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In the northeast corner of London’s Hyde Park, near the Marble Arch, is an area long known as Speaker’s Corner. Tradition holds that anyone is free to speak there on any subject for as much time as he pleases, “as long as the police consider their speeches lawful.” Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin would sometimes peddle their poisonous rhetoric there and yet go unmolested by the authorities, though in recent times the police seem to have drawn the “unlawful” line at anything uttered by a native Briton that offends the delicate sensibilities of Muhammadan immigrants. Before this turn to sectarian...

House Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota accused the state’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz and leftist Attorney General Keith Ellison of covering up massive fraud committed by Somali immigrants so that they could retain that community’s vote in future elections. In an interview with The Daily Wire’s “Morning Wire” on Wednesday, Emmer said that the best way to address rampant fraud in Minnesota would be to remove Walz, Ellison, and Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from office. He argued that under Walz, the state government would continue to cover up fraud, a large percentage of which is allegedly committed by...

...awakening ancient roots, recovering water resources, restoring 43 hectares, and transforming dead lands into living ecosystems recognized by the UN. In the region most affected by drought, communities in Ethiopia are regenerating entire forests without machinery, seedlings, or virtually any money, simply by awakening ancient roots hidden beneath the soil and changing the way they use the land day after day. These communities in Ethiopia take areas considered dead land, devoid of vegetation and water, and transform them into hillsides covered with trees, shrubs, and crops, where streams flow again and the soil stops cracking. In just a few years,...

The powerful House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing next week to investigate the massive fraud scandal plaguing Minnesota, Chairman James Comer announced. Comer (R-Ky.) has invited three Republican Minnesota state representatives to testify on the growing scandal in which over $1 billion was allegedly swindled from taxpayers by various fraudsters targeting the state’s generous social safety net programs. “Next week, we will hear from Minnesota state lawmakers who sounded the alarm on this fraud — and whose warnings were ignored by the Walz administration,” Comer said in a statement. “This misconduct cannot be swept aside, and Congress will not...

“At the hearing, we will examine ongoing threats to free and fair elections posed by an out-of-control Trump administration, expose the election deniers who hold high-level positions of significance in the executive branch and detail the threats to public safety posed by the hundreds of violent felons who were pardoned on the President’s first day in office,” the New York Democrat wrote. “We will also present a panel of members who wish to share their personal experiences from that horrific day,” Jeffries said, calling on members "who wish to share their personal experiences from that horrific day."

🚨 BREAKING: Nokomis Daycare, the Somali Daycare who said someone broke in and stole all their documents yesterday, actually had NOTHING STOLEN, per Minneapolis Police So the owners LIED, knowing a federal investigation was imminent. This place needs to be raided NOW!

SALEM, Ore. — The Salem City Council voted 5–4 on Dec. 8 to reappoint Kyle Hedquist to the city’s Community Police Review Board, a volunteer panel that reviews complaints about police conduct and makes recommendations to the police chief.

Nearly a year into President Donald Trump’s second administration, the signs that his controversial immigration policies will continue to show themselves in many ways are only growing more frequent. Along with near-daily headlines involving eye-popping statistics, arrests and deportations, a recent Washington Post report outlines a new plan that calls for Dallas County to soon be the home of the nation’s second-largest ICE detention facility. “The Trump administration is seeking contractors to help it overhaul the United States’ immigrant detention system in a plan that includes renovating industrial warehouses to hold more than 80,000 immigrant detainees at a time, according...

Open your wallet and remove a $20 bill. On the front, it reads: “Federal Reserve Note.” To understand the coming financial crisis, we need to trace the journey that bill took to reach your wallet. To accommodate the myriad ways in which the federal government subsidizes Americans, the Federal Reserve is about to unleash waves of new money. Things are going to get worse, not better. With inflation still too high, the Federal Reserve announced it will begin injecting another $40 billion into the money supply per month.Like all money, the bill in your wallet was created to finance something...

Daily Readings from the USCCBIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only-begotten Son, full of grace and truth. John 1:1; 14The Prologue to John’s Gospel, John 1:1-18, is one of the most profound and theologically rich passages in Scripture. It is both contemplative and mysterious, inviting us to come to know God in His essence through the depth of contemplative prayer. The opening words, “In the beginning…,” echo...

Has Trump Derangement Syndrome mutated? There certainly seems to be evidence of a new strain spreading even on the right, which we can label “Vance Derangement Syndrome.” The American Spectator recently published a passive-aggressive essay by Neal B. Freeman in which he suggests that if JD Vance were to become president, it “would be his first real job.” Apparently, serving as a Marine, a U.S. senator, and as vice president of the United States is not sufficient experience, in Freeman’s view. Although he attributes the “first real job” statement to unnamed “critics,” he clearly believes it to be an accurate...

Despite the U.S. Justice Department's claim in a new court filing that there is “overwhelming evidence” of a Virginia man’s guilt in the D.C. pipe-bomb case, his location and movements on Jan. 5, 2021, do not appear to be as clear-cut as the FBI’s cellphone evidence implies. When the FBI arrested Brian Jerome Cole Jr. Dec. 4 at his mother’s home in Woodbridge, Va., agents filed a federal court affidavit that relied heavily on pings from Cole’s cell phone. Those pings placed him in a variety of general areas on Capitol Hill the night of Jan. 5. The FBI said...

Joseph Goebbels said that if you tell a lie that's big enough often enough, people will believe it. Liberal lies are soothing. They create an alternate reality and play into popular prejudices, including hatred of the rich, oil companies and Jews. The big lies of 2025 included:

Already known details of how Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were killed have now been shuttered by the LA County Medical Examiner under a court order sought by the LAPD. The department wants to keep its findings sealed and away from the prying eyes of the “media and the public” as they try to make substantial progress before a potentially decisive court hearing next week. Halting “the public release of any investigative information, notes, reports, or photos” of the Reiners’ death, the judge approved order went into effect on December 29. The order specifically says the Medical Examiner can...

🚨 BREAKING: OVER 40 “daycare centers” in Columbus, OH opened up using the SAME defunct Somali shell company on the SAME day, and collected $14 MILLION in subsidies in 2024 alone Just CUT OFF the subsidies all together! It’s OUT OF CONTROL!

Scavino released a video, without comment, portraying President Trump preparing his team for 2026. Best to watch the entire 44 second video here.Below, I broke the video into 3 clips and typed in the movie dialogue above the clips.Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 @DanScavinoCommander in Chief: "Hold the line. Stay with me. Brothers, what we do in life echoes in enternity."Commander: "Strength and honor."Man replies, "Strength and honor."Commander: "At my signal, unleash Hell." December 30, 2025

The number of violent offences involving an adolescent attacking their parents or step-parents has increased by more than 60% in the past decade, according to figures recorded by the UK’s biggest police force. Data released by Scotland Yard reveals that there were 1,886 such offences recorded in 2015 but this increased to 3,091 in the first 10 months of 2025 alone. The offences involved a suspect aged between 10, the age of criminal responsibility in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and 17 who had been recorded as being the child or stepchild of the alleged victim. The Metropolitan police figures...

At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December, authorities said Tuesday. Traditional initiation is a rite of passage into manhood for young men that is practiced annually by various ethnic groups in Africa, including parts of South Africa. Among them are the Xhosa, Ndebele, Sotho and Venda communities. Traditionally, young men are isolated at initiation schools where they are taught cultural values and responsibilities as they become adults. The circumcision part of the initiation results every year in the deaths of some...

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and US representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday. He was 92. Campbell died of natural causes surrounded by his family, his daughter, Shanan Campbell, confirmed to The Associated Press. Campbell, a Democrat who stunned his party by joining the Republican Party, stood out in Congress as much for his unconventional dress — cowboy boots, bolo ties and ponytail — as his defense of children’s rights, organized labor and fiscal conservatism.

Shocking videos show a Lancaster, Southern California street fight in broad daylight escalating until a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed. The Christmas Day brawl devolved into a blaze of gunfire that also injured four others.