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The federal government said it would withhold Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program (SNAP) funds for states that do not report user data. The news came from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins earlier this week, following months of requests and investigations into instances of fraud within the program. Here’s what to know about the change to the nutrition program.The Announcement Rollins made the announcement on Dec. 2 during a White House cabinet meeting, saying that states that have not complied with the federal request have only a few days to fix the issue.The USDA secretary said the...

𝕏 just terminated the EU Commission's ad account The same EU Commission that fined 𝕏 for so-called “deceptive design” quietly logged into its dormant 𝕏 ads account and exploited an ad format - posting a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video, to artificially boost its own reach It had never been abused like this before

Having completed my first full day in Singapore, I continue to be impressed, as I believe all visitors are, by what a shiny, clean, well-organized place it is. One could say that this is because it’s a wealthy country. I would go in the other direction: It’s wealthy because it’s chosen to be a clean, bright, shiny place. Yesterday, we went to the Marina Bay complex, a major tourist attraction that has two massive indoor gardens and one of the biggest malls I’ve ever seen. To get there and back, we took the underground trains that are part of the...

When news broke that the FBI had finally arrested a suspect who placed pipe bombs at RNC and DNC headquarters in January 2021, I offered this prediction: "this will turn out to be unrelated to the J6 riot or law enforcement and intelligence agencies, but will be a rando nutcase anarchist." I could have also predicted that the Protection Racket Media would attempt to make the perp into a right-wing MAGA nutcase who voted for Donald Trump. I didn't have "pretend he's a white guy" on my Bingo card, but you can't win 'em all. Otherwise, my predictions have held...

There has been another unprovoked stabbing on the Charlotte, North Carolina, commuter light rail system. We saw the tragic death of Iryna Zarutska last August in just such an event, but this latest incident is different in two ways: The victim is still alive, although in critical but stable condition, at least as of this writing, and the alleged attacker is an illegal alien, who has been deported at least once and entered the United States illegally again. When will we have had enough of this? Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy weighed in on his official X account:Apparently, the death...

For the first time, the Supreme Court will directly confront the legality of Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The politics around the case are loud and predictable. But the constitutional question at the center of it is much quieter, and far more consequential: Can any president, Republican or Democrat, unilaterally reinterpret the Fourteenth Amendment? After reviewing the Court’s recent decisions and the skepticism justices have already shown toward this executive order, it’s clear that the conservative majority may not be willing to hand the White House a power this sweeping. In fact, the justices most hostile to broad...

One of the more bizarre artifacts of the Israel-Hamas War—which Hamas started just over two years ago, when it attacked, murdered, and kidnapped more than 1,000 Israeli civilians—is the exposure of the rabid and rampant antisemitism among the Irish, especially Irish Catholics. One might expect that Catholics—whose popes have denounced antisemitism off and on since the sixth century and have clearly and repeatedly condemned it since the 1930s—would be understanding of the Jewish people’s plight and willing to listen to Pope Pius XI’s admonition that “Antisemitism is inadmissible. Spiritually, we are all Semites.” In the case of many Irish Catholics,...

On The Rosenberg Report, host Joel Rosenberg breaks down the global pressure on Israel to accept a Palestinian state. Rosenberg also unpacks newly released poll data revealing what Palestinians in Gaza and Judea and Samaria really think about a two-state and one-state solution.Will the world force, successfully force, Israel to accept a Palestinian state when most Israelis, the vast majority of Israelis don't want it? They don't trust a Palestinian state to keep Israelis safe. Certainly not after October 7th. This is a big question and pressure is mounting from multiple sides, including some you might not expect. Hi, this...

(LifeSiteNews) — After the story emerged of Charlie and Erika Kirk allegedly asking a priest friend to pray over Charlie when they learned that witches had been paid to curse him, LifeSiteNews reached out to a renowned exorcist, Father Chad Ripperger, to shed light on the role that the witches’ curses may have played in Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Witches were hired by the radical feminist media site, Jezebel, via the website Etsy to hex Kirk in late August. Jezebel then published its now-deleted story about its hiring of the witches on Monday, September 8, and Charlie Kirk was killed by...

Vladimir Putin has told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, that Russia is ready to continue “uninterrupted” shipments of oil to India, signalling a defiant stance to the US as the two leaders met in Delhi and affirmed that their ties were “resilient to external pressure”. The statement, made on Friday after the annual India-Russia summit, appeared to be directed at western countries – particularly the US – that have attempted to pressure New Delhi into scaling back its ties to Moscow. The US president, Donald Trump, in August imposed an additional 25% import tariff on India over its purchase...

A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.The Trump administration has not exactly kept its low regard for Europe secret. President Trump has long portrayed European allies as freeloaders that fail to pay enough for their own security and argued that the European Union was “formed to screw the United States.”Now, that hostility is official White House policy.The Trump administration issued a national security strategy paper this week that called for European nations to take “primary responsibility” for their own defense, indicating...

Fatima and the Simple Explanation of the Crisis in the Catholic ChurchIt is very simple: we are facing the spiritual disorientation foretold by Our Lady of Fatima because “Vatican II demolished piece by piece the scaffolding constructed by our Lord, and what remained standing [was] bulldozed during the subsequent pontificates.” By rejecting the warnings of the pre-Vatican II popes, John XXIII and the Council’s architects brought about the “suicide of altering the Faith” foretold by Pius XII.A few years before his election to the papacy, Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli (the future Pius XII) sounded a grave warning based on his understanding...

WASHINGTON – This Cyber Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is announcing the holiday deal of a lifetime for all illegal aliens still in the United States: Use the CBP Home App, and you will receive a free flight home for the holidays and a $1,000 gift. “The CBP Home App offers those in this country illegally a fantastic gift this holiday season: a free flight home, a $1,000 gift, and the potential opportunity to return to America the right, legal way,” said Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Your choice is simple: Choose self-deportation and reap the rewards, or stay...

Abortion, religion, and race were the three intractable constitutional law conundrums of the second half of the 20th century. Back in the 1960s and ’70s, the justices of the Warren and Burger Supreme Courts felt compelled to step in and resolve them, though their constitutional warrant so to do was anything but clear. As readers of this magazine are well aware, for decades American society has been roiled by what we are slowly coming to see as the Supreme Court’s unwarranted judicial audacity—if not impudence, arrogance, and illegitimacy. Since Richard Nixon’s campaign in 1968, Republicans have been seeking to...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Border Hawk editor-in-chief and InfoWars correspondent Dan Lyman joined host Breanna Morello on the American Journal to discuss Somalia’s invasion of Minnesota and related immigration issues. SummaryThe discussion is a radio segment criticizing Somali immigrants in the U.S., particularly in Minnesota, Maine, and Ohio. The hosts allege widespread fraud among some Somali communities, claim fraud proceeds are funneled to Islamic terrorists abroad, and express outrage over a judge releasing a convicted Somali fraudster despite a guilty verdict.They describe Somalis as largely unproductive, culturally incompatible with Western society, politically aggressive, and dangerous, comparing them unfavorably to Haitians but with added Islamic...

THE CRACKED POT A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master’s house, the cracked pot arrived only half full. For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots of full of water in his master’s house. Of...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis Has Bequeathed Money to Pro-Homosexual Dominican SisterPope Francis, who died in April 2025, set aside funds in his will for a humanitarian project run by Dominican sister Lucía Caram, she said in remarks reported by Spanish media. According to Sister Caram, the funds were explicitly intended to support medical care in war-affected areas of Ukraine, in particular the purchase of ambulances. The exact amount designated in the pope’s will has not been disclosed.Sister Caram said that Francis had expressed support for her work on several occasions: “I never imagined it would come in this form.”Born in...

The European Commission transferred more than 500 million euros to mass migration catalyst organizations Save the Children, Development Alternatives Incorporated, Catholic Relief Services, and Mercy Corps between 2021 and 2024, according to a response to a recent inquiry filed by AfD MEP Petr Bystron.For decades, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been darlings of the American Deep State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).In 2024, the aforementioned NGOs received $1.7 billion from the U.S. government alone. After President Donald Trump decapitated USAID, many NGOs are now struggling to survive (see here, here, here, and here).“Why does the EU finance American...

A former Cook County judge who stole large sums of money from an elderly friend who served as a Tuskegee Airman received a probationary sentence on Friday. Patricia Martin, 66, received four years of probation after pleading guilty to theft of $100,000 to $500,000, according to court records. The judge also ordered her to pay $122,763.73 in restitution and comply with standard probation conditions that include random drug testing. Martin once served as presiding judge of the Child Protection Division and retired in 2020. Prosecutors initially accused her of stealing nearly $250,000 from then-95-year-old Oscar Wilkerson, a longtime friend whose...