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A pro-abortion activist acting as a federal judge has ruled, again, that American taxpayers must keep giving money to help the profit-loss margin for Planned Parenthood businesses, and the ruling already is facing a challenge.
It is the American Center for Law and Justice that cited the "sweeping order" from Indira Talwani, who ruled "once again" to block Congress from setting spending priorities, and removing Planned Parenthood as a recipient of federal Medicaid dollars.
Talwani, whose earlier pro-abortion funding ruling was struck down on appeal, said in a new 45-page claim that 22 states and the District of Columbia deserve an injunction that requires the continued tax funding of abortionists, even though Congress decided otherwise.
The ACLJ, which has been participating in the litigation, explained, "Congress has the unquestioned constitutional authority to decide how federal dollars are allocated. The judiciary does not get to override those decisions or insulate favored organizations from the consequences of federal policy. Especially not when the organization at issue is the nation's largest abortion provider."
The legal team said it would file a court briefing as soon as possible, as "Congress' spending authority and the integrity of our constitutional structure must be defended."
The spending limit is included in Section 71113 of the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act.
"If the judge's name sounds familiar, it should. This is the same judge who, just months ago, issued two extraordinarily broad injunctions in favor of Planned Parenthood – first shielding a subset of affiliates from Congress' defunding statute, and then expanding her order to cover every Planned Parenthood affiliate nationwide," the ACLJ documented.
It filed briefs at that time "explaining why Congress acted well within its constitutional authority when it chose to restrict federal Medicaid funds from going to organizations that perform elective abortions. We warned then that the district court's reasoning was dangerously flawed and would, if left uncorrected, upend Congress' control of federal spending."
At that time the 1st U.S. Circuit Court intervened, and canceled Talwani's pro-abortion activism in the case.
Now the abortion advocates have claimed, in new arguments, that Section 71113 is "vague."
Talwani based her claims, the ACLJ explained, on the Spending Clause.
"Under Supreme Court precedent, when Congress imposes conditions on federal funding, it must speak with sufficient clarity so states may knowingly accept the terms. According to the district court, Section 71113 did not meet that standard. The judge concluded that states lacked clarity on who qualifies as a 'prohibited entity,' how to assess multistate Medicaid expenditures, and what it means for a provider to be 'primarily engaged' in certain reproductive health services," the ACLJ said.
The fight is over tax funding for abortionists, and Planned Parenthood's repeated claim that it has a constitutional right to demand money from taxpayers.
"Congress' intent was unmistakable: Federal Medicaid dollars should not subsidize entities that perform abortions outside the narrow bounds of the Hyde Amendment. That condition is not in any way ambiguous; it is clear," the ACLJ said.
The Washington Examiner said Talwani's new order came "despite a federal appeals court lifting her previous halt on the law in a different lawsuit."
The report explained, "Talwani paused her order for seven days to allow for appeal, meaning the provision will not be blocked until that time has passed. She also stood firm on her rationale for why she granted the injunction in the case brought by Planned Parenthood, which is currently paused by a federal appeals court."
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An Oklahoma state representative is now getting vicious and lethal threats after coming to the defense of a Christian student who received a zero grade from a transgender teaching assistant merely for championing God's gender roles outlined in the Bible.
Republican Gabe Woolley shared the audio of one menacing message, stating: "Hi, this is a message for Rep. Gabe Woolley. Could you please pass this message on to him? Tell him to put a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger for all of our sakes. Thank you. Bye."
Woolley had expressed support for Samantha Fulnecky, a student at the University of Oklahoma who was given a failing grade by Mel Curth, a graduate teaching assistant who is a man pretending to be a woman.
Curtis condemned the student's references to the Bible and faith, and instead insisted she should adopt the teacher's ideologies. The teacher has since been removed from the classroom, as WorldNetDaily reported.
"I support Samantha in this. I read her essay," Woolley said. "As a former educator … I don't see how that could receive a zero when she turned something in with a significant amount of writing. It kind of makes me wonder if there is potential bias or preferences taking place with this T.A.'s grading."
"As elected officials, our duty is to protect the God-given rights of the people – their constitutional freedoms – and ensure responsible stewardship of their tax dollars," he noted. "Taxpayer-funded universities must be held accountable."
After receiving numerous threats, Woolley said: "Once again, the reflexive response from the far-left to disagreement is hostility and attempts to silence opposing voices. This is exactly why restoring a culture of open debate and civil disagreement is essential.
"This wasn't the first threat – but I felt I had to expose this one, especially in light of the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. And yes – the person telling me to 'put a gun in my mouth and pull the trigger' over my comments on the OU incident doesn't even appear to live in Oklahoma.
"I ran my campaign on transparency & exposure in an effort to restore power to the people. This is the product of declining academia.
"The ideologies and mindsets being fostered in education are leading toward this type of behavior. We can – and must – do better than this."
In the wake of the threats against the Republican lawmaker, online reaction includes:
"Sadly, it's something you have to expect now after Charlie Kirk. Especially when this type of behavior is encouraged on that side."
"They all seem anti-God. We need to bring God back, because if you don't have God in your life, it gets filled with evil."
"Something tells me if the same assignment quoted the Koran we would not even be having this discussion. Call it a hunch."
"For people who oppose guns, they sure like to use them."
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A new man-on-the-street video made in Minneapolis, Minnesota, shows interviews with several Somali Muslims who says they'd much rather live under Shariah law than U.S. law.
Filmmaker Ami Horowitz shared the footage on X with the description, "What Somalis living in America really think of the U.S."
Besides the affirmations of Shariah law, the video features a woman commending the practice of forced marriage, beginning when the "bride" is 15 years old, and defending those who kill others for "insulting Muhammad."
President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned the large Somali community in Minnesota, telling reporters, "I don't want 'em in our country, I'll be honest with you."
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Democrat U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is raising eyebrows for his remarks some believe support a military coup against President Donald Trump, saying "uniformed military may help save us from this president," even as the commander in chief is telegraphing forthcoming strikes on land against narco-terrorists.
Warner appeared on "Morning Joe" on MS Now Wednesday to discuss ongoing controversy over Trump's kinetic strikes against drug runners bringing their poison to America, in which one vessel sunk in September required a second strike to complete the mission.
The senator was critical of Trump's policy, saying: "This is an administration that's fired uniformed generals from the head of the NSA, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
"And I think in many ways, the uniformed military may help save us from this president and his lame people like [War Secretary Pete] Hegseth, because I think their commitment is to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump."
Warner was asked about expected congressional testimony this week from Adm. Mitch Bradley, who commanded the second strike against the vessel on Sept 7.
"I want to get answers on what did Pete Hegseth order, why haven't we seen the whole unedited video if there's nothing inappropriate here," Warner said.
"You could have cleared this up without the admiral coming in. He's got a great reputation. I respect him. I want to get the truth, and I'm not sure we've had the truth from Hegseth yet."
His remarks have many commenters online saying the senator is openly calling for a military coup to remove Trump from office.
"Democrats are praying that the military assists them in a violent coup," said David J. Freeman. "There isn't any saving that needs to be done, these seditionists are begging for a coup."
LibsofTikTok said: "He is openly calling for the military to overthrow the President. CHARGE HIM @TheJusticeDept."
"Family Matters" host CJ Pearson noted: "Mark Warner just said the quiet part out loud … They want a military coup against President Trump."
Others indicated:
"This is called an insurrection, kids."
"They talk about democracy then try to overthrow elected leaders."
"They know that when a civil war starts, the party in control of the military wins."
Meanwhile on Wednesday, Trump said the military strikes against drug runners would not just be limited to sea.
"Very soon we're gonna start doing it on land too," Trump told reporters, "'cause we know every route, we know every house, we know where they manufacture this crap. We know where they put it all together, and I think you're gonna see it very soon on land also."
During Tuesday's Cabinet meeting in the Oval Office, Hegseth schooled news reporters about the drugs carried by the speed boats being destroyed.
"All these white bales, they're not Christmas gifts from Santa," Hegseth explained.
When asked if he saw survivors after the first strike against the vessel, he responded, "I did not personally survivors … because the thing was on fire."
"This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air-conditioned offices, you're up on Capitol Hill, and you nit-pick and you plant fake stories in the Washington Post about 'Kill everybody.' Phrases on anonymous sources not based in anything, not based in any truth at all. And then you want to throw out really irresponsible terms about American heroes, about the judgment that they made."
"President Trump has empowered commanders – commanders to do what is necessary which is dark and difficult things in the dead of night on behalf of the American people. We support them and we will stop the poisoning of the American people."
Warner's comments come on the heels of six members of Congress who served in the U.S. military urging active-duty members to refuse so-called illegal orders, despite the fact they have not been able to specify any illegal orders given by Trump or his officials.
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At 88 years old, Ed Bambas has gone through some rough patches in life – which forced him to work full-time at a grocery store instead of enjoying retirement.
Turns out Bambas, a U.S. Army veteran, first retired from his job with General Motors in 1999. Twelve years later "they took my pension away from me," he explains.
After his wife got sick, Bambas had to sell his house to help pay the medical bills. Later, he took a job at Meijer supermarket in Brighton, Michigan.
"The thing that hurts me the most is when my wife was sick and they took the pension, they also took the health care coverage and all but $10,000 of my life savings," he said.
That's where an Australian TikTok and Instagram star named Samuel Weidenhofer videotaped Ed's story – and the rest is history.
Weidenhofer flew to Michigan to interview Bambas, and the heartwarming footage went online, now viewed more than 4 million times. A viewer suggested people raise funds for the octogenarian so he can retire. As of Wednesday, $1.2 million has been raised, according to Fox News, surpassing the $1 million goal with weeks left to go. Eventually, the funds will be presented to Bambas, enabling him to retire for good.
Here's the video interview:
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It's one of the most consequential yet underreported stories in America today – the massive job loss and life disruption for hundreds of thousands of American workers, particularly in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), due to widespread abuse of America's immigration and visa laws. The ongoing crisis, which daily results in tremendous suffering and depression on the part of American workers, and sometimes even suicide, was the focus of a recent event at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., which featured as a key expert Amanda Bartolotta, WND's senior investigative journalist. Bartolotta's exclusive and groundbreaking reports are not only informing many Americans on the subject, but are being followed by key parts of the Trump administration, including the Office of the Vice President and the Justice Department.
Heritage, long the nation's premier conservative think tank, convened a panel of five nationally recognized experts on immigration, labor policy and visa reform, to explain the massive problem – and its solutions – to government officials, media and the public. Along with Bartolotta, the other four expert panelists included Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies; Kevin Lynn, founder of U.S. Tech Workers and executive director of the Institute for Sound Public Policy; Ronil (Ron) Hira, Ph.D., P.E., associate professor, Department of Political Science, Howard University; and, moderating the discussion, Simon Hankinson, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation.
The Nov. 19 policy discussion, titled "How the H-1B Visa Led to Importing Mass Cheap Labor," examined how the H-1B program, originally created as a narrow, temporary, non-immigrant visa for specialized workers, has expanded into a gargantuan pipeline for importing large volumes of low-cost, highly controllable immigrant workers at the direct expense of American professionals. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has publicly referred to the arrangement as nothing short of "indentured servitude."
The event drew a capacity in-person audience of approximately 100, including officials from the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State, as well as congressional staff, members of policy organizations, media representatives and those involved with enforcement of immigration laws. In addition, more than 500 "attendees" registered to watch virtually, reflecting the growing national concern about visa abuse and the widespread and alarming displacement of American workers.
Notably, the audience included Mahvash Siddiqui, the U.S. Foreign Service officer who served as a consular official in Chennai, India, one of the world's largest H-1B processing posts. Siddiqui provided first-hand insight into systemic fraud in the visa pipeline, including forged degrees, fabricated employment credentials, third-party staffing company schemes, India-based networks orchestrating large-scale visa abuse and the issuance of more than 220,000 H-1Bs and 140,000 H-4s in 2024 alone. Her disclosures underscored the deep structural vulnerabilities of the program and framed the panel's discussion of foreign influence, labor trafficking and downstream green-card acquisition.
Panelists covered a comprehensive range of topics, including:
* The history and original legislative intent of the H-1B program, with Hira and Krikorian detailing how a narrowly crafted visa program intended for short-term, specialized workers evolved into a mechanism for uncontrolled mass labor importation.
* Outsourcing body shops, loopholes and corporate abuse, with Lynn and Hira outlining how offshore labor firms and multinational staffing companies dominate the program, replacing American workers with lower-cost foreign labor.
* PERM (Program Electronic Review Management) fraud and discriminatory hiring, regarding which Bartolotta presented the pipeline from H-1B misuse to green-card acquisition, explaining how so-called PERM recruitment is systematically manipulated to exclude U.S. workers while securing permanent residency for foreign labor.
* Impact on the American workforce, with panelists highlighting how U.S. STEM graduates struggle to find employment, how tens of thousands of mid-career American professionals are laid off, so-called "labor shortages" are artificially manufactured narratives, and American wages are suppressed and job mobility undermined.
During the following Q&A with the audience, which included federal officials, questions addressed included: Which reforms should take priority, the misuse of federal "training fund" fees collected from visa petitions, and public reactions to high-profile statements on H-1B from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, among others.
Engagement and public impact
Heritage produced individual video clips for each panelist, and interaction metrics across X (Twitter) demonstrated significant public and policy-community engagement:
Heritage officials noted the unusually high engagement levels for a policy event, signaling a deepening public appetite for immigration and labor-market reform.
* WATCH clip of Amanda Bartolotta's speech on X:
* WATCH video of the entire event on YouTube.
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After President Donald Trump called U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., "garbage" at a Tuesday Cabinet meeting, various media representatives have asked the congresswoman about his remarks.
One reporter caught up with Omar on Capitol Hill as she waited for an elevator, asking the Somalia native, "Have you begun packing your bags for Somalia?"
Addressing the recent scandal in Omar's home state involving the stealing of at least $1 billion in taxpayer funds to benefit Somalis both here and in Africa, Trump remark, "I don't want 'em in our country, I'll be honest with you.
"Somebody will say, 'Oh that's not politically correct.' I don't care. I don't want 'em in our country. Their country's no good for a reason. Their country stinks. … I could say that about other countries too."
Trump added, "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage to our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
The video from activist Laura Loomer has Omar responding, "I'm not going anywhere. … I'll be here longer than Trump!
"He's an old man losing his mind," said said, adding, "Hope he gets help."
WATCH:
Omar told MS NOW that Trump was "racist, a bigot, xenophobic and Islamophobic."
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President Donald Trump, who previously has used his executive pardon authority to rescue hundreds of people caught up in the Democrats' war against those protesting the results of the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021, now is coming to the rescue of a beleaguered Democrat.
On social media, Trump announced a pardon for U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife.
"For years, the Biden Administration weaponized the Justice System against their Political Opponents, and anyone who disagreed with them. One of the clearest examples of this was when Crooked Joe used the FBI and DOJ to 'take out' a member of his own Party after Highly Respected Congressman Henry Cuellar bravely spoke out against Open Borders, and the Biden Border 'Catastrophe.'
"Sleepy Joe went after the Congressman, and even the Congressman's wonderful wife, Imelda, simply for speaking the TRUTH. It is unAmerican and, as I previously stated, the Radical Left Democrats are a complete and total threat to Democracy! They will attack, rob, lie, cheat, destroy, and decimate anyone who dares to oppose their Far Left Agenda, an Agenda that, if left unchecked, will obliterate our magnificent Country. Because of these facts, and others, I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don't know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
Cuellar, whose positions on political issues often were more conservative than those of his political party, especially in recent years when extremism has become the core of the Democrat Party's beliefs, and his wife were indicted on money laundering, conspiracy and bribery charges in 2024.
Prosecutors alleged that he took nearly $600,000 in bribes from Azerbaijan and a Mexican commercial bank.
Already, two of the allegations made by prosecutors had been dismissed.
But two of his two political advisers also have pleaded guilty to charges that they had conspired with Cuellar to launder some $200,000 from the bank.
He was accused of attempting to influence "the Treasury Department to work around an anti-money laundering policy that threatened the bank's interests."
Cuellar's trial had been scheduled for April 2026.
He's served Texas in the U.S. House since 2004.
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MyPillow founder and staunch Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell filed paperwork Wednesday to run for governor of his home state, Minnesota.
"I'm 98 percent sure I'm going to," Lindell said in an interview Wednesday, according to an MPR report. The businessman said he wasn't making a formal declaration just yet, but that it likely would occur by Dec. 11.
Lindell, 64, was active in disputing the 2020 presidential race results, insisting there was coordinated vote fraud that handed the White House to Democrat Joe Biden. The pillow pitchman held conferences with computer and voting experts that explored 2020 election fraud.
In September, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled that Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements about the 2020 election.
According to MPR, Lindell would make a dozen Republicans trying to unseat Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in 2026. A GOP nominee could be chosen in an August primary if a state convention endorsement doesn't clear the field in May.
Democrats wasted no time slamming Lindell after the filing, some calling him a "sleazy businessman" with an extreme agenda.
"His entrance into the race is a bitter pill-ow for Minnesota Republicans to swallow," Democratic Governors Association spokesperson Izzi Levy said in a written statement.
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A Democrat party star, considered in leftist circles to be a rising personality with surging influence, has been caught with thousands of dollars in unpaid condo assessments.
Even as U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has attracted the attention of the Federal Election Commission for spending nearly $75,000 of donor money on luxury hotels, transportation and security in recent months.
It is Fox News that uncovered the unpaid lien of more than $3,000 against her luxury condo in Dallas.
"A notice of a lien filed on April 11, 2024, which is publicly available on the Dallas County Clerk's website, shows that Crockett owes the Westside Condominium Association a total of $3,047.79," the report confirmed.
It was explained that Crockett "is in default in her obligation for payment of assessments and has failed and refused and continues to fail and refuse, despite demand upon her, to pay the Association assessments and related charges properly levied against the Property."
WorldNetDaily recently reported on Crockett's wild claims about baby Jesus and the Republican Party.
Her comments included, "The fate of baby Jesus may have been very different if Republicans were in charge some 2,000 years ago. … This is the [Republican] party that says that they care so much about life until life actually shows up at their front door."
She added, ""And this is also the party that is supposedly about Christianity and I just imagine what they would have done to a little baby Jesus but that's a whole other issue."
Crockett was discussing a report last week claiming hundreds of immigrant children were being held in federal detention centers.
Further, Crockett recently claimed that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin received money from deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and then refused to back down when shown she was wrong.
Crockett made the false suggestion on the House floor Nov. 18, but the contributions in question were from a different Jeffrey Epstein. On MS NOW's (formerly MSNBC) "The Weekend," host Jacqueline Alemany offered Crockett a chance to correct herself, but the congresswoman declined to retract her accusation.
WATCH:
"You made a little bit of news last week when you mistakenly accused Lee Zeldin and other Republicans— " Alemany said before Crockett interrupted to clarify her accusation was not an accident. Alemany then explained that Federal Election Commission (FEC) data showed Zeldin and other Republicans she accused did not take money from the deceased sex offender.
"I want to give you the opportunity to amend that," the host said.
"I have no amendments," Crockett replied before repeating her defense that she did not have enough time to verify which Epstein made the contributions.
Crockett's blunder was because her online research led her believe that Zeldin got a campaign donation from Jeffrey Epstein, and he did. But this Epstein is a physician, not the notorious sex offender.
The Fox report noted Crockett bought the condo in 2014 and is registered to vote there.
It's in a "gated community that offers residents a 'refreshing retreat' and 'comfort and convenience in a secure setting.' The complex is complete with a pool, clubhouse, sleek kitchens and bathrooms 'designed with spa-like features,'" the report said.
Fees range up to $403.
A Democrat strategist, who remained unidentified, told Fox, "The more we learn about Jasmine Crockett, the more clear it is that she's the worst possible candidate to run for Senate in Texas."
The report noted she recently got attention for FEC filings confirming she spent tens of thousands of dollars on luxury hotels and such.
Locations included Martha's Vineyard, Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, among other major cities.
She represents a district that includes Dallas.
The report noted her earlier blunders include attacking Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, calling him "Governor Hot Wheels."