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In this video I discuss the election of an alleged Somali criminal & fraudster Iman Osman to the Lewiston City Council despite some pretty obvious red flags This Somali cheerfully stole money supposed to be for the victims of the mass shooting in Maine,

Recent (and not-so-recent) revelations about the massive fraudulent scams that have cost Minnesota at least $9 billion have exploded across the country and have certainly put the buffoonish Gov. Tim Walz and harebrained Minneapolis mayor and pretend-Somali, Jacob Frey, on the defensive. # Both Walz and Frey have obviously been complicit in these multi-billion-dollar schemes to defraud American taxpayers and have most likely benefited financially. # Now we know for sure, as if what we learned from DOGE was not shocking enough, that the American taxpayer has been robbed blind for decades for “causes” that have been fabricated. This has...

According to a global survey of 130 countries conducted in 2019 (Kramer 2019), the US had the highest rate of children living in single-parent households of any nation in the world, at about 23%, or more than three times the worldwide level of 7% (Figure 1).The prevalence of these cases was markedly lower in neighboring Canada and Mexico (15% and 7%, respectively), and much lower in developing countries, all below 5%.For decades, the share of U.S. children living with a single parent has been rising, accompanied by a decline in marriage rates and a rise in births outside marriage (Livingston...

Portland Police Chief Bob Day wiped away tears Friday as he addressed new information showing that two illegal immigrants shot during a federal immigration enforcement encounter had ties to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). Day confirmed a Department of Homeland Security statement identifying the two individuals — Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras — as Venezuelan criminal illegal aliens with suspected ties to TdA. Both were shot by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent after Moncada, the driver of the vehicle, allegedly "weaponized his vehicle" and attempted to run over agents, prompting an agent...

A woman was placed in handcuffs by police and fined £100 for feeding pigeons in London. Video footage captured by a passerby showed the woman being detained by a group of officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow on Wednesday. A notice later handed to the woman showed she had been stopped for breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order which covers town and district centres in Harrow. The woman, who was visibly upset at times, was surrounded by at least six police officers and two council enforcement officers. The incident unfolded at around 3pm on Wednesday on the High Street...

Is marriage financially penalized in the US for low-income couples, esp. on welfare, or not [mainly asked in analyzing reasons for long term "cohabitation" (fornication) esp. among low-income parents] Marriage is often penalized for low-income couples in the US, especially those receiving welfare or means-tested benefits.Welfare and Tax PenaltiesMeans-tested benefits: Welfare programs like SNAP (food stamps), Medicaid, housing assistance, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) calculate eligibility and award levels based on household income. When two low-income adults marry and combine incomes, their joint income frequently exceeds program thresholds, causing sharp reductions or complete loss of benefits.1234SSI marriage penalty: Married disabled...

Allegan County — This is a story so bizarre and so grotesque that Netflix would never make it into a movie because it is so unbelievable. It is a story of neglect and abuse of a nursing home resident that reaches to the highest levels of power, politics, and the press. Traci Kornak, the former treasurer of the Michigan Democratic Party, was hauled into probate court this week, suspected of embezzling from her ward, a brain-damaged elderly woman. I caught Kornak feasting on the woman’s finances nearly four years ago and have written many stories about it since. I’ve made...

Michael Fanone, the Democrats' insufferable foul-mouthed J6 mascot, says citizens need to start shooting ICE agents. "It’s time for the American people to organize and to utilize their Second Amendment right to protect themselves from what is clearly becoming unaccountable and lawless agency that’s killing Americans.” Fanone is trying to incite the murder of federal law enforcement for doing their jobs. Arrest this man.

Mortgage rates plunged to their lowest level in nearly three years on Friday after President Donald Trump said he had ordered a massive government intervention aimed at pushing borrowing costs down. In a surprise post on Truth Social, Trump said he was directing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion worth of mortgage bonds — a move that immediately rippled through financial markets... New figures out this afternoon show the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage dropped 22 basis points to 5.99 percent, according to Mortgage News Daily, matching the lowest level since February 2023...

U.S. — Political commentator Tucker Carlson expressed confusion after learning that the Iranian people were protesting their own government, saying he was absolutely dumbfounded as to why they would rebel against the greatest government on the planet. "Iran is among the greatest governments in the world, only Qatar really comes close — and it's much smaller, obviously," Carlson said. "I'm just completely dumbfounded. The Iranian people are literally voting against their own interests — except that they can't vote, actually — which is a good thing by the way." Iran's current wave of protests began at the end of December...

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A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing a fatal crash in October that killed a bicyclist and a hit-and-run earlier this month that killed two people, police said Friday. Long Beach police say Ahkeyajahnique Owens, 24, allegedly killed bicyclist Raul Augustin Gallopa, 35, of Long Beach, in an Oct. 6, 2025 crash as well as Gilberto Lopez, 21, of Midway City, and Bobbi Smith, 24, of Buena Park, in a Jan. 4 hit-and-run. In the Oct. 6, 2025 crash, Gallopa was riding eastbound on Fourth Street around 7:53 p.m. when he attempted to make a northbound turn...

Iranian security personnel have killed at least 50 protesters in a sign of the regime's defiance of US President Donald Trump's warning of intervention if bloodshed continued. The death toll is expected to increase as local hospitals report being overrun with casualties, including many with gunshot wounds, while some families are too terrified to get medical help for fear of being arrested. Iranian rights group HRANA reported 65 deaths including 50 protesters and 15 security personnel as of January 9, while the Norway-based human ⁠rights group Hengaw said more than 2,500 people have been arrested in the last two weeks....

In an address to the Knesset on Monday, Likud lawmaker Dan Illouz decried what he said was a “new enemy” rising within American politics: Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens. “We are used to enemies from outside. We fight terror tunnels of Hamas. We fight the ballistic missiles of Iran. But today I look at the West, our greatest ally, and I see a new enemy rising from within,” said Illouz, who is originally from Canada originally, in an English address. “I am speaking of a poison being sold to the American people as patriotism. I’m speaking of the intellectual vandalism...

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CHRISTMAS BIBLE-ART EPISODE #28 of 33 THE HOLY FAMILY FLEES TO EGYPT H O S E A CHAPTER 11 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON. But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me.” M A T T H E W CHAPTER 2 When [the Magi] had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for...

Watch Baby Trump visit Minnesota as he reacts to the Somalian daycare controversy thanks to Nick Shirley, with Ilhan Omar and Tim Walz joining the madness — and things get interesting fast! 😂🔥 Baby News Network is the go-to place for baby-faced Trump clips and viral moments you can’t unsee. Politics has never looked this adorable... or this ridiculous.. If you love laughing more than crying, this is the show for you!

In 2018 New York’s voters suddenly elected a far more left-wing legislature than we had previously had, particularly the State Senate (the Assembly having already been deep in the progressive camp). Taking office in 2019, the new legislators quickly got to work seeing how much destruction they could wreak in a short period of time. One product of their efforts was what we call the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), enacted in July 2019. The point of the CLCPA was to have New York State rescue the climate and save the planet, which supposedly was going to be...

House Democrats on Friday launched a probe into possible conflicts of interest following the U.S. military incursion into Venezuela last weekend, seeking to learn whether Trump administration officials or oil companies have or will benefit from the situation. Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, led by ranking member Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on Friday sent letters to the chief executives of four major oil companies — Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Continental Resources — ahead of a meeting with oil executives at the White House that afternoon. Democrats requested the businesspeople provide information to help lawmakers determine “who stands to privately...

Anyone know of any fishing charters near Naples/Marco Island, preferably half day where you can keep the fish you catch? We will be driving down south for Mardi Gras next month and will end up in Naples FL. around 2/19-2/22 Would like to go on a fishing charter mostly for DH's entertainment. Possibly something that doesn't break the bank ($500 or less for half day)