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Why Trump is poised to have a successful second term

An immediate benefit of winning with a mandate is that Trump’s plan to seal the border and deport massive numbers of criminal aliens has enormous support and faces only pockets of dead-ender resistance.
His victory also carries major cultural implications.
The nation has soundly rejected the rewriting of American history and the DEI racial spoils system, leading scores of corporations and universities to start a retreat.
Rejected, too, are the left’s fetish over indoctrinating children on transgender issues and the assault on parents’ rights.
Even the battle over abortion at the federal level may have crested, with polls showing it was not the dominant issue Dems hoped it would be in the first presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Syrian overthrow is bad news for Russia

Moscow, a staunch backer of Assad whom it intervened to help in 2015 in its biggest Middle East foray since the Soviet collapse, is scrambling to salvage its position with its geopolitical clout in the wider region and two strategically-important military bases in Syria on the line.

Christians in Syria face ‘uncertain, perilous future’ under HTS, persecution watchdog warns

“The coming days and weeks will be crucial for the fate of [the] Christian community,” said Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern, “Christians, with roots stretching back nearly two millennia, now face an uncertain and perilous future.”

Israel’s Netanyahu hails fall of Assad as ‘historic day’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the ousting of Assad as an “historic day” that followed the blows delivered by Israel against Assad’s supporters Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon that had created a chain reaction throughout the region.

Vikings will be without cornerback Stephon Gilmore against Falcons

The news isn’t surprising given the fact that Gilmore hasn’t practiced at all this week at TCO Performance Center. He’s been nursing a hamstring injury since last week when he left a victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
Though the Vikings believe that Gilmore has avoided anything serious, they are clearly being cautious with him so not to make anything worse.

Judge won’t toss Target lawsuit by shareholders

Target’s motion was turned down by U.S. District Judge John Badalamenti, who said the available evidence shows that Target might have misled investors about the risks of its new ‘Pride Month’ campaign.

‘That Tim Walz guy’ drove Joe Rogan to endorse Trump

“Then you have Walz, this guy, it seems like he is a compulsive liar,” Rogan said. “At the very least, he has lied multiple times about fairly insignificant things. Like, whether or not he was a head coach or an assistant coach. And the lies have always elevated him socially. All the lies about his military service, or at least implying that he served in a different aspect, then there was Tiananmen Square. Everything enhances his virtue. This is not what anybody wants. You want the opposite. You want a guy like J.D. Vance who served in the Marines, and went to Yale, comes from a single mother with addiction problems. Rose from hard work and dedication to become who he is now.”

Trump doubles down on Hegseth support

“Led by President Trump, we’re fighting for Pete Hegseth. And we’re doing so because Pete Hegseth will fight for our troops,” JD Vance also wrote. “For too long, the Pentagon has been led by people who lose wars. Pete Hegseth is a man who fought in those wars.”

New Eagle Cam goes live

The old camera had viewers in 50 states and around 160 countries, in homes, classrooms and nursing homes, according to Lori Naumann, a spokesperson for the DNR’s Nongame Wildlife Program, which runs the cameras.

Another long delay: Walz’s DNR stalls NewRange mine permit until late 2025

Obligation or not, the Minnesota DNR is under the direction of a Gov. Tim Walz appointee made when he first took office in 2019: commissioner Sarah Strommen.

Strommen is on record as stating she has “no opinion” on the copper-nickel mining process—but she was previously policy director for Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, a hyper-aggressive Twin Cities nonprofit that that does little else than oppose both PolyMet and Twin Metals since their beginnings. Strommen was also associate director of the Minnesota Land Trust—another Twin Cities anti-mining outfit.

Israel, Hezbollah agree to a cease-fire

srael and Hezbollah have agreed to a cease-fire that is set to end more than a year of cross-border air and rocket attacks and two months of Israel’s ground war to drive the Hezbollah terrorist group away from Israel’s northern frontier.

The cease-fire will go into effect at 4 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET on Nov. 26).

Employees at Duluth hospital cry ‘fowl’ over free lunch

While Essentia staff voiced complaints about the free lunch program, they have remained silent on some of their employer’s other barbaric actions.

The hospital offers cross-sex hormones and surgical services to minors.

According to the Stop The Harm database, Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital has reportedly performed at least five sex-change operations on minors.

Hegseth would be highest ranking Minnesotan serving White House in decades

U.S. Senators who have already publicly backed Hegseth include Sen. Mike Lee, of Utah, and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, who said Hegseth is “100% committed to building a lethal military that’s feared by our enemies and respected by our allies, while doing more to take care of those who serve our nation and their families.”
Others who lined up to back Hegseth’s nomination include the Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and another Trump cabinet designee, Congressman Mike Waltz, R-Florida.

Lawsuit challenging legitimacy of DFL legislator-elect’s residency could impact control of state house

Complaint: GOP candidate Paul Wikstrom alleges Curtis Johnson didn’t live in District 40B, asks court to rule election result invalid.

Another DFLer in trouble, another alleged coverup—vehicular homicide charges filed against DFL Chair involved in fatal hit-and-run

The victim, Carter Haithcock of Goodland, was struck while walking in the traffic lane on U.S. Highway 169 in Lone Pine Township. An accident report states that Martin was driving a 2005 GMC Yukon southbound when the collision occurred shortly after 11:00 p.m.

As laser strikes on airplanes surge in Minnesota, so do dangers

Reports of potentially catastrophic laser strikes aimed at aircraft flying in Minnesota have increased more than 180% since 2015, and are on track this year to reach their highest level yet.

Pilots often describe laser strikes — when someone trains a laser toward the cockpit of an airplane or helicopter, intentionally or not — as a flash, like the sudden pop of a camera’s flashbulb. These attacks may temporarily blind or at the very least distract a pilot usually during takeoffs and landings, considered critical phases of flight for planes that may be carrying a hundred passengers or more.

2024 Election Results (Map)

2024 Election Results Map

Our elections are not OK

The main problems are ridiculously extended voting periods, mass absentee ballots, lack of voter ID, flimsy signature verification, unsecured drop boxes, voting machines with opaque software and connectivity to the internet, and sloppy, inaccurate voter rolls. We wouldn’t accept any of these third-world standards in our personal banking or accounting practices—why are we OK applying them to our precious votes?

The DFL war on Minnesota agriculture must end

We are now past the very unusual 2024 election. Before we turn the page to 2025 and beyond, we should pause to reflect upon a critical reality: Minnesota’s farmers have endured years under relentless attack from hard-left Democrats in governments in our state and beyond, resulting in damaging policies and regulatory overreach that threaten our state.

House Speaker Johnson to request Ethics Committee not to release Gaetz report

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Friday that he does not think the House Ethics Committee should release its report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).

He says that it isn’t House tradition to issue reports on members after they leave Congress.

Biden promotes DEI-pushing Air Force officials on his way out the door

As his disastrous presidency comes to a close, Joe Biden promoted several Air Force officials who have touted neo-Marxist ideology throughout the service.

According to a Pentagon press release, the Democrat president nominated Col. Patric D. Coggin and Brig. Gen. Barbra S. Buls to the ranks of brigadier general and major general, respectively. Coggin currently serves as a commander in the Arkansas Air National Guard, while Buls serves as a commander in the Air National Guard Readiness Center and is stationed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

What’s next for Gov. Walz and how it affects other Minnesota Democrats

Now, the governor returns to Minnesota having not become vice president-elect, having lost his trifecta, having not been able to add to the Democrats’ margin of victory in Minnesota, and having lost his home county to Trump.

To put it mildly, the governor returns in a diminished state.

NFL fines player for MAGA hat — after paying Kaepernick millions over his kneeling stunt

The NFL only wants to give the appearance of allowing the players freedom of expression—while controlling which messages can be expressed and which can’t.

Trump picks RFK Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services

President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 14 said he is “thrilled to announce” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a statement on social media.