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Sympathy for the suffering that Somalis were enduring in their war-torn country in the 1990s led to the importation of thousands of them to the US. A huge number of them were relocated to Minnesota where they have since been able to elect Ilhan Omar to represent them in the US Congress. Others launched remarkably successful fraud schemes that have pilfered hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. Welfare dependency among the Minnesota Somalis is 40%. Remittances to Somalia have amounted to billions of dollars. The ISIS- affiliated Al-Shabaab terror group taxes these remittances to fund their army. More than 20...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that efforts to nab illegal alien sex offenders have resulted in the apprehension of 230 foreigners accused of a variety of crimes including child molestation, sexual assault, drug offenses and murder. "This operation was called Operation Criminal Return," Noem said. "But I call it Operation Dirtbag because the specific targeted individuals are sex offenders, many of whose victims were children. These individuals should have never been in our country to begin with. These individuals will be gone off of our streets and kids will be safer." Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) objected, saying "Noem...

Buoyed by his Party's success in the recent election, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) told Symone Sanders, co-host for MSNBC's The Weeknight, "we will win the mid-term elections next November. When we are a majority in both the House and Senate we will put a stop to the Republicans' frivolous investigations of past alleged misdeeds by Democrats and plunge into Democrat investigations of current crimes being committed by Trump and his minions. On January 3, 2027 we will introduce impeachment resolutions against Trump, Vance, and every member of the Cabinet. Criminal charges will be brought against all of them who do...

Less than a week after the election, Gov. Kathy Hochul appears to be slowly squashing one of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s big campaign promises: Fare-free buses in NYC. Hochul endorsed Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani shortly before he won the historic 2025 NYC mayoral election on Nov. 4. But during the SOMOS organization’s political conference in Puerto Rico over the weekend, Hochul seemed to put a pin into the balloon of Mamdani’s free bus concept, stating that it would jeopardize the funding of New York’s public transit system. “I cannot set forth a plan right now that takes money out of a system...

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo overestimated his value to NYC when during a speech to elderly voters he threatened to move to Florida if he loses the mayoral election. "I have spent my adult life in public service to New York," he said. "I feel you owe me your vote. I'm the only one who can defeat the corrupt socialist who polls show will win if I don't. If you screw me over by voting for someone else, I'll return the favor by permanently relocating to Miami." After hearing Cuomo's speech, a Jewish voter from Brooklyn turned to his...

A woman faced a clash between social expectations and personal boundaries when asked to give up her extra airplane seat for a child. Choosing comfort over pressure, she stood her ground unapologetic, firm, and ready to face the moral debate that followed. Here’s a story Martha shared with us: “Hi, Bright Side,So, this is what happened to me on a flight and I sincerely need opinions on whether I’m wrong here.I’m on the heavier side, and for longer flights, I’ve learned it’s better for everyone if I just buy an extra seat. It’s expensive, sure, but it means I can...

Federal transportation officials have confirmed that more than 7,200 foreign truck drivers have been removed from America’s highways after failing mandatory English proficiency tests — an alarming revelation that raises serious questions about how thousands of non-English-speaking drivers were ever licensed to operate massive commercial vehicles in the first place. According to data obtained by Breitbart News, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has decertified thousands of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) after discovering widespread irregularities in the testing process, particularly in states that issued CDLs to foreign nationals. These individuals failed to demonstrate a basic understanding of English —...

VIDEOThe famous Dom Luis bridge in Porto over the Douro River felt like a magical experience while we were walking on it. Built in 1886, the arched bridge has two levels. The lower level for vehicular traffic and the upper level, where we were, is for light rail and pedestrian traffic. The elements of the lighting from a perfect sunset, the music in the distance from a festival, electric train cars gliding past us, the variety of people, both locals and tourists, including the eccentric English Fox hunters, all blended to create that magical unforgettable ambiance. I hope this video...

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Gavin Newsom's California gave 62,000 CDL PERMITS to illegal aliens and migrants to drive commercial vehicles. This is an outrage. "The federal audit found California issued 62,000 CDLs drivers who entered illegally, who do not have a permanent legal status, as required by the feds." "California sanctuary laws prohibit asking applicants their immigration status...Governor Newsom said there's not a problem." Gavin Newsom is DERELICT. This is endangering millions of Americans, DAILY. VIDEO AT LINK.....................

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Could copper theft slow Los Angeles's move towards a zero-emissions future? Thieves are targeting electric vehicle charging stations for copper wire -- cutting cords and even breaking into chargers using hacksaws. It's a costly fix to repair the vandalized stations. VIDEOS AT LINK.................... Now, there are new efforts underway to prevent copper wire theft. "All our focus is, 'How do we accelerate transportation electrification?' More EVs, cars and trucks on the road, more charges in the ground by the time the world arrives for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028. How do we show the...

Grievously irked by the Trump Administration's efforts to enforce immigration laws in his state Gov. JB Pritzker (D-Ill) vows "I will prosecute each and every one of the federal officers--the ICE agents, the FBI agents, the National Guard troops, the Department of Justice attorneys, and whoever else may be in anyway involved in the current terrorist attack by federal agents against immigrants in my state. The crimes they are committing now will be punished when Trump's tyranny ends with my election as president in the 2028 election." "I have spoken with Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and other Democratic officials...

VIDEOIt's the one issue that sharply divides Portuguese society. Much more divisive than political, religious, or class differences. In fact, you could say that his issue divides Portugal into two mutually exclusive and irreconcilable groups.

Mayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order "banning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from entering any city property to enforce federal laws against illegal immigration. This includes streets and parking lots. Further, City Police are instructed to ignore any 911 calls from ICE personnel being attacked by protesters." Gov. JB Pritzker hailed this "strong response to the federal invasion of Chicago and our state. In support of Mayor Johnson I have filed a lawsuit seeking a court injunction to prevent Trump from using National Guard troops to fight crime in our state. We going to use every lever at...

LAYTON, Utah (ABC4) — A 92-year-old Idaho man was arrested in Utah after traveling across state lines with a plan to kill his nephew and his nephew’s wife. Billy J Nevills, 92, has been arrested on two counts of attempted murder. He has not been formally charged yet. According to the arrest statement, on Sept. 28, 2025, Nevills traveled from his residence in Twin Falls, ID, to Utah. He would allegedly later tell investigators that he was driving around and looking for his nephew’s house with the intention of killing him. The Layton City Police Department located Nevills in Layton...

When US Border Patrol boats were spotted in the Chicago River Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) demanded to know "who authorized this? I didn't authorize this. I wasn't consulted before this invasion was launched. The federal government is not communicating with me or our police department." Border Patrol chief Michael Banks said "we've posted information about our latest immigration enforcement activities on social media to let residents know what we're doing. We didn't make a separate effort to coordinate with the Mayor since he has declared he wants to eradicate law-enforcement in his city." Johnson called Banks' reply "disrespectful. He's only...

The radical Left’s poison has seeped so deep into American institutions that even the people entrusted with our lives at 30,000 feet are openly glorifying political assassinations. According to Milo Yiannopoulos, Andrew Schweizer, a pilot affiliated with United and SkyWest Airlines, was exposed for celebrating the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, calling him a “f***ing Nazi” and sneering that the “only good kind of Nazi is a dead Nazi.” In now-viral posts, Schweizer left no doubt about where he stood: “This is all going to be over one way or another soon and so I don’t want...

Award-winning Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan said that he was arrested in London over posts on social media criticising transgenderism. The creator of celebrated comedy programmes, including Father Ted and The IT Crowd, said on Tuesday that upon recently arriving at Heathrow Airport, he was met by five “armed police officers” who he says arrested him over “three tweets”. “In a country where paedophiles escape sentencing, where knife crime is out of control, where women are assaulted and harassed every time they gather to speak, the state had mobilised five armed officers to arrest a comedy writer for this tweet...

VIDEOFatima was much different than I had imagined it would be. Most likely it is because my impressions of it were formed by the film, "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" starring Gilbert Roland. Therefore I expected a very small village. Well, there was a small village about 2 kilometers away from the Sanctuary of Fatima which you can see in this video. We also visited that as well.Anyway, later that day we left Fatima and took the bus to Porto without giving much further thought to Fatima UNTIL a few days later when something amazing happened. In fact,...

Harjinder Singh, the illegal immigrant truck driver who made a left turn across a lane of traffic on the Florida Turnpike in order to use "an official vehicles only" cut through to traffic running in the opposite direction and caused a crash that killed a family of three, was the beneficiary of a petition signed by more than 2.5 million urging Florida officials to show leniency toward him. One of the signers cited the case of Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, an Indian immigrant truck driver who sped through a stop sign at nearly 60 mph and slammed into a bus killing...

We were walking to our train in the main Glasgow, Scotland train station a half hour ago. Halfway down the platform there were two policemen restraining a crazy man who was screaming at the police and struggling to break free from the cops. I really wanted to get a video, but didn’t want to go to jail for that.