is concerned about Trump.
When Trump was in office for his first term, inflation was consistently around 1.2%.
“Almost all participants judged that upside risks to the inflation outlook had increased,” the minutes of the FOMC’s meeting said. “As reasons for this judgment, participants cited recent stronger-than-expected readings on inflation and the likely effects of potential changes in trade and immigration policy.”
Federal Reserve officials at their December meeting expressed concern about inflation and the impact that President-elect Donald Trump’s policies could have, indicating that they would be moving more slowly on interest rate cuts because of the uncertainty, minutes released Wednesday showed.
Without calling out Trump by name, the meeting summary featured at least four mentions about the effect that changes in immigration and trade policy could have on the U.S. economy.
Since Trump’s November election victory, he has signaled plans for aggressive, punitive tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada as well as the other U.S. trading partners. In addition, he intends to pursue more deregulation and mass deportations.
However, the extent of what Trump’s actions will be and specifically how they will be directed creates a band of ambiguity about what is ahead, which Federal Open Market Committee members said would require caution.
Last month the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points or 0.25% – as the Dow tanked by more than 1,100 points.
The December rate cut came after the Fed slashed rates 25 basis points in November and 50 basis points in September.
The benchmark rate is now between 4.25% to 4.50%
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters last month that he will not resign his position if Trump asks him to step down.
Reporter: “If [President-elect Trump] asked you to leave, would you go?”
Fed Chair Jerome Powell: “No.”
Reporter: “Do you think that legally you’re not required to leave?”
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