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Manuel Noriega: The Precedent for Maduro’s Capture
By Family Research Council The Trump administration’s sudden capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro caught many Americans by surprise, giving Democrats a leg up in the subsequent messaging war. Democratic leaders in Congress asserted that the operation was executive overreach, an act of war, and the beginning of another foolish attempt at nation-building. In a Reuters/Ipsos poll […]
“SEIZE PRIVATE PROPERTY!”: Mamdani Appoints Communist Radical to Run Housing, Blasted Homeownership As ‘White Supremacy’
By The Geller Report If the goal was to euthanize New York real estate, Zohran Mamdani couldn’t have executed it more efficiently. His newly appointed tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, has a documented record of calling to “seize private property,” denouncing homeownership as a “weapon of white supremacy,” and urging voters to “elect more communists.” These […]
10 Times Democrats, Corporate Media Leaped to Defend Somalis Despite Massive Fraud Scandals
By The Daily Signal Democrats and the corporate media rushed to defend Somalis throughout the end of 2025 as reports emerged that they committed widespread fraud in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors charged dozens of Somalis with stealing over $9 billion of taxpayer money intended for social services, including the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. As more details have emerged […]
Census Battle: How This Lawsuit Could Change Political Power in Congress
By The Daily Signal A federal lawsuit could be decided in early 2026 to require the Census Bureau to only count people rather than use statistical sampling—a move that could determine who controls Congress. The 2020 Census overcounted the population of several Democrat-leaning states and undercounted the population of several Republican-leaning states. While the agency admitted this was an […]
Nicolás Maduro the dictator of Venezuela Captured by U.S. Marines, Navy SEALs and U.S. Marshals
By Geoff Ross USN retired Surface Warfare/Air Warfare Today, January 3rd 2026 my beautiful wife from Venezuela commences her third year in our constitutional republic and she reminded me yesterday to take down all the Christmas lights hanging around the outside of the house starting on January 6th. She said January 6th 2026 in Venezuela […]
‘THEY WERE HIRING IDIOTS’: FBI Agent Explains How DEI Split The Agency and Led to Disaster
By The Geller Report Leftist rule hollowed out once-great institutions and turned them against the American people. Former FBI special agent Nicole Parker says the bureau was torn apart by DEI ideology, creating what she calls “two FBIs”: one focused on merit, integrity, and protecting the public, and another consumed by identity politics, quotas, and […]
DOGE WAS RIGHT: HUD Finds $5+ Billion in Fraud in One Year Under Biden—Dead Tenants, Fake IDs, Inactive Accounts Paid
By The Geller Report You can begin to understand why the swamp fought Elon Musk and DOGE so hard. HUD officials say the majority of some $5 billion in fraudulent rental aid in 2024 went to New York, California and D.C. — though dead people from all 50 states got paid. HUD just found $5 […]
4 Things to Expect From the Trump Administration in 2026
By The Daily Signal After the Trump administration wrapped up its first news-packed year of the president’s second term, the White House will gear up for a year of addressing health care costs and other affordability concerns, saving the Republican majority in Congress, and more. Here are four things to expect from year two of […]
Lessons to Learn From the Welfare Mega-Fraud Scandal in Minnesota
By The Daily Signal I recall a saying from my youth that went, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” This comes to mind reading reports of the mind-boggling welfare fraud megascandal that has been exposed in Minnesota. For perspective on the scope of the scandal, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson estimates fraud losses in […]
Mamdani Takes Over New York, Property Owners Take Cover
By The Daily Signal New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to move into public housing, New York City’s Gracie Mansion Thursday, when he assumes power on New Year’s Day. This is good for him and his wife, Rama Duwaji, as he is about to make owning private property in the Big Apple a riskier proposition. Mamdani’s flagship housing policy […]
Trump’s Border Shake-Up: Top Immigration Actions of 2025
By The Daily Signal Seven weeks after Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump stood before America and declared the U.S. southern border secure. “The media and our friends in the Democratic Party kept saying we needed new legislation. We must have legislation to secure the border. But it turned out that all we really needed was a new president,” Trump said to […]
‘Ten-year stain:’ Bondi asks prosecutors to probe Obama-Biden lawfare as criminal conspiracy
By Judicial Watch FBI Director Kash Patel penned a memo predicating an investigation looking at the weaponization of intelligence and law-enforcement powers dating to the Russia collusion case as an ongoing conspiracy. WATCH: https://drrichswier.com/wp-content/uploads/DON-BROWNS-US-SENATE-CANDIDATE.mp4 Attorney General Pam Bondi told Just the News that she has asked prosecutors to investigate the Obama-Biden era of lawfare as an ongoing […]
$1.26M Child Care Fraud Center’s Phone Leads Directly to Tim Walz’s Office
By The Geller Report Records show the center received $1.26 million in CCAP funds, while calls to its listed phone number route directly to the office of Tim Walz — prompting serious questions about oversight, access, and accountability. Tim Walz is facing escalating scrutiny after the viral video by independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed apparent […]
2025 Energy Year in Review
By John Droz, Jr. As I periodically do, I repost something good published elsewhere. This is from Ed Reid’s substack, and the original is here. I’ve made minor edits… “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the […]
Minnesota Is Just the Tip of The Iceberg: NY’s Medicaid Home-Care System Is Rife With Fraud, Statistical Impossibility
By The Geller Report If Minnesota’s fraud scandal shocks you, wait until investigators turn their attention to New York City’s Medicaid-funded home healthcare racket. Home health aides have become the largest single occupation in New York, accounting for roughly 40 percent of all job growth — an explosion driven almost entirely by Medicaid dollars. The […]
How Illegal Immigration and Government Failure Fuel Identity Theft
By The Daily Signal More than a million Americans may unwittingly hold second jobs—because that work is being performed by an illegal alien using their stolen social security number. News of the identity theft can come as a rude shock to citizens like the Minnesota factory worker who had crushing tax bills because of a thrice-deported illegal immigrant in Missouri […]
CALIFORNIA: Not A Single High Speed Rail Track Has Been Laid…over $70 Billion in Taxpayer Funds Have Been Lost!
By The Geller Report A 92-page report by the California State Auditor has found that over $70 billion in taxpayer funds have been lost, including $2.5 billion in SNAP fraud, $24 billion on fighting homelessness, and $18 billion for a high-speed rail where not a single track has been laid. A California State Auditor report heavily criticized […]
The Top 15 Hills Democrats have Choosen to Die On
By Royal A. Brown III No true Christian patriot would agree with any of the following “cornerstones” of the Democrat platform: Green New Deal. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. Defund the police and replace them with social workers. Force social engineering onto our military, e.g. CRT/DEI/Climate Change/LGBTQ , etc., rather than combat readiness and deployability (fortunately Trump […]
Five Republican Wins That Made Christmas Better
By The Daily Caller Republicans headed into Christmas with a string of developments that reinforced their electoral footing, legal strategy, and governing momentum. From holding a competitive House seat to locking in a major confirmation, the party closed the year with tangible wins rather than talking points. Taken together, these moments offered the GOP fresh […]
Republicans Erased Record Number Of Biden Regulations In 2025. Here Are The Worst Ones…
By The Daily Caller Congressional Republicans capped off 2025 with one notable accomplishment: overturning a record number of regulations enacted under former President Joe Biden. Republicans undid 22 regulations issued in the final months of Biden’s presidency that restrict fossil fuel production, phase out the sale of gas-powered cars and limit access to credit in […]
TRUMP WINNING: U.S. Economy Surges 4.3% in Third quarter — Strongest Growth in Years
By The Geller Report Inflation is easing, tax refunds are on the way, and the U.S. economy just posted a stunning 4.3% growth rate—its strongest performance in two years, blowing past expert forecasts. Consumer spending is surging, Trump’s approval is at a three-month high, and once again the so-called “experts” were wrong. All signs point to 2026 […]
Former Des Moines Superintendent allegedly falsified education record
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV New information shows that former Des Moines superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts may have provided false information about his academic credentials when he applied for the job. The additional scrutiny comes at a time when Roberts faces several investigations into whether he has been living and working in the […]
GEORGIA: DOJ hammers Fulton County over 315,000 ghost votes
By Amil Imani The time for “polite inquiries” is officially over. For five years, the bureaucratic fortress of Fulton County, Georgia, has stonewalled every attempt to look under the hood of the 2020 election. They hid behind state seals, played legal shell games with ballot locations, and treated public record requests like personal insults. But as of December […]
Brown University Under Fed’s Microscope Following Fatal Shooting
By The Daily Caller The Department of Education (ED) on Monday opened a review into Brown University following the Dec. 13 fatal shooting on campus. Brown is facing scrutiny for “potential Clery Act violations” after it was revealed the Ivy League’s surveillance system “may not have been up to appropriate standards,” ED said in an announcement. Two […]
Someone Is Monitoring What You Watch on TV, and Texas Just Said “Enough”
By Majority Report What You Watch in Your Own Home Is Being Logged and Sold. Most Americans think of their television as a one-way device. You turn it on. You watch. It turns off. End of story. But that assumption is now at the center of a major legal fight, one that could quietly determine […]
Good Navy News
By Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS) By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors The good news is a combination of decisions of the Trump administration/Congress to support and improve the Navy, initiatives of the Navy that have been bright spots, news from other nations that improve the […]
Ex-FDA Commissioners Against Higher Vaccine Standards Took $6 Million From COVID Vaccine Makers
By The Daily Caller Ten of the twelve former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioners and acting commissioners opposed to the Trump administration’s stiffer standards for vaccines quietly disclosed ties to the pharmaceutical industry, a Daily Caller News Foundation review shows. The FDA old guard criticized the new leadership in a Dec. 3 New England Journal […]
President Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
By Conservative Commandos Radio Show and AUN-TV DEFENDING AMERICA FROM A CHEMICAL WEAPON: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating illicit fentanyl and its core precursor chemical as weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The Order directs the Attorney General to immediately pursue criminal charges, sentencing enhancements, and sentencing variances in fentanyl trafficking […]
Fire Pam Bondi
By Amil Imani President Trump should be done playing games with the spineless relics infesting his administration. Reports are that he’s fed up with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s pathetic inaction, her failure to unleash hell on the Deep State criminals and Democrat scum who tried to destroy him. It’s time for a brutal New Year’s […]
Indiana Senate Republicans Kill GOP Redistricting Map, Block Path to ’26 GOP House Majority – Why Primaries Matter
By The Geller Report President Trump blasted Indiana Republican senators who blocked a House-approved redistricting plan, calling their defiance a betrayal and vowing to personally primary the holdouts—led, he said, by Senate President Rodric Bray. Indiana’s Republican-led Senate killed House Bill 1032, which aimed to redraw the state’s nine U.S. House districts for stronger GOP […]