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The Notorious Hope Walz, the cringe daughter of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, posted a TikTok video on December 29 claiming her family has been subjected to a coordinated “hate and bot campaign” from the right-wing infrastructure, alleging that critics have launched harassment efforts against her household. In the video, the air head 24-year-old described receiving an “extreme” and “overwhelming” influx of direct messages, comments, and emails that she characterized as “peddling propaganda” and “pushing agendas.”
Hope Walz attempted to warn that online attacks in a “post-truth world” have real-world consequences, stating plainly, “This is how people get hurt.” While also maintaining she has a privileged infrastructure herself for protection.
The video emerged amid a national controversy surrounding independent journalist Nick Shirley’s viral exposé of alleged fraud at Minnesota daycare centers, which sparked accusations that Governor Walz failed to adequately oversee state programs. Governor Walz responded to criticism by making comments linking fraud exposure to broader concerns about what he characterized as “white supremacy,” remarks that sparked sharp rebukes from Shirley and conservative figures.
The controversy has drawn federal attention, with the FBI and Department of Homeland Security deploying resources to Minnesota following Shirley’s investigation into allegedly fraudulent daycare and healthcare centers that received millions in taxpayer funding. Federal authorities have confirmed that Minnesota’s social services fraud exceeds $1 billion, with 92 individuals charged over the past few years, 82 of whom are Somali American—according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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A career criminal with at least 50 prior arrests and 40 convictions murdered a man with a machete in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Saturday evening.
Kendren Barnes was charged with murder after ‘stabbing’ victim Ricardo Maldonado, 57.
According to reports, police were called to an apartment complex in Waterbury on Saturday evening and found the two men suffering from stab wounds.
Barnes and Maldonado were transported to a local hospital. Moldanado died from his injuries.
Barnes is being held on a $2.5 million bond.

BREAKING: Kendren Barnes, a career criminal with OVER 50 arrests and nearly 40 convictions, was just arrested AGAIN in Connecticut after he allegedly stabbed a man in the back of the head with a manchette, k*lling him.
Barnes is now charged with M*RDER and is being held on a… pic.twitter.com/ka9CIF8qt8
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 30, 2025

The News-Times reported:
Police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing on Grove Street over the weekend as a city resident.
Ricardo Maldonado, 57, of Waterbury died at the hospital after an incident on Grove Street Saturday, police Lt. Joseph Morais said in a news release Tuesday.
Morais said officers were called to an apartment building on the 100 block of the road at 7:17 p.m. Saturday for reports of a physical altercation involving a weapon inside. He said arriving officers located two male victims, later identified as Maldonado and 47-year-old Kendren Barnes, who had sustained wounds inflicted by edged weapons.
Both were transported to area hospitals, Morais said, where Maldonado later died from his injuries.
Barnes has an extensive criminal history. Police described him as a man who is “frequently arrested.”
Per The Waterbury Times:
Court records show Barnes has an extensive criminal history in the State of Connecticut dating back to 1995, with more than seven prior cases and repeated periods of incarceration, probation, and violations of court supervision.
His record reflects a pattern of offenses beginning with larcenies, later escalating to robbery, weapons-related charges, assaults, escape, and multiple probation and bond violations. Barnes has been arrested in numerous cities, including Waterbury, Torrington, Hartford, New Britain, New Haven, Manchester, Middletown, Windsor, Wethersfield, Berlin, Montville, and West Hartford.
Charges over the years have included:

Larceny (various degrees)
Robbery (third degree)
Assault
Carrying a dangerous weapon
Weapons possession while incarcerated
Escape
Interfering with an officer
Drug-related offenses
Violations of protective orders
Failure to appear
Repeated probation and bond violations

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Image: Wikimedia Commons (Department of the Air Force News, 2021)
In Air Force Brigadier General Christopher Sage’s case, he was left in command. No action was taken against him because of the many legal errors in the investigation. His own chain of command continued to support him and recommend him for promotion.
That is, until those voices were disregarded and he was taken off the two-star promotion list due to a flawed investigation that included his opposition to COVID-19 mandate policies.
The Gateway Pundit spoke to Brig Gen Sage, who, after three decades of honorable service to his country, now finds it difficult to come to terms with the fact that those in authority appear indifferent, or at least that’s the impression they create by disregarding his pleas for help.
“Why is the Air Force still not listening? Why are they still doubling down on a flawed investigation and hellbent on retiring me? Why are they not complying with President Donald Trump’s order to nullify all actions taken by the autopen?” These are only a handful of the questions that crowd his mind each day as he observes his own exemplary 31-year career come to an end, with a forced retirement looming on December 31, 2025.
According to reviewed documents, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), and nine other Congressmen have called for the investigation against him to be dismissed. These same individuals have also requested a formal inquiry into the Air Force Inspector General (IG) who oversaw his case. “They called out his conduct and misuse of the IG system,” Brig Gen Sage explained. “Rather than investigate the IG, the Air Force promoted him to 4-star general.”
In March 2024, after two years of delay, Brig Gen Sage was issued a memo bearing the autopen signature of former President Joe Biden, which removed him from the promotion list. The Air Force is still acting as if the document is binding despite President Trump’s call to terminate executive actions signed by Biden’s autopen. Even the Department of War appears to be ignoring Trump’s intention.
Have attorneys like the acting General Counsel Shannon McGuire and the Deputy General Counsel for Military Affairs Julia Muedeking also played a role in the destruction of Brig Gen Sage’s career? For many following his story, it begs the question: Who are the lawyers and bureaucrats advising the Secretary of the Air Force (SECAF), or the Secretary of War for that matter? These very people are the same ones who advised the last administration on implementing the illegal COVID-19 shot mandate. They now appear intent on waiting Brig Gen Sage out until December 31, effectively forcing the one-star into retirement.
The Air Force Board of Correction for Military Records (AFBCMR) recommended removing the IG investigation and all adverse actions from Brig Gen Sage’s military records and restoring his promotion for continued service in early November. However, the newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Richard Anderson, chosen by Trump, seems to have opted to abandon the fight against the injustices of the previous administration based on the counsel of the aforementioned Air Force attorneys.
A May 7 Department of War memo gave broad discretion for AFBCMR to fix the injustices of the last administration. Thus, the overturning of Brig Gen Sage’s board outcome undermines the purposes and policies of President Trump and War Secretary Hegseth and necessitates immediate action, but are they listening?
“The same advisors who legally justified my initial investigation and promoted failed COVID policies are still advising President Trump’s appointees,” Brig Gen Sage pointed out. “How can any warfighter trust this system? The thousands of persecuted warfighters who are watching this case are becoming demoralized.”
“I trusted the system and played by the bureaucratic rules for 46 months, but the system has failed me and is failing thousands of other warfighters,” said Brig Gen Sage. “On Wednesday, I will be forced out of the Air Force because of an IG investigation that the Correction Board threw out, and by a nullified autopen document that removed me from the promotion list.”
In what may be one of his final statements to the press about his plight while still in uniform, Brig Gen Sage makes a plea to the President of the United States. “President Trump, people are policy. Second and third-tier bureaucrats are obstructing your executive orders and commander’s intent. They continue to come after us. You have stood between us and them before. I am appealing to you for your swift intervention as Commander-in-Chief.”
Brig Gen Sage now prays that “common sense, discernment, and justice guide our Air Force leadership.” May Air Force leadership do what is right and just and not succumb to the advice of entrenched lawyers and bureaucrats that served and carried out the policies of the last administration with fervor and intensity.
Brig Gen Sage emphasized that his views do not reflect those of the Department of War and Department of the Air Force.
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The Health and Human Services Department on Tuesday announced it is freezing all childcare payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud.
Somali healthcare and daycare scammers may have stolen more than $9 billion in taxpayer money in Minnesota.
“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.
Full statement from Jim O’Neill:
We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota.
You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade.
Today we have taken three actions against the blatant fraud that appears to be rampant in Minnesota and across the country:
1. I have activated our defend the spend system for all ACF payments. Starting today, all ACF payments across America will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state.
2. Alex Adams and I have identified the individuals in @nickshirleyy’s excellent work. I have demanded from @GovTimWalz a comprehensive audit of these centers. This includes attendance records, licenses, complaints, investigations, and inspections.
3. We have launched a dedicated fraud-reporting hotline and email address at https://childcare.gov Whether you are a parent, provider, or member of the general public, we want to hear from you.
We have turned off the money spigot and we are finding the fraud.

We have frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota.
You have probably read the serious allegations that the state of Minnesota has funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudulent daycares across Minnesota over the past decade.
Today we have taken three actions…
— Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill (@HHS_Jim) December 30, 2025

The HHS’s announcement comes after federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security were on the ground going door-to-door at suspected Somali fraud sites in Minneapolis following journalist Nick Shirley’s viral video revealing rampant fraud in the Somali community.
Federal agents descended on Somali businesses in Minneapolis on Monday.
“Homeland Security Investigations @ICEGov are on the ground in Minneapolis right now conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud,” DHS Chief Kristi Noem said.
“More coming,” Noem added.
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Texas businessman and Abbott appointee Eddy Betancourt shot dead / Texas Facilities Commission
A prominent Texas businessman and appointee of Governor Greg Abbott was fatally shot in McAllen, Texas, over the weekend.
Eddy Betancourt, 61, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound after a person called 911 to report a man was shot and not breathing.
Betancourt’s death is being investigated as a homicide.
60-year-old Reynaldo Mata-Rios was charged with murder. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
Reynaldo Mata-Rios charged for fatally shooting Abbott appointee Betancourt
A motive for the murder is unclear.
Fox News reported:
A prominent businessman and appointee of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was shot and killed at a business in McAllen, a border city in the Rio Grande Valley, over the weekend, authorities said.
McAllen police identified the victim as Eddy Betancourt, 61, of Mission, Texas.
Officers responded Saturday afternoon to the 800 block of North Ware Road after a 911 call reported a man on the floor who was possibly shot and not breathing. Betancourt was found unresponsive, with no pulse, and appeared to have suffered a gunshot wound, police said.
His death is being investigated as a homicide, police said.
Police on Sunday identified Reynaldo Mata-Rios, 60, as a suspect in the shooting.
A warrant charging Mata-Rios with murder, a first-degree felony, was issued by the McAllen Municipal Court.
Authorities said Mata-Rios indicated he intended to surrender but had not done so as of Sunday afternoon. Mata-Rios is 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 195 pounds, according to police. He has brown hair and brown eyes.
In 2023 Abbott reappointed Betancourt to the Texas Facilities Commission for a term set to expire on January 31, 2029.
“The Commission controls state buildings, grounds, or property and responsibility for maintenance, repair, and construction of state buildings for the State of Texas,”
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Guest Post by Pro-life Leader Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life
One of the key events in the upcoming weeks as pro-life Americans gather in marches, rallies and educational conferences surrounding the 53rd anniversary of the now reversed Roe v. Wade decision is the National Prayer Service, an interdenominational gathering in Constitution Hall on the morning of the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, January 23rd.
Among the notable features of this year’s service, pro-life leaders will point to the 250th birthday of America in 2026, marked by the Declaration of Independence, acknowledging God as the source of our right to life, and the government as responsible for securing it.
‘This prevalent and callous disregard for innocent human life indicates that America has, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, “forgotten God.”’
An awareness of the spiritual roots of the problem, furthermore, indicates the path to a solution.
For decades, the movement has asserted – and rightly so – that science itself makes clear that the child in the womb is a human being, one of us.
Moreover, ethical reasoning even by those who have little or no faith is capable of concluding that it is wrong, and harmful to society, to kill babies in the womb. The experiences of those who have done so, and the evident harm to individuals and families, reinforces this conclusion of human reasoning.
At this point in the history of our movement, we have made that very clear, and there is hardly any dissent within the movement. Pro-life advocates are routinely trained on how to make their arguments to a secular audience, and how to refute the assertion so often made by abortion supporters that “this is just a religious issue.”
But now we risk going too far down the road of pointing out the “human reason alone/secular arguments” perspective.
We are in danger of under-emphasizing a key and essential component of victory for the pro-life movement, namely, its religious basis.
Religious faith is alive in America. Most Americans do in fact believe in God, pray, and read the Bible.
So why should these key aspects of their lives be disconnected from their pro-life position?
While reason alone can conclude that abortion kills a baby and is wrong, the arguments from Faith clarify and reinforce that truth. God made human beings in his own image. God became a human being himself in Christ. Jesus Christ gives human life a place on his throne. And God’s Spirit empowers us to save lives by laying our lives down for our brothers and sisters just as the Son of God did.
As confusion reigns in our world today, the light of Faith is more necessary than ever to rescue human reason from the fog of sin. God’s Word and grace are more necessary than ever to enable people to tap into the strength they need to persevere in the hard work, and face the persecution involved, in striving to restore protection to the unborn.
Moreover, while it is one thing to persuade people of the truth of the pro-life position, it is quite another to have the perseverance to endure the sacrifices, over years and decades, that are necessary to actually protect those lives, change public policy, and heal the wounds of abortion. The strength, grace, and virtue to do this come from religion and faith in God.
Nothing can be farther from the truth.
And fortunately, religious faith will in fact be on full display, not only at the National Prayer Service, but at the March itself, as crosses, rosaries, religious clothing, and signs with Scripture quotes will be evident to all who look.
Even in San Francisco, on the day after the D.C. March, the Walk for Life West Coast will be marked by vigorous religious expression.
Many are concerned that clergy don’t speak up enough about abortion. Maybe part of the reason is that we’ve been tacitly, if not explicitly, telling them that religious arguments have no place in the pro-life debate.
So let’s gather to march, and let’s gather to pray! Hope to see you at the National Prayer Service!

Prolife Leader Frank Pavone is the National Director of Priests for Life and President of Prolife Vote.
For more information on the political work of Priests for Life, see our c-4, ProLife Vote.
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