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Friday, November 7, 2025

Erika Krik Honored as First Recipient of “Charlie Kirk Legacy” Patriot Award

Erika Kirk continues to amaze with the grace and poise and dignity that has marked her after going through a horror that defies words. In Charlie’s honor, Fox created the “Charlie Kirk Legacy” Patriot Award. It was both fitting and deserving that the first recipient was Erika. Fox: Erika began by thanking the Fox News family and “everyone that loved my husband so well,” then made clear she was accepting the award on behalf of more than herself: “It’s our incredible Turning Point USA staff… our 4,200 chapters… the 800,000 student leaders… and the 8,000 churches that are a part of TCU.” She shared one of Charlie’s guiding lines: “You’re missing the point. It’s not how I’m saying it that’s upsetting people: it’s the fact that I’m saying the truth.” She spoke of spiritual warfare, of Charlie’s determination never to flee from it, and of the legacy she now carries.“Evil wins when good people stay silent,” she said. “For the rest of my life, I will make sure that I don’t stay silent… no matter the cost” (Fox News).

Sen. Kennedy to Introduce Legislation Withholding Congressional Pay During Government Shutdown

This would put a little fire under our legislators. Jeremy Frankel of Townhall: Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) plans to introduce two pieces of legislation docking pay for members of Congress during the government shutdown. Kennedy said on the Senate floor on Wednesday that he doesn’t believe an agreement to reopen the government is coming anytime soon, despite having “heard a lot of rumors” that it may. “[W]e’re going to be in shutdown a while longer,” Kennedy said. The two pieces of legislation Kennedy filed are the “No Shutdown Paychecks to Politicians Act” and the “Withhold Member Pay During Shutdowns Act.” The first piece of legislation would cut members of Congress’ pay during the shutdown, without providing back pay, while the second bill would withhold members’ salaries and place them into escrow until the shutdown ends, where they would then be released. Kennedy said in a statement as well, “[I]f we can’t do our jobs and fund the government, we don’t deserve a paycheck — plain and simple” (Townhall).

A Supreme Court Win for Trump—and Biological Reality

The State Department can continue issuing passports in one of only two sexes: male and female. It’s a temporary decision, but—as the majority opinion said, “the Government is likely to succeed on the merits” (Supreme Court). Amy Howe at SCOTUS Blog: In a brief, unsigned opinion, the court granted the government’s request to temporarily put on hold rulings by a federal judge in Massachusetts that would have required the State Department to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans that reflect the sex designation of their choosing. “Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth,” the majority said, “no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment” (SCOTUS Blog).

After 40 Years and an Estimated $400 Million Net Worth, Nancy Pelosi Is Hanging It Up

The former Speaker of the House was first elected in 1986—taking office in 1987. That’s 20 terms. She announce she’s retiring yesterday. Along the way she amassed quite a fortune—captured well by Scott Jennings: One of the most prolific and successful pioneers of Wall Street is calling it a career after years of an unprecedented streak of perfectly timed trades (Jennings). Patrick Bet-David: Nancy Pelosi makes $174,000 dollars a year yet has a net worth of $413 million. Her portfolio did 78% return in 2024. She’s either insider trading or the greatest investor of our era (Bet-David). Andrew Stiles: Pelosi, sometimes referred to as “Crazy Nancy,” distinguished herself during the first Trump administration by presiding over two meaningless impeachment votes, and by ripping up a copy of the president’s speech during his 2020 State of the Union Address. During the so-called unpleasantness of the Jan. 6, 2021, gathering at the U.S. Capitol, her speaker’s gavel was allegedly stolen and was never recovered. Former U.S. Capitol Police chief Steven Sund has blasted Pelosi for denying his request for National Guard assistance in the days leading up to the infamous rally (Free Beacon).

Kazakhstan to Join Abraham Accords

Israel and Kazakhstan have had diplomatic relations since 1992, but this is still a win. Adam Kredo: The Trump administration sees an opportunity to spark renewed interest in the Abraham Accords across the Muslim world, according to Axios, which first reported the story. The agreement—struck in 2020 between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco—has not seen any additions since President Donald Trump’s first term, and Thursday’s news could set the stage for more countries to join. Kazakhstan’s decision to enter the Accords also presents Israel with a diplomatic victory after two years of war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza (Free Beacon). Ward Clark at Red State: So far, the nations that have signed onto the Accords include the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco. President Trump has (unsuccessfully as yet) been needling Saudi Arabia to sign on as well; that would be a major coup, as the Kingdom is one of the major players in the area. Having the Saudis on board could influence some of the Sunni nations to join as well (Red State).

Revealed: Qatar Ran Covert Operation Targeting Woman Who Accused Anti-Israel ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan

Readers will remember that Karim Khan of the ICC brought war crimes charges against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year. Those charges were derailed upon charges of sexual misconduct against Khan. What’s been revealed now: Qatar has sought to discredit and defame the accuser. Guardian: The woman who has accused the prosecutor of the international criminal court of sexual abuse has been targeted by private intelligence firms as part of a covert operation said to have taken place on behalf of Qatar…. According to leaked files seen by the Guardian and people familiar with the operation, one of the firms sought her passport details and other sensitive information, including about her child…. Details about a Qatari unit’s apparent involvement in the spy operation – which also appears to have targeted other ICC officials – is the latest twist in the saga relating to the prosecutor that has thrown the court into an unprecedented crisis (Guardian).

Drone Footage Reveals Mass Graves in Sudan

Some 460 hospital patients were massacred by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group at war with the Sudanese army. Foundation for the Defense of Democracy: Graves Located Near 2 Hospitals: New satellite images from North Darfur suggest an ongoing massacre in the city of el-Fasher by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary organization. The images analyzed by the U.S.-based Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at Yale University appear to show mass graves that were dug up and later covered over. One was located at a mosque north of the Saudi hospital and another near a former children’s hospital, which is now used by the RSF as a prison. On October 29, 460 patients and their companions were killed by RSF forces at the Saudi hospital (FDD).

Sudan’s Trail of Blood and Tears: The Fiercest and Most Forgotten of Wars

Nigeria has—rightfully—been on the radar screen of the Trump administration in recent weeks. Yet the war in Sudan is most assuredly bloodier—but it’s also more difficult to understand, much less address. Veteran reporter Bernard Henri Levy recently visited: Of all the wars I have covered over the past 50 years, this is one of the fiercest and, to be sure, the most forgotten…. why is Port Sudan so vulnerable? Why is the anti-air defense so rudimentary here? And why is there no ally, no regional and friendly coalition, scrambling to provide Patriot batteries to populations threatened by the deadliest war of the moment? “150,000 dead,” says Suliman, impassive, very British, staring at the reddish sand before us, swept by the wind, stretching to the horizon at the airport exit. Three times the dead of Gaza, I tell myself—and no one, on American campuses or in Hollywood, among the Greta Thunbergs and other French extreme leftists, seems to care in the slightest…. If there is any place in the world that seems struck by a damnation without end or reason, it is this one: Sudan (Tablet),

Democratic Socialists Reveal What They Want From Mamdani: It’s All About Israel

And over one-third of New York Jews voted for Mamdani (JTA). An internal DSA document was obtained by John Solomon and Just the News. Here’s their list of demands: • Divest City pension funds from Israeli bonds and securities • Withdraw City funds from banks that lend money to Israel or do business in Israel • End City contracts with companies that do business with Israel • Operate City-run grocery stores free from Israeli products • Investigate real estate agents hosting illegal sales of stolen lands in the West Bank • Evict weapons manufacturers and transporters from the NYC Metro Area • Divest CUNY endowment and reinstate wrongly fired professors • Dismantle Eric Adam’s NYC-Israel economic council • End repression of demonstrators and the SRG [the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group] • Remove non-profit status from charities that raise funds for IDF,” “End NYPD training with IOF and • Arrest Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers for war crimes (Just the News).

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New York City Elects Emblem of Entitlement, Radicalized by Our University Elite

Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute has long written about crime, police and urban public policy. MacDonald issues a warning about Mamdani ability to see—much less constructively address—the entropy that has already been set loose: A city that used to think of itself as grown up has just elected a mayor who seems the very embodiment of the American college student: uninformed, entitled and self-important, enjoying a regal quality of life that depends parasitically upon a civilization about which he knows nothing, yet for which he has nothing but scorn…. The family moved to New York City from Uganda in 1999 so that Mamdani’s father, Mahmood, could teach in Columbia University’s Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies Department and direct the university’s Institute of African Studies. The young Mamdani imbibed academic anti-westernism at the family dinner table, which hosted such leading lights of postcolonial studies as Columbia’s Edward Said and Rashid Khalidi…. The overgrown college student takes for granted all the miracles of affluence and the centuries-long evolution of private institutions and public stability that undergird his privileged lifestyle. Mamdani may think that those are eternal and inevitable aspects of the world. The city will learn under his leadership that they are not (Spectator).

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