Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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Ex-Illinois House Speaker Gets 7.5 Years in Prison, $2.5 Million Fine for Corruption

(Jim Talamonti, The Center Square) A federal judge sentenced Michael Madigan Friday to seven-and-a-half years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $2.5 million for crimes committed during his tenure as the longest-serving speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. Judge John Robert Blakey handed down the...

LA Councilwoman Asks Police Chief How to Obstruct ICE; Chief Left Baffled

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell shot down suggestions from a Democratic politician that police officers alert residents to federal immigration operations around the area, calling it “obstruction of justice.”  Los Angeles City Councilwoman Imelda Padilla made the puzzling recommendation at a Thursday City Council hearing where McDonnell was testifying. Padilla’s...

Jamie Raskin Explodes on Conservative Journalist: ‘Get Out of My Face!’

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., barked at conservative journalist Nick Sortor, who pressed him on Friday about his past support for illegal aliens, including Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran National and dubbed “Maryland man.”   Raskin grew visibly angry as Sortor asked whether he still backed Garcia...

Tim Walz Freezes When Asked to Define a Woman

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, the self-described “knucklehead” Minnesota governor, became speechless when Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., asked him to define a woman.   “What is a woman?” Mace asked on Thursday at a House Oversight Committee hearing on sanctuary jurisdictions.  Walz, seemingly taken aback by the...

Sen. Padilla Tries to Ambush Noem, Gets Taken Down by Feds

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., emulated anti-ICE rioters in Los Angeles when he apparently tried, and failed, to heckle Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Friday press conference.  Federal law enforcement agents quickly thwarted Padilla’s attempt to disrupt the government event. Viral videos captured Padilla’s voice interrupting...

Bill Cracking Down on Fentanyl-Related Drugs Passes House, Heads to Trump’s Desk

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)   The Republican-sponsored HALT Fentanyl Act, a bill cracking down on fentanyl and related substances, passed the House in a bipartisan 321-104 vote Thursday. The bill, reintroduced in February by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., permanently classifies fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs under the...

Israeli Minister Calls for Israeli Control Over Syria and Lebanon

(Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com)  Unusually far-right even in the generally far-right Israeli cabinet, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has sparked some new controversy today in a speech to an ultra-nationalist youth conference, where he called for Israel to have full control over both Syria and Lebanon, on top of annexing Gaza...

‘Fighting Today’s Nazis:’ Democrat Compares Immigration Enforcement to Nazi Germany

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square)  Democratic governors and Congress members shifted blame for immigration enforcement to the federal government and called ICE immigration enforcement a "gestapo operation" in opening statements at a congressional hearing Thursday. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hosted Democrat Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota,...

Pentagon Propagandized Americans for Decades w/ Fake UFO Info

(José Niño, Headline USA) For decades, the Pentagon secretly fueled America’s UFO obsession, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Friday.  The Journal's article recounted how inn the 1980s, an Air Force colonel visited a bar near Area 51, the famous secret base in Nevada. He handed the...

Report: Biden Administration Spied on Foreigners Who Visited w/ Elon Musk

(José Niño, Headline USA) Federal agencies under the Biden administration monitored foreign visitors to Elon Musk, according to a Wall Street Journal report.  The Journal's Tuesday report specifically revealed that, throughout 2022 and 2023, multiple U.S. government agencies monitored the movements of foreign nationals traveling to visit Musk at his...

David Hogg Won’t Try to Keep His DNC Role amid Dispute over Democratic Primaries

(Headline USA) David Hogg said Wednesday he will not fight to hold onto his leadership role in the Democratic National Committee after igniting a firestorm over his push to target long-serving Democrats in safe congressional seats. Hogg announced his retreat hours after the DNC removed him and another officer, Pennsylvania...

LA Mayor Urges Residents to Scrub Anti-ICE Damage Before World Cup

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday begged residents to help the city clean up as anti-ICE rioters left downtown stained by graffiti and vandalism. She urged them to act fast, citing the looming 2026 World Cup.  “The extensive vandalism downtown, especially of the graffiti that is...
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