The Morning Report — 12/29/25

Good morning kids. Let's start off the with a bit of good news for a change, coming as it does from the international front. Hat tip to commenter Bulg for this story.

Israel on Friday announced that it has formally recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office. . . The statement said the declaration was made “in the spirit of the Abraham Accords,” the U.S.-brokered normalization agreements initiated under President Donald Trump. Netanyahu congratulated Abdallah and praised his leadership, citing a shared commitment to stability and peace. Netanyahu invited the Somaliland president to make an official visit to Israel. Abdallah, according to the statement, thanked Netanyahu for what he described as a historic decision and expressed appreciation for Israel’s efforts in combating terrorism and promoting regional peace.

For those unaware, Somaliland is not Somalia. It is an independent nation, though technically known only as a "partially recognized state" that borders the latter to the north, but that said it is an Islamic nation and does share ethnic and tribal/clan ties with the Somalia and indeed other peoples of the region. And since that region, the horn of Africa, also encompasses Yemen across the Gulf of Aden from which the Houthi terrorists use as a base to strike Israel as well as international shipping lanes in and out of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, this is big news. And while Somaliland gained its statehood back in 1960, it's amazing that of all the world's nations Israel is the first to officially recognize Somaliland as an independent nation. If the Somalilanders can be trusted (and given the nature of Islam, that's a pretty big "if") then Israel in theory gains a pretty important foothold in a very strategic area key to its defense. But what's in it for Somaliland to invite open hostility from the broader Islamic/Arab world of which it is a part? I guess as President Trump is so very fond of saying, we'll just have to wait and see. Despite the smiles and the handshakes for the cameras, when things heat up again, as they no doubt will with the so-called 'Palestnians' You know the Somaliland government will not be silent and like eerywhere else will blame the Jews for not cooperating and just dying. But at least for now, perhaps Israel can keep a close eye on the Houthi front which, like so many other fronts is directly and closely connected to Iran. In spite of the decimation of its nuclear sites by both the IDF and USAF and reports of major internal problems, from the collapse of its water infrastructure to growing unrest and disaffection for the Mullahs from there populace, the regime can and no doubt will strike wherever and whenever it can. what happened at Bondi Beach may very well have an Iranian connection.

Back over here, the gargantuan fraud coming out o the Somali immigrant locust cloud primarily in Minnesota just beggars the imagination:

Somali Scammers Allegedly Stole Almost As Much In Minnesota As Entire Somalia GDP — FBI Director Kash Patel announced the agency was already sending additional resources in an X post Sunday, saying the deployment occurred before a 42-minute video of independent journalist Nick Shirley visiting various day care centers went viral Friday. Thompson described the situation as involving “industrial-scale fraud,” according to CBS News Minnesota. (RELATED: YouTuber Nick Shirley Exposes Alleged Somali Daycare Center Which Reportedly Reaped $4,000,000 From Taxpayers) . . Somalia’s GDP was $11.97 billion in 2024, according to a release from the country’s Bureau of National Statistics. Whistleblowers in Maine and Ohio have alleged similar schemes by Somali scammers have taken place in those states.

And speaking of Minnesota, this bastard needs to be dealt with:

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Says if Deportation Operations Continue Minnesota Residents Will Start Killing ICE Agents . . . However, Mayor Frey did say if the ICE deportation operations continue, ICE agents are likely to be killed.  The obvious question is, ‘who will do the killing, Jacob‘?

Good question. There is no doubt that many millions of dollars of that grift wound up int eh pockets of Frey and Walz as payoffs for political protection. Considering they control the state and local governmental bureaucracies that distribute the funds, without them I doubt that the graft could ever have become so large and widespread. There's shoplifting but this is driving a tractor trailer into a warehouse full of furs and cleaning it out wholesale.

Considering that a hefty percentage of what was grifted no doubt wound up in the hands of terrorists in Somalia, Perhaps Somaliland making nice with Israel is an act of self preservation on the part of the Somalilanders, given the nature of tribalism.

Something to consider.

Meh, who needs Islamic terrorists or Chi-Coms, when we have people like this, running our government and charged with keeping us safe. . .

Why LAFD Refused to Put Out LA Wildfires: “Heck No That Area is Full of Endangered Plants.” . . .“I would be a real idiot to ever put a dozer in that area. I’m so trained.”

Well at least LA now has a lesbian fire chief whose sole experience in putting out fires is reaching for a can of Jock itch spray

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"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
• However, Mayor Frey did say if the ICE deportation operations continue, ICE agents are likely to be killed.  The obvious question is, ‘who will do the killing, Jacob‘?
  Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Says if Deportation Operations Continue Minnesota Residents Will Start Killing ICE Agents
  
• Another day, another exposé of illegal alien crime. It turns out the three men who committed $14 million gift card fraud in Texas were illegal aliens.
  Illegal Aliens Busted for $14 Million Gift Card Fraud
  
• Liberals are horrified at the idea.
  Imagine America With Only 450,000 Immigrants a Year

• “But I do understand that their primary incentive is financial.”
  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Says it’s ‘Sad’ That Latino Americans Are Joining ICE
  
• Kurt Schlichter: And also to Canada, which is becoming a maple-flavored dictatorship.
  America Should Grant Political Asylum to Victims of European Tyranny

  
  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• “The FBI is aware of recent social media reports in Minnesota. However, even before the public conversation escalated online, the FBI had surged personnel and investigative resources to Minnesota to dismantle large-scale fraud schemes exploiting federal programs. Fraud that steals from taxpayers and robs vulnerable children will remain a top FBI priority in Minnesota and nationwide,” he said.
  Kash Patel: Minnesota Fraud Scheme a ‘Top FBI Priority’
  
• Walz pushed back against the ever-growing fraud allegations levied against him in the disastrous aftermath of a viral video where an independent journalist cracked open a crucial part of the alleged Somali aid scheme.
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the defensive as fraud allegations mount after viral video uncovered Somali aid scheme

• The amount of fraudulent billing in Minnesota’s Medicaid programs could be as high as $9 billion, Assistant United States Attorney Joe Thompson said Dec. 18.
  Somali Scammers Allegedly Stole Almost As Much In Minnesota As Entire Somalia GDP
  
• 99 children paid $1.9 million this year in CCAP funding. Where are the children? Were they kidnapped? Did they run away? This is the State of Minnesota.
  "Where Are the Children?” Minnesota Daycare Fraud Caught on Video
  * * * * *

• “I would be a real idiot to ever put a dozer in that area. I’m so trained.”
  Why LAFD Refused to Put Out LA Wildfires: “Heck No That Area is Full of Endangered Plants.”

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Tucker tells Soros alum that Islamic terrorism "doesn't reflect the 'lived reality' of anyone I've ever met." 
  Tucker Carlson: “I Don’t Know Anyone Who’s Been Killed by Radical Islam.”
  
• Flanagan told viewers she was “incredibly clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota.”
  Minnesota Lt. Gov. and US Senate Candidate Dons Hijab, Panders to Somalis (Will she schtup her brother and chew off her clit? - jjs)

• Separating ‘Islam’ from ‘Islamism’ is a fool’s errand by credulous Westerners.
  Just Call It Islam

• "We were only discussing how we'll take over your town and rape ur women."
  UK Gov Welcomes In Muslim Who Urged “White Genocide” and Killing Jews
  
• French courts insist: Islam had nothing to do with it.
  France: Muslim Nanny Poisons Jewish Family

  
  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• Anti-Semitism is surging worldwide, but Jews must stay proud, courageous, and vigilant against threats to their people and faith. (They have to first embrace the faith and its precepts in order to defend it, ditto Christians and Christianity - jjs)
  ‘Never Again’ Is Always

  
  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• Will this be the one that sticks?
  They’ve Thrown Everything Else at Trump

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• One might almost think some politicians don’t care about Americans, or for that matter, America.
  Lower gas prices are real and Democrats hate it
  
• Bessent’s prediction reaffirms that of the Tax Foundation from earlier this month, which foresaw tax refunds will be bigger than usual during the upcoming filing season thanks to Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and its tax cuts for 2025.
  Bessent: Americans Should Get ‘Gigantic’ Tax Refunds in 2026
  
• The gold price is racing from one all-time high to the next. That’s good news for friends of the precious metal and bad news for anyone still hoping for a stabilization of global debt dynamics.
  Gold Alert: Stormy Times Ahead

  
  CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION

• Kirk said, “Oh my goodness, well aside from continuing the legacy and making sure that this machine that my husband built outlives all of us, it’s making sure we’re going to be back on campus. We’re going to continue prove me wrongs on the quad. We’re not afraid. We’re going to be doing campus events at night. We have all our tour stops with TPUSA Faith for our Make Heaven Crowded tour coming up. We have, you know, all of our amazing chapters. The fact that we’re having so many different governors partner with us for Club America is so humbling and powerful. But it’s also showing the youth of America that your voice does matter and that you do matter, because for so long Gen Z has been looked at as dismissed or, you know, the confused generation, and they’re not. They’re not.”
  ‘We Are Not Afraid’: Erika Kirk Says TPUSA Continuing Campus Debates Nationwide

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Thad McCotter: A Vanity Fair “profile” of Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles shows why Republicans who trust corporate media access often end up caricatured, divided, and politically burned.
  Bonfire of the Vanity Fair: A Cautionary Tale
  * * * * *

• AI won’t extinguish human creativity or work; it will sharpen taste, shift labor, and force us to confront ethical questions—not herald mass uselessness or a robot apocalypse.
  Is the Gloom and Doom About AI Justified?

  
  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• The “environmentalists” have won, but they’ve also made life unaffordable and almost impossible for normal people.
  California kills gasoline
  
• Invoking “national security” to block offshore wind ignores the facts: domestic energy, industrial strength, and technological leadership are pillars of American power, not threats to it.
  Offshore Wind Is Not a National Security Threat. Misusing the Term Is.

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• As Hillary Clinton closed in on the presidential nomination in the spring of 2016, FBI field officers advised colleagues at headquarters to press her on the foreign donations flowing to the Clinton Foundation while she steered American foreign policy and whether she had used the charity as a campaign piggy bank.
  FBI Caught Hillary Clinton Discussing Donations With Foreign Felon

• “You know who I am, right?”
  Another Democrat Exposes What Entitled Elitists Leftists Really Are

  POLITICS

• By some estimates, the GOP could pick up nine or more congressional seats if the high court strikes down race-based districts. That looks likely — a majority of the conservative justices indicated they oppose the Civil Rights era restriction during oral arguments two months ago.
  The Supreme Court could give Republicans a good shot at keeping the House in 2026 — and these Dems are in the hot seat

• If Republicans want Obama politically reincarnated, they can feel free to sleep through the short time leading to 2028.
  Prepare Now for Gavin Mania
  
• At AmericaFest, Vance missed the moment, failed to learn from Trump’s success, and made a rare unforced error.
  J. D. Vance Puts a Foot Wrong
  
• “May the seven principles of Kwanzaa, in particular community, purpose, and unity, guide our way toward a better future.”
  Gavin Newsom Mocked for Cringe ‘Happy Kwanzaa’ Video Message (Kwanzaa is the Palestine of Loch Ness Monsters - jjs)
  
• Roger Kimball: The Heritage Foundation “mutiny” isn’t a conservative realignment so much as the latest anti-Trump mirage, with Mike Pence cast as a moral standard-bearer no one is following.
  The Pence Mirage: Why the Right Isn’t Leaving Trump
  
• Clarice Feldman: The contretemps at TPUSA and Heritage are less significant than the Democrats’ legal and economic challenges.
  Christmas Ends the Right’s Messy Week

  
  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS

• Remembering the Holocaust by funding another one.
  Spielberg Uses Schindler’s List Money to Fund Anti-Israel Protests

  
  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is set to meet with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday to discuss the current proposal for ending the war. The terms and language of the proposed deal have undergone substantial revisions since it was first presented in November, largely due to objections from Ukraine and other European powers.
  Is Ukraine Peace Deal Doomed Before Zelenskyy And Trump Even Meet At Mar-A-Lago?
  
• War may be a boon to politicians and bankers, but it is life-or-death for everyone else.
  Mr Zelensky Goes to Washington (Again)

  
  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The statement said the declaration was made “in the spirit of the Abraham Accords,” the U.S.-brokered normalization agreements initiated under President Donald Trump. Netanyahu congratulated Abdallah and praised his leadership, citing a shared commitment to stability and peace. (Hat tip to commenter Bulg - jjs)
  Netanyahu announces Israel will recognize Republic of Somaliland
  
• His words echo proclamations by Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, General Hossein Salami, who has previously cautioned the West that death awaits it at the hands of a victorious Iranian regime. (Salami Baloney! - jjs)
  Iran Warns ‘Full-Scale War’ Underway with U.S., Europe and Israel
  
• The ceasefire ends 20 days of fighting that have claimed over 100 lives.
  Thailand and Cambodia Pause Border War with 72-Hour Cease Fire

• Israel has begun field deployment of its “game-changing” Iron Beam laser air defense system, according to the country’s Defense Ministry, which confirmed the technology is now operating as part of the country’s layered missile defense network, with its combat performance expected to inform U.S. missile defense planning.
  Israel’s ‘Game-Changing’ Iron Beam Laser System Enters Combat, Offering U.S. Blueprint for Future Missile Defense

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Kennedy is looking to mirror Denmark's much more lax vax schedule for kids.
  RFK Wants To Shake Up Childhood Vaccines To Mirror Denmark. Here’s What That Could Mean For Parents
  
• Untangling medication effects from the chaos young people already carry.
  SSRIs and Youth: The Chicken, the Egg, and the Prescription Pad
  
• Universal healthcare means shortages and declining quality.
  Obamacare was doomed 15 years ago and it's doomed now—it's time to get rid of it

• New York Gov. Hochul announced last week that she will sign a bill legalizing medically assisted suicide for adults with a terminal illness.
  New York Legalizes Doctors Prescribing Death

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Brigitte Bardot, the French screen legend who walked away from the film industry to support animal rights and lead opposition to open borders and mass immigration, has died. She was 91.
  Brigitte Bardot, French Screen Legend Turned Political Activist, Dies Aged 91

• The collapse of “peak woke” reveals a real cultural turn—sparked in part by a long, quiet revolt against ESG and DEI.
  A Vibe Shift and the Long March Back Through the Institutions
  
• He just couldn't say 'no' to his off-the-rails son before it all ended in tragedy.
  Rob Reiner: Everything wrong with liberal policies, in one news story

• The murder of Rob Reiner and his wife puts in stark relief the dissonance between a mental health paradigm and an accountability paradigm.
  ‘Mental Health’ or ‘Evil’?
  
• The disco singer has come under attack by the left, simply because she is being honored at the Trump-Kennedy Center.
  Gloria Gaynor will survive the left's attack on her over Trump-Kennedy award

• “Listen and pay attention to the sounds of the movie and that’s where the racism lies, in the music,” the leftist academic whined to the New York Post.
  Woke College Professor Claims Christmas Classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Is Full of ‘Racism’

  HITHER & YON

• Staff Sergeant Dominick Critelli absolutely crushed the National Anthem in front of a patriotic crowd in New York Saturday.
  104-Year-Old WWII Veteran Brings House Down With National Anthem

•  “Some stories left me feeling revolted to the point of sickness.”
  God-Haunted Horror

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