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Zohran Mamdani: Stupid or Evil?
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) My latest in PJ Media is a VIP article. We know that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani doesn’t want to defund the police, because he just assured us that he didn’t, despite having repeatedly called for defunding the police during the darkest days of the nationwide […]
Eight Senate Democratic Caucus Members Defy Chuck Schumer To Advance Deal That Would End Shutdown
By The Daily Caller Forty days into the longest government shutdown in history, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus bucked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to support a deal that will end the government shutdown. Lawmakers voted 60 to 40 to advance a House-passed clean continuing resolution (CR) Sunday night that had previously failed to clear […]
Christian Traditions Being Pinched Between a Hostile Growing Islamic Population and a Hostile Leftist Secularism
By Leo Hohmann If you want to see the future of America, just look at Germany. The situation in Germany this Christmas should be a wake-up call to every American city that has a growing Muslim population along with Democrats in control of its governing apparatus. Overath, a town of 27,000 people in North-Rhine Westphalia […]
Victor Davis Hanson: Does the Democrats’ Chaos Strategy Work?
By The Daily Signal We can draw a few conclusions from an off-year election, when iconic races in blue states went, as expected, overwhelmingly Democrat. Nevertheless, there is only a year left before the midterms. So, Republicans must react to even these paltry results. 1) Democrats’ chaotic nihilism still works. The chaos strategy causes so much […]
EVIL NEVER SLEEPS
By Karen Schoen The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. What does that really mean? Well, it means that no matter what the event is: whether it is a peaceful protest, violent riot, murder, church service, mainstream media reporting, or mosque service, the issue is always: How can we overthrow […]
Uncontrolled Immigration has Pushed America Toward Third-World Status
By Amil Imani In the shadow of a government shutdown now stretching into its second month — the longest in U.S. history — millions of Americans are staring down empty shelves and uncertainty. Over the weekend, 42 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), once known as food stamps, lost access to their benefits […]
New Yorkers Flee to Florida Amid Fears of Mamdani’s Agenda and Rising Taxes
By The Geller Report Now that the revolting Communist Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, we can expect New Yorkers to flee the once Big Apple for South Florida en masse. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez in particular is eager to lure more of New York City’s financial firms to Miami. Suarez is rightly highlighting Miami’s […]
Americans Fear Surging Political Violence Will Lead to Assassination
By Family Research Council Political violence has been on the rise in recent months, and most Americans expect the fatal trend to continue, according to a new survey. Politico and Public First released a poll Monday which found that a majority of Americans anticipate political violence in the U.S. to worsen in the coming years. In total, […]
Mamdani’s Socialist Org Makes Progress Flooding Local Offices With Radicals Across U.S.
By The Daily Caller Democratic New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was one of at least six candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who won local offices across the country Tuesday. Kelsea Bond in Atlanta, Georgia, Denzel McCampbell in Detroit, Michigan, Danny Nowell in Carrboro, North Carolina, Ayah Al-Zubi in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Frankie Fritz in Greenbelt, Maryland, won city council races […]
What Tuesday’s Election Results Mean for the 2026 Midterms
By The Daily Signal If you missed last night, a few blue state politicians won some elections in a few blue states and now the big blue sky is falling. The 2026 midterms are a fait accompli! President Donald Trump is a lame duck! I pity my friends who live in the commonwealth across the river […]
Zohran Mamdani is the face of the Democratic Party now
By NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story Zohran Mamdani is elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent for the Muslim, 34-year-old state lawmaker. Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist nominee who has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric, has won the New York City mayoral race. At press time, with 75% of the votes counted, […]
California Will Spend 28x More On Healthcare For Illegals Than State Law Enforcement
By The Daily Caller California expects to spend 28 times more on health benefits for illegal aliens than on state police in the 2025-2026 budget period. Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s final budget allocates $348 million to law enforcement while the state’s own budget experts in an October report estimate the tab for giving full health benefits for illegal […]
Unmasking Antifa’s Real Power: The Donors in the Shadows
By Majority Report Antifa acts like a chimera from ancient myth, a creature that shifts shape and survives every strike. This loose constellation of anti-fascist groups has slipped through crackdowns for years. They move quickly from street clashes to online organizing or neighborhood aid projects. Label one cell as a terrorist, and it breaks apart […]
Republicans Gaining Ground in Key Elections in Historically-Blue States
By Family Research Council November of 2024 saw tens of millions of Americans unite to send President Donald Trump back to the White House, flanked by a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. But the Novembers of 2025 and 2026 are likely to see the nation’s political divisions on full display in both off-year elections […]
CNN Accidentally Reveals the Left’s New Religion — and It Isn’t God
By Majority Report CNN finally says the quiet part out loud: the Left has chosen socialism over America. Every once in a while, the mask slips — not because someone pulls it off, but because they forget they’re wearing it. This week on CNN, America got one of those rare, honest moments. And it was […]
For 13th Time, Democrats Refuse to Re-Open Government, Demand Millions for Global LGBTQI+ Awareness Campaigns
By The Geller Report The Democrats are holding the nation hostage in order to create bad news for their Democrat media axis. Think about it. The markets are at record highs. Trump just concluded a triumphant tour of Asia fresh on the heels of peace in the Middle East. And what do the Democrats talk about – […]
‘Where Are We Looting?’: Meet The Portland Leftists Who Keep Getting Arrested And Released
By The Daily Caller At least eleven people arrested at left-wing protests in Portland, Oregon, throughout 2025 faced prior charges for various crimes in the state — though none of them are currently in jail. Familiar faces keep popping up in Multnomah County’s jails over Portland protests since January, including anti-deportation riots that prompted President Donald […]
$1 Billion in Medicaid Fraud for Illegal Aliens in 6 States…So Far
By Royal A. Brown III Another Democrat hill to die on is healthcare medicaid funding for illegals. Govt shutdown holdout for another 1.5T including healthcare for illegals grows even more ridiculous. Republicans in Congress must stick to knitting here and not cave – average hard working, law abiding, tax paying, American Joe citizen feels no […]
DOJ Warns Pelosi, Other California Democrats To ‘Stand Down’ Or Face Consequences For Threats To Arrest Feds
By The Daily Caller Department of Justice (DOJ) Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche warned California Democrats on Thursday to “stand down or face prosecution” amid threats to arrest federal agents. The warning comes after California Democrat Rep. Nancy Pelosi suggested Wednesday that San Francisco police could potentially arrest federal agents if they were found violating state law […]
Races to Watch
By The Geller Report The noisiest and most perilous election making worldwide headlines is the rise of Jew-hating jihadi in the New York City Mayoral elections. But in the upcoming elections on November 4th, there is a lot of important elections. These are critical races to watch: (Daybreak Insider) Glenn Youngkin—the current Republican governor of Virginia—won the […]
We’re Blessed We Have ‘No Kings’ and Donald J. Trump Is No King
By Jerry Newcombe, D. Min. As everyone knows, many took to the streets in various American cities this last Saturday to protest President Trump and his policies. The theme was “No Kings,” as if Donald J. Trump were the king of America. Far from it. As Speaker of the House Mike Johnson noted, “If President […]
Mamdani Represents the Zeitgeist of the Militant Democrat Base. He’s a Dangerous Man.
By The Daily Signal Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party and there is little the Democrat establishment can do to stop it. Most Americans are undoubtedly tired of hearing about New York and the socialist currently leading the city’s mayoral race, but what happens in the Big Apple may unfortunately affect the whole country. […]
Hakeem Jeffries Goes On Angry Rant About Karoline Leavitt After She Dissed Democrats Over Shutdown
By The Daily Caller House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries accused White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday of being “demented” and “ignorant” after she criticized the Democratic Party’s “main constituency.” Democrats have raged at Leavitt for stating on Thursday that the Democratic Party is made up of “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens and violent criminals” as she […]
Department of Justice Files Suit Against “AMERICAN MUSLIMS FOR PALESTINE”
By The Geller Report Next, Hamas-tied CAIR. These Islamic terror-tied groups have been operating and exploiting our constitutional American freedoms to undermine and sabotage our very way of life. The group long accused of carrying Hamas’s message on U.S. soil is now officially facing federal and state legal action. US Federal officials have sued pro-Palestinian, […]
DOJ Arrests October 7th Hamas Terrorist Who Fled To Louisiana After Being Granted Visa By Biden Admin
By The Geller Report The horrible thing about this, apart from the heinous obvious, is that it tracks. This is what the Democrat party of terror is importing into this country — with free healthcare, housing, and benefits. How can any human being vote for these destroyers? What mosque did he belong to? Who did […]
Inside the Deep State, Panic has Begun
By John Droz, Jr. Few appreciate the significance of a recent Supreme Court ruling. This is another guest post. This time it is the insights of Dr. Jon Boone, whom I’ve known for many years, and have been repeatedly impressed with his thoughtful insights. Further, he is a master wordsmith. In other words, he has good […]
Trump Greenlights CIA Operations against Venezuelan Regime
By Family Research Council American intelligence operatives have been given authority to conduct lethal “covert” operations against foreign narco-terrorists, according to a new report. Several Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials told The New York Times that President Donald Trump had authorized “covert” CIA action in Venezuela, targeting the regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro. The Trump administration has […]
ROOKE: Trump Fights Media On Goldilocks Issue, But Americans Tell Him He’s Got It Just Right
By The Daily Caller Despite media outlets continuously criticizing President Donald Trump’s deportation policies, Americans just gave him the green light to keep going. Polling released from Napolitan News Service (NNS) conducted by RMG Research found that a majority of Americans support Trump’s mass deportations, with the leading position among Republicans (44%) being that deportations have not […]
Foreign Nationals Face Visa Loss for Mocking, Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination
By Family Research Council The U.S. State Department is taking the “America first” principle seriously and barring foreigners who celebrated the murder of an American patriot from entering the country. Following the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last month, the State Department announced that it would begin canceling and revoking visas […]
Hundreds of Millions in Taxpayer Dollars Went to Antifa and Terror Groups
By The Geller Report The White House just announced they discovered that over $100 MILLION in taxpayer funds and laundered Democrat donations went to Antifa-linked organizations and “protest networks.” Funders include: Soros’ Open Society Arabella Advisors Tides Network Hansjörg Wyss Neville Roy Singham, with ties to Armed Queers SLC who is being investigated in the […]