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When Adam Spanberger and his then-girlfriend visited Costa Rica years ago, he sat bemused as she spent an evening chatting in Spanish with her host family from a previous stay. He spoke only English and had seldom ventured farther than two hours from where he grew up in Virginia. She was fluent in multiple languages and loved to travel. “It’s super hot and humid, no air conditioning. I remember sitting on the couch and just listening to her … thinking, this woman is a lot of fun and this is going to be an adventure,” Spanberger said. It was just...

Lefty California Rep. Eric Swalwell is forcefully pushing back against a lawsuit claiming he can’t run for governor because he doesn’t actually live in the Golden State, calling the accusation “nonsense” and politically motivated. In an exclusive statement to The Post, his campaign’s general consultant said Swalwell has always maintained a California residence. Security concerns tied to repeated death threats against Swalwell explain why a campaign office address was listed on legal filings, according to campaign consultant Kate Maeder. She called the practice legal and common in California politics. Right-wing filmmaker Joel Gilbert, who filed the suit, claims Swalwell actually...

Campaign aides to former Vice President Kamala Harris quizzed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on whether he was an agent for the Chinese Communist Party before selecting him as her running mate, according to a report. The intense vetting of Walz, which was reported by CNN, came about after Harris aides dug into the governor’s past, including the several trips he took to China before entering politics. Walz’s China ties stem from his years as a teacher before entering politics. He taught in China in the late 1980s shortly after the Tiananmen Square crackdown and later returned multiple times, leading student...

A highly acclaimed Nigerian professor at Aquinas College is facing two decades in prison after she admitted to swindling more than $1 million from taxpayers and poor minority children in West Michigan. Nkechy Ezeh, founder and CEO of the Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, pleaded guilty last week to wire fraud and tax evasion in a scheme that forced the nonprofit to shut down after a dozen years preparing about 8,000 preschoolers for kindergarten in Kent County, Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, WOOD reports. Ezeh worked with ELNC bookkeeper Sharon Killebrew to create nearly $500,000 in fake invoices, as well as created...

The family of a teenage Indian boy who groped a female American tourist at a New Delhi metro station is accusing the victim of “overreacting” to the incident, arguing that the teen merely got “carried away” during his first encounter with a blonde woman. The American woman was reportedly visiting India to attend a friend’s wedding. She described her encounter at the train station as the “one unfortunate and ugly incident” that marred a “fun and memorable eight days in India.” Her story was relayed through social media on Friday by Gaurav Sabnis, a professor at the Stevens Institute of...

<p>One anti-ICE agitator who yelled at children and families during a worship service Sunday in St. Paul, Minnesota has also harassed congregants at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s church in Washington, D.C.</p><p>William Kelly, who shares videos of himself clashing with law enforcement on social media under the “dawokefarmer,” was among the left-wing mob that disrupted service at Cities Church in St. Paul.</p>

SCOOP: Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell. The stunning gift is the biggest sign yet that Musk plans to spend big in the 2026 midterms.

Popular right-wing influencer Nick Sortor had an $1,000 camera stolen by a group of protesters in Minneapolis on Sunday, footage shows. In the clip posted to X by conservative journalist Cam Higby, Sortor, 27, is seen chasing one of the protesters to their vehicle as she attempts to flee with the device. Sortor is then seen being dragged several feet, as he continues to hold onto the car door while the woman ultimately gets away. Sortor, a popular provocateur known to cover politically charged protests, took to X to reshare the footage shortly thereafter, using it to complain about the...

Former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper holds a commanding double-digit lead in the latest poll of North Carolina's closely watched Senate race, which is seen as one of Democrats' best pickup opportunities in the 2026 midterm elections. The new survey data released Monday by Tipp Insights for the League of American Workers shows Cooper with 48 percent compared to 24 percent who support former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Whatley. An additional 27 percent are undecided.

An ultra-slender Ellen DeGeneres offered her two cents about the recent turmoil occurring in Minneapolis on Sunday. The roughly minute-long missive appeared to be filmed from the former talk show host's $19million UK manse. In it, DeGeneres, 67, took the time criticize United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, while praising protesters she said had 'been hurt just for protesting.' The remarks appeared to be a reference to 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an ICE agent at a protest on January 7. The incident is currently under investigation and DeGeneres earlier in the day penned...

President Donald Trump has granted clemency to James Phillip Womack, the son of Arkansas Republican Rep. Steve Womack, commuting the remainder of his federal prison sentence for drug distribution. The commutation was issued under an executive grant of clemency signed by Trump and released by the Justice Department. USA Today reported that James Womack was sentenced in federal court in May 2024 to eight years in prison and fined $1,900 for distributing more than five grams of methamphetamine.The sentence stemmed from a federal indictment filed April 26, 2023, charging James Womack with distributing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession...

The Pro-Crime Party has really held nothing back in the first week or so of the new legislative session ... While all eyes have been on Minneapolis, the newly empowered Virginia Democrats wasted no time organizing an absolute orgy of legislative stupidity. Why this should matter to you is that it’s a blueprint for national rule should any of this spill over. Let’s start with law enforcement, or lack thereof in vapid left-wing dreamland. Spanberger immediately rescinded Youngkin’s executive order requiring law enforcement to aid federal officials in deportations. On top of that, statehouse Dems introduced a litany of bills...

Pope Leo XIV invokes Leo XIII as early champion of ecumenismWhile Leo XIII’s push for Christian unity calls on adherence to Catholic doctrine and papal primacy, Leo XIV emphasizes an approach of ‘legitimate diversity’ rooted in the Nicene Creed.Pope Leo XIV marked the start of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by invoking the legacy of Pope Leo XIII, whom he presented as an ecumenical forerunner.On January 18, at the conclusion of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV announced the opening of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, encouraged Catholics to...

Fired CNN anchor Don Lemon may face a federal investigation for joining a mob of protesters who swarmed a Sunday church service in Minnesota. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon warned Lemon on Monday that his antics could land him in hot water, and said the independent journalist is 'on notice.' Lemon sparked outrage over the weekend as he joined an anti-Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protest targeting a service in St Paul. He was seen in footage berating a pastor and telling him it was his 'First Amendment right' to storm the church. Dhillon took to X...

I just learned this today. Not to be outdone - Minneapolis has Bosaso, Somalia as one of their sister cities.

A group of men enjoying lunch at a Minneapolis deli were bullied by a surging mob who mistook them for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, video shows. Five software engineers had been dining at Clancy's Deli when anti-ICE protesters gathered outside the restaurant's front windows and shouted obscenities at them. 'Get out of our f***ing neighborhood,' one protester was heard yelling in a clip obtained by Alpha News. Another shouted: 'If you're not with us, you're against us.' One demonstrator even went as far as calling them pedophiles and another screamed 'I hope you die,' the news outlet reported. A...

This guy needs to be sent to prison.(NSFW Language)

The car that dragged Nick Sortor and fled with his camera is registered to an Autism Center in Spring Lake Park, Minnesota. You can’t make this up. In case you missed it… here’s the short documentary we produced exposing the real-world consequences of Tim Walz’s failure to address fraud. Which specifically outlines how legitimate Autism Centers will go under because of fraudsters.

The Canadian government is considering sending a small number of troops to participate in training exercises in Greenland, following the lead of multiple European countries, a senior federal government source tells CTV News. This, as U.S. President Donald’s Trump continues to insist he “needs” the Danish autonomous territory for national security purposes, and ramps up demands to take control of the island. A final decision about whether to send any Canadian troops has not been made, according to the source. The contingent is likely to be very small, and a symbolic show of support. A bloc of European nations has...

ST. PAUL, MN — According to sources, membership at a local pentecostal church failed to notice when protestors stormed the building and began screaming at everyone because it wasn't at all dissimilar from a typical pentecostal service. Church membership at Golgotha Holy Fire Victory Pentecostal was reportedly overjoyed at the influx of visitors who joined them to speak in strange tongues, shove each other, and roll all over the floor. Church leadership called it the most successful service they'd ever had. "Those people had the Spirit on them, no doubt," said longtime member Steve Winthrop. "What a blessing!" Disgraced former...