How is it possible that a young man with a video camera has done more to expose exorbitant fraud and corruption in one American state than all the giant billion-dollar legacy media combined?

For days after a 42-minute viral video by independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed widespread fraud in Minnesota, where empty childcare centers and healthcare offices reportedly received millions in taxpayer money, the mainstream media remained silent on the issue. That’s very strange, given that it may be the largest fraud scandal in US history.

Woke politics forced the US media to ignore a $9bn scam
The Minnesota childcare fraud went unreported in legacy outlets for days because it was too ‘racist’ a story

Antizionist Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and historian Samuel Biagetti explain why Israel is to blame for the increase in antisemitic attacks.

00:00 Australia’s list of antisemites and Israel’s response to Bondi Beach
01:05 Fox News panel on Bondi Beach
03:43 Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro responds: Israel makes antisemeitic indicidents go out
05:13 Gaza Operation Protective Edge
06:18 No one feels the need to prove the claim that globalizing the antifada is dangerous
06:52 Sam Biagetti responds: message boards =/= real life

Samuel Biagetti holds a doctorate in early American history. He uses his knowledge in his antique dealership, in producing the podcast Historiansplaining, in his writings, and in giving college-level lectures.

The segment reports that U.S. forces allegedly carried out a large overnight military operation in Venezuela, using air power and special forces to capture—not kill—President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The operation is described as a rapid “snatch and grab” that surprised Maduro before he could reach a fortified safe room, with President Trump praising its execution and claiming no American casualties.

Washington’s unprovoked aggression against Venezuela, and the likely coming ground attack, are an attempt at reimposing “proud, stable democracy” in the country, in the words of the US front surrogate, Maria Corina Machado.

When you decode the meaning of those words and the pretexts put forth for US aggression, you will find a remarkable culture of terrorism and gangsterism on display. Let us take a look.

Swim between the flags, the sign says… Amazingly, the flags that have been working for 100 years are now confusing if you believe the Aussie media… 

Unfortunate satire by Gus Leonisky

Apparently the flags are confusing the overseas visitors who can’t read, nor can hear the message on the loud speaker: SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS, YOU MORONS…” Gus added the “you morons” to make sure you paid attention… May be in German? “SCHWIMMT ZWISCHEN DEN FLAGGEN, IHR IDIOTEN…”

To make sure the Ukrainians don’t drown, the flag should be blue and yellow. For the Americans, the star spangled banner should be de rigour… The French would love their national flag used on the Aussie beaches so they can disobey as they usually do, in a revolution or two, and swim to their death while the “Marseillaise” drums along…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an appearance at the US president’s annual New Year’s Eve gala in Palm Beach, Florida on Wednesday.

A brief video, first captured by Donald Trump’s social videographer Michael Solakiewicz, showed Netanyahu arriving at the party in a tuxedo alongside his wife Sara. 

The prime minister’s office later posted images to his X account. 

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue".

In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go," but gave no further details.

A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by saying Trump should "be careful" if he intervened, warning of potential chaos across the Middle East.

At least eight people are reported to have been killed in Iran after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q4z33pnnyo

Hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on December 26 that Israel recognizes Somaliland as an independent state, US President Donald Trump was asked whether the United States would follow suit, especially given the talk of a plan to relocate Gazans to the newly formed state. Trump replied, “That’s an important question.”

“SOMALILAND”: IS NETANYAHU EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF BLACKMAIL?

by Mohammed Kawas

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that White House doctors had informed him that he was in "perfect health" and that he had "aced" cognitive test for the third consecutive time.

"The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in 'PERFECT HEALTH,' and that I 'ACED' (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump added that he strongly believes any candidate for US president or vice president should be required to pass a difficult, serious, and credible cognitive test. According to him, the country should not be run by "stupid or incompetent people.”

Today the NY Times published a long piece on the relations between the Trump administration and the government of Ukraine.

The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership (archived) – NY Times, Dec 30 2025

There is a lot of gossip about the back and forth between the U.S. Ukraine and Russia in it, but also some interesting nuggets which confirm U.S. intelligence involvement in attacks on Russia and Russia related shipping:

On 5 December, tens of thousands of high school students demonstrated against conscription and war in around 90 German cities. On the same day, the German Bundestag passed a law on military service that moves towards conscription and ignores the concerns of schoolchildren.

Young people want to live in peace

German high school students demonstrate against conscription and war

by Karl-Jürgen Müller

“Heaven is high and the emperor is far away.” So did Chinese peasants celebrate their distance from the Forbidden City over many centuries now past. I imagine a similar sentiment may prevail in the hyper-centralized People’s Republic.

When power is to one or another degree autocratic, power is best when power is distant. So it was for me, if briefly, as 2025 drew to a close.

PATRICK LAWRENCE: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders

I spent the Christmas holidays, courtesy of my kindly mother-in-law, in the Pacific Northwest and was blessedly far from post-democratic power in any of its manifestations.

THANK YOU CATHY... THANK YOU THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FOR REMINDING US THAT PUTIN IS THE BAD GUY IN UKRAINE... I NEVER KNEW.... AND I STAND CORRECTED. I NOW REALISE THAT HISTORY STARTED IN FEBRUARY 2022... 

Seriously though, cartoons such as the one by Cathy Wilcox should be thrown in the trash NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN....

NUF' said....

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT — SINCE 2005.

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

Prominent Australian business leaders and public figures have joined calls for a federal royal commission into antisemitism following the Bondi terror attack, adding pressure on the Albanese government as it resists a national inquiry.

Among the more than 100 signatories to an open letter, published on Friday, are former Reserve Bank governors Philip Lowe and Glenn Stevens, alongside a broad cross-section of business figures and university chancellors.

At least 24 people were killed and more than 50 injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a café and a hotel during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the Black Sea coastal village of Khorly, the governor of Russia’s Kherson Region has said.