“We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about.
I’m Muslim. I’m a democratic socialist. And most damning of all, I refuse to apologize for any of this.”
– NY Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani
“Bookmark this: New Yorkers will learn the hard way what socialism is.”
– Congresswoman Nicole Malliiotakis
“I’m going to compliment your guy. He’s the greatest actor you have. You know, he turned himself into a hood ornament for the poor and the downtrodden. He’s a rich kid who is a great actor. He — he play acts.“
– Scott Jennings
“Freedom necessarily means that many things will be done which we do not like.”
– Friedrich Hayek
“Communism doesn’t work because people like to own stuff.”
– Frank Zappa
Democrats’ Shutdown Continues: Senate Democrats are pushing their luck.
Too many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford the Democrats’ gamesmanship. Democrats think they are pressuring Republicans by NOT putting up any votes to keep the government open, when in reality, most voters understand the Democrats are trying to hold them hostage for political gain.
The Democrats had 14 opportunities to join with Republicans to keep the government open, and each and every time the Democrats voted NO!
Why? For perceived political gain.
Federal government employees and government labor unions are getting sick of the Democrats’ game. Most of these folks live in Virginia and Maryland and know very well what is going on and who’s doing what. They are openly calling for an end to the shutdown.
Democrats are “testing” how far they can push this. At some point, average Americans who are paying the price for the Democrats’ gamesmanship will say enough is enough.
One more pay period and the political floodgates against the Democrats will burst open.
Democrats have pandered to their radical base and risk losing mainstream voters who just want good government and a functioning society.
Have the Mainstream Democrats Lost Control?: Clearly, this is NOT my father’s Democrat Party. Long gone are the days of John F. Kennedy and others who couldn’t get nominated in today’s Democrat Party.
The socialist/progressive wing has taken over, and their leaders, young and old, are trying to push this country towards something they call “democratic socialism.” It’s a tenuous coalition of political misfits, revolutionaries, extremists, and demagogues… a dangerous mix.
From Bernie Sanders to AOC and now Mamdami… they have new voices, making unattainable promises. Their “everyman appeal” seems to be working politically as they “promise to pay Peter by robbing Paul,” but eventually Paul will run out of money.
Let us remember… government can’t “give” anything for “free” to anyone until it first takes it from someone else. Taxpayers beware!!!
Arctic Frost Worse Than Watergate: Obama/Biden weaponized our federal law enforcement to go after political enemies. No one is safe in a scenario like that.
Congress has to get to the bottom of it.
Congress needs to act to ensure it NEVER happens again.
Congress needs to amend FISA.
This Orwellian action cannot go unpunished. It breaks the norms of a civil society and ridicules the principle of our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Obamacare Hoax Backfiring: Democrats are scrambling and trying to blame Republicans for the disastrous Obamacare bill they passed on a straight partisan vote with the EXPIRATION date of December 31, 2025.
This is a disaster waiting to happen, made by Democrats.
Democrats jammed Obamacare through Congress with NO Republican support, no negotiations, no compromise, and now somehow it’s the Republicans fault that its blowing up in their faces.
They thought they could start down the path of socializing healthcare by temporarily subsidizing it so that the country would become addicted. No alternatives, no funding, and an unwillingness to make it permanent… even when the Democrats controlled Congress and the White House.
This is the Democrats’ nightmare scenario biting them in the azz.
Russia Go Home!: End the war. Just turn around and go back to Russia and stop the senseless killing and destruction.
Putin is destroying Russia, destabilizing Europe, and threatening to start World War III just to satisfy his ego and imperialistic ambitions.
Peace can/should be so easy… only Putin stands in its way!!!
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–Saul Anuzis
R.I.P. Vice President Dick Cheney
Statement by President George W. Bush on Vice President Dick Cheney:
The death of Richard B. Cheney is a loss to the nation and a sorrow to his friends. Laura and I will remember Dick Cheney for the decent, honorable man that he was. History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held.
As a young White House aide and chief of staff, a Congressman, a Secretary of Defense, and my Vice President, Dick earned the confidence and high opinion of five presidents. I asked him to join my ticket in 2000 after first enlisting him to help me find the best running mate. In our long discussions about the qualities a vice president should have – deep experience, mature judgment, character, loyalty – I realized that Dick Cheney was the one I needed. I’m still grateful that he was at my side for the eight years that followed.
Dick was a calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges. I counted on him for his honest, forthright counsel, and he never failed to give his best. He held to his convictions and prioritized the freedom and security of the American people. For those two terms in office, and throughout his remarkable career, Dick Cheney’s service always reflected credit on the country he loved. Dick’s love for America was second only to his family. Laura and I have shared our deepest sympathies with Vice President Cheney’s wife Lynne and their daughters and grandchildren of whom he was so deeply proud. We are praying for Lynne, Liz, Mary, and the Cheney family as they honor a great man.
NEWT GINGRICH: Republicans have one big thing to learn about their 2025 wipeout
Trump boom by July 2026 could save GOP Congress, but economic failure means Democratic House takeover
The Nov. 4 off-year elections were a smashing Democratic victory. This is the first and most important lesson Republicans should take from the results.
In elections in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia and California, there was a huge wave in favor of the Democrats. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s referendum victory in California will certainly shape the 2026 midterms. Yet, there were some local Republican victories, such as the one for Nassau County executive in New York, which provided the GOP hints of a better future – if Republicans are willing to study and learn from them.
President Donald J. Trump suggested that his name not being on the ballot was a major factor in the outcome. This may be true, but it does not solve anything for Republicans. His name is not going to be on the ballot in 2026 or 2028 either. If Republicans do not learn how to connect with, motivate and turn out more Americans, we are in for a huge Democratic comeback in the next election.
Part of the 2025 results are congruent with a principle I learned with President Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 – and the Contract with America campaign in 1994. Wave elections carry everything with them. The deeply flawed and vulnerable Democratic nominee for attorney general in Virginia won – despite having written about killing the Republican Virginia speaker of the House and hoping his children would die. The larger Democratic wave carried him past his own despicable behavior.
Trump Is Not To Blame For Democrats Electing Violent Extremists
Democrats have a long history of defending and electing party leaders engaged in the worst behavior imaginable, while Republican voters are still rejecting extremists.
hile liberal America is justifiably triumphant about Tuesday night’s election results, a lot of professionals are quietly worried about extremism infecting the party. Certainly, electing a mayor of New York who’s an unfortunate hellbroth of communism, Islamism, and “defund the police,” is not someone you want defining your party nationally.
And then there’s the problem of Jay Jones, the Attorney General-elect of Virginia, who won handily despite being caught sending text messages wishing death on a Republican colleagues’ kids — and this wasn’t some flippant message. After he did this, he called up his colleague on the phone to further argue his point about needing to watch kids die in order to make political progress. He also appears to have deceived the state and faked community service hours as part of a punishment for being caught driving 116 mph.
Despite this, no notable national Democrat called for Jones to withdraw from the race. Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger refused withdraw her endorsement of Jones, and Virginia Senator and former vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine also continued to support him…
…There is a concerted effort on the left to portray Trump, who has if anything made the Republican Party more liberal, as more extreme than he is and turn him into a mythic fascist villain to justify dark desires of inflicting literal pain on the political opposition. And whatever problems Republicans have with terminally online extremism in their own coalition, so far there’s little evidence these problems have spilled into the broader electorate the way they have with Democrats.
Sen. Schmitt Calls for ‘Watergate-Style Hearings For Months’ and Criminal Charges in Arctic Frost Scandal
As information continues to surface about the scope of the Biden administration’s Arctic Frost operation against Donald Trump and the full conservative movement, it’s clear that, in addition to numerous arrests and impeachments, we need public congressional hearings (preferably some of them on prime-time television) about what happened so the American people can be fully informed without the gatekeeping of the folks at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, etc.
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called for such hearings in an appearance on Fox News Channel’s Sunday Briefing.
If Schmitt outlined what happened:
“What happened was, three days after President Trump announced he was running for president, the entirety of government and the Justice Department was weaponized against him to bankrupt him and his family and put him in jail for the rest of his life.
“So, what happened?
“In Atlanta, a state case was created to go after President Trump. The number 2 person in that case met with the White House.
“Alvin Bragg in New York began his criminal trial against President Trump, and the number 3 person left DOJ to go join Alvin Bragg’s office.
“Then, of course, you have Jack Smith, who’s notorious in prosecutor circles as the henchman you assign to go get your person, the ‘Show me the man, I’ll show you the crime’ kind of prosecutor. He’s a total dirtbag. Brings this case against President Trump.
“It wasn’t just a war against a man, Peter; it was against the movement.”
As Schmitt said, we’re not just talking about Donald Trump; the DOJ’s war was against the entire movement. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) announced Wednesday that “197 subpoenas were issued by Jack Smith, which extended to more than 400 Republican organizations, including Turning Point USA and the Republican Attorneys General Association” as part of the operation, targeting 92 Republican individuals or organizations, including eight senators and one congressman.
Cruz says Biden FBI’s Arctic Fox investigation makes Watergate ‘pale in comparison
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Sunday argued the Biden-era Justice Department’s move to surveil Republican lawmakers and organizations through the FBI’s “Arctic Frost” investigation is comparable to the Watergate scandal.
“Arctic Frost is Joe Biden’s Watergate, and in fact, in terms of abuse of government power, it makes Watergate pale in comparison,” the Texas senator said during an interview on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Features.
His comments come as former FBI Director Christopher Wray’s Arctic Frost investigation has seen increased scrutiny from Congress due to concerns that it unlawfully targeted leading Republican groups and lawmakers in violation of the Constitution’s speech or debate clause.
Arctic Frost was triggered in 2022 by special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump due to alleged election interference in 2020 in the Jan. 6 case.
Cruz said Sunday that in the investigation, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg signed off on subpoenas from Smith’s office that held “no basis,” ordering phone companies to allow the government to monitor the phone lines of nine…
John Brennan’s unhinged blowup over ‘Dirty 51’ letter, Hunter Biden laptop shows he’s worried
It was satisfying to see former CIA Director John Brennan lose his cool when he was cornered in his comfortable lair among cronies in Virginia last week about his various plots against Donald Trump.
Brennan was basking in the adulation of friends and assorted gullible future spooks as he sat on stage as part of an intelligence panel at the Hayden Center at George Mason University outside Washington, DC, Thursday night.
But his smug demeanor cracked when he was confronted by whistleblower Thomas Speciale during audience question time.
Speciale asked Brennan why he overrode objections from CIA Moscow specialists to force the discredited and perverted Steele dossier into the 2017 intelligence assessment that launched the Russiagate scheme to frame Trump as a Russian asset.
“Yes, but doesn’t it ring true?” Brennan told the experts he was railroading.
Speciale is a 30-year career Army intelligence officer and was an intelligence strategist at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence at the time the Russiagate intelligence assessment was cooked up, so he knew what he was talking about when he laid out the damning facts.
Everything he put to Brennan on Thursday night is backed by emails and documents declassified in July by current CIA Director John Ratcliffe, which showed the intelligence assessment was deliberately corrupted by Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
Are Democrats Trying To Start A Civil War?
Whenever you delve into the modern history of internal national conflict you’re bound to come across post-crisis accounts from people who said “We never saw it coming…” or “The violence hit us from nowhere…” Generally speaking, these were the people who weren’t paying attention and they just happened to survive by sheer luck.
I think of this dynamic a lot these days. I see a large contingent of American society (perhaps 25% of the population) which has been radicalized or brainwashed beyond all reason or repair. These people (leftists) operate deep within a protective bubble of propaganda and zealotry; they function within a hive mind that does not deviate from the demands of their gatekeepers. They cannot be reasoned with, nor can they be satiated. They lust for power and the suffering of anyone who opposes them.
One can see an immediate difference between the sides. Conservatives are so independent we in-fight constantly. We might agree on basic values (even in this we sometimes argue), but in terms of policy and action we rarely shake hands.
For the political left, any disagreement with the majority leads to immediate ostracism. The hive mind does not tolerate individual rebellion. Only the gatekeepers can change the mindset or the mission of the mob.
It is strange then that this dichotomy has resulted in conservatives, with their values of liberty and independence, seeking order. Meanwhile leftists, in their Orwellian uniformity of thought, seek chaos and the deconstruction of civilization. You would think the relationship would be reversed, but this is the way it has always been.
Arctic Frost Accountability Starts With Impeaching Judge Boasberg
Newly disclosed facts surrounding the Biden Administration’s tyrannical weaponization of the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation has once again reached a fever pitch, and it’s time for Congress to take decisive action.
The startling revelations that radical left-wing U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg signed an order instructing a telecommunications company to refrain from disclosing to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas that his cellphone records were being subpoenaed by former President Joe Biden’s Special Counsel Jack Smith is still reverberating around our nation’s capital. Perhaps even more troubling is Judge Boasberg’s rationale for the order in which he suggested – without evidence – that such a disclosure would cause felonies to be committed by a sitting U.S. senator and put Smith’s overtly political investigation at risk.
Watching a federal judge flagrantly ignore the U.S. Constitution to advance an unprecedented dragnet by an out-of-control Executive Branch under the leadership of Biden, former Attorney General Merrick Garland, and former FBI Director Christopher Wray against a United States senator lays bare who the true threats to our democracy are in this ongoing national nightmare. Judge Boasberg must be impeached by the U.S.
Republicans have ‘clear momentum’ against ‘broke, divided’ Dems heading into 2026 midterms: internal memo
Despite historical headwinds against the party in power, House Republicans believe they have “clear momentum” one year out from the 2026 midterm elections, thanks to Democrats’ pronounced weaknesses, according to a new memo first shared with The Post.
The official House GOP campaign arm has assessed that the political landscape is more favorable now than it was around this time in 2017, before the blue wave year — and feels that the dynamic “continues to improve” amid Democratic infighting and messaging struggles.
“Democrats have their weakest brand in decades, with 67% of Democrats saying they’re frustrated with their party, up from about half in Pew polls from 2021 and 2019,” a “one year out” memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) explained.
“Voters define [Democrats] as higher taxes, weak leadership, a soft-on-crime stance, open borders, and wokeness. They are the party of the elite interests, out of touch with the working class.”
‘I’m not sure anyone would run against those two’: How Vance and Rubio came out on top
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance have become each other’s primary sounding boards in the West Wing as the pair work together to help shape and execute President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, according to five people close to the two top officials.
Rubio — the nation’s top diplomat and Trump’s national security adviser — spends most of his time not at the State Department but inside the White House, where he makes use of the NSA office, according to a person close to the secretary, granted anonymity to discuss his schedule.
From that perch, he and the vice president regularly meet, often with few others present, to discuss what has become an expansive foreign policy agenda. Their offices are “literally feet apart,” said a person familiar with the situation, noting that the corner of the West Wing has the offices of Rubio, Vance and chief of staff Susie Wiles.
“Marco, with years and years more experience, kindly helps JD — as he does all of us,” the person added.
Rubio and Vance coordinated on the Israel-Hamas peace effort and their joint visit to the Vatican. The two “worked closely during Iran and just about any high profile policy process,” said a person close to the White House, who, like others in this story, was granted anonymity to discuss their relationship.
“I think it’s probably safe to assume they talk every day,” said a White House staffer.
Rubio, Vance see growing speculation over their 2028 ambitions
President Trump floating Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a potential presidential ticket is fueling questions about their working relationship and political futures as chatter about who will lead the 2028 Republican ticket intensifies.
Vance and Rubio have a history of teaming up during their tenures in the Senate, but talk of a Vance-Rubio ticket has left some political watchers wondering about a rivalry brewing between two figures who are gunning to be No 1.
Many Republicans, meanwhile, are excited by the prospect of the two teaming up to succeed Trump.
“Romulus and Remus here, the sons of MAGA, uniting and heading into 2028 on firm footing for the future,” mused Republican strategist Matthew Bartlett.
The prospect of a potential 2028 run from the vice president seemed to be on young conservatives’ minds on Wednesday when Vance headlined a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi. Vance was met with chants of “48” during his address to students.
Mark Kelly: former Space Shuttle commander to 2028 commander-in-chief?
The 2028 presidential election is exactly three years from today. Imagine a burned-out nation on the verge of a meltdown from campaign fatigue.
For Republicans, the question of who will be President Trump’s MAGA-man successor is already a hot-button issue. Recently, the president “endorsed” his dream ticket — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — and gloated, “We have JD obviously, the vice president, who’s great. Marco’s great. I’m not sure if anyone would run against those two. I think if they ever formed a group, it would be unstoppable.”
Nonetheless, Earth will orbit the sun three times before voters have their final say. Therefore, alternative Republican candidates could emerge while Republican and Independent primary voters might reject a predetermined, finger-on-the-scale ticket anointed by an unpopular lame-duck president. As shown by Tuesday’s off-year election, Trump’s name was invisibly at the top of every ballot, and he got slammed.
Assuming no seismic events occur before Nov. 7, 2028, that lead to a President JD Vance, expect Republican ticket drama to be relatively mild compared to the costly, brutal struggle that will produce a Democratic presidential nominee.
In late September, The Hill published “Ranking the Democratic contenders for president in 2028.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom led that list of 10 names, and after Tuesday’s redistricting win, strengthened his top position.
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh had a message Thursday for conservative law students: Keep up the fight.
Speaking at an annual Federalist Society gala in Washington, Barrett zeroed in on conservative women, urging them not to heed criticism for career or personal choices at odds with their liberal classmates.
“In truth, being a conservative woman in law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways, shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be,” Barrett said during a joint, onstage interview with Kavanaugh. “I admire your courage for facing that.”
Barrett said she regards her decision to have seven children as one of many “counter-cultural things” she’s done. She said social media may be contributing to women feeling “suffocated” by the expectations at law schools, but they should still try to reject that pressure.
How the U.S. Can Prevent a War With China
In the dark days of 1940, as Nazi Germany consolidated its grip on Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a stark warning to the American people. The nation, he said, could no longer pretend it was safe from the gathering storm. To keep war from spreading to American shores, the nation had to become the “great arsenal of democracy.”
Today, 85 years later, a new storm is gathering in the Western Pacific. A new authoritarian power is conducting the largest military buildup since World War II. While China is not Nazi Germany, it wants to seize hegemonic control over the world’s most dynamic region and reset the global order to advantage its own interests at the expense of the United States.
The most dangerous and likely trigger for a U.S.–China conflict is a Taiwan crisis, but the stakes are about far more than Taiwan. To keep the homeland safe, America needs a strategy to deter a devastating war, preserve its strategic position in Asia, and thereby maintain an honorable peace with China. Achieving this goal must start with a national effort to rebuild our industrial and military might. Deterrence is a system. Industrial capacity is an essential input in that system, as are technology, allied coordination, and strong leadership.
Many Taiwan crisis scenarios can be imagined. They range from a formal blockade with warships, to a “quarantine” with coast guard ships, to a smaller attack on Taiwan’s outlying islands, to a full-scale invasion and war with the United States. China may pursue any of these strategies in combination or in sequence. The United States must prepare for all of them. In blockade and quarantine contingencies, lawfare and economic coercion might matter as much as air-naval power. But if Chinese President Xi Jinping uses brinkmanship to test U.S. and Taiwanese resolve, clever diplomatic strategies and economic threats will not be effective substitutes for robust military deterrence.
Circling Back On Joseph Stalin
No, there’s nothing to admire about one of the 20th century’s most brutal murderers.
After Nick Fuentes told Tucker Carlson that he was a “fan” and “admirer” of Joseph Stalin, Carlson told the young antisemite that they’d have to “circle back” on that point. But like Jen Psaki before him, Carlson failed to do so.
So, I reached out to Aaron MacLean, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the host of the School of War podcast. He’s also a Marine who deployed to Afghanistan, a former professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, and, perhaps most importantly, was once my editor at the Washington Free Beacon, where I learned his encyclopedic knowledge of European history first-hand.
Is there anything to admire about Stalin? It’s a question that I think Daily Wire readers know the answer to, but one worth circling back on nonetheless.
Final Thoughts
