Jennifer Welch is a delightful liberal podcast host who spreads joy and love with each episode. I find myself inspired by her every day.
Here, in a stunning display of kindness, she reaches across party lines to support Erika Kirk pic.twitter.com/pOfJaquPW0
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 10, 2025
There are scandals that explode with theatrical outrage, and there are scandals that settle over a nation like a quiet, damning verdict. Minnesota’s autism-therapy fraud belongs firmly in the latter category. On November 22, 2025, The Washington Post noted — with the weary delicacy that now accompanies every public-sector failure — that welfare fraud in Minnesota had become “far too common,” highlighting federal charges against eight men, six of them Somali, accused of exploiting the state’s Housing Stabilization Services program under Medicaid and helping force the program’s shutdown.
If bear hugs were army divisions and brave words cash euros, Volodymyr Zelensky would have ended his tour of European capitals this week the best-armed and best-funded leader in the world.
‘We stand with Ukraine,’ vowed Sir Keir Starmer after hosting a summit for Zelensky and top European allies at Downing Street on Monday. ‘We support you in the conflict and support you in the negotiations to make sure that this is a just and lasting settlement.’ Germany’s chancellor Friedrich Merz declared that ‘nobody should doubt our support for Ukraine’ and added that ‘the destiny of this country is the destiny of Europe.’ France’s president Emmanuel Macron promised that Europe has ‘a lot of cards in our hands.’ Zelensky went from London to Rome yesterday, where his staunch supporter Giorgia Meloni offered more hugs, while Pope Leo gave his blessing.
OTTAWA – U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns that America’s new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting politically aligned parties in Canada.
While Hoekstra says he doesn’t see the U.S. getting involved in domestic politics, he accuses Ontario of doing just that by running an ad on American TV networks quoting the late Ronald Reagan attacking tariffs.
In a wide-ranging year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Trump’s representative in Canada says the language in the national security document could be interpreted “broadly.”
Although Lebanon is in the news today largely due to the actions of the terror group Hezbollah and the economic hardships in the country, Lebanon in the mid-20th century was one of the wealthiest, most prosperous and stable countries in the Middle East. It was also, until a few decades ago, the only majority-Christian country in the Middle East. Thanks to its being a center of commerce and a thriving mixture of Muslims, Christians and Jews, Lebanon was known as the “Switzerland of the Middle East” and its capital, Beirut, as the “Paris of the Middle East.”
Lebanon, historically, was a Christian-majority land. The religion was introduced to the area in the first century by St. Peter and St. Paul, and the faith spread early throughout the region.
Waiting for the medical care Canadians need has become the national pastime. But unlike America’s pastime — baseball — hanging around for the care you need is not a good way to spend a sunny, summer afternoon even if your have hotdogs and beer.
Hasan Mohamed was blasted after he posted the menacing anti-ICE tirade on social media, where he vowed to shoot immigration agents the next time they show up in his Owatonna neighborhood.
Somali man in Minnesota claims that ICE showed up to near him, threatens to “pop” them the next time they show up.
“They’ll have to bring the Calvary.” pic.twitter.com/7lbdU0BsHW
— ICE of TikTok (@ICEofTikTok) December 9, 2025
Canada’s Superior Court judges are taking the federal government to the Federal Court , where one of the esteemed justices will rule on whether Ottawa owes all senior judges a $28,000 pay rise.
So, no conflict of interest there then.
More accurately, he or she will adjudicate on whether Ottawa behaved in a “constitutionally defective” manner when it ignored the recommendation of an independent commission to award a pay increase, on top of index-linked raises.
The judges’ association claims the case is not about the money — a clear indicator that it is absolutely about the money — but, rather, it is about protecting Canadian democracy.
Only the terminally online can turn Pantone’s mundane ‘colour of the year’ announcement into a race row
As I’ve long maintained, the single most pressing question of the 21st century is this: has social media driven millions of people stark-staring bonkers, or were millions of people always stark-staring bonkers but we just didn’t realise it until they had social media?
I can’t say for certain. But it does very much feel as if the online world is growing barmier by the day. And for proof, look at the reaction to Pantone announcing its “colour of the year”.
Canada is making an aggressive effort to attract highly-skilled researchers from around the world, including H1-B visa holders in the United States who are coming under growing pressure because of the Trump administration’s restrictive immigration policies and cuts to research funding.
The Canadian government on Tuesday said it would spend more than $1 billion over the next few years to attract and retain scientists from around the world, including those at major hospitals and universities.
It also said that in coming months it would create an “accelerated pathway” for U.S. H1-B visa holders. H1-B visas are issued to highly skilled people working for American companies and are concentrated in major industries that compete for global talent, such as technology and medicine.
H1-B visas in the USA are just another way to hire cheap labour and otherwise skirt immigration scrutiny.
JESSICA VAUGHAN: Consular officers in India issued ~200 H-1B visas a day that were 80-90% fraudulent. Fake credentials, fake degrees, bribes paid; It is a deliberate scheme to replace American workers!
SHUT THE WHOLE PROGRAM DOWN!@JessicaV_CIS pic.twitter.com/6Peqai5OCQ
— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) November 24, 2025
Imagine bragging about this – The University of Toronto, Canada’s top academic institution and one of the world’s highest-ranked universities, lured several top humanities and social sciences professors from Ivy League schools during the year.
I tell you what – Democrats and Somalis are going to rue the day the Senate Dems forced the government into that extended shutdown. That was the tipping point, and just the extra bit of time needed to bring this extraordinary, biblical amount of waste, fraud, and abuse into the public sphere, where it had been floating at the edges for decades.
Everyone has been watching the Minnesota Somali scandals get deeper, more sordid, and, oh, dear God – more expensive than we ever thought possible.
As U.S. President Donald Trump sticks with his campaign of tariffs on imports from Canada, some American industries are accusing Canadian competitors of using cheap materials from China in ways that violate free trade rules and undercut U.S. companies.
The accusations emerged during recent public hearings in Washington into the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). During the hearings, leaders from a wide range of business sectors urged the Trump administration to renew the trade deal when it comes up for review in July.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Egypt and Iran, two Middle East nations which target gays and lesbians, have complained to FIFA over a World Cup soccer match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.
Leaders in the nation’s soccer federations publicly rebuked the idea of playing the match June 26 at Seattle Stadium, which local organizers say will include a “once-in-a-lifetime moment to showcase and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities in Washington.”
h/t MP
Just as the Liberals were announcing their budgetary plans to cut the size of government, a Vancouver-area researcher was granted $600,000 in federal monies to figure out how to ensure more African food is made available in Canada’s major cities to serve growing populations of African immigrants.
Just say no to bugs.
@habari_njema Someone send me insect snacks and I’ll do a post of me eating them. #africa #news #eatbugsitsgoodforu ♬ pushin P (feat. Young Thug) – Gunna & Future
h/t Patti Jo
A driver of a car suffered minor injuries after a plane crashed into it as it landed on Interstate 95 in Brevard County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Get more here: https://t.co/nDpsGf0dEs pic.twitter.com/PD4UDIpxYb
— Spectrum News 13 (@MyNews13) December 9, 2025
H/T Patti Jo
