The Never Trumper fake Republicans met for their 6th annual fake conservative First Principles Summit to an eensy audience in a large venue. The media saw fit to announce that the so-called conservatives, who have spent the last six years working with the far left, claim 25% of Republicans no longer support President Trump. Only […] The post Teeny Audience at the Never Trump ‘Principles First’ Summit appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump broke his silence on the armed intruder shot by Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, jokingly acknowledging the many attempts on his life and the possibility of future attacks. “I don’t know how long I’ll be around,” Trump told angel families assembled in the East Room of the White House on Monday morning. “Got a lot of people gunning for me.” “You know, if you read about all these crazy shooters, they don’t go after non-consequential presidents,” Trump added, referring to President Abraham Lincoln and President John F. Kennedy Jr., who were both assassinated. He joked: “So maybe I want to be a little less consequential? Can we hold it back a little bit, please? Can this be a normal presidency for a little while?” The Secret Service announced on Sunday morning that an armed man was shot and killed by Secret Service agents and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office after he unlawfully entered the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning. Trump was not present at his Florida home when the incident occurred, since he had stayed at the White House for the weekend. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on September 14, 2022 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Authorities later revealed that the deceased intruder was 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of Cameron, North Carolina, reported missing by his family on Saturday. Around 1:30 a.m., authorities discovered him breaking into the premises, carrying a shotgun and a fuel can. He refused to drop these items and was shot by the authorities guarding the premises. While the tabloid TMZ reported that Martin was obsessed with the Jeffrey Epstein files, citing text messages between Martin and his friend, the Secret Service and the FBI have not confirmed this point. “I’d be careful about leaning too much into that,” said Anthony Guglielmi, Chief of Communications for the United States Secret Service. “There is a lot of work to do. As of now, the investigation is being led by the FBI and we are working in conjunction with them to try to learn more about the suspect’s background, actions, and potential motivations for going down to Florida.”

Wages have surged for anyone in New York City who wants to sign up to shovel snow, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced at a Monday press conference. Mamdani increased the hourly wage for snow shovelers from $19.14 to $30 per hour. After 40 hours, that rate jumps even higher, to $45 an hour. “Due to the historic nature of this blizzard, we’ve increased pay to $30 per hour. You can walk into any DSNY garage until 8 p.m. this evening and starting again tomorrow at 9 a.m. All you need to bring is two forms of ID to ensure you get paid,” Mamdani said. The identification requirement sparked backlash over the weekend, with some Americans questioning why ID is required to shovel snow, but not to vote. Mamdani responded saying that the requirement is mandated under federal law. Before the hourly wage increase, the program reportedly failed to attract any shovelers for hours at the NYC site, according to the New York Post. City officials said they hoped to attract a total of 1,400 public shovelers. By comparison, in 2015, the city attracted 6,454 shovelers. During the press briefing, Mamdani also reminded New York City property owners that the mandate to clear four-foot-wide paths along all sidewalks remains in effect. “We issued more than 4,000 violations after the last storm, we do not want to issue as many citations again,” the mayor said. “So please, if you are a property owner, do your part, clear the snow and help make our city passable for our neighbors, especially those with disabilities.” A first offense carries a $150 fine, while a third or subsequent violation can result in penalties of up to $350. Based on the more than 4,000 violations issued after the previous storm, New York City collected anywhere between $600,000 and $1.4 million in fines from unshoveled snow. In addition to the snow shovelers, the New York City winter weather response team includes 2,600 sanitation workers, more than 2,300 plows, and 700 salt spreaders. Mamdani reported that the winter weather response team cleared more than 1,600 crosswalks, 419 fire hydrants, and nearly 900 bus stops during the storm’s first night. With the city’s progress, Mamdani said schools will reopen tomorrow. However, amid 15 inches of snow, parents across the city are calling for a remote learning day. The petition currently has over 100,000 verified signatures.

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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department says it is cracking down on foreign fraud networks that exploit American citizens, The Daily Signal can first report. President Donald Trump has mobilized the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the State Department to to dismantle Asia-based criminal networks that defraud and financially exploit American families, seniors, and small businesses. “The Trump Administration has made protecting the American people from overseas scam operations a top priority,” said Tommy Pigott, principal deputy spokesperson at the State Department. Transnational organized crime, particularly Chinese-led fraud syndicates, has scaled to an industrial level in Southeast Asia, a State Department official said. In 2023, the UN estimated that 120,000 people worked in scam centers in Burma alone. A new report from the UN’s human rights office says at least 300,000 people are estimated to have been trafficked into cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia. “I was generally aware that online ‘scam centers’ had popped up across Southeast Asia in recent years, but did not appreciate their scale,” Deputy State Department Secretary Chris Landau said in December. “This is a major problem for the US and other countries: in 2024, such operations scammed over $10 BILLION from Americans,” Landau continued. “Until recently, many of these centers had been operating with impunity, but we’re working hard with countries in the region to crack down on them.” As technology evolves, so too must diplomacy. I was generally aware that online “scam centers” had popped up across Southeast Asia in recent years, but did not appreciate their scale. These are not "mom and pop" operations where a hacker works out of his parents' basement! For… pic.twitter.com/2Uy2A8uVuT— Christopher Landau (@DeputySecState) December 12, 2025 The Treasury Department announced sanctions against such scam centers in September, including nine targets operating in Shwe Kokko, Burma and ten targets based in Cambodia.  “Southeast Asia’s cyber scam industry not only threatens the well-being and financial security of Americans, but also subjects thousands of people to modern slavery,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence John K. Hurley.   Southeast Asia-based scam centers often fraudulently recruit employees from other countries, many from China, and coerce them into forced labor, Landau said. The State Department recommends that Americans refrain from sending money abroad to someone they have not met and sharing personal details online in order to avoid these fraud scams. The post EXCLUSIVE: State Department Targets ‘Scam Centers’ in Asia appeared first on The Daily Signal.