Tuesday, March 25, 2025

​ March 25, 2025 Good morning, Welcome to the news for independent thinkers ​ Leading the News . . . ​ Trump national security team messaged plans for Yemen strikes to Atlantic editor-in-chief in stunning breach . . . The Atlantic magazine's editor in chief was included on a message chain in which top Trump administration officials — including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and national security adviser Mike Waltz — discussed strikes against the Houthi terror group in Yemen, in a stunning breach of national security. Jeffrey Goldberg revealed the jaw-dropping mishap Monday, writing he connected with Waltz on Signal March 11 and was invited to join a chain called the "Houthi PC small group" two days later. He received a stream of internal deliberations and operational details, including Vance disagreeing with President Trump about the attack. New York Post​ ​ This simply can't happen. ​ ​White House probes how a reporter was looped into top-secret online discussion of Houthi airstrikes​ ​ ​Waltz's future in doubt following accidental war plan leak​ ​ ​Speaker Johnson: Waltz, Hegseth shouldn't be disciplined over war plans Signal chat​ ​ ​Hegseth disputes he texted war plans​ Politics Obama-Appointed Judge to Trump Team: 'Nazis Got Better Treatment' . . . Judge Patricia Millett, in noting the Trump administration's process for removing alleged members of the gang Tren de Aragua, drew a negative comparison with the Nazi precedent. "There were planeloads of people. There were no procedures in place to notify people," Millett, whom President Barack Obama appointed to the court, noted. "Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemy Act than has happened here." She noted "they had hearing boards before people were removed." Daily Signal​ ​ ​Jordan briefs Trump on plans to rein in federal judges​ ​ Supreme Court Rejects Trump Donor's Defamation Lawsuit Against the Associated Press . . . Wynn sued the Associated Press in 2018, after the AP published an article about the sexual assault claims of Halina Kuta, now 78. She had claimed that Wynn, now 82, raped her and she gave birth to their daughter in a gas station restroom in the early 1970s. Clark County District Judge Ronald Israel ruled in 2020 that Kuta had defamed Wynn, and the judge awarded him $1 in nominal damages. The Supreme Court did not give any explanation for refusing to take up the case Monday. Daily Signal​ ​ ​House To Vote On Restraining Nationwide Injunctions, Stop 'Judicial Overreach' Against Trump​ ​ 2 GOP congressmen slap articles of impeachment on federal judges for being 'partisan activists' . . . Both lawmakers accused the judges in question of being "partisan activists" attempting to illegally block the president from exercising his executive authority. The newest two impeachment articles follow Rep. Brandon Gill's, R-Texas, targeting of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg from the District of Columbia, who ordered deportation flights carrying 261 foreign prison gang members to an El Salvadoran prison to return to the U.S. The Center Square​ National Security Tom Cotton Sounds Alarm Over Threat Of Surprise Attack From Chinese Military . . . Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) warned this week that the threat of a surprise attack in the Pacific from Communist China was much higher than people realize because they have managed to lull the world to sleep with their repeated military exercises. Cotton made the remarks during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt this week while talking about his new book "Seven Things You Can't Say About China." Daily Wire​ ​ Wake up everybody! China is constantly rehearsing an invasion of Taiwan. The rehearsals are a prelude to the show. It's always a mistake not taking totalitarians seriously when they tell you they are going to do something. ​ ​DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Reveals Plans to Eliminate FEMA​ International Greenland's Vast Mineral Wealth Could Be Unlocked by the US . . . An enormous, high-grade deposit of the critical mineral antimony was discovered in Greenland last November. Antimony is an essential component of car starter batteries. The U.S. has no domestic production of antimony at all. This is a big problem because China currently controls about half the world's production of antimony and in December banned all exports to the U.S. Antimony is just one of many vital minerals in Greenland. Reuters listed some of the others in January, including copper, graphite, nickel, zinc, titanium, tungsten, uranium, and even gold. Daily Signal​ Money $100K to a 9-month-old, $2B to Stacey Abrams: Trump team details government waste, fraud . . . President Trump and his Cabinet secretaries detailed their cost-cutting measures at a meeting Monday, highlighting the wasteful spending and fraudulent contracts the administration has halted. Several Cabinet officials detailed wasteful spending and fraudulent contracts. Mr. Musk said at one point the Small Business Association discovered it had awarded loans to children. He said the SBA awarded three loans totaling $30,000 to 11-year-olds and a 9-month-old who got a $100,000 loan. Washington Times​ You should also know Long Covid office 'will be closing,' Trump administration announces . . . The Trump administration is shuttering HHS' long Covid office as part of its reorganization, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. The email was sent Monday by Ian Simon, the head of the Office of Long Covid Research and Practice. It said the closing is part of the Department of Health and Human Services' reorganization. ​ ​William F. Buckley gets a stamp​ Guilty Pleasures Colorado Removing 'Bad' Painting Of Trump After He Complains About It . . . The State of Colorado is removing a portrait of President Donald Trump from his first term in office after the president posted about it over the weekend and demanded that it come down. Colorado Democrats, who control the state legislature, said that they would oblige Republicans' request to remove the portrait. Daily Wire​ ​ ​ Yeah, that had to go. But Republicans are forgetting what an artist did to Obama with his "official" presidential portrait rendering. ​ ​ Obama claimed he liked it, which proves that though a bad president, he could be a nice guy. ​ Help CTTN reach more people by forwarding it to your family and friends! Click below to write your message and share the signup link by email. ​ Or, you can share it on social media. ​​​​ Got this from a friend? 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