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Republican Florida Rep. Byron Donalds slammed New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday, saying he has no authority to impose “international law.” Mamdani doubled down on his vow to enforce the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city, repeating the position he announced before his election. Appearing on “Kudlow,” Donalds said Mamdani will take an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and New York’s own laws when sworn in. “Mamdani, I think, came out the other day and said that New York City is going to follow international law. Who...

President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted Democrat "traitors" who urged military members to disobey certain orders, saying the lawmakers "should be arrested and put on trial." Trump's remarks came in a fiery Truth Social post, responding to a controversial video released by six Democrat members of Congress... Trump called their message "seditious behavior at the highest level" and warned that allowing their statements to stand unchallenged would undermine the stability of the nation. "It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL," Trump wrote Thursday morning. "Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL....

As noted last week, the Senate included a provision in the government reopening bill to allow Republican Senators to sue the DOJ and data providers who comply with subpoenas for senator’s telephone and email records.Nine senators who previously were targeted by Jack Smith and Arctic Frost subpoenas likely stand to make millions from lawsuits under the legislation.In the latest round of DC pretending, the House voted 426-0 to repeal that specific law and terminate the Senate payday. Is the Senate going to take up the bill, of course not. However, the House now has another useless talking point (strong in...

At many of the country’s most prestigious universities, an “A” has become a default instead of a distinction. It used to be a mark that indicated academic excellence and proficiency, yet lately it seems like almost everyone is “exceptional.” Now, Harvard’s much-remarked-upon grade-inflation report, released late last month, confirms what many have suspected for years: Grades at elite colleges have lost their meaning. According to the report, in 2005 “A’s” accounted for 24 percent of all grades given at Harvard College. In 2025, that number jumped to over 60 percent. Even the cutoff mark for summa cum laude status has...

A Democrat running for mayor in Rhode Island is indignant at the suggestion that his child molestation record should impact voters’ view of him. The scary part is that there are enough Democrats who glorify sexual perversion and the grooming of children that some voters will probably agree with him. Michael English, who hopes to be elected mayor of Providence next year, has referred to “immature decisions” that led to a “period of incarceration.” According to the Providence Journal, the history behind that vague comment is that, as a 26-year-old, English had a relationship with a 13-year-old. After being released...

democrats appear to be on a suicide mission. They are in deep disarray. Chuck Schumer is a failure and at a nadir in favorability, AOC is chomping at the bit to push him out, Jasmine Crockett continues to show why she is an idiot, and lots more. As bad as it is for them right now, they keep pushing for more disclosure of the Epstein files, which are exposing democrats as Epstein pals and beneficiaries. Back in July I wrote here that democrats could have released the files when they controlled all three branches of government but chose not to...

President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war between Ukraine and Russia would give the Russians parts of eastern Ukraine they don’t occupy, Axios reported, citing a U.S. official. As part of the deal, Ukraine will receive a security guarantee from the U.S. and Europe against future Russian aggression, the official said. While Ukraine would view the deal as a major surrender to Russia, the White House believes Ukraine would likely lose the territory anyway and the country could receive assurances Russia wouldn’t just resume the war, Axios reported. The deal would call for Russia to control the Donbas region,...

Seth Rich Attorney Ty Clevenger fired off a blistering letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel back in April, accusing the FBI of flagrantly concealing critical records about the late DNC staffer Seth Rich and the now-discredited Russia collusion narrative. Seth Rich was murdered in the summer of 2016 before the release of the Hillary Clinton emails. His death has never been explained. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange suggested it was Rich who provided the Hillary-DNC emails to his organization and NOT Russia. In February 2024, Clevenger demanded that the FBI hand over the Seth Rich documents...

Suppose you’re a controversial left-wing speaker. Who do you think would be more likely to let you voice your opinions on campus: a slightly conservative man or a democratic socialist woman? Now suppose you’re a controversial right-wing speaker. Who do you think would be more likely to let you voice your opinions on campus: a slightly liberal man or a somewhat conservative woman? It may seem obvious that, regardless of gender, someone with a similar ideology would be more tolerant of your views. But recent data gathered by FIRE suggests that’s not always the case. Amazingly, it turns out that...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist (communist) mayor-elect of New York City, is already walking back his completely insane plan to replace police with social workers in response to certain crimes. It was never a realistic idea to begin with. It was an effort on his part to appeal to the ‘defund the police’ wing of the Democrat party, of which Mamdani is himself a member. The truth is that police never really know what kind of dangerous situation they might be walking into, even on the most routine calls. The New York Post reports: Zohran Mamdani now says NYPD should...

Greg Price @greg_price11 🚨 Aftyn Behn-- the Democrat nominee for the upcoming TN07 special election-- says that she despises Nashville, the city that she's running to represent in Congress: “I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville. I hate it."

Minnesota is drowning in fraud. Billions in taxpayer dollars have been stolen during the administration of Governor Tim Walz alone. Democratic state officials, overseeing one of the most generous welfare regimes in the country, are asleep at the switch. And the media, duty-bound by progressive pieties, refuse to connect the dots. In many cases, the fraud has allegedly been perpetrated by members of Minnesota’s sizeable Somali community. Federal counterterrorism sources confirm that millions of dollars in stolen funds have been sent back to Somalia, where they ultimately landed in the hands of the terror group Al-Shabaab. As one confidential source...

FReeper input requested. I am in need of hearing aids. I have researched many online and found that one can spend up to $10,000 on a hearing aid program. My ear, nose and throat doctor has a business with hearing aids as their primary products I have listened to their spiel and I'm not convinced it for $6,000 or even $4,000 for one of their programs is a deal. I'm not in need of seeing the audiologists every 6 months and getting an adjustment, I'm capable of doing that myself. What I want: Rechargeable. Bluetooth. Reasonably stealth. Reasonably priced $400...

Christianity Today is doubling down on woke. The Christianity Today Board of Directors has unanimously elected Dr. Nicole Massie Martin as its next President and CEO. Dr. Martin has an impressive academic resume. She's the founder of SoulFire Ministries with degrees from Vanderbilt, Princeton, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where she currently works. And, of course, she's as woke as the day is long. Here's an article from the good doctor from one year ago about voting for Kamala Harris: At ages 9 and 11, my girls watched my husband and me vote for the one we believed would be the...

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Howard Zinn’s infamous “A People’s History of the United States” is the great proto-text of today’s neo-antisemitism.With the exception of Noam Chomsky, perhaps no intellectual has been more influential on today’s American neo-communists and radical progressives than Howard Zinn. The far-left academic, who died in 2010, literally wrote the book on the left’s revisionist history of the United States. With his A People’s History of the United States, a bestseller thanks to generations of academics forcing their students to buy it, Zinn outlined a comprehensive vision of this history—likely drawn from Stalinist propaganda—that portrays the United States as a conspiratorial...

The Wicked: For Good press tour was abruptly suspended in New York City just days before the movie’s release, with Hollywood outlets claiming Cynthia Erivo “lost her voice” and Ariana Grande refused to continue press appearances without her. But the official narrative isn’t sitting well with online observers. After all, since when does a singer temporarily losing her voice require a full-blown solidarity pact from her co-star, complete with the studio shutting down scheduled interviews? It’s a question fans, influencers, and industry watchers have been asking nonstop since the news broke. Speculation has only intensified because the Wicked press tour...

Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (FL) was indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing $5 million in FEMA funds. According to the Justice Department, Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick and her brother Edwin Cherfilus allegedly stole $5 million in FEMA funds and funneled it through different accounts to pay for the defendant’s 2021 congressional campaign. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is facing up to 53 years in prison if convicted. “Using disaster relief funds for self-enrichment is a particularly selfish, cynical crime,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “No one is above the law, least of all powerful people who rob taxpayers for personal gain. We will...

Very few movies from the silent film continue to have notoriety in this day and age, however this film is one of those rare exceptions. Released 100 years ago, this movie underwent multiple transformations, was depicted from a very popular book, contained within it frighteningly disfiguring looks and designs of the main character that were top secret (so as to maximize the “horror” effect of the story), until the official premiere of the film. This film would also be the one film that actor Lon Chaney would be ultimately remembered for, for the rest of his life and career. The...

The House version of the Thomas Massie ‘pay attention to me bill’ telling the DOJ to release the information about Jeffrey Epstein, unless it contains material related to national security of investigations, has now passed the Senate by unanimous consent and will now head to President Trump’s desk for his signature.Trump will sign it, the Epstein ‘shiny thing’ law will go into effect, and the politicians will continue arguing about it and trying to attack the White House because they put the perpetual argument component into THE BILL:[SOURCE pdf]The bill is only six pages. I suggest you read it. As...