Quick Takes from the Past 24-48 Hours

The ‘Speed of Trump’ continues.

The following is an installment of Trump-Vance team accomplishments (each article is linked for further info):

1. Tulsi Gabbard has been CONFIRMED as President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence

The U. S. Senate just confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as the new Director of National Intelligence along partisan lines, giving President Trump another huge win for his Cabinet.

UPDATE: Below is the final vote of 52-48, noting again that McConnell joined Democrats to make their vote 48.

2. The Dark Truth Behind Transgender Medicalization and Its Link to Violence

The transgender movement is not about ‘affirming gender identity’ —it is a government-backed experiment that drugs, radicalizes, and mutilates children while systematically destroying sexual identity itself, unleashing a wave of violence no one dares to acknowledge.

The transgender movement is not merely about freedom of personal sexual identity. It is a full-scale attack on Western and biological sexual identity altogether. One that is being carried out on vulnerable young people with irreversible consequences. Canadian Doctor Ann Gillies has spent years warning about the dangers of Marxist radical gender ideology, and in an exclusive interview with RAIR Foundation, she pulled no punches.

From violent transgender gangs and the capture of medicine to a corporate and ideological agenda and for government-backed destruction of the family, Dr. Gillies made one thing clear:

[T]his isn’t about helping people—

it’s about control, manipulation, and chaos.

Dr. Gillies pointed out the connection between violent behavior and radical transgender ideology is becoming undeniable.

She said:

These individuals have been on very strong hormones.

It’s dangerous—very dangerous. A lot of them are women transitioning to men, which means they are on super high doses of testosterone.

And the effects of those hormones? It’s a ticking time bomb.

Further:

The human body isn’t designed to handle massive hormonal shifts, and the numbers are staggering.

And:

The normal range of total testosterone in a female is between 10 and 50 nanograms per liter.

But what’s being prescribed under so-called ‘gender-affirming care’? Anywhere between 300 to 1,000 nanograms.

The effects of these high doses include:

  • Extreme aggression
  • Manic-like euphoria and grandiosity
  • Psychotic breaks from reality
  • Violent, uncontrolled rages

The Dr. explained:

There’s a lot of pent-up anger. Unexplained, violent rages. That could easily lead to homicidal behavior. Easily.

3. Coast Guard Halts Illegal Migration Attempt into Florida, Returns Illegals to Haiti

The interdiction occurred last Tuesday when a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew, based in Jacksonville, and a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 aircrew spotted a 30-foot sailing vessel traveling northwest between Cuba and Cay Sal Bank.

Officials said:

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba repatriated 132 Haitian illegal aliens on Monday after intercepting an overloaded vessel approximately 50 miles southeast of Marathon.

Officials emphasized that individuals attempting unlawful maritime entry into the U.S. will be interdicted and repatriated in accordance with federal law and policy.

Since the beginning of the 2025 fiscal year on Oct. 1, Coast Guard crews have repatriated 313 Haitian migrants, compared to 857 during the previous fiscal year.

4. King Abdullah II of Jordan Agrees with Trump, Will Take Refugees from Gaza

The Jordanian monarch committed to accepting 2,000 sick children from Gaza immediately. Trump called this gesture “beautiful” and “music to my ears.” This represents concrete action, not empty diplomatic promises.

In a stunning development at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump secured a major diplomatic victory. King Abdullah II of Jordan agreed to accept refugees during their bilateral meeting. The breakthrough demonstrated the effectiveness of Trump’s direct diplomatic approach.

From Daily Wire:

King Abdullah II of Jordan visited President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, where the Jordanian king agreed to accept refugees into his country…

From the meeting, King Abdullah expressed:

Mr. President, I truly believe with all of the challenges that we have in the Middle East, I finally see somebody that can take us across the finish line that can bring stability and peace and prosperity to all of us in the region.

5. Trump Administration Exposes Underground Federal Document Processing Facility

The federal government’s wasteful spending habits have reached new depths—quite literally.

A shocking discovery by President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed what might be the most bizarre example of bureaucratic inefficiency in American history.

Our tax dollars are funding an underground operation that seems more suited to a Cold War spy novel than modern-day America.

Deep beneath the Pennsylvania countryside, in an old limestone mine 230 feet below the surface, more than 700 federal workers process retirement paperwork by hand—using paper files, manila envelopes, and cardboard boxes.

Musk informed the Oval Office:

All that retirement paperwork is manual on paper—it’s manually calculated. They’re written down on a piece of paper.

Then it goes down a mine and, like, what do you mean a mine? Like, yeah, there’s a limestone mine. We store all the retirement paperwork.

The facility, located near Boyers, Pennsylvania, is capable of processing only approximately 10,000 retirement applications per month. Why? Not because of staffing limitations, but because that’s all the antiquated elevator system can physically handle. You really cannot make this stuff up.

According to government records:

[O]ver $106 million in taxpayer money was spent on failed modernization attempts.

6. Never Ending Story: GOP Task Force to Investigate JFK Assassination—Claims Evidence of Second Shooter

The initiative, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) alongside House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY), promises unprecedented access to classified materials that have been hidden from the American public for decades.

In a stunning development that signals the task force’s serious intent, Luna dropped a bombshell about President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Indeed, she shocked everyone by revealing her belief that there were “two shooters” involved in the tragic 1963 event.

For conservatives who have long suspected government overreach and cover-ups, the task force’s creation comes at a crucial moment. President Trump’s January of 2025 executive order demands the full release of the JFK files. It requires intelligence officials to formulate a comprehensive plan for disclosure within 15 days.

Luna and Comer have already begun sending letters to key agencies, including the CIA, Pentagon, and Department of Justice, demanding previously classified materials.

Unlike the Left’s closed-door committees, this investigation promises full transparency to the American people. The scope of their investigation extends far beyond the Kennedy assassination. It encompasses other pivotal moments in American history that have long been shrouded in mystery.