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A personal injury trial lawyer from Houston, who has historically donated to Democratic candidates, now appears to be the largest financial supporter of a newly established political action committee that is making expenditures in Texas Republican primary elections. A recent Texas Voice article highlighted Muhammad Aziz as the PAC’s largest donor, based on campaign finance filings. A review of Texas Ethics Commission and Federal Election Commission records confirms those contributions and the PAC’s spending activity. Aziz, a partner at the Houston-based law firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner, donated $300,000 to the Justice for Texas Victims PAC on...

Mass immigration was always a scam to destabilize the West, it’s why China admits almost zero refugees. Accurate. --Elon Musk✓ @elonmusk Video Transcript You know, we always used to think shrinking population is a cause for negative growth. But in my conversations with the leadership of these large developed countries that have xenophobic immigration policies, they don't allow anybody to come in, shrinking unemployment, excuse me, shrinking demographics, these countries will rapidly develop robotics and AI and technology. And if the promise, I didn't say it's going to happen, but if the promise of all that transforms productivity, which most...

A Minneapolis man who was gunned down during a struggle with federal agents has been identified by local media as Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Sources told the Star Tribune that Pretti was the man killed following an altercation on Saturday involving multiple officers. Minneapolis police identified the deceased as a white, male, 37-year-old US citizen native to the city. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Daily Mail that he was armed and had two magazines on him at the time he was detained. The agency later shared a photograph of a nine millimeter semi-automatic handgun which it said was...

A reporter from NewsNation went to Maine and discovered that the favored Somali scam in that state is federally subsidized healthcare. "In one building I visited there were ten Somali healthcare offices," the reporter said. "However, no one recalls ever seeing any patients there. The landlord says 'the only time I see anybody is when they pay the monthly rent. When I asked one of them how's business, he said there's more than one teat on the federal subsidy camel.'" This report inspired ICE to schedule an enforcement raid. Gov. Janet Mills (D) called the raid "unwelcome. I have advised...

I often hear statements such as, “Today is no different than any other time in history; look at what happened in the last century with its deadly wars and oppression.” Others point to New Testament times when immorality across the Roman Empire rivaled that of our day, as if to say there’s nothing new about our day. How do we answer such objections? Is our day truly unique in we live in the season of Jesus’ imminent appearing? The most telling difference between today and no other time in all of Church history is this: since 1948, Israel has existed...

Minneapolis saw it in 2020 with George Floyd, and low and behold, that same spirit reigns again in my home town. This time the accused are ICE agents doing their job. And well. In 2020 I wrote in an E-newsletter like this one, stating, “In the Twin Cities, 1,000 properties have been vandalized, looted, burned, or totally destroyed along with apartments above these businesses and homes. “Our media shows business owners staring in stunned disbelief as many were reeling from Coronavirus destruction, but now they face the result of rampant anarchy due to George Floyd fall-out. The media adds insult...

A recent statement was issued by the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem on Unity and Representation of the Christian Communities in the Holy Land on January 17, 2026. It was filled with the spirit of arrogance, power and a desire to control. Why do I say that? Well, they had to claim that they were the “Patriarchs and Heads of all the churches” seven times in a document that only had around twenty sentences! In the article they reiterated that they alone represent all the churches and their flocks in any and all matters pertaining to “Christian”...

A new bill proposed by Democrats in the Virginia state legislature is raising concerns regarding the removal of minimum prison sentences for various violent felony crimes. Within days of Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger being sworn in, members of her party introduced a flurry of amendments looking to end mandatory minimum sentences for various crimes within the state.

Demand for sex workers in Davos skyrocketed during this year’s World Economic Forum — including one client who allegedly shelled out a whopping $114,000 for four days with five women. The apparent work hard, party harder attitude of the global elite was apparent in the voracious appetite for escorts in the Swiss town, where global leaders, big tech CEOs and moneyed magnates sent requests for sex workers surging, according to the Swiss dating and erotic services platform Titt4Tat. Requests for erotic services soared to 79 — or a staggering 4,000% — on Jan. 19, the opening day of the World...

https://x.com/wideawake_media/status/2015012827069575550Wide Awake Media@wideawake_mediaIn 2009, George Soros told WEF 'Young Global Leader' Chrystia Freeland about the need to create a New World Order owned by China—insisting that a "managed decline" of the U.S. dollar was not only "necessary" but "actually desirable". January 24, 2026

America's problem with imported swindlers is not limited to Minnesota. Minnesota is hardly the only state whose kindness to migrants from the third world has been abused. Michiganders, too, have apparently opened their arms to foreign-born fraudsters who are more than happy to steal from their host state's most vulnerable residents. Nkechy Ezeh, a woke Nigerian who served as a professor at Aquinas College until 2023, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme that bled taxpayers for $1 million and forced an organization that funded early learning initiatives for poor kids to close. Ezeh could face up to...

Donald Trump was "wrong" to diminish the role of Nato and British troops in Afghanistan, Downing Street has said, after the US president claimed allies stayed away from the front line.

For some, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has already failed when it comes to what is traditionally a big test for New York City mayors: dealing with a major snowstorm. The new mayor is getting roasted online after issuing a warning about the massive snow event that’s coming this weekend, the New York Post reported.

Who Is Judy Shelton and Why Does She Matter? Judy Shelton's Background and Expertise Judy Shelton is an economist with decades of experience in monetary policy, particularly in advocating for sound money systems. Her academic and professional work emphasizes constraints on government spending and central bank accountability. Shelton's prominence grew during her consideration for a Federal Reserve Board nomination in 2020, where her unconventional views on gold-backed currency and Fed reform drew attention. She aligns with critiques of the Fed's expansive role in credit markets, arguing that its policies disproportionately benefit financial institutions over ordinary savers. Shelton's Alignment with Trump...

Multiple reports have come in showing what appeared to be federal officers shooting a suspect in Minneapolis, a city already at the heart of increased tensions between immigration enforcement and local protestors. According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, an altercation between an unknown person and Border Patrol agents resulted in one of the agents shooting the person. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also confirmed to Fox News that the person was armed. Melugin also provided an image of the weapon. There is a video of the incident circulating on social media. However, we have chosen not to publish...

Green Bay Packers offensive tackle Rasheed Walker was arrested on Friday morning after trying to check a bag that contained a gun and ammunition at New York's LaGuardia Airport. According to the New York Post, authorities took the 25-year-old Walker into custody after he told a Delta Airlines employee that his bag contained a locked box with a 9mm Glock pistol inside. (SNIP) Walker has been charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm. (SNIP) “It was in a locked box and he disclosed it to the people at the airport,”...

Hundreds of anti-ICE leftists, including approximately 100 clergy members, stormed the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on Friday, leading to mass arrests and major disruptions for travelers. The protest against the ICE operations in Minnesota was quite large, even though the temperature was below zero. Hundreds of anti-ICE leftists, including approximately 100 clergy members, stormed the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on Friday, leading to mass arrests and major disruptions for travelers. The protest against the ICE operations in Minnesota was quite large, even though the temperature was below zero.Law enforcement confirmed to Fox 9 that over 100 people were...

Andy Burnham has said he has sought permission to enter the selection process to run as a candidate for the Labour Party in the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election. The Greater Manchester mayor said on X: "I have today written to the Chair of Labour's National Executive Committee seeking permission to enter the selection process for a candidate for the forthcoming Gorton and Denton by-election."

President Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada into the U.S. over Canada's new partnership with China. "If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a 'Drop Off Port' for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken," he wrote on social media. "China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life," he wrote. Trump said a new tariff would kick in if Canada strikes a deal with China. "It will immediately be...

ranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been transferred to an underground bunker in Iran after senior officials in the country’s security forces assessed that concerns are growing over a possible American strike, Iran International reported Saturday. Khamenei's son, Masoud, has assumed governing authority. Meanwhile, Iran Times, a newspaper identified with the IRGC, quoted the Iranian Defense Ministry spokesperson as saying that Iran’s defensive and missile capabilities have become more effective, and are quantitatively and qualitatively superior compared to what they were during Operation Rising Lion in June 2025. At the same time, levels of preparedness and tension ahead of...