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Trump Administration May Pay Greenlanders $100,000 to Join U.S.



Would you accept $100,000 to move to a new country? The good people of
Greenland may soon receive the opportunity.

The Trump administration is reportedly considering offering Greenlanders up
to six figures to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States,
believing the move could help convince Danish leaders to sell the territory to
America.

Despite Copenhagen politicians’ steadfast opposition to the White House’s
expansionist ambitions, the administration continues to promote its big,
beautiful vision of Greenland turning red, white, and blue. Marco Rubio on
Wednesday reaffirmed that the president longs to purchase the polar landmass.

It’s not entirely clear where Greenland’s residents stand on this issue, but
some appear tired of their Danish overlords. Members of the island’s
centrist-populist Naleraq Partyreportedly view
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2026 as their “window of opportunity” to break away from Denmark and claim
independence. Down with the tyrants.Read more
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Trump Cancels “Second Wave” of Venezuela Attacks


Donald Trump on Friday announced the cancellation of further military strikes
on Venezuela, saying the country’s government is behaving well enough to avoid
America’s wrath.

“The U.S.A. and Venezuela are working well together, especially as it
pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their
oil and gas infrastructure,” the president wrote on Truth Social this morning.
“Because of this cooperation, I have canceled the previously expected second
Wave of Attacks, which looks like it will not be needed.”

Pause for a moment. We were going to attack again? Trump made the right call
by showing restraint, but why was another bombing campaign on the table in the
first place? We thought the first operation’s objective was to capture Nicolas
Maduro, which it achieved. Why were there plans for another assault? What
individuals or groups pushed the president to manufacture more war?

Trump on Thursday also disclosed his plans
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Democrat Senate Candidate Rallies with Somali Lawmaker Who’s a “Person of
Interest” in Fraud Investigation


Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner held a rally with a Somali-born state
lawmaker tied to an allegedly fraudulent nonprofit this week, joining
headscarf-wearing representative Deqa Dhalac at a "Tax the Rich to Fund Health
Care" event.

Dhalac, a self-described leader in statewide "racism awareness” and DEI
initiatives, gleefully introduced Platner during the event as “our next senator
in the United States.”

Dhalac worked as assistant executive director at Gateway Community Services
Maine in 2022 and 2023. The Somali-founded organization is currently under
federal and state investigation for alleged financial misconduct involving
Maine’s Medicaid program, and the Department of Homeland Security is also
investigating its hiring practices. The group has received hundreds of
thousands of Paycheck Protection Program funds.

Why would Platner associate himself with someone like Dhalac? To what voter
bloc is he trying to appeal?Maine only has approximately 3,400 Somalis
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state’s population. Generally speaking, that’s not enough to swing an election.
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Sorry, Somalis: White House Launches New DOJ Fraud Division



The White House announced Thursday that the DOJ will create a new national
fraud enforcement division as investigators throughout the country manage
countless Somali fraud probes.

The division "will enforce the Federal criminal and civil laws against fraud
targeting Federal government programs, Federally funded benefits, businesses,
nonprofits, and private citizens nationwide,"the White House said
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, adding that a newly appointed assistant attorney general will oversee
enforcement priorities.

The move comes as Minnesota’s highly publicized fraud investigations continue
receiving national attention. Prosecutors say Somalis have fraudulently sucked
up hundreds of millions of the state’s taxpayer dollars, with much of the fraud
coming via theft of a federal child nutrition program.

Tim Walz dropped his reelection bid this week amid growing scorn over his
handling of the crisis. He has told Republicans toexpect “me to ride you like
you’ve never been ridden”
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“Axis of War”: Russia Rebukes West, Rejects Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan



The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected the latest U.S.-backed offering to end
the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, issuing a blistering rebuff that threatens
to blow up President Trump’s peace agenda.

“The [offer] turned out to be extremely far from a peace settlement,” Moscow
claimed. “[It was] not aimed at achieving a lasting peace and security but
rather at continuing the militarization, escalation and further conflict
aggravation… the new militarist declarations of the so-called Coalition of the
Willing and the Kyiv regime are forming a true axis of war.”

The rejection deals a blow to the White House’s efforts to shield postwar
Ukraine with NATO-style security protections – a plan the Russians believe
would guarantee long-term Western regional dominance while leaving their
country exposed. From their perspective, such a view is fair.

The ministry also lambasted America’s recent seizure of the Russian oil
tanker theMarinera
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, calling the move a threat to maritime freedom of navigation. No matter your
foreign policy views, it’s hard to imagine how the seizure could have helped
the U.S. secure a deal. Falling victim to infrastructure hijackings doesn’t
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Qatar Is the Largest Foreign Funder of American Colleges


According to Mark Levin and his shrieking propagandist friends, Americans must
hate Qatar because the Middle Eastern nation is adangerous sponsor of Islamic
terror. Donald Trump’s State Department disagrees
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must hate Qatar.

Newly released data from the Department of Education reveals that the Qataris
actually might not be all that bad.According to the report
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of U.S. colleges and universities in 2025, topping the next closest nation,
Germany, by over $2 billion.

It’s easy to predict how the Levins of the world will react to this story.

“They’re only sending money because they want to spread antisemitism!”
they’ll screech. “We have to liberate ourselves from the Qataris’ grasp, and
anyone who disagrees is a bigot!”

A fair case exists that U.S. schools, businesses, and politics should remain
free of foreign influence. Those who feel that way are on the argument’s
winning side. But Israel Firsters like Mark do not fit the bill. They have no
problem at all with, say,AIPAC pumping fortunes into our political system
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seem to care when the transactions involve an Arab nation. They do not believe
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Trump Praises Mamdani’s “Great Personality”


We’ve never met Zohran Mamdani, but based on Donald Trump’s assessment, the
Uganda-born socialist seems like a pretty good time.

“He’s got a great personality,” the president said of the New York mayor on
Thursday. “He’s a nice guy.”

Trump’s comments came weeks after he hosted Mamdani in the Oval Office,
describing him as “a man who really wants to see New York be great again,”
predicting he “is going to surprise some conservative people,” and remarking
that he is “even better looking in person than [he is] on TV.”

Those are the president’s words, not ours, and reporting them does not make
us Mamdani supporters. We’re just providing the honest news. At the same time,
imagine the ridiculous names the Israel First Right would call us if we had
spoken the quotes listed above.Communist, Islamist, jihadist, antisemite, and
all the rest of their favorite tropes.

Will they levy those same attacks against Trump? Don’t bet on it. Like
misbehaving children when their mom threatens to call their father, they’re
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No, Marco Rubio Will Not Coach the Miami Dolphins


The Miami Dolphins fired former head coach Mike McDaniel on Thursday, creating
a job opening atop one of the NFL’s most tropically appealing organizations.
Despite flurries of rumblings, Secretary of State/National Security
Adviser/National Archivist/USAID Administrator Marco Rubio will not fill the
position.

“I do not normally respond to online rumors but feel the need to do so at
this moment,”Rubio tweeted yesterday
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candidate for the currently vacant HC and GM positions with the Miami Dolphins.
While you never know what the future may bring, right now my focus must remain
on global events and also the precious archives of the United States of
America.”

As a man already working four jobs, it’s safe to say Rubio does not have time
to add coaching the Dolphins to his plate. But that doesn’t mean he won’t gain
new titles in the coming years. If neocons get their way and America executes
Lindsey Graham’s long-desired list of regime changes, Rubio could find himself
the effective President of Colombia, Dictator of Venezuela, Russian Nuclear
Czar, and Shah of Iran.It could look something like this
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New Jersey Man Steals Walrus Penis


A New Jersey thief recently committed a heist that was truly nuts, robbing a
treasured antique walrus penis bone from a cheesesteak joint in Camden.

The walrus wiener has served as a conversation piece at the restaurant — which
Anthony Bourdain once praised
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for making the area’s best cheesesteak — for years alongside other
knick-knacks like a megalodon tooth. The decades-old dong has likely been there
for longer than some customers have been alive. But now it’s gone.

A group of drunks requested a moment alone with the enormous shaft while
dining at the eatery earlier this month, and one of them bolted with it upon
its presentation. Management shared a grainy image of the culprit following the
looting, but has yet to identify him. They insist they won’t press charges;
they just want the penis back.Read more
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Commentary


Get off Our Lawn


“The United States government should ban Israeli nationals, the Israeli
government, and Israeli-linked companies from purchasing American land.”

Anyone daring enough to publicize such a statement would doubtlessly find
themselves under immediate assault from the Israel First Right, which will
salivate as it slanders them as a bigot, a Jew hater, an antisemite, and maybe
even the “leader of the modern-day Hitler Youth
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show no mercy.

But what if you issued the exact same decree, but pertaining to a different
foreign country? Say, China? Like this:

“The United States government should ban Chinese nationals, the Chinese
government, and Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from purchasing
American land.”

You’d be hard-pressed to find many “conservatives” who rebuke that statement,
and it would be even more challenging to encounter one who would call you an
anti-Asian racist for uttering it.Of course there’s nothing bigoted about
believing American land should belong to Americans, and when presented in the
context of China, even Ben Shapiro would surely agree. And for good reason.

Corporate media doesn’t cover this much, but the Chinese have a considerably
heavier presence on U.S. soil than most Americans realize. Takethis report
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from our friends at theDaily Caller News Foundation, which reveals that a CCP
intelligence official owns a pair of golf courses flanking the U.S. Air Force
headquarters that controls two legs of our country’s nuclear triad.

Read that last sentence one more time. It’s legitimately jaw-dropping. A
hostile foreign intelligence official is actively lurking next door to Air
Force Global Strike Command, and our government isn’t doing anything about it?
That’s like if the Roman Empire permitted Persian spies to set up shop a block
from Castra Praetoria. It’s hard to imagine such brazen recklessness.

Chinese government veteran Eugene Ji owns the Louisiana courses, the article
states, and has since 2013. Ji’s résumé includes CCP positions on and off for
over 40 years, including roles focused on trade, “influence and intelligence,”
and in partnership with China’s Propaganda Department. He briefly moved to
America to pursue a graduate degree in economics in 1989, but quickly dropped
out to continue working for Beijing.

Why did Ji enter the golf business, in particular? Does he simply have the
bug for the West’s favorite country-club sport? It’s possible, but unlikely.
Golf courses are highly useful for intelligence gathering.

“Like an RV park, a golf club offers abundant opportunities for intelligence
collection on aircraft and operators alike, as well as for storing materiel in
advance of an attack,” Jacqueline Deal, an advisory board member at a nonprofit
focused on countering China, told the DCNF. “For the price of two apparently
poorly-maintained courses, the CCP and the People’s Liberation Army have likely
secured an intelligence and sabotage bonanza,” she added.

The purpose of highlighting this story is not to attack Mr. Ji, or even
Chinese Communists. Like any sane people, they are acting in accordance with
what they believe are their interests. They’re putting China First.

But why in the world do America’s leaders permit this kind of infiltration?
Even if Ji wasn’t potentially using his landmasses for intelligence gathering,
a strong case could be made that he shouldn’t be allowed to own the properties.
U.S. land should belong to U.S. citizens, period.

But since he does appear to serve as a Chinese intelligence asset? That makes
this story’s answer a slam dunk. It’s time to get ‘em out. Saturday’s Venezuela
attack made clear that America has entered an unapologetic empire phase, and
the entire purpose of empires is to benefit themselves. Securing the homeland
is the exercise’s whole point. As long as the CCP has its talons gripped on
places like Olde Oaks Golf Club and the Golf Club at StoneBridge, that security
will remain lacking.



 

Video of the Day

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This woman snorts her food. We hope she’s okay.
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This Day in History


January 9, 1493: Christopher Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids. Sailing
near what is now the Dominican Republic, the famed Italian explorer recorded
seeing three “mermaids” and described them as “not half as beautiful as they
are painted.” The reason for the creatures’ unattractiveness was simple: they
were not, in fact, mermaids. They were manatees, also known as sea cows.The
incident occurred during Columbus’s first voyage across the Atlantic, during
which he hoped to find a western trade route to Asia. Instead, he discovered
the New World.Scientists believe that manatees, which commonly weigh up to
1,200 pounds, have inhabited the Caribbean for millions of years. They can live
for up to six decades, eat plants, and spend approximately 50% of their days
sleeping.


 

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