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GOODER AND HARDER, NEW YORK:

🚨BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani stuns New York, putting Ramzi Kassem — 9/11 Al Qaeda defense lawyer — in charge as Chief Counsel

New York, what have you done?pic.twitter.com/E0Z4uQ43Ey

— Jack (@jackunheard) December 31, 2025

Related (From Ed): What have you done indeed, New York? Mamdani will become first NYC mayor sworn in on Quran when he takes oath of office.

More (Back to Steve): Meanwhile, on the other side of the country…:

Seattle is screwed

Democrat Katie Wilson, winner in Seattle's mayoral race, gives her first speech

“I do think that we will need to pursue new progressive revenue in order to fund our priorities and make sure that we're delivering services”

Progressive revenue = More taxation pic.twitter.com/oIANG1aqxI

— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) December 30, 2025

CHRISTIAN TOTO: George Clooney Takes Bold Stand Against Journalism.

If only that were the only time Clooney looked away while the press behaved oh, so badly.

Breitbart News’ John Nolte has a running list of journalistic malpractice, one that has grown larger over the last 12 months. Some may quibble with an entry or two. Taken as a whole, it’s a shocking indictment of an industry that continues to self-implode.

Here’s just part of that ever-growing list:

Trump “Destroying” White House Hoax
Photo of Starving Gaza Baby Hoax
Israeli Troops Murdered Food-Seeking Palestinians Hoax
Trump Tariffs Will Explode Prices Hoax
Maryland Man Hoax
Black Newborns Much More Likely to Die If Doc’s White Hoax
Elon Musk Nazi Salute Hoax
Trump Called for Liz Cheney to Be Executed Hoax
Violent Crime Down Under Biden/Harris Hoax
Arlington Cemetery Hoax
Kamala Was Never America’s Border Czar Hoax
Russia Collusion Hoax
Hands Up, Don’t Shoot Hoax
Jussie Smollett Hoax
Covington KKKids Hoax
Very Fine People Hoax
Russian Bounties Hoax
Trump Trashes Troops Hoax
Policemen Killed at Mostly Peaceful January 6 Protest Hoax
Rittenhouse Hoax
Border Agents Whipping Illegals Hoax
NASCAR Noose Hoax
Georgia Jim Crow 2.0 Hoax
Trump Assaulted Secret Service Agents and Grabbed Steering Wheel of Beast Hoax
COVID Lab Leak Theory Is Racist Hoax
Hunter Biden’s Laptop Is Russian Disinformation Hoax
Joe Biden Will Never Ban Gas Stoves Hoax
Mass Graves of Native Children in Canada Hoax
Trump Told People to Drink Bleach Hoax
Hamas Hospital Hoax
If Reelected, Trump Will Execute People Hoax

It’s no wonder public trust in Legacy Media is so low. To paraphrase the late John Houseman, they eeeearned it.

Clooney can get away with his absurd attack on Weiss for a simple reason. Modern journalism is, by and large, both biased and corrupt. No reporter with access to Clooney will challenge him on his anti-Weiss attacks.

This reporter interviewed the star a time or two over years and found him to be smart, agreeable and kind. One wonders if that mood would sustain if pressed on his journalistic hot takes.

UPDATE: Weiss just called Clooney’s bluff. She’s invited him to tour the CBS News offices to counter his critiques.

It would be nice if Weiss turns CBS News around as promised, but it remains to be seen how — or even if — her news division handles getting scooped by Nick Shirley on the Somali fraud rings.

A NEW SERIES FROM VICTORIA TAFT: Fire Lies 1: A Flashback to the Spark That Destroyed Pacific Palisades and Trust in Leadership

SCENES FROM THE THIRD WORLD: Woman ‘is seen running along street covered in blood amid crowbar rampage’: Afghan man, 20, is arrested after ‘attacking five people’ in hospital waiting room ‘when he was refused an appointment.’

The Third World location in this case was the Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, U.K.

KRUISER: My 2025 Person of the Year — ICE. “It is with great pleasure and honor that I announce that the agents of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are/is the first annual Stephen Kruiser Person of the Year.”

THIS IS NOT PHRASED AS A QUESTION: What happens when marriage becomes disposable.

Sometimes a marriage really is dangerous or irreparable. Abuse is not “a rough patch,” and infidelity isn’t always something a couple can or should survive. But what’s striking is how often the “leave” reflex shows up even when the situation is plainly ordinary: the grind of cohabitation, the stress of money, the monotony of raising children, the disappointment of discovering your spouse is a human being rather than a Disney-scripted soulmate.

This isn’t just an internet quirk. It’s a cultural tell, and it’s part of what’s behind the loneliness epidemic.

In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General warned that social disconnection is a serious public health issue, associated with higher risks of premature death and a range of mental and physical health harms. Loneliness isn’t simply a sad feeling; it’s what happens when the institutions and habits that tether us to other people weaken or collapse. And marriage, even an imperfect marriage, has long been one of the strongest tethers most adults have.

So when advice-column comments normalize “jump ship” as the default response to ordinary friction, they’re not just giving bad counsel. They’re reinforcing a broader story: Relationships are optional, people are replaceable, and the moment things get hard, you should optimize.

That mindset didn’t arrive by accident. It tracks with how modern dating has been redesigned.

Read the whole thing.

WELL, GOOD:

ANY state official who chills or threatens to chill a journalist’s 1A rights will have some ‘splainin to do. @CivilRights takes potential violations of 18 USC § 242 seriously!

Govern yourselves accordingly! ❤️#1A https://t.co/6H50NkaqwW

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) December 31, 2025

AARON HANSCOM: 2025’s Non-Carlsons: Prominent Non-Jews Who Stand With Jews and Israel.

And related thoughts here from Jack Dunphy.

BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: Trump Says Abraham Accords to Expand ‘Fairly Quickly.’

“At some point Saudi Arabia will sign the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, adding that the agreements “will be expanded fairly quickly” as more countries move toward normalization of relations with Israel.

Trump described Saudi Arabia as a key regional player and said relations between Riyadh and Israel are already improving.

He credited earlier U.S. diplomatic efforts with laying the groundwork for broader Middle East cooperation and said more nations — in and outside the region — are prepared to join the accords.

Previously: Psaki Rejects the Abraham Accords as ‘Tactics of the Prior Administration.’

Well, the whole world saw how that worked out — and now the Biden Cabal is the prior administration.

WE HAVE AN EPIDEMIC OF OVER-DIAGNOSING:

I win again!

This newly-released CDC data shows us that the rise in autism in the United States between 2000 and 2016 was (drumroll)…

ENTIRELY (98.25%, not significantly different from 100%) DRIVEN BY A SHIFT IN DIAGNOSTIC STANDARDS.

The autism epidemic is incredibly fake. https://t.co/Dbkp7hdq0d pic.twitter.com/Q5kMVx22tc

— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) December 31, 2025

I WOULD NOT LIKE THEM HERE OR THERE: No Eating Ze Bugs: Europe’s Biggest Insect Company Goes Bankrupt.

HMM:

What do you mean someone broke in and stole just the payment and enrollment records right before a federal audit?! 🤯 https://t.co/c6rdb53oSr

— Taylor Day (@TABYTCHI) December 31, 2025

It really is theft all the way down, even to hide the theft everyone wants to pretend isn’t happening.

HEY, BIG SPENDER: Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves.

Manus, founded in China before relocating to Singapore, launched its first general AI agent earlier this year, which can execute complex tasks such as market research, coding, and data analysis.

The company claimed it had achieved an annualized average revenue of more than $100 million just eight months after launch, while its revenue run rate exceeded $125 million.
…
While further terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, the Wall Street Journal reported that the deal closed at an amount over $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the acquisition.

That’s a lot of money for a company that doesn’t seem to have generated any profits.

CHANGE?

Lot of blackpills and frustration out there right now. I get it. I really do.

But look at this. A very "normie" GOP congressman calling for denaturalization. That's a big move in the right direction.

Will he follow through? I don't know. He is the House Majority Whip, so he's… https://t.co/gsPbqJttVr

— William Wolfe 🇺🇸 (@WilliamWolfe) December 30, 2025

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: 2025 Was a Trumptastic Rollercoaster Ride of a Year. “At the end of April I wrote that it felt like President Trump had put 100 months’ worth of work into his first 100 days. It was quite the contrast to the “call a lid by 9 AM” schedule that Joe Biden had favored for the previous four years. Fueled by Big Macs and Diet Cokes, Trump kept up that relentless work pace all year long.”

LEFT UNASKED: WHAT WAS MINNESOTA’S BLACK CRIME RATE PRIOR TO SOMALI COLONIZATION?

I like how he just tries to slide in the phrase “White men commit the most crime” like it’s a given

Here’s the homicide data for the state of Minnesota, and the total crime data for Hennepin county

Not only do white people not commit the most crime, they don’t even commit most… https://t.co/6R3GYAHa8f pic.twitter.com/NiJnYmeHq9

— Send Tim Walz To Somalia Simulator (@fleshsimulator) December 31, 2025

SHE’S RUNNING: Kamala Harris Launches ‘Fight for the People’ PAC. “I have tried not to send any fundraising texts since the last election, but I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about how I have decided to approach this moment in time — and why I hope you’re still with me in this fight.”

ANALYSIS: TRUE. AND EXPRESSED WITH AMY’S TYPICAL SUBTLETY:

Oh, go fuck yourselves.

Bardot was right about all of it. https://t.co/wgbCRV4yyQ

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) December 30, 2025

ICYMI: FINALLY, Jewish Space Lasers. “While soon-to-be-former Georgia Republican Congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene continues her one-sided breakup from President Donald Trump, one of her favorite conspiracy theories just became reality in Israel.”

WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT SCHOLARS? I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’D LOVE TO FIND OUT: Scholar: Boys kissing, ‘genderfluid pottery artists’ in kids’ lit makes ‘better masculinity role models.’

The taxpayer-subsidized anti-Trump site The Conversation is at it again, featuring a Christmas Eve article on how boys kissing and diverse Asgardian characters such as “deaf elves, Muslim American female warriors and genderfluid pottery artists” can improve the concept of masculinity.

According to Edinburgh Napier University Senior Research Fellow Adrianna Zabrzewska, “toxic masculinity” not only “marginalizes” women and those in the LGBTQ+ community, but hurts straight males by “discouraging emotional expression, tenderness, and connection.”

In order to reach young boys “before they radicalise in dangerous ways,” Zabrzewska says children’s and young adult literature can assist in “rethinking masculinity” by focusing on “relationality, vulnerability, and inclination.”

Two books in particular Zabrzewska recommends are “Two Boys Kissing” and “Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.” In the former, two boys are “hoping to set the world record for the longest kiss,” while the latter features a “sweet, caring” teenaged male protagonist and an “engaging” lesson on intersectionality via “deaf elves […] Muslim American female warriors and genderfluid pottery artists.”

Grooming, straight up.

THE MONROE DOCTRINE IS BACK, BABY: Trump Goes After the Iran-Venezuela Weapons Trade.

US OUT OF THE UN, UN OUT OF THE US:

Never forget that the UN fired genocide expert Alice Nderitu for refusing to call the war in Gaza “genocide.”

She did say, however, that Hamas’s October 7th massacre targeted Jews with genocidal intent.

Fire the expert, protect the lie—that’s the UN. pic.twitter.com/dfPxxfvnRH

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 30, 2025

METAPHOR ALERT: Zohran Mamdani to be sworn in as NYC mayor below City Hall Park— in private ceremony at shuttered subway stop.

Just think of how many more shuttered locations they’ll have to choose from in 2030.

ICYMI: From Golden State to Failing State: California’s Stupidest Idea Yet.