Posts on Thursday, January 1, 2026
On Thursday, Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated as the Mayor of New York City.
As we reported, his "block party" seemed to be a harbinger of things to come and a symbol of his failed radical leftist thought, with no bathrooms and no food. It was the first day, and already his administration was a big fail. The people are already finding out that he isn't going to be what they thought. Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) spoke before Mamdani. But she set the stage for the radical remarks, outlining some of his promises. “New York City has chosen the ambitious pursuit of universal childcare, affordable rents and housing, and clean
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) pledged to govern the Big Apple as a Democratic Socialist during his inauguration speech and declared he would revive “the era of big government.”
After taking the official oath of office with his left hand on a Quran at City Hall early Thursday morning, the newly minted 34-year-old mayor took a ceremonial oath of office from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the afternoon. Mamdani vowed to hold to the radical views he pushed during his campaign against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
“We will transform the culture of City Hall from one of no to one of how.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed for emergency relief to protect Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the almost half a million Minnesotans who rely on the program to put food on the table, according to a news release from Ellison's office.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani didn't back down from his campaign promises as he was inaugurated at City Hall on a blustery New Year's Day: He said he would tax the rich, make buses free, and deliver "abundance." (Snip) The new mayor didn't shirk from his socialist identity upon taking office, vowing to draw the city together by replacing "the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." "We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe. I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist. I will
EXPOSED: Alpha News Reporters Visit Autism,
Adult Day Care Centers As Medicaid Fraud
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Adult Day Care Centers As Medicaid Fraud
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Just four of the locations have received nearly $7 million in combined taxpayer funds since 2020. Prompted by a flood of tips from readers about facilities that tipsters say do not appear to be providing services, Alpha News reporters Liz Collin and Jenna Gloeb visited more than a dozen autism centers and adult daycare businesses across the Twin Cities during posted business hours on Monday, Dec. 15. No children were observed at any of the autism centers visited. Only a few workers and a small number of elderly women were seen at the adult day care facilities. Many of the locations seemed empty.
When Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer announced his run for U.S. Congress, it was not met with excitement across the city he governs. For many residents, Singer’s entry into national politics feels less like an elevation and more like an escape – an attempt to rebrand a local record that has left South Florida voters deeply frustrated and scornful.
While Singer labels himself an “America First” Republican, his actions tell a very different story, including endorsing Jeb Bush for President over Donald Trump for the 2016 Presidential Primary, saying Bush was not “running on anger.” In Boca Raton, Singer has earned a reputation not as a conservative leader, but as
I don’t care if you support Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis or the Easter Bunny, any American who doesn’t realize the tenuous future of our union, after reviewing the information within this testimony, is going to forever live in a collapsed dystopian nightmare, if they vote for any political representative who supports it.
The House Judiciary Committee has released the [VIDEO] and [TRANSCRIPT] of special prosecutor Jack Smith’s deposition. What is outlined within it is alarming in the extreme. I strongly urge anyone with any platform to review the details and quickly highlight the content therein. There is no time to waste.
The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to sop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hare crime. (snip) "Showing up on someone's porch, threatening, or harassing them isn't an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior. Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, issued a warning of her own in reaction to the Washington state AG's post. "Any state official who chills or threatens to chill a journalists 1A rights will have some 'splainin to do"
Just as the heat turns up on massive daycare fraud in Minnesota, a Somali-run daycare in Minneapolis claims that someone conveniently broke in during the early morning hours, smashed up a wall, and walked off with the one thing investigators would care about most: records on employees and children. Not cash. Not electronics. “Important documentation.”
The manager, Nasrulah Mohamed, claims the Nokomis Day Care Center was hit sometime between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., with a damaged door, interior vandalism, and missing files on kids and staff.
A string of deadly shootings connected to Oklahoma marijuana farms -- including a quadruple execution and a home-invasion murder has exposed a shadow network tied to New York money, organized crime and groups linked to China, according to a new report. (snip) The trail led investigators far from rural Oklahoma to New York City, where real estate figures, political fundraisers, and leaders of Chinese hometown associations allegedly bankrolled or backed the farms -- groups that lawmakers say have ties to Beijing and have drawn scrutiny from federal authrities.
A top Democrat lawmaker's wife appeared unable to hide her disdain as New York City swore in its new socialist mayor, who has vowed to enact hardline policies. Iris Weinshall, 72, seemed to scowl while Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated in Bryant Park on Thursday afternoon - although she may also have been suffering the effects of the freezing January weather. Weinshall, the wife of New York Senator Chuck Schumer, was sitting next to Eric Adams, who served as NYC's mayor until yesterday. Weinshall, Schumer and Adams all share the same political party as Mamdani, but Schumer and Adams have been outspoken on the new man's views on Israel.
A fresh wave of legal challenges facing Tim Mynett, the husband of US Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN), has brought renewed scrutiny to the couple. This attention focuses not only on business ethics but also on the apparent contradictions between Mynett’s commercial interests and the religious identity central to Omar’s public persona.
Mynett, a political consultant turned venture capitalist, is currently the subject of a lawsuit alleging fraud and breach of contract in connection with "eStCru," a California-based wine business in which he is a partner.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Ukraine did not target the personal residence of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin, “according to U.S. officials.” However, Russia captured one of the drones intact and have said they were able to “extract a file containing a flight plan from the navigation unit” which they plan to share with the Trump administration through established channels. {LINK}WSJ – WASHINGTON—U.S. national-security officials said Wednesday that Ukraine didn’t target Russian President Vladimir Putin or one of his residences in an alleged drone operation, challenging Moscow’s assertion that Kyiv sought to kill the Russian leader.
That conclusion is supported by a Central Intelligence Agency assessment
Defund the Police Group Bailed Out Domestic
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Abuser Who Immediately Murdered Mother
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A defund-the-police organization bailed out a repeat domestic abuser who went on to strangle and slash his ex-girlfriend to death in front of their children.
Mohamed Adan, 36, had a documented history of violent assaults against Racheal Abraham, 36, the mother of two of his kids.
Adan was sentenced last week for the murder, and the prosecutor did not hold back in placing blame for Abraham’s death on the leftist activists who helped free him. Despite clear warnings and multiple arrests, the Portland Freedom Fund, a now-defunct group dedicated to abolishing police and highlighting racial disparities in the bail system, paid $2,000 to secure his release.
Within days,
Why Was 2023 So Warm?
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Satellite records indicate that there was a sharp uptick in global temperatures in 2023, followed by a steep decline by 2025: [chart] Warmists were ecstatic over the 2023 increase, which they attributed to “climate change.” (It makes no sense to say that a change was caused by change, but put that aside for the moment.) As to the subsequent decline, they were almost entirely silent.
It seemed obvious to me that the most likely explanation was the extraordinary eruption of the Hunga Tonga underwater volcano in January 2022. That eruption, unprecedented in recorded history, sent vast quantities of water vapor into the atmosphere. Water vapor is, of course, the principal greenhouse
Obama's Trojan Horse: How His Refugee
Machine Engineered The Billion-Dollar
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Machine Engineered The Billion-Dollar
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Imagine waking up tomorrow to find your bank account empty. Every dollar you saved for your children’s tuition, your retirement, your security—gone. Now imagine looking out the window and seeing the thief driving a Porsche bought with your money, laughing as he waves a government-issued thank you note. This is not a hypothetical scenario. It is the reality of the American taxpayer in the wake of the single largest COVID-era fraud scheme in the nation’s history.
Arabella Advisors, a for-profit company that managed services for many influential dark money nonprofits on the left is no more -- or so it seems. Sunflower Services, a new public benefit corporation, announced on Monday that it will be acquiring "Arabella Advisors' fiscal sponsorship servicing business." Meanwhile, Arabella's former CEO, Himesh Bhise, announced he would lead a supposedly new company, Vital Impact.
Cracker Barrel ditches beloved Southern
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New Year's tradition of black-eyed peas
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For generations across the South, black-eyed peas have traditionally been served on New Year's Day. The dish is associated with a "mystical and mythical power to bring good luck" in the year ahead, according to writer John Egerton in his book "Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History." For years, Cracker Barrel served as a reliable last stop for displaced Southerners trying to uphold a New Year's Day tradition. If black-eyed peas weren't simmering at home, they could be ordered alongside cornbread and country sides.
Fire at Swiss Alpine resort bar during
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New Year’s celebration leaves dozens
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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland— A fire ripped through a bar’s New Year celebration in a Swiss Alpine resort less than two hours after midnight Thursday, with dozens of people feared dead and about 100 more injured, most seriously, police said.
The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue, and overnight, its crowded Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of potentially one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.
Daycare centers that receive hundreds of thousands in taxpayer subsidies did not appear to have any children when The Center Square visited the facilities this week and were either openly hostile or told journalists that they were hoping to have children in their care, but did not have an application available or anyone to talk with about enrolling a child. The focus on Washington's taxpayer subsidized daycares comes at the time federal authorities are conducting what they call a "massive" investigation into Somali-run facilities in Washington.
You knew this would happen. An independent journalist scoops the legacy media, and they go after him. It’s happened before, and it will happen again. Nick Shirley has made CNNCBSABCNBCNYT and all of the other leftist media look bad, and now they will try to make sure he pays.
Our own Eric Florack captured the essence of what Shirley accomplished just a few days ago:
This is most likely the single biggest story ever covered by an independent journalist. In one video alone, Nick Shirley has exposed over $100 million in fraud. I suspect he's merely scratched the surface on the story.
Keep in mind, this is right in the backyard
President Donald Trump unexpectedly auctioned off a painting late Wednesday night at a New Year's Eve party in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The painting, which was done by a speed painter at the event, was of Jesus and was sold for $2.75 million. Half of the proceeds will go to St. Jude's Children Research Hospital, while the other half will go to the local sheriff's office.
The president himself bid $100,000 for the painting. It was not immediately clear who made the winning bid.
The auction took place at Trump's resort in West Palm Beach, where the president is remaining for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told the House Judiciary Committee in a closed-door deposition earlier this month that he did not believe the testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson (snip.) The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Smith for the testimony earlier this month, which took place on Dec. 17. Smith told the Committee that he had evaluated Hutchinson's testimony which he had considered using in his prosecution of Trump over the 2020 election, but decided that it relied too much on hearsay. Smith said (snip) that he would have moved to prohibit her testimony from being used if he cross-examined her in court (snip.)
Jessica Tarlov, Fox News' resident liberal panelist on The Five, has demonstrated her lack of intelligence once again. When independent reporter Nick Shirley's explosive investigation into alleged fraud at Somali daycare centers in Minnesota came up for discussion, Tarlov questioned the scope of his findings while missing the point so spectacularly that I felt compelled to highlight it. (Snip)Tarlov actually questioned whether Shirley, working mainly on his own, could have genuinely uncovered the full scale of the alleged fraud. "Nick Shirley's reporting — there's no way that this kid walking around uncovered $100 million worth of fraud on his own,"
Adieu, B.B.
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Dear friends, family, admirers, and citizens of France and the world,
We gather today in sorrow to bid farewell to Brigitte Bardot, affectionately known as B.B., an icon who illuminated the silver screen before she abandoned stardom for a path of unflinching principle. Born in 1934, she burst onto the scene as the epitome of beauty, sensuality, and rebellion in films like And God Created Woman (1956) and Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963), becoming a global symbol of liberated femininity. Yet she walked away from Hollywood in 1973 to dedicate herself to causes greater than stardom—first to the voiceless animals (Snip)and later to the preservation of her beloved France itself.
The U.S. Postal Service has updated its rules to clarify that postmarks may not match the date mail was deposited, a shift stemming from network overhauls that could complicate deadlines for tax filings, ballots, and legal documents.
The change, which became effective on December 24, adds a new section to the Domestic Mail Manual stating that “… while the presence of a postmark on a mailpiece confirms that the Postal Service was in possession of the mailpiece on the date of the postmark’s inscription, the postmark date does not inherently or necessarily align with the date on which the Postal Service first accepted possession of the mailpiece.”
Democratic Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger has appointed a chief diversity officer who previously appeared to agree with comments about parts of the U.S. Constitution needing to be dismantled.
Spanberger announced the appointment of Dr. Sesha Joi Moon to serve as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s chief diversity officer and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on Tuesday, saying in a statement that Moon’s “experience across government, education, and the nonprofit sectors gives her firsthand insight into the ways in which we can build a stronger, safer, and more prosperous Virginia for every family.” However, during part of an August 2024 appearance on Raben’s “The Ask” podcast, Moon appeared to agree
The New York Times is not your most reliable narrator on all stories about NPR: their weekday podcast The Daily runs on hundreds of NPR affiliates, which creates an obvious rooting interest for the network. On Tuesday, Times media reporter Benjamin Mullin poured on the sympathy for almost 2,500 words, starting with the headline:
NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.
Katherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public media.
As usual, Mullin and the Times line up the "right-wingers" and avoid the "L word." Start with paragraph 2:
Right-wing activists
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is still fighting Jan. 6 as if it’s happening in real time, and in doing so he’s advertising how little Democrats have to say about the country as it exists today.
Nearly five years after the Capitol incursion — after arrests, prosecutions, convictions, congressional investigations, and nonstop media saturation — Jeffries’ answer to inflation, crime, housing costs, and national decline is yet another bit of planned theatrics about a settled historical event. When “leaders” have no solutions, they’re forced to recycle outrage, and that’s exactly what Jeffries’ latest stunt is.
Jeffries’ “Dear Colleague” letter isn’t a roadmap for governing; it’s a political security blanket.
All Masks Are Off
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It was bad enough that ostensibly conservative political commentators Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens both have been the main drivers of a growing divide in the MAGA movement, through their obsession with demonizing Israel and the Jews. Now they have also become leading Western apologists for Islam.
Are they even conservative? Were they ever? (Owens in particular has never been committed to anything but her own grift.) Conservatives are defenders; we preserve. Our mission, in large part, is to defend and preserve the liberties our forefathers earned for us.(Snip) Progressives destroy; they are revolutionaries at heart, whose mission is to destroy the flawed status quo and pave the way
Every day, it seems we are learning more about the massive spying on of Republican members of Congress led by then-special counsel Jack Smith under former President Joe Biden as part of his administration's extensive lawfare.According to details released Wednesday from the former special counsel’s recent deposition, Smith's latest attempt to find cover from his actions is that it wasn’t the policy at the time to reveal the names of lawmakers in the subpoenas filed with judges demanding the phone records from carriers like AT&T and Verizon. The deposition was taken during a December 17 meeting with the House Judiciary Committee.
In a recent staging of Jack and the Beanstalk, the giant was revealed to be ‘Mother Earth’, enraged by humanity’s littering and environmental destruction. This dreary and outdated message was delivered to a blameless audience of children and elderly relatives in a tidy, entirely litter-free West Country market town only last week. It was humourless, heavy-handed and left the audience distinctly unmoved. Letters of complaint have been submitted by the grandfather who generously purchased tickets for 14 members of his family. The pantomime nonetheless served as a neat illustration of what might be termed ‘the lag’ –
Just as a “country without borders is not a country,” so it is that “the conservative movement also requires borders.” This was the general message delivered by conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro in a December 17 speech at the Heritage Foundation and again the next day in a speech at Turning Point USA’s Amerifest conference.
Shapiro’s other main point was more specific: Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson is no conservative and must forthwith be expelled from the conservative movement. Shapiro’s message struck hard. Heritage President Kevin Roberts is backpedaling furiously after he defended Carlson’s decision to interview Nick Fuentes back in October,
My crash course, in seven units.
Conservatism has been tagged as not a body of thought but a series of “irritable mental gestures.” No matter which is the more accurate description, as a holiday exercise I decided to put together what I would deem a full, rigorous course on Conservative Thought.
Not everything is perfect. But I’m satisfied about how these works give a sense of the whole Anglo-American tradition, where conservatism was born as a defense of institutions and has transmogrified (while remaining itself) into a critique of the institutions. It is supposed to teach students how to think like conservatives, and to give them an
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the annual New Year celebration at the Trump Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Melania Trump looked spectacular in silver.
President Trump answered a few quick questions saying, ‘Peace. Peace on earth,’ when answering a question about his New Year’s resolution. When asked whether he would send U.S. troops to Ukraine as part of a security guarantee, something Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday was on the table, President Trump shrugged it off.
The federal dept of Health and Human Services has announced the suspension of all childcare service payments to the state of Minnesota, pending investigative review and compliance audits.
The announcement follows several grassroots reports showing extensive fraud and corruption stemming mostly from the Somali immigrant community. Several taxpayer-funded assistance programs have been exploited. From daycares to nonprofits, immigrant communities in Minnesota now face multiple accusations of fraud, where they allegedly used state policies to take what some estimate to be about $9 billion in taxpayer dollars.
He’s painting the town red.
A triumphant Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office to become the Big Apple’s mayor just moments into the New Year — kicking off an uncharted era with a proud socialist at the helm of the nation’s largest city.
The 34-year-old Queens state assemblyman was sworn in on a Quran as the city’s 112th mayor — and its second-youngest — by state Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday morning below City Hall Park in a grand, abandoned old subway stop with his wife, artist Rama Duwaji, by his side.