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A newborn baby boy described as only “hours old” was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven baby box in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 22. The baby was surrendered to a baby box at Fire Station 10, the Montgomery Advertiser reported, citing a release from Montgomery Fire/Rescue (MFR). First responders delayed the announcement of the baby’s surrender intentionally to protect the privacy and anonymity of those involved. “Fire Station 10 personnel responded immediately after the Safe Haven Baby Box alert activated,” Montgomery Fire/Rescue (MFR) said. “Inside the temperature‑controlled compartment, firefighters discovered a healthy newborn boy who appeared to be only hours...

The sprawling fraud scandal tied to taxpayer-funded childcare and welfare programs is no longer confined to Minnesota. New evidence suggests the same red flags are now flashing in Washington State, where hundreds of Somali-run childcare centers allegedly operate without even listing a physical address. The Gateway Pundit previously reported on independent journalist Nick Shirley and his explosive investigation into alleged large-scale fraud involving Somali-run daycare centers in Minnesota. Shirley shared clips from his reporting on X, including footage of a childcare facility that claimed to serve 102 children—yet appeared completely empty—before staff abruptly slammed the door in his face. Shirley...

We have quickly gone through the stages of the typical Democrat's response to the Somali fraud story: It's not happening. It's happening, but not much. It's happening, but it's a good thing. Except now, POLITICO's Josh Gerstein has thrown in a new step ... Man, why are so many people on the Left so violent? Not to mention ignorant of gun laws? Note, we realize we're being facetious here. Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws 11:48 PM · Dec 29, 2025 Is he really saying...

This single page insert appeared in the New Year's edition of a local Poughkeepsie, NY newspaper in 1809. It summarized the world news of the past year in humorous poetry, concluding with a request for a tip in exchange. The newspaper insert was handed down in the family of Henry Livingston's descendants.

Starting this week, sex in North Carolina will be defined only as male and female. It’s part of a law that’s already in effect, but this specific provision goes into effect on Thursday, with the start of the new year. The provision in House Bill 805 defines sex as only male and female and says those definitions should be based on biological sex, not gender ideology. The bill says gender identity “Shall not be treated as legally or biologically equivalent to sex.” While on the floor in July, the bill was debated heavily. Democrats originally supported the bill as it...

REUTERS—A federal judge on Tuesday blocked plans by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary protections from deportation that had been granted to hundreds of South Sudanese nationals living in the United States. U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston granted an emergency request by several South Sudanese nationals and an immigrant rights group to prevent the Temporary Protected Status they had been granted from expiring as planned after Jan. 5. Kelley issued the order after four migrants from South Sudan, along with African Communities Together, a nonprofit group, sued. The lawsuit alleged that action by the U.S. Department...

How much effort should a country expend to rescue someone who appears to hate its values? That is the question posed by the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah. Abd el-Fattah is an Egyptian pro-democracy campaigner who has been in and out of prison since 2006 for opposing the regimes of Hosni Mubarak and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and for drawing attention to torture and other abuses. In 2021, he was granted British citizenship through a somewhat tenuous connection—his mother, Laila, had been born in London while her mother was studying in the United Kingdom—which gave the British government greater standing to...

Newly resurfaced surveillance footage and investigative reporting confirm that the now-exploding Somali daycare fraud scandal in Minnesota follows a well-documented playbook that state officials were warned about as early as 2013, and repeatedly thereafter. Yet year after year, the fraud was allowed to metastasize, draining hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from programs meant to help poor children, while far-left Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and radical Rep. Ilhan Omar looked the other way. The scandal exploded into the national spotlight this week after a viral video by YouTuber Nick Shirley went mega-viral, accusing Somali-owned daycare centers of...

The Council approved the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, legislation that would allow community land trusts to purchase properties before they go for sale on the open market, 31 to 10. Ann Korchak, board president of Small Property Owners of New York... “COPA will make New York City an affordable housing wasteland and trigger the extinction of small owners,” said Korchak in a statement. “This government-engineered, socialist scheme sanctions politically-connected, nonprofit housing slumlords and predatory developers to snatch private property ...”

As previously reported, Wisconsin Cinnabon employee Crystal Wilsey was fired from Cinnabon after a clip of her using profanity and the “N-word” to Somali customers who were allegedly harassing her went viral. The Somalis allegedly instigated the altercation by harassing and threatening Crystal Wilsey before they pulled out their phone to record. In the clip, a man can be heard accusing Crystal of “sexualizing” her body before she asks, “Are you recording me?” The Somali woman taunts her: “I’m going to record you. Yes.” The clip then cuts to her saying, “I am racist, and you are a n*gger.” “Don’t...

Somali grifters have looted taxpayers for as much as $9 billion in Minnesota. If only that were the extent of it. Via LifeZette: An independent journalist in Ohio has released a video investigation alleging extensive fraud schemes involving the misuse of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits within parts of the state’s Somali community, adding to broader scrutiny of welfare programs and oversight failures. A favorite scam involves connecting restaurants to grocery stores. According to the journalist, these grocery stores are able to process EBT transactions for bulk food purchases, which are then used to supply the adjacent restaurants. Then the...

Joe Rogan Reacts to Senator Kennedy Dropping the Jeffrey Epstein Bomb #shorts

Thousands of people have signed a petition urging the U.S. government to review Nicki Minaj’s immigration status and possibly face deportation over her recent public statements. As of Monday (December 29), over 9,800 people had signed a Change.org petition, started by Tristan Hamilton, accusing the rapper of abandoning values she once... ... Minaj, who was outspokenly critical of Donald Trump during his first presidency, has been working with the administration as the president pushes unfounded claims of targeted Christian persecution in Nigeria. The rapper also recently appeared alongside Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, at the Turning...

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is calling for the deportation of Somalis connected to widespread fraud schemes in Minnesota, including the revocation of US citizenship for naturalized individuals, as federal investigations into the activity continue to expand. In a statement posted to social media, Emmer said those found to have defrauded American taxpayers should be removed from the country, regardless of immigration status. He said he would support changes to federal law if necessary to make that possible. “I have three words regarding Somalis who have committed fraud against American taxpayers: Send them home,” Emmer wrote. “If they’re here illegally,...

Scapegoat [verb]: To blame a person or thing for something bad that someone else has done. -- Cambridge University dictionary [emphasis added.] It was a breathtaking bit of brazen blame-shifting. On Monday's Morning Joe, Mara Gay, a MS NOW analyst and member of the New York Times editorial board, claimed that Somalis in Minnesota are being "scapegoated" over the massive social program fraud that has taken place on Governor and former Kamala running mate Tim Walz's watch. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Work continues apace toward the goal of gestating babies outside a woman’s body. Scientists have now implanted human embryos in “organoids” made of tissues that mimic the uterine lining. From, “Researchers are Getting Organoids Pregnant,” published in the MIT Technology Review: In three papers published this week by Cell Press, scientists are reporting what they call the most accurate efforts yet to mimic the first moments of pregnancy in the lab. They’ve taken human embryos from IVF centers and let these merge with “organoids” made of endometrial cells, which form the lining of the uterus. The reports—two from China and...

As we discover Somalians ripping us off for billions… What % of the population pays % of Federal Income Taxes? White: 59% pays 70%-75% Hispanic: 19% pays 10%-12% Black: 13% pays 6%-8% Asian: 6% pays 8%-10% Other: 3% pays 4%-6% This the “white privilege” the Left cries about?

Kickbacks to parents involved in alleged daycare and autism center fraud schemes have been a feature in the wave of scandal that has been taking place in the Somali community of Minnesota. Both allegations as well as criminal charges have highlighted the tactic being used by the alleged fraudsters. Unearthed videos from a 2018 fraud case in Minnesota show parents as well as daycare providers taking part in a daycare fraud scheme going back to 2015. In the video, a man is shown handing an envelope to parents with alleged kickback cash for their participation in the fraud at a...

New legislation would require schools to teach students about the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. According to the New York State Senate, the legislation will amend the Education Law to include instruction about the Jan. 6 insurrection as part of the state’s required courses regarding patriotism, citizenship, civic education and values, shared history of diversity, religious tolerance and human rights issues. The legislation, proposed by John C. Liu from New York’s 16th Senate District, is currently in the Senate’s Education Committee. If passed and signed into law, the amendment would take effect in July.