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Republicans are now on the investigative prowl and sounding increasingly confident that they can find and prove there was an intentional strategy by Democrats to hijack elections and manipulate apportionment in blue states like Minnesota. (snip) The Republican's argument goes like this: Democrats (snip) ensured that noncitizens, including illegal immigrants, were counted in the census, then President Biden opened the Southern border (snip.) Next, liberal nonprofits helped move these migrants (snip) [to] Democrat-run cities (snip) and helped them enroll in welfare (snip.) And finally, Democrat leaders (snip) failed to act (snip) when evidence emerged that noncitizens were defrauding (snip) those safety net programs (snip.)
A 300-Year-Old Flame Still Burns: The
World’s Oldest Restaurant Is Full of
History and Mystery replies
World’s Oldest Restaurant Is Full of
History and Mystery replies
the heart of a brick building on the street of Cuchilleros, the “knifemakers,” in Madrid, a fire burns. It has burned there continuously for 300 years. When Napoleon invaded Spain in 1808, the fire had already been lit for 83 years. When the Spanish Civil War rocked the streets of Madrid in the 1930s, damaging one of the balconies of the old brick building, the flame smoldered on. Even when all the world was quarantined during COVID-19, the fire in this building continued, quietly, to glow.
The fire in question is the oven flame of the world’s oldest restaurant according to the Guinness World Records—Sobrino de Botín—and it forms the establishment’s
A woman shared her story after she and her friend saved a man who jumped into a car with them to escape from a crowd of counter-protesters in Minneapolis.
The man, identified as far-right influencer Jake Lang, who was pardoned by President Trump after allegedly assaulting officers at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, appeared injured as he ran from counter-protesters. (snip) "Honestly, I've kinda gotten a lot of support overall," Daye said. "I feel like, you know, obviously this is a bad man, like not someone that we agree with and not someone we want in our state.."
ADAMUZ, Spain - Experts probing the cause of Sunday's derailment of a high-speed train in Spain, which killed at least 39 people, found a broken joint on the rails, according to a source briefed on initial investigations into the disaster. The derailed carriages smashed into an oncoming train, pushing it off the tracks and down an embankment in one of the worst train disasters in Europe in modern times. . The accident happened near Adamuz in the southern province of Cordoba, about 360 km (220 miles) south of the capital Madrid.
The antics of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have been much in the news of late, but the corporate media has studiously ignored the legal and historical context of his refusal to comply with federal immigration law. Minnesota is just one of 16 Democrat-controlled states that have enacted measures that violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2), which provides that federal law takes precedence over conflicting laws passed by states. These Democrats are reenacting the nullification crisis that historians regard as a precursor to the Civil War.
Anti-ICE leftists stormed a St. Paul church Sunday morning and shut down the worship service after learning that one of the church's pastors allegedly works as an ICE agent. "This is unacceptable, it's shameful," the lead pastor of Cities Church, Jonathan Parnell, said to Don Lemon (snip.) One of the Church's pastors (snip) allegedly works as an ICE agent in St. Paul. Nekima Levy Armstrong, an activist, said they were there to let the church know "this will not stand." Armstrong was the one who initiated the disruption inside the church, yelling as the lead pastor finished a prayer.
Khamenei's gamble: Iran admits to the
slaughter and counts on the world to look
away - editorial replies
slaughter and counts on the world to look
away - editorial replies
Iran’s supreme leader has now openly acknowledged what the Islamic Republic has spent weeks trying to obscure from the world.
In remarks carried by Iranian state media on Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei admitted that “several thousand deaths” had occurred during Iran’s latest wave of nationwide protests, while blaming the United States and Israel for the bloodshed. Protesters, he declared, were “criminals,” “mercenaries,” and mohareb (enemies of God) – a charge that carries the death penalty under Iranian law.
For over four decades, the Islamic Republic has relied on a familiar formula for survival. It begins with repression at home, then blames foreign intervention, and waits for the world to hesitate.
BLACKWELL, Okla.—When Oklahoma legalized medical marijuana on June 26, 2018, many people were hopeful that it would stimulate the economy while helping eligible patients.
They expected the 7 percent excise tax and state and local property taxes on sales to bring in more money for schools and infrastructure, create new jobs, and help the economy thrive.
Few people expected organized crime to rise to the levels it has, according to Mark Woodward, public information officer for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.
Democrats are bullish about retaking the House of Representatives and making Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) the next Speaker after the midterm elections. Part of that optimism is the cushion of five seats created through further gerrymandering of California’s U.S. House districts.
According to one respected Ninth Circuit judge, however, California may have a slight problem: Its new congressional map may be based on racial discrimination.
No politician is more of an enigma than Somali-born Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
For years she has been rumored to have married her brother – allegations she has called 'absurd and offensive'. Her family fortunes, steered by her white, American husband, have curiously skyrocketed to $30million.
And more recently, her Minneapolis community has been mired in shocking fraud allegations.But even more disconcerting is the question about her citizenship.
Is Ilhan Omar really an American?
Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. (Snip) The cultists in the Church of Climate Change Alarmists sure are resilient for people who are convinced that we're all so fragile that the weather is soon going to kill us. Maybe I'm simplifying their message; it's difficult to pay close attention to those who are permanently in the throes of hysteria.
One of the greatest upsides to writing about politics is that I can vent my frustrations with the lunatic left and enjoy myself while doing so. The climate cultists are particularly enjoyable to mock because the aforementioned hysteria makes the poor dears so easy to trigger. One mention of "Floaty
Six years after it was founded, a rightwing party is poised to rise to power in today’s presidential election in Portugal.
No less than 11 candidates are involved in the election, making it likely that the two top candidates will have to compete in a runoff ballot next month in the likely event that no one gets over 50% of the vote.
“Almost 11 million people are eligible to vote in the election, with most results expected late in the day. The winner will replace President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who has served the limit of two five-year terms.Among the front-runners, according to recent opinion polls, are André Ventura,
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent never disappoints when he makes a Sunday show appearance. That held true Sunday morning as he joined Kristen Welker on NBC News' Meet the Press. Whether the topic was Greenland or the Fed, Bessent was well prepared to address the questions Welker raised.
Right out of the gate, Welker zeroed in on Greenland, noting that both Denmark and Greenland insist it's not for sale, and asking: "What makes President Trump think it is?" Bessent emphasized its strategic value.Welker followed up by asking Bessent whether Trump is serious about annexing Greenland, or instead, using the discussion as a negotiating tactic.
What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have to say about his country’s contentious racial landscape on this, his 97th birthday?
America is a far different place from the nation that saw King felled by an assassin’s bullet in 1968 at the young age of 39; different even from the country that made this a federal holiday in 1983.
Black Americans still face real inequities. Look at the huge numbers of crime victims, disproportionately black, generated by terrible progressive policies on public safety.
Or the decay of America’s public schools, once an engine of black social mobility:
Trump tells Norway PM he no longer has
obligation to ‘think purely of peace’
after Nobel snub replies
obligation to ‘think purely of peace’
after Nobel snub replies
US President Donald Trump tells Norway’s prime minister he no longer needed to think “purely of peace” after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published today.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” Trump says in a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
The authenticity of the message is confirmed to AFP by a source close to the matter, and by Store to Norwegian newspaper VG.
Even in the heyday of the liberal democratic order, the conceit of the World Economic Forum induced skepticism: Once a year, the wealthiest, most powerful people on earth gather in a village in the Swiss Alps to devise solutions to the most critical problems in modern life. The slogan of the forum, “Committed to Improving the State of the World,” has long encapsulated the reason for doubt. People with the greatest stake in the status quo — billionaire executives who run the largest banks and technology companies — are cast as change agents, uniting with world leaders to pursue the betterment of humanity.
But this year, Davos seems especially challenged
A high-speed train derailed and hurtled into another train in Spain on Sunday evening, killing at least 39 people and leaving dozens more injured in one of the country’s worst rail disasters in more than a decade.
The train, operated by rail company Iryo, was traveling from Malaga to Madrid with 371 people onboard when its rear three carriages derailed and crashed into the front two carriages of another high-speed train traveling in the opposite direction, officials said.
The collision, near Adamuz in the southern region of Andalusia, caused both trains to overturn at speed, news agency EFE reported, with the front carriages of the second train sent plunging down an embankment.
Hotels are closing in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region because of safety concerns as tensions escalate between federal immigration authorities and anti-ICE protesters. The Double Tree in downtown St. Paul informed some guests with a notice slipped under the door of their rooms saying their reservation would be canceled as of noon Sunday. Staff would help guests find alternate accommodations, it said. “Please know that your safety and well-being will always be our top priority,” said the written communication, a copy of which was obtained by NewsNation. “We are taking this step out of care for you, our team members, and
U Visas: Another Path to Citizenship Illegal
Migrants Have Mired in Fraud and Abuse,
Report Says replies
Migrants Have Mired in Fraud and Abuse,
Report Says replies
A report claims that the U Visa program has become just another path to citizenship that illegal migrants have mired in fraud and abuse.
The program, launched by Congress in the year 2000, was meant as an aid to law enforcement and was thought of as a unique way to solve crimes in the migrant community that would otherwise go unsolved, mostly due to a lack of cooperation among witnesses and victims in that community.
The program allowed illegals — both victims and witnesses — to work with police to solve crimes by coming forward with tips and information on serious crimes. After working with police, the program allowed illegals to gain
Former Vice President Kamala Harris was met with mockery after she accepted the key to the city of Jackson, Mississippi, where the mayor also declared last Wednesday “Kamala Harris Day,” in honor of her many “accomplishments.”
The former Democratic presidential candidate, who is rumored to be mulling a second try at the Oval Office, was in the Magnolia State as part of a mammoth book tour promoting her memoir, “107 Days,” when she was honored by Jackson’s Mayor John Horhn (D). “Kamala, you don’t know what you mean to Jackson, Mississippi. You don’t know what you mean to Mississippi. You don’t know what you mean to America,” Horhn gushed,
In the days since Renee Good tried to run over an ICE agent in Minneapolis and was shot and killed by an ICE officer, the liberal media has found yet another offensive word to whinge over.
“The far-right has coined a new derogatory term for white women, which has gained traction following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in Minneapolis earlier this month,” reports The Independent. The objectionable term is the acronym AWFUL, which stands for Affluent White Female Urban Liberal. Another variant is AWFL. The New York Times was the first paper to report on this new “offensive” term.
“Beyond labels and name-calling,
Anti-ICE protest disrupted a Sunday church service in Minneapolis after a group of activists entered a congregation and forced worship to stop, according to footage shared online.
The incident occurred at Cities Church, a Southern Baptist Convention congregation, where protesters stormed into the sanctuary chanting anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement slogans. The group alleged that one of the church’s lead pastors was affiliated with ICE, a claim the protesters repeated while interrupting the service.
Video from inside the church shows congregants visibly shaken with the service ultimately being shut down. It is unclear how the protesters obtained the information that led them to target the church.
Trump administration officials this week touted efforts to lower car prices through regulatory rollbacks and the deemphasizing of electric vehicles during a Midwest auto industry tour. "In this administration, we are rolling back what I would argue is illegal and unattainable for a fuel economy standard," U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters Friday at a Jeep plant in Ohio, The Detroit News reported.
Duffy was referring to ambitious vehicle emissions regulations put in place during the Biden administration.
Duffy added, "Thirty-five miles to the gallon for this new fuel economy standard... which is going to, I think, bring prices down and going to allow car companies to offer products
Chris Madel, a Minneapolis defense attorney and former federal prosecutor who launched a Republican campaign for Minnesota governor last month, is facing growing scrutiny from within the state’s GOP over his political donation history and the timing of his support for Republican candidates.
Madel has positioned his campaign as a no-nonsense, outsider effort focused on combating fraud, violent crime, education failures, and affordability challenges in Minnesota following years of Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party control. He has emphasized his refusal to accept corporate PAC, union, or lobbyist money and has highlighted his prosecutorial background as central to his campaign message.
Despite this messaging, campaign finance records have become a major point of contention.