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1+ hour, 4+ min ago (676+ words) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) struggled during a TV interview when asked to explain how fraud in Minnesota's Somali community spiraled "so out of control." It comes after federal officials announced a sweeping investigation into a multimillion-dollar network of Somali organizations that stole over $1 billion in taxpayer funds tied to the state's pandemic fraud scandal. During her appearance on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper," Omar gave a halting, vague explanation when asked why fraud became so rampant under Minnesota's Democrat leadership. Pressed by Tapper to account for the scale of the scandal, Omar responded: "I think what happened, um, is that, you know, when you have these, kind of new programs that are, um, designed to help people, you're oftentimes relying on third parties to be able to facilitate. "And I just think that a lot of the Covid programs…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (628+ words) A 2020 leaked internal'report'(860-page dossier) revealed deep factional divisions inside the Labour Party and showed that senior staff privately opposed Corbyn's leadership and expressed hope that Labour would underperform in the 2017 election. By 2019, McSweeney had aligned himself with Starmer's leadership ambitions, helping him run as a continuity candidate despite planning a sharp ideological shift once in power. Holden concludes that this project ultimately hollowed out Labour's credibility, leaving the party mired in collapsing public confidence and confronting mounting questions about the integrity of its top advisers. Buy author a coffee When you're searching for a Christmas gift that's meaningful, useful, and rooted in faith, you don't want to settle for anything generic. This season is filled with noise " mass-produced products, last-minute picks, and trends that fade as quickly as they appear. But one gift stands apart because it blends genuine…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (344+ words) If Somalis and Afghans and other unassimilable immigrants are allowed to remain here, they will metastasize into a national fifth column of hostile saboteurs. Notice a pattern? I became a single-issue voter during Barack Obama's second term as America's continued demographic transformation made discussions about any other issue pointless by comparison. Unless one ignores incontestable demographic voting patterns because they make one uncomfortable, one must accept the fact that immigration determines the outcome of every political issue." As much as I wish that weren't true, it cannot be ignored. Do you think the left hasn't noticed this? Do you think it's a coincidence that Democrats are willing to import Somalis, Afghans, and Haitians but had a panic attack when we accepted a whopping 59 white refugees from South Africa?" Prior to President Trump, every Republican administration of the last 60 years pretended…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (1110+ words) [female wearing mask]American teenagers have a fractured relationship with the federal government, one that may never be healed. American teenagers have a fractured relationship with the federal government, one that may never be healed. Although most teenagers didn't realize it at the time, Covid was the event that would radicalize them. American youths watched as their schools, friendships, and routines were ripped away from them under the false pretense of health precautions. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally admitted what many had long suspected " that the Covid vaccines killed American children. At least 10 deaths were directly related to the vaccines that were allegedly going to save their lives, according to an FDA memo. In 2020, the conversation around Covid for teenagers was very different from the conversation happening amongst adults. The initial fear was diluted due to…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (955+ words) In its special message, inaccurate wording disguises the USCCB's self-interested opposition to the deportation of illegals. Earlier this week, Anna Gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC) crooned: "As we enter the Advent season, we remember that the Holy Family themselves were migrants seeking safety." It is a recurring motif to validate the resistance of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to curtailment of illegal immigration. In November, the USCCB prepared for Advent by declaring war on the Trump administration with a "Special Pastoral Message on Immigration." The insurrectionist tenor of this rare "special message" places the globalist conceits " and monetary interests " of the hierarchy ahead of the just laws of their own country. Our bishops censure "the indiscriminate deportation of people." But there is nothing indiscriminate about the process. The only people subject to detention…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (257+ words) Sunday's race marks not just the culmination of a compelling three-way title fight but the end of an era in Formula One broadcasting. It all comes down to Abu Dhabi " again. Four years after a controversial ending to the 2021 Formula One season saw Max Verstappen win his first championship over Lewis Hamilton " and cost the series' race director his job " the championship battle will again come down to the final race at the Yas Marina Circuit. This time, Verstappen seeks a fifth consecutive title, having won championships in 2022, 2023, and 2024 with relative ease. But the Red Bull Racing driver faces stiff competition from the McLaren drivers of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, in the first three-way battle in a series finale in nearly two decades. But much of the season has been defined as a battle between, as broadcaster Martin Brundle…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (288+ words) In the run-up to New York City's mayoral election, Donald Trump let loose with one of his signature, ill-tempered social-media rants, where he'complained'that Democrats'"have crossed the line" by nominating Zohran Mamdani. Trump described him as "a 100% Communist Lunatic. We've had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous." This is the dictionary definition of the'Horseshoe Theory, where extremes on the right and left are not divided at the far ends of a long line but at the ends of a horseshoe. Populists on both sides believe in an activist government, although they have different motivations. As fundamentally collectivist, both movements are remarkably similar. So here we are, where the so-called "communist lunatic" and the so-called "fascist"'find common ground. We're close to the point where our country needs an intervention. This column was first published in The…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (12+ words) Swiss-Cheese Shaped Pork? Clearly, Something's Wrong With Our Food System...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (611+ words) We are building these things so damn fast that by the time they are our online and activated, the problems are already built in." Since returning to office, President Trump has made the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) a key focal point of his second administration. Just last week, the president signed an executive order launching the "Genesis Mission," a new "national effort" that seeks to utilize AI to "transform how scientific research is conducted and accelerate the speed of scientific discovery." "With the Genesis Mission, the Trump Administration intends to dramatically expand the productivity and impact of Federal research and development within a decade," the order reads. While AI appears poised to become a major facet of everyday life moving forward, there"s a negative underside to this burgeoning technology that is wreaking havoc on communities across the country:…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago (737+ words) And for their next act? " They want him tried for war crimes "They intend to prosecute another political opponent," said Sen. Schmitt. Garbage in, garbage out." GIGO, as computer geeks commonly call it, is the principle that if a system receives inadequate or bad data, the results will surely be flawed." Same goes with news reporting." Nope, the New York Times later reported in debunking the Post"s piece. Hegseth, the four reporters on the story wrote, "ordered a strike that would kill the people on the boat and destroy the vessel and its purported cargo of drugs." Admiral Frank M. Bradley ordered the "several follow-up strikes that killed the initial survivors and sank the disabled boat." Hegseth "did not give any further orders to him," several anonymous sources told the Times." The secretary called the Post story "fabricated" and more…...