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This screenshot maybe be blurry, but what isn’t blurred is this immigrant’s instincts of the legendary hospitality of Syria. Attending an English-language and integration class run by volunteers in Ohio, Hazaa Alabdullah brings food to each class and feeds everyone there out of the goodness of his heart. He’s now the subject of a viral […] The post Syrian Refugee Learning English Brings Food for His Class Every Week–Bringing the Nation’s Legendary Hospitality Home appeared first on Good News Network.

Books Best of 2025 Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!! By Reactor | Published on December 2, 2025 Comment 0 Share New Share We are thrilled to announce… REACTOR’S BEST OF THE YEAR READERS’ POLL!! Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!! Reactor Magazine would like to know your speculative fiction favorites from 2025. That weird short film that gave you nightmares? The sci-fi thriller that’s got a million fan theories swirling around in your head? The cozy fantasy series you can’t stop telling everyone to check out even though you’re pretty sure they’re tired of hearing about it? We want it all. Share the poll with your friends! Your family! The Discord chats you haven’t messaged in 4 months. Your old roommate. Your favorite SFF forums, if you’re classy. We’ll reveal the results later this year. VOTE HERE! Polling closes at 11:59pm EST on Sunday, December 7th  The post Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! appeared first on Reactor.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is recommending the U.S. implement new travel bans.   “I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem wrote on X Monday night.   “Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign invaders to slaughter our heroes, suck dry our hard-earned tax dollars, or snatch the benefits owed to AMERICANS,” the DHS secretary added.   I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies. Our forefathers built this nation on blood, sweat, and the unyielding love of freedom—not for foreign…— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) December 1, 2025 Noem’s post followed a meeting she had with President Donald Trump only days after an Afghan national shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after the Wednesday shooting, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe is still in the hospital but is showing positive signs of recovery, according to West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Both Beckstrom and Wolfe were West Virginia National Guard members.   Following the shooting, Trump directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause all asylum decisions. When asked about the move, Trump told reporters he thought the administration would maintain the pause for a “long time.”   “We don’t want those people. We have enough problems,” Trump said Sunday, adding, “Many of them are no good and they shouldn’t be in our country.”  Trump named the African country of Somalia as a nation whose citizens he does not want to enter the U.S.  "How long does your Administration plan to pause asylum?"@POTUS: "A long time. We don't want those people. We have enough problems… You know why we don't want them? Because many of them are NO GOOD and they should NOT be in our country." ? pic.twitter.com/X5zxtbFzSC— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 30, 2025 Two days after the attack on the National Guard members, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. had paused the issuance of all visas to Afghans.   “The United States has no higher priority than protecting our nation and our people,” Rubio said.   Thousands of Afghans came to the U.S. after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021, many of whom worked alongside U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and feared for their safety under terrorist rule.  Trump shared a photo on Truth Social of hundreds of Afghans packed into a large plane headed to the U.S. during the fall of Kabul.   “This is part of the horrendous airlift from Afghanistan,” Trump wrote above the image on Thanksgiving Day. “Hundreds of thousands of people poured into our Country totally unvetted and unchecked. We will fix it, but will never forget what Crooked Joe Biden and his Thugs did to our Country!”   Trump continued in a second post, pledging to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover, terminate all of the millions of Biden illegal admissions, including those signed by Sleepy Joe Biden’s Autopen, and remove anyone who is not a net asset to the United States, or is incapable of loving our Country.”   Trump also pledged to “end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.”   Since taking office, Trump has prioritized securing America’s borders and stopping the flow of illegal immigration into the U.S. after over 10 million illegal immigrants entered the U.S. under the four years of the Biden administration.   In September, DHS announced that over two million illegal aliens had either chosen to self-deport or had been removed from the U.S. since the start of the Trump administration in January.    This is a developing story and may be updated.   The post Noem Recommends Travel Ban on Nations Sending ‘Killers’ to US  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Welcome to Sesame Street. The word of the day is “affordability.”Democrats have treated it as a magic spell ever since their 2024 collapse drove the party’s approval to historic lows. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and governors-elect Abigail Spanberger of Virginia and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey ran very different races, yet all credited their wins to a relentless focus on the cost of living. Mamdani in particular used the term like an incantation to bury a record full of extremist statements and friendly nods toward terrorist movements.Turning ‘affordability’ into a political idol guarantees policies that cannibalize the future.Democrats also see the “affordability” push as an opportunity to turn Republicans’ most effective weapon against them. Joe Biden’s low approval ratings on the economy dogged him throughout his entire term, and his constant insistence that things were improving did not cut the (suddenly expensive) mustard. Republican anxiety growsOn his first day back in office, Donald Trump ordered “all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief.” But Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the 2025 elections has GOP strategists wondering whether that relief is moving too slowly to blunt the message.Trump, who dominated the 2024 campaign by hammering prices, sounds irritated that his best issue has turned into a liability. He avoids the word “affordability,” though it has begun sneaking into his teleprompter.“We’re making incredible strides to Make America Affordable Again,” he told the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum. “Democrats had the worst inflation in history. They had the highest prices in history. The country was going to hell. ... We’re bringing prices down.”A political arms raceBoth parties now talk about the cost of living as their top priority, and struggling families need the attention. But a politics built around “affordability” can easily turn into a race to the bottom — an auction of quick fixes that burn next year’s seed corn for a bump in the polls.Plenty of shortcuts tempt politicians. Mamdani floated the most obvious one: freezing rents across one million rent-stabilized apartments in New York City. If he pulls it off — a big “if” — tenants will enjoy short-term relief. Yet the move will also choke new construction and allow existing homes to deteriorate as landlords lose the revenue needed to maintain them.Beware of quick fixesEven Republicans flirt with shortcuts. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) teamed up on a bill capping credit-card interest rates at 10%. Cheaper interest sounds great until you follow the consequences. A hard cap would force lenders to reject more applications, denying low-income Americans the credit they often need to escape poverty or cover emergencies.Republicans face their own affordability temptation as well. AI data centers, which consume enormous amounts of power, are driving up electric bills faster than increased energy production can offset. Slowing or freezing data-center construction could save households money for a year or two. It would also cripple America’s position in the AI race with China and cost the country trillions of dollars in long-term economic growth.RELATED: If conservatives will not defend capitalism, who will? Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTariffs under fireTrump’s tariffs have become a favorite target for Democrats claiming to champion affordability. The administration recently eased tariffs on food imports such as bananas and coffee. But gutting the entire tariff regime — if the Supreme Court allows it to remain in place — would be a profound mistake.Tariffs have pushed some prices upward, but the Harvard Business School tariff tracker estimates that only 20% of tariff costs reach consumers. Foreign companies and foreign governments absorb the rest.Meanwhile, tariff revenue strengthens the government’s financial footing, and trillions of dollars in investment continue to flow into new and expanded U.S. manufacturing. Reverting to the failed neoliberal free-trade dogma in the name of “affordability” might give politicians a quick approval boost. It would gut the industrial base, weaken the budget, and destroy the very blue-collar jobs voters were promised.Our marshmallow testBlaming the other party for rising prices works because it taps into real pain. But it also encourages the kind of policymaking you would expect from the child in the famous experiment who couldn’t wait 15 minutes for a second marshmallow. He ate the first one instantly and lost the reward.The cost of living in America (to say nothing of thriving) is far too high. Families need real relief. But turning “affordability” into a political idol guarantees policies that cannibalize the future. Prosperity demands discipline. A country that chases quick fixes will never escape its long-term economic traps.