Contemporaneous reporting from: 2025/01/20 to Present Day.

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YouTube/Ascendents Net (Jan-20) shared (210 videos, updated: May-3), "2025 Trump's Second Administration: First 100 Days - Ascendents.net News — videos from and related to the start of Donald J. Trump's second term as U.S. President." Playlist for YouTube (includes: The Wall Street Journal, PBS News Hour, Forbes, CNN, CBS News, and others).

EVERYTHING THAT SOUNDED GOOD — first day in office — a swamp: Trump launched an agenda by signing roughly 200 executive orders, CBS News (Jan-20) reported. The Washington Post (Jan-20) added, Trump claimed there was party unity, even though headlines repeated (e.g. USA Today, Politico, Al Jazeera, and Local 3 Chattanooga TN) that the Republican Party was more divided than ever: X] typical Republican politicians, Y] MAGA Nationalists, Z] Neo-MAGA Oligarchs. Trump's second administration (struggling with the reins to point the elephant in the right direction) was bringing back memories and echoing the chaos/disorganization of his first administration.

"President Trump began his second term Monday with a sweeping order aimed at reversing dozens of former President Biden’s top priorities, from regulations aimed at lowering health care costs, to coronavirus outreach, Affordable Care Act expansions, and protections against gender-based discrimination," STAT (Jan-20) reported.

POLITICAL TIPS Get to the truth before deciding if you like a policy or not. Don't get distracted by inflammatory rhetoric. Don't let hate or anger guide you. Don't be blind to your own ignorance. "Be careful with the hype." — C. Norlund "Focus on what's important." — B. Sanders

President-elect Donald Trump (Jan-19) held (video) a pre-inauguration rally. "The purpose of the rally was intended to be clear, but the music suggested a far messier — and still unresolved — truth underneath," New York Times had noticed contradictions. Trump spoke, "...and he (Elon) knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers, those vote-counting computers... And we ended up winning..."

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Comprehensive U.S. presidential election reporting from: 2024/06/27 to present day.

• (Aug-13): Part One: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Aug-28): Part Two: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Sep-8): Part Three: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Sep-28): Part Four: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Oct-14): Part Five: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Oct-24): Part Six: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Nov-15): Part Seven: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Nov-24): Part Eight: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Dec-1): Part Nine: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Dec-17): Part Ten: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Dec-23): Part Eleven: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Jan-1): Part Twelve: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Jan-10): Part Thirteen: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• (Jan-24): Part Fourteen: The Ascendents' Unchained (U.S. Presidential Election 2024)
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• More playlists: YouTube or Spotify

• (Nov-5) YouTube/Ascendents Net - playlist: 2024 U.S. Election Live - Ascendents.net News, "election night live streams and immediate reactions." (18 videos)
• (Nov-14) YouTube/Ascendents Net - playlist: 2024 U.S. Presidential Transition - Ascendents.net News, "documentaries about the first U.S. Presidents, America's Founding and the Constitution, Immigration, Foreign Policy, Democracy, WW2, 2024 updates, and more..." (61 videos, updated: Jan-24)

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During July 10th's NATO 75th anniversary, Biden quoted (to the, "Secretary-General, Allies, and friends):" 33rd U.S. President Harry Truman's idea behind the Alliance, "we hope to create a shield against aggression, the fear of aggression, and to permit us to get on with the real business of creating government and society... For 75 years, our nations have grown and prospered behind the NATO shield. Today, we’re stronger than we’ve ever been." In the 1948 election, Truman vs Dewey: Brittanica wrote, "Dewey was widely tipped by pollsters to win the election easily. Indeed, the New York Times considered it over and Life magazine had already declared Dewey the, next president of the United States." Brittanica continued, "in early September 1948 (2 months before the election) Elmo Roper, of Roper Research Associates, reported that Truman trailed Dewey by about 13 percent in the polls... Truman refused to believe he stood no chance." After Truman won by more than 2 million people and getting over 100 more electoral votes, Dewey said, "I was just as surprised as you are." July 18th, as RNC events unfolded, CNBC reported, Biden was in Delaware recovering from Covid-19, "showing mild symptoms with no signs of a fever."

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Article started: 2023/10/15
Here are some links to stay updated about the recent conflict in the Middle East.

• (Real-time) Live Universal Awareness Map https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/
• Ascendents.net News - Israel-Palestine Soundtrack (40 songs)
• Ascendents.net News - IDFMAP collection
• X/2023gazawar (Gaza war unit tracking) Full unit & control map
• UNRWA - Supplies and Dispatch Tracking
• ICRC - International Humanitarian Law Advisory
• State of Palestine PCBS (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
• WarMapper.org - Israel
• Storymaps: Interactive Map: Israel's Operation in Gaza
• BTSELEM Interactive Map https://www.btselem.org/map
• BTSELEM Conquer & Divide Full Map
• Satellites.pro Palestine map
• Zoom.earth NASA/CSFC/EOSDIS/Aqua MODIS
• Zoom.earth NOAA GOES/JMA Himawari/EUMESAT Meteosat
• NASA Worldview NOAA-20/SOUMI NPP/Aqua/Terra

YouTube Streams/Live Cameras

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Contemporaneous reporting from: 2025/01/08 to 2025/01/15.

• LA County Recovers - map/photos
• CAL FIRE - State of California
• Live Universal Awareness Map - LiveUAMap
• Newsom/californiafirefacts.com
• HollywoodSign.org - 24/7 Live Webcam
• PowerOutage.us - California
• StoryMaps/California Interagency Incident Management Team 1
• NASA Worldview Satellite Imagery

🎥	YouTube/Ascendents Net (Jan-9) shared (playlist), "2025 January L.A. Fires," playlist for YouTube (includes: MSNBC, CNBC Television, NBC Chicago, NBC 10-WJAR, Sky News, BBC News, AXN News, Teleport.camera, and others).

Democrats suggested the fires were caused by climate change. Republicans on X blamed California's leadership and called for resignations. The wildfires caused temperature variations amplifying extreme winds, creating more fires. Some arsonists used the opportunity as a cover to start more fires.

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Not Kyle (thankfully), only Timmy and Josh...

Being so driven and determined to play a show with local band, The Dandy Warhols, The Ascendents' drummer Timmy and bassist Josh had given away their souls to the Dandy Warhols. "THEY GAVE THEIR F---ING SOULS TO THE DANDY WARHOLS!" Kyle commented with extreme contempt and disappointment, "other past Ascendents souls also were lost to the Dandy Warhols," and referenced an earlier Ascendents' drummer from long, long ago.

Kyle added, "we are the better band, are they going to headline us? By the way, for that kind of style: compared to The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre sounds more--" a fight interrupted.

The two rival West Coast "psychedelic" rock bands had somehow polarized/split The Ascendents' fanbase (A.K.A. the entire human race). Kyle shouted, "I demand 10 million-billion dollars (contribution) from each and every one of them!" Everyone was out and in it for themselves. Reaching to the highest ground, Kyle had exclaimed, "whatever happens, I hope that it is my best!" Timmy had replied, "actually, I hope that too, lol!" From Josh, no comment was provided (classified). Kyle had pushed the narrative that Josh's soul was probably too busy being tortured while trying to get through The Dandy Warhols - The Best Of The Capitol Years: 1995-2007 album.

Eventually, as the years passed, it became more obvious (via Reddit) that the BJM (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) actually was a lot more-preferred than the Dandys, but even through the year of 2024, Josh and Timmy were still overly committed and possessed, all day and every day, fantasizing and thirsting, for the possible dream, of one day, playing a "show"... with the Dandy Warhols. They wouldn't come down. Their poor, unfortunate, and blinded "Dandy-sipping" souls didn't care about their own band, only the Dandy Warhols. Instead of pushing for the next Ascendents album, Josh and Timmy prioritized going to Dandy Warhols concerts: to be top #1 Dandy fans, to maybe see someone top-less, and to try talking about that great shining "dandy" gig on the horizon. Kyle shared a link, "340 minutes (80 songs) of Anton Newcombe and The Brian Jonestown Massacre." He summarized, "their hunger for power was over. It wasn't a bed of roses or a pleasurable cruise. It was like getting sand kicked in my face, but we didn't lose. This is a victory for all of the free world." Then, Kyle shared a special (Raw Sessions) version of Queen's "We Are The Champions."

⭐	Also in the news: For the world stage: The Ascendents via Ascendents Records (Jun-8) provided to YouTube, a continuous full-length video for the 2020 album, Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll.

BONUS: Listen to the Rifts of The Ascendents Playlist - originally available on: YouTube (more) or adapted for Spotify (more).