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Stephen Miller Blows the Lid Off the NGO Refugee Industrial Complex
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Stephen Miller Blows the Lid Off the NGO Refugee Industrial Complex

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Stephen Miller sharply criticized what he described as a sprawling “refugee industrial complex,” accusing nongovernmental organizations of profiting off mass refugee resettlement while transforming small American communities and placing long-term financial burdens on taxpayers.

Miller said the system expanded dramatically under the Biden-Harris administration, with billions of dollars flowing from the federal government to outside organizations.

“President Trump has blown the lid off of the refugee industrial complex,” Miller said.

“And the way this works is exactly the way that you said, the US government, historically, and this, of course, got taken to the highest degree ever under Biden hands out billions with a beat, billions of dollars in grants to these third party groups, nongovernmental organizations.”

According to Miller, those organizations work with federal agencies to relocate large numbers of refugees into specific parts of the country.

“To work with the Department of State to find the poorest populations from the most dysfunctional places in the world and then bring them into small town America,” he said.

Miller said rural and Midwestern communities are often targeted because of the scale of change refugee resettlement can bring.

“They typically look for areas in rural communities, rural places, or more traditional Midwestern towns, they can completely transform,” he said.

“So they send them to small towns in Ohio, to small towns in Maine.”

He pointed to Minnesota as a central focus of these efforts.

“And of course, we’ve seen their central project has been in Minneapolis and St Paul in the Twin Cities in Minnesota,” Miller said.

Miller accused the nonprofits involved of amassing enormous wealth through the process.

“And so these nonprofits get massively rich. They rake in a fortune. They become some of the wealthiest nonprofits the world has ever seen,” he said.

He argued that their role goes beyond resettlement and extends into expanding dependence on government programs.

“And their job is to fly the refugees here to help them become citizens and to ensure that they are enrolled in every welfare benefit program in that train expense of the American people, exactly,” Miller said.

Miller did not mince words in condemning the practice. “It is heinous. It is shameful,” he said.

He contrasted that system with actions taken under President Donald Trump, praising the administration’s approach to refugee policy.

“And I’m proud of the fact which we don’t say enough, President Trump has stopped all refugee resettlement into the country,” Miller said.

Miller added that there is only one exception currently being made.

“The only refugee resettlement that is happening are the Afrikaners being persecuted in South Africa,” he said.

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Web of Connections: Top Minnesota Dems All Linked to Massive Somali Fraud Scandal
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Web of Connections: Top Minnesota Dems All Linked to Massive Somali Fraud Scandal

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Fox News host Will Cain raised questions about what he described as a network of political connections linking Minnesota elected officials to individuals involved in major fraud cases, pointing specifically to Rep. Ilhan Omar, Gov. Tim Walz, and Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Cain said the connections surround some of the largest fraud cases in recent years, including the Feeding Our Future scandal and other related investigations.

“Under the nose of Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz, Attorney General, Keith Ellison, we see a web of connections between them and those directly involved in the fraud,” Cain said.

Cain pointed first to Rep. Omar and her role in legislation and campaign activity connected to individuals later convicted in fraud cases.

“For example, Ilhan Omar alleged enabling introducing the 2020 meals Act, which was ultimately subject to fraud, held a campaign victory party at the safari restaurant,” Cain said.

He added, “That’s where one of the men who run that restaurant is has associations to the convicted individuals.”

Cain then turned his attention to Gov. Walz, questioning oversight at the state level during the period when the fraud occurred.

“And then there’s Tim waltz House Oversight investigation role in his role as governor,” Cain said, raising concerns about accountability within state leadership.

Cain also criticized Attorney General Keith Ellison, arguing that Ellison failed to properly enforce the law while maintaining relationships with those tied to the fraud.

“Or Keith Ellison, the Attorney General. His job is to enforce the law in Minnesota, but instead he’s getting donations after meeting with the feeding our future representatives,” Cain said. He described Feeding Our Future as “the feeding our future the biggest known yet part of this entire fraud, excuse me, theft ring.”

Cain expanded the discussion beyond Minnesota, pointing to a separate fraud case involving Black Lives Matter leadership.

“The executive director of Black Lives Matter, by the way, over in Oklahoma City, has now been charged with wire fraud and money laundering,” Cain said.

He noted the scale of the alleged misconduct, stating, “The organization raised more than $5 million in 2020 but she is accused of pocketing more than half of that instead of using it to bail out people for protesting in support of BLM.”

Cain said the alleged misuse of funds stands in contrast to the organization’s stated mission.

“No, she pocketed, allegedly, most of that money,” he said.

He then highlighted what he described as another political connection tied to Rep. Omar.

“And by the way, here she is. You want to see a picture over here she is. NOTICE who she is in the picture with That’s right, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar,” Cain said, before concluding, “but hey, it’s just the system, right?”

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Explosive Non-Citizen Social Security Number Growth Under Biden is Staggering
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Explosive Non-Citizen Social Security Number Growth Under Biden is Staggering

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Conservative commentator Steve Deace pointed to a Fox News graphic to highlight what he described as a dramatic rise in the number of Social Security numbers issued to non-citizens during the Biden-Harris administration, raising concerns about the scale of the increase and its broader implications.

Deace said Fox News aired a graph showing year-by-year growth in non-citizen Social Security numbers issued since former President Joe Biden took office.

“Fox News ran this graph yesterday, non-citizen social security numbers issued during the Biden administration, 270,021, over 590,022, over 960,023, over 2.1 million in 24,” Deace said.

He focused particularly on the sharp jump in the most recent year shown on the graph.

“Gee, I wonder why that escalated so much in 24,” Deace said, before pointing to what he suggested could be incentives tied to having a Social Security number.

“Because what are you probably more likely to legitimately be able to claim if you’ve got a social security card? Citizenship, voting, citizenship voting, by the way,” he said.

Deace emphasized the scale of the numbers by comparing them to state populations.

“That’s more people the Biden administration gave more non citizens social security cards in four years than live in our home state of Iowa,” he said.

He narrowed the focus further to the most recent year alone, saying the 2024 figure exceeded the population of multiple states.

“If we just took the amount of people they gave those to in 2024 that’s more people than live in Nebraska, Idaho, West Virginia, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Delaware, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, DC, Vermont and Wyoming,” Deace said.

Deace concluded by framing the number as equivalent to a mid-sized state if counted on its own.

“It would be the 39th largest state in the union, just the amount of people, non Americans, they gave social security cards to last year,” he said.

Deace’s remarks centered on the rapid increase shown in the Fox News graphic and his view that the scale of non-citizen Social Security number issuance under the Biden-Harris administration warrants closer scrutiny.

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Joe Rogan Stuns Viewers with Wild Take on Jesus and Artificial Intelligence
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Joe Rogan Stuns Viewers with Wild Take on Jesus and Artificial Intelligence

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Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan spoke at length about Christianity, biblical interpretation, and the potential intersection of faith and technology during a recent appearance on the program “American Alchemy.”

Throughout the interview, Rogan described Christian scripture as “fascinating,” spoke positively about his church experience, and offered a series of speculative questions about how people understand ancient texts.

Rogan discussed how information passed across generations can shift, using examples from modern life to illustrate how future societies might interpret current knowledge.

“We’ll tell everybody about the internet. We’ll tell everybody about airplanes. We’ll tell everybody about SpaceX; as much as you can remember, you’ll tell people, but you won’t know how it’s done. You won’t know what it is. And I think that’s how you get to, like, the Adam and Eve story,” he said.

Rogan added that he believes biblical accounts are “recounting real truth,” and then raised a question he said he has been considering: “Who’s Jesus?” Moving into a hypothetical scenario, Rogan asked whether the return of Jesus could take a technological form.

“Jesus is born out of a virgin mother. What’s more virgin than a computer?” Rogan said.

He continued, “So if you’re going to get the most brilliant, loving, powerful person that gives us advice and can show us how to live to be in sync with God. Who better than artificial intelligence to do that? If Jesus does return, even if Jesus was a physical person in the past, you don’t think that He could return as artificial intelligence?”

Host Jesse Michels did not accept the idea.

Before expanding on his point, Rogan clarified that he was not suggesting artificial intelligence would be Jesus but that it could function as a kind of return in terms of impact and ability.

“Artificial intelligence could absolutely return as Jesus. Not just return as Jesus, but return as Jesus with all the powers of Jesus,” Rogan said.

“Like all the magic tricks, all the ability to bring people back from the dead, walk on water, levitation, water into wine.”

Michels responded that such a scenario resembled an unwanted “dystopian” outcome.

Rogan disputed that description.

“It’s only dystopian if you think that we’re a perfect organism that can’t be improved upon. And that’s not the case,” he said.

“That’s clearly not the case based on our actions, based on society as a whole, based on the overall state of the world. It’s not. We certainly can be improved upon.”

While Michels acknowledged the possibility of moral or ethical improvement, he said attempts to do so through a computer “seems destructive.”

The conversation then turned to Rogan’s personal experience with Christianity.

Rogan spoke highly of the scripture he has been reading and of the Christian community he has encountered.

“The scripture, to me, is what’s interesting; it’s fascinating,” he said.

“Christianity, at least, is the only thing I have experience with. It works. The people that are Christians, that go to this church that I go to, that I meet, that are Christian, they are the nicest f**king people you will ever meet.”

Rogan described everyday interactions that stood out to him, including his experience navigating the parking lot at his church.

“Everybody lets you go in front of them. There’s no one honking in the church parking lot. It works,” he said.

Rogan said he sees genuine truth in biblical accounts, calling them an “ancient relaying” of actual events, though he expressed skepticism toward specific predictions about the future.

Speaking about interpretations of the book of Revelation, Rogan said of his pastor, “There’s no way that guy telling you that knows that. … He’s just a person. He’s a person like you or me that is like deeply involved in the scripture.”

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Twins Arrested on Charges of Threatening to Torture, Kill DHS Official and ‘Shoot ICE on Sight’
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Twins Arrested on Charges of Threatening to Torture, Kill DHS Official and ‘Shoot ICE on Sight’

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Two brothers from Absecon, New Jersey, were arrested Tuesday on charges related to threats made against a senior Department of Homeland Security official, including alleged calls to “shoot ICE agents on sight.”

The FBI and local law enforcement took the pair into custody three days after the threats were posted online, as reported by Fox News.

Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores are accused of posting violent threats on X targeting Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, DHS’ top public-facing deputy.

The posts allegedly included threats describing medieval torture and executions. One partially redacted post read, “[The Second] Amendment is in place for moments like this. Shoot ICE on sight.”

Another message reportedly added, “We Americans should find you, tar you, feather you, and hang you as we did to anyone serving tyrants before the Revolutionary War.”

A second partially redacted post, attributed to the other brother, also read, “Shoot ICE on sight.”

The threats come at a time when reported threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel have increased by what DHS officials described as 8,000%.

McLaughlin has been the leading public representative for DHS throughout ongoing immigration enforcement operations and has frequently addressed attacks on federal officers.

In recent public remarks, McLaughlin condemned threats like those allegedly made by the Roman-Flores brothers.

She has described individuals who target ICE personnel as “despicable” and said attacks on DHS officers are tied to “violent rhetoric” coming from political figures and activists on the left.

She has also criticized city officials, including Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who have opposed DHS operations.

ICE Director Todd Lyons told Fox News Digital that the rapid arrests should serve as a deterrent. “We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.

We are not afraid of you,” Lyons said. He added that, as McLaughlin has stated, “extreme rhetoric” from media and political leaders is directly contributing to threats against DHS personnel.

“If you threaten our law enforcement or DHS officials, we will hunt you down, and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Both suspects are American citizens. Emilio Roman-Flores was charged with unlawful possession of an assault weapon, possession of prohibited weapons, conspiracy, terroristic threats, criminal coercion, and cyber harassment.

Ricardo Roman-Flores was charged with one count of conspiracy-terroristic threats.

DHS credited the Absecon Police Department and its SWAT team for executing the search and arrest warrant in Atlantic County and successfully taking the brothers into custody.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Turning Point Chapter Forced Underground After School Bans Political Clubs
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Turning Point Chapter Forced Underground After School Bans Political Clubs

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A student at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California, says the administration has barred her Turning Point USA chapter from becoming an officially recognized organization under a policy that prohibits political advocacy groups on campus.

The policy prevents the chapter from reserving meeting rooms, hosting events, or accessing university resources available to registered student organizations, as reported by Fox News.

Sadie Burnett, a third-year student at the small private Christian institution, serves as president of the unrecognized Turning Point USA chapter. She told Fox News Digital that the group had been active since 2023.

“Since 2023, we’ve had a lively and very active presence on campus,” Burnett said.

“We’ve hosted several events, we were able to rush at club rush. We had students very enthusiastic about our presence being there. It was even something that made us stand out as a Christian university, was the fact that Turning Point was practiced, and it was not only practiced, but it was also celebrated.”

Burnett said the administration informed students over the summer that Vanguard would no longer recognize political clubs.

“We received an email over the summer stating that the school was taking a new direction with student organizations,” she said.

“They’re going completely apolitical, giving this idea that Christians do not necessarily belong in politics, which is interesting because they do have a political science department, which I’m a part of.”

According to Burnett, multiple attempts to work with administrators have been unsuccessful. The chapter may meet informally outside, but may not operate as a conservative organization.

She said some students feel unsafe gathering publicly due to “anti-conservative” sentiment on campus and online.

Burnett said losing official recognition limits the group’s ability to engage with other students.

“The difference between being an unaffiliated chapter versus being a registered student organization is that chapters or organizations that are registered, they can book rooms for meetings well in advance to make sure that they have a space to speak, they have a space to host events,” she said.

“They’re allowed to receive university funding. They can rush at club rush and interact with students, interact with new-coming students that are coming in [and] prospective students.”

She added that the chapter cannot host tabling events, describing them as “one of the heart and cores to Turning Point” and noting that colleges have historically encouraged debate.

“If I wanted to go to a college or a university that was anti-conservative, but at least they let me speak, I would have absolutely chosen to go there,” she said.

She also argued, “Christians have a place in politics, and not only a place, we have a profound voice, the most profound voice in politics.”

Amanda Lebrecht, Vanguard University’s vice president for student development, said the school had already been phasing out political clubs in 2023, during the period when the Turning Point chapter was seeking recognition.

“This fall, it was established that university policy does not permit campus clubs affiliated with political advocacy initiatives,” she said.

Lebrecht described the policy as part of an effort to support “our educational mission within the context of our small Christian community.”

Lebrecht said students are encouraged to participate instead in university-led initiatives, including last year’s “Year of Civility” and this year’s “Courageous Conversations,” which recently brought pro-life advocate Lila Rose to campus.

She said students may also form academic social clubs through the history and political science departments.

Addressing concerns about student safety, Lebrecht said students have direct access to campus safety personnel and noted that the university shares property with the Costa Mesa Police Department and fire department.

Lebrecht said the university president prefers not to support political clubs of any affiliation, instead aiming to “channel their voice … in a different way, not silence them.”

Vanguard does allow “cultural and heritage clubs,” such as the Black Student Union, which has operated for more than a decade.

Billionaire Finishing Chicago Exit, Doubles Down on Florida’s Pro-Business Climate
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Billionaire Finishing Chicago Exit, Doubles Down on Florida’s Pro-Business Climate

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Billionaire Ken Griffin has entered the final stage of his Chicago real estate exit, with his last remaining property in the city now under contract.

Griffin’s spokesperson told Bloomberg on Wednesday that the condo, located at 800 N. Michigan Avenue, is the final piece of a years-long divestment that accelerated after Citadel and Citadel Securities moved their headquarters from Chicago to Miami in June 2022.

The property is a full-floor duplex penthouse described as the “crown jewel” of Park Tower.

It is listed on Zillow for $12.5 million, a reduction of about 20 percent from its July asking price of $15.75 million.

The contract brings to a close Griffin’s ownership of high-end Chicago real estate, which at one point included several luxury residences across the city.

Griffin announced the relocation of Citadel and Citadel Securities to Miami in 2022, citing the business environment in Florida.

“There’s something very special about the government in Florida and their focus on delivering traditional values for the community,” he said at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Miami months after the announcement.

Bloomberg reported that Griffin owned a wide range of premium properties in Chicago over the years but sold most of them following the decision to shift his firm’s global headquarters.

The move marked one of the most notable corporate relocations in recent years, drawing attention to the economic and political differences between Chicago and South Florida.

Griffin has since doubled down on Miami as the future center of his company’s operations.

Speaking at a Citadel Securities conference in New York in October, he said that the firm’s planned office tower in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood would likely cost around $2.5 billion.

The development is expected to further solidify Miami’s position as a financial hub.

“South Florida has something that the rest of the world wants. It has oceanfront property in a state with extraordinarily safe streets, great schools, strong sense of community, great cultural institutions. Miami is one of the most vibrant cities in the world,” Griffin said.

He added that real estate value in the region has performed strongly over the past decade.

“With respect to a real estate portfolio, you’d be hard-pressed to beat the returns of real estate in South Florida over the last seven years,” he said.

The sale of Griffin’s last Chicago property symbolizes the completion of his shift away from the city where Citadel was founded in 1990.

Final details of the transaction have not been disclosed publicly, but the contract listing signals the end of Griffin’s Chicago holdings as Citadel’s expansion in South Florida continues.

NYC’s Socialist Mamdani Advises Illegal Aliens on How to Avoid ICE Deportation
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NYC’s Socialist Mamdani Advises Illegal Aliens on How to Avoid ICE Deportation

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani released a video Sunday outlining steps immigrants can take when approached by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, drawing criticism as New York City prepares for potential conflict with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement.

Mamdani referenced an ICE operation in Chinatown that took place last weekend. During that operation, protesters blocked officers from exiting a parking garage.

It was the second significant action in the area within six weeks. Nine illegal immigrants were arrested during earlier raids carried out in October.

The information was delivered in a video posted to X, where Mamdani said he intends to “protect the rights of every single New Yorker,” including “the more than 3 million immigrants who call this city their home.”

In the recording, he told viewers that ICE “cannot enter into private spaces like your home, school, or private area of your workplace without a judicial warrant signed by a judge,” and he displayed an example of a judicial warrant.

Mamdani said that individuals should say “I do not consent to entry” and keep doors closed if agents present administrative documents instead of a warrant.

Mamdani also said that individuals have the right to remain silent if approached by ICE.

He advised viewers to ask, “Am I free to go?” if they believe they are being detained.

He added that filming ICE operations is permitted as long as the recording does not interfere with an arrest. “New Yorkers have a constitutional right to protest,” he said.

The video generated criticism online shortly after it was posted. Several commenters said Mamdani’s guidance encouraged obstruction of federal immigration authorities.

One user wrote that he was “aiding abetting and advising criminals” in response to the video.

The timing of the guidance has drawn attention as the city prepares for potential shifts in federal enforcement priorities under President Trump.

Federal officials have signaled increases in immigration-related operations in New York and other major cities.

Local leaders have acknowledged that disputes over jurisdiction and cooperation with federal agencies may continue in the months ahead.

Mamdani met with President Trump at the White House last month.

The meeting was described afterward as having gone better than expected, though no additional details were released publicly.

Massive Fraud Uncovered in Walz’s Minnesota is ‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: James Comer
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Massive Fraud Uncovered in Walz’s Minnesota is ‘Just the Tip of the Iceberg’: James Comer

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Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chair of the House Oversight Committee, said during a FOX News interview this week that the fraud uncovered in Minnesota’s social services programs represents only a small portion of a broader national problem.

Comer indicated that investigations are expected to expand into additional states with similar issues.

Comer’s comments follow reports detailing significant fraud within Minnesota’s social programs.

He said the situation in Minnesota suggests that other states, particularly those with Democratic governors, may be dealing with comparable or larger problems involving taxpayer-funded benefits.

Comer linked the concerns to states that have not yet supplied requested SNAP data to Trump Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins.

According to Comer, the reluctance of some states to share SNAP information has raised questions within the committee, particularly as investigators continue examining the scope of fraud in Minnesota.

A partial transcript published by NewsBusters included Comer’s remarks on FOX News regarding the scale of the problem.

“The massive fraud being exposed in Minnesota is just ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ when it comes to social program scams in states run by Democrat governors,” Comer said.

He said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and others have continued to increase spending on programs already under scrutiny.

“The fraud entailed a whole menu of government programs – social programs. And that’s the kind of the mojo for the Democrat Party now: they want to sink more and more money into social programs, but yet they refuse to accept responsibility for any type of waste, fraud and abuse.”

Comer said Minnesota is unlikely to be the only state facing major issues involving taxpayer-funded programs.

“This is the tip of the iceberg and I think this investigation could lead to many more investigations in other states and, hopefully finally, some savings of taxpayer dollars.”

Comer has also taken formal steps to obtain records from Minnesota officials. NewsMax reported that the Oversight Committee sent a letter to Walz requesting documents related to the reported fraud.

“The Committee has serious concerns about how you as the Governor, and the Democrat-controlled administration, allowed millions of dollars to be stolen,” Comer wrote.

The letter referenced whistleblower accounts and raised questions about oversight practices within Minnesota’s agencies.

Comer asked for clarity regarding the administration’s handling of the allegations.

“The Committee also has concerns that you and your administration were fully aware of this fraud and chose not to act for fear of political retaliation.”

The committee requested communications and internal records showing what state officials knew, when they knew it, and whether any action was taken to stop or limit investigations into what Comer described as widespread fraud.

“The Committee therefore requests documents and communications showing what your administration knew about this fraud and whether you took action to limit or halt the investigation into this widespread fraud.”

The Oversight Committee’s inquiries continue as state and federal officials sort through reports detailing the scale of losses in Minnesota.

Lawmakers are preparing for additional hearings and possible expansion of the investigation to other states with similar programs.


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