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Mike Posner, the singer of the 2015 hit "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" -- a song about taking drugs and buying expensive things during his rise to fame, while feeling unfulfilled and struggling to find meaning -- says a lot has changed since he wrote that song 13 years ago, adding that he has since rewritten its lyrics to reflect his life today, which includes having "found faith" and "the love of my life."

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Tuesday on Donald Trump Jr’s podcast "Triggered," Breitbart News senior contributor and author of The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon Peter Schweizer talked about the ultimate goals of groups Bill Gates and George Soros help fund.

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever held a joint press conference at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg.  During the pontificating EU session much anxiety was expressed about the Kingdom of Denmark’s ownership of Greenland and their position to use NATO leverage to remain sovereign […]

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to expedite rebuilding in the Pacific Palisades and Eaton Canyon after wildfires ravaged the Los Angeles communities in January 2025.

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U.S. — The bitterly divided nation has finally agreed on one thing: it is just way too cold to start a civil war right now.

LOS ANGELES, CA — Emergency crews responded to a catastrophic incident at the famous El Capitan Theater in Hollywood last night, where an entire studio audience tragically drowned in a flood of Jimmy Kimmel's tears.

A snowplow driver in Cincinnati, Ohio, is being lavished with praise for his role in helping rescue a sick baby during a harsh winter storm. 

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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan has urged Minnesotans to take trainings to monitor Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and to support groups that organize opposition to ICE on the ground.

Her support came after the death of Renee Good at the hands of ICE while she appeared to have been using her car to interfere with ICE operations. It came before anti-ICE agitators invaded Cities Church in St. Paul in the middle of a service, and before a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, who—like Good—had reportedly joined an “ICE Watch” group.

Activists claim to be training “legal observers” merely to observe ICE activities and to alert the neighborhood to the presence of agents. However, some of the anti-ICE groups have also trained to directly oppose ICE operations, either by using their cars to block arrests or by using their bodies to prevent ICE from arresting illegal aliens.

Flanagan’s Comments

“Everyone is less safe because ICE is on our streets,” Flanagan, a Democrat, said in a Jan. 14 Instagram video from her personal account. In addition to serving as the state’s lieutenant governor, she is running for U.S. Senate in the November elections.

“On the local level, I’m asking you to sign up for a legal observer training, so that you can protect your neighbors when they need it,” she adds. “Our phones and our ability to document unconstitutional behavior is one of the most powerful tools that we have in this fight.”

“The Immigrant Defense Network and Monarca both offer trainings for folks to learn more about their rights and how to become legal observers,” Flanagan explains. “I’ve taken the training and I hope that you’ll join me. And for folks that are watching outside of state, please contribute to these organizations who are doing the important work here in Minnesota.”

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Monarca and Unidos

Monarca, whose training Flanagan endorsed, describes itself as a “coalition of thousands” that has “trained over 20,000 everyday Minnesotans as neighborhood observers to help protect people’s rights where it matters most—on the ground, in our communities.”

The project hosts a “rapid response line” for people to report ICE sightings, along with trainings on the First Amendment (the rights to observe ICE) and Fourth Amendment (the right to keep ICE out of your home without a warrant).

The 501(c)(3) nonprofit Unidos MN appears to have launched Monarca as a project.

Unidos MN has helped organize sit-ins at Target locations and listed a set of demands: that the company distance itself from ICE; post placards warning ICE not to enter franchise locations without a warrant; and prevent ICE from using Target parking lots as staging areas.

Flanagan’s necklace in the Instagram video resembles the butterfly logo of Monarca.

The Immigrant Defense Network

Flanaga also endorsed the training of the Immigrant Defense Network, which describes itself as “a network of over 90 immigrant, labor, legal, faith, and community organizations” working as “a community resource hub, immigration policy watchdog, and engine for rapid response to violations of immigrant rights & due process.”

Its “rapid response strategy includes maintaining helpline infrastructure, deploying observers, and organizing public demonstrations.”

The group’s website explains that “Immigrant Defense Network is a project of COPAL Education Fund,” so donations go to the Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accíon Latina. The Bush Foundation (no relation to the former presidents) gave COPAL a $995,000 24-month grant last year to set up the network.

COPAL hosts a hotline for people to call when spotting ICE. The New York Times described COPAL as being “on the front lines of anti-ICE operations.”

The Daily Signal reached out to Flanagan’s U.S. Senate campaign, the office of Gov. Tim Walz, Unidos and COPAL for comment.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is facing intensifying political pressure after a Daily Mail and JL Partners survey reported her approval rating at 33%, as Democrats threatened to impeach her, and President Donald Trump signaled she would remain in her role.

Severely disappointed U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff was seen smashing her tennis racket to pieces after a brutal loss at the Australian Open.

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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies and universities to immediately freeze all H-1B visa petitions in a letter to state agency heads on Tuesday. Abbott wrote that the Texas economy should “work for the benefit of Texas workers and Texas employers.” The governor cited “recent reports of abuse” and the federal government’s “ongoing review” […]

Late-night television host Stephen Colbert's ratings declined sharply in a critical advertising demographic in the months leading up to the announced cancellation of his CBS talk show, according to Nielsen data cited by Breitbart.

Alpha Foxtrot’s Attila brings compensation, red-dot capability, and Glock 48 S15 mag compatibility to a slim, carry-focused 1911 platform.

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Zohran Mamdani’s policy and funding proposals could precipitate an economic and political crisis in New York City reminiscent of the movements that led to Communist China, the Soviet Union, or Socialist Venezuela.  

To finance this red vision, New York’s mayor proposes an additional 2% income tax to New York City’s non-corporate businesses and residents making over $1 million annually.  

He claims that this revenue will address residents’ affordability concerns by allowing the government to provide discounted or free services. These socialist policies range from rent freezes, affordable housing, city-owned grocery stores, free buses, no-cost childcare, and mandating a $30 minimum wage.  

For a city that consistently issues municipal bonds to attempt to escape its debt, piling on more anti-growth taxes will only exacerbate these problems.   

There is a catch to Mamdani’s policies that his campaign ads never mentioned: The city requires state approval to raise its local income tax rate. 

Mamdani has campaigned on promises he can’t keep. Neither the mayor nor City Hall can “flip a switch” because an income tax hike is subject to Albany’s budget process.  

Even assuming his plan is hypothetically supported, it would impose an additional 2% penalty tax on millionaires’ incomes—which includes small businesses that file individual income taxes. For example, someone making $1 million will pay the top local marginal tax rate of 3.9% on top of an additional $20,000 in penalty tax. 

Notably, New Yorkers already pay exorbitant taxes at all three levels of government, making it the most burdensome in the country. Federal income taxes range from 10 to 37%, New York state income taxes range from 4 to 10.9%, and New York local income taxes range from 3.1 to 3.9%.

While the lowest earners pay 0% in taxes by using standard deductions and exemptions, highest earners can see combined income tax burdens up to 52%. 

Mamdani claims that “new millionaires are minted every year,” as if that justifies levying additional taxes on New Yorkers. The mayor ignores the innumerable benefits that high-income individuals, often entrepreneurs and business owners, have on society and the economy.  

These entrepreneurs and innovators are significant drivers of investment and broad-based economic growth. Their businesses contribute to employment, and their wealth contributes millions of dollars in tax revenue for local, state, and federal governments.  

The primary ethical justification thrown out by Mamdani for raising taxes is that the “rich don’t pay their fair share.” But according to IRS filings, the top 1% of earners pay 40.4% of all income taxes and the top 10% pay a 72% share. 

According to the Citizens Budget Commission, New York millionaires are less than 1% of resident filers, yet they already pay about 40% of New York City’s and 44% of New York state’s personal income tax.  

When the city relies this much on heavily taxing so very few households, changes in their income or residency have outsized budget effects. There is no doubt that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. 

If high earners relocate to states or suburbs with lower rates, they take with them their purchasing power, taxable income, and businesses which create jobs. 

By imposing disproportional income taxes and ignoring the realities of modern hybrid work, Mamdani will imperil municipal budgets as both capital and the wealthy mobile population flee from socialist policies. Consequently, this will undermine funding for the very social services Mamdani has promised.   

New York doesn’t have to adopt Florida’s budgeting acumen overnight, but it does need to keep the people and businesses who pay the bills. Implementing a new 2% penalty tax on high earners and their businesses, on top of the current marginal rates, is a gamble with the city’s budget and economic ecosystem that will detrimentally impact residents. 

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