Flotsam and Jetsam - Zohran Sworn in as NYC Hizzoner

Why do I have the feeling New Yorkers are about to feel like they are in a bad Borat movie? From NYPo, Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani sworn in on Quran as NYC’s 112th mayor and Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, appears to wear luxury $630 boots to swearing-in ceremony. Ben Clerkin at The Spec, Mayor Mamdani: South Africa is the model for New York "The new mayor said at his inauguration that Nelson Mandela's 'Freedom Charter' was his blueprint." Althouse hears him say "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," "He really said that. It's not AI. I checked." And "Collectivism" — he spoke the word, as if a wedding vow. "Mamdani said it, he highlighted it: "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism." He promised it. He attributed warmth to it." Gooder and harder.

Nick Arama at RedState reports Tim Walz Throws Tantrum After Daycare Funding Spigot Is Shut Off, Gets Epic Ratio in Return. At Twitchy, Scott Jennings Drops Receipts on Hosts Denying Tim Walz Linked Fraud Probes to 'White Supremacy'.

It’s not "white supremacy" to investigate fraud. This attack no longer works. pic.twitter.com/5JUKtkFfqB

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) December 30, 2025

Taya @travelingflying, "CNN: “Hello it’s CNN, are you committing fraud?” Somali childcare center: “Hi. No, we are a legitimate business. There’s no fraud here.” CNN: “We have established that there is no fraud.”" Insty, #JOURNALISM: Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "The mainstream media journalist class is asking who gave “the random YouTuber” @nickshirleyy “a license” to go and investigate the Somali daycare fraud in Minnesota. You can see just how angry some of these people are by the numbers the video is doing." At Althouse, "So what are they going to get me for?" "Nick Shirley defends himself preemptively:" Murder is not off the table. 

 

Tony Lane @TonyLaneNV, "WOW. Read this carefully. Over 40 daycare centers reportedly opened in Columbus, Ohio on the same day, all linked to the same inactive shell entity — and together pulled in $14 MILLION in taxpayer-funded subsidies in a single year. Same paperwork. Same structure. Same funding stream. No matter where you land politically, this raises serious questions: • How was this approved? • Who signed off? • Where was the oversight? If this is accurate, it’s not a small loophole - it’s a systemic failure. Is this fraud… or a broken system being exploited?" Walter Curt @wcdispatch, "DID YOU KNOW We’re Paying for Somalian Pirates To Rob Us With NGOs? That’s right, you are funding the fleecing of America with your tax dollars. How are they doing it? Well… Did you know that a 501(c)(3) can wholly own an LLC? Apparently they can. It’s called a “disregarded entity,” and, so long as it claims to serve the nonprofit’s mission, funnel every dollar of profit back upstream, tax-free. On paper it’s charitable. In practice, it’s a perfect laundering chute. Stack enough LLCs under one nonprofit umbrella, give them vague missions and phantom addresses, and you’ve built a profit machine that pays no taxes and answers to no one. In our investigation we’ve looked at these “businesses.” Many don’t even exist beyond a filing, no offices, no staff, sometimes nothing more than the backside of a motel. Blatant fraud, but it gets better! These same NGOs are pulling in millions in public funding. Read that again. Taxpayer money flows to nonprofits, nonprofits spin up shell LLCs, and profits wash back tax-free, while the public foots the bill. We’re not just losing revenue; we’re subsidizing the very structure that drains it." WC Dispatch looks for The Auditor in the Middle "Fifty-plus LLCs in Ohio. USDA money in Minnesota. One audit signature bridging two states in the daycare fraud era." Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "Democrats started the year protesting against DOGE efforts to cut fraud. Democrats are closing out the year standing in solidarity with Somali fraudsters. At least on this issue they’re consistent." Erick Erickson @EWErickson, "What’s really notable on the Medicaid fraud stuff is how the Democrats have been wanting to expand the number of IRS agents for years to target middle income Americans and gig economy workers, but want no increase in inspectors for compliance with welfare programs."

From Fox, Karoline Leavitt warns 'people will be in handcuffs' as feds zero in on Minnesota fraud scandal. Shipwreckedcrew, DOJ Made A Search Warrant Affidavit Public That Explains What It Has Uncovered In Minnesota Over the Past Eight Months "If you know where to look -- a website -- and you understand what you are reading, Search Warrant Affidavits can be very informative." My fear is that the fraud is much larger than the DOJ's ability to prosecute. Power Line's John Hinderacker prescribes A Dose of Reality on the Minnesota Frauds. "It is fine–long overdue, in fact–for Congressional committees to hold hearings on the Minnesota frauds, as though they were breaking news. But what we really need is for Pam Bondi to transfer assistant U.S. attorneys from other districts to Minnesota, to help with the prosecutions. And additional FBI resources, if they are needed." Margo @MargoinWNC, "No wonder Western North Carolina couldn't get trailers for housing last year, I mean fake Somali children had to go to fake daycare while APPALACHIAN AMERICANS LIVED IN TENTS AND BEGGED FOR HELP." Insty, from his substack, UBI For Me, But Not For Thee "When a nation is colonized from the inside out." Victory Girls note Biden’s HUD Sent $5 Billion In Rental Assistance To Dead People From ET, The Welfare State Gets a Grilling. Arthur MacWaters @ArthurMacwaters, "Let me get this straight - In 1913, zero American families paid income tax. - In 2025, every family paid income tax, and about 2/3rds of it just covered fraud. We have become a tax-farm for politicians to enrich themselves and anyone who they can import to vote for them."

Sundance at CTH hears Anonymous U.S. Officials Say Ukraine Didn’t Target Putin with Drone Attack – Russian Officials Say They Have Drone Flight Plan From Navigation Unit. It's not like Putin didn't send assassin squads after Zelenskyy. The Telegraph, Russian crew detained after undersea cable cut in 'sabotage'. So, is this a Russian attack on a NATO country? From No Pasaran! Trump-Zelensky Summit: Republican Educates French TV Panel on the Fact that Europe Is Leaderless While Only Trump Can Advance Towards a Plan for Ukraine Peace.

At Insty, WEREN’T TARIFFS SUPPOSED TO DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE? Quantus Insights @QuantusInsights "Global capital is betting on America, and the numbers are impossible to ignore. Foreign private investors are buying U.S. assets at a ~$1.65T annual pace, up nearly 40% from last year. Equity inflows are surging, Treasuries are in demand, and corporate bonds are seeing strong overseas buying. This is strong, confidence-driven allocation by sophisticated investors looking 12–24 months ahead. When stocks, Treasuries and corporate bonds all see heavy inflows together, the data quietly signals: • U.S. growth looks resilient (no recession on the horizon) • American institutions remain solid • Global alternatives don’t measure up A rare combination that points to a strong setup for the U.S. economy.."

Matt Margolis at PJM thinks Jack Smith Just Blew Up His Entire January 6 Case. From News Wax, Jack Smith Admits Judges Not Told of GOP Phone Seizures. Ace, Democrat Hitman Jack Smith Admits: I Never Called Madison Cornbread to Testify Because Her Testimony Was Nothing But Second- or Third-Hand Gossip and Hearsay. "Any day I can say "Madison Cornbread" is a good day. Madison Cornbread -- government name, Cassidy Hutchinson -- was the low-level sorority sister aide who decided to become a Democrat superstar influencer by peddling a lot of nonsense about what other people supposedly said to her about Trump violently seizing the steering wheel of the presidential limo (from the back seat!) in order to wrest the controls away from the driver and go to the Capitol so he could lead the insurrection." Stacy McCain, whose site appears to be down for now has a ‘Madison Cornbread’ Update.

Sundance, Here We Go – First Day of 2026, First Discussion of FISA-702 Reauthorization Surfaces.

From Althouse, "On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American." ""Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you." Said this CBS News man, presumably the current anchor of the "Evening News," which posts this clip without telling us the man's name...." I'll believe CBS is reformed when I see it. Bari Weiss has a big, dirty stable to clean.

At NYPo, T. Adams thinks Marco Rubio, free-speech hero, sticks it to Europe’s censorship goons