The crackdown against crime continues by the trump administration.
After achieving the largest single year drop in murder rates ever recorded, trump has turned his focus to combating the fraudulent use of federal programs. Earlier this year Trump dismantled a $250m fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during the Covid pandemic in a case that led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions, and now he is turning the heat up on the criminal fraud ring
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/28/fbi-minnesota-fraud-schemes-somalia
FBI deploys more resources to Minnesota

The FBI has deployed additional personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to “dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs”, director Kash Patel said on social media on Sunday.

Amid the Trump administrations attacks on the state and its Somali immigration population, the FBI director said the agency had already dismantled a $250m fraud scheme that stole federal food aid meant for vulnerable children during the Covid pandemic in a case that led to 78 indictments and 57 convictions.

Patel said the FBI believes “this is just the tip of a very large iceberg”. Some of those involved in the alleged scheme are being “referred to immigrations officials for possible further denaturalization and deportation proceedings where eligible”.

Patel’s comments comes after federal prosecutors estimate as much as $9bn has been stolen across schemes allegedly linked to the state’s Somali population.

Demoshits seethe as the party of law and order successfully keep their liberal criminal tendencies in check.

Donald Trump is responsible for dropping murder rates quicker over one year than at other any point in American history.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/24/us-trump-murder-data-killing-crime-national-guard
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/24/us-trump-murder-data-killing-crime-national-guard
U.S. murders on pace for largest one-year drop on record

The U.S. is on pace for the largest one-year drop in murders the nation has ever recorded, according to an analysis by crime stats expert Jeff Asher.

The big picture: The decline in killings is part of a broader decrease in violent crime following the COVID-era spike. Mass killings in the U.S. also fell in 2025, reaching their lowest level since 2006.

The Real-Time Crime Index, which compiles data from 570 law enforcement agencies, shows a nearly a 20% decline in murders this year compared with the same period in 2024.
The database, which Asher used in his analysis, does not consider manslaughter, self-defense, negligence, or "accidental killings" for the statistics, according to its online glossary.

The database's statistics are currently available through October. The FBI will not release official 2025 violent crime data until sometime next year, though RTCI estimates have historically tracked closely with federal figures.
Other major crime categories measured by the index were also down nationwide and across locations of all population sizes, including motor vehicle thefts (23.2%), aggravated assaults (7.5%) and robbery (18.3%).

Trump has deployed National Guard troops to various cities throughout the country that he says require additional support alongside law enforcement to fight escalating crime.
D.C. — which he has claimed was made safer due to his efforts — saw nearly a 28% decline in murders this year

Quality "Learing" Center.
Independent YouTube journalist uncovers a daycare inside a warehouse in Minnesota with no children, and it's fraudulently receiving millions yearly.
He also discovered a second warehouse with 22 shell health companies, no daytime employees, also fraudulently receiving millions in government funding every year.
https://fortune.com/2025/12/30/did-minnesota-lose-federal-funding-youtube-somali-daycare-fraud/
YouTuber’s viral ‘Somali day care’ video spurs sweeping federal fraud probe in Minnesota as Walz defends oversight of $18 billion

A viral video alleging fraud at several Minnesota day-care centers has triggered intensified federal and state scrutiny of how public money is spent. At the same time, officials stress that the claims remain unproven and are under active investigation.

The clash between online allegations and official audits has put Gov. Tim Walz’s administration and the state’s oversight systems under a national spotlight. It comes against the backdrop of a federal prosecutor’s allegation earlier in December that half or more of approximately $18 billion in federal funds allocated to Minnesota since 2018 may have been stolen. Authorities stress that the day-care sites in conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley’s footage are now part of an expanded investigative map. Still, they have not publicly alleged a specific dollar figure of confirmed fraud tied to those particular centers.

Shirley posted a roughly 40‑minute video late last week, documenting visits to nearly a dozen day-care centers in Minnesota that appear largely empty or inactive despite, as Shirley claims, receiving public funds. The video, shared on YouTube and X, has amassed nearly 2 million direct views in three days, as well as tens of millions of impressions across platforms, and has rapidly circulated under hashtags referencing “day-care fraud” and “Somali” centers.

Filipe "Dobby" Luís stays in Flamengo.

Dobby renews the contract, that now ends in the end of 2027.

https://jovempan.com.br/esportes/futebol/filipe-luis-chega-a-acordo-com-flamengo-encerra-novela-e-renova-contrato-ate-2027.html

> Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdqBmeg4XmY

> https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5653312/student-loans-default-education-department

The Trump administration will resume garnishing wages from student loan borrowers in default in early 2026, the U.S. Education Department confirmed to NPR.

The move comes after a years-long pause in wage garnishment due to the pandemic.

"We expect the first notices to be sent to approximately 1,000 defaulted borrowers the week of January 7," a department spokesperson told NPR. The spokesperson said wage garnishment notices are expected to increase on a monthly basis throughout the year.

A borrower is in default when they have not made loan payments in more than 270 days. Once that happens, the federal government can try to collect on the debt by seizing tax refunds and Social Security benefits, and also by ordering an employer to withhold up to 15% of a borrower's pay. Borrowers should receive a 30-day notice from the Education Department before this wage garnishment begins.

Betsy Mayotte, the president and founder of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors, says even though borrowers have expected this, the timing is unfortunate.

https://www.reuters.com/world/judge-grants-injunction-blocking-us-detaining-british-anti-disinformation-2025-12-25/

WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining British anti-disinformation campaigner Imran Ahmed, after the U.S. permanent resident sued officials over an entry ban for his role in what Washington argues is online censorship.

Washington imposed visa bans on Tuesday on Ahmed and four Europeans, including French former EU commissioner Thierry Breton. It accuses them of working to censor freedom of speech or unfairly target U.S. tech giants with burdensome regulation. Ahmed lives in New York and is believed to be the only of the five currently in the country.

The move sparked an outcry from European governments who argue regulations and the work of monitoring groups made the internet safer by highlighting false information and compelling tech giants to do more to tackle illegal content, including hate speech and child sexual abuse material.

For Ahmed, the 47-year-old CEO of the U.S.-based Center for Countering Digital Hate, it also sparked fears of imminent deportation that would separate him from his wife and child, both U.S. citizens, according to a lawsuit he filed on Wednesday in the Southern District of New York.

The Pentagon released its annual report on the Chinese military for 2025. Key new info:

The DF-27 is a fielded non-nuclear ICBM for ground and ship targets - it could hit ships in California.
China seeks to build 6 additional aircraft carriers by 2035 for 9 total.
China's nuclear early-warning system is fully built and they'll expand from 600 ready nukes to 1000 by 2030.

https://media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/23/2003849070/-1/-1/1/ANNUAL-REPORT-TO-CONGRESS-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA-2025.PDF

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmneem1e89o

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday's deadly shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted a Jewish festival.

Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire at an event to mark the first day of Hanukkah.

New laws will target "those who spread hate, division and radicalisation", Albanese told reporters in Canberra.

The home affairs minister will also be given new powers to cancel or refuse visas for those who spread hate and a new taskforce will be set up to ensure the education system "prevents, tackles and properly responds to antisemitism".

The new laws will also include penalties for preachers and leaders who promote violence, a new federal offence of "aggravated hate speech", and the introduction of "hate" as an aggravating factor in sentencing crimes for online threats and harassment.

"Every Jewish Australian has the right to feel safe, valued and respected for the contribution that they make to our great nation," Albanese said.

"The terrorists, inspired by ISIS... sought to turn Australians against each other. Australians have responded to that act of hatred with love and sympathy for those in mourning."

Daniel Aghion, the President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, the peak body representing Australian Jews, said he would "need to see the details before making an assessment as to whether the measures are likely to live up to their billing."

"We warned of the risk of not dealing with antisemitism in this country promptly and effectively after 7 October. It is an absolute tragedy that it has taken a massacre of Jewish and other Australians for that step to be taken."

> 12/7/2025 (Pearl Harbor Day)
Okay let’s do this!
Kristi Noem might be getting out of the Administration.
> https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-considering-move-to-oust-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem-report/
Gulp!: Pam Bondi & Trump FBI making list of American ‘Extremists’…
> https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-list-of-extremists-is-coming
JD Vance: Trump’s Penis Joke…
> https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/jd-vance-reveals-what-its-36365937
Trump Administration promises illegals are going ‘ho-ho-home’ this Christmas.
> https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/ice-launches-horrifying-youre-going-1547586
Holiday parade in California town cancelled over deportation fears.
> https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2025/12/07/31600077christmas-parade-canceled-in-california-coastal-town-over-fears-ice-will-show-up/
“Plead the fif!”: 3 year old forced to testify on her immigration status… (Red Text)
> https://coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/childrens-immigration-court/
Does the United States miss Rosie O’ Donnell?
> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1RPE5s
It’s hard to enter this fast-growing Atlanta church…
> https://apnews.com/4c7505c9bf6178bb3ea57b977480576e
Guy with 400 Obie’s to his name says now is the most difficult time to make one.
> https://archive.is/jSgqX

Love them movies, such as Pixar.

Prolific Peacemaker Donald J. Trump hosts a historic meeting with the self stylized "King Zelensky The Mad, Ruler of Ashes and First of His Name"
Zelensky The Mad has had time to consider Peacemaker Trump's 28-point peace plan and is meeting to counter offer a 20-point peace plan of his own
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5664577-live-updates-trump-zelensky-russia-ukraine-meeting/
an hour ago

Live updates: Trump, Zelensky sit down for Ukraine peace talks in Florida

President Trump on Sunday is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Palm Beach, Fla., as talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war advance.

Ahead of the meeting, Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and he described the call as “good” and “very productive” in a social media post.

Zelensky’s 20-point peace plan, which offers some concessions to Moscow, will be the topic of discussion during Sunday’s huddle. It proposes to have Russian forces withdraw from several Ukrainian regions and creates an $800 billion fund for post-war recovery efforts.

Sunday’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago will mark the fifth time Zelensky has traveled to meet Trump in the U.S.

“These are some of the most active diplomatic days of the year right now, and a lot can be decided before the New Year,” Zelensky wrote on social media early Sunday morning.

Over the weekend, Russia intensified its drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, killing at least one person and injuring many others.

Zelensky, in his Sunday social media post, said he plans to discuss security guarantees, air defense missiles and Russia sanctions with Trump.