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#10 Christopher Wray on the Threat of China’s Cyber Program - 60 Minutes, John Jackson, Kyle Becker, Jerry Dunleavy, and Miranda on X
FBI Director Christopher Wray says China’s cyber program has stolen more personal and corporate data from the U.S. than every other nation combined. the Ministry of State Security) have intercepted the phone calls of members of the U.S. government: “Some people, we believe that they have collected their content, the actual communications of those people.”#9 FBI Director Wray Explains Why He’s Resigning, Defends Feds’ Raid of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago - Dave Propper for The New York Post, Lionel, Insurrection Barbie, Deplorable Bulldog, Texas Tamie, and
Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray said Sunday he’s leaving his post when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office to avoid throwing the bureau “deeper in the fray” as he defended the agency’s 2022 raid on the 45th president’s Florida estate. The FBI director addressed his impending resignation, the controversial search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, and China's “defining threat of our generation” in a wide-ranging interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Sunday night. Wray, 58, said deciding to step down before completing his 10-year term was “one of the hardest decisions” he’s ever faced. He announced his departure from the post last month... ELON Musk has deployed Cybertrucks across Los Angeles to act as power hubs and battery banks during the ongoing wildfire mayhem. The billionaire Tesla founder, who owns X, posted pictures of the aid he has rolled out to help victims of the blaze. Musk posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, to show the aid piled high in the bed of a Cybertruck. The Tesla Cybertruck (pictured) can be used as a power source for those left off-grid... After making some progress battling wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people in the Los Angeles area, firefighters prepared for a return of dangerous winds that could again stoke the flames. The relative calm on Sunday allowed some people to return to previously evacuated areas. But even as containment increased in the worst of the fires, more bad news emerged from the ashes: The death toll surged late Sunday with an update from the Los Angeles County medical examiner. At least 16 people were missing, a number authorities said was also likely to rise... The key to identifying the cause of the still-raging Palisades Fire lies on a brush-covered hilltop where the blaze broke out just after 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Fire investigators are still working to determine what sparked the inferno, but experts say it’s easy to rule out one common cause of wildfires: lightning. The region was free of stormy weather this week. The area near the Temescal Ridge Trail also appears to be free of power lines or transformers, which rules out another potential cause... Residents of Western North Carolina are confused about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's role in helping locals with disaster recovery after Hurricane Helene. Locals are especially confused as FEMA plans to end temporary housing assistance for about 2,000 North Carolina residents on Saturday — during a snowstorm when temperatures across the Appalachian Mountain region are expected to be below 20 degrees. The housing program was initially supposed to end on Friday, but FEMA pushed the deadline back to Saturday... Flor Martinez-Zaragoza, one of the protesters, told GV Wire the rally aimed to oppose deportations. She said a woman at the protest had her husband detained by immigration officers the previous week... The Republican-led Senate is slated to hold more than a dozen hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with the hope of confirming them quickly after he’s inaugurated on Jan. 20. The selections coming before the Senate range from those who are expected to have smooth paths to confirmation, like Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for secretary of state, to others who face headwinds and need the hearings to garner support, such as former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, a military veteran, for defense secretary. “We’re going to have a little bit of a train wreck next week of confirmation hearings,” Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters last week. “But I’m glad we’re getting those done, and the FBI background check would naturally be a part of that process.”
#8 Tesla Rescue Elon Musk Deploying Cybertrucks in LA as Power Hubs During Wildfire Chaos – Kitted With Security Guards, Water & Snacks - Charlotte Bend for The U.S. Sun, Elon Musk, Amuse/Joe Portman, Zack, Unusual Whales, and Dima Zeniuk on X
#7 Los Angeles Wildfire Deaths Rise to 24 as More Fierce Winds Are Forecast - Christopher Weber and Holly Ramer for AP News, ECIU, Irish Examiner, The Boston Globe, and L.A. Daily News on X
#6 Jen Psaki Is Blaming President Trump for the la Fires... Unreal - The Trumptastic Radio, Libs of TikTok (community note), Justin Credible, The Beloved Debs, and Simon Ateba/Freedom on X
Jen Psaki blames Trump, Elon Musk, and Republicans in the wake of California wildfires. Trump is not in office yet. Democrats control California. While California burns, Jen Psaki is busy blaming Trump and Elon Musk instead of holding Gavin Newsom and the state's Democrats accountable for the fire crisis. This is disgraceful. It looks like Democrats will keep pushing their failed policies and refuse to learn anything from this.
#5 Are Arsonists Responsible for the Los Angeles Wildfires? NBC News, Amuse/Bill Melugin, Robin Monotti, Pedro's Mustache, Being Libertarian/M-U-R-C-H, and Margo Cleveland on X
#4 Criticism Mounts for Newsom and Bass Amid California Wildfire Crisis - Brooklyn Robinson for UncoverDC, Tracy Beanz, Tyrone Riuse, Chris Dusseldorp/American AF, Frank George/Mila Joy, and Patriotic Molly Wobbles/AG on X
As wildfires raged in The City of Angels, Los Angeles, Democratic Mayor Karen Bass was safely thousands of miles away in Ghana. Mayor Bass left L.A. for Ghana on Saturday to attend the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. The National Weather Service began to issue warnings of the coming windstorm just before Bass left L.A. Because of Bass’s absence on Tuesday, January 7, 2024, when the fire broke out, City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson took the role of L.A’s acting mayor until Bass’s return on Wednesday, January 8, 2024.
#3 FEMA Kicks Hurricane Survivors Out of Temporary Housing Into Snowstorm and Freezing Temperatures - Audrey Conklin and Brooke Singman for Fox News, Dochb, Glenn Beck, Matt Van Swol, Governor Josh Stein, and Cheryl Dierks on X
#2 Fresno Protesters Flood Streets, Demand End to Deportations - Demand End to Deportations - Anthony W. Haddad for GV Wire End Wokeness, Cartel California, ABC30 Fresno, and Fox26 News on X
Hundreds of protesters lined both sides of Blackstone Avenue, near Nees Avenue, on Sunday, waving flags, chanting, and calling for an end to deportations in Fresno. Demonstrators, many carrying the national flag of Mexico, were joined by drivers honking in support, with some vehicles displaying their own flags and signs.
#1 Senate Braces for ‘Train Wreck’ as Hearings Kick off for Trump Cabinet Picks - NBC News, The PunchbowlTM, Abigail Shrier, Steve Contorno, Susannah George, and Trevor Thacker on X
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