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Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be 'ripped off' by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration," the president wrote on Truth Social late Friday. Mr. Trump said the cap on interest rates should begin on Jan. 20, 2026, or the one-year anniversary of his second inauguration.

How come no one ever challenges buffoons such as Jesse Ventura?

God chose us “to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in [His beloved Son]” (Eph. 1:6). You were created to glorify God. Englishman Henry Martyn served as a missionary in India and Persia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Upon his arrival in Calcutta, he cried out “Let me burn out for God.” As he watched the people prostrating themselves before their pagan idols and heard blasphemy uttered against Christ, he wrote, “This excited more horror in me than I can well express. . . . I could not endure...

It's really starting to look like Rep. Ro Khanna's push for a California tax on wealth is going to be the biggest own goal in the state's recent history. As you may recall, this whole thing started with a plan by the SEIU to push a "one-time" 5% tax on about 180 billionaires who live in the state. Gov. Newsom came out against the plan but Rep. Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, announced he supported it. When it was pointed out to Khanna that some billionaires would leave the state to avoid the retroactive tax, he made a smug joke...

I wrote earlier, in my story about activists trying to take on the Border Patrol in Minnesota, that the Democrats need to stop the demonizing and whipping people up. We've had numerous agents attacked, and now a woman is dead because of this insanity. They should stop if they care at all about human life—and all the people who could get hurt as a result of the positions they are taking—including federal agents, activists, and illegal aliens. But instead, they apparently decided to double down on it with a post to the X account, which comments on the new cellphone...

The whistle blows in short bursts: PHWEEE! PHWEEE! PHWEEE! PHWEEE! Code: ICE is nearby. Then comes the long blast: PHWEEEEEEEEEEE! Code: ICE has taken someone. These are the codes immigrant rapid responders are using to alert their neighbors and co-workers to ICE sightings and kidnappings. Federal agents are armed with military-style weapons. Up against them, everyday people have whistles, boundless courage, and the acronym S.A.L.U.T.E. for information to gather: the size of deployments of federal agents, the actions they are taking, the specific location, the uniforms they are wearing, the time, and the equipment, or type of weapons. At trainings...

A global review examining reported cases of cancer following Covid vaccination was published earlier this month, just as the medical journal hosting it was hit by a cyberattack that has since taken the site offline.The study appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Oncotarget on January 3 and was authored by cancer researchers from Tufts University in Boston and Brown University in Rhode Island.In the review, researchers analyzed 69 previously published studies and case reports from around the world, identifying 333 instances in which cancer was newly diagnosed or rapidly worsened within a few weeks following Covid vaccination.The review covered studies from...

A California homeowner has finally removed a 550-pound bear living under his house that has been wreaking havoc for over a month. Kenneth Johnson, 63, discovered the massive male black bear had taken up residence in the crawl space of his $1.5 million Altadena home just before Thanksgiving. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) attempted to capture the beast, called Yellow 2120 by researchers, with bait and noisemakers. But their efforts were unsuccessful and Johnson even threatened to sue the department after they allegedly stopped helping with the removal. However, the homeowner finally had a stroke of luck...

To hear some U.S. officials tell it, Greenland is a treasure trove of crucial minerals ripe for the taking. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, for example, has hailed how “Greenland sits atop vast reserves of rare-earth elements,” while U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has pointed to the territory’s “incredible natural resources.” “It’s our national security. It’s critical minerals,” then-incoming U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz declared when discussing President Donald Trump’s designs on the island last year. As Greenland has yet again entered the global spotlight amid Trump’s annexation threats, so too has the island’s mining potential for rare earths, the...

First, the country was a Nazi ally; then it became a NATO stooge. The latest allegation: It’s a reckless Russia-basher that deserves a ruthless response from the Kremlin. Who said Finland was boring? Amid all the focus on Russia’s war against Ukraine, it is easy to overlook another prime target of Moscow’s imperialist ire. Russia has long used a skewed interpretation of history as a weapon to attack and delegitimize its neighbors—and, if the Kremlin’s latest rhetorical escalation is any guide, it now has Finland in its gunsights. The Finns are understandably nervous, given recent precedent: In 2021, Russian leader...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said support for terror groups has “no place in our city,” after a pro-Hamas protest in a Jewish neighborhood sparked outrage from other elected leaders. Anti-Zionist activists chanted “We support Hamas,” “Death to the IDF,” “Intifada people’s war,” and other violent and discriminatory slogans during a Thursday night protest against an Israeli real estate event held at a synagogue in the Kew Gardens Hill neighborhood in Queens.

"Affordability!" The word President Trump used to call a hoax from Democrats posted... A federal judge blocking the Trump Administration from freezing child care funds... "We are going to be doing something with Greenland the nice way or the more difficult way..."...Trump today... Four people wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggesting Israel will rely less on the US for military assistance... Syrian government forces on the attack... Minnesota authorities announcing their own investigation in the ICE agent killing of Renee Nicole Good... US Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer under investigation for an "inappropriate relationship"... Chart...

Federal shootings, Minneapolis protests, Portland Border Patrol shooting, ICE shooting Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good — nationwide outrage is growing after two separate DHS-related use-of-force incidents unfolded back-to-back in just 24 hours. FReepers they are acting like retards.

Rioters across the country are alternating with federal agents in an attempt to send some sort of message to the Trump administration, and this is especially true at the local deportation HQ in minnesota... Journalistic report. Includes news footage for purposes of commentary, criticism and analysis.

Social media is crawling with self-proclaimed forensic analysts poring over footage of Wednesday’s ICE shooting in Minneapolis and insisting it shows the agent who shot Renee Nicole Good lacked justification. Some of the takes are downright embarrassing, with left-wing influencers confidently analyzing the wrong ICE agent altogether, pointing to the one at the side of the vehicle instead of the agent positioned in front of it. Some simply post the same footage we’ve all seen and merely declare the video proves the agent is a murderer. I’ve seen it all, and let me tell you, of all the analyses out...

A man is dead after a hit-and-run in West Baltimore. On January 4, an officer was on patrol in the 1200 block of West North Avenue when he was told that a man had been struck by a car. Police say they found a 48-year-old man suffering from multiple abrasions to the head and body. He was taken to a hospital where he remained in critical condition. The man, later identified as Philip Jones, died three days later. Investigation determined that the incident was not accidental and that a homicide had occurred. Ollice Weaver was heading to church across the...

The Brief: * Two men from Philadelphia are accused of traveling to Minnesota to take advantage of "easy money" through the state’s Medicaid programs. * The FOX 9 Investigators confirmed both men will plead guilty during plea hearings scheduled for next month. * Authorities allege the pair’s scheme involved $3.5 million in fraudulent Medicaid billing. Federal prosecutors charged Anthony Jefferson and Lester Brown, both from Philadelphia, with exploiting the state’s social service programs to line their own pockets. At the time they were charged in December, Joe Thompson, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, stated, "These defendants came here not to enjoy...

You’ve heard of DEI in the workforce, but DEI in the National Football League isn’t all that different of a ball game. And after looking at the stats, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock determines it’s been doing far more damage than good. In 2018, 19 quarterbacks averaged more than 250 passing yards per game. Now, in 2025, there are only five quarterbacks who average more than 250 passing yards per game. “There are five quarterbacks that average more than 250 passing yards per game: Dak Prescott, Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, Patrick Mahomes, and Drake Maye. ... What are we watching? What...

True the Ballot has been under development for quite a while. The object is to ensure that anyone who appears on the ballot in St. Joseph County, Indiana has a basic understanding of why we have government or declines to say. Yesterday our first commercial aired on local talk radio. Here is a link to that ad. There are five others that will be circulating over the coming weeks as filing season takes place. Yours truly is monitoring everyone who files for office like a hawk. They will be notifies of our self-assessments by email, phone, and mail. If they...

Tuesday morning in Middle River, a neighbor's quick thinking saved a family's life, and his Ring doorbell camera captured it all. Steven Angelini was asleep in his Bowley's Quarter's home when he heard popping from outside. When he looked at his Ring doorbell camera, he saw the home across the street up in flames. "My immediate reaction was I want to make sure that everyone's out of the house," Angelini said. In his Ring doorbell video, he could be heard screaming, "Is anybody there?" A mother and two young children were inside. "By the time I got to the middle...