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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Democrats' Call to Action 'Treason, Sedition'  Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt told Newsmax that Democrats trying to prompt military service personnel to ignore orders from President Donald Trump amounts to "treason." Holt told "The Chris Salcedo Show" on Thursday that the attempt by a group of Democrats to advertise that military personnel should ignore "unlawful" orders is terrible advice. "This is sedition," said Holt. "This is treason." He said this needs to be stopped immediately. "And here's the warning for the Trump administration. If you don't hold them accountable here, this is only going to get worse."
Hegseth: US Has 'New Options' to Pursue Group Tied to Maduro  President Donald Trump's decision to designate an alleged drug cartel that the U.S. links to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a foreign terrorist organization provides the Pentagon with a range of "new options," War Secretary Pete Hegseth said. On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would designate the Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization, which makes it a crime for anyone in the U.S. to provide material support to the group. Hegseth spoke with One America News and, in excerpts released on Thursday, was quoted as saying the designation "brings a whole bunch of new options to the United States."
US Peace Plan Sparks Alarm: Leaves Ukraine 'Extremely Vulnerable,' Putin Encouraged  A newly circulating U.S. proposal to end the Ukraine-Russia war has triggered urgent concern in Kyiv, where officials warn the document would force their country into sweeping concessions that dramatically weaken its security and sovereignty. The plan — a 28-point framework drafted in discussions between American and Russian officials and without Kyiv's consultation — asks Ukraine to surrender territory it currently controls, slash the size of its armed forces, and accept only vague future security guarantees, according to Ukrainian officials briefed on the text. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was shown the full proposal in Kyiv on Thursday and, according to senior Ukrainian aides, is facing heavy pressure from Washington to sign the agreement "before Thanksgiving," with the goal of presenting the framework in Moscow soon after. Netanyahu: US Assured Saudi Jet Deal Won't Threaten Israel's Edge  Jerusalem has received assurances from the United States that the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia will not imperil its qualitative military edge, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. Netanyahu, in an interview with the Abu Ali Express platform that was published on Thursday night, said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during a phone call they held on Wednesday, expressed his commitment to maintaining the Jewish state's regional military superiority. "They didn't ask us before the sale of the F-35s, but once it happened, I spoke with him and made sure of it," the prime minister said, adding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "didn't get everything he wanted." The Abu Ali Express interview with Netanyahu was posted hours after a spokeswoman for his office made similar remarks to the press.
Mayor-Elect’s $9B Tax Plan Triggers Wall Street Alarm—Exodus Fears Divide Wealthy New Yorkers  New York City's mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, has proposed a tax plan that could reshape the city's economy and ignite a fierce debate over the limits of progressive taxation. His proposal calls for nearly $9 billion in new annual revenue—$4 billion from a higher income tax on millionaires and $5 billion from a steep increase in the corporate tax rate. The plan has triggered immediate concern among business leaders and Wall Street. At the same time, Governor Kathy Hochul weighs whether to support or oppose the most aggressive tax hike in the city's modern history. Mamdani's income tax increase would raise the city's top rate from 3.9 percent to 5.9 percent, creating a combined state-and-city rate of 16.776 percent—the highest in the nation. The corporate tax proposal would lift the state rate from 7.25 percent to 11.5 percent, matching New Jersey's rate. When combined with New York City's own corporate tax and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority surcharge, the total effective rate would reach approximately 23.8 percent, exceeding the federal rate of 21 percent. Critics argue this would make New York the most tax-hostile environment for business in the country. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan reveals Biden DOJ secretly subpoenaed his phone records: ‘They spied on me’  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan revealed Thursday that former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department secretly snooped on his phone records over a two-year period as part of its Arctic Frost investigation. The Ohio Republican is the latest lawmaker known to have been targeted by former Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of a sprawling investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol – which resulted in the indictment of President Trump. “They spied on President Trump. They spied on Senators. Now, we just learned, they spied on me,” Jordan wrote on X. “If they can do it to us, they can do it to you.” The subpoena ordered Verizon to provide records “from January 1, 2020, to the present.” Dr. Jeffrey Epstein – floats epic revenge he could exact on the congresswoman  Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, the Long Island neurosurgeon who Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested could be the notorious sex trafficker, told The Post Thursday about the masterstroke of revenge he could dish out on the loud-mouthed congresswoman who dragged his name through the mud. “I think that I should contribute money to Jasmine Crockett and then let everybody know that she also took money from Jeffrey Epstein,” Epstein told The Post. Crockett boasted on the House floor this week that she was “gonna expose it all” after her discovery that “somebody named Jeffrey Epstein” donated to the campaign of former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY). Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign  Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. Michel, 52, declined to address the court before US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced him. In April 2023, a federal jury convicted Michel of 10 counts, including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. The trial in Washington, DC, included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. We shouldn’t reward Russia with a ‘peace’ that leaves Ukraine carved up and helpless Despite President Trump’s calls for the fighting to stop, Russia this week again stepped up its war against Ukraine. On Wednesday, Russian forces fired X-101 cruise missiles at sites in western Ukraine. This is far from the east of the country, where most of the fighting has been taking place since the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2022. The targets for Wednesday’s strikes included not just energy infrastructure sites, but residential buildings in the city of Ternopil. Trump needs to remind Mamdani that Gotham is not above the rest of the country When President Trump sits down with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, he needs to remind him that American values — and laws — still hold in Gotham. Protesting in front of a synagogue — or any house of prayer — and heckling and blocking entry is un-American and illegal, violating others’ rights to freedom of worship, to assembly, to free speech and much more. Yet the city saw just such an ugly spectacle Wednesday night outside Park East Synagogue: “We need to make them scared,” one agitator kept saying. Mamdani’s not yet in charge of the NYPD but he needs to know that the Trump administration won’t let thugs trample on New Yorkers’ civil rights. |
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