The Age of Mamdani: He’s young, charismatic, Muslim, a Democratic Socialist—and the future of the Democratic Party | Albert Mohler’s by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

The ever-beaming Zohran Mamdani, now His Honor and Mayor of New York City, now takes his place as the newest anointed rescuer of the Democratic Party and America’s political left. The nation’s political parties often define themselves by generational transformations, and each comes with the name. For the Democratic Party, the defining ages of the modern era have been named for Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. On the Republican side, the most transformative figures have been Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. Each was first seen rising on a political horizon, next seen as plausible leaders, and then seen as inevitable. Each defined an epoch.

It’s far too early to see the post-Trump Republican figure who can redefine the party for generations, but on the Democratic side, betting types should put their money on Mayor Mamdani. Born outside the United States, Mamdani can’t be president, but the fact that he can’t aspire to the Oval Office doesn’t change the fact that Mamdani is now set to redefine the Democratic Party and the political left. Leftist voters see Mamdani as a savior figure, predestined to redefine the Democrats and to bring in a new age of collectivization, high taxes, ever-expanding government, a gargantuan welfare state, and, just to make the picture perfect, government-run grocery stores. What could go wrong?

Mamdani has made so many promises that even the left can’t keep them straight. There is universal free child care, free bus rides, increased rent controls, higher taxes on the wealthy, peace on earth, and good will among men (or, in Mandani’s fever dream, whatever gender you choose at the moment).

Of course, the last time Gotham tried this was with the election of John Lindsey, who served as NYC mayor from 1966 to 1973. Lindsey’s attempt to enact a leftist dream left the city in a financial disaster that was nearly its ruin. The central ideas of Mamdani’s political dream come right out of the Marxist nightmare. It’s not that they haven’t been tried, it’s that they have produced immeasurable human misery wherever they have been adopted.

In his inaugural address, Mamdani hit the themes openly and boldly, claiming the virtue of audacity. “We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe,” he boasted. “I was elected as a Democratic Socialist and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.” Well, indeed he is radical. He got that much right.

Mandani openly promised collectivism. He came right out and said it: “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” The warmth of collectivism? That phrase was intentional, honest, and spectacularly scary. Just ask the average Soviet citizen during the age of the USSR. All they collected was bone-crushing poverty and soul-crushing totalitarianism.

The inaugural ceremony was a parable (or parody?) of leftist dreams. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., offered the ceremonial oath of office and ranted as usual. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., also took part, and the picture was nearly complete. Together, AOC, Bernie, and Mayor Mamdani intend to redefine the Democratic Party in light of their own democratic socialism, and younger Democratic voters are lining up to join the revolution.

The ironies were thick, as were the symbolic acts. Mayor Mamdani took the oath of office with his hand on a Qur’an, and the event was declared to be a sign of burgeoning Muslim influence in mainstream culture. Of course, they would not want you to actually read the Qur’an, for that would pour cold water on Mamdani’s ardent social liberalism, right down to radical positions in devotion to the LGBTQ cause. A civilization truly founded on Qur’anic principles would be radically incompatible with Western civilization, but a Muslim who smilingly advocates leftist ideologies is too good to pass up. The new mayor has declared that he will not visit Israel. He is unlikely to visit most of the Muslim world as well, where Muslims who actually follow the Qur’an, to state the matter delicately, would be unlikely to welcome a mayor committed to transgender ideologies.

Mamdani is an anti-Semite even as he insists that he is not. His hatred of Israel as a Jewish state was clear long before he immediately signed executive orders, including one that withdrew a widely respected international definition of anti-Semitism. He was raised by leftist parents and grew up around Palestinian ideologues, and it shows.

At the national level, Republicans have to see Mamdani as an undeserved gift. His election, and the genuflection of national Democratic leaders to him, indicate that younger Democratic voters are done with the likes of old liberals like Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and maybe even California Gov. Gavin Newsom. At the very least, their party is veering to the left and even Newsom is in danger of being left behind. The Democrats are running into a socialist dream, and that simply can’t go well. That doesn’t mean that Republicans won’t find a way to lose, but it does mean that “the warmth of collectivism” is an impending catastrophe at the national level.

But, for now, Democratic Party leaders are all smiles. Don’t be fooled. Those smiling Democrats have to know they have just been handed a grinning socialist disaster.

This article originally appeared at WORLD Opinions on January 6, 2026.

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Georgia’s VoterGA Election Watchdog Group Says Fulton County Has 17,852 (Mostly Biden) Votes Which Have No Ballots – Enough to Flip State to Trump | The Gateway Pundit

Georgia’s VoterGA Election Watchdog Group Says Fulton County Has 17,852 (Mostly Biden) Votes Which Have No Ballots – Enough to Flip State to Trump

A voter map from the 2020 Georgia presidential election.

FBI agents were seen in late January at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, a new facility that state officials opened in 2023 that was designed to streamline their election processes.

The FBI confirmed they were on-site at the Fulton County Georgia Department of Elections.

The FBI executed a search warrant on Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operation Center seeking physical paper ballots, ballot images from the November 3rd, 2020, original count (and subsequent counts), all tabulator tapes from the 2020 election, and voter rolls used for the 2020 election.

Approximately 656 boxes were taken by the FBI to an undisclosed location.  As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier this week, the Director of Registrations and Elections, Nadine Williams, had previously submitted a sworn affidavit stating that there were “over 700 boxes” of election records.

The affidavit for the warrant was filed under seal until today when a federal court in Georgia unsealed the records.

According to the probable cause section, “The FBI criminal investigation originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen, Presidentially-appointed Director of Election Security and Integrity.”

On Tuesday night, investigative journalist Paul Sperry wrote on X that Garland Favorito from VoterGA, an elections watchdog group in Georgia notified him that there are 17,852 certified votes for which they have no digital ballot images and likely no ballots.” In 2020, Biden’s margin over Trump in Georgia was a narrow 11,779 votes.

BREAKING: Georgia election watchdog Garland Favorito of Atlanta-based https://t.co/BZRhuEVOLG just told me that the FBI raid of Fulton County's ballot warehouse will show that "Fulton certified [mostly Biden] votes for which they have no ballots. There are 17,852 certified votes…

— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) February 11, 2026

In 2023, Joe Hoft reportedJ at The Gateway Pundit that a complaint for Fulton County was filed that specifically called out 3125 duplicate ballot counts and 17,852 votes counted that do not have a corresponding ballot image.

For the record, Joe Biden allegedly won Georgia, a conservative southern state, by 11,852 votes. But 17,852 were missing images! Whoever certified the 2020 election have some explaining to do.

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It’s Not Just Pakistan – Foreigners from Around the World Who Are Not US Citizens Can Register to Vote in US Elections | The Gateway Pundit

It’s Not Just Pakistan – Foreigners from Around the World Who Are Not US Citizens Can Register to Vote in US Elections

As The Gateway Pundit reported on Friday, the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s office in California help a news conference 2023 on illegal voting in their California community.

The San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office found 41 sealed, completed, mail-in ballots in the home of Lodi City Council member Shakir Khan. There were a total of 71 voter registrations tied to his address, phone, or email.

Khan targeted members of the local Pakistani immigrant community (including elderly individuals unfamiliar with U.S. voting processes), pressuring them, forging signatures, filling out ballots, and submitting fraudulent registrations.

The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Captain told reporters at the time that voting records revealed people outside of the country, in Pakistan, were allowed to vote in the California elections.

The Sheriff’s  Captain revealed this during a press conference in September 2025.

Sheriff’s Captain: “The way the voting system is structured, we see quite a few flaws. You’re able to register and cast a vote if you don’t live in the country as evidence of his brother in Pakistan.

I think we have some evidence of two or three other people out of the country that are voted? Is that correct? Yeah, approximately two or three other people out of the country, as well as people residing outside of the district.

The online voter registration system, it seems to be an honor system. Anybody can put information in there to register to vote. All you have to do is click a box and say that you’re not lying, and then you’ll get an email from the Secretary of State or something in the mail saying, Thank you for registering to vote. And there you are. Once you’re on the voter rolls, anytime an election comes around, guess what? You get mailed a ballot, right? You get mailed something to vote. So we found that a little bit problematic.

Via Wall Street Apes.

Here’s how Gavin Newsom steals California elections

San Joaquin County Sheriff says voting records show people from outside the country vote in California elections, including Pakistan

“The online voter registration system, it seems to be an honor system — You're able to… pic.twitter.com/kmsRVC2v9G

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 27, 2025

Of course, California still has “open” elections where not only do they not know who is voting, but it is now illegal in California to ask for a phot ID to vote. And ballot counting goes on for several weeks after election day until Democrats can find enough votes to be declared the winner.

But California is not alone.

In 2020, Republican Poll challengers in Detroit, Michigan saw active-military ballots of 71-year-old people from Canada being counted in Detroit.

Elizabeth Forlini saw the fraud. She was processing absentee votes from active military members when she noticed odd birthdates. “1938, 1939, 1940, all for Biden.”

According to Forlini, there wasn’t even “one Trump ballot.”

Forlini wrote down a name and a ballot number she was so concerned. She wrote down the name of a 71 year old with an address in Detroit whose ballot was postmarked from Ontario.

Forlini said the ballot number was 4880. She relayed that the voter’s name was Kathy Leal, with a registered address of 4160 John R St. Detroit, MI, which Forlini was surprised that it was a location for the Karmanos Medical Center.

Calling the Karamos Medical Center, they had never heard of Ms. Leal or that address, and suggested the University Medical Center. Calling the University Medical Center, they said Ms. Leal has a registered address for a doctor’s office, but that her Suite number does not exist.

This tactic of using foreigners to win elections is nothing new to Democrats.

In fact, in 2024, Democrats announced that “overseas voters” could be the deciding factor in battleground states in 2024.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman joined MSNBC’s Morning Joe in October 2024 and told the far left audience that the Democratic Party’s efforts to mobilize millions of American voters living abroad, highlighting the pivotal influence these overseas voters could have in battleground states, where close margins may decide the election’s outcome.

Heyman telegraphed to the American people that they believe the key to winning elections is getting 9 million individuals to vote for Kamala Harris, out of a total of 2.4 million eligible overseas voters (according to the U.S. government FVAP website).

The Gateway Pundit’s Patty McMurray previously reported:

“None of the so-called “9 million voters” Democrats claim they are trying to recruit will have to prove their identity or even provide a legitimate address for their past or present residence in the United States.”

According to Heather Honey, formerly of Verity Vote, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is a Federal law passed in 1986.

UOCAVA requires that the states allow members of the US Armed Forces, their family members, and US citizens who reside outside of the US to register and vote absentee in elections for Federal offices in a standardized format.

UOCAVA requires that the states allow members of the US Armed Forces, their family members, and US citizens who reside outside of the US to register and vote absentee in elections for Federal offices in a standardized format.

In our first article on UOCAVA Voters (Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), we explained how both federal and Democratic Party websites allow online voters to register without verification of identity or citizenship status.

US Citizens in the USA who would like to register to vote must share the last four digits of their Social Security number and/or provide a driver’s license or state-issued ID, but UOCAVA voters can bypass the requirement to share the last four digits of their Social Security number and/or provide a driver’s license or state-issued ID.

The screenshot below shows how the Democrat Party website, much like the federal government’s website, registers UOCAVA voters to vote in US elections and allows the user to bypass the ID portion of the online registration process.

Screenshot

UOCAVA opens the door to unlimited voting by foreign citizens.

Here are a few additional details about UOCAVA voters who register to vote on the FAVP or Federal Voting Assistance Program application (a federal government website) or the Democrat-funded website VoteFromAbroad.org:

• Applicants may choose any state or address they wish to vote in.
• No one verifies that these registrants ever lived at the address they list or that they have any connection to that state.
• Voters in most states receive and return their ballots via email, making chain of custody impossible for election inpsectors. 

Of course, this is neither safe or secure!

Democrats have been signing up phantom voters from foreign countries to vote in our elections.
Of course, this is criminal conduct.

Republicans better deal with this lawlessness before Democrats steal another national election.

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Extremely Concerning Pattern Toward Godless Communism :: By Bill Wilson

A growing pattern of support for communism within Democratic politics is becoming harder to ignore, especially as candidates and officials push policies that expand government control while downplaying ideological labels.

The trend was on full display in New York City, where Zohran Mamdani won election while openly embracing democratic socialism. Progressive Democrats applauded the victory, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Mamdani’s rise confirmed that elements of the Democratic Party are no longer flirting with socialist ideas; they are campaigning on them openly and unapologetically.

But he’s not the only one. And the pattern is extremely disturbing.

Virginia presents a more subtle but equally revealing example, one rooted in messaging discipline rather than transparency. As Washington Times columnist Robert Knight details, Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-Va) campaigned as a pragmatic moderate, aided by press assurances that Democrats would govern with restraint. Yet Knight documents that once Democrats secured full control of the General Assembly and the governor’s office, the agenda shifted rapidly. Constitutional amendments, election law changes, criminal sentencing rollbacks, and expansive taxation proposals followed in quick succession.

Spanberger herself acknowledged in a leaked 2020 conversation that Democrats should avoid using the word “socialism,” a warning that Knight argues was less about ideology and more about optics during campaigns.

The substance of Virginia’s legislative agenda reinforces concerns about centralized power and weakened safeguards. According to Knight, Va Democrats are moving to limit voter-roll verification, extend absentee ballot counting, restrict hand counts, and authorize ranked-choice voting, while positioning the legislature to redraw congressional maps. Other proposals remove mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes, raise fees across nearly every consumer transaction despite a multibillion-dollar surplus, and re-enter regional climate compacts that raise household energy costs.

These measures reflect an aggressive governing philosophy that prioritizes bureaucratic authority over accountability, and ideological objectives over voter consent once political control is secured. That’s communism, or politely, democratic socialism.

Whether through open admission or strategic concealment, the direction is increasingly clear. In New York, voters were offered socialism by name. In Virginia, Robert Knight argues, voters were sold moderation and given sweeping ideological change once the election was over.

Ephesians 5:6 offers a warning that resonates in moments shaped by rhetoric and reality colliding: “Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.”

Communism replaces God with the state. People of God who vote for such ought to do some very deep self-examination. Political movements may rebrand themselves, but truth eventually surfaces in policy, cost, and consequences that citizens are left to bear. But even more, what are the eternal consequences of supporting such godless movements?

Sources:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/

https://roberthknight.com/

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-mayor-zohran-mamdani-socialism

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-election.html

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/01/27/spanberger-day-one-orders-virginia-affordability-safety

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?261+lst+ALL

 

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‘It’s Not Controversial’: CNN’s Harry Enten Says 83% of Americans Favor Photo Voter ID (Video) | The Gateway Pundit

‘It’s Not Controversial’: CNN’s Harry Enten Says 83% of Americans Favor Photo Voter ID (Video)

CNN’s Senior Data Reporter, Harry Enten/Image: Video screenshot CNN

CNN’s Senior Data Reporter, Harry Enten, shared that Americans are overwhelmingly in support of requiring voter ID.

During his discussion, Enten referenced an X post Nicki Minaj posted on Sunday which stated, ” What sensible forward thinking cutting edge leading nation is having a DEBATE on whether or not there should be VOTER ID?!?!!!!

“Like?!?!? They’re actually fighting NOT to have ppl present ID while voting for your leaders!!!!! Do you get it?!?!!!! Do you get it now?!?!!!”

What sensible forward thinking cutting edge leading nation is having a DEBATE on whether or not there should be VOTER ID?!?!!!! Like?!?!? They’re actually fighting NOT to have ppl present ID while voting for your leaders!!!!! Do you get it?!?!!!! Do you get it now?!?!!!

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) February 2, 2026

Enten shared that, despite what Democrats keep saying, 83% of Americans are in favor of it.

John Berman: So voter ID, just so people understand, is the idea that someone shows a photo ID when they go to vote, when they go to cast their actual ballot, because there’s a separate discussion right now about needing a passport or a birth certificate to register to vote. But the polling is all on voter ID showing an ID to vote.

Harry Enten: Showing a photo ID to vote. And the American people are with Nicki Minaj because what are we talking about here? So take a look here. Favor Voter ID to vote. Look, I got all this polling on the screen going back since 2018. You’ll notice on all of it, it’s all north of 75%, 76%, 76%, 76%, 81%, and then 83% in the last year of Americans agree with Nicki Minaj. They favor photo ID to be able to vote.

John Berman: What about by party?

Harry Enten:  Yeah, normally you might expect, Hey, there’d be a big divide by party with Republicans really for it and Democrats really against it, but not really here.

I mean, just take a look here. Favor photo ID to vote. You got 95% of Republicans, pretty much all of them, but even 71% of Democrats favor photo ID to vote.

So again, Nicki Minaj posting that on X.And what you see is that the American people, actually, it’s not really all that controversial. The American people are with Nicki Minaj, whether they are Republican or even if they are Democrats, we’re talking about seven in 10 Democrats agreeing with Nicki Minaj that you, in fact, should show a voter photo ID to vote.

John Berman: What’s the racial breakdown?

Harry Enten: Okay, what’s the racial breakdown on this? Because I think a lot of people make the argument that people of non-white Americans have a harder time procuring a photo ID to vote.

But even here, take a look here. Favor photo ID to vote. 85% of White people favor it, 82% of Latino, 76% of Black Americans favor it. So the bottom line is this. Voter ID is not controversial in this country.

A photo ID to vote is not controversial in this country.

It is not controversial by party, and it is not controversial by race. The vast majority of Americans agree with Nicki Minaj that, in fact, you should have a photo ID to be able to vote.

John Berman: So something of a non-troversy, in other words.

Harry Enten: Very good. The alliteration of Mr. John Berman, that Harvard education paying off once again.

Watch:

Americans agree with Nicki Minaj when it comes to voter id.

83% of favor photo voter id to vote per Pew. This includes 70%+ of Democrats and Republicans, as well as 75%+ of Americans across races…. White, Black, and Latino.

It's not controversial. pic.twitter.com/9Kocw85Uh8

— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 3, 2026

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Mid-Day Digest · January 30, 2026

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“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” —John Adams (1797)

IN TODAY’S DIGEST

• Executive News Summary
• Featured Analysis: GOP Pushes for Election Reform
• More Analysis
• Best of Right Opinion
• Best of Videos
• Short Cuts
• Today’s Meme

EXECUTIVE NEWS SUMMARY

The Editors

• Trump picks Warsh as Fed chair: President Donald Trump has announced his nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace the soon-to-be outgoing chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell. “I have known Kevin for a long period of time,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best. On top of everything else, he is ‘central casting,’ and he will never let you down.” Trump has repeatedly criticized Powell for not, in his opinion, acting quickly enough to lower interest rates, arguing that it could have saved the government “hundreds of billions of dollars.” Back in 2017, Warsh was among the candidates Trump considered before deciding on Powell. Warsh holds degrees from Stanford University and Harvard, worked at Morgan Stanley, and in 2006 became the youngest member to serve on the Fed’s board at age 35.
• Shutdown avoided, funding for Fiscal Year 2026 secured: Funding for almost every part of the federal government has been secured through September 30, 2026. The Department of Homeland Security is the lone exception. Senate Democrats threatened a shutdown this week, insisting on renegotiating DHS funding. Late Thursday, a deal was reached with the White House that will pass funding for the Pentagon and Departments of State, Health, Education, Labor, and Transportation through FY 2026, while floating DHS funding for another two weeks to allow for further negotiations. Technically, funding will still lapse at midnight on Saturday unless the House can reconvene in time to vote on the new language. But even if funding lapses until Monday, the Office of Management and Budget may not declare a shutdown, since many government services do not operate over the weekend.
• Minnesota update: Border Czar Tom “Families Can Be Deported Together” Homan was probably always the right choice to run an intense immigration enforcement operation. Unfortunately, he can only be in one place at a time, and Joe Biden dispersed millions of illegal immigrants as far across the nation as he could. Now that Homan has arrived in Minneapolis, where enforcement has been impeded by a multi-week riot, including harassment of border agents and interference with arrests, the situation is calming down. Homan met with leaders in Minnesota, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, and reached an agreement for ICE to be notified of the release date of criminal illegals held in county jails so they can be detained safely. Homan promises that as long as cooperation from Minnesota authorities actually materializes, the massive deployment of immigration agents in the Gopher State can be “drawn down.”
• Illegal immigrant involved in fatal shooting: Another fatal shooting involving an illegal immigrant occurred late Tuesday night in Springfield, Missouri. Investigators on the scene in Greene County said the victim, Marvin Rodriquez Sanchez, 26, of Mexico, was shot in the chest “over a dispute about smoking in a house in the 1900 block of North Burton Avenue,” according to reporting by KY3. Sanchez died at a Springfield hospital from the gunshot wound. Nineteen-year-old Christopher Salazar-Montes from El Salvador has been arrested by the U.S. Marshals, and the county prosecutor has charged him with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Investigators found that the suspect had not appeared at a municipal court summons in November 2024. Remember the sheer number of illegals that were allowed in under the Biden administration with virtually no vetting? The majority of them were single young men.
• Don Lemon arrested: “Journalist” Don Lemon was arrested Thursday night as he was covering the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. The belated arrest is due to his invasion of a church service, shutting down that service, and disrupting that congregation’s First Amendment rights. Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, argued in a statement that Lemon’s actions were protected by the First Amendment, which Lowell said “exists to protect journalists.” Unfortunately for Lemon and Lowell, the entire event, in which Lemon and leftist agitators invaded and shut down a church service, was live-streamed by Lemon himself. The footage clearly shows that Lemon was not merely following protesters and acting as a journalist; he was coordinating with them and berating the congregation over their different views of the immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota. Lemon promises to fight the unrevealed charges in court.
• Clintons courting contempt: In response to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas related to its Jeffrey Epstein investigation, the House moved forward on holding the Clintons in contempt. On Monday, the House Rules Committee will vote on whether to bring the contempt measure to the House floor. It is widely expected to pass. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer observed, “Subpoenas are not mere suggestions; they carry the force of law and require compliance. Former President Clinton and Secretary Clinton were legally required to appear for depositions before this Committee. They refused.” While most Democrats will likely vote against the measure, some have sided with Republicans on the issue. Meanwhile, the Clintons have continued to resist the subpoenas, claiming they’ve already given the committee the “little information we have.”
• Labor secretary misconduct? Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has asked Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer for an explanation of some troubling allegations. Chief among the allegations is the possibility that Chavez-DeRemer used her position to “travel for pleasure, while having the American taxpayer foot the bill.” It also appears that the secretary may have taken staff to an Oregon strip club just after being confirmed by the Senate. She may have also been pursuing an extramarital affair with one of her bodyguards. Two of Chavez-DeRemer’s staffers and the bodyguard have been placed on leave or similarly benched during this investigation. So far, the White House is standing by the secretary, and she attended the most recent televised cabinet meeting, although she was not asked to speak.
• Trump raises $10B lawsuit against IRS: During Donald Trump’s first term, Charles Littlejohn, an IRS contractor, collected and leaked the tax records of Trump and his sons Eric and Donald Jr. to The New York Times. Littlejohn was eventually identified, charged, found guilty, and is currently serving a federal prison sentence. On Thursday, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, contending that the tax agency was obliged but failed to screen and monitor Littlejohn as it does with IRS employees. Trump argues that Littlejohn was, for all practical purposes, an employee of the IRS. Littlejohn admitted that he took the job with the aim of gaining access to Trump’s tax records. Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden blasted Trump for trying “to abuse his office in an attempt to steal $10 billion from the American taxpayer.”
• Republicans introduce bill requiring approval for any climate treaty: In an effort to prevent the executive branch from unilaterally entering into climate treaties or agreements, 23 Senate Republicans led by Majority Whip John Barrasso have introduced the No Climate Treaties Act. This bill is specifically aimed at the infamous Paris Agreement, which Barack Obama initially joined by bypassing the Senate, despite the constitutional requirement of a two-thirds ratification vote in that chamber. The climate agreement imposed a costly greenhouse gas emissions reduction target on the U.S. While Trump formally withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, Biden rejoined it, and Trump has since withdrawn again. Barrasso explained that the legislation was needed because “Democrat administrations have a history of ignoring the will of the American people and bypassing Senate approval to unilaterally join costly international climate treaties.”

Headlines

• Trump claims Putin agreed to one-week ceasefire (National Review)
• Maxwell claims 25 Epstein accomplices reached “secret settlements” (NY Post)
• Trump creates federal program to treat addiction as chronic health issue (Washington Times)
• American life expectancy reached an all-time high of 79 years in 2024 (Washington Times)

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FEATURED ANALYSIS

GOP Pushes for Election Reform

Douglas Andrews

With a low-level leftist insurgency continuing to roil a major American city, you’d be forgiven for thinking that election integrity isn’t a top priority.

But, hey, we should be able to stomp filthy leftist rabble and keep the Democrats from stealing elections walk and chew gum at the same time, right? And while it’s true that the Democrats long ago declared war on honest elections, that doesn’t mean we can’t keep trying to reform them, right?

After all, if you need a photo ID to get on an airplane, or to adopt a pet, or to apply for welfare, or to walk into a Costco, or to gain admittance to an NAACP convention, shouldn’t you have to prove who you are in order to cast a vote for a dementing presidential candidate exercise the most solemn and fundamental right of an American citizen?

Yesterday, House Republicans introduced a comprehensive election reform bill — one that would require photo ID before voting and verification of citizenship before registering to vote.

The bill is called the Make Elections Great Again Act — a name that certainly dooms it from getting the required 60 votes to beat a Senate filibuster — and is led by Wisconsin Republican Bryan Steil. As Steil put it: “Americans should be confident their elections are being run with integrity — including commonsense voter ID requirements, clean voter rolls, and citizenship verification,” Steil said in a statement. “These reforms will improve voter confidence, bolster election integrity, and make it easy to vote, but hard to cheat.”

If Steil’s name sounds familiar, it might be because he’s been an ardent champion of election reform for a few years now, and because he and his fellow House Republicans introduced an election reform bill, the American Confidence in Elections Act, back in 2023.

For the opposition, here’s Steil’s Democrat counterpart, Joe Morelle of New York: “President Trump and House Republicans are terrified of the American people. They are desperate to rig the system so they can choose their voters. This bill is their latest attempt to block millions of Americans from exercising their right to vote. I will fight this bill at every turn.”

It’s hard to blame the Democrats for their lack of enthusiasm when it comes to voting integrity. After all, our current system works really well for them. Consider this bit of evidence from an AP poll taken prior to the 2024 election:

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds that only 22% of Republicans have high confidence that votes in the upcoming presidential election will be counted accurately compared to 71% of Democrats, underscoring a partisan divide fueled by a relentless campaign of lies related to the 2020 presidential election. Even as he runs for the White House a third time, Trump continues to promote the false claim that the election was stolen.

When folks think a system is broken, they’re less likely to trust that system, and — more important to Democrat electoral fortunes — they’re less likely to use that system. And that’s why the Democrats absolutely love our broken status quo — because they know that requiring folks to, you know, show proof that they are who they say they are, to prove their identity and their citizenship, makes it tougher for them to cheat. (Democrats have long held the racist belief that blacks are somehow less capable of getting voter IDs than whites.)

The unveiling of this House bill comes a day after Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that another bill — the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would add a requirement that folks prove their citizenship in order to register to vote — will come to the Senate floor “at some point.”

I wonder how Thune can “promise” a vote here. Maybe he’s talking about a procedural vote, in which the Democrats will certainly not cooperate to get over the Senate’s 60-vote threshold.

And that’s the most frustrating thing about election reform. It’s a great bill, but without a few Democrat votes, it goes nowhere.

And that’s a shame. Because, as The Daily Wire notes, “Recent data suggests that 80% of Americans favor photo ID laws, including 97% of Republicans, 84% of Independents, and 53% of Democrats. Furthermore, 77% of minority voters reportedly support such measures.”

Yep, even a majority of Democrat voters support fixing our broken system.

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Village Idiots

“It’s time to talk to your neighbors. Find out if they’re MAGA or not. Sorry, but we have to know who’s on our team and start to plan. … If you’re silent, you’re complicit.” —actress/“comedian” Kathy Griffin

“People are being murdered. … It’s hideous. And so if we can do anything out here to support the movement to cast ICE out, to delegitimize this unbelievably criminal organization, then that’s what we should be doing.”“ —actress Olivia Wilde

“They’re blatantly murdering U.S. citizens, detaining five-year-olds … patrolling schools and churches. So imagine what they’re doing behind closed doors at detention centers with no cameras around.” —actress Eva Longoria

“This is time for a revolution. … They can’t take us all down. If the whole world showed up on Putin’s doorstep or the Iranians’ doorstep or in Washington … they’ll kill 500, 50 million or however, but the rest of us would survive.” —actor Giancarlo Esposito

“Do not compare ICE or Border Patrol agents to the Nazis. That’s an unfair comparison. The Nazis were willing to show their faces.” —”comedian” Stephen Colbert

Chilling

“This is a small bunch of wannabe Nazis. That’s what they are. … If we have to hunt you down the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you.” —Soros-backed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner discussing plans to hunt down ICE agents

For the Record

“Under the president’s leadership, we have the most secure border in the history of this nation, which means less women are being raped, less children are dying crossing that border, less fentanyl is getting into this country to kill Americans, less known suspected terrorists are crossing the country. … A secure border saves lives.” —Border Czar Tom Homan

“I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March if the rhetoric didn’t stop, there was going to be bloodshed, and there has been. I wish I wasn’t right. I don’t want to see anybody die. Not officers, not members of the community.” —Tom Homan

“I didn’t come to Minnesota for photo ops or headlines. I came here to seek solutions, and that’s what we’re going to do, and we’ve come a long way.” —Tom Homan

Re: The Left

“These highly organized ‘protest’ events have been ginned up by those who want to distract the public’s attention away from the money laundering that is taking place under the guise of government ‘grants.’” —Laura Hollis

“Divulging anything vaguely negative about a victim whom liberals like is abhorrent, beyond the bounds of decency — even if the information is true, relevant and important. On the other hand, if liberals don’t like you, the worst thing you ever did in your life will be front-page news the day after the government kills you.” —Ann Coulter

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ON THIS DAY in 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. Elected president in 1932, he was the only man to be elected four times, though he died shortly after beginning his fourth term. He ably led the U.S. through World War II, but he is also largely responsible for the extra-constitutional behemoth that is our modern federal government.

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IT BEGINS: Zohran Mamdani Announces Plans to ‘Tax the Wealthy’ to Compensate for NYC Budget Deficit (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit

IT BEGINS: Zohran Mamdani Announces Plans to ‘Tax the Wealthy’ to Compensate for NYC Budget Deficit (VIDEO)

Screencap of Twitter/X video.

Well that was fast.

Zohran Mamdani has been mayor of New York City for less than a month and he is already talking about raising taxes on the ‘wealthy’ to make up the city’s budget deficit, which he claims is on par with the Great Recession.

Get ready to see a lot of Uhauls leaving the city.

CNBC reports:

New York Mayor Mamdani says city must hike taxes on wealthy to fill $12 billion deficit

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday said the city’s wealthiest must pay more in taxes to help fill the staggering budget deficit of more than $12 billion that he was left by his predecessor.

“This is at a scale that’s actually greater than what we saw here in New York City during the Great Recession,” Mamdani said of that budget hole during an interview with CNBC “Squawk Box” co-anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin at City Hall.

The Democrat, who took office on Jan. 1 after campaigning on a platform of hiking taxes on the rich, attributed the big deficit to “gross fiscal mismanagement.”

He pointed to actions taken by former Mayor Eric Adams, and by ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whom he soundly defeated in the November general election, for causing that budget gap.

Mamdani vowed that his administration will be up front with New Yorkers about budget issues that have been “hidden from them for far too long.”

City Comptroller Mark Levine earlier this month said the new mayor faces a budget shortfall that is projected to total $12.6 billion over the next two fiscal years.

That comprises a $2.2 billion projected deficit on the city’s nearly $116 billion budget for fiscal 2026, which ends on June 30, and a $10.4 billion gap in fiscal 2027.

See the video below:

🚨 BREAKING: Mayor Zohran Mamdani Says New York City is Facing a “Fiscal Crisis at the Scale of the Great Recession”

“That means looking inward into savings and efficiencies. That also means raising taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and the most profitable corporations.” pic.twitter.com/ck89QhFFwL

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) January 28, 2026

This is what the people of New York City voted for. They are about to find out what it means.

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Maduro Now Polling As Most Popular Democrat | Babylon Bee

U.S. — The 2028 presidential race took a surprising turn this week following the events that took place in Venezuela, as the latest round of polling showed that deposed dictator Nicolas Maduro had taken the early primary lead as the most popular Democrat.

A poll of likely Democratic voters taken in the first week of January 2026 showed a dramatic shift in support from other popular candidates to Maduro, now that he has been relieved of his position as leader of the Venezuelan government and arrived in the United States.

“The voters obviously love him,” said one pollster. “Honestly, it shouldn’t surprise anyone. He has everything Democrats want in a politician: suppression of freedom, unbridled corruption, and straight-up socialism. Now that he’s residing in the U.S., he’s a shoo-in for the nomination. There’s already a campaign office set up for him, and ‘Maduro 2028′ signs are being printed as we speak.”

Democratic voters were quick to voice their support for Maduro. “He represents everything we stand for,” said one progressive American. “We’ve been waiting for a really good candidate like this ever since Obama left office. Maduro is like Obama on steroids. Oppression of dissent, killing opponents, torture chambers… this is the guy we need.”

CNN political analyst James Carville had already given Maduro his endorsement and all but named him the uncrowned Democratic frontrunner. “I wish he were a little bit more to the left, but I’ll take him,” Carville said on the air.

At publishing time, the Democratic Party had decided to continue its tradition of foregoing an actual primary and had named Maduro as its candidate.

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Source: Maduro Now Polling As Most Popular Democrat

CMS Chief Dr. Oz Confirms SNAP and Medicaid Are Being Weaponized for Massive Voter Fraud in Blue States — Illegal Aliens Get Ballot Access, Stealing Elections! | The Gateway Pundit

CMS Chief Dr. Oz Confirms SNAP and Medicaid Are Being Weaponized for Massive Voter Fraud in Blue States — Illegal Aliens Get Ballot Access, Stealing Elections!

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz warns that blue states like Minnesota and California are fueling voter fraud by enrolling illegal aliens in Medicaid

In a bombshell interview with Laura Ingraham, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz laid bare a systemic, government-enabled pipeline in Democrat-run states that links taxpayer-funded welfare enrollment to voter registration.

According to Dr. Oz, federal laws tying voter registration to welfare programs like Medicaid and SNAP are being exploited to register illegal aliens or non-citizens, effectively stealing elections by building partisan voter bases.

Dr. Oz specifically pointed to Minnesota as a prime example of how the system is being exploited, accusing state officials of making it ‘easy for fraudsters to make out like bandits.’

According to Oz, lax oversight has allowed massive abuse of Medicaid dollars, money that should be reserved for the disabled, children with autism, and families genuinely in need.

Under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) frameworks, enrolling migrants into expansive welfare programs in sanctuary-style states also triggers voter registration mechanisms.

Enacted in 1993, the NVRA was designed to expand voter registration access by mandating that various state offices serve as voter registration agencies.

Section 7 requires states to offer voter registration opportunities at all offices that provide public assistance, including those administering programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). 

Under Section 7, state agencies are federally mandated to provide a voter registration application with each application for assistance, as well as during every recertification, renewal, or change of address.

This creates a welfare-to-ballot pipeline, effectively allowing left-wing political machines to harvest votes while draining federal resources.

Dr. Oz:
“Well, these fraudsters—and you’re right—Minnesota NICE made it easy for them to make out like bandits. But let me share something with you that I learned recently.

By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. Ironically, it’s true for SNAP as well. As you give out social services, you also get them registered to vote. You’re building up a very partisan group of individuals.

This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid. The criminal part here is not just the horrible waste, fraud, and abuse of our federal tax dollars, but that you’re taking money from our most vulnerable citizens.

If you’re lying about the fact that you have Somalian kids pretending to be autistic, that takes services away from kids who truly have autism. You’re trying to make money off an illness that is already a significant challenge, and you’re penalizing our most vulnerable.

This President and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Bobby Kennedy, will not tolerate this. We’re aggressively going after fraud. Jim O’Neill and I are pursuing this aggressively.”

WATCH:

Regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins revealed that her department has already uncovered massive fraud within the SNAP and that 21 Democrat-led states are actively blocking efforts to expose it.

“On my first day [USDA], we told every state to send us their SNAP data so we could make sure illegal immigrants aren’t getting benefits meant for American families. 29 states stepped up. 21 blue states refused, and two SUED US FOR ASKING! And guess what? In just the states that cooperated, we’ve already uncovered massive fraud,” Rollins wrote.

“The Democrat Party has turned its back on working Americans and built its entire strategy around protecting illegal aliens. They know if the handouts stop, those illegals will go back home, and Democrats will lose 20+ seats after the next census. There’s a new sheriff in town. [POTUS] will not tolerate waste, fraud, or abuse while hardworking Americans go hungry.”

Rollins accused the Biden White House of ‘buying votes’ through welfare expansion, suggesting that Democrats have turned federal aid into a political weapon.

Rollins said her team has reviewed $100 billion in SNAP spending and already identified widespread abuse and criminal activity.

Read more:

USDA Sec. Brooke Rollins EXPOSES Massive SNAP Fraud — Accuses Biden Regime of “Buying Votes” as 21 Democrat States REFUSE to Cooperate and Two Even SUE to Hide Illegal Alien Welfare Abuse

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Trump Delivers Grave Warning to House Republicans: Losing the Midterms Guarantees a Third Democrat Impeachment Coup — Demands Congress Pass Nationwide Voter ID | The Gateway Pundit

Trump Delivers Grave Warning to House Republicans: Losing the Midterms Guarantees a Third Democrat Impeachment Coup — Demands Congress Pass Nationwide Voter ID

President Trump delivers remarks at the House GOP member retreat

President Donald Trump issued a dire warning to House Republicans, asserting that their failure to hold the majority in the 2026 midterm elections would lead directly to a third impeachment effort by radical Democrats.

Speaking at a private Republican retreat held at the newly renamed Trump-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the President framed the upcoming November elections as an existential fight for his political survival.

TRUMP: “You’ve got to win the midterms, because if we don’t win the midterms, it’s just going to be—I mean, they’ll find a reason to impeach me. I’ll get impeached.

“We don’t impeach them. You know why? Because they’re meaner than we are. We should have impeached Joe Biden for a hundred different things. They are mean and smart, but fortunately for you, they have horrible policy.”

Trump is right about almost everything, but he is wrong on one point: Joe Biden was not impeached because Congress is filled with cowardly representatives who refused to act.

WATCH:

President Donald Trump also intensified his push for a federal overhaul of election laws on Tuesday, demanding that Congress immediately pass legislation mandating nationwide voter ID.

Trump has consistently advocated for a national voter identification requirement, stating that the only reason for opposing such a law is the desire to “cheat” in elections.

He had previously attempted to mandate proof of citizenship for voter registration through an executive order, but a federal judge permanently blocked that effort in October 2025, ruling that Congress and the states, not the president, have the authority to regulate election protocols. 

Democrats aren’t winning midterm elections because their policies work, they’re winning because the system is rigged.

From widespread election abuses to the deliberate importation of millions from third-world countries to pad future voter rolls, their strategy is clear: replace voters they’ve lost with voters they can control.

Trump:
“You want to have voter ID. You want to insist on it. You want to insist on it. Can you imagine? In California, they not only don’t have voter ID, but if an official at the voting booths—which they don’t have, by the way, because it’s all mail—if an official, a voting official, even asks somebody for voter ID, “Sir, would you like to see your identification? Do you come from our country?” they put them in jail for tampering with the election. Okay?

We’ve got to straighten this out before it gets too crazy. California is more corrupt than any place. California is more corrupt than Minnesota—and I won Minnesota. They’re very embarrassed when they say, “We want voter ID, voter identification.” The only reason somebody doesn’t want that is because they want to cheat.

Our elections are crooked as hell. You could not only win elections over that, and not only win future elections, but you win every debate because the public is really angry about it. And you would have passed the SAFE Act—or whatever you’re going to call it. Are we going to call it the SAFE Act or the Save America Act? I think we’re going to change the name a little bit.

You’re going to put that up for a vote? I think everybody in this room certainly should do it. And it’s a bad vote for them, because they’re voting against things like voter ID and other things that are almost equal to voter ID. But when somebody says, “No, we don’t want voter ID,” that means they’re crooked—and the public understands.”

WATCH:

The SAVE Act passed the House in April by a narrow margin of 216–208, with Republicans unified in support and only four Democrats — Reps. Ed Case (HI), Henry Cuellar (TX), Jared Golden (ME), and Marie Perez (WA).

The legislation, championed by Republicans, would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register and vote in federal elections.

The bill aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship for federal elections.

According to Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), the Republican-controlled Senate is holding up a vote on legislation that has already passed the House.

The SAVE Act ensures ONLY US CITIZENS can vote in US elections.

LAST YEAR: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act, but Senate Dems blocked us.

264 DAYS AGO: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act again, but it’s held-up in the Senate.

I agree with @SenMikeLee—It’s time to PASS THE SAVE ACT NOW! https://t.co/144UVpyU7D

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) December 30, 2025

Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to invoke the “nuclear option” and terminate the filibuster and pass voter ID requirements, ban mail-in voting, cashless bail reform, end transgender insanity in women’s sports, end taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens, and more. “I wouldn’t have been in favor of that a long time ago, but you know, the Democrats are going to do that, and most of you will admit the Democrats are going to do that. So why aren’t we doing it?” he said.

However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and a handful of other Senators told reporters they will go against Trump on this, making the 50 votes necessary to terminate the filibuster impossible. “It’s just not happening,” said Thune, who made it clear he’s unwilling to vote to terminate the filibuster.

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Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech Rife With Radical Rhetoric, Troubling Symbolism | Harbingers Daily »

A common crime of American politics occurs when a politician jazzes up the base with partisan rhetoric only to transform into a muddled centrist after Election Day. At least for now, New York City’s smiling socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani is not guilty of that crime. But if he keeps on this track, he’ll be guilty of much worse.

Mamdani’s January 1 inauguration ushers in what the wet-behind-the-ears mayor calls a “new era” of Democratic Socialist leadership for the largest city in the nation — the same nation that defeated the Soviets, by the way.

He was sworn in twice, first just after midnight at a private ceremony in a defunct subway station and then again at a block party in the afternoon.

“We will govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe,” Mamdani said during remarks at his second ceremony. “I was elected as a Democratic Socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.”

Aside from the fiery rhetoric, the symbolism of Mamdani’s inaugural proceedings is striking.

Mamdani forsook the traditional Bible and instead was sworn in on a Quran. Muslim mayor governing non-Muslim populations is a picture that has become increasingly common in Western Europe and has finally reached the shores of the U.S.

The first swearing-in was conducted by avowed anti-Trump New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). The second time, Mamdani was sworn in by fellow Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who was born in Brooklyn but has represented a different state, Vermont, since 2007. Despite hailing from a different state, Mamdani couldn’t resist having the leader of his Democratic-Socialist party put to rest any thought that Mamdani might revert to traditional Democratic politics upon taking office.

Mamdani also sworn in at midnight. Perhaps the hour is late for the city.

In his speech, Mamdani not only doubled down on the lofty promises of socialist utopia, but he also took shots at the foundation of America’s identity.

“We will replace the fragility of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”

Socialist leaders are known for lying, for making promises they cannot fulfill. But with his opening line of the inauguration speech, Mamdani likely told the truth:

“My fellow New Yorkers,” he said. “Today begins a new era.”

Mamdani continued his speech, unafraid of embracing terms once considered landmines in American politics.

“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously,” he said. “We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try. To those who insist that the era of big government is over. Hear me when I say this. No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives.”

Practically, Mamdani promised a mental health department that takes certain 911 calls out of the hands of police, which is a top prescriptive takeaway from the “Defund the Police” movement. Mamdani also emphasized property tax reform and cracking down on crooked landlords.

“We will transform the culture of City Hall from one of no to one of how we will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy,” he continued.

Mamdani, born in Africa, raised in New York, and recently naturalized, appealed not to the U.S. Constitution or Declaration of Independence in his speech, but to Nelson Mandela.

“… We will provide our own answer to that age-old question: who does New York belong to?” Mamdani said. “Well, my friends, we can look to Madiba and the South African Freedom Charter.”

With eloquence reminiscent of Barack Obama in 2008, Mamdani welcomed even former Trump voters into his coalition.

“For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty,” he said.

Mamdani’s appearance comes at a relative high point for socialism in the U.S. Now, socialism has a chance to flounder or fulfill the big government pledges where so many liberal college gradugates in New York City have set their hope.

Normally rhetoric like Mamdani’s comes from the kind of places where the cigars are famous but the food is rationed. For now, though, his supporters will have their fill of lofty promises.

Lastly, and maybe the most striking of the symbolism for the trained eye… it’s interesting that Mamdani chose to receive the mayor’s authority in a ceremony underground. From below the city, he may drag his fellow residents into a socialist hell.

Or at least into the sewers.

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Source: Mamdani’s Inauguration Speech Rife With Radical Rhetoric, Troubling Symbolism

Mamdani Vows to Revive ‘Big Government’ at Inauguration | IFA

While the rest of America celebrated the arrival of a new year, a different celebration was happening in New York City. Zohran Mamdani, a far-left socialist and radical Muslim, officially became the city’s new mayor.

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From Breitbart:

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) pledged to govern the Big Apple as a Democratic Socialist during his inauguration speech and declared he would revive “the era of big government.”

After taking the official oath of office with his left hand on a Quran at City Hall early Thursday morning, the newly minted 34-year-old mayor took a ceremonial oath of office from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the afternoon.

Mamdani vowed to hold to the radical views he pushed during his campaign against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

We have spent months warning intercessors about Mamdani’s radical beliefs. Now that he’s been inaugurated, he seems to be making good on even his most devious promises. As he said during his inauguration speech, “I was elected as a Democratic Socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic Socialist.”

It’s clear to see just how radical Mamdani is from the company he keeps. As Breitbart noted, he took a ceremonial oath of office from Senator Bernie Sanders. Meanwhile, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke at the Mayor’s swearing-in ceremony. She highlighted Mamdani’s “ambitious pursuit of universal child care, affordable rent and housing, and clean and dignified public transit,” all common socialist talking points. Both Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez are avowed Democratic Socialists just like the new Mayor.

Less than a week into office, the Mayor has already taken decisive action. According to The Hill, one of Mamdani’s first actions was to undo a number of orders signed by former Mayor Eric. This included an order that formally recognized the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, as well as one preventing city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel.

It’s clear we’ve only seen a taste of what is to come. Let’s pray for New York as it suffers under this socialist agenda, and let’s pray for God’s will to be done in the city!

How are you praying for New York City in the wake of Mamdani’s inauguration? Share your prayers and scriptures below.

(Excerpt from Breitbart. Photo Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Source: Mamdani Vows to Revive ‘Big Government’ at Inauguration

IDIOTS: Zohran Mamdani Supporters Chant ‘Tax the Rich’ as Bernie ‘Three Houses’ Sanders Speaks (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit

IDIOTS: Zohran Mamdani Supporters Chant ‘Tax the Rich’ as Bernie ‘Three Houses’ Sanders Speaks (VIDEO)

Screencap of YouTube video.

As Bernie Sanders was speaking at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration on Thursday, a number of people in the crowd broke into a chant of ‘tax the rich.’

The stupidity on display here is appalling. Do these people really believe that their lives will improve if the government forcefully takes more money away from other people? Do they think the New York City government is going to take money from others and give it to them? Do they honestly believe that if ‘the rich’ are forced to pay more in taxes, it is going to fund programs that will benefit them?

This is the politics of envy, plain and simple.

The New York Post reports:

‘Tax the rich’ chant breaks out as Bernie Sanders swears in NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani

A raucous chant of “tax the rich” broke out as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted the wealthy and called out “hatred and divisiveness” before swearing in fellow democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City mayor.

“At a time in our country’s history when we are seeing too much hatred, too much divisiveness and too much injustice, thank you for electing Zohran Mamdani as your mayor,” Sanders said outside City Hall.

He then argued that Mamdani’s socialist agenda, including free buses and taxing the rich was not “radical,” sparking the chant.

After Sanders administered the ceremonial oath of office to Mamdani, the new mayor addressed the crowd, saying he planned to govern “expansively and audaciously.”

For too long, he argued, New York belonged to the “wealthy and well connected,” but no longer, Mamdani vowed.

See the video below:

'TAX THE RICH': Mamdani's inauguration crowd erupts when Sen. Bernie Sanders calls on "the wealthy and large corporations" to pay "their fair share of taxes."

"It's not radical, it is exactly the right thing to do," Sanders says. pic.twitter.com/dSrwGRIGFq

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 1, 2026

The rich people and corporations that Bernie insists are not paying their ‘fair share’ already pay the lion’s share of taxes in New York and the rest of the country.

If ‘the rich’ are pressed to pay more in New York City, many of them will simply leave, or find new ways to shelter their wealth. If we had a functioning education system instead of the political indoctrination system it has become, more people would understand this simple point.

New York City is about to learn a painful lesson in basic economics.

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Rep. Byron Donalds BLASTS Senate for Stonewalling SAVE Act — House-Passed Bill Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections: “Eliminate the Filibuster” | The Gateway Pundit

Rep. Byron Donalds BLASTS Senate for Stonewalling SAVE Act — House-Passed Bill Would Require Proof of Citizenship to Vote in Federal Elections: “Eliminate the Filibuster”

Florida Congressman Byron Donalds is calling out the radical left for blocking the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and the do-nothing Republican-controlled Senate.

The SAVE Act passed the House in April by a narrow margin of 216–208, with Republicans unified in support and only four Democrats — Reps. Ed Case (HI), Henry Cuellar (TX), Jared Golden (ME), and Marie Perez (WA).

The legislation, championed by Republicans, would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register and vote in federal elections.

The bill aims to amend the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship for federal elections.

Under current law, voters are not required to present proof of citizenship — such as a passport or REAL ID — when voting in elections for President, the U.S. House, or the U.S. Senate.

What the SAVE Act Does

The SAVE Act is a sweeping election integrity measure designed to restore confidence in U.S. elections. Among its key provisions:

• Proof of Citizenship Required: States would be prohibited from processing voter registrations unless applicants provide documentary proof of citizenship, including:
  • A REAL ID–compliant driver’s license
  • A U.S. passport
  • A certified birth certificate paired with a government-issued photo ID
• Mandatory Voter Roll Cleanup: States would be required to actively purge noncitizens from voter rolls using federal databases such as the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system and Social Security Administration verification tools.
• Fast-Track Compliance: States must establish voter eligibility verification programs within 30 days of the law’s enactment.
• Federal Data Sharing: Federal agencies would be required to provide citizenship data to state election officials within 24 hours of a request, at no cost.
• Criminal Penalties: Any election official found knowingly registering noncitizens could face federal criminal charges.
• DHS Enforcement: The Department of Homeland Security would be tasked with investigating and potentially deporting any noncitizen found to be unlawfully registered to vote.

Despite overwhelming public support for citizen-only voting, Senate Democrats have vowed to kill the bill.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer openly admitted on the Senate floor that not a single Democrat will support the SAVE Act, claiming it threatens the Democratic Party’s political future.

Schumer outrageously labeled the bill “voter suppression” and even compared it to Jim Crow laws.

Schumer ranted in April:

“The kind of legislation, the kind of executive orders, which are so jaundiced, so slanted on the side of one party, are the antithesis of democracy.

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On the one side, Donald Trump recently issued an executive order that will coerce states to prevent millions of Americans from voting.

On the other, Republicans in Congress are pushing the SAVE Act, one of the most destructive, dangerous voter suppression bills in recent memory. It is very reminiscent of Jim Crow. That’s what Republicans want to do.

They want to not only restore Jim Crow in the south, they want to have Jim Crow spread from one end of this country to the other.

It will not happen. It will not happen. Let me be clear. I will not let this noxious bill, the Save Act, become law. Every Senate Democrat, every single one of us is united against it. They need 60 votes. The SAVE Act is dead on arrival.

I’d like to say it louder so my friends in the House and in the right wing over here can hear. The SAVE Act is dead on arrival. Democrats.”

Democrats know their grip on power relies on open borders and lax voting laws that let non-citizens flood the polls.

Enter Utah Senator Mike Lee, who fired off a tweet demanding action: “The SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship to register and vote in federal elections, passed the House in April. The Senate should send it to President Trump’s desk for signature ASAP. Do you agree?”

Congressman Donalds didn’t hold back in his response, blasting the Republican-controlled Senate’s inaction and calling for drastic measures to put America first.

“The SAVE Act ensures ONLY US CITIZENS can vote in US elections,” Donalds declared.

“LAST YEAR: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act, but Senate Dems blocked us. 264 DAYS AGO: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act again, but it’s held-up in the Senate. I agree with @SenMikeLee—It’s time to PASS THE SAVE ACT NOW!”

The SAVE Act ensures ONLY US CITIZENS can vote in US elections.

LAST YEAR: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act, but Senate Dems blocked us.

264 DAYS AGO: @HouseGOP PASSED The SAVE Act again, but it’s held-up in the Senate.

I agree with @SenMikeLee—It’s time to PASS THE SAVE ACT NOW! https://t.co/144UVpyU7D

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) December 30, 2025

Elon Musk responded: “This is essential.”

This is essential https://t.co/2bgfpS48XB

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 31, 2025

Donalds then went even further, calling for a procedural nuclear option to get the bill passed.

“Eliminate the Filibuster. Pass The Save Act. Put the AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST. ONLY US CITIZENS should be able to vote in US elections.”

Eliminate the Filibuster.
Pass The Save Act.
Put the AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST.

ONLY US CITIZENS should be able to vote in US elections. https://t.co/ZBubrzhHCS

— Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) December 30, 2025

Last month, President Trump demanded again that Republicans terminate the filibuster to reopen the government and send bills to his desk to secure elections as Republicans seek to end the stalemate on Sunday.

Trump: The Democrats are cracking like dogs on the Shutdown because they are deathly afraid that I am making progress with the Republicans on TERMINATING THE FILIBUSTER! Whether we make a Deal or not, THE REPUBLICANS MUST “BLOW UP” THE FILIBUSTER, AND APPROVE HUNDREDS OF LONG SOUGHT, BUT NEVER GOTTEN, POLICY WINS LIKE, AS JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE, VOTER ID (IDENTIFICATION). Only a LOSER would not agree to doing this!

In a later post, the President said again, “TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER!”

Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to invoke the “nuclear option” and terminate the filibuster and pass voter ID requirements, ban mail-in voting, cashless bail reform, end transgender insanity in women’s sports, end taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal aliens, and more. “I wouldn’t have been in favor of that a long time ago, but you know, the Democrats are going to do that, and most of you will admit the Democrats are going to do that. So why aren’t we doing it?” he said.

However, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and a handful of other Senators told reporters they will go against Trump on this, making the 50 votes necessary to terminate the filibuster impossible. “It’s just not happening,” said Thune, who made it clear he’s unwilling to vote to terminate the filibuster.

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Scott Adams Breaks Down How The Democrat Party is a Criminal Organization in Under Five Minutes (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit

Scott Adams Breaks Down How The Democrat Party is a Criminal Organization in Under Five Minutes (VIDEO)

Scott Adams during his daily podcast show.

Cartoonist and political commentator Scott Adams has delivered a devastating breakdown of how the Democratic Party is a criminal organization.

Adams, who is suffering from advanced stage 4 prostate cancer and may be facing his last Christmas, delivered the blistering rebuke on his daily podcast Coffee With Scott Adams. 

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His comments, which were later shared by President Trump, brought together everything from money laundering to the party’s repeated election fraud.

Here is a transcript:

If I said that the Democrats are a criminal organization, the entire entity, now I don’t mean every voter, you know, voters probably are just, you know, going blah, blah, blah, everybody’s bad, Democrats have some problems, Republicans have some problems, but I prefer the Democrats.

So most voters, I think, are blissfully unaware of just how much crime is happening. But if you look at it collectively, you’re just some of the things. So you’ve got thousands, if not millions, of NGOs, and we know now that the NGOs are essentially money laundering operations.

So those would be mostly Democrat criminal organizations, or at least, you know, they’d be involved in something that would be, I think you would call it money laundering. We know that these SNAP funds were massively stolen, and that that was primarily by Democrats.

We might find out that Act of Blue is a criminal organization, I think we will. Some people say that our elections were rigged primarily by Democrats, that would be crime. You could argue how proven that is or not, but in my opinion, I think the rigging of elections is just a fact.

I think it leans heavily toward the Democrats. Not that no Republicans have cheated, but probably there’s a pretty big difference in scale. Then there’s everything in California. Basically, it seems like every dime that California gets, it just disappears.

You know, the fire recovery money didn’t go to the people who were recovering. The bullet train never happened. The money for the homeless didn’t help anybody. So pretty much everything in California is even worse than Minnesota. It’s all criminal. To me, it looks criminal.

Then you’ve got this whole operation where the Democrats find ways to fund teachers, who are all Democrats, and then they donate to Democrat people. So you’ve got some, you know, some kind of circular money laundering thing.

Then you’ve got the main Democrats who pulled the Russia collusion hoax. You’ve got the Clinton… What was that big Clinton initiative that was probably just a money laundering thing? Yeah, the Clinton Foundation. Thank you. So pretty much every major story that involves gigantic fraud seems to be Democrats.

Now, just to be clear, I’m not giving Republicans a pass. Maybe they’re just better at it, right? You know, it’s hard to believe that all the crime is just on one side of the political aisle. That would be weird, right? But am I wrong? Am I in a bubble? Am I in some kind of a bubble where I’m only seeing the Democrat bad behavior?

You know, I hear lots of accusations about Trump personally, but that stuff tends to be all transparent and public. You know, he’s not hiding it. You know, it’s in the news. You can tell he did this with crypto. You can tell he did this with whatever. So you can disagree or not like what Trump does, but that’s still not Republicans. That would be something you don’t like about Trump.

So am I wrong that this is so, so imbalanced toward Democrats? That if you said the Democrats are at least as a party, not the individual voters, but it seems like a criminal organization. And I mean that without any hyperbole.

Watch the clip below:

Scott Adams breaks down all the ways the Democratic Party is a Criminal Organization.

Money Laundering via NGOs
Theft of SNAP Funds
ActBlue as a Criminal Entity
Election Rigging
Misappropriation of California Public Funds
Circular Money Laundering in Education Funding
Russia… pic.twitter.com/NQi0p7AyYO

— jay plemons (@jayplemons) December 24, 2025

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Fulton County’s Admission That 315,000 Votes Were Unlawfully Cast Exonerates President Trump Once And For All | The Gateway Pundit

Fulton County’s Admission That 315,000 Votes Were Unlawfully Cast Exonerates President Trump Once And For All

An underreported story from the past week was Fulton County’s damning admission that a staggering 315,000 votes (at least) that were cast in the 2020 election were submitted unsigned – ergo, unauthorized, and hence in violation of the law.

In an election that was decided by a measly 11,000 or so votes in the Peach State, that figure represents twenty-eight times over what would have been needed to swing Georgia’s sixteen electoral votes from Biden’s column to Trump.

Again, one could make the case that 2020 was the most razor-thin election in history because Biden’s alleged margin of victory in the three states that mattered most to winning that race – Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin – was 0.23% (11,779 votes), 0.30% (10,457 votes), and 0.63% (20,682 votes), respectively.

Between those three states, 42,918 votes, or a meager 13.6% of the total unauthorized votes from Fulton County, prevented Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House, unleashing the parade of horrors that marked the last four years of the Biden regime.

According to the Federalist, which reported on this stunning admission, “David Cross, local election integrity activist … filed a challenge with the [State Election Board] in March 2022.  Cross alleged that Fulton County violated Georgia election rules in the handling of advanced voting ahead of the November 2020 election, counting hundreds of thousands of votes even though polling workers failed to sign off on the vote tabulation “tapes” critical to the certification process. And Fulton County admitted to it.”

The same article goes on to say, “Georgia election rules require that election officials have each ballot scanner print three closing tapes at the end of each voting day. Poll workers must sign these tapes or include a documented reason for refusal.”

Because the tapes were not legally certified, David Cross attested, “Fulton County had no lawful authority to certify its advanced voting results to the secretary of state. Yet it did.”

What this represents is something millions of Americans, above all the President himself, have known for the last five years – a dramatic breach of public trust and dereliction of duty by Georgia state officials that has put the integrity of America’s electoral system in doubt.

The question of 2020, however, goes much deeper than simply a problem of election integrity, though it is that in spades.

Similar to the autocratic reaction of Democratic lawmakers to COVID, the bipartisan response to 2020 by leading members of the Uniparty, on both sides of the aisle, drove a dagger through the heart of American justice and raised pivotal questions about whether we can still call ourselves a free society.

If 2020 had simply remained a mere “political dilemma,” one that resulted in the terrible outcome it did, but without the attached lawfare, it would have been bad enough.

The country still would have gone through the hellfire of the last four years, but at least if Democrats permitted Donald Trump and Republicans to hash out these problems in the public square, with honest inquiries and working collaboratively to shore up the security of these systems, the end result would not have been as bad.

Of course, that was not what happened – far from it.

Instead, not only did Democrats (and their fellow travelers in the Republican establishment) prevent public discussion of the results of the 2020 race – completely pillorying a fundamental right under the First Amendment – but they went a hundred steps further and began prosecuting – persecuting, with not only steep civil but criminal penalties – anyone who would so dare raise the question in public conversation.

Therefore, the story of the last four years was not just one of electoral incompetence of the highest magnitude, but a complete stampeding of the First Amendment and Due Process of Law.

The President and his legal team got on the phone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger et al. to inquire about exactly what had been uncovered and admitted to, five years later, by Fulton County.

The President, at the time, wanted to ensure that electoral procedures were adequately followed.

That is a perfectly reasonable inquiry in any election, but especially one in which the results were so close, and many unprecedented changes were made – rules were openly flouted, being one of the more shocking ones – under the pretext of “covid” and (in more radical corners) “racial justice” (the devastating results of critical race theory put into practice).

It was because of all those procedural changes (of dubious constitutional legitimacy) that Joe Biden, who was an invalid while in office, somehow garnered more popular votes – despite being the least popular president since the advent of the Gallup Poll – in American history.

Indeed, one could make a very strong case that it would have been a dereliction of Donald Trump’s own duties, as president of the United States, had he not made the inquiry – a margin call, let’s call it! – into the electoral procedures of the most tightly contested states in 2020.

The President has a constitutional prerogative, expressly stated in the text of Article II, to take care that the nation’s laws be faithfully executed.

This means, at minimum, that during an election, particularly one that takes place during a once-in-a-century global pandemic, that he should take precautionary measures to ensure that changed electoral procedures were done 1) lawfully, and 2) in compliance with longstanding, historically supported legal protocol.

But because Georgia, at the time, was feeling massive public pressure to kowtow to Democratic-supported interest groups, including Big Tech companies and Deep State actors, who wanted to expeditiously hand the proverbial baton over to Biden, at which point the thousand year Woke Reich might commence for good, expurgating MAGA from history for all time (that indeed, without exaggeration, was the plan), Brian Kemp, Brad Raffensperger, and crew, in an ersatz and slipshod manner, wound up sweeping the systematic fraud under the rug, democratic accountability be damned.

Even today, Fulton County’s Board of Elections’ legal representative, Ann Brumbaugh, despite admitting to the fraud, was uncanny in her nonchalant dismissiveness to it.

As the Federalist again reported, Brumbaugh described the illegal certification as “a violation of the rule.”

But further says, “since 2020, again, we have new leadership and a new building and a new board and a new standard operating procedure. And since then, the training has been enhanced. … But … we don’t dispute the allegation from the 2020 election.”

Perhaps that unbelievable admission – which, again, was not for a mere dozen or so votes, but representative of nearly 6.5% of all the votes cast in Georgia in 2020 – might be excusable, maybe, if the election reached some kind of peaceful resolution and nobody was arrested for simply asking questions about its outcome.

But that of course is not what happened, and we all remember it.  What happened was that anyone who would so dare raise gentle inquiries about what happened – honest election workers like Tina Peters, demonstrators like those who objected peacefully at the Capitol on January 6^th, even the President of the United States – were slapped with the full fury of the law.

And that fury came not only in the form of just civil penalties, which itself would have been an historically anomalous, radically disproportionate response to the so-called “crime” – but criminal prosecutions!

In the state of Georgia alone, Trump and his 18 “co-conspirators” were charged, incredulously, under a Racketeering statute – RICO, the same instrument used to combat organized crime – to have their reputations smeared as dangerous criminals, simply for doing the bold and courageous thing of standing by the president by probing whether 2020 was or was not conducted fairly – as history would prove it certainly was not.

Your correspondent is afraid many conservatives, even today, too cavalierly ignore the ramifications of what it means to have the First Amendment’s protections, foremost of all being the rights to speak one’s mind freely and assemble peacefully to contest government decisions, made into mincemeat by the government.

They do not grapple with the earth-shattering ramifications of that occurring.

Adding further mockery to the whole sham, the closest thing to a puppet president, reminiscent of the old Soviet leaders so regularly observed in the twilight hours of that communist regime, installed over administrative operations.

Joe Biden, the face of the manufactured apparatus that illicitly ousted Trump from power, for they could not stand what he represented, is the most egregious affront to justice this country has ever seen.

He also stands as an affront to democracy, in its original and true meaning.

As history has vindicated, of which this Fulton County revelation is but the latest (and far from final) iteration, Biden was the face of an illegitimate political regime that forced itself back into power, by any means necessary – up to and including (especially) cheating, because it could not stand Donald Trump, it could not stand a genuine democratic counterresponse, nor could it stand the Constitution – and the God-given natural rights enshrined therein.

So, it had to trample over all three; kickstarting a terrible precedent that, if allowed to percolate without a decisive correction to the historical record (with Biden officially designated as illegitimate, much as the Vatican used to do with a cadre of anti-Popes), may well threaten to sink our Republic for good.

Nothing short of a complete and total invalidation of Biden’s fake presidency – and a restoration of the first term and election that Donald Trump was denied, will suffice.

For that is a Big Lie which can prove fatal to these United States notwithstanding a powerful prophylactic that corrects the historical record once and for all.

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CNN analyst delivers shocker! Dem Party’s approval never ‘in worse shape’ | WND

For those who have been watching the antics of a flailing Democrat Party since Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who now is caught up in a billion dollar fraud scheme that has developed in his state, ever since they lost the 2024 presidential race to President Donald Trump, this might not be a surprise.

But to those who adhere to the left’s faith program that all is good in the Democrat Party and it is just a whisker from victory, it might me.

It is CNN’s chief data analyst that has confirmed the Democrat Party’s approval has declined, and pollsters now are finding that they’ve never seen it “in worse shape.”

Harry Enten’s conclusion? “Lower than the Dead Sea.”

A report in Newsweek said, “Maintaining a strong approval rating will be of utmost importance to the party as it heads toward the midterm elections. The GOP has a slim majority of 219 to 214 in the House of Representatives and holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate so Democrats are looking to pick up key seats and gain control of Congress.”

Enten said, ‘Democrats in the minds of the American public are lower than the Dead Sea…”

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🚨NEW: CNN'S HARRY ENTEN🤣

"Democrats, in the minds of the American public, are lower than the Dead Sea."@DailyCaller

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) December 18, 2025

He cited polling from Quinnipiac University that has “never found Democrats, at least those in Congress, in worse shape than they are right now.”

In October, the Democrats were at plus 22, but now they are at minus 6, a plunge of 28 points, he said. Some of that was from negative perspectives from independents, but it’s also coming from Democrats themselves, he said.

One bright spot has been a couple of Democrat election wins in this off-off-year, such as the New York city mayor’s race.

The Newsweek report detailed: “The Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters found that 18 percent approved of the way the Democrats in Congress were handling their job—73 percent disapproved, which according to the pollster is a record low job approval rating for them.

The assessment contacted 1,035 self-identified registered voters nationwide form Dec. 11-15. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

American commentator Benny Johnson concluded, “Holy smokes it’s so over. CNN just dropped devastating news for Democrats”

Republicans pointed out, “Polling shows even Democrats hate Democrats!”

Source: CNN analyst delivers shocker! Dem Party’s approval never ‘in worse shape’

Jasmine Crockett’s Finances Exposed – Subject to Personal Liens While She Spends $50k-100k of Taxpayer Cash on Limos, Luxury Hotels Just This Year | The Gateway Pundit

Jasmine Crockett’s Finances Exposed – Subject to Personal Liens While She Spends $50k-100k of Taxpayer Cash on Limos, Luxury Hotels Just This Year

If the new congressional maps enacted by Texas Republicans stand until 2026, which it appears that they will, Rep. Jasmine Crockett would likely be out of a seat.

To everyone else, this is pretty much a win-win; I’m going to assume that this includes Democrats, who must be tiring of her antics by now, particularly given her lack of substantive support to the party’s caucus in the lower house. For Crockett, it’s a big lose — because not only will she be out of the corridors of power, but out of ways to spend the taxpayer’s money, as well.

And boy, does she spend it. That’s why her Senate run is so important to her, and soon to be loathed by the Democrats. Not only does it put the left’s one big potential upset of 2026 out of reach for them, most likely, but it also means that Crockett’s profligate spending — while she had a three-grand lien on her condo, no less — is going to be front-page news for a while.

So, in case you missed it (no shade; keeping up on all things Jasmine-related has shaved at least 5 IQ points off my poor, addled brain), Rep. Crockett announced Monday that she was running for GOP Sen. John Cornyn’s seat in the upper chamber.

“Trump, I know you’re watching, so let me tell you directly,” Crockett at her announcement event, according to CNN. “You’re not entitled to a damn thing in Texas. You better get to work because I’m coming for you.”

Dun dun DUN! Be scared, Donald. Be very scared.

Actually, the environment is probably one of celebration rather than anxious celerity on the part of state Republicans. Unlike the usual Democratic saber-rattling about turning Texas purple, this time they looked like they actually had a shot. A divided GOP is likely to mean that Cornyn doesn’t emerge from his own primary as the nominee, with state Attorney General Ken Paxton leading the way in polls.

Paxton is a little bit more MAGA but a lot more controversial than the other Republican challengers, and while he does well in a GOP primary he’s not necessarily the candidate you want to go into a general election with.

On the other hand, pretty much every character issue you can bring up about Paxton goes out the window the moment Crockett gets the Democratic nomination — which she instantly becomes the favorite for. Paxton could be accused of the most abhorrent thing you can think of — do it on live TV, even — and he’d still be considered a near-lock to win the general election.

To that end, too, Crockett has shoved the one candidate who’s remotely electable out of the running — former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred — leaving Crockett to duel it out with James Talarico, a progressive state representative who once said during a floor speech that “God is nonbinary” and somehow managed to dodge the ensuing lightning bolt from the empyrean.

But let’s not talk about the gift that is Crockett’s statewide unelectability. Let’s instead take a look at the gift that is Crockett’s finances for a moment.

According to Fox News, the Dallas County Clerk’s website shows that Crockett — who makes $174,000 a year in her position as a congresswoman — is currently behind on her payments to the Westside Condominium Association by $3,047.79.

The unpaid lien notice dates from over a year ago.

Crockett, as of the Dec. 3 report, “is in default in her obligation for payment of assessments and has failed and refused and continues to fail and refuse, despite demand upon her, to pay the Association assessments and related charges properly levied against the Property,” a statement on the county clerk’s website reads.

This comes, Fox News noted, after Crockett “raised eyebrows over her Federal Election Commission filings that showed she spent nearly $75,000 of donor money on luxury hotels, transportation and security this year in cities across the U.S.”

“Crockett’s filings show luxury hotel and transportation expenses in Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, among other major cities, despite representing Texas’ 30th Congressional District, which includes Dallas.”

Crockett also spent about $50,000 on security, which is rich when you consider her position on policing the little people.

“The defund movement seeks to actually bring about healing and finally invest in our communities to make them safer, addressing the root causes of crime and by allowing the professionals to do their respective jobs,” she said in 2021. “Defund is about finally being smart on crime. Defund is about lightening the load for our offices of all things they didn’t sign up for. Defund is about finally being fiscally responsible when it comes to policing in this state.”

Now you know why she wants to hold onto her seat. So, too, do the Democrats.

“The more we learn about Jasmine Crockett, the more clear it is that she’s the worst possible candidate to run for Senate in Texas,” a longtime Democratic strategist told Fox News. “Recent weeks have shown she’s just not ready for primetime.”

She’s also just not ready to pay her own bills.

Say what you will about the Soviets: At least the politburo had the decency to wear schlubby looking clothes and pretend to be part of “the people.” The modern New Dems can’t fathom that.

They think about one thing and one thing only – themselves. That leads some to overspend, while others work to replace our time-honored culture with their own personal psychosis. Regardless, it’s all about them.

Let’s hope that the people of Texas realize what an embarrassment she is and send her packing. Not before she clears the field in the primary, though.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Mid-Day Digest · December 3, 2025

 “From The Patriot Post (patriotpost.us)”.

THE FOUNDATION

“A remedy must be obtained from the people, who can by the elections of more faithful representatives, annul the acts of the usurpers.” —James Madison (1788)

IN TODAY’S DIGEST

• Executive News Summary
• Featured Analysis: That ‘Toss Up’ Tennessee Election?
• More Analysis
• Best of Right Opinion
• Best of Videos
• Short Cuts
• Today’s Meme

EXECUTIVE NEWS SUMMARY

The Editors

• Washington Post anti-Hegseth story is biased with bad sourcing; news at 6: War Secretary Pete Hegseth did not say “kill them all” upon seeing shipwrecked drug smugglers clinging to the wreckage of their decimated speedboat, but readers of The Washington Compost were meant to think he did. Hegseth says he did order the initial “lethal kinetic strike” against the speedboat in question on September 2, but the order for a follow-up strike — intended to clear wreckage from the waterways, not to kill survivors — was given by Admiral Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley. Even The New York Times was unwilling to play along with WaPo’s story, going so far as to exonerate Hegseth of the second strike. Two details should have made it clear to all Americans that this story was fraudulent: it came from The Washington Post, and it relied on anonymous sources.
• Tennessee’s special election tea leaves: In recent weeks, a special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District garnered increasing national attention as polling indicated that a radical leftist Democrat was seeing surprising support in a deep-red state. The seat was vacated by former Rep. Mark Green this summer. Tuesday’s election results show that Tennessee remains strongly red, as Republican Matt Van Epps easily defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn nearly 54% to 45%. Van Epps’s margin of victory is less than Green’s in 2024, which raises concerns among some Republicans that this is an omen for the GOP’s prospects in next year’s midterms. However, there is an important caveat: This was a special election, which generally sees lower voter turnout than national elections.
• House investigates Walz: There is growing criticism of Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz’s abysmal handling of a massive fraud scandal involving the state’s Somali migrant community. The House Oversight Committee announced it has opened an investigation. “[Governor] Walz was warned about massive fraud in a pandemic food-aid program for children, yet he failed to act,” Chairman James Comer explained. “Instead, whistleblowers who raised concerns faced retaliation,” he added. “Because of Governor Walz’s negligence, criminals — including Somali terrorists — stole nearly $1 billion from the program while children suffered.” The Treasury Department also announced it has opened its own investigation into the scandal to determine whether any of these taxpayer funds went to the terrorist organization al-Shabaab.

• Trump warns of land strikes on drug cartels: It’s not just drug-trafficker boats in the Caribbean Sea that are targets for potential U.S. military strikes. On Tuesday, Donald Trump warned that “very soon,” U.S. missile strikes will target drug-trafficking operations on land in some South American countries. “We’re going to start doing those strikes on land too,” Trump explained. “The land is much easier, much easier, and we know the routes they take. We know everything about them. We know where they live. We know where the bad ones live, and we are going to start doing that very soon.” While not going into any detail, Trump added, “Anybody that’s doing that and selling it into our country is subject to attack, not necessarily just Venezuela. I hear Colombia is making cocaine. They have cocaine manufacturing plants, and they sell us cocaine.” Rather than backing off following dubious claims of “war crimes” after a recent boat strike, Trump is doubling down, sending the message that he will give no quarter to drug cartels.
• Illegal immigrant on a California CDL kills American newlyweds: William Micah Carter and his new wife, Jennifer Lynn Lower, were killed in late November in Oregon after Indian national Rajinder Kumar jackknifed his 18-wheeler and blocked both lanes of the highway. Tom Lower, father of the bride, said the couple had been married for 16 days. Kumar entered the country in 2022 by crossing the unsecured southern border in Arizona. That same year, the Biden administration sued the state of Arizona to stop it from using shipping containers to fill gaps in its border wall. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California gave Kumar work authorization and a commercial driver’s license in 2023. Today, Kumar has been charged with criminally negligent homicide and is being held in an Oregon jail. ICE has placed a detainer for Kumar with the local jail, which is unlikely to be honored due to Oregon’s sanctuary policies.
• Afghan migrant charged with threatening suicide bombing in TX: Mohammad Dawood Alokozay has been charged by the Justice Department for a TikTok video in which he threatened to bomb the Dallas area, ranted against “infidels,” and revealed that the Taliban was dear to him. Alokozay, an Afghan immigrant, admitted that he was the man in the video. When another TikTok user asked Alokozay why he had come to the United States, he said it was to carry out a suicide attack on Americans. Attorney General Pam Bondi reported that Alokozay was admitted to the U.S. under the Biden administration. The Islamic attack on National Guardsmen by an Afghan migrant last week has renewed public attention on the issue of unvetted migrants. Tuesday night, a Delaware undergrad student, Luqmaan Khan, was arrested on accusations of a premeditated attack on the University of Delaware Police Department.
• Trump doesn’t want Somalis: In response to the growing scandal involving Somali immigrants in Minnesota defrauding taxpayers via government services, Donald Trump criticized Gov. Tim Walz but focused on Somalia, calling it “barely a country” where “they just run around killing each other.” He also blasted Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, observing, “For years, I’ve watched her complain about our Constitution.” Expanding on the issue, Trump stated, “Ilhan Omar is garbage. She’s garbage. Her friends are garbage.” He added, “These aren’t people that work. These aren’t people that say, ‘Let’s go, come on. Let’s make this place great.’ These are people that do nothing but complain. I don’t want them in our country, I’ll be honest with you.” Furthermore, “Somebody said, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want them in our country. Their country is no good for a reason. Their country stinks.”

• Dells donate money for Trump accounts: Building on the Invest America Act platform, Michael and Susan Dell are contributing $6.25 billion from their charitable funds to invest in 25 million American children 10 and under. Dell’s contribution adds $250 per child to Trump’s plan, approved by Congress earlier this year, of $1,000 each in an investment account. To be eligible, families must live in zip codes where the median income is less than $150,000, which should cover 80% of kids 10 and under. Another bonus to these accounts is that anyone can donate to them: parents, grandparents, friends, etc. If you start an account for a two-year-old now and annually add $250 until they turn 18, they’ll end up with about $8,000, assuming a 7% annual return. If you leave the money in the account for the person’s whole life until they’re 65 without contributing a dime, they’ll have $3,500,000.
• Judge orders ICE to stop warrantless arrests in DC: Obama-appointed Judge Beryl Howell issued a stern decision on Tuesday, telling the Trump administration to stop the warrantless arrests of illegals that she says is a practice in the District of Columbia, despite the administration’s claims to the contrary. Howell’s 88-page opinion explains that the term “alien criminals” is not PC because being in the country illegally is not a crime but a civil violation. Howell’s injunction stops the administration from arresting alien criminals without a warrant unless escape is believed likely. Howell also took issue with Homeland Security’s policy of making arrests on “reasonable suspicion,” insisting that illegals can only be arrested by the legal standard of probable cause. Once again, Democrat-appointed judges seem much more concerned with the legal rights of illegal aliens than the welfare of American citizens.

Headlines

• Holiday shopping turnout jumps to 202.9 million people during Thanksgiving weekend (CNBC)
• Trump doubles down on voiding Biden autopen actions (Fox News)
• Trump admin to withhold SNAP funding from 21 blue states if they don’t provide data (Washington Examiner)
• Over 90% of college students think “words can be violence” after Kirk assassination (Christian Post)
• Canada euthanized a record 16,499 people last year (PJ Media)
• Humor: MRI confirms President Trump has incurable advanced-stage patriotism (Babylon Bee)

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FEATURED ANALYSIS

That ‘Toss Up’ Tennessee Election?

Mark Alexander

“The stage is set, and I do believe that Tennesseans are determined to claw back decency, self-respect, and common sense from the most corrupt and dangerous president in American history.” That’s according to Albert Arnold Gore, former sidekick to traitor John Kerry, and now apparently the self-appointed arbiter of “decency, self-respect, and common sense.”

Gore was among the high-profile leftists that Demos rolled out in Tennessee to rally mostly urban Nashville constituents in Tuesday’s special congressional election.

Recall that last month, Gore was among those claiming that Donald Trump was “Hitler” and doing what Demos do best: fomenting hate and division.

He and other Demos have been promoting that strategy in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District for weeks.

The 7th District election was to fill the seat of my friend Mark Green, who resigned to pursue a business opportunity in what has been a very conservative district.

The Republican candidate was Matt Van Epps, a state commissioner who is a distinguished West Point graduate and former SpecOps combat helicopter pilot and Air Mission Commander. His opponent was an unaccomplished leftist, Aftyn Behn, a Tennessee state rep and professional “community organizer” from Nashville — a city she previously declared she “hates” in a state she claims is “racist.”

Behn is the archetypal “emotionally incontinent idiot” Demos field to rally their core constituency of emotionally incontinent idiots. She advocates gender confusion and supports men competing in women’s sports.

For weeks, Democrats and their Leftmedia publicists have churned the headlines that this special election was going to be “razor thin” and their leftist candidate would prevail.

For some district background, in November 2024, with Donald Trump on the ballot, Mark Green defeated his Democrat congressional opponent — the disgraced former mayor of Nashville, Megan Barry — with 60% of the vote. In November 2022, Mark also defeated Democrat nominee Odessa Kelly with 60% of the vote.

Clearly, in recent-year regular election cycles, this has been a 60-40 district. But part of that district is in Nashville, where Demos like Gore effectively rallied their disgruntled base.

The result was an Epps victory margin of nine points, six points less than Green’s recent victories. However, while a point nine election spread would constitute the “razor thin” margin Demos predicted, a nine point spread is not that.

Democrats threw everybody and everything they had to turn this district, but they still lost big.

Today, some leftist publications are still promoting the GOP jitters after the election, as if it were a point nine spread. Indeed, there are lessons here, including the fact that Trump has a lot of cleanup to do on the “affordability” issue.

Next up will be all the Demo and media churn on Georgia’s 14th Congressional District special election for the seat being vacated in January by Marjorie Taylor Green, a district she won with 64% of the vote in 2024.

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• Michael Swartz: The Inflationary Bite of Electric Bills — Regardless of which factor gets the most blame, the reality is that high electricity prices are here to stay unless the underlying issues are addressed.
• Nate Jackson: Justices Skeptical of New Jersey’s Lawfare Against Pro-Life Centers — Post Dobbs, the Left has ramped up its litigious efforts against pregnancy resource centers that actually offer women a choice beyond abortion.
• Thomas Gallatin: CDC Opts for Humility Over Hubris on Vaccines and Autism Question — The change in the CDC’s language surrounding the contentious issue of childhood vaccines and autism amounts to a return to scientific precision over policy promotion.
• Emmy Griffin: College, or Expensive Elementary School? — UC San Diego is admitting students who don’t have a basic understanding of math. Young adults are literally paying for courses they should have mastered already.
• Sophie Starkova: Dems Foment Crime With Lax Enforcement and Punishment — From Chicago to New York and in blue cities across the nation, Democrats are harming law-abiding citizens by preferring criminals.

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BEST OF VIDEOS

• Trans University Prof Fails Conservative Student Over Gender Essay — A University of Oklahoma student recently sparked controversy by submitting an essay that focused on biblical truths regarding biological sex and gender roles.
• Arrested for Trans Tweets — Graham Linehan is an Irish comedy writer best known for creating “Father Ted,” “Black Books,” and “The IT Crowd.”
• Trump Announces Historic Win for American Families — This comes as Michael and Susan Dell will donate money to help children 10 years and younger.
• Tim Walz Covered Up Billion-Dollar Somali Fraud Scheme? — Gov. Walz’s administration stands accused of ignoring red flags, retaliating against whistleblowers, and allowing taxpayer dollars to vanish into fraudulent operations.
• Connecting the Dots Between Islam and Evil Actions — Larry Alex Taunton delves into the reasons behind the Western scholarly community’s difficulty in understanding the intrinsic connections between Islam and violent actions perpetrated in its name.
• Piers Morgan Causes Leftist to Visibly Shake — Morgan dismantles the most annoying liberal on TikTok. He actually starts visibly shaking, and Piers calls it out.

SHORT CUTS

Warmonger at the Helm

“If Europe suddenly wants to fight us and starts the war, we’re ready right now.” —Russian President Vladimir Putin

You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy

“Why you may not want lower prices as much as you think you do.” —Washington Post headline

Belly Laugh of the Day

“I actually think that the mainstream news still does a very good job of just presenting facts.” —Barack Obama

Who Wants to Tell Them?

“Democrats want to lower healthcare costs for families. We want to make healthcare cheaper, more effective, more accessible. … Republicans, meanwhile, are a total mess when it comes to healthcare.” —Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

“Time has run out on Republican inaction. They have done nothing over the last 60 days but stumble, fumble, and bumble as it relates to addressing the healthcare crisis that they’ve created.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)

For the Record

“They want Pete Hegseth prosecuted for war crimes because he’s defending the homeland from narco terrorists but didn’t even call on anyone in the Biden admin to resign when they droned eight innocent Afghani children.” —Greg Price

“We’ve been told for decades the US military must go everywhere and do the impossible all over the world. But the red line for permanent Washington is using the military to destroy narco terrorists in our own hemisphere.” —Vice President JD Vance

Shot/Chaser

“Don’t blame the entire Somali community for the deeds of some bad actors.” —Minnesota Star Tribune headline

“But I bet you blame all whites for the 1.4% of the U.S. population were who were slave owners.” —Ann Coulter

Re: The Left

“Is it too much to ask that immigrants love America and its system of government? That’s a question that President Trump has been asking, with an especially high level of vitriol, in the wake of the horrific shooting of members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., the day before Thanksgiving.” —Rich Lowry

“It speaks to how depraved the Democrat Party has become that they are more angry at President Trump for deploying the National Guard … than they are at the foreign national terrorist from Afghanistan.” —White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

“There is a direct connection to the constant demonization of our men and women in uniform and in law enforcement and the assassination of one National Guardsman and the grievous wounding of another who is clinging to life by a thread.” —Gary Bauer

“Critical race theory proponents lump people into groups based on their skin tone. They claim that black people are the victims, while white people are the oppressors. Yes, their worldview requires believing that the woman who was set on fire [in Chicago] was the oppressor. It’s easier to ignore this story than explain that absurdity.” —Victor Joecks

Makes You Think

“You can get a plumber to your house in the middle of the night within an hour. But if you go to the ER, you could wait six hours. Why? The federal government never tried to make plumbing affordable and accessible.” —Bert Kellerman

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Rasmussen Poll: 51% of Young Voters Back Democratic Socialist for ’28 | Newsmax

A new Rasmussen Reports and Heartland Institute poll found that a slim majority of likely voters ages 18 to 39 want a democratic socialist to win the 2028 presidential election.

The survey of 1,496 likely voters showed 51% favored a democratic socialist victory, while 36% said they opposed that outcome and 17% were unsure.

The survey was conducted from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.

Among young Democrats, support for a democratic socialist president stood at 82%. Among young Republicans, 65% opposed the idea.

Independents were split, with 37% supporting and 31% opposing.

The underlying data shows a complex picture.

Family influence appears strongest among those who back democratic socialism.

Fifty-four percent of the respondents said their parents or guardians held favorable views of democratic socialism when they were growing up, and 27% identified those same family members as the most influential force shaping their worldview.

Education also plays a notable role.

Fifty-two percent of respondents recalled teachers or professors who were favorable toward democratic socialism, and 22% described those educators as “very favorable.” Only 26% said their teachers or professors expressed unfavorable views.

Media consumption habits round out the pattern.

Seventeen percent of young voters said online videos or podcasts were the primary influence behind their support. Ten percent pointed to books.

Smaller shares identified grandparents, print or digital news, and television. A limited number said church leaders or teachers were their most important influence.

Previous Rasmussen polling showed that younger voters also supported economic proposals favored by democratic socialist lawmakers, including rent freezes and government-run retail options.

The demographic distinctions in the data are sharp.

Support is strongest among the youngest adults, with 57% of voters ages 18 to 24 backing a democratic socialist candidate. Support drops to 46% among those aged 35 to 39.

Women show slightly higher levels of support than men across the under-40 group.

For conservatives and President Donald Trump, the findings indicate a potential need for long-term adjustments in GOP strategy regarding younger voters.

Data suggest that gaining support among younger Americans may require policies or messaging that reflect the economic conditions influencing their political attitudes.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/poll-rasmussen-2028/2025/11/26/id/1236201/