Democrats have put all their eggs in the affordability basket based on communist Zohran Mamdani winning in the New York mayoral race, decrying the problem of affordability.  However, it looks like Donald Trump has the affordability issue in hand. The third quarter grew much faster than the second quarter, as predicted by the administration. The […] The post Economy Grew a Whopping 4.3% Third Quarter appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Mayor Wu says all of Boston’s accomplishments are due to Somalis. That is easily proven false. Mayor Wu has perfected the art of pandering. Mayor Wu sent a strong message to Trump and praised the Somalian community saying “you cannot talk about any achievement the City of Boston has had” without mentioning Somalians pic.twitter.com/IAPz5cU3zk — […] The post Mayor Wu Credits All of Boston’s Accomplishments to Somalis appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The Federal Communications Commission announced on Monday that it is adding new foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems, including drones and their critical components, to its “Covered List” of communications equipment deemed to pose “unacceptable risks to U.S. national security.” The move follows a Trump administration review, which found that foreign-produced drones could enable unauthorized surveillance, data theft, and disruptions, threatening U.S. homeland security and the domestic drone industry. The action, in line with President Donald Trump’s Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty and Unleashing American Drone Dominance executive orders, reflects the administration’s goal of strengthening American drone manufacturing and reducing dependence on foreign — particularly Chinese — technologies. The decision arrives ahead of major upcoming international events hosted in the United States, such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup, America’s 250th anniversary celebrations, and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, when airspace security risks will be elevated. The updated Covered List includes Chinese drone manufacturers DJI and Autel, as well as all other foreign drone producers. Under U.S. law, the FCC cannot update this list independently and must act based on national security agencies’ determinations under the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act. Equipment placed on the Covered List is barred from receiving new FCC equipment authorizations, effectively preventing new models from entering the U.S. market. However, this decision does not affect existing drones, meaning consumers and retailers may continue to use, sell, or trade models previously authorized by the FCC. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships U.S. officials framed the action as critical to national and economic security. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr praised the move, saying the agency would “work closely with U.S. drone makers to unleash American drone dominance.” The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also encouraged organizations to use the list in risk management and regulatory compliance efforts. China’s Foreign Ministry criticized the decision as an excessive use of national security grounds and “discriminatory” toward Chinese companies. DJI expressed disappointment with the move, arguing that no supporting evidence for the determination was publicly released. Despite such objections, U.S. lawmakers and officials, including Representative Rick Crawford (R-AR) and National Security Council’s Sebastian Gorka, welcomed the measure as a necessary step to ensure drones vital to America’s defense are “made in the USA.”

A U.S. District Court judge blocked California from forcing teachers to lie to parents about their children’s secret gender transitions in a major ruling on Monday. The case stemmed from a class-action lawsuit brought by two Christian teachers who pushed back against the law requiring them to hide students’ gender transitions from parents and use students’ preferred pronouns. Monday’s ruling from Judge Roger T. Benitez “permanently” ends “California’s dangerous and unconstitutional regime of gender secrecy policies in schools,” according to the Thomas More Society, which filed the lawsuit. “In a landmark class-action ruling, Thomas More Society achieved a historic victory in Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al., ending California’s gender secrecy policies and restoring transparency and parental involvement in public education,” the Thomas More Society said. “The decision and federal court order issuing a class-wide permanent injunction—issued by U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez just days before Christmas—secures justice not only for teachers Elizabeth Mirabelli and Lori West who began the lawsuit, but for all parents and teachers harmed by these policies statewide.” Benitez wrote that the case dealt with “four questions about a parent’s rights to information as against a public school’s policy of secrecy when it comes to a student’s gender identification.” Those questions were: Do parents have a right to gender information based on the Fourteenth Amendment’s substantive due process clause? Do parents have a right to gender information protected by the First Amendment’s free exercise of religion clause? Do religious public school teachers have a right to provide gender information to parents based on the First Amendment’s free exercise clause? Do public school teachers have a right to communicate accurate gender information to parents based on the First Amendment free speech clause? “In each case, this Court concludes that, as a matter of law, the answer is ‘yes,” he wrote. “Parents have a right to receive gender information and teachers have a right to provide to parents accurate information about a child’s gender identity.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships “California’s public school system parental exclusion policies place a communication barrier between parents and teachers,” he opined. “Some parents who do not want such barriers may have the wherewithal to place their children in private schools or homeschool, or to move to a different public school district. Families in middle or lower socio-economic circumstances have no such options.  For these parents, the new policy appears to undermine their own constitutional rights while it conflicts with knowledgeable medical opinion.  The State Defendants are, in essence, asking this Court to limit, and restrict a common-sense and legally sound description by the United States Supreme Court of parental rights.  That, this Court will not do.” “The parental exclusion policies create a trifecta of harm: they harm the child who needs parental guidance and possibly mental health intervention to determine if the incongruence is organic or whether it is the result of bullying, peer pressure, or a fleeting impulse. They harm the parents by depriving them of the long-recognized Fourteenth Amendment right to care, guide, and make health care decisions for their children, and by substantially burdening many parents’ First Amendment right to train their children in their sincerely held religious beliefs  And finally, they harm teachers who are compelled to violate the sincerely held beliefs and the parent’s rights by forcing them to conceal information they feel is critical for the welfare of their students,” he concluded.

The Justice Department released another 30,000 documents related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday, including those they said contained “untrue and sensationalist” claims against President Donald Trump.  The document drop comes after hundreds of thousands of documents were released on Friday that included photos of former President Bill Clinton with Epstein. The latest document drop included claims about Trump and Epstein submitted to the FBI before the 2020 election, the Justice Department said.  “The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” the Justice Department said Tuesday.  “To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already. Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims,” the department added.  The documents can be viewed here. The release includes a wide variety of documents, including news article clippings, emails, and court filings. One of the documents includes an email from a federal prosecutor alleging that Trump had been a passenger multiple times on Epstein’s private plane.  “In particular, he is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present,” the email said. “On one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump, and then-20-year-old [redacted]. On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case.” Another document included allegations leveled against Trump by a Dallas limousine driver, who claimed that Trump made “very concerning” remarks in his limo in 1995. According to the FBI document, the driver “noted Trump continuously stated the name ‘Jeffrey’ while on the phone, and made references to abusing some girl.” The claims made by the driver were not substantiated, according to the Justice Department. Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Trump has characterized questions about the Epstein case as a “hoax” perpetrated by Democrats to derail his administration. No evidence has been produced that the president ever engaged in illegal behavior during his previous encounters with Epstein, whom he banned from Mar-a-Lago.  “Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory,” Trump said in a post last month calling for Republicans to support legislation requiring the Justice Department to release the documents.  After signing the disclosure legislation, Trump took aim at Epstein’s connections with major Democrats.  “Perhaps the truth about these Democrats, and their associations with Jeffrey Epstein, will soon be revealed, because I HAVE JUST SIGNED THE BILL TO RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!” Trump said on Truth Social. “This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have!”

If the 2028 Republican primary took place at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest this weekend, Vice President JD Vance would be the Republican nominee in a no-contest election. Vance won in a landslide in the TPUSA straw poll, taking about 85% of the vote from attendees of the group’s annual convention in Arizona. Coming in behind him was Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who received 5% of the straw poll vote.  Vance won the AmericaFest poll by about three percentage points more than President Donald Trump received in the 2023 straw poll. The TPUSA straw poll from AmFest is out. Thread. JD Vance won the 2028 nomination straw poll by more than Donald Trump won the 2024 one we did two years ago. pic.twitter.com/86uJLg3VE2 — Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) December 22, 2025 The poll findings align with what The Daily Wire heard from attendees, who, across the board, said they would back Vance as the 2028 nominee. The Daily Wire also asked college students at AmFest if they would support Vance as the 2028 nominee. All of those who were asked said they would.  “Is the grass green?” Nickolas Peter said, asking if he was excited about the vice president. “JD Vance represents the greatest conservative movement in over 40 years. One that prioritizes Main Street over Wall Street, one that prioritizes the exceptional American culture.” The AmFest crowd erupted in cheers when Vance took the stage, interrupting him with chants of his name and “U.S.A.”  NOW: The crowd goes WILD for Vice President JD Vance. “JD, JD, JD” pic.twitter.com/uQYFexBOye — Brecca Stoll (@breccastoll) December 21, 2025 Vance has stated that he plans to wait until after the 2026 midterm elections to talk to President Trump about a possible presidential run. “I’m very focused on the midterm elections. Then after that, I’m going to sit down with the president of the United States and talk to him about it.”   The vice president has told the American people he is committed to the job he got elected to do. He said Americans are “fed up with folks who are already running for the next job, seven months into the current one.”  He also added that there are a lot of great people on the Republican and national side, so if he ended up running, it would not be a given that he would win. He has rejected the idea that other potential candidates, including Rubio, are his rivals.  “I don’t feel like that at all…Marco is a colleague,” Vance said. “If Marco eventually runs for president, then we can cross that bridge when we come to it…it’s a long ways in the future.”  In the meantime, Vance says, “I’m going to try to do my best job, and I think if I do that, the politics will figure itself out.” The AmFest polling also found that nearly nine out of ten conference attendees view Israel as an ally, believe the biggest threat to the United States is radical Islam, and widely support the job being done by Trump’s cabinet. The most popular cabinet members, according to the straw poll, are Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem, who each have over 90% approval from the AmFest crowd.

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