- “Let’s celebrate: Donald Trump is vaccinating the West against the woke mind virus” – Whether it’s gender ideology or border control, the President has torn through years of bizarre, divisive groupthink in a matter of weeks, writes Camilla Tominey in the Telegraph.
- “DOGE sends firing notice to 9,400 USAID employees” – President Donald Trump’s administration will fire about 9,400 workers from USAID, deeming only 611 as essential employees and bringing about the near total elimination of the government agency, says the Mail.
- “America has seen sense on aid. When will we?” – The new administration in Washington has startled its critics by issuing a blizzard of Executive Orders, including one aimed at USAID. When we will cut foreign aid? asks Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
- “Why pervasive media propaganda is ultimately self-defeating and destructive to the political class that wields it” – On his Substack, Eugyppius reflects on the unfolding USAID scandal and concludes that the funding of woke propaganda by the US Government in Germany and elsewhere is counterproductive.
- “Trump’s ‘Thomas Cromwell’: How a little-known fixer is seizing control of the US Government” – The architect of Project 2025 has been confirmed as budget chief – securing his position at the heart of the White House, reports the Telegraph.
- “Inside Republican’s plan to end the ‘untouchable Deep State’” – A Republican is working to end the ‘deep state’ with a new law that would make it easier for Donald Trump to fire high-level officials who undermine his policies, says the Mail.
- “DOGE lieutenant’s X-rated online pseudonym leaves CNN hosts flummoxed” – One of Elon Musk’s DOGE staffers left CNN hosts shocked by his X-rated online pseudonyms as another resigns over racist digital footprint, according to the Mail.
- “Elon Musk vows revenge on college staffer who threatened his nerd army” – Elon Musk has issued a blunt response to his fans who have called for Boston University to be defunded, after an employee apparently threatened six of his DOGE staffers, reports the Mail.
- “Wealthy Hampton residents hold panicked over nannies being deported” – The residents of East Hampton, one of America’s wealthiest small towns, held a town meeting worried that their hired help would face expulsion from the US as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation program, says the Mail.
- “What sort of parent believes their toddler is trans?” – Liberals who claim that a two-year-old can question their gender are only stirring further support for Donald Trump’s transition ban, writes Michael Deacon in the Telegraph.
- “J.K. Rowling says the left to blame for Trump’s transgender sports ban” – The Harry Potter author has taken to X to express her approval of Trump’s plans to ensure no transgender athletes participate in women’s sports at 2028 Olympics, reports the Mail.
- “US States with legislative efforts to ban mRNA injections as of February 6th 2025” – The number of US states banning mRNA vaccines is growing and will soon reach critical mass, writes Peter McCullough on his Substack.
- “Andrew Bailey lays bare the damage of Reeves’ broken promises” – The Governor of the the Bank of England has warned the Government about the devastating impact of the Chancellor’s economic philosophy, according to the Telegraph.
- “Farage calls for attorney-general to be fired over Chagos deal” – The Reform UK leader says Lord Hermer is partly responsible for “the betrayal of our national interest”
- “Ministers will only put up with looking like schmucks for defending Starmer’s old chum for so long…” – In the Mail, Quentin Letts compares Lord Hermer to Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em, a gaff-prone idiot who is making life more and more difficult for Labour ministers.
- “Ed Miliband’s growth U-turn” – Another day, another Labour U-turn. Ed Miliband has done a reverse ferret on his opposition to a third runway at Heathrow, reports the Spectator’s Steerpike.
- “Billpayers face £800 hit from Miliband’s carbon capture gamble” – MPs warn have warned about the “significant” impact on household costs of Milliband’s push of “unproven” technology, says the Telegraph.
- “The assisted dying bill is becoming a car crash” – Kim Leadbeater has described her assisted suicide bill as “potentially one of the most important changes in legislation that we will ever see”. And one of the most catastrophic, says Dan Hitchens in the Spectator.
- “More families will miss out on first choice school under reforms” – The Government is planning to reduce the admissions number of England’s most successful schools in an effort to force middle class parents to send their children to under-performing schools with empty places, according to the Telegraph.
- “Mrs Thatcher showed the way – when the centre-Right is optimistic it wins” – In the Telegraph, John Howard, the former Australian Prime Minister, urges the Conservative Party to avoid timidity and emulate their greatest leader since Churchill.
- “Could a Tory/Reform pact be looming?” – In the Spectator, Katy Balls says Reform UK and the Conservatives are inching closer to an electoral pact ahead of the next General Election.
- “Tomorrow belongs to the AfD” – Germany’s establishment parties are gradually facing reality and resigning themselves to working with the AfD, writes Lisa Haseldine in the Spectator.
- “‘Our side is significantly sexier’: an interview with Germany’s most controversial politician – Elisabeth Dampier interviews Maximilian Krah in the Spectator.
- “Kyiv ‘is very near to really ending war by a just and lasting peace’” – A top Ukrainian official has claimed that the country is “very near to really ending this war by a just and lasting peace”, reports the Mail.
- “Can Hamas ever be defeated?” – In the Spectator, Jonathan Sacerdoti shares his thoughts on how to defeat Hamas once and for all.
- “The depravity of the Palestine marchers is now undeniable” – While the Israelis were still being butchered by terrorists on October 7th, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign was already planning a protest, says Danny Cohen in the Telegraph.
- “Lego isn’t homophobic” – In the Spectator, Patrick West mounts a heroic defence of Lego, arguing it’s not “homophobic”, as an exhibition at the Science Museum has claimed.
- “Greatest President ever!” – Elon Musk celebrates Trump’s pledge to pass an Executive Order next week lifting the ban on plastic straws.
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