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Lyft Donates $1 Million to ACLU After ‘#MuslimBan’ Protest

Ride-sharing company Lyft has announced that it would donate $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in the wake of weekend protests against President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from several terror-prone countries.

Lyft (Susan Montoya Bryan / Associated Press)

Anti-Trump Protests Block Airports, Frustrate Travelers

Protests against President Donald Trump and his executive order restricting travel from several terror-prone countries continued Sunday evening at several West Coast airports, blocking traffic and causing some travelers to miss their flights.

Anti-Trump airport protest (Joshua Lott / AFP / Getty)

What Trump Has Achieved Through the (Not) #MuslimBan

As the tumult continues over President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel from terror-prone nations — what the left is calling, incorrectly, the “Muslim ban” — few seem to have noticed that Trump has made several strategic gains.

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Tim Kaine Accuses Donald Trump of Holocaust Denial

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), who was Hillary Clinton’s running mate in the 2016 presidential election, told NBC News’ Meet the Press on Sunday morning that President Donald Trump was guilty of Holocaust denial.

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SFO, LAX Lead Nationwide Protests of Trump Executive Order

Thousands of demonstrators gathered at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning entry to nationals from terror-prone countries. Though the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) helped

SFO executive order protest (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

Should Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) Be Court-Martialed?

Ted Lieu’s recent and ongoing statements about President Donald Trump go far beyond even strident political debate and explicitly claim that the Commander-in-Chief is in fact illegitimate.

Colonel Ted Lieu (Ted Lieu's office / Beverly Press)

Australia Foreign Minister: Trump, U.S. Must Lead in Asia

LOS ANGELES — Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said Thursday evening that the United States should reject “isolationism” after quitting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — and lead in Asia to resist China’s naval ambitions.

Julie Bishop (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

California’s Sanctuary City Mayors Vow to Resist Trump’s Orders

California’s “sanctuary city” mayors are vowing to resist President Donald Trump’s effort to make them obey immigration laws, after he signed an executive order Wednesday cutting off federal funds to “jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply.”

Ed Lee (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Dow Jones Industrial Average Breaks 20,000 for First Time

The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through 20,000 points for the first time at the start of trading Wednesday morning, reaching a new milestone and continuing an extraordinary run that began on the morning after Donald Trump won the presidential election.

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Surprise: Bay Area Restaurants Disappear After Minimum Wage Hike

Restaurants are rapidly going out of business in the Bay Area, after San Francisco passed a $15 minimum wage law in 2014 and the State of California followed suit in 2016. Yet the media are struggling to make the connection between high minimum wages and restaurant closures.

Jerry Brown minimum wage $15 (Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty)

Jerry Brown Praises Donald Trump: ‘Amen to That, Brother’ on Infrastructure

California Governor Jerry Brown was expected to deliver a combative State of the State address on Tuesday, as he outlined his plans to fight President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, Obamacare and climate change. He did that — but departed from his prepared text to praise Trump’s commitment to spend federal funds on infrastructure and to use union labor.

Jerry Brown State of the State 2017 (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)

Bay Area Public Radio Mourns Obama’s ‘Food Legacy’

Bay Area public radio station KQED is mourning Barack and Michelle Obama’s departure from the White House because of their contribution to healthy food awareness, as well as their elite food tastes.

Michelle Obama prepares ingredients from a White House Kitchen Garden harvest for cooking

Arnold Schwarzenegger Attacks EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt

Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger took to social media Monday to attack President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.

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Report: Obama Gave $221 Million to Palestinians in Last Hours

The Associated Press reported Monday that former President Barack Obama released $221 million in U.S. funding for the Palestinian Authority on the morning of Friday, January 20 — just hours before he was to leave office.

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Report: Trump to Announce U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem Monday

Numerous unconfirmed reports are circulating in the international media that President Donald Trump intends announcing Monday that he will relocate the U.S. embassy to Israel from the coastal city of Tel Aviv to the capital city of Jerusalem.

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Watch: First Lady Melania Trump Weeps at National Cathedral

First Lady Melania Trump wept as 20-year-old Marlana VanHoose sang the hymn “How Great Thou Art” during the Inaugural Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral in the nation’s capital on Saturday morning.

Melania Trump cries (Screenshot / Youtube)

New O’Keefe Video: Leftists Plan to Blockade Trump Inauguration

James O’Keefe and Project Veritas released a new undercover video on Tuesday showing left-wing activists with the “DisruptJ20” effort plotting to stop Donald Trump’s inauguration by chaining D.C. Metro trains and blocking roads.

O'Keefe DC metro Part Two (Project Veritas / Screen shot / YouTube)

Excerpt – ‘How Trump Won’: Pandemonium in New Mexico

How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, by Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Joel B. Pollak and New York Times bestselling historian Larry Schweikart, is being released by Regnery Publishing as an e-book on Tuesday, January 17 via Amazon (Kindle) and Barnes & Noble (Nook), and will be released in paperback form on Monday, Feb. 27.

Trump New Mexico hangar rally (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

New O’Keefe Video: Leftists Planning Stink Bombs at ‘Deploraball’

A new video released Monday by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas shows left-wing activists allegedly planning to use butyric acid bombs — commonly known as “stink bombs” — to disrupt an event scheduled for the week of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the United States.

O'Keefe Deploraball video (Project Veritas / Screen Shot / YouTube)

How Trump Won — and How the Media Missed It

Donald Trump won his party’s nomination and the general election itself because he, alone among Republican candidates, dared to defy the media and to speak directly to the American people.

How Trump Won cover art shot (Regnery)