Crime

Jan012026

Episode 1137 – Well, It’s About Time!

An arrest is finally made on a mystery from January 6th.

An Illinois church decides to commit blasphemy in order to make a political point.

And it appears Democrats like food stamp fraud.

It’s About Time

According to Fox News:

A suspect who allegedly planted pipe bombs blocks from the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2021, is now in federal custody after a nearly five-year investigation, law enforcement sources told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

The FBI arrested the suspect, a male living in Virginia, early Thursday morning, the sources said. The man in custody is named Brian Cole, two sources said.

Authorities discovered the two pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committees’ headquarters around the same time that thousands of protesters a few blocks away began to descend on the Capitol over the 2020 election results.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/police-arrest-suspect-dc-pipe-bomb-case-after-5-year-investigation

He Not On Your Side, Folks!

According to Fox News:

An Illinois church is facing criticism for displaying a Nativity scene that depicts baby Jesus with his hands zip-tied and guarded by figures styled as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Lake Street Church of Evanston is displaying the scene outside on its grounds. Baby Jesus is wrapped in a thin blanket resembling aluminum foil, which the church said is a reference to the emergency blankets used in detention facilities. Masked centurions, officers in the ancient Roman army, are depicted in sunglasses and green vests labeled “ICE.”

It also shows Mother Mary wearing a respirator mask “to protect herself from tear gas,” according to the church. Joseph is also masked. 

In a Facebook post last week, the church said the installation reimagines the Nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing parallels between the Holy Family’s refugee flight and modern immigration detention practices.

“This installation reimagines the nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing direct parallels between the Holy Family’s refugee experience and contemporary immigration detention practices,” the post reads.

“‘The Holy Family were refugees. This is not political interpretation, this is the reality described in the stories our tradition has told and retold for millenia,’” it continues. “‘By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in that child’s footsteps.’”

https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-church-nativity-shows-baby-jesus-zip-tied-ice-agents

Then They Should Do Their Jobs

According to Perplexity:

Twenty-one Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s latest SNAP guidance, arguing it unlawfully cuts off food aid to certain lawful immigrants and threatens states with massive financial penalties if they do not quickly comply.​

What the lawsuit challenges

The suit targets October 31 guidance from USDA that interprets provisions of Trump’s new budget and tax package (“One Big Beautiful Bill”) to make many lawful permanent residents who previously had refugee or asylum status ineligible for SNAP, despite statutes that treat those categories as fully eligible once they get green cards. The attorneys general say this reverses longstanding policy, conflicts with federal law, and was issued without a reasoned explanation or proper implementation timeline.​

Who is suing and where

A coalition of 21 Democratic attorneys general plus the D.C. attorney general filed the case in federal district court in Eugene, Oregon. States joining include California, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Washington, Wisconsin, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont, along with Washington, D.C.​

What the states argue

The states argue USDA’s memo illegally denies SNAP to refugees, asylees, humanitarian parolees, and similar groups once they become lawful permanent residents, even though federal law makes them eligible on the same terms as citizens after that point. They also say USDA skipped the required 120‑day grace period and is threatening states with extreme fiscal sanctions and higher error‑rate penalties if they do not reprogram eligibility systems almost overnight.​

What Trump’s changes do more broadly

The contested guidance sits on top of broader SNAP changes in Trump’s July “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which sharply tightens eligibility, expands work requirements, and shifts more administrative and benefit costs onto states over the next few years. Analysts estimate roughly 186 billion dollars in SNAP reductions over ten years, with additional future obligations for states if their payment error rates exceed new thresholds.​

How the administration responds

The Trump administration defends the policy as part of a mandate to reduce “waste, fraud, and abuse” and to ensure that benefits go to citizens rather than people it characterizes as ineligible non‑citizens, while declining detailed comment on the pending case. USDA has publicly maintained that its interpretation of the law and the timing of the implementation window are correct, even as multiple Democratic‑led states simultaneously pursue a separate lawsuit over a new demand for sensitive SNAP recipient data.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/21-states-sue-trump-over-snap-MIIkaywKTqydfovQwLaa5w

Here IS The Conflict

According to the Daily Wire:

An illegal immigrant cop who was arrested by federal authorities in October and later released has since been brought back onto the force.

The Hanover Police Department announced Tuesday that it has brought Radule Bojovic, an illegal immigrant from Montenegro, back on as an officer following his release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in October. Bojovic overstayed a B2 tourist visa that required him to leave the United States on March 31, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security said at the time of his arrest.

An immigration judge granted a $2,500 immigration bond just two weeks after he was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Bojovic returned to work Monday and will receive a paycheck for the time he missed while he was detained, the department said in a statement Tuesday.

Despite his immigration status, Bojovic was hired in January because he had a federal work permit and passed all background checks, the department said.

Bojovic was eligible to receive a starting salary of $78,955.70 when he was hired, according to the Department of Homeland Security. His 2025 earnings were $205,707, including $9,276 for FICA/Medicare taxes.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-cop-previously-nabbed-by-ice-returns-to-work-for-illinois-police-department?author=Jennie+Taer&category=undefined&elementPosition=6&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Illegal+Immigrant+Cop+Previously+Nabbed+By+ICE+Returns+To+Work+For+Illinois+Police+Department

No More Dorritos

According to the New York Times:

The San Francisco city attorney filed on Tuesday the nation’s first government lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultraprocessed fare, arguing that cities and counties have been burdened with the costs of treating diseases that stem from the companies’ products.

David Chiu, the city attorney, sued 10 corporations that make some of the country’s most popular food and drinks. Ultraprocessed products now comprise 70 percent of the American food supply and fill grocery store shelves with a kaleidoscope of colorful packages.

Think Slim Jim meat sticks and Cool Ranch Doritos. But also aisles of breads, sauces and granola bars marketed as natural or healthy.

It is a rare issue on which the liberal leaders in San Francisco City Hall are fully aligned with the Trump administration, which has targeted ultraprocessed foods as part of its Make America Healthy Again mantra.

Mr. Chiu’s lawsuit, which was filed in San Francisco Superior Court on behalf of the State of California, seeks unspecified damages for the costs that local governments bear for treating residents whose health has been harmed by ultraprocessed food.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/san-francisco-ultraprocessed-food-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

It’s Not a Person

According to Perplexity:

Yes—prediction and betting markets currently show “Artificial Intelligence” as the frontrunner for TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year, edging figures like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Pope Leo XIV.​

What the odds say

  • Polymarket contracts currently price AI as the most likely pick, ahead of Jensen Huang and Pope Leo XIV, indicating the market consensus that AI’s influence defined 2025.​
  • Multiple outlets summarizing prediction markets and odds boards likewise list AI at or near the top, reinforcing that AI is leading the race across speculative venues.​

Context and precedent

  • TIME has on rare occasions selected non-human entities when their influence dominated the year; “The Computer” was chosen in 1982, a precedent often cited in current market commentary about AI’s candidacy.​
  • Media coverage notes AI’s outsized cultural, economic, and political footprint in 2025 as the core rationale behind its leading odds.​

Key contenders behind AI

  • Jensen Huang: Frequently the closest competitor in market pricing, reflecting Nvidia’s central role in AI infrastructure.​
  • Pope Leo XIV: Also trading among the top spots on prediction markets, signaling notable global relevance in 2025.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/artificial-intelligence-is-lea-.fN_xABaQ2mgx6E6.PR9Nw

Who Knew?

According to the New York Post:

New research suggests the ages at which cellphones can be most harmful to youth health.

The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, found that those who had a cellphone before the age of 12 were more likely to develop depression, obesity and poor sleep habits compared to those who didn’t.

And the younger kids were when they got a phone, the greater the risk of obesity and insufficient sleep.

Researchers evaluated data from over 10,500 children who participated in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study — the most recent and largest long-term look at children’s brain development.

While the research doesn’t prove that getting a phone at a young age directly causes these outcomes, the findings, along with previous studies, suggest it could lead to less socialization, exercise and sleep.

A 2023 study found that of 11- and 12-year-olds who had an electronic device in their bedrooms, nearly 17% were buzzed awake by notifications.

Meanwhile, more than 80% of children between the ages of 11 and 17 don’t get the recommended amount of daily physical activity, thanks in part to an increased fixation on screens. Being sedentary can lead to poor health and social behavior in kids.

And since adolescence is an essential period for growth, these changes can have long-term effects on mental and physical health, according to researchers.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/health/having-a-cellphone-before-this-age-can-lead-to-obesity-depression/?utm_social_post_id=611799786&utm_social_handle_id=17469289&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

He Ain’t a Survivor

According to the New York Post:

Jawan Pitts is still reeling from his experience on “Survivor 49.”

The 28-year-old video editor became the fourth black player voted off in a row during Wednesday night’s episode — which he’s still processing months after filming ended.

“First off, it was a topic of discussion out there,” Pitts exclusively told The Post on Monday. “Me and Kristina [Mills] had a back and forth about it.”

“I think as a viewer, it’s hard to watch. When it happened on [Season] 42… you know, I’m a part of the community too, so I definitely felt it,” he continued. “But I think in the game it was so hard to put a pin on it. And even experiencing it, I’m going to therapy to truly kind of process. I’m like, ‘Why? Why did that happen?’”

But Pitts clarified that from his perspective, he doesn’t believe there were “any alternative motives” in how the post-merge boot order has panned out.

“I think the game was so fluid and there was so many things — advantages, variables,” he said. “So I think that’s how I feel personally.”

Pitts also told The Post he wanted to address “the elephant in the room” regarding the fact that he voted out fellow black contestants Nate Moore, MC Chukwujekwu and Alex Moore.

“I just want to step back and look at the optics of the jury and just hold space for that for a moment. And maybe anybody that’s watching it and feeling uncomfortable, I want their feelings to feel validated,” he explained. “And also more specifically with MC, I want to hold space for her hurt feelings. But I also want to use this time to share some insight into why I made those decisions.”

https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/entertainment/survivor-49s-jawan-pitts-in-therapy-over-black-players-being-voted-out/?utm_source=twitter&utm_social_handle_id=17469289&utm_social_post_id=611808029&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-std-stigma-20180507-htmlstory.html

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Episode 1136 – No, Pete Hegseth Isn’t Going Anywhere

Let’s talk about Pete Hegseth and the deaths of Narco terrorists. We shouldn’t have to do this, but the Democrats are making a big deal about it.

Republicans give a sigh of relief by winning a big election yesterday.

And the Left wing violence continues. And it will continue until we do something about it.

The Pete Hegseth Thing

According to Perplexity:

A growing number of lawmakers, legal experts, and commentators are saying that senior Trump administration officials may have ordered conduct that, if proven, would qualify as a war crime under U.S. and international law, but no court has yet made that determination.​

What is being alleged

Reports allege that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order to “kill everybody” on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, and that after an initial U.S. strike left two men alive in the water, a second strike was ordered that killed the survivors. Members of Congress from both parties, former military lawyers, and outside legal experts say that intentionally targeting survivors who are hors de combat (out of the fight) would violate the laws of armed conflict and could constitute a war crime if the facts are confirmed and if the administration’s own claim that this is an “armed conflict” is accepted.​

Where the secretary of state comes in

The official currently serving as secretary of state is Marco Rubio, who is not reported to have ordered the strike but is part of the national security team overseeing the broader campaign and has strongly supported an aggressive posture toward the International Criminal Court and war‑crimes investigations. Rubio’s State Department has sanctioned Palestinian human rights groups and ICC‑linked actors who pushed for investigations of alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, which critics argue undermines accountability mechanisms even as questions mount about U.S. conduct in the Caribbean operation.​

So far, what exists are serious public allegations and preliminary political and legal assessments, not formal war‑crime charges against any cabinet official. Congressional committees have opened inquiries into the boat strikes, former JAG officers have issued a memo outlining potential law‑of‑war violations, and outside commentators have called for investigations or prosecutions, but any actual war‑crime case would require a full evidentiary record and a competent court willing to assert jurisdiction over U.S. officials.

Some things:

  • Hegseth, the White House, and the generals say this story is not true.
  • Who cares if this is true? These were narco terrorists.
  • What was the purpose of a Hellfire at this boat? To kill the terrorists. If terrorists did live, why would killing them mean anything later.
  • Alyssa Slotkin is a CIA analyst. This sounds like a psyop.
  • Rules of war are stupid.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/secretary-of-state-might-have-OvJ5cOqBST.HszX_VKntjA

Breathing a Sigh of Relief

According to the Daily Wire:

Republican Matt Van Epps fended off a challenge from far-Left Democrat Aftyn Behn on Tuesday during a special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.

With 95% of the vote in, DecisionDeskHQ has called the race for Van Epps 53.9% to 45%. Other outlets followed shortly after.

Van Epps’ victory allows Republicans to breathe a sigh of relief after Democrats surged money and resources into the race, hoping to capitalize on typically low Republican turnout in special elections. A win for Behn in the deep red district would have sent shockwaves throughout the nation. The self-described “radical” community organizer had previously voiced support for burning down police stations and supported transgender surgeries on young children.

The race was scheduled after former Rep. Mark Green announced his resignation earlier this year. Green won the district, which stretches from Tennessee’s borders with Kentucky and Alabama and includes parts of Nashville, by over 20 points.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-dem-upset-aftyn-all-van-epps-defeats-radical-leftist-aftyn-behn-in-tennessee-special-election?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=News&elementPosition=0&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=No+Dem+Upset+Aftyn+All%3A+Van+Epps+Defeats+Radical+Leftist+Aftyn+Behn+In+Tennessee+Special+Election

The Left Wing Violence Continues

According to the Daily Wire:

A 54-year-old man has been arrested after carrying out a self-described “terrorist attack” by throwing Molotov cocktails at security officers outside of a federal building in California that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices, the Justice Department said Tuesday. 

Jose Francisco Jovel was accused by federal investigators of carrying out the attack on Monday at a building in Los Angeles that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices. Investigators say that the attack was motivated by opposition to the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. 

“This case exemplifies how misleading and hateful rhetoric against federal law enforcement can and does result in violence,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “Irresponsible rhetoric by politicians and activists have real-world consequences. It must stop.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-arrested-for-carrying-out-terrorist-attack-in-california-targeting-ice-fbi?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Man+Arrested+For+Carrying+Out+%E2%80%98Terrorist+Attack%E2%80%99+In+California+Targeting+ICE%3A+FBI

Dumbass of the Day

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Episode 1135 – Well, It’s About Time!

A New York Times writer says the quiet part out loud. Suddenly that white supremacist Great Replacement Theory might have some traction.

A terrorist attack and major fraud scandal forces the hand of the White House. Thank God!

And none of the major news story matter, because Trump said the word “retarded”.

They Are Telling Us!

Terrorism Is Rearing Its Ugly Head

According to Perplexity:

Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot in what officials describe as a targeted attack near the White House in Washington, D.C., on November 26, 2025. One of them, 20-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, died from her wounds, while 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remains hospitalized in serious/critical condition but has shown small signs of improvement, such as responding to a nurse and moving his toes.​

What happened

  • The shooting occurred in downtown Washington near the Farragut West Metro station, about two blocks from the White House, while the Guard members were on “high visibility” patrol duty.​
  • Officials say the attacker walked up to the two Guard members and opened fire at close range, striking both in the head in what has been described as an ambush or targeted attack.​

Victims’ status

  • Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of the West Virginia National Guard, died from her injuries the day after the shooting; she had been deployed to D.C. as part of the federal security mission.​
  • Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, also from the West Virginia Guard, remains in serious or critical condition; state officials report he has been able to give a thumbs-up and wiggle his toes, which they call encouraging but not yet a guarantee of recovery.​

Suspect and motive

  • The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah (or Rahmanullah/Rahmanullah) Lakanwal, was wounded when another Guard member returned fire and is in custody facing charges including first-degree murder and assault with intent to kill.​
  • Reporting indicates he traveled from Washington state to D.C. and may have been experiencing a personal and financial crisis; investigators are still probing his exact motive, including his background as a member of a CIA-backed Afghan “Zero Unit.”​

Political and policy fallout

  • President Donald Trump and other federal officials have characterized the attack as a targeted assault on U.S. forces and used it to justify new or tightened immigration and asylum restrictions, particularly affecting migrants from certain countries, including Afghanistan.​
  • The administration has also ordered additional National Guard deployments to the capital in response to the shooting, expanding the existing security presence that had already put hundreds of Guard members on patrol in D.C.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/two-national-guardsmen-shot-in-Pdora7ozS0mpoS8sGP8ZIA

It’s Their Culture

According to Perplexity:

There have been several large fraud cases in Minnesota in recent years in which many of the defendants are of Somali origin, but they involve specific groups and programs, not “Somalis” as a whole community, and claims about terrorism links remain largely unproven.​

What fraud has actually been charged?

  • Federal prosecutors charged 47 defendants in the “Feeding Our Future” case, accusing them of stealing about 250 million dollars from COVID-era child nutrition programs in what DOJ called the largest such fraud in the nation; some defendants were Somali Minnesotans, but not all.​
  • A New York Times investigation reports that over the last five years, additional schemes have targeted Minnesota’s broader social services system (including housing and autism services), with dozens of people charged and the vast majority of defendants in those particular cases being of Somali descent.​

Scale and political fallout

  • Conservative outlets and Republican politicians now routinely describe “billions” in taxpayer losses tied to welfare and social-services fraud on Governor Tim Walz’s watch, and Donald Trump has used this to argue Minnesota has become a hub for fraudulent activity.​
  • Minnesota officials have responded by tightening oversight and stressing that Minnesota still runs large, generally well‑regarded safety‑net programs, which can be attractive targets for organized fraud regardless of the perpetrators’ ethnicity.​

Terrorism and Al‑Shabab claims

  • City Journal and allied commentators allege that some of the fraud money was routed to Al‑Shabab, prompting GOP calls for a federal probe into possible terrorism financing links.​
  • Minnesota media and former U.S. Attorney Andy Luger note that in the major fraud prosecutions completed so far, the government has not presented solid evidence that funds were directed to Al‑Shabab, describing existing evidence for that claim as scant.​

Voter fraud vs. welfare fraud

Issue typeMain allegationsStatus and sourcing
Voter / ballot fraudClaims of ballot buying and “ballot harvesting” tied to Somali networks around Ilhan Omar’s district.​Investigations and media fact‑checks have treated several high‑profile videos and claims as unreliable or part of coordinated disinformation, with no large‑scale criminal case proving “massive” organized Somali voter fraud statewide.​​
Welfare / social‑services fraudOrganized schemes exploiting nutrition, housing, Medicaid, and autism‑therapy programs, with dozens of defendants, most of them Somali in some cases.​Multiple federal indictments and guilty pleas show very large program‑fraud losses, but they involve specific groups and entities, not the broader Somali population.​

How to interpret “massive fraud by Somalis”

  • Law enforcement and courts have documented large‑dollar fraud schemes in which many participants happen to be Somali Minnesotans, reflecting how specific networks exploited programs that serve, employ, or are trusted by that community.​
  • Officials and Somali community leaders emphasize that blaming “Somalis” collectively is inaccurate and stigmatizing, since most Somali Minnesotans were neither accused nor involved, and many have helped expose and push back against these schemes.​

If you want, further detail can be broken down by specific case (e.g., Feeding Our Future vs. autism‑therapy or housing schemes) or by what is actually in court records versus what is only being alleged in political rhetoric.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/massive-fraud-by-somalis-in-mi-JiJHaURTSyyBzu.hFxW9Lw

Is This Really What’s Important?

This Needs to Happen!

According to the Daily Wire:

In a late-night Thanksgiving message that came hours after news that a National Guard soldier shot by an Afghan refugee had died, President Donald Trump promised not only to immediately “pause migration from all Third World Countries,” but also to undertake major actions that he says will reverse the immigration crisis plaguing the country.

In the blistering holiday message, Trump said the United States had been “divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at” for its “just plain STUPID” approach to immigration. He made a series of promises aimed at both stopping the flow of new immigrants, and both cutting off benefits to and removing certain populations that are already here.

“I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country,” Trump pledged.

The president also promised to “end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.”

The nation’s generosity, Trump argued, has been weaponized against it, allowing a vast foreign-born population to overwhelm the country and inflict deep social harm.

Trump said the United States now hosts a “foreign population” of 53 million, citing census data, and charged that many recent arrivals depend on taxpayer-supported welfare programs while coming from “failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-blistering-thanksgiving-post-trump-promises-to-stop-migration-from-all-third-world-countries?author=Hank+Berrien&category=undefined&elementPosition=55&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=In+Blistering+Thanksgiving+Post%2C+Trump+Promises+To+Stop+Migration+From+%E2%80%98All+Third+World+Countries%E2%80%99

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Episode 1134 – Hamstrung Again!

The Trump administration is being hamstrung by the courts again.

President Trump makes a huge move to counter the corruption in Minnesota cause by Somali immigrants.

And Ohio passes a law forcing store to accept cash. Let’s talk about why that’s an important law and should be pushed throughout the country.

This Will Go Through

According to the Daily Wire:

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi warned former FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James on Monday that the Department of Justice is not done with them, promising an appeal after a federal judge dismissed charges against the pair.

“We’ll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal, to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct,” Bondi told the press on Monday, Fox News reported.

“I’m not worried about someone who has been charged with a very serious crime,” she said specifically of Comey. “His alleged actions were a betrayal of public trust.”

U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie dismissed charges without prejudice against both Comey and James on procedural grounds, The Daily Wire reported Monday. Currie said Lindsey Halligan, the Trump-appointed prosecutor who secured their indictments, was unlawfully serving as interim U.S. attorney.

President Donald Trump appointed Halligan to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing former U.S. attorney Erik Siebert. Siebert resigned from the position after leading investigations into Comey and James, but stopping short of filing charges. Halligan was previously a member of Trump’s legal team.

The Justice Department indicted Comey in September on charges of giving false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. The charges stemmed from testimony Comey delivered to Congress in 2020 on his handling of the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The department brought charges against James in October, over a loan she received in 2023 to secure a mortgage on a house in Virginia. James allegedly claimed the Virginia home as her primary residence while working as New York’s attorney general, a position which requires James to live in the state of New York. James secured more favorable terms on the mortgage, while the home was occupied by a relative of James instead.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/not-so-fast-pam-bondi-has-message-for-james-comey-and-letitia-james?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=1&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Not+So+Fast%3A+Pam+Bondi+Has+Message+For+James+Comey+And+Letitia+James

Awesome News!

According to the Daily Wire:

President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that he will end Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somali migrants in Minnesota, who’ve been connected to a massive welfare fraud.

“Minnesota, under Governor Waltz, is a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,” Trump posted to Truth Social. “I am, as President of the United States, hereby terminating, effective immediately, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS Program) for Somalis in Minnesota.”

“Somali gangs are terrorizing the people of that great State, and BILLIONS of Dollars are missing,” he said. “Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!”

During the tenure of Democrat Gov. Tim Walz, billions of taxpayer dollars have been stolen, reportedly funneled through fake nonprofits and shell companies, and — alarmingly — some of that money has ended up in the hands of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group Al-Shabaab, The Daily Wire reported this week.

Much of the fraud has been traced to Minnesota’s Somali community, where politically connected fraudsters have allegedly exploited numerous loopholes in the state’s welfare system. The Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) program, designed to help seniors, addicts, and the disabled secure housing, quickly became a cash cow for fake providers. Payments soared from $2.6 million to more than $104 million in just a few years. Operators often ran companies out of dilapidated storefronts, billing for services they never intended to provide.

Additionally, Minnesota’s Medicaid autism programs exploded from $3 million in 2018 to $399 million in 2023, with Somali-run centers inflating diagnoses and paying parents kickbacks to enroll children in therapy programs they didn’t need. Thompson called this a sprawling “network” of fraud, one that has stolen billions from taxpayers while leaving state officials seemingly asleep at the switch.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-terminates-deportation-protections-somali-nationals-living-minnesota-effective-immediately
https://www.dailywire.com/news/send-them-back-trump-is-done-with-somali-migrants-in-minnesota?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=13&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=%E2%80%98Send+Them+Back%E2%80%99%3A+Trump+Is+Done+With+Somali+Migrants+In+Minnesota
https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/us-news/trump-terminating-deportation-protections-for-somalis-in-minnesota

That’s Good News

According to Fox Business:

Ohioans could soon be shopping like it’s 1999 if legislators pass the Currency Access to Spend Here (CASH) bill, which would require businesses and government offices to accept cash for payments up to $500.

The bill would require businesses and government entities to provide at least one point-of-sale location that accepts cash. Additionally, it bans them from charging those using cash for a transaction a higher price than those using other payment methods.

“It’s simple, cash is the basis for business in America. Our taxpayers should always have the ability to use cash in their daily lives,” said Ohio state Rep. David Thomas (R-Jefferson), who introduced House Bill 554.

“I hear from residents who may not trust virtual payment options or just prefer to use physical cash. This bill balances the needs of government and business to be efficient with the ability to still rely on physical currency,” Thomas added.

As retailers, such as Target, Walmart and Costco move towards self-checkout methods that often do not accept cash, this could mean some major changes to their strategy. However, it may not necessarily mean hiring more staff, as the bill states that the cash point-of-sale can be “automated or operated by a person.”

Thomas’ bill mirrors one that Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Kevan Cramer, R-N.D., introduced, known as the Payment Choice Act of 2025. Their bill would also require businesses to accept cash and bar them from charging a higher price to those who chose to pay in cash.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/new-cash-law-could-force-walmart-costco-take-your-money-old-fashioned-way

Why Worry About Ukraine?

According to Fox News:

Gunmen abducted 303 children and 12 teachers in an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in Nigeria. Initial reports indicated that at least 52 had been kidnapped before the tally was increased to over 200 children and then to its final count of 303.

Most. Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna said in a statement that the total number of kidnapped children was determined “after a verification exercise and a final census was carried out,” according to The Associated Press. Yohanna is the chairman of the Niger state chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), who visited the school on Friday. The AP noted that the students who were kidnapped were male and female and ranged in age from 10 to 18.

No group has come forward to claim responsibility for the attack, according to the AP. The outlet added that authorities said tactical squads and local hunters were working to rescue the kidnapped children.

After the attack, the state government said that St. Mary’s School reopened despite warnings of increased threats. However, Yohanna denied this claim, the AP reported.

Um, it was Boca Haram.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/number-children-abducted-from-catholic-school-nigeria-explodes-over-300

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Episode 1131 – The Net IS Falling On The NBA!

Will Republicans ever stop chasing the ball of yarn Democrats always are throwing?

The gambling investigations in the NBA are expanding.

And young women don’t want to live in the United States. Bet you’re wondering what I’m going to say to that.

Commentary

Why do Democrats keep chasing Democrat hysteria?

I Told You This Would Get Worse

According to Fox News:

The NBA is reportedly seeking cell phones and other property from multiple teams as part of its investigation into illegal sports gambling.

Los Angeles Lakers assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims, who each have close ties to superstar LeBron James, have reportedly already cooperated in handing over their cell phones to the outside law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which has been contracted by the NBA to help carry out the investigation, The Athletic first reported.

“The NBA engaged an independent law firm to investigate the allegations in the indictment once it was made public,” an NBA spokesman said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday. “As is standard in these kinds of investigations, a number of different individuals and organizations were asked to preserve documents and records. Everyone has been fully cooperative.”

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nba-obtaining-cell-phones-from-multiple-teams-investigation-illegal-gambling-scheme-report

The You Should Leave

According to the Post Millennial:

One in five Americans say they would prefer to leave the United States permanently if they had the chance, according to new polling from Gallup, with the strongest sentiment coming from young women.

Gallup’s data shows that 40 percent of women aged 15 to 44 now say they would move abroad permanently if given the opportunity, a figure that is four times higher than it was in 2014. Young women have seen the largest increase of any demographic group.

The rise began in 2016 following the end of President Barack Obama’s presidency. In June and July of that year, with Donald Trump already the presumptive nominee, the number of younger women wanting to migrate began to climb. In President Joe Biden’s final year in office, the figure reached a peak of 44 percent.

Gallup noted the widening split between younger men and younger women, as only 19 percent of young men say they would be willing to leave the US. 

Why do these broads want to move out of the country? Later in the article, the Post Millennial gives us the reason:

Political views are also a major factor. Gallup said, “In 2025, there is a 25-point gap in the desire to migrate between Americans who approve and those who disapprove of the country’s leadership.” The gap was far smaller in earlier years and widened during Trump’s first term before narrowing under Biden, then climbing again in 2025. 

https://thepostmillennial.com/40-of-young-women-want-to-permanently-leave-the-us-gallup

Only $5 Billion?

According to the Daily Wire:

President Donald Trump said on Friday he would likely sue the BBC next week for as much as $5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim.

The British Broadcasting Corporation has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after two senior leaders resigned following accusations of bias, including over the editing of Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters entered the Capitol.

Trump’s lawyers had initially set a Friday deadline for the BBC to retract its documentary or face a lawsuit for “no less” than $1 billion. They also demanded an apology and compensation for what they called “overwhelming reputational and financial harm,” according to a letter seen by Reuters.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hell-likely-sue-bbc-for-up-to-5-billion-over-edited-speech?author=Reuters&category=undefined&elementPosition=3&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Says+He%E2%80%99ll+Likely+Sue+BBC+For+Up+To+%245+Billion+Over+Edited+Speech

A Darwin Award

According to the New York Post:

A Pennsylvania man blamed his dog for shooting him in the back with a shotgun in a freak accident that landed him in the hospital for surgery.

The 53-year-old Shillington man, who was not identified, told cops he was cleaning his shotgun when he placed it on the bed and sat down — a move the overenthusiastic pooch took as an invitation to join his master for some cuddles.

The next thing he knew, the weapon went off, striking the dog dad in his lower back.

“He’s not sure what stage of cleaning he was in at the time, so it’s unsure if the dog’s paw may have gotten caught inside the trigger and the safety was off or if there was some sort of manufacturer malfunction,” Shillington Police Cpl. Michael Schoone told WFMZ.

The victim’s son called 911, cops said, and the man was rushed to the hospital.

Investigators found a spent shell casing inside the shotgun, and police used the bizarre incident as an opportunity to remind gun owners about the importance of being cautious at all times when handling firearms.

https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/us-news/dog-accidentally-shoots-owner-in-the-back-as-he-was-cleaning-gun

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Episode 1130 – Drudging Up the Same Garbage!

The Jeffry Epstein-thing keeps rearing its ugly head.

Once again, Trump proves to be a pragmatist when it comes to dealing with the cost of food.

And the one thing the government shutdown has shown us is how corrupt it is. The Trump administration has decided to do something about it.

We Are Missing the Real Criminal

According to the Wall Street Journal:

The trove of Jeffrey Epstein emails released this week shed light on the relationship between the sex offender and his onetime friend Donald Trump.

Yet one of the more striking revelations from the thousands of pages of correspondence, the latest tranche of documents made public by a House committee, concerns the relationship between Epstein and another man: writer and reporter Michael Wolff.

A leading chronicler of Epstein, Wolff features prominently in the much-awaited email dump, appearing to serve as a kind of unofficial consigliere to him—and seeming to fulfill some people’s worst impression of the entangled worlds of power players and the press. 

The two exchanged dozens of emails, illustrating a notably symbiotic connection between a writer and a source. At times Wolff comes across as a shrewd image-consultant, a canny crisis-communications manager and supportive friend to a scandal-plagued tycoon.

After the Epstein email cache was released, Wolff appeared on the Daily Beast’s “Inside Trump’s Head” podcast, where a top topic was what was inside Wolff’s head when he was writing these now-regrettable emails. In hindsight, he acknowledged, some passages were “embarrassing” and he would have worded them differently.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/the-story-of-michael-wolffs-embarrassing-emails-to-jeffrey-epstein-5242344d?st=jd8ex2

This Is What I Voted For

According to the Wall Street Journal:

President Trump on Friday moved to lower tariffs on beef, coffee and dozens of agricultural and food goods, marking a significant rollback of his so-called reciprocal levies as he looks for ways to address Americans’ concerns about the cost of living.

Trump issued an executive order modifying the reciprocal tariffs he imposed on virtually every trading partner in August, exempting more than a hundred common food items including fruits, nuts and spices.

The move continues a shift away from Trump’s maximalist tariff policy. When the president announced his reciprocal tariffs this spring, his economic team insisted there would be no exemptions to the levies. They later relented, removing duties on certain items not produced in the U.S., or available in sufficient quantities from domestic suppliers to meet demand. 

The newly exempted products on Friday, however, include many products commonly produced in the U.S.—such as beef, which has risen to record prices in recent months. The tariff reductions are retroactive to 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, according to the order.

The move is part of a shift from the administration to water down some of its so-called reciprocal tariffs in the face of both price increases for consumers and legal uncertainty following a high-stakes Supreme Court hearing this month. In their place, the administration has expanded other tariffs on individual industries like steel, aluminum and automobiles based on more established national security law—Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-implements-major-rollback-of-food-tariffs-f575c75d?st=R8u3aM

A Good Start

According to the Daily Wire:

The Trump administration is preparing to implement a sweeping and controversial overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps — an action officials describe as part of a broader effort to increase program integrity and eliminate what they characterize as widespread abuse.

At the center of this initiative is a major requirement announced by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: millions of low-income Americans will be required to reapply for food-stamp benefits, regardless of whether they are already enrolled, have been long-term recipients, or have recently completed eligibility reviews at the state level.

Rollins outlined the plan during an interview on Newsmax, framing it as a necessary step to restore confidence in how federal taxpayer dollars are used. She said she plans plans to “have everyone reapply for their benefits, make sure that everyone that’s taking a taxpayer-funded benefit through … food stamps, that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it.”

Rollins has recalled that on the day she took office, she sent a letter to all 50 states saying that the federal government had never asked for the data before, but that it now needed the personal data, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and addresses, of SNAP recipients. She said on X that she sent the letter “so we could make sure illegal immigrants aren’t getting benefits meant for American families,” adding, “The Democrat Party has turned its back on working Americans and built its entire strategy around protecting illegal aliens. They know if the handouts stop, those illegals will go back home, and Democrats will lose 20+ seats after the next census.”

“29 states — mostly the red states — responded with their data sets, February, March, April; so the numbers that you’re talking through, those are numbers that we have been collecting and analyzing since early summer/late spring,” she said. “The fact that this spotlight shined on SNAP has allowed us to talk about it. But here’s the most unbelievable news I have [learned] really just over the last few days: That 5,000 dead people, that was just one month; the number is closer to 186,000 deceased men and women and children in this country are receiving a check.”

The administration argues that this mass reapplication process is essential to combating what it calls systemic fraud and error in SNAP. By reprocessing the entire recipient population, officials say they hope to remove ineligible participants, strengthen data accuracy, and reduce government spending.

By placing the mandatory reapplication requirement at the center of the reforms, the administration seeks to redefine SNAP as a program reserved only for those who can clearly demonstrate acute need, reflecting a broader shift toward stricter eligibility enforcement.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/rooting-out-fraud-trump-admin-to-make-food-stamp-recipients-reapply-for-benefits?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Hank+Berrien&category=News&elementPosition=1&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Rooting+Out+Fraud%3A+Trump+Admin+To+Make+Food+Stamp+Recipients+Reapply+For+Benefits

Weirdo on a Plane

According to the Daily Wire:

Photos posted online show Democrat Congressman Brad Sherman (CA) looking at what appears to be pornographic images of women on his tablet during a recent flight.

Sherman, who is fiercely anti-Trump, has denied that he was looking at pornography, while admitting to looking at the suggestive photos and blaming the X algorithm.

“If I see a picture of a woman, might I look at it longer than a sunset? Yeah,” Sherman told reporter John Bresnahan in the aftermath of the scandal. He also said what he was doing was “inappropriate.”

The images went viral after they were posted by an X account called @dearwhitestaff. With his mouth agape, Sherman is seen viewing four to five sexually suggestive photos.

“Why did California Congressman Brad Sherman feel it was appropriate to look at porn on his iPad during a flight today?” the post was captioned. “His district deserves better representation than this!!”

When interviewed about the images, Sherman “denied repeatedly that he was looking or pornography or has a problem with pornography,” Bresnahan said. “Sherman said these photos came up in ‘Twitter feed’ under the ‘For You’ heading.”

“This was on Twitter,” Sherman said. “These pictures came up on ‘For You.’ … I must’ve looked at more than 1,000 posts.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-congressman-denies-looking-at-porn-mid-flight-with-bizarre-defense?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=8&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Dem+Congressman+Denies+Looking+At+Porn+Mid-Flight+With+Bizarre+Defense

A Song Feminists Should Listen To

Kelsea Ballerini – I Sit in Parks

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kelsea-ballerinis-haunting-new-song-exposes-loneliness-feminism-forgot

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Episode 1128 – HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY!

Antifa throws a temp-tantrum in Northern California.

Did you think the LGBTQI cult is done? Nope, people are still listening.

And I love being right. Let’s talk about that.

Here We Go Again

According to the Post Millennial:

At the University of California, Berkeley on Monday, multiple people were arrested after violence broke out before Turning Point USA’s final stop on its tour at the campus. 

Per Frontlines TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez, at least two people were arrested on campus after a fight broke out between a Trump supporter and an Antifa member. The Trump supporter, who was left bloodied, claimed the Antifa member had tried to rob him. Antifa members attempted to “de-arrest” the member being arrested by police. 

Antifa agitators were seen rushing the barricades set up at the entrance of the event, chanting “fascists out of Berkeley.” Another arrest was reportedly made.

Agitators lit a flare, resulting in attendees of the Turning Point event being rushed inside. A person was heard chanting, “any time, any place, punch a fascist in the face.” A car exhaust backfiring outside the venue while performing a burnout raised fears in the crowd of gunshots being fired. 

Some agitators were heard chanting “f*ck your dead homie.” This comes after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated in September while holding a campus event in Utah. Others were heard chanting “Antifa.”

The event featured comedian Rob Schneider, who wrote of the violence, “Thank YOU, Antifa for welcoming us tonight at UC Berkeley. We Look forward to our thoughtful, teargas free discussion and debate.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-violence-and-arrests-at-berkeley-as-antifa-swarms-tpusa-event-mocks-charlie-kirks-death

These Guys Ain’t Finished

According to the Post Millennial:

Washington State University’s (WSU) medical school has suspended a continuing medical education (CME) course on youth gender medicine after LGBTQ activists protested the material, and the national accrediting body began an investigation into the program.

According to Fox News, the course, produced by the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM), had been approved by WSU in June after an extensive vetting process. It is now on hold while the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) reviews complaints.

CME programs are designed to help physicians and other healthcare professionals maintain and update their medical knowledge, sharpen clinical skills, and improve patient care. SEGM’s course was one such offering, focusing specifically on medical interventions for gender-dysphoric youth.

The video series from SEGM’s 2023 international academic conference covered topics such as “Transgender identities and the brain,” “Misconceptions in youth gender medicine,” and hormone treatments for gender-dysphoric youth.

According to SEGM, the course was intended to offer “guidance on the benefits, risks, and ethical considerations of medical interventions for gender-dysphoric youth.” The group says WSU’s continuing medical education team spent approximately nine months reviewing the content and ultimately concluded that it met national standards for scientific balance and educational integrity.

https://thepostmillennial.com/lgbtq-activists-force-washington-state-medical-school-to-stop-teaching-course-on-risks-of-child-sex-changes

Dumbass of the Day

I Love When I’m Right

According to the Daily Wire:

A Democrat-backed bill sitting on Governor JB Pritzker’s desk would turn Illinois into an assisted suicide destination and severely curtail the rights of Christian doctors, a conservative legal group is warning. 

Just a few hours after midnight on Halloween morning, Democrats in the Illinois Senate rammed through legislation that would legalize doctor-assisted suicide in a 30–27 vote. The bill, which was passed by the state House in May, is awaiting Pritzker’s signature. It would allow doctors to prescribe deadly pills to those who are sick and have been given a prognosis of less than six months to live. 

Conservative groups in the state say that the legislation would force doctors to promote and make referrals for the deadly practice.

“You’re not just allowing physicians to give people deadly drugs to kill themselves, but you’re actually forcing us or people of faith, to be part of it, to promote it,” Peter Breen, the head of litigation at Thomas More Society, told The Daily Wire. “I know of no other state where the legislature has gone this far in restricting the religious liberty rights of people of faith.”

While the bill says that doctors would not be forced to participate in prescribing the fatal pills, Breen said that the text contains provisions that would “force institutions and physicians to refer for and to inform about the opportunity to take deadly drugs and end your life.”

Breen noted that parts of the bill would make it impossible for a Christian hospital to fire a doctor who promoted assisted suicide or facilitated one off the grounds of the hospital. 

Currently, 11 states and Washington, D.C., allow for physician-assisted suicide, but Illinois would be the first in America’s heartland. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/beyond-the-pale-jb-pritzker-could-soon-make-illinois-a-hub-for-suicide-tourism

Well, This will Be Important Later

According to the Daily Wire:

The U.S. Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump late Friday night, temporarily blocking an order for the administration to somehow fully fund food stamps while Senate Democrats keep the government shut down.

The administration already planned to tap into emergency funds to partially pay out Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments to the tune of billions of dollars. Administration officials said it would be impossible to provide the remaining billions needed to fully fund the program without congressional action, noting that the shortfall was the fault of Congress, not the executive branch.

SNAP payments are made to a stunning 42 million Americans every month.

SCOTUS sided with Trump, and agreed to temporarily block the lower court order for 48 hours. Liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued the stay.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/scotus-sides-with-trump-on-food-stamp-funding-during-shutdown?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=7&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=SCOTUS+Sides+With+Trump+On+Food+Stamp+Funding+During+Shutdown

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Episode 1127 – The Hammer Is Falling On Professional Sports!

It looks like the government shutdown is coming to an end. What have we learned about this?

The hammer is dropping on professional sports gambling.

And we getting shocking news about the trans-woman (man) who got a real woman kicked out of a Los Angeles gym. By shocking I mean it is not shocking at all.

It’s Finally Over

The eight critical votes that advanced a short-term spending package on Sunday evening and put the government on the path to re-opening also tore the seams of Democratic Party unity, bringing scrutiny to its shutdown strategy and leadership.

One of the eight said that the plan Democrats had rallied around at its outset had crumbled.

“After six weeks — going on seven weeks — that path wasn’t working,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said. “It wasn’t going to happen. The question was: Does the shutdown further the goal of achieving some needed support for the extension of the tax credits? Our judgment was that it will not produce that result.”

“The evidence for that is almost seven weeks of fruitless attempts to make that happen. Would it change in a week? Or another week? Or after Thanksgiving? There’s no evidence that it would.”

To other Democrats, it’s the party’s top figures who led a losing effort.

“Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?” Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, said in a post on social media on Sunday.

The government first plunged into a shutdown 40 days ago on Oct. 1 when Democrats rejected a short-term spending bill advanced by Republicans in the House meant to keep the government afloat until Nov. 21. Democrats had demanded that lawmakers first consider expiring COVID-era Obamacare subsidies set to phase out at the end of the year. Republicans, who saw spending and the tax credits as completely unrelated, refused to negotiate on the tax credits during the shutdown.

Ultimately, Republicans avoided any substantive concessions on the Obamacare credits.

Things we have learned:

  • No one really knows what the government does. Outside of air traffic control, nothing seems to be affected by the shutdown of the government.
    • Maybe we need to privatize air traffic control.
  • We need serious restructuring of our welfare programs.
    • 42 million people are on food stamps (1 in 8 people).
    • There are no limits on the type of food recipients can buy.
    • 75% of people on SNAP are obese.
    • On average, SNAP recipients buy more than the working class (up to 20% more).
    • There is no time limit on SNAP or welfare. One can be on it for decades.
    • Legal and illegal immigrants qualify for welfare programs.
  • Federal welfare spending—including SNAP, Medicaid, TANF, housing assistance, and other low-income support programs—was $1.048 trillion in FY 2024.
    • This accounted for roughly 16% of all federal outlays.
    • SNAP (commonly known as food stamps) cost the federal government $100.3 billion in FY 2024.
  • The average SNAP benefit for a family varies by household size and composition, but in fiscal year 2023, the average SNAP household received a monthly benefit of $332. Households with children received a larger average monthly benefit of $574, corresponding to an average household size of 3.3 people. This equals roughly $174 per person for families with children and $177 per person overall.
    • Average per person: $174–$177 per month, with slight variations depending on household composition.
  • We need to add a couple of amendments in the Constitution.
    • We need the filibuster put in the Constitution.
    • We need a balanced budget amendment.
    • When there is a shutdown, politicians shouldn’t get paid.
    • We need term limits.
  • Democrats are in huge trouble.
    • The are fractured.
    • They are being pushed to the left.
    • They have no message. They are all about being anti-Trump.
    • They look cruel. They used the withholding paychecks and SNAP as a weapon.
    • Their accusations against Republicans is falling a deaf ears. This includes the messaging by the media.
      • Chuck Schumer is done.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-vote-end-government-shutdown-ignites-democrat-civil-war

The Hammer is Falling

According to the Daily Wire:

Federal prosecutors have charged two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians on counts related to a Major League Baseball (MLB) gambling scheme.

Prosecutors unsealed an indictment against Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz on Sunday. The charging document alleges that the two professional athletes committed fraud, conspiracy, and bribery while collecting on bets and receiving kickbacks for their on-field performances.

Clase and Ortiz have been on paid leave from the MLB since July, when the league began investigating allegations related to the illegal gambling scheme. If found guilty, the two pitchers face a potential punishment of up to 20 years in prison, according to CNBC.

The scheme traces back to 2023 when Clase agreed to work with “corrupt sports bettors” who would place wagers on the type and speed of Clase’s pitches. Clase would coordinate with the bettors on the pitch he would throw. In many cases, Clase’s pitches would hit “in the dirt, well outside the strike zone” to satisfy the wager, according to the Department of Justice.

Ortiz joined the scheme around June 2025 after he was traded to the Guardians in December 2024, according to prosecutors.

“Together with Clase, Ortiz agreed in advance to throw balls (instead of strikes) on pitches in two games in exchange for bribes and kickbacks. Before an MLB game on June 15, 2025, Ortiz agreed with his co-conspirators to throw a ball on a particular pitch in exchange for bribes. The bettors agreed to pay Ortiz a $5,000 bribe for throwing the rigged pitch and Clase a $5,000 bribe for arranging the rigged pitch,” the Justice Department press release states.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/betrayed-americas-pastime-mlb-pitchers-indicted-in-betting-scam?author=Tim+Pearce&category=undefined&elementPosition=4&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=%E2%80%98Betrayed+America%E2%80%99s+Pastime%E2%80%99%3A+MLB+Pitchers+Indicted+In+Betting+Scam

Who’d of Thunk It?!

According to the New York Post:

The transgender person caught up in a viral Los Angeles gym bathroom row had been convicted of assaulting their now-ex-wife while living in Ohio as a man — before taking the victim’s first name as their own.

Alexis Black ran afoul of women at a gym in Beverly Hills, including singer-songwriter Tish Hyman, who accused them of exposing himself and harassing her in the locker room.

Black, formerly Grant Freeman, pleaded guilty in 2022 to savagely beating his wife Alexis Freeman, causing a compound fractured jaw among other serious injuries.

So, this guy is a misogynist.

“Kyle Grant Freeman caused serious physical harm to the victim. The victim suffered a compound fractured mandible, which resulted in her needing surgery,” said court documents from Hamilton County, Ohio.

Black was sentenced to a year in prison, minus time served.

Black had been convicted of both domestic violence and drug trafficking in the past, and has faced a slew of other charges, including resisting arrest, records show.

https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/trans-person-accused-of-exposing-self-in-womans-locker-room-was-convicted-of-brutally-beating-ex-wife-before-taking-her-name/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Episode 1126 – The Left Hates Kids!

A criminal gets off on assault on an ICE officer. Yes, assault with a sandwich is still assault.

Canada proves that the “slippery slope” theory isn’t a theory. And, of course, children are affected again.

And Leftists in New York are cheering Sharia Law and our deaths again after Zorhan Mamdani’s win this week. They are going to get what they deserve.

This Doesn’t Fix Anything

According to Fox News:

A former Department of Justice worker on trial for throwing a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., earlier this year was found not guilty on Thursday.

Sean Dunn struck a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent (CBP) in the chest with a sandwich in August. He was facing charges of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.

Jurors deliberated for about seven hours before reaching a verdict. After it was read, Dunn hugged his lawyers in the courtroom. 

“I believe that I was protecting the rights of immigrants. And let us not forget that the Great Seal of the United States says, E Pluribus Unum,” Dunn said after the verdict was read. “That means, from many, one, every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here, no matter how you identify, you have the right to live a life that is free.”

During the trial, Dunn’s legal team insisted he threw the sandwich in protest of President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and it was not a violent attack.

Video of the incident quickly went viral, with Dunn being heralded as a hero by residents throughout the city who also opposed Trump’s move to occupy the nation’s capital with federal agents.

Dunn’s lawyers did not dispute that Dunn threw the sandwich at a CBP officer outside a nightclub, though they insisted it was done as an “exclamation point” to express his negative feelings about the National Guard’s deployment within the nation’s capital.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/ex-doj-worker-who-hurled-sandwich-federal-officer-found-not-guilty

The Slippery Slope

According to the Daily Wire:

Advocates for assisted suicide in Canada, where it’s been legal for just under a decade, are pushing to expand the practice to children.

Canada’s euthanasia program, known as MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying), started back in 2016 for people whose natural death was “reasonably foreseeable” and wanted to end their lives. It’s already been expanded — both expanding the pool of adults who are eligible and how it can be administered, leading to an explosion of suicides in recent years.

Now, groups are calling for minors as young as 12 years old to be included in the government-funded suicide program. One advocacy group, called “Dying With Dignity Canada,” recommends minors as young as 12 be included in the program, and goes as far as to suggest 16 and 17-year-olds shouldn’t even need parental consent to be killed by a doctor if they fit broad criteria. 

The group calls for assessing age eligibility based on “maturity” rather than “chronological age.”

Experts say the advocacy shows there was merit to the “slippery slope” argument made against the law from the outset.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/movement-barrels-forward-to-euthanize-12-year-old-children-in-canada?topStoryPosition=undefined&author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=News&elementPosition=0&row=1&rowHeadline=Top+Stories&rowType=Top+Stories&title=Movement+Barrels+Forward+To+Euthanize+12+Year+Old+Children+In+Canada

Dumbass of the Day

Dude, It’s a Dude

https://nypost.com/2025/11/06/us-news/transgender-woman-at-center-of-la-gym-row-insists-shes-entitled-to-use-womens-locker-room/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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Oct292025

Episode 1121 – Poor, Poor Liberia!

Donald Trump gets a big win while in Japan.

Canada caves when some low-level politician puts out a BS ad against Trump and tariffs.

And the crap-hole Liberia is going to get worse soon.

Another Big Win

According to Perplexity:

The latest United States–Japan trade deal was signed in July 2025 and implements a wide-ranging framework focused on investment, market access, and tariff adjustments. Under the agreement, Japan committed to invest $550 billion in American industries, while the United States established a baseline 15% tariff rate on nearly all Japanese imports, replacing previous higher rates.

Main Features of the Trade Deal

  • Japanese Investment in the US
    • Japan pledged $550 billion in investments to the U.S. economy, with funding directed towards sectors such as manufacturing, semiconductors, energy, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, shipbuilding, and pharmaceuticals.​
    • A Consultation Committee from both governments will identify key projects, with final approval given by the U.S. president.​
  • Tariff Structure
    • A baseline 15% tariff is now applied to most Japanese imports, including automobiles and industrial goods, down from previous rates as high as 27.5%.​
    • Tariff rates for certain sectors (like pharmaceuticals and natural resources) may be set to 0% if these products are unavailable domestically in the U.S..​
  • Market Access and U.S. Exports
    • Japan agreed to rapidly increase imports of U.S. rice by 75% and make annual purchases of at least $8 billion of U.S. agricultural products, including corn, soybeans, fertilizer, bioethanol, and sustainable aviation fuel.​
    • Longstanding restrictions on U.S. automobiles will be lifted, allowing American automakers to sell vehicles in Japan with U.S. safety certifications and standards.​
  • Energy and Technology Cooperation
    • Japan will purchase major volumes of U.S. energy annually, including expanded imports of liquefied natural gas and commitments to invest in U.S. energy infrastructure projects.​
    • Both countries signed a critical minerals agreement to secure strategic supply chains for rare earths and advanced nuclear power reactors.​
  • Aerospace and Defense
    • Japan committed to buying 100 Boeing aircraft and increasing purchases of U.S.-manufactured defense equipment, as well as including semiconductors and technology as part of the defense trade.​

Oversight and Enforcement

  • The deal includes U.S. government oversight over how and where Japanese investment occurs, with mechanisms for monitoring progress and ensuring compliance; tariff increases are possible if commitments are not met.​
  • Both sides retain the right to adjust future sector-specific tariffs, but Japan is assured it will not face higher rates than any other country for certain products.​

Political and Economic Impact

  • The agreement was signed by President Donald Trump and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, highlighting the close national security and economic partnership between the two countries.​
  • At least 10 major Japanese firms, including SoftBank, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, and Honda, have shown immediate interest in launching U.S. projects under the terms of the deal.​

This trade deal is regarded as one of the largest bilateral investment and trade agreements in recent U.S. history, aiming to boost American manufacturing, secure strategic resources, and deepen economic cooperation across multiple sectors.

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Reagan Used Tariffs

If you watched the World Series, you might remember this ad:

According to the Daily Wire:

The liberal Canadian premier who launched a $75 million anti-tariff ad campaign in the United States featuring former President Ronald Reagan will yank the effort after pressure from President Donald Trump.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday afternoon that he would pause the ad campaign put out by his administration targeting Americans starting on Monday. That announcement came after Trump on Thursday said he had ended all trade talks with Canada over the ad, calling it an effort to influence American politics.

“Our intention was always to initiate a conversation about the kind of economy that Americans want to build and the impact of tariffs on workers and businesses,” Ford posted on X. “We’ve achieved our goal, having reached U.S. audiences at the highest levels. I’ve directed my team to keep putting our message in front of Americans over the weekend so that we can air our commercial during the first two World Series games.”

Ford said he would “pause [the] U.S. advertising campaign effective Monday so that trade talks can resume” after speaking with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/canada-reagan-ad-EjqHH3rtQ6.4f9kYkbGqMg?0=d#0
https://www.dailywire.com/news/canada-caves-ontario-to-yank-fake-reagan-ad-after-pressure-from-trump?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&category=undefined&elementPosition=14&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Canada+Caves%3A+Ontario+To+Yank+%E2%80%98Fake%E2%80%99+Reagan+Ad+After+Pressure+From+Trump

What Took So Long?!

According to the Daily Wire:

The Trump administration says it has brokered a deal with Liberia to accept alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia when he’s deported from the United States, according to a Friday court filing.

Abrego Garcia presented a list of 20 countries he feared deportation to, but the list didn’t include Liberia, Justice Department lawyers wrote in the filing. The Trump administration is looking to deport him as early as October 31.

Federal officials “have received diplomatic assurances regarding the treatment of third country individuals removed to Liberia from the United States and are making the final necessary arrangements for Petitioner’s removal.”

The Trump administration deported Abrego Garcia, who entered the U.S. illegally in 2011, to his native El Salvador in June, despite an “administrative error.” He was brought back to the U.S. on human smuggling charges.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-finalizes-plans-to-deport-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-african-nation?author=Jennie+Taer&category=undefined&elementPosition=16&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Trump+Admin+Finalizes+Plans+To+Deport+Kilmar+Abrego+Garcia+To+African+Nation

Who Could Have Seen It

According to the Daily Wire:

An Ohio man who was convicted in the high-profile beating death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming has been released from prison, and was arrested and charged this past week in a different murder.

Deshawn Stafford, 24, has been charged with murdering Timothy Hutchinson, a 25-year-old Ohio man who was working as an engineer in his hometown. Hutchinson was reportedly struck unintentionally during an exchange of gunfire allegedly between Stafford and another individual.

In addition to the murder charge, Stafford is facing charges of felonious assault, discharging a firearm on a public roadway, having a weapon while under disability, drug trafficking, and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

A GoFundMe for Hutchinson set up by the victim’s sister says Hutchinson graduated from the mechanical engineering program of University of Akron less than a year ago.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-convicted-in-death-of-ohio-teen-already-out-of-prison-and-charged-with-another-murder?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&category=undefined&elementPosition=10&row=3&rowHeadline=Latest+News&rowType=Vertical+Carousel&title=Man+Convicted+In+Death+Of+Ohio+Teen+Already+Out+Of+Prison+And+Charged+With+Another+Murder

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