President Trump on Thursday told reporters that he is going to target “Democrat-oriented” programs and federal employees as Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought begins sweeping reductions in force (RIF) across the government. 

The government shut down at midnight on October 1 because the Democrats refused to vote for a bill that did not include $1.5 trillion in new spending with taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits for illegal aliens.

The Democrats are planning to go so far as to keep the government closed until planes start falling out of the sky, one top Democratic aide said. They are holding the country hostage for their demands.

Trump is going to make them pay if they refuse to reopen the government. When the President was asked on Friday how many layoffs would be made and which agencies would face reductions, Trump stated, “It will be Democrat-oriented because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented.”

“It’ll be a lot, and we’ll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it’ll be a lot of people, all because of the Democrats,” he continued.

“These are people that the Democrats wanted that, in many cases, were not appropriate. We fought them at the time, and it was ultimately signed in. And some of these people, these are largely people that the Democrats want. Many of them will be fired.”

WATCH:

Reporter: How many layoffs have you authorized for this first round, and from which agencies?

Trump: It’s going to be a lot, and it will be Democrat-oriented because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented. It’ll be a lot, and we’ll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it’ll be a lot of people, all because of the Democrats. I mean, they want to give one and a half trillion dollars to people that came into the country illegally. More important than that, because we all have a big heart, we want people to be taken care of, but you know, we have zero people coming in. You know that, Glenn, right? That’s a pretty impressive number, even for a successful governor.

But we’ve had for the last four months, zero people coming in illegal. They’re coming in, but they’re coming in legally. They’re coming in through a process that’s really a really good process right now because we want people to come in, but they have to come in legally. So, what we’re doing is, as these different groups come do, we’re going to make a determination. Do we want them a lot? And I must tell you, a lot of them happen to be Democrat-oriented. These are people that the Democrats wanted that, in many cases, were not appropriate. We fought them at the time, and it was ultimately signed in. And some of these people, these are largely people that the Democrats want. Many of them will be fired.

The Gateway Pundit reported on Friday, Vought announced, “The RIFs have begun,” indicating that layoffs will begin immediately.

This comes after Trump met with Vought, a key architect of the Project 2025 blueprint, to determine which federal agencies, deemed by Trump as “political SCAM Democrat Agencies,” should face cuts and whether those cuts will be temporary or permanent. The day before the shutdown began, Trump threatened to take “irreversible” actions, “like cutting vast numbers of people out” and “cutting programs that they like.”

BREAKING: Layoffs of Federal Workers Begin Today: Russ Vought

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Jesse Kelly of “The First” had a strong warning to viewers on communist ideology infiltrating and taking over American Churches.

“Let’s talk about communism in the Church. You know already because we talk about it all the time that communism is itself a religion,” Kelly warned.

“It is a way to see the world and a way to serve a power higher than yourself. That’s how communists view it,” Kelly said.

“If you are in the Soviet Union, you might just burn down the Churches and torture and kill the priests,” Kelly explained.

“American communists don’t have that option. They don’t. America’s Christian founding, America’s Church, it’s occupied by a bunch of people with guns,” Kelly continued.

“If that option is not available, what options do you have? You have to take them over. If you can’t burn them down and kill everyone, then you have to infiltrate them and marry your religion with theirs, until you can finally destroy it,” Kelly explained.

“So, what do you do? Well, you have to infiltrate the Seminaries, infiltrate the Church, and make it something completely against the Bible and frankly demonic,” Kelly warned.

Kelly showed a clip of a woke female pastor preaching anti-Christian rhetoric.

“The point is the people who sit in those pews, they think they are getting the teaching of God,” Kelly warned.

Kelly also showed a clip of another woke person twisting the Chrisitan faith by referring to the “god of pronouns.”

“Just know that this was done on purpose by the communists. They ran smack dab into the American Church, and they had to figure out a way to conquer it, and they are conquering it,” Kelly warned.

“Maybe your pastor gave a sermon on white privilege after George Floyd died. Mine did, by the way. I lost my Church that day,” Kelly said.

“Communists are infiltrating the Churches in order to destroy a competing religion,” Kelly warned.

Watch:

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Pedophile Ian Watkins has been killed in prison.

Monsters roam this Earth among us.

Ian Watkins, the former British rock singer from the band Lostprophets, has died after an attack by another inmate in HMP Wakefield prison.

He was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences – and we are not talking simply having child porn in his devices – which would be bad enough.

Watkins was what many would describe as a monster, once described as ‘one of the worst sex offenders in UK’s history’.

This morning, the former rock star was assaulted and killed at the West Yorkshire jail.

The Telegraph reported:

“He was attacked with a knife by another inmate, sources have confirmed. The prison, known as ‘monster mansion’ because of the dangerous offenders it houses, went into lockdown immediately after the incident.

In a statement, West Yorkshire Police said: ‘At 9.39am this morning [Saturday], police were called by staff at HMP Wakefield reporting an assault on a prisoner. Emergency services attended and the man was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. Detectives from the homicide and major enquiry team are investigating and inquiries remain ongoing at the scene’.”

Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins Dead at 48 After Prison Attack- Convicted pedophile was serving 29-year jail sentence when he was attacked by fellow inmates Saturday https://t.co/L5qx6ICebk

— Boone Cutler (@boonecutler) October 11, 2025

“The singer was sentenced in December 2013 after admitting 13 sex offences, including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby.

He was also accused of encouraging a fan to abuse her child during a webcam chat.”

Lostprophets Singer Ian Watkins Dies After Prison Attack

Wakefield, UK | Oct 11, 2025

Death Confirmed: Ian Watkins, 48, has died following a violent attack in prison. He was serving a 29-year sentence at HMP Wakefield for multiple sexual offences, including crimes… pic.twitter.com/WxDUmuPmrY

— Snap Media (@SnapMediaLive) October 11, 2025

The Sun reported:

“His attacker, who justice sources said had been identified, is understood to have slashed his jugular, causing Watkins to die from blood loss.

And a source said: “Watkins has been killed in the most brutal way possible – and the attack was shocking, even by prison standards. He was targeted by another inmate who shanked him in the neck’.

‘Guards were nearby and raced to the scene pretty quickly – but there was nothing they could do, and they could not save him’.”

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