As an independent journalist, this is going to be one of my busiest weeks.

I hope you will tune in with me.

This week is a big week. The United States Senate will begin holding confirmation hearings for several of Donald Trump’s nominees. While many of these hearings will be relatively mundane and boring, expect sparks to fly at others. Here’s a good image that outlines when each of the nomination hearings are scheduled:

If you think there is a glaring omission from that list, it’s because there is. Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence has seen her confirmation hearing kicked and delayed. Will she get enough support to even make it to the hearings? Stay tuned.

In any event, as an independent journalist, I will be watching all of these hearings so that you don’t have to. This is a big news week. Whether watching the confirmation hearings, or waiting on TikTok’s future, or watching what, if anything, President Biden does in his final week in office, I will be staying busy, and you will be the first to know any information, when I know. An easy way to support my work is by becoming a monthly subscriber by clicking the link below:

In any event, I wanted to take a minute to do a quick rundown of all the news you may have missed from the past 24-hours, outside of the TikTok ban. If you enjoy these short news snippets, let me know, more will come soon.

• MAGA begins turning on JD Vance after he says that only non-violent rioters on January 6, 2021 will be pardoned and that "obviously" violent rioters should not be pardoned.

• 3 Humvees (including one that was armored), along with 8 bayonets and other military equipment have been stolen from an Army Reserve Training Center.

• Jack Smith has resigned from the Department of Justice.

• Republican Congressman Warren Davidson threatens to withhold disaster relief to California.

• Rudy Giuliani has been held in contempt of court AGAIN. This time in the Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss defamation case. If he fails to comply with the court’s order he could be thrown in jail.

• Mexico and Canada have sent significant support to California to support wildfire relief efforts. Our allies are standing with us during this difficult time.

• The Palisades fire is now 11% contained (previously 8%), while the Eaton Fire is now at 15% containment (previously 3%). Lot's of folks remain under evacuation orders. Please continue to heed the warnings from local authorities, and I'll have more soon.

There will be much more news coverage over the next week, and I plan on sending out posts like these once per day. If you enjoy this content, let me know, and please consider becoming a paid subscriber today to support my independent journalism:

Thank you for everything,

Aaron