Day: December 29, 2025
‘I’m Converted’: GOP Candidate In Niqab Says She’s Totally A Conservative Now
The sole Republican candidate running for North Carolina’s 22nd state Senate district is turning heads after donning a Niqab-style face veil in her candidate photo and voting for Democrats in past elections despite her new GOP candidacy. LaKeshia Mashonda Ruddi Alston is the lone Republican candidate running for a spot in North Carolina’s 22nd district […]
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Glenn Beck exposes ‘THE BIGGEST LIE’ the youth are told at AmFest 2025
Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck stunned the crowds at Turning Point USA’s AmFest 2025 when he took on the lies force-fed to younger generations — and why it’s more important than ever that they wake up and lead the country to a better place.
“I wanted … to warn you that today the times have changed and you are desperately needed,” Glenn began. “Desperately needed. But there’s something else that I think is more important that you need to hear. We must stop fighting with one another. It is important to stand for the truth, but people are not your enemies. Lies are your enemies.”
“You can’t stop darkness with more darkness. You can’t stop hate with more hate. You only dispel the darkness of lies with the light of truth,” he said. “A single candle will light up a room.”
That’s when Glenn turned his focus toward the youth — as the America they’ve come to know has been one full of turmoil and deception.
“If I were you, and I’m 25, I was 1 when the World Trade Center came down. I would have no memory of that,” he explained. “And I certainly wouldn’t have a memory of the United States before that.”
Post-9/11, the United States these children grew up in was a surveillance state that has been constantly “on the verge of global war” — complete with the 2008 financial crisis that bankrupted many of their parents.
“Nobody went to jail. And you and your family paid the price that none of them had to pay. Then 2008, 2009, the cell phone comes out, social media comes out. It’s supposed to connect us so we can talk to our friends, and it does just the opposite. It divides us; it changes us,” Glenn recalled.
“Then 2020 hits, COVID happens. … Once again, you saw the entire system turned upside down and the little guy get screwed,” he added.
Not only did the youth see what happened to their parents, but they were told that if they went into debt to go to college, they would see great returns. Instead, the debt has only continued to pile up, and they received an “education” in which instructors insisted on telling blatant lies, like “men can be women.”
“And there are no jobs for you,” Glenn said. “Everything. Everything. If I’m 25 years old, I would think absolutely everything is a lie.”
“The biggest lie that you were told is that you don’t matter. Here’s the thing. I want you to understand: A broken system does not erase human agency. It reveals who still has agency. Every single generation since the beginning of time has inherited a mess,” he continued.
“Only the great generations turn that mess into a mission,” he said. “And that’s your calling.”
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Patel: Convicted Somali fraudsters face loss of citizenship as DHS probes Minnesota
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday said the federal government is launching a “massive” investigation into alleged fraud schemes and shared video footage from Minnesota. Earlier, FBI Director Kash Patel said Somali immigrants convicted of fraud could face possible denaturalization and deportation.
‘These criminals didn’t just engage[] in historic fraud, but tried to subvert justice as well.’
In a statement Sunday, Patel said the FBI previously dismantled a $250 million fraud scheme involving COVID-19 relief funds intended to provide meals for children in Minnesota.
Patel said the case resulted in 78 indictments and 57 convictions. He identified several defendants — including Abdiwahab Ahmed Mohamud, Ahmed Ali, Hussein Farah, Abdullahe Nur Jesow, Asha Farhan Hassan, Ousman Camara, and Abdirashid Bixi Dool — who were charged with crimes ranging from wire fraud to money laundering and conspiracy.
“These criminals didn’t just engage[] in historic fraud, but tried to subvert justice as well,” Patel said. He added that Abdimajid Mohamed Nur and others were charged with attempting to bribe a juror with $120,000 in cash. Those defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced, including one individual who received a 10-year prison term. Courts also ordered nearly $48 million in restitution in related cases, Patel said.
Patel described the scheme as the “tip of a very large iceberg,” adding that the FBI would “continue to follow the money and protect children” and that the investigation remains ongoing.
Noem said Homeland Security Investigations agents are currently operating in Minneapolis as part of what she described as a “massive” investigation into alleged child-care fraud and other fraud schemes.
Video shared by the DHS showed investigators questioning a man outside a facility, while another clip depicted agents entering what the DHS described as a “suspected fraud site.”
“MASSIVE fraud in Minnesota is finally being exposed. Time for accountability,” the White House wrote in a post on social media.
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The increased scrutiny followed the publication of video by independent journalist Nick Shirley, in which he is seen confronting proprietors of day-care centers in Minnesota. Shirley blamed Gov. Tim Walz, the failed 2024 Democrat vice presidential candidate, for overseeing the state while the alleged fraud schemes flourished.
A spokesperson for Walz pushed back by noting that the state had investigated the fraud claims and that the governor had spent years working to “crack down on fraud.”
Nevertheless, a group of former state health workers have accused Walz of obstructing efforts to uncover the scams.
“Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud, but no, we got the opposite response,” read a statement from the group.
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WWII veteran honored with victory medal during ‘very emotional’ return to Battle of the Bulge
After the Allied forces successfully stormed Normandy, France, on D-Day, the German army launched a 200,000-strong counteroffensive on December 18, 1944, in the Ardennes region in Eastern Belgium. The attack marked the beginning of World War II’s Battle of the Bulge.
Over 700,000 Allied troops, including Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.’s Third Army, were involved in the combat that lasted 41 days.
This December, Walk Among Heroes brought U.S. Army veteran John “Jack” Moran to Bastogne, Belgium, for the 81st anniversary of the start of the battle.
‘To me, just seeing the reactions of the Belgian people, thanking Jack over and over again, makes it all worthwhile.’
Moran, a former Army staff sergeant and member of Patton’s Third Army, joined the military at the age of 18 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne.
Moran shared his firsthand account with Walk Among Heroes about crossing the Rhine River, the final major natural barrier for Allied forces advancing into Nazi Germany. The effort to cross the river, known as Operation Plunder, began in March 1945.
“There’s no way in the world that 142 men can do anything and keep quiet,” Moran explained. “They can’t. It’s an impossible possibility.”
A local Belgian girl takes a photo with Jack Moran. Image source: Walk Among Heroes
“So we slowly slip our paddles into the water, start paddling out into the middle of the … river. All of the sudden, the Germans light it up, just like this room — even brighter than this room,” he continued. “And here we are, sitting right there.”
“They opened up on us with five heavy machine guns,” Moran said. “Chopping us up badly. We lost half our men.”
During the trip, Moran met Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, who presented the WWII veteran with the Victory in Europe Medal at the 101st Airborne Museum. Walk Among Heroes reported that the crowd was “very emotional” when Moran received the medal.
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U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg Stacey Feinberg meets Jack Moran. Image source: Walk Among Heroes
“In recognition of your military service during the Second World War, this is to certify the award of the Victory in Europe Medal to Staff Sergeant John Moran,” the announcer stated.
“Your fight for freedom and democracy is in keeping with the finest traditions of military service and reflects great credit upon yourself, the 87th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.”
“To me, just seeing the reactions of the Belgian people, thanking Jack over and over again, makes it all worthwhile,” Walk Among Heroes president and founder Jeff Wells told Blaze News.
Wells explained that Moran had plans to visit Patton’s grave at the Luxembourg American Cemetery. He noted that Moran would be accompanied by Patton’s granddaughter, Helen Patton.
“General Patton was Jack’s commander, so we are very excited to visit with him,” Wells said.
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George Clooney, his wife Amal and children become French citizens
Hollywood star George Clooney has become French, along with his wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney and their two children, an official decree seen by AFP on Monday showed.
PNP to security guards: Drinking liquor on duty not allowed
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday reminded personnel of private security service providers (PSSPs) and private security professionals (PSPs) of the prohibition on drinking liquor while on duty or reporting for duty while under the influence of liquor.
China not a ‘benign, cuddly panda’ in WPS disputes — PH envoy
When it comes to the escalating territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea, China “is not a benign, cuddly panda” but rather a “calculating and very well-coordinated security-conscious entity”, the Philippines” envoy to the Czech Republic told diplomats, academics, and students in a recent lecture.
