A Brown University custodian warned Brown University campus police about the depraved gunman Claudio Neves Valente “circling” school hallways and peering into classrooms nearly a dozen times in the weeks before the mass shooting. The custodian, Derek Lisi, warned security in mid-November and again on December 1st. Derek Lisi, who has worked at the elite […] The post Brown U Janitor Warned Campus Security About the Killer Twice Before the Killings appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Over Christmas, our men and women serving as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continued with arrests, targeting criminal illegal aliens who’ve committed murder, drug trafficking, robbery, and more. “While families across the country joined together for Christmas celebrations, ICE continued delivering the American people the greatest gift of all: getting criminals out of our neighborhoods and protecting our families,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “On Christmas Eve and Christmas, our ICE officers arrested gang members, murderers, drug traffickers, and violent thugs,” she added. “We are thankful for our law enforcement who sacrifice time with their family and put their lives on the line to remove the worst of the worst.” Here are the worst of the worst criminal illegals arrested by ICE: Samuel Juarez-Cruz, who illegally entered the United States from Mexico, was convicted for criminal homicide, third degree murder, and criminal conspiracy to commit criminal homicide in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Credit: DHS An illegal from Cuba, Miguel Gonzalez-Toledo, was convicted for homicide and drug trafficking in Florida. Credit: DHS A criminal illegal who entered the U.S. from Somalia, Mohamed Hassan Jeylani, was convicted for possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting arrest, reckless endangerment, unlawful fleeing from a police officer in a motor vehicle, first degree operation of a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, first degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property, and second degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, in Monroe County, New York. Credit: DHS Lionel Arevalo-Rubio, a criminal illegal alien from El Salvador and a member of MS-13, was convicted for robbery in Los Angeles, California. Credit: DHS Juan David Vazquez-Reyes, who illegally entered our country from Mexico, was convicted on death by auto or vessel in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Credit: DHS An illegal from Guatemala, Marcos Archila-Aquino, was convicted for aggravated assault with a weapon in Farmington, Utah. Credit: DHS Juan Zarzoza-Garza, an illegal from Mexico, was convicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in Edinburg, Texas. Credit: DHS Yasir Emilio Lohai Ojok, an illegal from Sudan, was convicted for second degree burglary in Ontario, California. Credit: DHS An illegal from the Dominican Republic, Leonardo Miliano, was convicted for carrying a loaded firearm without a license, and carrying a firearm without a license in Lynn, Massachusetts. Credit: DHS Jose Arena-Ojeda, an illegal from Venezuela, was convicted for conspiracy to transport illegal aliens, and alien smuggling in Brackettville, Texas. Credit: DHS While ICE officers are working through Christmas to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promise and keep Americans safe, those who serve have seen a massive spike in attacks. As highlighted by The Washington Examiner, there were a reported 238 assaults on ICE officers from January 21–November 21, 2025, compared with 19 in the same period of 2024. The spike indicates a stunning 1,153% increase. Despite the heightened attacks against ICE, Democrat leaders have largely continued to villainize officers and make their work conditions increasingly dangerous. Related: Man Who Went By ‘DarkWitch She/Her’ Arrested In Connection To ICE Bombing Plot

Life hasn’t always been kind to Celine Dion, but she continues to rise above. She keeps a positive attitude and does her best to enjoy every moment. The My Heart Will Go On singer also loves a good joke and keeping her fans laughing. For Christmas, Celine decided instead of dressing up like Santa or Mrs. Claus, she’d head on over to Whoville. Inspired by everyone’s favorite loveable curmudgeon, Celine Dion dressed up in a full green Grinch suit. She sang a Grinchy version of All By Myself and ranted about the Whos. “The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me on such short notice. Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn’t allow it,” she joked. “Four o’clock, exercise my voice. 4:30, wake my children up. 5, solve world hunger, tell no one. 5:30, jazzercize. 6:30, dinner with me, I can’t cancel that again! 7, wrestle with my creative ideas. I’m booked!” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Céline Dion (@celinedion) Celine Dion Does a Darn Good Grinch Impression The Grinch, we mean Celine Dion, then went through her calendar trying to figure out how to make it all work. “Of course if I bumped my creative ideas to 9, I’ll still have time to lay in bed and scroll TikTok videos endlessly. Or, I can just simply wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,” she said. Celine Dion captioned her hilarious Grinch post, “Silent Night? Not on my watch.” Her fans positively loved it. “Celine we went to see more content this was hilarious. Imagine Celine scrolling through TikTok!” Someone wrote. “Omg this is great!! I’m grinning from ear to ear! Merry Christmas!!” Another agreed. “I’m crying with laughter! You are the best, love you! And Merry Christmas to you and your boys,” a fan cheered. Celine Dion couldn’t be a real Grinch if she tried, but she’s darn funny. This story’s featured image is by MEGA/GC Images.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican candidate running to unseat New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, announced she is pulling out of the race and will not seek reelection for her congressional seat, in which she is now serving her sixth term. It’s been a rough couple years for Stefanik.  After President Donald Trump’s reelection, she was named to be the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. However, this never happened because she returned to the House to alleviate the thin Republican majority to get the One Big Beautiful Bill passed Last month she announced her bid for the governorship, thinking she would be the Republican nominee. Now a local county Republican official has entered the race, necessitating a primary.  Stefanik decided to call it quits.  She says she’s decided what is critical in her life now is to spend time with her family and raising her young son. “I believe being a parent is life’s greatest gift and greatest responsibility,” she said. Some jaded cynics may see this as an excuse for giving up. I don’t. Stefanik is anything but a shrinking violet. Winning her congressional seat at age 30 made her the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress. She entered the national spotlight with her incisive and persistent questioning of the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania in House hearings on antisemitism. The ordeal they went through with Stefanik led both to step down from their positions.  Contrary to the dour view of those who live secular lives, whose struggles take place in a backdrop of meaninglessness, those of faith know each critical node to which we arrive is not random. Even the great physicist Albert Einstein noted, “God does not play dice with the universe.” The challenges we face, those critical forks in the road to which we arrive, cause us to take stock and get our priorities clear. The model that Stefanik now sets could influence our country far more than she ever might as a congressional leader or U.N. ambassador. Erika Kirk, taking over as CEO of Turning Point USA, assuming the leadership of her late husband Charlie, has noted her interest in bringing the Christian values of marriage and family to young women as her husband did with young men. Our country is experiencing both a marriage crisis and a children crisis. At a recent press briefing at the White House, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called our declining fertility rate a “national security threat.” The fertility rate—the number of births per woman—is now 1.6. To maintain the population at its existing level requires a rate of 2.1. Kennedy noted that when his uncle John F. Kennedy was president, the rate was 3.5. The Washington Post reports that the number of women between 25 and 44 that have never given birth has risen from 18.2% in 1976 to 34.6% in 2022. And, per Pew Research, the percent of 40-year-old Americans who have never married has risen from 6% in 1980 to 25% in 2021. It’s worse with women than men. Per Pew Research, in 1993, 83% of 12th grade girls said they were likely to get married. By 2023, this was down to 61%. Among 12th grade boys, 76% in 1993 and 74% in 2023 said they were likely to get married.  Why materialism and secularism have taken a greater toll among young women is open to speculation. But RFK Jr. is right. This is a national security threat. So now let’s use the awe of Christmas to recall and celebrate that our scripture tells us to “choose life.” And let’s pray that our examples of transforming the isolation of pain into the joy of meaning and giving and creating will touch our troubled nation. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Common Faith of Elise Stefanik and Erika Kirk appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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