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  1. 13h ago

    October 19, 2026 - The Last Word

    The Last Word....  As assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Harmie Dhillon told Lesley Stahl that enforcing laws like the Voting Rights Act is routine to protect citizens’ votes, especially after issues like noncitizens on California's rolls and duplicate mail ballots. Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom campaigned in New Hampshire for Democrats, calling for a 'blue tsunami' ahead of the November 3 midterms, even as wildfires raged back home and the DOJ sued California over 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters. Critics say the efforts risk disenfranchising eligible voters, while supporters argue resistance undermines election confidence—with Election Day just weeks away. Border czar Tom Homan said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., could be denaturalized and deported if investigators find that she committed immigration fraud, repeating his assertion that no one is above the law after her home was raided and cellphone seized. "Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We've done it before... And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen," Homan told "The Big Weekend Show" on Saturday. Omar will "be held to the same standards you and I are held [to]. If she violated the law, then she'll be held accountable," he added, declining to discuss the specifics of the investigation into the congresswoman. "I said over a year ago, the allegations were made clear, and it would be investigated, and they are investigating it," he said. "I'm not going to get ahead of the bureau or HSI, but I've been told they have a strong case, and we'll let the evidence lead where it leads." Omar is under federal investigation over allegations that she or her father lied about her birth year on immigration paperwork to obtain her citizenship when her family fled Somalia in the late 1990s. An Arizona street evangelist is suing the city of Tucson and challenging an event policy barring religious speech after police officers threatened to arrest him for discussing Jesus at an annual holiday festival. David Hoffman has been evangelizing at public events for over a decade and views large public gatherings as crucial to his Christian ministry. "What we do is we share the gospel with people that are most likely never going to go into a church, and we go to events and places where there's not already a Christian witness, and we have conversations," Hoffman said. For nearly ten years, David Hoffman regularly attended Tuscon's Winterhaven Festival of Lights, a free holiday event where thousands of visitors walk through a residential neighborhood to view light displays. But during the December 2025 festival, Hoffman said city police officers barred him from sharing his faith and threatened him with criminal trespassing charges under new event rules. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 14h ago

    October 19, 2026 - Are the French Riots a Warning to the U.S.?

    France endured its worst unrest in years this weekend as nationwide protests over high living costs and declining public services turned violent ahead of a key government vote on the budget. Demonstrations erupted into riots on Saturday, with almost 2,400 people arrested, shops looted or damaged and buildings covered in graffiti as violent groups clashed with police in cities across the country, according to the interior ministry. Nearly 1,000 police officers and gendarmes were injured, the ministry said. President Emmanuel Macron, whose final months in office are increasingly defined by mounting political, fiscal and social discontent, ordered a review of whether there had been failings in intelligence gathering or police preparedness, and asked the government to bring together students, teachers, lawmakers, unions and business leaders this week to produce “concrete proposals” to address the crisis. France has in recent years struggled to rein in spending and a debt burden that has ballooned to a record €3.6 trillion in the second quarter, reaching 119% of GDP, and is becoming increasingly expensive to service as interest rates spike across the world. About 550,000 people marched in scores of cities Saturday, including 110,000 in Paris, according to authorities. The latest wave of demonstrations followed a month-long student movement over teacher shortages and school conditions, with broader anger from unions. While hundreds of thousands protested peacefully, violent fringe groups targeted public buildings, looted shops and attacked police. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 3d ago

    October 16, 2026 - The Last Word

    The Last Word....  President Trump on Wednesday said he was canceling the livestream of the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people in the 2009 attack on Fort Hood. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the execution would be livestreamed, a decision that had come under substantial criticism, including from GOP senators who said it would bring the U.S. to the level of terrorist groups who broadcast executions.   Two church non-profits have taken in at least $62 million to build the Somali community in Minnesota leading to the rise of Ilhan Omar and the fraud scandals that have gripped that state, The Post can reveal. Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront of reshaping the frigid Land of 10,000 Lakes thanks to generous government contracts stemming back generations.   The latest Gallup survey finds only 1 in 3 K-12 educators feels a strong sense of mattering at school, with fewer than half of undervalued staff planning to remain in education. A new report released today by the Walton Family Foundation, Gallup, and The Mattering Institute shows that educator burnout is deeply tied to whether K-12 teachers feel valued by their school communities. The findings show that 1 in 5 teachers don’t think they matter much or at all and barely a third say they matter a great deal. Among those who lack a sense of mattering, 68% are frequently burned out, and fewer than half plan to remain in education. The low levels of mattering persist across gender, race, ethnicity, subject area and grade level, demonstrating that the challenge is systemic to school environments rather than tied to any individual demographic."The findings of our study reveal a troubling gap: Too few of America’s K–12 educators feel they truly matter. But they also point to a path forward, with simple, research-backed practices that school leaders, parents and communities can use to help educators feel valued, supported, and able to see the difference they make,” said Jennifer Wallace, New York Times bestselling author and founder of The Mattering Institute. “The people who help our children know they matter deserve to know they matter, too."     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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