In a decisive victory for President Donald Trump, the GOP-led Senate confirmed on Monday the first judicial nominee of his second term.
Whitney Hermandorfer, of Tennessee, prevailed in her bid to become a U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit by a 46-42 <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00384.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a> along party lines. She is poised to replace Judge Jane Branstetter Stranch, an <a href="https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/150/3#:~:text=Description-,Whitney%20D.,vice%20Jane%20Branstetter%20Stranch%2C%20retiring." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama pick</a>. A dozen members of the upper chamber did not vote.
The confirmation of Hermandorfer to join the Cincinnati-based bench that hears appeals from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee is &#8220;a boon to the federal judiciary,&#8221; Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said in a statement.
&#8220;As the Director of the Strategic Litigation Unit in Tennessee, she’s led major cases on civil rights and the separation of powers and is widely praised for her legal mind, impeccable qualifications, collegial nature and constitutionalist philosophy,&#8221; Grassley added. &#8220;I was proud to lead Ms. Hermandorfer’s nomination through the Senate Judiciary Committee and am confident she will be an excellent federal judge.&#8221;
When Trump nominated Hermandorfer earlier this year, the White House <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-press-release-president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-candidate-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that she was the director of the Strategic Litigation Unit in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, had previously served as an associate at Williams &amp; Connolly, LLP in Washington, D.C., and boasted experience working as a law clerk to Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett of the Supreme Court, now-Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The White House also noted that Hermandorfer earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Princeton University, where she was co-captain of the women’s varsity basketball team, earned her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, where she graduated summa cum laude and first in her class, and was editor-in-chief of the George Washington University Law Review.
&#8220;I am pleased to announce the nomination of Whitney Hermandorfer to serve as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@Hua341/posts/114455316115570433" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on Truth Social in May. &#8220;Whitney has been serving the Great People of Tennessee, in the Attorney General’s Office, where she has strongly litigated in Court to protect Citizens from Federal Government Overreach. A former Co-Captain of the Princeton University Women’s Basketball Team, Whitney is a staunch defender of Girls’ and Women’s Sports. She has a long history of working for Judges and Justices who respect the RULE OF LAW, and protect our Constitution, including Justice Samuel Alito and two fine Supreme Court Justices I appointed in my First Term. Whitney is a Fighter who will inspire confidence in our Legal System. Thank you Whitney!&#8221;
Democrats warned that Hermandorfer was too green and might give into politics.
&#8220;Senate Republicans just confirmed their first judicial nominee of Trump 2.0,&#8221; Senate Judiciary ranking member Dick Durbin (D-IL) <a href="https://x.com/SenatorDurbin/status/1944882255635026248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;Whitney Hermandorfer is inexperienced and partisan – with a record that repeatedly put Donald Trump ahead of the law. This is the playbook we must watch for, call out, and vote down.&#8221;
When Hermandorfer testified during her confirmation hearing last month, she contended that judges should adhere to boundaries established under the Constitution. That came as Republicans had been pushing for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/impeachathon-ensnares-growing-number-of-get-trump-judges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment</a> of some members of the federal judiciary who were ruling against some of Trump&#8217;s actions in a way they believed had waded into activism.
&#8220;It is an extraordinary power, the Article III power, to decide cases &#8230; With that power, again, comes great responsibility and humility to understand the proper role of a judge is to interpret the law and not make the law or bend the law to whatever policy preferences the judge might have individually,&#8221; Hermandorfer <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1930290647715455172" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Hermandorfer later advanced out of the Judiciary Committee by a 12-10 <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/judiciary-committee-advances-judicial-nominations-for-sixth-circuit-and-missouri-district-courts-us-attorney-nominations-for-idaho-and-pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vote</a>. Other Trump nominees for judgeships were also reported favorably to the full Senate and could be confirmed in the days and weeks to come. If Trump&#8217;s second term is like his first, he still has more than a <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/13/how-trump-compares-with-other-recent-presidents-in-appointing-federal-judges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">couple hundred</a> judicial appointments to go.
&#8220;Tennessee native — Judge Whitney Hermandorfer — is the first judicial nominee confirmed by the Senate in [Trump&#8217;s] second term,&#8221; Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) <a href="https://x.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1944889075892093034" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X after the final vote on Monday. &#8220;She will set a benchmark of excellence for future judicial nominees — President Trump could not have made a better choice. Congratulations, Judge Hermandorfer!&#8221;
Grassley&#8217;s team <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/senate-builds-on-record-setting-confirmation-pace-with-first-judicial-confirmation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that during the first six months of Trumps&#8217; second term, the Senate has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-gop-breaks-through-dem-obstruction-on-trump-2-0-civilian-nominees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> 21 members of Trump&#8217;s Cabinet, &#8220;putting his team in place faster than the last three incoming administrations.&#8221; It also pointed out that the upper chamber has so far confirmed 89 of his civilian nominees, &#8220;outpacing the first Trump administration,&#8221; and confirmed 12 ambassador nominees, &#8220;which is more than the incoming Biden, first Trump and George W. Bush administrations.&#8221;

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The GOP-led Senate passed on Tuesday a stablecoin regulation bill that supporters argued will help the United States become the &#8220;global leader&#8221; in cryptocurrency.
A bipartisan group of 68 senators voted in favor of the <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1582/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GENIUS Act</a>, which prevailed after hitting a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crypto-bill-falters-in-senate-for-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speed bump</a> in May before going through <a href="https://www.congress.gov/amendment/119th-congress/senate-amendment/2307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">amendments</a>. Another 30 members banded together in opposing the legislation.
Spearheaded by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), the measure seeks to create a framework for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-gop-leaders-pledge-major-crypto-bills-in-first-100-days" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stablecoins</a>, which are significant in digital asset exchanges and pegged to stable assets such as the U.S. dollar.
&#8220;The GENIUS Act will cement U.S. dollar dominance, protect customers, drive demand for U.S. Treasuries, &amp; ensure that digital asset innovation happens in the U.S., not overseas,&#8221; Hagerty said in a post on X. &#8220;With this bill, we are one step closer to becoming the global leader in crypto.&#8221;
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was one of the lawmakers who voted against the bill. Sharing a Wall Street Journal article on how Walmart and Amazon are exploring their own stablecoins, she warned on Monday the legislation needed changes.
&#8220;If Congress doesn’t fix the GENIUS Act, billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos could launch stablecoins that track your purchases, exploit your data, and squeeze out competitors,&#8221; Warren <a href="https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1934686958875246824" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;These billionaires will come begging for a taxpayer bailout when it inevitably blows up.&#8221;
Warren <a href="https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1934686958875246824" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>: &#8220;The GENIUS Act has a major loophole allowing Big Tech companies and major retailers to issue their own private currencies structured as stablecoins. This bill shouldn&#8217;t pass without amendments preventing these risks.&#8221;
President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has endorsed the bill, which now heads to the Republican-controlled House.
&#8220;Recent reporting projects that stablecoins could grow into a $3.7 trillion market by the end of the decade. That scenario becomes more likely with passage of the GENIUS Act,&#8221; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent <a href="https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/1935027160374210573" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;A thriving stablecoin ecosystem will drive demand from the private sector for US Treasuries, which back stablecoins. This newfound demand could lower government borrowing costs and help rein in the national debt. It could also onramp millions of new users—across the globe—to the dollar-based digital asset economy,&#8221; Bessent continued.
Insisting that it is a &#8220;win-win-win&#8221; for the private sector, the Treasury, and consumers, Bessent concluded: &#8220;These are the fruits of smart, pro-innovation legislation.&#8221;

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) speaks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said that the Trump administration&#8217;s buyout of tens of thousands of federal workers was only the first step in its mission to make the government more efficient and to reduce wasteful spending.
Hagerty made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; when asked about the cuts and buyouts.
&#8220;I think what President Trump is trying to do is be humane in the process of allowing them to make plans to find other employment, but I certainly think the government is far too big, far too bloated, and we&#8217;re on a path now to start to see it shrink,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is the first step only, but we&#8217;re moving in the right direction.&#8221;
He sad that each department and agency would conduct reviews to see where money was being wasted and ways things could be made more efficient.
&#8220;This is not unusual, to take a hard look at these programs and also to look for opportunities to cut bloat and waste,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Look, we&#8217;re $36 trillion in debt. Clearly, the American — the American public need to see more accountability, more visibility, more performance for their taxpayer dollars.&#8221;
Hagerty also addressed the administration&#8217;s plans to target the CFPB, which he argued has been &#8220;out of control for some time&#8221; and is effectively &#8220;unconstitutional.&#8221;
&#8220;It has no oversight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been basically a reckless agency that&#8217;s been allowed to go way beyond any mandate that I think was originally intended. So it&#8217;s time to rein it in, and I&#8217;m applauding anything that we can do to bring more stability, more control to the federal government and take agencies like this back, you know, back into some sort of sense of accountability and oversight.&#8221;
He also ripped USAID, saying that the organization was also out of control and had &#8220;refused&#8221; to be accountable for a long time.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve, you know, asked them to be very clear about, for example, their role in funding Hamas in Gaza. They would not comply,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They will not tell us what they do. Now that we start to find out some of the programs that AID has been funding, if you think about it, sex change operations in Guatemala, LGBTQ programs in Serbia this is ridiculous. This is so beyond the pale.&#8221;
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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said during an interview over the weekend that President-elect Donald Trump plans to use tariffs as a &#8220;major tool&#8221; to help the United States &#8220;achieve our ends&#8221; once he takes power in January.
Hagerty made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; with host Kristen Welker when asked about Trump&#8217;s proposals, which include enacting tariffs against Mexico, Canada, China, and countries in the BRICS alliance — Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
&#8220;One of the most important things that we have as a nation is our economy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the most incredible source of competitive advantage that the United States has. Access to our economy is a privilege. If you think about it, we&#8217;ve made access to this economy a strategic tool ever since World War II. If you think about what happened in Japan and countries in Europe, when those economies were decimated, the United States put in place very favorable terms of trade to get those countries to rebuild their economies, to trade with us rather than trading with Communist countries.&#8221;
&#8220;We have used these tools effectively decade after decade after decade,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Right now, the United States has the most open market of any major economy in the world. We need to take a very hard look at countries that don&#8217;t have our best interests at heart. Countries that are allowing our borders to be violated, and use those tariffs as a tool to achieve our ends.&#8221;
Hagerty said that the tariffs will hopefully lead to &#8220;a correction of the behavior that&#8217;s taking place right now that is letting fentanyl flood into our border, that is allowing people to flood into our country, millions of people, undocumented, illegal people breaking into our country.&#8221;
&#8220;It needs to stop,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And President Trump is going to use every lever at his disposal to do it, and I think it&#8217;s absolutely appropriate to use tariffs as one of those tools. It&#8217;s a major tool.&#8221;
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Bill Hagerty: Tariffs ‘A Major Tool’ For U.S. To ‘Achieve Our Ends’

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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said over the weekend that he has heard of stories of U.S. service members who have decided to re-enlist because of who President-elect Donald Trump has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-taps-pete-hegseth-fox-host-and-army-vet-as-defense-secretary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominated</a> to be the next Secretary of Defense.
Hagerty made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; with Jonathan Karl while discussing misconduct allegations that U.S. Army veteran and former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth has faced from years ago that only recently surfaced.
&#8220;Pete is a very talented individual,&#8221; Hagerty said. &#8220;I talked with him earlier this week. He told me about how many people had written to him and said, look, I was thinking about getting out. You know we have a huge recruitment problem, a huge retention problem in the military. I was thinking about getting out, but now that you’ve come to lead us, Pete, I&#8217;m going to stay in.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s the type of inspirational leader we need to see,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Don’t let these allegations distract us. What we need is real, significant change. The Pentagon has been more focused on pronouns than they have lethality the past four years. We need to get back to business, and I think Pete is just the person to do it.&#8221;
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Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/BillHagertyTN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BillHagertyTN</a> says he spoke to incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Pete told him patriots in our military are re-enlisting after news broke of his nomination. 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/A5u15LYEpe">pic.twitter.com/A5u15LYEpe</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1860706698861678951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) signaled during an interview over the weekend that President-elect Donald Trump will once again put the clamps on Iran as he did during his first term in office.
Hagerty made the remarks during a Sunday CBS News interview with Margaret Brennan on &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; while talking about what Trump&#8217;s foreign policy will look like.
&#8220;Iran, we had them shut down,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Iran was broke. Now they&#8217;re able to fund terror all over the world. We had a maximum pressure campaign.&#8221;
He noted that they were not able to do business with other foreign adversaries during Trump&#8217;s first term.
&#8220;They were not able to do that under the Trump administration,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s why we saw peace breaking out in the Middle East. Without Iran being shut down, which is what we did under the maximum pressure campaign – President Trump led this.&#8221;
&#8220;We were able to move our embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Everybody said it couldn&#8217;t happen. It did,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The Abraham Accords. Peace was breaking out in the Middle East because Iran could not fund terror.&#8221;
He noted that the likelihood of Israel getting the hostages back from Hamas has increased because the terrorist organization realizes it&#8217;s no longer going to get a free pass like it did under President Joe Biden.
&#8220;It seems that the entire environment is shifting right now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because they see new leadership coming in. And I&#8217;m encouraged by that, and I think we&#8217;ll have new opportunities to – again, President Trump was able to deliver peace through strength.&#8221;
&#8220;I think that&#8217;s on the way, and I&#8217;m optimistic what it might lead to,&#8221; he continued.
He said that Trump would &#8220;focus on the root cause&#8221; of the problems in the Middle East, which he noted was Iran.
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Could there be a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel under President-elect Donald Trump?
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Senator Hagerty Signals Trump Will Once Again Put The Clamps On Iran

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I am unaccustomed to this level of optimism. The bottom line is: I&#8217;m optimistic because President Trump keeps making good decisions.
We were told Donald Trump was going to come into office and immediately staff up complete idiots around him. It’s almost as though those were myths, all untrue — though we were told that by the most intelligent people. As they said, Trump had fired people like General James Mattis. After all, Trump had been at odds with so many members of his prior administration, there would be no one left. He would be forced to dip into the bottom of the barrel, they said.
But thus far, I see precisely zero evidence that is the case. The people who are apparently doing the staffing on a wide variety of issues include people like the vice president of the United States elect, JD Vance. Trump-world insiders like Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and Susie Wiles are on that team. Brian Hook, who is involved in foreign policy, is as well. In other words, the people who are going to go into the Trump administration are not going to be jokers. They are going to be very serious people with very serious portfolios.
Late yesterday, Donald Trump announced he would be tapping his campaign manager, Susie Wiles, as the White House chief of staff. Wiles, a very serious person, is well-respected on all sides of the political spectrum inside the Republican Party. Everyone from Jeb Bush all the way to Donald Trump has endorsed Wiles as chief of staff.
She&#8217;s a very serious politico. She has worked not only with Trump, but with Rick Scott when he was governor of Florida and with Governor Ron DeSantis when he was running for governor of Florida. Then she went back into the Trump campaign. She is wily, savvy, and knife-sharp. She is an exceptionally solid political fighter.
The Wall Street Journal article covering Trump’s announcement of White House chief of staff, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-taps-campaign-co-manager-susie-wiles-as-white-house-chief-of-staff-c95f93b3?mod=hp_lead_pos1">reads</a>, “Susie Wiles, who led Donald Trump’s presidential run, will become his White House chief of staff when he retakes the presidency next year, the campaign said Thursday, making her the first woman to hold that role in U.S. history.” Remember when, according to Mark Cuban, Trump wouldn&#8217;t surround himself with strong women? Yet Wiles is, indeed, a strong woman.
Trump said in <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/07/donald-trump-susie-wiles-chief-of-staff-00188346">a statement</a>, “Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns. Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again. It is a well deserved honor to have Susie as the first-ever female Chief of Staff in United States history. I have no doubt that she will make our country proud.&#8221;
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Wiles keeps her cards real close to the vest. She is incredibly savvy, and she is not the type of person who is going to take kindly to people who do not have Team Trump&#8217;s best interests at heart. So she is an excellent pick by President Trump. And again, she&#8217;s well respected on pretty much every side of the Republican political spectrum.
Now, the question as to how she negotiates in Congress is still open. Usually the chief of staff has a lot of congressional negotiations. The good news for her is that while she doesn&#8217;t have tons of experience at doing that — because again, she was campaign manager in 2016 and 2020 in part, and she didn&#8217;t really involve herself in legislative affairs — she will be negotiating with Mike Johnson in the House.
In the Senate, the Senate leadership battle is still wide open at this point. There&#8217;s a lot of speculation about who is going to take over as the Senate majority leader because Mitch McConnell has announced he&#8217;s going to step down. There are some rumors that Rick Scott, for example, is trying to run for it. There are more than rumors, he does want the Senate majority leadership position.
There are some members of the base who are very hot on Scott, so he&#8217;s a possibility. John Thune is also a very solid possibility. Most of the more established members of the U.S. Senate are probably going to back Thune or John Cornyn. Honestly, any of those people will be perfectly capable of negotiating with President Trump and will do a fine job in that role.
Meanwhile, President-elect Trump and his senior advisers are privately assembling short lists of candidates for top jobs in the incoming administration. Apparently, Trump&#8217;s transition team, according to the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/donald-trump-cabinet-transition-president-42989f5b?mod=hp_lead_pos1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal</a>, is being “led by co-chair Howard Lutnick, who is overseeing personnel” and “has put together spreadsheets with names for the former president to consider.”
Among the people who are being considered for national security adviser is Richard Grenell. We all know him as Trump&#8217;s former ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence. Grenell would do an amazing job in that role. The Wall Street Journal goes on: “Other potential candidates include Keith Kellogg, an octogenarian, retired three star Army general and former national security advisor to vice President Mike Pence; former Defense Department official Elbridge Colby; and Robert O’Brien, who served as the last of four national security advisers during Trump’s first term.”
Some of the people mentioned for secretary of the treasury include “Key Square Group founder Scott Bessent, and billionaire investor John Paulson.” A few of the possibilities mentioned for secretary of state are Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, as well as Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. Both of those would be excellent picks.
Other potential candidates include O&#8217;Brien, Grenell, and former senior State Department official Brian Hook, who is largely seen as the person compiling lists on who precisely should go into the foreign policy establishment. Hook has been speaking publicly about what the administration&#8217;s Iran policy is, and it is already bearing fruit. They haven&#8217;t even taken office yet and action is already happening to bring down conflicts in the Middle East.
As far as secretary of defense, some of the names that have been thrown out are Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who Trump acknowledged in his victory speech in Florida Wednesday morning.
Republican Representative John Ratcliffe, who has served as Trump&#8217;s director of national intelligence, is being put forward as a candidate as head of the Department of Defense or CIA. Mike Waltz, a congressman from Florida, is being considered as a possible DOD leader. For Homeland Security, Chad Wolf’s and Tom Homan’s names are being mentioned, both of whom would be great. The bottom line is: All of these names would be not just acceptable, but also excellent.
Furthermore, the markets are picking up on this, and “Washington’s open for business,” as <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/trump-elon-musk-business-tax-cuts">Axios</a> puts it. Marc Andreessen, an investor who backed President Trump in this race, tweeted out this morning that he believes that we are going to be seeing unprecedented economic growth. He <a href="https://x.com/pmarca/status/1854768973306630479">says</a>, “America is an economic coiled spring. We should be growing at least 4% annually and ideally 6-8%+. Growth has been brutally suppressed since before I was born. But there is so much to build. And the payoff for all Americans will be incredible.”
That is the mood in the business community. As Axios reports, “Buckle up. President-elect Trump plans fast action on a business-friendly agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and expanded energy production, his advisers tell us.”
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This all has a downward effect on inflation, because with more productivity comes more supply which then keeps up with demand; then, prices drop. Deregulation means more investment, it means economic growth, it means more innovation. “Trump plans to load his White House and Cabinet with business- and tech-friendly executives, and stretch the powers of the presidency to force quick changes,” Axios writes. “Trump advisers believe in retrospect that they wasted early opportunities in his first term” because they did not know how to staff.
This is the nice thing for Trump’s second term. They know exactly who they have to fire. Trump is going to take office with a triumvirate. He&#8217;ll have the House and the Senate. He&#8217;s going to fill his top ranks with actual business leaders. The courts and leaders are going to support him.
The people picking staff include Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, and Joe Lonsdale. What a team that&#8217;s going to be. You want to talk about growing the economy? You want to talk about a productivity explosion? You want to talk about people who know how to build businesses and know how markets work?
You&#8217;re not going to do better than that group of people.

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Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) explained in an interview with The Daily Wire why he supports cryptocurrency, and how the Democratic Party could threaten its success if Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats win in November.
“If we don&#8217;t see the next generation of innovation occurring here in America, if we push it offshore, someone else will hold a competitive advantage,” Hagerty said. “The United States of America has been the hub of innovation. That&#8217;s been a huge source of our success. We should not shove it offshore.”
Hagerty, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, told The Daily Wire he is concerned that the crypto industry could be pushed overseas by the Democratic Party’s policies.
“The Democrats, I think, are most resistant to this because of its decentralized nature,” the senator said. “What they&#8217;re pushing is a centralized digital currency, a CBDC, a <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/house-votes-block-federal-reserve-from-creating-own-digital-currency">central bank digital currency</a>, which they could issue, and by having it centralized by custody, by not allowing us to have our own custody they could, in essence, track, monitor and control our transactions.”
“That is the last thing we want to see happen here in America,” Hagerty said.
Democrats oppose cryptocurrency because it offers consumers a freedom not granted by central currency, Hagerty said.
“I think whether you&#8217;re Democrat, Independent, or Republican, you inherently want freedom. You inherently seek freedom in liberty and opportunity,” he said. “Central Bank digital currency cuts in the exact opposite direction. We have a class and a bureaucratic class in Washington that has a very different view.”
Hagerty told The Daily Wire that he hopes to “make America an attractive place for this industry to thrive,” adding that “there&#8217;s a huge difference between the two parties, and frankly, I think in November, the success or failure of this industry is on the ballot.”
The senator&#8217;s statements come after former President Donald Trump embraced the industry and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/america-will-be-the-crypto-capital-of-the-planet-trump-fires-up-massive-crowd-at-bitcoin-conference">spoke</a> at Nashville, Tennessee’s Bitcoin conference in July.
“If we don&#8217;t embrace crypto and Bitcoin technology, China will, other countries will, they&#8217;ll dominate, and we cannot let China dominate,” Trump <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/07/27/in-donald-trumps-own-words-a-partial-transcript-of-his-bitcoin-2024-speech/">told</a> the crowd. “If Bitcoin is going to the moon, as we say, it&#8217;s going to the moon, I want America to be the nation that leads the way.”
Cryptocurrency holders have become increasingly politically mobilized this year, with companies from the industry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cryptocurrency-companies-prep-160-million-to-back-pro-crypto-candidates">preparing $160 million</a> to back candidates who support the industry.
Hagerty also spoke at the Bitcoin conference, as did Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Cynthia Lumis (R-WY), and Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA).

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Tennessee GOP senator Bill Hagerty slammed the Biden administration from withholding arms to Israel that have been approved by Congress, snapping they should “get out of Israel’s way.”
Hagerty responded to a story indicating the White House was angry at Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for stating that the Biden administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition from Israel as the Jewish state is threatened by Hamas in the south and Hezbollah in the north. Netanyahu released a video in which he stated:
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When Secretary Blinken was recently here in Israel, we had a candid conversation, I said, “I deeply appreciate the support the U.S. has given Israel from the beginning of the war.” But I also said something else. I said, “It’s inconceivable that in the past few months the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel. Israel, America’s closest ally, fighting for its life, fighting against Iran and our other common enemies.” Secretary Blinken assured me that the administration was working day and night to remove these bottlenecks. I certainly hope that’s the case; it should be the case. During World War II, Churchill told the United States, “Give us the tools; we’ll do the job.” And I say: Give us the tools and we’ll finish the job. A lot faster.
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Give us the tools and we&#39;ll finish the job. <a href="https://t.co/eQHpyd9q0X">pic.twitter.com/eQHpyd9q0X</a>
&mdash; Benjamin Netanyahu &#8211; בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1803064164539081120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“@WhiteHouse is mad bc @IsraeliPM @netanyahu  is telling the truth,” Hagerty tweeted, “Biden Admin has refused to send Congress **formal** notifications to finalize a host of arms sales to Israel—incl F-15s, JDAM smart bomb kits, munitions—even after SFRC &amp; HFAC informally cleared these sales!”
“The norm is for the Executive Branch to submit formal notifications to Congress roughly 48-72 hours after committees informally cleared proposed arms sales,” he continued. “But the Biden Admin is violating this norm amid Israel’s multi-front war. It’s shocking what @POTUS @JoeBiden  is doing to Israel as our ally faces its darkest hour. As SFRC ranking member @SenatorRisch  put it, it’s time for the Biden Administration to get out of Israel’s way &amp; let it defeat these Iran-backed terrorists!
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> is mad bc <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IsraeliPM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netanyahu</a> is telling the truth. Biden Admin has refused to send Congress **formal** notifications to finalize a host of arms sales to Israel—incl F-15s, JDAM smart bomb kits, munitions—even after SFRC &amp; HFAC informally cleared these sales! (1/3) <a href="https://t.co/OBBmjsGmAC">https://t.co/OBBmjsGmAC</a>
&mdash; Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1803568296840609917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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It’s shocking what <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> is doing to Israel as our ally faces its darkest hour. As SFRC ranking member <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorRisch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenatorRisch</a> put it, it’s time for the Biden Administration to get out of Israel’s way &amp; let it defeat these Iran-backed terrorists! (3/3) <a href="https://t.co/0fSxy9eydP">https://t.co/0fSxy9eydP</a>
&mdash; Senator Bill Hagerty (@SenatorHagerty) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorHagerty/status/1803568300871327994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/391751" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Tuesday,
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The Biden Administration continues to try and have it both ways by claiming credit for security assistance to Israel that it has not provided. Meanwhile, those of us in Congress with jurisdiction over weapons sales have done our jobs and approved two separate tranches of arms transfers to Israel for formal notification to Congress, to include ammunition, vehicles to protect Israeli soldiers, and nearly $20B in F-15 aircraft. It is past time the administration move to formally notify the F-15 and ammunition sales and remove its existing hold on precision guided munitions. Micromanagement of Israel’s war on terror must end – let’s get out of the way.
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“The implications of the Biden Administration’s conditional support for our closest ally in the Middle East are not lost on Hezbollah as its attacks from Lebanon increase in intensity and scale,” Risch continued. “Hamas continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Israel and isolate Israel from the international community. By signaling to terrorists that American support for Israel is conditional, we encourage Hamas to protract the war in Gaza, furthering risk to civilians, and incentivize Hezbollah to continue its attacks on Israel from the North. The Biden Administration’s fecklessness now courts a two-front war – the consequences of which would be disastrous for both Israel’s security and America’s standing in the world as a reliable partner.”

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