Excerpts Young Adult Read an Excerpt From Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland In the treacherous waters surrounding Kirkrell, sailors hunting magic whales fear the finfolk—bloodthirsty sea fae who sink ships and curse bloodlines. By Sara Holland | Published on November 11, 2025 Comment 0 Share New Share We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland, a young adult novel publishing with Wednesday Books on November 11. In the treacherous waters surrounding Kirkrell, sailors hunting magic whales live in fear of the finfolk—bloodthirsty sea fae who sink ships and curse bloodlines. Nineteen-year-old Annie, as heir to the city’s preeminent whaling company, is determined to carry on her parents’ life’s work. But she keeps a secret from everyone: she’s cursed to transform into a monster, with scales spreading up her arms and claws growing from her fingertips.Her fiancé August offers comfort, but their love falls apart when Annie discovers his plan to take over the company. Desperate, Annie makes a deal with Silas Price, a young captain rumored to be half-finfolk. He says he knows how to break the curse—but only if Annie promises to stop the practice of whaling forever.As Annie, August and Silas sail north, Annie wrestling with her family’s legacy, the threat of the finfolk and August’s ambitions increasingly force her to put her trust in Silas. Yet Silas has secrets of his own, and they might be the most dangerous of all. Chapter I Girls on the shore must guard their hearts For the men tend to die catching whales.Yet nothing we do for all our arts Will keep them from their sails. —Abbonish nursery rhyme, recorded in Kirkrell in third month, seventeen hundred and fifty-three years FC The box from the dressmaker arrives just in time. After our housekeeper carries it to my room, I kneel and sort through the contents, careful not to let my fingernails—long, sharp, reddish-black—snag the expensive fab­rics. Gloves, two dozen new pairs in linen and leather, velvet and silk, of various muted colors. A gray silk pair, I think, for tonight. I’m tugging them gingerly on, a set of movements perfected by years of practice, when a bright voice from the doorway makes me jump. “Is that a new dress?” Lydia asks. Glancing over my shoulder, I see my younger sister teetering in the doorway, craning to get a glimpse inside the box. Heart in my throat, I lean over it to block her view of my hands as I finish pulling the gloves on. “No,” I say, letting the lid fall shut and sit­ting on its edge to face her. “Just some new petticoats.” She knows that I always wear gloves, but not why. And I don’t want her to see the new shipment and ask again. I have enough lies to keep straight tonight. “Oh,” Lydia says, disappointed. She’s ready for the sharehold­ers’ meeting in a dress the pale yellow of corn silk, her hair drawn up and her cheeks pink with excitement, or maybe rouge. “You’re wearing that old thing?” I look down, chagrined. I’m wearing a dress from a few years ago—dark blue velvet, the color of the ocean late in the evening on certain summer nights, when the sky has faded to twilight. It falls almost to the floor, skimming my body, with long sleeves and a high neck. I chose it carefully, hoping to make the sharehold­ers see me as more than an incompetent child, as someone to be reckoned with. “This isn’t a walk on the promenade, Lydia. It’s a business meeting.” Double-checking that the gloves haven’t snagged, I move to my bedside vanity to fix the last few buttons at my nape, the tricky ones. Maker knows I’ve had enough practice at this over the years, but with Lydia watching it’s harder. “Our appearances are only important insofar as they inspire the shareholders to have confidence in us,” I tell her reflection in the mirror. Although I fear that inspiring confidence in the shareholders will be an impossible task. Lately nothing I do seems to impress them. Perhaps short of magically transforming into my dead father, nothing ever will. “Did you get Kit to bed?” I ask. In the mirror, I see Lydia drift into the room, despite how often I’ve told her to stay out unless invited. “Yes, though I suspect he’ll be up for a while.” She pauses to examine the contents of my open wardrobe. “I told him he could read for half an hour since we ‘re making him miss the party, so I give it two hours before he’s asleep.” “It’s not a party,” I say, pointlessly, because she’s not listening. She’s radiant, as always, but I can read the nervousness in her pale, set face, how she glances in the mirror and tugs at one lock of carefully curled hair. Should teach her how to hide that, I think, soon, before— “This is pretty.” She reaches for the seashell on top of my writing desk, a peach-and-white conch shell nested in a black silk handkerchief. Buy the Book Break Wide the Sea Sara Holland Buy Book Break Wide the Sea Sara Holland Buy this book from: AmazonBarnes and NobleiBooksIndieBoundTarget I whirl around, almost tearing one of the buttons from my dress in my haste to fling a hand out and block her path. “Don’t touch that!” She steps back, raising her palms in a conciliatory gesture. “All right, I won’t.” Her brown eyes are wide, alarmed. I take a deep breath and step back, aware that I moved too quickly. “I’m sorry.” I opt for a partial truth in hopes that she’ll buy it. ‘Tm just nervous for tonight. The shell is from August and I suppose-I suppose I’m rather protective of it.” As I speak, I wrap the shell in the handkerchief—the spines sharp even through two layers of silk—and place it carefully in the top drawer of my dresser. When I look back up, my little sister is watching me, quiet, considering. “If you say so,” she says eventually. “Do you want me to do up your buttons in the back?” “Please.” I turn around so my back is to her and move my dark blonde braid over the front of my shoulder, eyes down so as not to meet my own gaze in the mirror. Lydia comes up behind me, lifting her hands. I will myself to be calm, to act like I have nothing to hide. Because why should I be afraid? Her fingers are soft and warm and nimble, fixing the lace at the nape of my neck, where my skin is still smooth. Her smile in the mirror is sweet, placid. If she feels my pulse thudding under my skin, she says nothing. There have been times, these past few years, when I’ve caught her looking at me strangely, or for too long. Times when she asked if I was all right, and when I said I was, she held my gaze like she was trying to catch me out in a lie. But those moments grew fewer and farther between, and now she never asks at all. Our conver­sations center around frivolous things, everyday matters. News from the docks, gossip from the neighbors. I’m not sure if that’s because I’ve gotten better at lying—at hiding—or if she’s simply given up on hearing the truth from me. My fingers itch in their gloves. I grip the corner of the vanity and try not to think about it. From Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland. Copyright © 2025 by the author, and reprinted with permission of St. Martin’s Publishing Group. The post Read an Excerpt From <i>Break Wide the Sea</i> by Sara Holland appeared first on Reactor.

The 41-day Schumer Shutdown finally is winding down. Democrat intransigence petered out and not a nanosecond too soon. On Oct. 9, CNN quoted a “senior Democratic aide” who predicted that Sen. Chuck Schumer and his caucus would not reopen the federal government absent “planes falling out of the sky.” One month later, flight delays multiplied as unpaid air traffic controllers struggled to ignore their financial distractions and keep jets from plowing into each other. Before Senate Democrats drowned in the blood of an aviation catastrophe that they made likelier, eight of them voted with Republicans to reopen the government. Once regular order resumes, Democrats and Republicans should enact President Donald Trump’s latest proposal. “I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by Obamacare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over,” Trump wrote Saturday, via Truth Social. “In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare.” Health-policy experts call this “premium support”—federal funds to help needy Americans purchase the medical insurance that they want. As I advocated on Tavis Smiley’s Oct. 31 radio broadcast, this approach would not stampede people into a government health monopoly. Instead, it would operate like school choice. Just as Pell Grants empower students to attend public campuses (e.g. UCLA), private colleges (Vassar), or sectarian universities (Georgetown), Trump would turbocharge what health scholar John Goodman dubbed “Patient Power” in his so-named free-market classic. Liberated Americans could use these “temporary Obamacare enhancements,” as Politico called them in 2021, to keep Obamacare or purchase other coverage. Coupling these funds with Health Savings Accounts would let patients buy insurance and then use any remaining money for pharmaceuticals, physical therapy, or husband it to finance out-of-network treatments or eldercare, decades hence. Congress should encourage individuals and employers to deposit additional tax-preferred funds into HSAs. Self-employed Americans should be free to contribute the employee and employer shares into their HSAs. To maximize choice and spread the risk of welcoming those with preexisting conditions, Congress should WD-40 this rusted-shut market and approve insurance sales across state lines, catastrophic policies, risk pools, and innovations yet unseen. Let a thousand coverage options bloom! Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., himself a doctor, offers this simple, brilliant idea: “Churches, credit unions, and nonprofit associations like Scouting America could become new sources of health coverage that would not cost taxpayers anything,” Paul wrote in USA Today. “Associations could compete against one another to provide the best possible price for their members.” Amazon Prime, Walmart, and other retailers could sell policies to their members. “Large corporations have greater negotiation power with insurance companies and have access to a wide array of benefit advisers and consultants that small businesses simply cannot afford,” Paul added. He cited Costco’s 44 million members. “If all of them bought insurance, one person would be negotiating with the insurance companies for 44 million people. That’s bigger than any corporation in America, and that would drive prices down.” Illegal aliens should not enjoy these benefits. Foreign invaders should be booted, not bolstered. And the dole should serve the poor. HSAs should be universally available, but subsidies should be limited to individuals with adjusted gross incomes below $50,000 and families of four earning less than $100,000. Democrats should not fear this proposal. If Obamacare is so great, patients will use their subsidies to keep Obamacare. If Democrats complain that Trump’s concept will prompt Obamacare beneficiaries to take their money and run, then they would concede that Obamacare is sinking. Trump’s grand compromise would give Democrats the subsidies they savor and Republicans the choice they cherish. If Democrats rebuff this notion, they will reject the very subsidies over which they padlocked the government on Sept. 19. If so, Democrats will insist on trapping Americans in steerage aboard the doomed USS Obamacare rather than freeing them to man the lifeboats—with government assistance for the needy—and row toward whichever health care safe harbors they prefer. Trump’s reform is a win-win for Democrats who are sincere about helping Americans secure truly affordable health insurance and Republicans who would use taxpayer dollars to help less-affluent Americans enjoy private coverage. Democrats: Join Republicans in this week’s votes and open the government. Republicans: Join Democrats, negotiate the details, and Make Health Coverage Great Again. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post As Schumer Shutdown Comes to a Halt, Trump Proposal Could Turbocharge Patient Power appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Everyone Thinks He's the Next Mamdani Man: the Progressive Feeding Frenzy Is On

NBC’s most recent edition of Saturday Night Live crossed the line from satire into straight-up fake news as James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump character confessed to being a sociopath after the recent incident in the Oval Office where a man fainted. Additionally, Johnson claimed to be pleased that the Supreme Court allowed him to “stop feeding poor people.” After Jeremy Culhane played the part of the fainting man, Johnson appeared and looked totally uninterested in what had just happened, “Oh, hi. Didn't see you there. Someone was dying in my office. I think I'm playing this very normal. Just stand there and stare like a sociopath. Didn’t even pretend like I was going to help, someone drops something and you do the fake bend, you know, ‘oh, let me help you pick that up, oh, you got it? You got it?’"     The skit is worse when you consider that SNL’s cold opens have a way of convincing people that history did not occur as it actually did. For example, back in 2008, 87 percent of Obama voters believed that Sarah Palin actually said she could see Russia from her house when it was actually SNL’s Tina Fey, impersonating Palin, who said that. The truth is Trump initially did look concerned, but backed away from the crowd surrounding the man because he almost certainly felt that he would be of no help because he is not a doctor and instead chose to just get out of the way.   ?BREAKING: A pharmaceutical representative collapses during President Trump’s Oval Office announcement, as reporters are swiftly escorted out of the room. pic.twitter.com/RskICBEcJC — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 6, 2025   Nevertheless, Johnson’s Trumpian monologue continued. Later, he recapped Tuesday’s elections, “Can't believe they elected Mamdani. We like to say, Mamdani. You know, I'm torn because I like a winner, but I'm not crazy about a Muslim. Maybe he'll convert, right? We'll put him in line behind Ursha Vance, and I hope I'm pronouncing that wrong.” Looking for some good news, Johnson added, “But our side had some wins this week, too. Supreme Court said we could stop feeding poor people. You can clap for that. SNAP! SNAP.” The administration’s argument was that judges should not be in the business of telling it how to spend its limited resources during a government shutdown. Funding SNAP, they argued, would have meant less money for school lunches. However, acknowledging that would not allow Johnson to attack the supposed “darkness” that Trump represents. Here is a transcript for the November 8 show: NBC Saturday Night Live 11/8/2025 11:30 PM ET MIKEY DAY/DAVID RICKS: Hello. I'd like to thank President Trump for having us. Those of us from the pharmaceutical industry are honored to be here today alongside RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz. We're going to discuss lowering the price of weight loss drugs. For years, my company, Eli Lilly, has been at the forefront of providing Americans with—is he— ANDREW DISMUKES/ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.: Oh, no! JAMES AUSTIN JOHNSON/DONALD TRUMP: Oh, hi. Didn't see you there. Someone was dying in my office. I think I'm playing this very normal. Just stand there and stare like a sociopath. Didn’t even pretend like I was going to help, someone drops something and you do the fake bend, you know, "oh, let me help you pick that up, oh, you got it? You got it?" … Can't believe they elected Mamdani. We like to say, Mamdani. You know, I'm torn because I like a winner, but I'm not crazy about a Muslim. Maybe he'll convert, right? We'll put him in line behind Ursha Vance, and I hope I'm pronouncing that wrong. But our side had some wins this week, too. Supreme Court said we could stop feeding poor people. You can clap for that. SNAP! SNAP.

Our friends at the Washington Free Beacon published an absolutely spell-binding piece Tuesday blasting the artist soon-to-be-formerly-known-as MSNBC for enlisting “paid black actors playing ordinary Americans” in a hilariously Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) move to balance out “pensive shots of MSNBC's white primetime stars,” helmed by Rachel Maddow reading the Constitution. Collin Anderson and Thaleigha Rampersad authored this tour-de-force article blasting MSNOW and parent company Versant flushing $20 million for an ad campaign that includes this spot the two dubbed “a ham-handed effort...to cater to MSNBC’s large black audience—the largest in cable news—when its primetime and morning anchor lineup is overwhelmingly white.” But not only did they use individuals the Free Beacon deciphered as actors, they did so “without identifying them as paid performers. They explained: “The actors, Alex Mason, Shekaya Sky McCarthy, and Marcel Noel, stare off into the distance as Maddow speaks of forming ‘a more perfect union.’ Mason is shown by himself, while McCarthy is pictured next to a black child, and Noel plays a coffee-drinking patron at a diner.” They added there was also a “black woman in military uniform embracing her child,” but “the Free Beacon could not identify them.”     They ran through the three’s acting credits with Mason and Noel having been seasoned commercial actors and McCarthy having been seen “in the YouTube series ‘Sad-Ass Black Folk.’” These five served as the racial counter-balance to MSNBC’s “overwhelmingly white” primetime team of Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, Jen Psaki, and Lawrence O’Donnell. The Free Beacon took notice it included other white hosts/personalities in Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, The Beat’s Ari Melber, The 11th Hour’s Stephanie Ruhle (“wearing a gaudy ring that boasts what appears to be an enormous diamond as the ad’s producers endeavor to show her earnestly taking notes”), Deadline: White House’s Nicolle Wallace, and correspondent/illegal alien advocate Jacob Soboroff (“the white son of the powerful Los Angeles real estate developer and former Los Angeles Police Department commissioner Steve Soboroff”). The only minority personalities they flagged were The Weeknight’s trio of Alicia Menendez, Symone Sanders Townsend, and Michael Steele. By our count, we also spotted Morning Joe third-wheel Willie Geist (who’s white) correspondent Antonio Hylton (who’s black). Anderson and  Rampersad also mocked a second ad, which was “narrated by the celebrated black poet Maya Angelou” despite having died 11 years ago: A second ad in the campaign— narrated by the celebrated black poet Maya Angelou, who died in 2014—also uses Mason, McCarthy, and Noel. In this ad, as Angelou can be heard reading a poem about diversity, Mason is shown with family members—a woman and a small child—and a visibly pregnant McCarthy is again shown with a child, while Noel again sits in a diner. As with the “We the People” spot, this ad intercuts shots of black actors with MSNBC’s white anchors, along with archival news footage of black protesters. MSNBC’s effort to showcase black people, racial justice, and civil rights in ads promoting an overwhelmingly white slate of news stars reflects the dissonance between the network’s marketing strategy and its striking lack of on-camera diversity. To read the rest of their 1,400-plus-word article, click the link above (or here).

Despite Democrats celebrating victories in states like Virginia, New Jersey, and New York, BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey’s father, Ron Simmons, believes it's a blessing in disguise that will force more “woke” and identity-based policies.“I think there’s a silver lining in all of this,” Simmons says.“Virginia, New Jersey, some other places — New York City and some others elected probably the furthest-left candidates they could have elected. And that means that in their mind, they’re thinking they have a mandate to govern as far left as possible,” he continues.“So you’re going to see even more woke policies being put into place or trying to be put into place. You’re going to see an upping of the rhetoric on the trans, on all of those types of things. And in my opinion, that is going to help us in 2026, because it’s just going to more and more expose the radicalness that’s taken over the Democrat Party,” he adds.While he doesn’t believe that conservatives should be worried, he does believe that the few moderate Democrats left are.“And so I believe that, assuming that the economy does well, we get past all this tariff stuff, that what these elections will do for us is it will help people realize just how crazy some of these policies are that these new elected officials are going to put in,” Simmons explains.And as soon as the clock strikes midnight on January 1, Simmons believes “we have got to get really engaged in the political process of getting the people that we believe have the right policies elected.”“We’ve got to make sure next November that we get them through the elections, because we need to keep the House and the Senate. There’s no question about that,” he adds.Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A 21-year-old leader of a violent extremist group involved in "unthinkably depraved" extortion of child sex abuse material faces multiple sentences of life in prison if convicted.Baron Cain Martin of Tucson, Arizona, allegedly ran the online network "764" under the moniker "Convict" after joining the group around 2019 — when he would have been just 15 years old.'His alleged actions targeting children as part of the 764 online terror network are so depraved they defy comprehension.'The Department of Justice at the time of his December 2024 arrest described the 764 organization as a "dangerous network of violent extremists who systematically target children and weaponize child sexual abuse material" in order to support an "accelerationist agenda" to destroy civilized society and the U.S. government.The DOJ revealed in late October that Martin now is charged with dozens of crimes, including:Five counts of producing child pornography;Eleven counts of distributing child pornography;Three counts of coercing and enticing minors to engage in sexual activity;Three counts of cyberstalking;Animal crushing;Distribution of animal crush videos; andConspiracy to commit wire fraud.He's also charged with participating in a child exploitation enterprise, conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, and conspiring to kill, kidnap, or maim persons in a foreign country, officials said.Martin — who's been in federal custody since his arrest — also is accused of coercing underage victims to harm themselves numerous times, officials said. The 764 group produces "extreme gore media and child sexual abuse material" and shares the content with members; the group also grooms underage females to mutilate themselves while recording or streaming video online, officials said.A criminal complaint said Martin allegedly admitted to using the "Convict" moniker and bragged about being the "catalyst for thousands of extortions" under 764. Investigators said he referred himself as the "king of extortion."In one alleged incident, Martin coerced a 13-year-old child to cut designs into her body that included satanic symbols and swastikas. He also made her cut his name into "every possible place" on her body.In another alleged incident described in the complaint, Martin coerced a 16-year-old on Discord to scratch herself until she drew blood and then pour alcohol over the wounds.He is indicted for alleged crimes against nine victims — eight of whom were between the ages of 11 and 15 at the time of the abuse. He is believed to have other victims. "His alleged actions targeting children as part of the 764 online terror network are so depraved they defy comprehension," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. "We will use every available tool to protect our children and ensure that those who perpetrate such acts of pure evil face the full force of justice."RELATED: A 2021 gun arrest in NYC put investigators on the trail of a global satanic pedophile cult The DOJ in April announced the arrest of two alleged members of 764 in North Carolina and Greece.U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the case was a warning to parents about monitoring their online behavior."This man’s alleged crimes are unthinkably depraved and reflect the horrific danger of 764 — if convicted, he will face severe consequences as we work to dismantle this evil network," Bondi said. "I urge parents to remain vigilant about the threats their children face online." Experts say that parents should limit their children's access to social media and other online sites, especially those which allow strangers to contact and interact with their accounts.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A poll conducted ahead of the New York City mayoral election found that 9% of residents would "definitely" leave the city and another 25% would "consider" relocating if Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani proved victorious on Nov. 4. It is yet to be seen whether NYC will ultimately hemorrhage millions of residents in the coming months. It appears, however, that Mamdani's rise to power has already prompted departures at the New York Police Department.'How do you work for somebody who considers you racist and anti-queer and wants to defund the police?'Citing sources familiar with the situation and Police Pension Fund data, the New York Post indicated that a surge of police officers quit in the weeks leading up to the mayoral election, when Mamdani was a clear favorite to win. In October, the NYPD reportedly saw a 35% spike in police of all ranks leaving the force. Whereas 181 left the force in October 2024, this year 245 officers left during the same stretch. Detectives Endowment Association president Scott Munro told the Post, "Morale is down because everyone is concerned about the policies Mamdani wants to put in place.""You have a person who is supposed to be running New York City that does not believe in law enforcement," continued Munro. "What's coming out of everyone’s mouth is, 'We're in trouble.'"RELATED: Here's what exit polls reveal about Tuesday's electoral bloodbath Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty ImagesMamdani, who takes office on Jan. 1, has made no secret in recent years of his antipathy toward the NYPD. The mayor-elect suggested, for instance, in a June 28, 2020, tweet that the NYPD "is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety" and stressed that it was necessary to "defund the police." "How do you work for somebody who considers you racist and anti-queer and wants to defund the police?" said one retired cop. "Things are hard enough already. If you're eligible to leave, why would you want to stay in that situation?"Mamdani now claims that he doesn't want to defund the police; however, he has indicated that he's not interested in hiring more police to address the NYPD's near-record-low numbers and appears keen to replace police in certain circumstances with social workers.On the campaign trail, Mamdani proposed the creation of an agency aimed at preventing "violence before it happens by taking a public health approach to safety." The so-called Department of Community Safety would have a budget of over $1 billion — drawing $605 million from existing programs — and would appropriate some of the responsibilities of police, including responding to mental health calls and dealing with erratic homeless individuals.Some individuals with actual experience dealing with the city's mentally ill and homeless have suggested that Mamdani's proposal is disaster waiting to happen.A Bronx cop told the Post, "How’s that going to work when the person pulls out a gun or a knife?""You can't do this without police — it's impossible," Richard Perkins, a behavioral nurse with 14 years' experience told the Gothamist. "No one in their right mind would do this alone. You're going to get hurt."Mamdani's appointment of Elle Bisgaard-Church as his chief of staff signals he's likely serious about the DCS. Bisgaard-Church, who serves as Mamdani's campaign manager, was reportedly the proposed agency's "chief architect." In addition to effectively replacing police with social workers on certain calls, Mamdani has ruffled feathers by committing to both closing Rikers Island prison and shifting the final say on police disciplinary actions from the NYPD commissioner to the anti-police Civilian Complaint Review Board.'It seems to me like there may be people from there looking for jobs.'"Nobody wants to be a New York City cop," a police union consultant told the Post. "It's not worth the money, the stress, the danger, especially working for a mayor who wants to take the department apart."Blaze News has reached out for comment to the New York City Police Benevolent Association and the Sergeants Benevolent Association of the NYPD as well as to the mayor's office.Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell recently told Newsmax that about 4,000 police officers of every rank are eligible for retirement in January but suggested that "it remains to be seen" whether there will ultimately be a mass exodus.In the meantime, law enforcement organizations in other jurisdictions are extending offers to disenchanted NYPD officers.The Houston Police Officers' Union, for instance, released a flyer earlier his month telling New York cops "disgusted with the election of Zohran Mamdani" that the Houston Police Department is hiring and offering "competitive pay with [a] 36.5% pay raise just approved over 5 years."The Franklin County Sheriff's Office was one of the outfits in Florida that is similarly trying to recruit from the NYPD, reported WMBB-TV."With the changing of what’s going on in New York City with a new mayor and probably a different way of doing things for law enforcement up there, it seems to me like there may be people from there looking for jobs," said Sheriff A.J. Smith. "And I have jobs. And I would love to have anybody from the NYPD or anywhere up that way that may be affected by the change to apply here."U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is also seizing on the opportunity to recruit New York cops alienated by the incoming mayor.ICE shared a recruitment poster to social media last month captioned, "NYPD OFFICERS: Work for a President and a Secretary who support and defend law enforcement — not defund or demonize it." — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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