Erika Kirk has told so many lies that even her media protectors are running out of cover. The story she sold about the five years before she met Charlie has just collapsed—and the receipts are [...] The post Pizzagate Investigators Unearth Erika Kirk Video Proving She Traffics Children For VIPs  appeared first on The People's Voice.

The story Americans are told about Big Tech is simple, comforting, and almost childlike: a brilliant teenager, a dorm room, a laptop, and destiny. But according to a Harvard professor now debunking that myth, the [...] The post Harvard Professor: ‘Facebook Was a Pentagon Psy-Op — Mark Zuckerberg Was the Front Man’ appeared first on The People's Voice.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly set to pitch President Donald Trump on renewed plans to strike Iran, citing concerns over the country’s efforts to rebuild and expand its ballistic missile program, which was damaged during the Twelve-Day War earlier this year, according to an NBC News report.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declared on Saturday that Islamist Ideology was the greatest single threat to freedom and liberty — and warned that it was already beginning to take hold around the world and even in the United States. Gabbard spoke on Saturday at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, and she noted that where Islamist ideology was implemented, freedom and liberty quickly ceased to exist. WATCH: ? Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard warns that the greatest threat to freedom is Islamist ideology: “It is a political ideology that seeks to create a global caliphate that governs us here in America” She says it is already here and is happening in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/MDhQeB3nLH — Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) December 21, 2025 “There is a threat to our freedom that hasn’t been talked about enough,” she began. “And it is the greatest near and long term threat to both our freedom and our security, and that is the threat of islamist ideology. It is propagated by people who not only do not believe in freedom, their fundamental ideology is antithetical to the foundation that we find in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, which is that our Creator endowed upon is inalienable rights — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Gabbard noted that Charlie Kirk, prior to his death, had mentioned that threat often because he understood the gravity of the situation. Referencing the 9/11 terror attacks, Gabbard said they had proved just how far Islamists were willing to go. “It is a political ideology that seeks to create a global caliphate that governs us here in America,” she continued, adding, “And if you fail to comply, if you fail to adhere to this ideology, if you dare to exercise your God-given right to free speech, censorship is not what we face. They will use violence or any means that they deem as necessary to silence us.” Gabbard went on to describe how quickly the ideology had seeped into the culture in European nations: “As we approach Christmas, right now in Germany they are canceling Christmas markets because of this threat.” She then explained that understanding that rights came from God was what should make it clear just how grave a threat Islamist ideology is to freedom and liberty. A truly free society, she concluded, could not survive unless the people were willing to defend it against such threats.

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Vice President JD Vance said Republicans have more important work to do than cancelling each other. “I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to de-platform, and I don’t really care if some people out there—I’m sure we’ll have the fake news media denounced me after this speech—but let me just say the best way to honor Charlie is that none of us here should be doing something after Charlie’s death that he himself refused to do in life,” Vance said at Turning Point USA’s America Fest conference, the first since the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk. Vance addressed infighting in the conservative movement following America Fest speeches where conservative leaders shot arrows at each other. Ben Shapiro, the first speaker after Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika, called right-wing pundits Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Steve Bannon “frauds and grifters.” In his speech, Carlson shot back, calling Shapiro “pompous.” “Calls to de-platform at a Charlie Kirk event?” Carlson said. “That’s hilarious.” Vance said he will fight alongside all conservatives. “When I say that I’m going to fight alongside of you, I mean, all of you, each and every one,” Vance said. “President Trump did not build the greatest coalition in politics by running his supporters through endless, self-defeating purity tests. He says, ‘Make America Great Again’ because every American is invited.” The conservative movement will build “by adding, by growing, not by tearing down,” Vance argued. “We’re building a better country right now, and you have a rightful place in the success of your nation and the success of this movement,” Vance said. “Charlie Kirk was a great builder, too,” he continued. “He understood that any family can have its disagreements, it’s tough conversations. We can learn and improve and treat one another better. We can love each other despite the disagreement, but winning demands teamwork, and I’m honored to be on Turning Point’s team. I’m honored to be on your team, and I will stay that way.” The only thing the Trump administration demands for Americans to be on their team is to be a great “patriot,” the vice president said. “Charlie invited all of us here for a reason, because he believed that each of us, all of us, had something worth saying, and he trusted all of you to make your own judgment, and we have far more important work to do, than canceling each other,” he said. The post Vance Addresses MAGA Infighting at AmericaFest appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The U.S. welfare system is broken, and the Minnesota scandal is a blaring warning to that reality. The failure of political leaders on many fronts bears some of the blame. But the main culprit is the massive federal welfare system that annually passes hundreds of billions of dollars down to states to dole out, with the philosophy that the more people on the rolls, the better. The structure of the U.S. welfare system creates incentives for states to expand the rolls—and little incentive for them to ensure that money is going to those who truly need it. As welfare rolls expand, programs receive more money. It’s a system based on the Democratic perspective that government should provide more support to more people. And the U.S. welfare system is massive. It consists of roughly 90 different programs that cost more than $1 trillion annually. Because the majority of U.S. welfare funding comes from the federal government, states have reason to expand their rolls and little financial incentive to protect against waste and fraud. And massive fraud is what happened in Minnesota. The state’s welfare scandals went like this: Nonprofits, or alleged nonprofits, claimed to be serving people in need. That enabled them to receive hundreds of millions in federal funding, or a mix of state and federal dollars. The scammers then took the money that was supposedly for the needy and pocketed it. Fraudsters used this playbook to steal money from a federal child nutrition program, a Medicaid housing program, and a federal program for children with autism, to the tune of billions of dollars. Over a few years—including the COVID-19 years when government spent not only like drunken sailors, but drunken sailors on uppers—the number of “people” these Minnesota “nonprofits” were serving skyrocketed, along with the taxpayer dollars they received to fund their “services.” Because the alleged rolls were growing for these programs, government provided more dollars. And the scammers made off like bandits. It’s not that the blue state of Minnesota and its politicians are happy about the fraud that occurred or that they cheer welfare scammers. But when the mindset is that growing welfare rolls are a sign of success, and that people are entitled to benefits—and when welfare funding flows readily—the ground is fertile for exploitation. Beyond the fraud and the unsustainable costs of the current U.S. welfare system, perhaps more tragically is that it fails to address the underlying causes of poverty. It is a system based on inputs rather than on promoting upward mobility. After 60 years of the war on poverty, taxpayers are spending an ever-increasing amount of money on welfare programs. Yet poverty—or more accurately, self-sufficiency—in the U.S. has remained flat. Government throws money at material poverty but fails to address deeper human needs that drive poverty, like lack of work and family breakdown. And sadly, the welfare system undermines or penalizes work and marriage, which are the greatest protectors against poverty. The scandal in Minnesota should be a wake-up call on multiple fronts. One of the urgent calls should be the need for welfare reform. There are many ways the system should be reformed—work requirements for able-bodied adults, getting rid of marriage penalties, and better prioritizing spending—but perhaps most relevant to the current scandal would be changing the funding structure and the way success is measured. First, to better protect against fraud, states should be required to fund more of the welfare system themselves. Passing down dollars from the federal government to states creates a lack of accountability and makes it easier for fraud to occur. But this isn’t the only change. After all, not all the money scammed away in Minnesota was federal funding. Programs should also be funded based on whether they promote upward mobility, not based on the number of people they serve. Welfare reform in 1996 restructured the largest cash assistance program at the time, in part, by ending the structure of more money for larger welfare rolls. Instead, states were provided a fixed funding stream and rewarded if they helped move people into work and off the roles. The 1996 reform worked to decrease poverty, even among some of the most vulnerable populations. More welfare programs should be designed like this. Another option would be a “pay for outcomes” structure, where programs are funded when they meet an agreed upon outcome: increasing graduation rates, boosting employment, raising participants’ income, etc. Rather than paying for inputs, a pay-for-outcomes model rewards a program after it proves itself. These are just a few recommendations. But they would be a good start toward turning the broken welfare system into what it should be—a system that helps people improve their lives. These reforms would also help make sure that what happened in Minnesota never, ever happens again. Originally published by Fox News The post Taxpayer Cash, Zero Accountability: Minnesota Fraud Proves Welfare Is Broken appeared first on The Daily Signal.