As I sat down to write this, my last column of 2025, I reflected back on a year that was, well, interesting from an old political science professor’s perspective, but which contained a lot of pain for a lot of people. And as is pretty much always the
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SAY WHAT? Liberal Politico Reporter Suggests Somali Daycare Owners Could Justifiably Shoot People for Asking Questions
Josh Gerstein – Screencap of YouTube video.
Josh Gerstein, a journalist who works at the liberal outlet Politico, tweeted something on Monday night that is raising a lot of eyebrows.
In response to the explosive report from independent journalist Nick Shirley about Somali fraud at daycare centers in Minnesota, Gerstein tweeted:
“At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws”
The tweet is still up:At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) December 30, 2025Who knew that liberal journos support ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws? Of course, Minnesota, being controlled by Democrats, has no such laws, but still.
Isn’t it amazing how journalists always rush to attack the person reporting the wrongdoing in a situation like this rather than calling out, you know, the wrongdoing itself?
People were quick to push back on Gerstein’s tweet. See some of the responses below:The senior legal affairs reporter for Politico suggesting “stand your ground” laws means shooting people who knock on the doors of a daycare.
My God. https://t.co/6RWhN2XILo pic.twitter.com/LSX4ViXjwR
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) December 30, 2025Babe wake up new entry on the It’s Not Happening meme just dropped https://t.co/PctgfxI3Uw pic.twitter.com/7LkSXRnXC2
— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) December 30, 2025WTF?! Politico’s “Senior Legal Affairs Reporter” just suggested “daycare centers” might be justified in SHOOTlNG citizen journalists for knocking on their doors
Legacy media is FULL of deranged freaking lunatics.
They’re pissed off that we’ve taken their power away.
Losers. pic.twitter.com/80pOkQuv7b
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 30, 2025Stand your ground isn’t castle doctrine, and castle doctrine doesn’t apply to someone just knocking on your door in a peaceful manner.
But we have arrived at journos fantasizing about killing people who uncover welfare fraud. https://t.co/51a6XIRwPK
— Sunny (@sunnyright) December 30, 20251) Stand Your Ground does not permit the murder of door knockers2) MN is not a SYG state3) in no world should Somali fraudsters be encouraged to murder taxpaying US citizens for doing the journalism well-funded reporters refuse to do https://t.co/VOHWNcmD84
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) December 30, 2025Lib reporters will literally call for people to be murdered to avoid talking about a left-wing fraud scandal. https://t.co/R0CpK2wEK0
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) December 30, 2025Liberals really have no idea what “Stand Your Ground” laws actually are do they? https://t.co/2NnjxajAOD
— EducatëdHillbilly (@RobProvince) December 30, 2025Gerstein followed up with this meaningless tweet:
To observe that something is likely to happen or there’s a serious risk of it happening is not to advocate for it happening
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) December 30, 2025Some people have suggested that Gerstein should be fired over this but we all know that’s unlikely to happen.
It does serve as a good reminder of who the people in the journalist class really are.
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Corrupt Obama Judge Amy Berman Jackson Blocks Trump Admin From Defunding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump Administration from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, ruled that the White House has to use funds from the Federal Reserve to continue funding the CFPB.
OMB Director – and Acting Director of the CFPB Russ Vought earlier issued a “reduction in force” (RIF) for the CFPB after Trump shut down the agency shortly after he was sworn into office.
The Federal Reserve has been operating at a loss since 2022 thanks to Bidenflation.
CBS News reported:
The White House may not stop funding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, days before funds at the bureau were likely to run out and the consumer finance agency would lack the funds to pay its employees.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman ruled the CFPB can continue to get its funds from the Federal Reserve, though the Fed is operating at a loss, and the White House has made a new legal argument that way the CFPB gets its funds is not valid.
At the heart of this case is whether White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, who is also the acting director of the CFPB, can effectively shut down the agency and lay off all of the bureau’s employees.
The CFPB has largely been inoperable since President Trump was sworn into office nearly a year ago.
Its employees are mostly forbidden from doing any work, and most of the bureau’s operations this year has been to unwind the work it did under President Biden and even under Mr. Trump’s first term.
Earlier this year, President Trump began cleaning house after he fired Rohit Chopra, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Rohit Chopra was a toxic Biden holdover who previously threatened banks that refused to give credit lines and loans to illegal aliens.
Obama-appointed Judge Amy Berman Jackson previously barred the Trump Administration from firing CFPB workers without cause.
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Disney to Pay $10 Million Penalty for Alleged Illegal Targeting of Children
It turns out even Disney’s “magic” has legal — and costly — limits.
The Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs announced in a news release Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with the entertainment giant over alleged violations of federal children’s privacy law.
Under an order entered by a federal court, Disney Worldwide Services Inc. and Disney Entertainment Operations LLC — collectively referred to as “Disney” — will pay $10 million in civil penalties.
The settlement stems from allegations that Disney violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, commonly known as COPPA.
According to the Justice Department, the violations involved Disney’s handling of data connected to popular video content that’s distributed on YouTube and widely viewed by children.
A complaint filed in a California federal court by the DOJ alleged that Disney failed to properly designate certain YouTube videos as content directed at children, the news release states.Disney to Pay $10 Million to Settle Children’s Privacy Case https://t.co/Evru1h35ax
— WSJ Business News (@WSJbusiness) December 30, 2025Because of that failure, the news release states, Disney collected data from young viewers and served them targeted advertisements without first providing notice to parents or obtaining required parental consent.
The issue is especially significant given Disney’s reach.
Its YouTube videos attract billions of views in the United States, the DOJ news release states, meaning the alleged violations could have affected a massive number of children and families.
“The Justice Department is firmly devoted to ensuring parents have a say in how their children’s information is collected and used,” Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, said in the release.
“The Department will take swift action to root out any unlawful infringement on parents’ rights to protect their children’s privacy.”
Beyond the $10 million fine, the settlement places clear limits on how Disney can operate on YouTube in the future.
The agreement bars the company from running YouTube content in any way that violates federal children’s privacy law and requires Disney to implement a compliance program designed to ensure it follows COPPA rules, according to the release.
Taken together, the case is a reminder that scale and brand power don’t excuse basic legal responsibilities. Disney’s content reaches millions of children, and with that reach comes an obligation to play by the rules meant to protect young viewers — not quietly sidestep them for convenience or profit.
For a company built on family-friendly imagery, the settlement lands as an uncomfortable reckoning.
The message from regulators is clear: When it comes to children’s privacy, even the most powerful entertainment empire’s “magic” has clear and well-defined limits.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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Tim Walz Attacks President Trump After HHS Department Freezes Childcare Payments to Minnesota Amid Widespread Somali Fraud
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz attacked President Trump in his latest statement in response to allegations of rampant fraud in the Somali community.
Somali healthcare and daycare scammers may have stolen more than $9 billion in taxpayer money in Minnesota.
Walz lashed out at President Trump and accused him of letting fraudsters out of prison.
“We’ve spent years cracking down on fraud – referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs,” Walz said.
“Trump keeps letting fraudsters out of prison,” Walz said.We’ve spent years cracking down on fraud – referring cases to law enforcement, shutting down and auditing high-risk programs.
Trump keeps letting fraudsters out of prison.
To the national news just now paying attention, here’s what we’ve done to stop it. pic.twitter.com/bgvKPxVxxm
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) December 30, 2025Later Tuesday, the Health and Human Services Department announced it is freezing all childcare payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud.
“We have turned off the money spigot,” HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill said.
The HHS took three actions against the rampant fraud in Minnesota: All payments across the country will require justification and photo evidence before money is sent to a state.
All individuals in Nick Shirley’s video have been identified and audits have been demanded.
The HHS has also launched a fraud reporting hotline.
Walz lashed out at President Trump again.
“This is Trump’s long game,” Walz.
“We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue – but this has been his plan all along,” Walz said.
“He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans,” Walz added.This is Trump’s long game.
We’ve spent years cracking down on fraudsters. It’s a serious issue – but this has been his plan all along.
He’s politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans. https://t.co/7ByWjeXxu0
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) December 31, 2025The post Tim Walz Attacks President Trump After HHS Department Freezes Childcare Payments to Minnesota Amid Widespread Somali Fraud appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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The EU imposes a €3 fee per package: more control, more revenue, and more bureaucracy at the consumer’s expense
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Victor Reacts: Democrats Defend the Fraud Scandal of the Century (VIDEO)
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When the Somali daycare fraud scandal broke I assumed there would be no Democrat dumb enough to turn it into a partisan issue and come to the defense of the fraudsters. I was wrong.
While Democrats rally to the defense of the Somalis, Tim Walz went a step further.
The Gateway Pundit reported,
Rather than address the fleecing of taxpayers in his state, Governor Tim Walz attacked Shirley instead, calling him a “White supremacist” for daring to expose the fraud.
Shirley shared clips of his investigation, including footage of the door being slammed in his face while he asked a Minnesota Childcare Center that claims to care for 102 children, which appeared empty.
Shirley released the full 42-minute video of his investigation noting, “We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable.”
GOP Whip Tom Emmer lashed out at Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on X and demanded answers asking, “4 million dollars of hard-earned tax dollars going to an education center that can’t even spell learning correctly. Care to explain this one, Tim Walz?”
Walz has responded to the fraud by attacking Shirley.
“This is what happens when they scapegoat and this is what they happens when they no longer hide the idea of white supremacy,” Walz said of the investigation.
As the massive fraud in the Somali immigrant community in Minnesota continues to unfold, with the extent of the fraud potentially reaching more than $9 billion in stolen taxpayer money, renewed scrutiny is also focusing on how much of the billions stolen has gone directly into the hands of al-Shabaab terrorists.
There is truly nothing that the left will not defend.
Tim Walz should be ashamed of himself, the people of Minnesota deserve leadership that will put them first rather than propping up Somali fraudsters.
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How Much Exactly Does Tim Walz Know About The Somali Fraud? | Drew Hernandez
Resurfaced video footage from a December 12th press conference has gone viral, showing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz confessing “we should have been keeping Minnesota citizens “more up-to-speed on what was happening.” Addressing the state’s massive fraud scandal, Walz attempted to emphasize the necessity of new “checks and balances” to restore public trust following the loss of millions in taxpayer dollars, in a manner, not so confident.
The clips also feature Walz directly addressing President Trump, who had recently targeted the governor with well deserved personal insults and inflammatory rhetoric regarding Minnesota’s Somali community. The tension traces back to a Thanksgiving Truth Social post in which President Trump called Walz “seriously retarded” and referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage”.
Tim Walz also has strongly rebuked the President’s language, warning that such “vile” comments inevitably escalate from online taunts to real-world danger. He specifically describes a pattern of motorists driving past the Governor’s Mansion to scream the “R-word” repeatedly at him and his family.
New viral footage has surfaced of social media users filming themselves in front of the Governor’s Mansion screaming “RETARD” repeatedly at the Governor mocking him. The act has been dubbed on social media as “retard drive-bys” ever since President Donald Trump dubbed the limp governor as “seriously retarded.”
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Senator John Kennedy Brings Somali Fraud to the Senate Floor, Blames Minnesota Democrats
Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana). Photo courtesy of Senator John Kennedy.
In a December 3, 2025, Senate floor speech, Senator John Kennedy (R-Louisiana) said federal prosecutors uncovered roughly $1 billion in welfare fraud in Minnesota involving three major schemes tied to child nutrition, housing for the homeless, and autism services. He said the fraud was concentrated within Minnesota’s Somali community, while stressing that he was describing facts rather than attacking the community as a whole, noting that dozens of individuals have already been convicted or charged.
Kennedy opened by emphasizing that the United States is the most generous nation in the world, providing food, housing, and medical care to those in need at enormous taxpayer expense. That generosity, he said, makes large-scale abuse especially infuriating. What federal prosecutors uncovered in Minnesota, he told the Senate, was outright theft.
He said investigators identified three elaborate fraud schemes. The first involved Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit that claimed to be feeding hungry children in the Somali community. The organization received federal funds administered by Minnesota welfare authorities and distributed money to local businesses, many of them Somali-owned, that were supposed to operate meal sites. Kennedy said the program began with modest funding but rapidly expanded, eventually receiving about $100 million per year.
According to Kennedy, the children existed, but the meals did not. Instead of feeding hungry children, the businesses involved used the money for personal enrichment, including luxury purchases such as yachts, vacations, jewelry, and home furnishings.
The second scheme was presented as a program to house homeless people. Another nonprofit sought millions of dollars to provide housing, with funding requests escalating quickly from a few million dollars to more than $100 million per year. Kennedy said none of the money went to housing and that the funds were simply pocketed by those running the program.
The third scheme, which Kennedy described as the most disturbing, involved autism services. Providers sought funding to treat autistic children but could not identify enough qualifying cases. Kennedy said they then bribed parents in the Somali community, offering between $400 and $1,500 per child in exchange for falsely certifying children as autistic.
The scheme expanded rapidly, with annual funding requests eventually reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. Kennedy identified Asha Farhan Hassan as the leader of this operation and said she was also involved in the child nutrition fraud.
Across all three schemes, Kennedy said, approximately $1 billion in taxpayer funds was stolen.
Kennedy said state employees raised concerns and attempted to intervene but were blocked by political leadership. In the Feeding Our Future case, welfare officials who questioned rising claims were threatened with lawsuits and accusations of racism. He said the nonprofit warned that denying applications from minority-owned businesses would result in legal action and damaging media coverage.
According to Kennedy, those concerns were elevated to senior officials, but no action was taken. He cited Minnesota’s legislative auditor, who said threats of litigation and negative press influenced how politicians exercised regulatory authority. Kennedy also quoted a fraud investigator in the attorney general’s office, who said there was a perception that aggressive enforcement would trigger political backlash among the Somali community, described as a core Democratic voting bloc.
Kennedy further cited statements from Minnesota Department of Human Services employees, who publicly blamed Governor Tim Walz for allowing the fraud to continue. In a statement posted by employees, they said Walz was “100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota” and accused his administration of retaliating against whistleblowers through monitoring, threats, and repression.
Kennedy also referenced a City Journal report alleging that some of the stolen funds may have been sent to al-Shabaab, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization in Somalia. He said the claim had not been proven but confirmed that prosecutors were investigating the allegation.
Responding to accusations of racism, Kennedy said the issue had nothing to do with race and everything to do with criminal conduct. He said the facts showed that the schemes were organized by leaders within the Somali community, that most participating businesses were Somali-owned, and that kickbacks were paid to Somali parents. Those facts, he said, should not be ignored for political convenience.
Kennedy concluded that Minnesota politicians allowed the fraud to continue for political reasons, diverting taxpayer money away from people who were genuinely homeless, hungry, or autistic. He said refusing to confront the scandal out of fear of being labeled racist only enabled further abuse and undermined public trust.
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Attorneys for D.C. Pipe Bomber Suspect Brian Cole Cite Autism in Push for Conditional Release
The D.C. pipe bomber suspect Brian Cole, who has been accused of placing pipe bombs outside of the Democratic and Republican National Committee buildings in January of 2021, was back inside a D.C. courtroom on Tuesday.
During the court appearance, Brian Cole’s attorney argued before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh for Cole’s temporary release, citing a prior autism diagnosis.
Judge Sharbaugh, however, did not make an immediate decision regarding Cole’s release and instead announced that he would decide on a conditional release at a later date.
On Monday, Cole was indicted on two Federal charges by a D.C. Superior Court grand jury, one of which was a charge related to terrorism.New court documents from DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole’s defense attorneys argue he needs to be released from jail pending a trial because he poses no threat to the community —citing he’s diagnosed with autism and OCD and has zero criminal history. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/vnxmyR0cmb
— Matthew Torres (@News_MTorres) December 30, 2025Per NBC News:
The Virginia man accused of planting pipe bombs at the nation’s capital on Jan. 5, 2021, is requesting a conditional release from jail as his attorney cites his autism diagnosis.
Federal prosecutors allege that Brian Cole, 30, is the man who planted explosive devices at the Republican and Democratic national party headquarters the night before rioters swarmed the Capitol. He has been in custody since he was arrested Dec. 4, when he was charged with transporting an explosive device and attempted malicious destruction by means of explosive materials.
Cole has not yet entered a plea.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh declined to rule on whether Cole would be released Tuesday, telling both parties there were “important arguments under consideration.” Neither Cole nor the several members of his family at the hearing reacted to Sharbaugh’s announcement.
On Monday, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro wrote on X that her office has filed court documents that reveal Cole confessed to making the bombs and setting the timer to detonate them.
LOOK:My office has filed court documents that Brian Cole, Jr., accused of placing pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC has admitted that he was responsible for the devices and gave a detailed confession to the charged offenses, telling law enforcement he was frustrated with both…
— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) December 29, 2025As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the FBI identified Brian Cole as the suspected pipe bomber without using any new evidence, but instead used evidence collected by the Biden FBI.
READ:
Biden’s FBI Knew Brian Cole was the January 6 Pipe Bomber in April 2021
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