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Seattle's new socialist mayor pledged to 'stand with Somali health childcare providers' as she took a shot at Donald Trump during her inauguration.
Katie Wilson, 43, has drawn scrutiny for openly taking money from her parents to fund her life, and for her so-called 'communist' plans to remake the Emerald City.
In her first major speech in office, she acknowledged Trump's criticism of her campaign.
'I've been noticed by the president of the United States, who called me a "very, very liberal/communist mayor." It's nice to feel seen,' she said to laughs from the crowd.
Wilson has also taken shots at Trump and the Republican Party for going after
Two Space Force officers lost their home and their family cat in what appears to be a targeted attack just days after Christmas.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller, Major Jason “Red” Mills detailed how his house had been burglarized and lit on fire, and his had been vandalized. While he, his wife and his ten-month-old daughter were celebrating Christmas in Florida, Mills awoke to a 5 a.m. phone call on Dec. 28 from the D.C. police notifying him that his house had been set on fire. He later learned that his car had also been ransacked and vandalized with messages reading:
The discovery might have been uniforms, but the theories about it are all over the map.
New York City police are investigating just how a box full of NYPD blues showed up abandoned this week near a cemetery in Brooklyn, according to the New York Daily News.
The fact that it occurred only days before the infamously anti-police Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was sworn in only added fuel to the fire. According to the newspaper, the box was reported by a 911 caller about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Video posted to social media showed police officers combing through the clothing, which was eventually moved to the 66th Precinct station for safety,
Somali operators of daycare centers and other social services receiving tax dollars, many fraudulently, are also donating shares of their looted funds to the Democratic Party, say citizen journalists, and others.
The New York Post, for instance, found that Minnesota Democrats were the happy recipients of $50,000 in campaign donations from many of the now convicted felons who ran the Somalian Feeding Our Future organization that stole some $250 million in Minnesota welfare funding.
For another example, X user Cam Higby looked at some of the numbers in Washington State and found that 80 percent of all donations made by people listing “childcare” as their occupation had donated to Somali Port of
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order Friday establishing the Mayor's Office of Mass Engagement to streamline City Hall's existing community affairs and public engagement units.
Mamdani said the new office will be "a fundamental part of city government dedicated to rebuilding our social infrastructure at scale."
The mayor made the announcement and took questions during a news conference at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. It was streamed live on CBS News New York.
"The Office of Mass Engagement will organize participation across this city, proactively reach those that have been excluded, and ensure that public feedback is embedded
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is hitting the brakes on $2.3 billion left in spending from the Biden administration’s electric school bus program — following backlash over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate and as the vehicles have been breaking down in the cold and failing to be produced in a timely manner to districts.
Zeldin made the decision to review the taxpayer-funded program after $2.7 billion was already “frivolously wasted” under former President Joe Biden on thousands of electric buses, according to an agency spokesperson, working out to a price tag of roughly $318,452.45 per vehicle to produce. In New York City, for example, more than $61 million
George Clooney Lashes Out at Trump: ‘We
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French actor George Clooney struck back at President Donald Trump’s snide remarks about him and urged Americans to kick Republicans out of office in the coming 2026 midterm elections.
Clooney had attacked President Trump in an interview with Variety released on Monday, and the president responded in no uncertain terms, trolling Clooney for his many “mediocre” movies and celebrating the fact that Clooney is now a citizen of France and has let the U.S.A.
Trump reported the “good news” on New Year’s Eve on his Truth Social account calling Clooney and his wife, Amal, ” two of the worst political prognosticators of all time.”
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One of the things that President Donald Trump is focused on in his second term is eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse within the federal government. Elon Musk and DOGE went a long way to revealing just how large the scope of ridiculous things Americans' tax dollars were being spent on. Currently, in Minnesota, even more fraud and squandering of tax dollars is being revealed. But now we are learning more about how little regard the Biden administration had for hard-working Americans' tax dollars, and where that money went in the year before Donald Trump returned to the White House.
President Donald Trump has warned Iran that the United States is “locked and loaded and ready to go” to protect protesters from the regime as social unrest escalated in the hardline Islamic country. The Mail has more.
Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities on Thursday with six reported killed in the first deaths since the unrest escalated.
Shopkeepers in the capital Tehran went on strike on Sunday over high prices and economic stagnation, actions that have since spread to other parts of the country.
"America is toast if the radical left wins. They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won’t be America anymore."
That's what Elon Musk posted on X on Thursday. (He's probably not wrong.)
He added the caption to another social media post that suggested "Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms." Despite his previous rifts with Donald Trump and other Republicans and talk of starting his own third party earlier this year,
Elon Musk issued a stark warning after a viral TikTok clip appeared to show a Somali TikTok user making a chilling remark about his life.
The video, which rapidly spread across social media platforms, shows an unidentified TikTok user livestreaming while playing a video of Elon Musk on her phone.
After speaking in a non-English language, the user switched to English and stated: “I wouldn’t worry too much about him. He about to die.” Musk responded directly on X with a terse message that quickly went viral, later pinning it to the top of his account: “Then it is war.”
You made it to 2026! On the menu today: James Lynch will catch you up on newly sworn in New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan “to eliminate police sweeps of homeless encampments”; Elliott Abrams will lay out the hopes for the potential demise of repressive and anti-American regimes in the Caribbean in the coming year; and Kamden Mulder examines the worst of the new laws going into effect in blue states this year. But today’s newsletter will turn our attention on Iran. In the wee hours of the morning, President Trump warned,
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"[T]he Baqt treaty ... imposed an annual payment of 360 slaves on the Christian kingdom of Nubia [based along the Nile river].... By 1877, when there were said to be upwards of 6,000 slave-traders operating in the region, the British government estimated in a report to the Egyptian authorities that around 30,000 slaves per annum were being sent across the Red Sea from the East African coast to the Arabian peninsula alone." — Justin Marozzi, British historian, in his 2025 book Captives and Companions:
Silicon Valley, the innovation hub of the world and home to some of the most successful tech companies, could soon turn into a ghost town — at least that’s the dire warning from billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. “It would be catastrophic to California,” Ackman told The Post. “Every successful founder, entrepreneur would leave. Literally no one would stay.” Already, the ultra-rich are making plans to flee the Golden State over a proposed one-time 5% wealth tax on residents worth more than $1 billion, multiple sources confirmed to The Post last week.
A heroic off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent thwarted a possible active shooting by gunning down his neighbor as the man was firing shots into the air at their Los Angeles apartment complex, the feds said.
The agent, who hasn’t been identified publicly, jumped into action when his neighbor opened fire with a rifle at the complex on Roscoe Boulevard in Northridge on New Year’s Eve, according to authorit authorities.
A view of an apartment complex hallway at night, with yellow crime scene tape cordoning off an area near a metal staircase and a white tarp covering a section of the building.
New Year’s Eve day saw House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, release of the transcript of the Committee’s deposition of Jack Smith, the former special counsel who charged Donald Trump in two separate criminal cases in the run-up to the 2024 election. As the committee explained at the beginning of the deposition, it sought Smith’s testimony as part of its “oversight of the Biden-Harris administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department and its misuse of Federal law enforcement resources for partisan political purposes.”
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made it abundantly clear: he loves collectivism and hates individualism, and intends to implement his collectivist vision as fully as he possibly can while he lives in Gracie Mansion. He has been marketed as an exciting new face, full of energy and brimming with new ideas, but in reality, he is fronting for ideas that are both old and discredited and that are responsible for the deaths of untold millions of people. On Thursday, a man from one of the populations that has suffered the most because of collectivism gently mocked Mamdani’s delusions and pretensions.
Is it even worth saying “We told you so” at this point? There’s really no satisfaction about being right about Zohran Mamdani, and now we all have to sit and watch him not only destroy New York City but also turn it into a haven for antisemitism.
On day one of his administration, Mamdani tossed Jewish safety concerns straight into the trash. Within hours of taking office, he revoked several executive orders Eric Adams had put in place to protect the city's Jewish community and support Israel.
If you're wondering whether New York City will remain safe for Jews, Mamdani just answered that question, and the answer isn't reassuring.
Immigration lawyers are warning that federal agencies are increasingly skeptical when migrants claim to have legitimate marriages with Americans.
The policy shift comes after President Donald Trump’s deputies began cracking down on rising rates of marriage-related visa fraud by migrants who pay Americans for temporary marriages.
While marrying a U.S. citizen has never been a locked-in guarantee that a migrant would be issued a green card, marriages have previously offered a huge boost to a migrant’s request for legal status. But that may be changing as immigration attorneys are finding that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are giving such marriages much closer scrutiny than ever before.
Musk signals GOP support in 2026 – months
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Billionaire Elon Musk signaled Thursday that he’ll fund Republican candidates ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, arguing the country is doomed if Democrats take control of Congress.
“America is toast if the radical left wins,” Musk wrote on X. “They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud.
“Won’t be America anymore.”
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s post was made in response to a conservative influencer claiming Musk is “going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms.”
WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump addressed mysterious bruises on his hand as he dismissed concerns about his health in a new interview, attributing the noticeable discoloring to his heavy aspirin intake.
The 79-year-old Trump, the oldest president to ever take office, also denied falling asleep at meetings, explained why he doesn't exercise and said he underwent a CT scan, not an MRI as he previously claimed, in a defiant interview with the Wall Street Journal on his health.
"My health is perfect," he told the newspaper.
Here are five takeaways from what the Journal described as an "impromptu phone interview" that came after the newspaper shared
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A potential New Year's Eve terror attack inspired by ISIS was thwarted in North Carolina, authorities announced Friday. A suspect is in custody, accused of planning to attack a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in the town of Mint Hill, which is located near Charlotte.
The 18-year-old suspect, identified as Christian Sturdivant, had been planning the attack for about a year, U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson said at a news conference.
He allegedly planned to use knives and hammers in the attack.
"America is toast if the radical left wins. They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won’t be America anymore."
That's what Elon Musk posted on X on Thursday. (He's probably not wrong.)
He added the caption to another social media post that suggested "Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms." Despite his previous rifts with Donald Trump and other Republicans and talk of starting his own third party earlier this year, it appears as if Musk really is all-in on ensuring the "radical left" is kept at bay
Last year, the media and the Democratic Party launched a coordinated assault on Elon Musk after he made a harmless gesture of support to the audience at Trump's second inauguration.
Elon Musk was speaking at the event when he told the crowd, “And I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you.” He then extended his right hand from his heart toward the audience, repeated the gesture for those behind him, and added — after placing his hand over his heart — “Thank you. My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured, thanks to you.”
For years, Minnesotans weren’t told anything at all about the Somali daycare fraud. What was happening was very artfully swept under the rug. It was quietly ignored, downplayed, and any reports on the issue were buried as long as possible. Empty buildings passed as “learning centers,” massive sums flowed out the door, and the people in charge avoided asking questions they didn’t want answered.((snip)But the terror money wasn’t just disappearing overseas. Apparently, the pipeline started right here at home.
The Trump administration announced it is pausing all childcare payments to Minnesota in light of explosive revelations about Somali-saturated fraud rings siphoning billions from federal welfare programs. (snip) The truth is, affordable childcare is itself a scam. The billions spent on daycare result in worse outcomes for society than if these programs never existed. Industry researchers have known and lied about this for decades. Yes, that makes them frauds too, and their mark -- is there any other mark on the planet? -- the endlessly spigoted American taxpayer.
Guess what these men have in common: Albert Einstein, Leo Szilard, Hans Bethe, and Edward Teller.
Everyone knows about Einstein. He won a Nobel Prize for his work on the photoelectric effect, did revolutionary work on the relativity of time and space (all in his mind without a laboratory), fled Nazi Germany in 1933, had wild hair in his later years, and, most importantly, co-authored a letter to President Roosevelt explaining the potential for a nuclear bomb.
That letter is credited with persuading Roosevelt to launch the Manhattan Project. The ensuing nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki put an end to WWII.
Maduro Says Venezuela Is "Ready" To Make
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Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro said Thursday that his government is open to negotiating an agreement with the United States after months of American military pressure targeting drug trafficking networks tied to his government. (snip) "The U.S. government knows (snip) that if they want to seriously discuss an agreement to combat drug trafficking, we're ready," he said. If they want oil, Venezuela is ready for U.S. investment, like with Chevron, whenever they want it, wherever they want it and however they want it," he said. Chevron Corp. is the only U.S. oil company currently exporting Venezuelan crude to the United States.
President Donald Trump warned early Friday that the U.S. would intervene if Iran started killing protesters. (snip) [T]he President said if Iran shoots and "violently kills peaceful protesters (snip) the United States of America will come to their rescue." "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump said. Trump's warning comes as demonstrators triggered by Iran's deteriorating economy expand beyond the capital and raise concerns about a potential heavy handed crackdown by security forces. (snip) Iran's Supreme National Security Council pushed back (snip) "The American people should know -- Trump started this adventurism. They should be mindful of their soldiers safety."
While Ohio taxpayers are being told to accept daycare fraud as merely “the cost of doing business,” a stunning new report has surfaced that raises serious questions about who has been operating inside the state’s taxpayer-funded welfare ecosystem and how far those connections now extend onto the global stage.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, RINO Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s office has brushed off mounting concerns over potential large-scale fraud in taxpayer-funded daycare centers—particularly in Columbus, home to the second-largest Somali population in the United States—as merely “the cost of doing business,” even after two independent journalists uncovered disturbing evidence of potential ghost daycare operations in Columbus, Ohio.
Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead,” network medical analyst Jonathan Reiner said he was very concerned the public is not being told “anything meaningful” about President Donald Trump’s health issues.
Host Phil Mattingly said, “Just last month, you said you were seriously concerned about the president’s health. What’s your level of concern after hearing from the president? He says he’s in perfect health.”
Reiner said, “Well, I’m mostly concerned that the public really hasn’t been told essentially anything meaningful about the president’s health here. So let’s turn the clock back and look what’s gone on over the last nine months. The president had a physical exam, a comprehensive physical exam
Independent journalist Nick Shirley says he has received death threats and harassment — including phone calls to his family — after releasing a viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycare centers.
Shirley described the threats during a Dec. 31 appearance on the PBD Podcast, and said he was warned he would be "Kirked," a reference to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The backlash against the YouTuber follows his investigation into several publicly funded Minnesota daycare centers.
Shirley claimed the centers appeared largely empty despite receiving substantial state payments.
Independent journalist Nick Shirley humiliated the mainstream media last week by doing something that the media hasn’t done much of lately: investigative journalism. He visited the sites of suspected fraudulent day care centers in Minneapolis, showing they weren’t operating despite receiving more than $100 million in state aid.
So CNN decided to one-up Shirley by doing their own "investigative journalism.”
Correspondent Whitney Wilde tried calling the daycare centers to ask whether they were fraudulent.
I know. Amazing, right?
Spoiler alert: they said yes. So obviously, that mystery is solved.
Wilde explained in a voiceover in the segment that she "reached out to several of the day cares featured in the now viral video."
The Year in Review
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The biggest story of 2025, to judge from the number of people who sent it to me, was this raccoon: (Snip) In case you somehow missed this story: In late November, this raccoon got into a state liquor store in Ashland, Va., by falling though the ceiling. Once inside, the raccoon ransacked the store, leaving a trail of broken bottles... (Snip) ...and apparently consuming a large quantity of booze before passing out in the bathroom next to the toilet. That’s where the raccoon was found by a store employee, who called an animal-control officer, who took it to an animal shelter. When the raccoon finally sobered up, it was hired
It is the season for New Year’s Resolutions, always an exciting time. Diets begin and exercise regimens commence; people commit to look for new jobs, new relationships, new hobbies... addicts try to give up their demons, from candy to alcohol, from television to video games. Everything begins anew.
And if you look closely, you can even see it in the news coverage.
Look, for example, at the mainstream media coverage of Minnesota’s massive Somali corruption, with attitudes being wholly transformed in real time. There’s a clear process for the media to follow:
The mainstream media hides the story, hoping it will go away. Eventually, after enough video exposure,
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said it succinctly on Wednesday, commenting on the news that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani intended to be sworn in on the Qur’an: “The enemy is inside the gates.” Newsmax reported Thursday that in saying this, Tuberville had “ignited a fresh political firestorm.” It was just over two weeks ago that he ignited the last one, writing that “Islam is not a religion. It's a cult. Islamists aren't here to assimilate. They're here to conquer. Stop worrying about offending the pearl clutchers. We've got to SEND THEM HOME NOW or we'll become the United Caliphate of America.” According to Newsmax, Mamdani’s use of the Qur’an
Just how corrupt are journalists these days? Consider this example from earlier in the week involving the explosive Minnesota fraud scandal – the one the mainstream media covered up for years and is now busy trying to downplay.
On Tuesday, Josh Gerstein, a “senior legal affairs reporter” for Politico, weighed in in response to the Nick Shirley video, in which the amateur journalist took his camera to various empty taxpayer-supported “day care centers” that were obvious fronts.
Instead of expressing outrage that fraudsters were stealing massive amounts of money meant to support poor families – and his
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June.
Trump initially wrote on his Truth Social platform, warning Iran that if it “violently kills peaceful protesters,” the United States “will come to their rescue.” At least seven people have been killed so far in violence surrounding the demonstrations, sparked in part by the collapse of Iran’s rial currency.
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” Trump wrote, without elaborating.
Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani wasted no time trying to erase his predecessor’s legacy — signing a sweeping executive order just hours after taking office that wipes out most of the orders issued by Eric Adams following his indictment.
The move, one of five executive orders the 34-year-old pol signed in Brooklyn Thursday, will revoke all orders issued by Adams after Sept. 26, 2024 — the same day he was slapped with federal corruption charges — to ensure a “fresh start” for his incoming administration.
But he vowed to reissue certain Adams-era orders from that period of time, including one that would maintain the Office to Combat Antisemitism.