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President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies are not the only reason for the decline, but they are a big contributing factor. Enforcing immigration law and allowing more homes to be built are doing more for renters than slogans and rent control ever did. I

Donald Trump has posted a video on Truth Social depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. The clip, which he shared late last night, focuses on his accusations of fraud during the 2020 election. An AI video shows the faces of the former president and first lady imposed on the bodies of apes, followed by The Tokens' song The Lion Sleeps Tonight. The clip belongs to a pro-Trump account on X but was reposted by the President on his Truth Social platform. Trump's latest swipe at the Obama family sparked widespread condemnation across the political divide. 'Disgusting behavior by the...

The U.S. has arrested Zubayr Al-Bakoush, alleged to be one of the leaders of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the arrest on Friday. Bondi said that Al-Bakoush was charged with charges of murder, terror and arson, all related to the 2012 attack. "Zubayr Al-Bakoush will now face American justice on American soil. We will prosecute this alleged terrorist to the fullest extent of the law," Bondi said on Friday. "Let this case serve as a reminder: If you commit a crime against...

In the aftermath of heavy federal immigration enforcement nationwide, Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order Thursday to protect against unconstitutional and violent federal enforcement. The order asserts that local police are obligated to protect residents, and says the city refuses to assist federal commandeering of local resources. “We will not allow the birthplace of American democracy to be knocked off our path by those who have turned their backs on our founding principles,” Mayor Wu said during a press conference on Thursday at City Hall. “An Executive Order To Protect Bostonians From Unconstitutional and Violent Federal Operations” also bans...

Observers from the New York Attorney General's office will monitor and document federal immigration enforcement actions across the state, Letitia James announced Tuesday. The legal observers, drawn from volunteers in the attorney general's office, will not interfere with enforcement actions, and wear easily identifiable vests as they document Immigration Customs and Enforcement activity, she said. "We have seen in Minnesota how quickly and tragically federal operations can escalate in the absence of transparency and accountability," James said in a statement. "My office is launching the Legal Observation Project to examine federal enforcement activity in New York and whether it remains...

Iran and ICE Proverbs 21:21 (King James Version) He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Where is Haaavad, Yale, Columbia, and Stanford on the massacres in Iran? After years of supporting Hamas in Gaza against the Jews as they claimed 60,000 babies murdered by Israel with zero documentation, they know Iran is murdering young Iranians in the streets and not a single sign. Guess they are proving beyond a shadow of a doubt how much they cared about those children in Gaza, it was simply Virtue Grandstanding for the cameras. Some of the biggest fools...

Daily Readings from the USCCBMemorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, MartyrsKing Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; That is why mighty powers are at work in him.” Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.” But when Herod learned of it, he said, “It is John whom I beheaded. He has been raised up.” Mark 6:14–16When a person sins seriously and refuses to repent, the damaging effects of that sin deepen over time,...

FReepers have a finely-honed enthusiasm for reporting on, and then bludgeoning, the never-ending series of our political leaders’ failures and frauds. It’s why dear Jim created this site, and it’s what we do. But perhaps our relentless jaundiced-eye could benefit from a dose of prophetic context.Those present during the coming millennium will behold an altogether new kind of leader, one who never succumbs, not even once, to the pressures and temptations to which our current politicians so readily surrender. For a thousand years, the King of Kings will be the ideal leader. I think it’s worth taking a moment to...

California attorney general has lashed out at what he says are are “baseless claims” from the Trump administration about widespread fraud in the state. California has been a frequent target of the Trump administration’s fight against fraud. In recent weeks Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz has made claims about hospice care facilities allegedly draining billions in taxpayer dollars. “Trump claims California is wasting money when in reality our programs are helping lower income individuals and lower income families get healthcare, food and housing assistance,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Thursday. “Trump claims, wrongly, California...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit, allowing its international work to continue in a new form. This reincarnation of USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures as the nonprofit DIV Fund is thanks to $48 million raised from two private donors. It is a rare instance of continuation after the Trump administration froze all foreign funding last year and unleashed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to tear down the agency that delivered U.S. foreign aid for 60 years. Out of that destruction,...

On Sunday night at the Grammy Awards, Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny declared, “ICE Out,” while accepting the Album of the Year award for Debí Tirar Más Fotos. This reportedly marked the first time a Spanish-language album had won Album of the Year, which should come as no surprise, as Hollywood and the left try to force Americans to accept the replacement of our American demographics and culture. Then Bad Bunny delivered his entire acceptance speech in Spanish. This coming Sunday, Bad Bunny will perform the halftime show at Super Bowl LX. Commissioner Roger Goodell and his team picked this...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In some ways, 10-year-old Giancarlo is one of the lucky ones. He still goes to school. Each morning, he and his family bundle up and leave their Minneapolis apartment to wait for his bus. His little brother hefts on his backpack, even though he stopped going to day care weeks ago because his mom is too afraid to take him. As they wait behind a wrought-iron fence, Giancarlo’s mother pulls the boys into the shadow of a tree to pray. It’s the only time she stops scanning the street for immigration agents. “God, please protect my son...

A Catholic couple who alleges that Massachusetts officials banned them from welcoming foster children into their home due to their religious beliefs is still fighting for their rights in court, even after state foster care licensing rules were altered amid federal pressure. Michael and Catherine Burke say that state officials denied them the chance to foster children despite completing the training and interviews required for the application process. According to the couple’s lawsuit — which they filed in 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts — they were denied the right to foster a child because...

Roy E. Harrel, Jr. (Paul's brother): "Welcome into the studio. No, you haven't been clickbaited. A video with Paul is coming up shortly. But before we get there, we got a couple disclaimers and yeah-buts and all those things that Paul used to say. And the first one is that this video was filmed on a closed set under close supervision of safety personnel. Do not try anything that you're going to see in this video at home or on your own personal range." "With that little bit out of the way, this is a video that Paul made in...

I've been experimenting with a new approach to supervising language models that we’re calling "agent teams." With agent teams, multiple Claude instances work in parallel on a shared codebase without active human intervention. This approach dramatically expands the scope of what's achievable with LLM agents. To stress test it, I tasked 16 agents with writing a Rust-based C compiler, from scratch, capable of compiling the Linux kernel. Over nearly 2,000 Claude Code sessions and $20,000 in API costs, the agent team produced a 100,000-line compiler that can build Linux 6.9 on x86, ARM, and RISC-V. The compiler is an interesting...

My last two posts have been about the new Federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, just out (December 31) from the Federal Justice Center. The Chair of that Center is U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts. The latest version of the Manual is the Fourth Edition. The prior version in 2011 was the Third Edition; and there were also two prior Editions from 2000 and 1994. In those previous two posts, I principally criticized a newly-added chapter in the Fourth Edition titled “Reference Guide on Climate Science.” Today, I want to take a look at another chapter titled “How Science Works.”...

Eric Dickerson is NOT backing down from his Bad Bunny stance -- and now he’s dragging the NFL into the fire! The Hall of Fame running back tells TMZ Sports he's doubling down on the opposition to the global superstar's headlining of Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show. Of course, Dickerson has been very outspoken about the choice … saying he'd rather anyone else play, insisting Benito should "keep his ass where he's at" in Puerto Rico.

The krona lost more than 20 percent of its value against the euro over the last decade, before recovering somewhat in recent months. Giving up its own currency would go against decades of Swedish thinking vis-a-vis Europe, which has held that national control of the krona is a vital policy tool for managing the economy. Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson on Tuesday told the country's parliament that her Moderate Party would set up an expert panel to weigh the pros and cons of joining the euro — if the party remains in power after September’s parliamentary election. “Policymakers may worry that...

here is “no coherent principle” to the left’s ongoing “utterly hypocritical” “insurrectionary movement” in Minnesota, argues Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson in his first post-surgery video appearance. Nearly five years ago, these same people lambasted Ashli Babbitt, an unarmed 14-year Air Force veteran who was shot and killed by the U.S. Capitol Police on Jan. 6, 2021. The left cheered as hundreds of demonstrators were arrested for allegedly assaulting officers and carrying firearms.

For the first time in recorded human history, scientists have discovered a generation they claim is actually less intelligent than the one that came before it. Neuroscientist Dr Jared Cooney Horvath, who previously worked as an educator, argues that people in Gen Z have become cognitively stunted as a result of their over-reliance on new technology, like smartphones. With records being kept on academic achievement for the past 200 years, this sudden decline from Millennials to Gen Zers was attributed to this rapid digital development, with Dr Horvath explaining before a Senate committee last month that this drop happened despite...