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The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is just over a month away, and the families of those murdered in the World Trade Center are making plans for a dignified remembrance of their loved ones on this painful and solemn occasion. There's just one problem: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani insists on being there despite the growing chorus from the families telling him to stay far away. They'd rather not have a practicing Muslim and avowed socialist mar the day that belongs to them and their memories – feelings that are completely understandable. Here's what I wrote about this a few days back in a VIP article:

Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain’s tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African city and reignited the immigration debate in Europe and beyond. At least 57 migrants died on the journey. Ceuta’s president put the number of migrants at 60,000, which was equivalent to 70% of the territory’s population. But most of them soon went back, the Spanish government said, after the sudden arrival of so many people sparked a humanitarian crisis.

For months now, a battle has been raging between Trump’s FCC and ABC News/Disney, the owners of the daytime talk show ‘The View.’ ABC News claims that ‘The View’ is a legitimate news show, a claim that is preposterous at best, while the FCC argues that it’s not a news show. The argument is important because the decision ultimately governs what the show is and is not allowed to do. In a way, it’s amazing that this debate is even taking place. The View is easily the most anti-Trump and anti-Republican show on network television.

Vice President JD Vance said at Friday’s cabinet meeting that the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, of which he is chair, has identified $230 billion in fraud and prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments. Speaking after President Donald Trump at the first-ever televised cabinet meeting from Camp David, Vance provided an update on the efforts of the task force which is implementing a whole-of-government approach in its war on fraud. “Just since the beginning of the fraud task force that I started under the president’s leadership and direction, we have identified $230 billion dollars of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people,

The regime is murdering its youth, including two young men who were only offering help to fleeing protesters. At least 26 people linked to those protests have been hanged after trials marked by torture and forced confessions, while dozens more – in a terror state determined to instill fear – remain at urgent risk. The only countries taking meaningful action, or even expressing disapproval of this regime and its atrocities, are the United States and Israel. The United Nations and the European Union, which endlessly lecture the world about human rights and vilify Israel for defending not only itself but them, have offered effectively no objections.

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced on Truth Social the “complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza,” calling the news a “monumental step toward lasting peace and security.” In his post, Trump thanked three countries for mediating the disarmament – Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. Qatar’s inclusion in the mediation is curious, given the country’s recent history in the region: Just days before Trump’s announcement, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett posted on X that “Qatar bears responsibility for the October 7 massacre,”

It's probably a very uncomfortable position to be in when, as a Donald Trump appointee, you find yourself the object of his wrath in a very public Truth Social posting. That's the exact position D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro finds herself in Saturday after the president posted a scathing message on his social media platform excoriating her for failing to prosecute a Reflecting Pool vandal. You thought you had heard the end of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool shenanigans, hadn't you? In his post, Trump said he disagreed "100%" with Pirro over her decision to drop charges against former Olympian David Hearn,

The first was that Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s hard-socialist president, announced that illegal aliens in Spain who applied for legal status would receive it. The second was that the leftist Supreme Court announced that, while those who entered Spain over a land border could instantly be turned away, those who entered through a waterway would instantly be registered as asylum seekers, entitled to a full hearing. Spain’s geography and the shared coastline between Morocco, Ceuta, and Melilla made the outcome obvious.

A Bermuda-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz was reportedly struck by a missile Saturday, while US embassies in the region began urging Americans to leave the Middle East. The Gaslog Shanghai LNG ship sustained damage to its engine room, rendering it inoperable off the Omani coast, Bloomberg reported, citing security intelligence sources. The UK Maritime Trade Operations also alerted that a vessel was struck in the same location overnight Saturday, though the agency did not identify the ship.

The Democratic Socialists of America don’t like being called communists, though many members might echo the sentiment of leftist influencer Hasan Piker when he says, “I don’t have an issue with an end goal of communism.” Yet, however the group self-identifies, its agenda is openly revolutionary. Its plans call for, among other things, abolishing the United States Senate and making the executive branch and the Supreme Court subservient to the House of Representatives. Like many a revolutionary organ, the DSA acts as a party within a party, and it increasingly represents the youth wing of the Democrats.

The most recent reports indicate the number of Moroccan and sub-Saharan migrants that have collapsed the town of Ceuta, Spain (North Africa enclave) has now risen to 60,000 with some leaving due to hunger while replacements are arriving. Obviously in a city of 80,000 Spanish residents, the arrival of 60,000 migrants in 24-hours would create immediate chaos; worsening as the military aged males become increasingly hungry and desperate. Images and videos showing street riots, stabbings and rampant looting are all over social media platforms.

Last year President Donald Trump warned his Ukrainian counterpart that he “had no cards” to play when seeking American aid against Russia’s invasion. Then Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky drew an ace: Ukraine’s remarkable development, from scratch, of military drones that are now dominating the eastern European battlefield. Now, the United States wants in on Ukraine’s drone industry and manufacturing know-how to equip its own military for future conflicts. The United States’ own difficulties dealing with Iran’s use of one-way attack drones in the ongoing Middle East conflict has added urgency to the Pentagon-led effort to equip its own forces with the technology.