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  • Today’s Cryptogram Challenge

    12/02/2025 1:53:06 AM PST · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 4 replies
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  • Minneapolis judge sparks fury by overturning taxpayer $7.2m fraud conviction, as Somalis 'scam Minnesota out of $1 BILLION'

    12/02/2025 1:45:15 AM PST · by Morgana · 3 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 1, 2025 | Emma Richter
    A judge in Minneapolis has sparked rage after she decided to overturn a taxpayer fraud conviction that saw a husband and wife go down for robbing $7.2 million from people. Abdifatah Yusuf, 44, was found guilty of robbing innocent taxpayers through a home healthcare care company called Promise Health in August. A jury found that he and his wife, Lul Ahmed, ran a deceitful Medicaid fraud scheme out of a mailbox at the so-called medical company and used the money for 'lavish' shopping sprees, including trips to name brand and designer stores like Coach, Canada Goose, Nike, Michael Kors, and...
  • Stony-faced Madonna lambasts 'ridiculous' Trump as he ends US commemoration of World Aids Day

    12/02/2025 1:41:42 AM PST · by Morgana · 4 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 1, 2025 | DEIRDRE DURKAN-SIMONDS
    Madonna issued a blistering rebuke of Donald Trump after he moved to end the United States' official acknowledgement of World AIDS Day, a global day of remembrance and awareness recognized every year since 1988. On Monday, the singer and prominent LGBTQ+ ally, 67, took to Instagram with a solemn black-and-white video and a series of stark text slides, slamming Trump's directive as 'ridiculous,' 'absurd,' and 'unthinkable' while urging her fans to continue honoring those affected by HIV/AIDS. 'Today is World AIDS Day. For four decades, this day has been internationally recognized around the world by people from all walks of...
  • Inside the Somali fraud ring that turned money for hungry children in Minnesota into luxury empires

    12/02/2025 1:29:12 AM PST · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 2, 2025 | JAMES REINL
    Minnesota once prided itself on its Scandinavian-style safety net – high taxes, generous benefits and a shared belief that no child should ever go hungry. But that image lies in ruins after a billion-dollar fraud spree that siphoned taxpayer money away from the needy and poured it straight into luxury mansions, high-end cars, overseas real estate and designer lifestyles. What authorities first hoped was a one-off pandemic scam has now been exposed as something far bigger – and far uglier. Federal prosecutors say that over the past five years, scores of scammers – many operating inside Minnesota’s Somali diaspora –...
  • ICE erupts after New York releases 7,000 criminal migrants without warning - including rapists and killers - and demands state surrender thousands more still behind bars

    12/02/2025 1:25:44 AM PST · by Morgana · 5 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | December 1, 2025 | Brittany Chain
    New York has released almost 7,000 criminal illegal migrants back onto the streets since Donald Trump returned to the White House, without notifying the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office. The Department of Homeland Security on Monday revealed to the New York Post that these dangerous offenders - including rapists and killers - were granted bail, parole or simply released back into the community with no warning to the agency. Now, federal authorities are demanding New York Attorney General Letitia James - who was recently indicted by the Trump administration but had the case tossed out - guarantee that a further...
  • Massie: Almost all Congressmen who campaigned on reducing spending voted to increase it by billions

    12/02/2025 1:21:03 AM PST · by RandFan · 3 replies
    X ^ | Dec 1 | Rep .Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie Republicans campaigned on reducing spending, but after the election almost all Congressmen voted to spend hundreds of billions more in 2025 and 2026 than in 2024.
  • Stockton mass shooting: Manhunt underway after 4 killed, 11 injured at child's birthday party

    12/02/2025 1:12:49 AM PST · by Morgana · 3 replies
    KCRA 3 ^ | December 1, 2025 | Peyton Headlee
    A manhunt continues for the people believed to have been behind the Stockton-area mass shooting that killed four and injured 11 at a child's birthday party. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said the attack appears to have been targeted. The ages of the victims who were killed were 8, 9, 14 and 21. Family of the 14-year-old identified him as Amari Peterson, a teen who was simply "in the wrong place at the wrong time." The 21-year-old was identified by family and friends as Susano Archuleta. The 8-year-old who died was a third-grade student with the Stockton Unified School...
  • Minnesota state government employees say they wrote to Kamala Harris, DNC, 'warning' about Walz as VP pick

    12/02/2025 12:48:41 AM PST · by Libloather · 9 replies
    Fox News ^ | 12/01/25 | Ashley Carnahan
    A group of Minnesota state government employees said they wrote to former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) multiple times "warning them" about Gov. Tim Walz and what they described as his "incompetence, fraud scandals and retaliation." "We tried our best to keep the public informed as our tweets are public. Maybe Kamala Harris turned a blind eye to fraud like her running mate?," the Minnesota Department of Human Service Employees account — which says it represents more than 480 current staff members at the Minnesota Department of Human Services — posted on X. "Over the...
  • Democratic Socialist Janeese Lewis George launches bid for DC mayor

    12/02/2025 12:14:23 AM PST · by Libloather · 4 replies
    NY Post ^ | 12/02/25 | Victor Nava
    Washington, DC, Council member Janeese Lewis George, a Democratic Socialist, launched her campaign for mayor of the nation’s capital on Monday – and she’s reportedly seeking to emulate Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral bid. Lewis George, 37, is seeking to replace DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who announced last week that she would not seek re-election to a fourth term. “Rent’s rising in homes people can’t afford. Folks are working hard and still feeling the squeeze, while the few in power rake in profits,” Lewis George said in a video announcing her run for mayor, echoing the rhetoric that propelled...
  • Boeing: A Legacy of Corruption and Catastrophe?

    12/01/2025 11:16:59 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 8 replies
    For decades, Boeing has been a titan in the aerospace industry, celebrated for engineering marvels that pushed the boundaries of human innovation. However, beneath this polished exterior lies a troubling history of ethical lapses, corporate malfeasance, and decisions that have led to devastating consequences… The 737 MAX disaster remains one of the most glaring examples of Boeing’s willingness to put profit above safety. In 2018 and 2019, two catastrophic or crashes involving Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 resulted in the loss of 346 lives. Investigations revealed a disturbing picture of corporate negligence. Central to these tragedies...
  • Reactions mount in Canada to undercover video exposing late-term abortions

    12/01/2025 10:28:43 PM PST · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Catholic News Agency ^ | December 1, 2025 | The B.C. Catholic
    A week after The Catholic Register in Canada revealed that pro-life advocate Alissa Golob went undercover while 22 weeks pregnant to test whether late-term abortions were accessible in Canada without medical justification, the national response continues to intensify, with a new twist: a fourth hidden-camera video that Golob says she is legally barred from releasing. Golob, co-founder of RightNow, posed as an undecided pregnant woman in abortion facilities in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary in 2023. The Nov. 19 Register story detailed her conversations with clinic counselors and physicians who told her late-term abortions could be arranged at nearby hospitals,...
  • FBI takes down Ukraine supply system

    12/01/2025 10:21:54 PM PST · by ganeemead · 7 replies
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  • Leaked files show far-right influences among Project 2025 applicants

    12/01/2025 10:11:19 PM PST · by MarlonRando · 2 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 11-28-25 | Jason Wilson
    Several applicants nominated Jared Taylor as an influence on their thought. Taylor is a prominent white nationalist, and the founder of the American Renaissance website, journal, and annual conference. For decades, Taylor has denied that he is a white supremacist
  • Canada: record 16,499 deaths by euthanasia in 2024

    12/01/2025 9:06:48 PM PST · by Morgana · 17 replies
    Right to Life UK ^ | December 1, 2025 | staff
    A record 16,499 people died by euthanasia in Canada in 2024, accounting for 5.1% of all deaths in the country. According to the latest report on “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD) from Health Canada released at the end of last month, there was a 6.9% increase in state-assisted deaths in Canada in 2024. In 2024, although assisted suicide is permitted, in which the person who wishes to end their own life self-administers the lethal substance, there was not a single case of assisted suicide. Instead, every single person who died under Canada’s MAiD programme died by euthanasia. In 2023, there...
  • Court Stops Letitia James From Shutting Down Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

    12/01/2025 9:01:17 PM PST · by Morgana · 2 replies
    Life News ^ | December 1, 2025 | Alliance Defending Freedom
    he U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled Monday that two nonprofit pro-life pregnancy centers in New York and a nonprofit network of affiliated centers, all represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, are free to tell women about the life-saving potential of using progesterone for abortion pill reversal while their lawsuit continues. Last year, New York Attorney General Letitia James sued 11 faith-based, life-affirming pregnancy centers in state court in an effort to silence their speech about counteracting the effects of the abortion drug mifepristone using supplemental progesterone, a treatment commonly known as “abortion-pill reversal.” Her enforcement action...
  • Founder of Major Assisted Suicide Group Kills Himself

    12/01/2025 8:48:27 PM PST · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Life News ^ | December 1, 2025 | Steven Ertelt
    The founder of Dignitas, a controversial assisted suicide organization, ended his own life at age 92, the group announced Monday. It’s a tragic irony that underscores the dehumanizing consequences of the deadly practice. Ludwig Minelli, a former journalist and human rights lawyer, died November 29 through what Dignitas described as “voluntary assisted dying,” just days before his 93rd birthday on December 5. The Zurich-based death group, which Minelli established in 1998 to enable people to end their lives “on their own terms,” provided no further details about the circumstances of his death. Dignitas, one of Switzerland’s most prominent suicide killers,...
  • US fears cover-up in Air India crash

    12/01/2025 8:41:02 PM PST · by zipper · 19 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 28 Nov 2025 | Benedict Smith
    "US investigators believe the evidence points to Sumeet Sabharwal, the flight’s captain, deliberately crashing the plane, The Wall Street Journal reported......American investigators were banned from taking photos of the wreckage, some of which was moved before they could examine it, sources said."
  • Rand Paul told Sen. John Kennedy bringing in so many Afghans was reckless and dangerous (VIDEO)

    12/01/2025 7:42:49 PM PST · by RandFan · 19 replies
    X ^ | Dec 1 | Sen. Paul
    @SenRandPaul I opposed John Kennedy’s idea to bring in so many Afghan nationals. I told Kennedy it was reckless and dangerous. Ultimately, Kennedy and Biden won, and our country was flooded with unvetted Afghan nationals. This video has the receipts. In 2013, I put forward legislation to suspend visas from high-risk terrorism countries and to require thorough background-check waiting periods for all others, so Americans can be confident our visa system keeps terrorists out In 2015, I also introduced legislation to stop taxpayer-funded benefits for newly arrived refugees from high-risk countries.
  • 3 arrested after deputies say they were caught having sex in Winn-Dixie parking lot in the Florida Keys

    12/01/2025 7:40:57 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 41 replies
    WSVN 7 News Miami ^ | December 1, 2025 | Kathleen Ditton
    MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - Three people were arrested after authorities in the Florida Keys say they were found having sex while heavily intoxicated in a Winn-Dixie parking lot in the middle of the day. Deputies were called to the grocery store lot around 12 p.m. on Saturday, where they found all three individuals engaged in sexual acts, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. All were taken to jail.
  • Bridging the Gap: Eastern and Western Medicine in Modern Times

    12/01/2025 7:24:37 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege
    Zero Longevity ^ | Mar 2024 | Naomi Parella, MD
    Eastern medicine is a system that has been used for thousands of years to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. In general, Eastern medicine entails looking at the “whole picture” of a person’s spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical health to identify what’s causing problems and then providing treatment that removes the barriers to healing and recovery. There is a trust that by treating the cause, the body will heal itself. Eastern medicine encompasses specially trained practitioners who apply acupuncture, diet, herbal therapy, meditation, physical exercise, and massage to heal patients. Proponents of Eastern medicine cite prevention, personal ownership, and patient agency...