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New Videos Show Mamdani Housing Czar’s True Socialist Agenda
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing czar is back in the news for a resurfaced podcast episode, where she calls for the tanking of housing markets to usher in a socialist utopia. “We decided that fighting for rent control was a strategic and critical first step in the fight for full social housing,” Cea Weaver,… -
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Shameless Ilhan Omar Accuses Trump of Wasting Taxpayer Dollars
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is in a very special category: black, Muslim, and a refugee from Somalia. It’s a triple-banger, like Karine Jean-Pierre, always touted as black, lesbian, and Haitian. Never question their prominence on the merits. It’s a born-on-third-base situation in national politics and media. So, when Omar submits herself to television interviews from… -
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Mamdani Housing Adviser Gives Preview of City Stripped of Private Ownership
Much of the Left’s agenda focuses on creating feel-good but nonfunctional programs for the supposed downtrodden and oppressed, while ensuring that they—and their allies—share in the spoils of government largesse. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani could very well be a maestro at giving his left-wing base exactly what they want while doing nothing to… -
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Ilhan Omar’s Dangerous Neo-Confederate Rhetoric
Much like the Confederate South attempted to nullify federal law ahead of the Civil War, Democrats have pulled out the stops to vilify the enforcement of federal immigration law. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Somalia, is the most recent figure to echo this dangerous rhetoric. On Sunday, Omar demonized Immigration and Customs Enforcement as an “occupying force”… -
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Mamdani’s New Property-Seizing Tenant Czarina Blames Whitey for Everything
Cea Weaver makes Zohran Mamdani look like Jeb Bush. New York City’s neo-Marxist mayor tapped Weaver, 37, as his Tenant Czarina. The alumna of Housing Justice for All became ensnared in scandal as she took over the Office to Protect Tenants. Weaver’s social media posts and videos have surfaced to haunt her. Collectively, they are an e-book of “The Communist Manifesto” and a digital cry… -
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What on Earth Is Happening in Minnesota?
What is going on in the People’s Republic of Minnesota? The Democrat establishment in the Gopher State is nothing like it was back in the Reagan years, with ex-Vice President Walter Mondale or Gov. Rudy Perpich. The insurrectionist echoes of their language about immigration-enforcement cops are eyebrow-raising in the same week the elitist media somberly… -
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How to Help Small Businesses, Hurt Mamdani All at Once
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, wants affordability and equity through big-government intervention. His platform includes city-owned grocery stores, rent freezes, a $30 minimum wage, free buses, universal child care, and small-business reforms focused on improving compliance. Mamdani, a self-proclaimed socialist, has a threefold plan: “cut fines and fees for small businesses in… -
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Maduro and Mamdani: Two Collectivists Check Into Public Housing
Welcome to 2026, the year we fight collectivism. And we’re already seeing early signs that we’ll have to wage this fight not just overseas but also right here at home. The new year has been packed with news. Fortunately, it augurs well for those who want to fight collectivism, i.e., the government appropriation of private… -
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130 Dems Side With Trans-Identifying Athlete Accused of Sexual Harassment in SCOTUS Case
More than 130 Democratic members of Congress have filed an amicus brief supporting a transgender-identifying athlete—a biological male—at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court case on school sports participation. The athlete is not only at the center of a Supreme Court case but has also been accused of sexual harassment and engaging in intimidation tactics… -
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The Deadly Consequences of Democrats’ War on ICE Enforcement
Democrat politicians have put countless lives at risk becasue they can’t accept an administration that vigorously enforces U.S. immigration laws. The tragedy that unfolded Wednesday as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman in Minnesota who appeared to be driving at him should never have happened. Democrat politicians, looking to take… -
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Here’s How Many Republicans Sided With Hakeem Jeffries’ Obamacare Gambit
The House of Representatives passed a three-year extension of COVID-19-era premium tax credits on Thursday, as a group of Republicans defied House leadership to back the Democrat-led measure. The extension passed by a 230-196 margin, with 17 Republicans joining 213 Democrats in voting for a policy which Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and… -
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Mamdani’s Socialist Crybullies Want to Dodge Accountability
One of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top advisers is getting flak for supporting communists and planning to deprive Americans of their God-given rights, and what’s her response? Crying. Cea Weaver, Mamdani’s newly appointed tenant director, made news for her past comments that have now gone viral. I’ll list some of the “highlights.” She’s called… -
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Vance Warns Democrats Will Seek to Arrest Law Enforcement
Vice President JD Vance said Democrats want to jail law-abiding law enforcement officers, after many Democrats expressed outrage over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting and killing a protester in her vehicle on Wednesday. “Every congressional democrat and every democrat who’s running for president should be asked a simple question: Do you think this officer was… -
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Minnesota Democrats’ Dangerous Neo-Confederate Rhetoric
Americans tend to forget that the Civil War didn’t start overnight. The Confederate South’s desire to nullify federal law sparked multiple crises before Abraham Lincoln’s election, and we’re seeing a similar movement crystalize among Democrats today. The neo-Confederate opposition to immigration law seemed to reach a fever pitch Wednesday, when Minnesota Democrat Gov. Tim Walz… -
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Tim Walz Issues Extraordinary Warning to Trump After ICE-Involved Shooting
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said that he would potentially deploy the Minnesota National Guard to protect the people of his state from “rogue” federal agents, following the shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by federal law enforcement. Walz held a press conference on Wednesday after news broke that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent shot… -
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Tim Walz Personifies Democrats’ Decline
Tim Walz is going away, but the Democratic Party’s Tim Walz crisis isn’t. The Minnesota governor gave up his quest for a third term Monday: Staying out of jail will be challenging enough for him over the next few months, never mind prolonging his stay in office. Federal prosecutors estimate the Somali daycare scam and… -
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Tim Walz Claims He Fired People Amid Fraud Scandals—But Won’t Name Names
Embattled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, when announcing his decision not to run for reelection, said Monday that he has fired people for failing to combat his state’s many fraud scandals, but his office has declined to list the bureaucrats fired. “We’ve fired people who weren’t doing their jobs,” he wrote in a statement Monday, in… -
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‘Seize Private Property’: Mamdani and Lieutenants Were Serious About the Socialist Thing
“I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic socialist.” That was the new mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, in his inaugural address, where he made headlines by going with a speech that made him sound like the caricature of an Ayn Rand villain. “We will replace the… -
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7 Left-Wing Groups to Watch in 2026
This year doesn’t just mark the 250th anniversary of the United States—it also means another year of President Donald Trump’s second term and impending midterm elections. Last year, we saw the same leftist groups that staffed and advised the Biden administration gear up to oppose the president’s agenda, from filing lawsuits to block his executive… -
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10 Times Democrats, Corporate Media Leaped to Defend Somalis Despite Massive Fraud Scandals
Democrats and the corporate media rushed to defend Somalis throughout the end of 2025 as reports emerged that they committed widespread fraud in Minnesota. Federal prosecutors charged dozens of Somalis with stealing over $9 billion of taxpayer money intended for social services, including the nonprofit Feeding Our Future. As more details have emerged about their…