Trump Got Interviewed Just After the Maduro Raid and It Was Eye-Opening

President Donald Trump joined Fox & Friends Saturday morning to discuss the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

President Trump praised U.S. forces who participated in the execution and planning of the operation, saying that “no other country on Earth could pull it off”

… After Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the U.S. operation, President Trump issued a stern rebuttal.

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“The Warmth of Collectivism” Comes to City Hall: Zohran Mamdani takes office with big dreams—and dubious plans.

“Today begins a new era,” declared Zohran Mamdani upon his swearing in yesterday as New York City’s 112th mayor. “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”

Inaugural ceremonies aren’t usually a forum for deep deliberation and rational discourse. But a new leader’s words are rarely disconnected from his underlying philosophy. Mamdani’s inaugural comments therefore give us an idea of what to expect: claiming to represent “all” New Yorkers, the new mayor will work quickly to push through decisions unpopular at best, and harmful at worst.

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Ontario school board embeds Islamophobia lessons while neglecting antisemitism

Freedom of information documents reveal a stark double standard inside the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, where Islamophobia is woven deeply into the curriculum across math, art, literacy and social studies, at the expense of antisemitism education.

Despite Jews facing the overwhelming majority of hate crimes in the region, the subject of antisemitism barely earns a handful of standalone handouts.

h/t Patti Jo

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Iran’s Exponentiating Missile Threat: Will the U.S. and Europe Just Sit and Watch?

Since the end of Iran’s 12-day war with Israel, there has been mounting evidence that its regime has been ramping up missile production. Tehran’s perspective is straightforward: if its nuclear program has become more vulnerable, then its missile arsenal must increase as a compensatory tool of power.

It is no secret that the Iranian regime has been accelerating and expanding its ballistic missile program at an alarming pace, and has invested heavily in improving the range, accuracy, survivability, and payload capacity of its missiles. These missiles – now part of reportedly the largest missile arsenal in the Middle East – can reach not only regional targets but also the U.S. and Europe, a senior Iranian lawmaker has openly boasted.

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A few Haitians deported they say …

Some Haitian migrants arrested in Quebec on Christmas Day deported to U.S.

Some of the 19 migrants of Haitian origin arrested in Quebec on Christmas Day have been deported to the United States.

Canada Border Services Agency says the migrants’ asylum claims were processed and those who were deemed inadmissible were sent back south of the border.

In an emailed statement, the agency didn’t say how many would-be refugees were deported.

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Lights out, then US forces with blowtorches came for Maduro

The Venezuelan dictator was in a supposed safe house when the Delta Force commandos burst in just after 2am and snatched him and his wife, before his security team had time to secure the property’s final defence of two heavy steel doors. Even if they had, the Americans were armed with blowtorches.

Within minutes Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were being flown by helicopter across a moonlit Caribbean Sea to the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship. They are expected to be sent to a New

York federal detention centre before facing trial on drug trafficking charges.
The swiftness of the capture has led to speculation that Maduro may have been betrayed by someone in his inner circle. His personal security was understood to have been overseen by Cuba.

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Now We Know Why Democrats Are Defending Somali Fraud

Have you ever wondered why Democrats are so aggressively defending rampant fraud in Minnesota? Why Gov. Tim Walz so desperately wants to handle the investigation on his own? There’s a simple explanation: it has nothing to do with protecting vulnerable communities or fighting discrimination. Democrats are shielding these schemes because they profit directly from them.

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Yes, Mamdani Is a Commie. Will the ‘News’ Outlets That Insisted He Wasn’t Apologize Now?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday put to rest any lingering doubt about whether or not he is a communist, when he said, to the disgust of people worldwide who have lived under the boot of socialist tyranny, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Hardest hit, however, although they will never, ever admit it, much less issue a retraction or an apology, are the many leftist establishment media news outlets that insisted during Mamdani’s mayoral campaign that he was not really a communist at all.

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‘Somewhere to put worker bees’: Why Canada’s micro-condos are losing their appeal

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Maggie Hildebrand’s first apartment in Toronto had a kitchen, a dining table, a workspace and a bed – all in the same 300-sq-ft room.

It was a decent home at first, close enough to her job downtown and with all the bare necessities for daily living.

But it didn’t take long for the 28-year-old to feel boxed-in. “It was so isolating in that tiny space,” she told the BBC. “It definitely feels like it’s just somewhere to put worker bees during the night.”

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Prof Blasts Harvard for Anti-White, Anti-Male Rules in Retirement Message

A Harvard professor who spent 40 years teaching at the Ivy League institution blasted the university for the changes it made after the Chinese coronavirus and George Floyd riots, citing woke, anti-white and anti-male resolutions in a searing essay announcing his retirement.

Professor James Hankins explained that his decision to retire was “not a sudden one,” and was made in the fall of 2021, after having “endured almost two years” of Harvard’s rules related to the coronavirus, which he called “tyrannous invasions of private life.”

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How Canada can get more leverage on Trump in 2026

The U.S.-Canada relationship had a trying year in 2025, and 2026 promises more drama with a coming U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the scheduled renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and U.S. midterm elections in November.

To kick off the new year with some perspective, National Post spoke this week with Christopher Sands, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., to get his insights on the key bilateral issues to watch in the year ahead.

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Owners of Swiss nightclub that burst into flames, killing at least 40, during New Year’s Eve bash break silence

The distraught owners of the Swiss nightclub where at least 40 revelers were killed in a raging New Year’s Eve fire insisted their venue followed every safety regulation before the unthinkable tragedy.

Jacques and Jessica Moretti spoke out for the first time since the deadly blaze tore through Le Constellation nightclub after sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited the ceiling during the boozy bash.

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