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The Schumer Shutdown has been going on for more than a month now. It started on October 1, and the Senate won't even be able to have another vote on it until Tuesday at the earliest. The extended shutdown is raising concerns, particularly about funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and how it may be impacting air travel. 🚨For those traveling in and out of Newark — expect significant delays. We HAVE to reduce flight volumes to MAINTAIN SAFETY 🚨This is exactly what @SenSchumer and @RepJeffries want — to inflict maximum pain on the American people!The moment they...

WATCH: Nonprofit Executive Caught Instructing Illegal Immigrant to Vote in NYC Mayoral Election. La Jornada Executive Director Pedro Rodriguez Tells Undercover OMG Journalist Posing as an Unregistered Migrant to “Vote for the Guy That Starts with ‘M’” -Despite 501(c)(3) Regulation Prohibiting Political Activity by Tax-Exempt Organizations. Rodriguez Acknowledges Knowing the Individual Is “Not Registered” Before Advising him How to Vote - a Potential Violation of Federal & State Election Laws. In a Prior Encounter with James O’Keefe, Rodriguez Was Caught Falsifying Documents to Provide Illegal Immigrants with NYC Residency. “You’re not registered? Okay.” “It’s three guys. Vote for…the guy that...

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) appeared desperate to evade any and all questions about his support for former President Joe Biden — support that continued even after it became painfully obvious that Biden was declining rapidly.Newsom repeatedly dodged questions on that topic during a Sunday morning appearance on “Meet the Press,” attempting to change the subject every time host Kristen Welker raised another question about the former president.WATCH:“You stood by him till the end, after that disastrous debate performance, even when top Democrats were calling for him to step down,” Welker began. “Did you ever have concerns, Governor, about his capacity...

At least 54 of the California governor’s past top donors haven’t chipped in for the Prop 50 campaign, including some of the state’s wealthiest residents and industry titans.But big-dollar donors carry weight in presidential campaigns, too, and some view these withdrawals as a warning sign for Newsom — reflecting lingering frustration with the party’s sweeping losses in 2024, fear of retribution from Trump or hesitation, even among some of California’s heaviest hitters, to align themselves this early with Newsom.“I have been really shocked at the big names that have not been on, which make me feel like this thing is...

Democrats are so corrupt “I’m not kidding you, it's literally 4:28AM. Democrats raised your power bills. The Democrats put illegals over the safety of the citizens of the state of Illinois. The Democrats stole your down state transportation funds. Motor fuel sales tax you pay on motor fuel tax, they stole it and sent it to the CTA in Chicago.”

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani releases a campaign ad in Arabic. Mamdani, who is a Muslim and recently gave a landmark speech about Islamophobia, is the frontrunner to win Tuesday’s election. “I know what you’re thinking — I might look like your brother-in-law from Damascus, but my Arabic needs some work,” Mamdani, who is of Indian descent, says in the video. “Still, I would love to ask for your support on November 4th.” In the ad, Mamdani pitches his promises to make New York more affordable, pets a bodega cat, and jokes about knafeh — an Arabic dessert...

Mamdani's Network of InfluenceABOUT THE HOSTILE TAKEOVERAcross the political spectrum, Americans value democracy, fairness and freedom of thought. Yet a movement has emerged that directly challenges those ideals — the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).As its leaders repeatedly state, the DSA are NOT Democrats. They are an external force that has infiltrated the Democratic Party to reshape it in their own image. Like the cuckoo that lays its eggs in another bird’s nest and then throws out the original bird’s eggs, the DSA is using the party’s structure and reputation while working to replace it with its own extremist agenda.If...

Trump shares footage of Rep. Ilhan Omar saying “Somalia is our home” during a Minnesota rally, urging her to “go back” to Somalia.US President Donald Trump on Saturday criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), a member of “The Squad” of anti-Israel Democrats, in a post on Truth Social. “She should go back!” Trump wrote, sharing a video of Omar addressing a crowd in Minnesota and saying “Somalia is our home” and referring to the President of Somalia as “our President”. The President has repeatedly suggested Omar should be removed from the country. In September, he told reporters in the Oval Office,...

Every few years, Democrats rediscover something shocking: Americans don’t like them. Not just die-hard Republicans. Not just Fox News viewers. Normal, everyday people who work, pay taxes, believe that men can’t become women, and think “Latinx” is a typo.The latest wake-up call comes from a new report by a left-wing group hilariously named “Welcome” – as in, “Welcome back to reality.” After consulting hundreds of thousands of voters, the group found that 70 percent of Americans think the Democrat Party is out of touch.Apparently, it took Democrats six months and a 60-page report to learn what anyone outside of D.C....

There is a hatred in America that still dares to speak its name — loudly, publicly, and without fear of consequence. It doesn’t hide behind euphemisms or coded language. It mocks, it smears and it flourishes in the open. That hatred is Islamophobia. Today, it remains one of the last socially and publicly acceptable forms of bigotry.Muslims are a community that leading political figures can still slander on air, that journalists can frame as suspect by default, and that candidates can use as props in their culture-war campaigns without major consequences or jeopardizing their careers.Recently, Andrew Cuomo, New York City...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., was pressed by NBC News host Kristen Welker on whether he thought former President Joe Biden could have served through 2029, his defense of the former president and Kamala Harris' failed campaign during "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "Governor, did you legitimately believe that he was capable of serving as president until January of 2029?" Welker asked. The governor recently praised Biden as one of the most successful presidents. "Yeah, I think my focus was, frankly, situational. It was making sure Donald Trump didn't get back into office, to experience everything that we're experiencing today. And...

Illinois has now joined California and Connecticut in barring federal immigration agents from conducting "civil arrests" of illegal aliens in or around state courthouses. The sanctuary law appears largely performative since it also appears unconstitutional. It is difficult to see how a state can bar the exercise of federal jurisdiction, at least after the Civil War.Gov. JB Pritzker has been ratcheting up the rhetoric against ICE and the Trump administration for months, including analogies to the Nazis and claims that democracy is dying. The new law, however, crosses the constitutional Rubicon by not only limiting the operation of Immigration and...

Will “Palestinian liberation” become New York City’s political future?Zohran Kwame Mamdani wants to be the next mayor of New York City. But before voters even consider handing him the keys to City Hall, one question demands an answer: How can someone who proudly backs the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel – a movement that violates New York State policy – be trusted to lead the nation’s largest city?New York’s BDS BanNearly a decade ago, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo took a clear stand against anti-Israel boycotts. In 2016, he signed Executive Order 157, which prohibits New York State agencies...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman noted Saturday night on Fox News Channel’s “My View with Lara Trump,” hosted by the president’s daughter-in-law, that he’ll “get grief” for sitting down with her. Still, he said, having conversations is “really important.” “We can’t ever collectively turn our back to others and people are increasingly forgetting to remember that we really need each other,” Fetterman said. Both Democrats and Republicans are feeling the effects of a federal government shutdown. Fetterman was one of three Democrats to side with a Republican bill that would’ve paid certain federal workers during the shutdown. “I’ve been really consistent...

Finances are becoming dire for the more than 750,000 government workers who have been going without pay for a full month.The government has been closed for a full month — and federal workers who have missed two paychecks are now using credit cards to pay their bills, visiting food pantries to stock their kitchens and reviewing their bank accounts, plotting exactly how long they can manage without a salary. The answer is not much longer for Cynthia Brown, a Government Publishing Office staffer who has been working without pay. The 53-year-old said she is barely eating, subsisting on coffee and...

It seems like every time I look at the news these last couple of weeks, there is another piece predicting doom and gloom for the Democratic Party. The latest came from Harry Enten at CNN, who said the data shows the shutdown standoff in Washington is backfiring for the left.“You might think,” he said, “given that the Republicans are in charge of both the House and the Senate, that a government shutdown might actually hurt the Republican brand. But in fact, it hasn’t. If anything, it’s been helped a little bit.”Enten went on to evaluate the Democrats’ chances in the...

Chuck Grassley reveals Biden Justice Department investigation details as new FBI leadership takes actionStaggering revelations came out this week concerning Operation Arctic Frost, the Biden Justice Department’s weaponization campaign against Republicans predicated on the non-crime of objecting to a presidential election.Democrats lodged similar objections in 1969, 2001, 2005 and, most infamously, in 2017 when they cited the discredited Steele Dossier to attempt to overturn President Trump’s victory. Yet, none faced charges. Objecting to elections is protected by the First Amendment and the Electoral Count Act of 1887. It was eminently reasonable for members of Congress — the arbiters of whether...

Democrats do not just need to win more people. They also need to win more places.Inside the Democratic Party — in its backrooms and its group chats, its conferences and its online flame wars — an increasingly bitter debate has taken hold over what the party needs to become to beat back Trumpism. Does it need to be more populist? More moderate? More socialist? Embrace the abundance agenda? Produce more vertical video?The answer is yes, yes to all of it — but to none of it in particular. The Democratic Party does not need to choose to be one thing....

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SNAP food benefits could restart as early as Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday morning. Two federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island ruled on Friday that the Trump administration must use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits, which help feed 42 million Americans, during the government shutdown. Judge Jack McConnell of Rhode Island also directed that these be paid out of emergency funds “as soon as possible.” Boston Judge Indira Talwani gave the administration until Monday to tell her if it will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November. The administration was originally set to cut...