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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MODERN LEFTISM Almost everyone will agree that we live in a deeply troubled society. One of the most widespread manifestations of the craziness of our world is leftism, so a discussion of the psychology of leftism can serve as an introduction to the discussion of the problems of modern society in general. But what is leftism? During the first half of the 20th century leftism could have been practically identified with socialism. Today the movement is fragmented and it is not clear who can properly be called a leftist. When we speak of leftists in this article...

Iryna Zarutska was butchered to death on a train in Charlotte by a career felon with 14 prior arrests. Her death was the direct result of leadership failures and bad policy. Jimmy Kimmel never mentioned her name, much less cried on camera about it. These people are sociopaths. They don’t care about human life. Their emotions aren’t real. They aren’t even capable of experiencing real human emotion at this point. It’s all a game to them. It’s all performance. Kimmel isn’t just a bad comedian, he’s a bad person. Rotten to his core.

The Budweiser Clydesdales are back for the Super Bowl in 2026 – and they’re teaming up with a couple of other American icons: a bald eagle and legendary Southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd. On Jan. 26, the day after the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks punched their tickets to Super Bowl LX by defeating the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams, respectively, St. Louis-based Budweiser debuted its latest Super Bowl commercial on social media.

Perhaps the most successful front of the resistance against ICE in Minnesota has been inside federal courthouses in the state. As quickly as ICE agents can take illegal aliens off the streets in Minnesota, lawyers run to federal court and win their immediate release. Some 430 habeas petitions have been filed in just the past three weeks, completely overwhelming the system. From Politico, Minnesota judge summons ICE leader to court, threatens contempt sanctions. And not just any judge, The chief judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said the administration had repeatedly violated or slow-walked court orders in Minnesota. The judge...

A Republican senator will visit Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, later this week to have talks on the Arctic island's point of view, according to a Greenlandic lawmaker on Tuesday. Lisa Murkowski will visit Greenland on Friday, Aaja Chemnitz, a Greenlandic member of the Danish parliament, told Danish TV2. "The plan is that she will go to Nuuk to visit a number of influential people over the weekend to gain an understanding of the Greenlandic points of view," she noted. The meeting came ahead of the upcoming negotiations in the working group that will negotiate a future agreement between Greenland,...

In this wide-ranging conversation, host Jack Fowler sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Spalding to confront the forgotten truths of communism’s deadly legacy. From Hollywood’s willful blindness to the rise of socialism at home, Spalding explains why communism and socialism share the same DNA—and why freedom still needs defending.

Well-known American host Tucker Carlson said on his podcast that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hesitant to introduce compulsory military service and significantly strengthen the armed forces because, as Carlson stated, this could lead to the participation of a large number of Muslim citizens, which could create complications in terms of security implications. “I suppose that, if it has come to that, we simply have to adapt to a new understanding of Europe, right?” Tucker said. As a reminder, Germany will introduce a system of “selective” compulsory military service starting in January 2026, under which registration and medical examinations will...

....Like Malinda, who posted a series of videos encouraging people to inject ICE agents to paralyze and then poison them. Healthcare worker.

When Gavin Newsom launched CARE Court with great fanfare, he promised help for people with severe mental illness who go back and forth between homelessness, jail, and emergency rooms. The California Governor boasted that CARE Court would be a 'completely new paradigm' that would compassionately force people's mentally ill loved ones off the streets and into treatment via a judge's order – and estimated that up to 12,000 people could be helped. A State Assembly analysis said up to 50,000 people might be eligible. However after spending $236 million in taxpayer dollars on CARE Court since the March 2022 announcement,...

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has sent letters to the heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to testify before his committee amid growing public controversy over immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis and other communities. Paul informed the leaders of President Trump’s immigration agencies in a tersely worded letter that “Congress has an obligation to conduct oversight” of what he called the “exceptional amount of funding” the Republican Congress has allocated to secure the borders and enforce immigration laws. “Congress has an obligation to conduct...

In Tehran, the capital of Iran, security forces opened fire at protesters from the roof of a police station. In Karaj, they fired live rounds into a march, shooting one person in the head. In Isfahan, young men barricaded themselves in an alley as gunfire and explosions rang out. Scattered protests had percolated since late December, starting with a strike in Tehran’s bazaar and fueled by a plunging economy. But by early January, Iranians had revolted en masse, and the security forces began to crack down with deadly force. It was not just the protests unnerving the regime. President Trump...

PIJ knowingly fired faulty rockets in Gaza, killing 'a thousand' Palestinians, document reveals. "We are at war. And even if a thousand people are killed by friendly fire, that is the price of war," PIJ's Akram al-Ajouri reportedly said. Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza knowingly launched defective rockets throughout the course of the Israel-Hamas War, killing 'a thousand' Gazans, KAN Reshet Bet reported on Tuesday, citing a document recovered from the Gaza Strip. The Foreign Ministry later confirmed the authenticity of the document, sharing it on X/Twitter. According to the report, the document, which contains a summary of a Beirut...

Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Rasheed Walker was arrested Friday morning at LaGuardia Airport in New York after authorities say he attempted to check a bag containing a handgun and ammunition. Walker, 25, was taken into custody at the airport's Terminal C after telling a Delta Air Lines employee that his luggage contained a locked box holding a firearm, according to a criminal complaint obtained by the New York Post. Port Authority police were alerted and searched the bag, where they found a 9mm Glock pistol and 36 rounds of ammunition secured inside the locked case. Walker was charged with...

For more than a decade, the United States has been guided by a story about energy that presents wind power as one of the few responsible paths forward. The idea has been repeated so often that it eventually stopped sounding like a policy proposal and began to sound like a moral duty. Wind energy was described as the answer to climate change, the way to rebuild American manufacturing, and even a strategy to strengthen national security. Once that view became popular in national politics, questioning it was treated as a refusal to accept science rather than an effort to understand...

The protesting in Minneapolis is not a great thing for anyone, contrary to what some might think. Alex Pretti's death was just the latest incident where someone who was involved ended up being killed by federal agents, though it's the less clear-cut case of a justifiable shooting. What's clear, though, is that this is a very organized effort. The Signal chat that was used for coordination was exposed as involving none other than the LT. Governor of Minnesota, among others, and it illustrated just how coordinated it was. For most of us, this is a little concerning, but not the...

A Daytona woman who was arrested after being accused of committing fraud thought it was a laughing matter as she was seen giggling when deputies placed her in handcuffs. Jacqueline James, 21, was charged with grand theft and fraudulently obtaining property under $20,000. According to the Martin County Sheriff's Office, James was part of a bank phone scam that resulted in the victim losing nearly $1,700. James turned herself in, but deputies said she did not tell them who else was possibly involved in the scam. In body camera footage, James was seen giggling after being arrested. During their investigation,...

Daily Readings from the USCCBThe mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house. Standing outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him. A crowd seated around him told him, “Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you.” Mark 3:31–32In Jesus’ time, family bloodlines were of great importance. They determined one’s identity as part of the chosen people of Israel, the descendants of Abraham. Being part of God’s covenantal family was understood primarily in terms of physical ancestry. Bloodlines also played a crucial role in determining rights to land ownership, which was tied...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Four Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department firefighters have been reassigned to administrative duties following their arrest on misdemeanor charges after paintballs struck a police patrol car, traffic signs, and a civilian vehicle near a downtown fire station late last month. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on Dec. 29 near Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department Station 4, located at 639 W. Duval St. at West Jefferson Street in the LaVilla area. JSO charged each firefighter with criminal mischief, saying the paintball damage occurred during what investigators described as a firefighter “prank war.” Police say an...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem demanded a two-hour meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office late Monday after she was elbowed aside amid backlash over her handling of the latest deadly shooting in Minneapolis by ICE agents.Trump held the crisis talks with Noem after he revealed border czar Tom Homan was headed to take charge of Homeland Security efforts in Minneapolis after protester Alex Pretti was killed during a brutal takedown by Border Patrol agents, the New York Times reported.Noem has faced widespread criticism after she was quick to brand Pretti a “domestic terrorist” who had charged at officers...

Why are at least two people dead and multiple federal law enforcement officers injured? What broader principle are Democrats, liberals and leftists rioting over in Minneapolis? It certainly isn’t the idea that states can defy the federal government on immigration law. Obama took Arizona v. United States to the Supreme Court to prevent states from enforcing their own immigration laws. The Biden administration dispatched some of the same federal immigration law enforcement officers now being assaulted and booed to dismantle barriers and fencing put up by states like Arizona and Texas to control the mass invasion of millions of illegal...