The US Military blew up three drug boats traveling in a close formation as a convoy on Tuesday.
It is unclear where the strikes occurred; the US Southern Command said the vessels were operating in international waters.
At least 3 narco-terrorists were killed in the strikes. The military did not say what happened to the remaining narco-terrorists who abandoned their vessels.
“On Dec. 30, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted kinetic strikes against three narco-trafficking vessels traveling as a convoy,” US Southern Command said on Wednesday.
“These vessels were operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and had transferred narcotics between the three vessels prior to the strikes. Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the first engagement,” they said.
The US Coast Guard was notified to activate its search and rescue system.
“The remaining narco-terrorists abandoned the other two vessels, jumping overboard and distancing themselves before follow-on engagements sank their respective vessels. Following the engagements, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified @USCG to activate the Search and Rescue system,” SOUTHCOM added.
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At least 30 drug boats have been blown up in Operation Southern Spear since late 2025.
More than 100 narco-terrorists have been killed in the strikes as the Trump Administration ramps up pressure on the Maduro Regime.
Meanwhile, the Democrats are attacking President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for vaporizing the drug boats.
In addition to a previous memo that labeled Fentanyl a chemical weapon to justify the drug boat strikes, President Trump signed an executive order earlier this month designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
The US Coast Guard has also seized at least two sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.
Liberal Europeans are protesting for the right to euthanasia, even for minors and babies in some countries. Composite illustration from Xinhua and screen grab.
Since World War II, Europeans have consistently turned away from the Church, and public policy has become more secular and more liberal, with same-sex marriage, gender identity policies, and abortion becoming widespread.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide have become legal in several European countries. The Netherlands became the first country to legalize euthanasia in 2002, followed by Belgium the same year, Luxembourg in 2009, and Spain in 2021. Portugal passed a euthanasia law in May 2023, though it remains unimplemented pending government regulation.
In November 2024, the United Kingdom voted to advance assisted dying legislation for England and Wales that would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to request assistance to end their lives. France’s parliament is debating assisted dying legislation as of 2025. Switzerland has permitted assisted suicide since 1942, though active euthanasia remains illegal. Germany, Austria, and Italy allow assisted suicide under certain conditions based on constitutional court rulings, though comprehensive legislation is still being developed in these countries.
Belgium is the most permissive country, having removed all age restrictions on euthanasia in 2014. Children of any age can request euthanasia if they are terminally ill, demonstrate understanding of their choice, and have parental consent.
The Netherlands allows euthanasia for minors aged 12-15 with parental consent, and ages 16-17 with parental consultation. Netherlands also permits euthanasia for infants under one year through the Groningen Protocol, and in 2024 extended this to children aged 1-12 who cannot consent themselves but are suffering from incurable terminal illnesses.
Twelve European countries allow legal gender recognition based on self-determination, permitting individuals to change their official gender marker on identity documents without medical requirements. In some countries, this extends to children and adolescents under 18. Policies vary, with requirements ranging from parental consent or court approval to minimum age thresholds, while some allow self-declaration and others require medical diagnosis.
All EU member states except Hungary, Latvia, and Romania provide access to hormone therapy (testosterone and estrogen) for gender transition purposes. Public health funding for gender transition varies across countries.
The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Denmark provide full coverage through national health insurance for gender transition hormone therapy and surgeries, though Denmark has some limitations on estrogen coverage.
Most other EU countries provide some level of public health coverage for gender transition procedures. Estonia, Lithuania, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, and Romania provide limited or no coverage for various gender transition procedures.
Croatia does not cover gender-affirming surgeries through national insurance at all. The Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, and Malta have the most comprehensive coverage for gender transition healthcare.
Eighteen EU member states permit puberty blockers for minors. Fourteen member states provide over 70 percent public health funding for puberty blockers. Almost all member states that allow puberty blockers also permit hormone therapy for minors, except Estonia and Slovenia. Two-thirds of EU countries still allow transgender youth at least some access to puberty blockers as of 2025.
Several European countries have recently restricted access to puberty blockers for minors. The United Kingdom banned puberty blockers for under-18s in December 2024, though patients already receiving them can continue and clinical trials are exempted. Sweden allows treatments for minors only within a research context and for exceptional cases since 2022.
Finland recommended in 2020 that minors first receive psychological support, with medical treatment only after being made aware of risks. France’s National Academy of Medicine recommended in 2022 the greatest reserve regarding puberty blockers for minors.
Norway’s Healthcare Investigation Board recommended in 2023 that puberty blockers be defined as experimental treatment. Germany’s 2025 guidelines discourage puberty blockers and reject surgeries for nonbinary adolescents, though the position on hormones is less clear.
Most European countries allow abortion on request, typically between 10 and 14 weeks. Fifteen countries have expanded abortion access since 2021. Sweden ranks highest for abortion access, scoring 94.6 percent on the European Abortion Policies Atlas, followed by France at 85.2 percent and the Netherlands at 80.3 percent. Public support for legal abortion reaches 95 percent in Sweden and at least 75 percent in nearly every European country, with Poland as an exception at 56 percent support.
France enshrined abortion as a right in its Constitution in 2024. Ireland, which until the 1970s was one of the most Catholic countries in the world, voted to repeal its abortion ban in a 2018 referendum.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, Andorra maintains a total ban with only one exception for life-saving necessity under general criminal law. Criminal penalties can reach up to 10 years imprisonment. Malta has nearly completely banned abortion with a 3.7 percent score, permitting the procedure only when a woman’s life is in grave jeopardy from medical complication or immediate risk of death.
Malta imposes criminal penalties of 18 months to three years for women and 18 months to four years for providers who perform abortions, including lifetime medical license bans.
Poland maintains highly restrictive laws with an 18.6 percent score. Abortion is legal only for rape, incest, or threat to the mother’s life or health. A 2020 Constitutional Tribunal ruling eliminated the fetal abnormality exception, creating a de facto ban. The ruling sparked the largest protests in Poland since the fall of communism.
Liechtenstein permits abortion only when there is a life or health risk or in cases of rape. Monaco allows abortion for life or health risk, rape, or severe fetal impairment. Monaco recently liberalized from a total ban, with around 5 to 10 cases per year expected.
The Faroe Islands currently restrict abortion to cases involving life risk, health risk, fetal defect, or rape. However, legislation passed in December 2025 will allow abortion on request up to 12 weeks beginning July 1, 2026.
Slovakia faces new constitutional amendments from September 2025 that will restrict abortion. Croatia has ongoing attempts to impose barriers on abortion access.
Hungary presents a complex situation. Abortion remains technically legal until 12 weeks of pregnancy for socioeconomic reasons, but the Orbán government has erected barriers. Hungary’s 2012 constitution states that fetal life must be protected from conception. A 2022 law requires women to listen to fetal vital signs or heartbeat before abortion.
The law mandates counseling sessions at least twice with the Family Protection Service and a 72-hour waiting period. Hungary banned medical abortion in 2012, allowing only surgical abortions. Mandatory documentation and referrals create administrative obstacles. High rates of conscientious objection among doctors and public hospitals increasingly refusing to provide abortions create long waiting lists, often over a month.
Italy passed a new law allowing anti-abortion groups into counseling centers, creating additional barriers to access.
Across Europe and across the world, while there are exceptions, Slovakia and Croatia are the only notable cases moving in a more restrictive direction. France constitutionalized abortion in 2024, Ireland shifted from deeply Catholic to repealing its abortion ban, and the Faroe Islands will liberalize abortion in 2026. Overall, the trend moves in one direction: greater liberalization and normalization of abortion and transgender ideology.
A defund-the-police organization bailed out a repeat domestic abuser who went on to strangle and slash his ex-girlfriend to death in front of their children.
Mohamed Adan, 36, had a documented history of violent assaults against Racheal Abraham, 36, the mother of two of his kids.
Adan was sentenced last week for the murder, and the prosecutor did not hold back in placing blame for Abraham’s death on the leftist activists who helped free him.
Despite clear warnings and multiple arrests, the Portland Freedom Fund, a now-defunct group dedicated to abolishing police and highlighting racial disparities in the bail system, paid $2,000 to secure his release.
Within days, Adan violated a no-contact order, attacked Abraham in her Portland apartment, and killed her by strangling her and slashing her face and arms.
In May 2022, Adan, high on methamphetamine and cocaine, strangled and punched Abraham in the head.
He was arrested again in June of that year, for another strangulation incident where he threatened, “I should kill you!”
Judge Benjamin Bushong released him on GPS monitoring, which Adan promptly removed.
On August 11, he was rearrested for beating Abraham with prayer beads.
Nine days later, on August 20, the Portland Freedom Fund stepped in, posting bail despite Abraham’s pleas to the court that “statistics show that strangulation cases lead to homicide. I don’t want to be a victim.”
Adan disabled another GPS tracker, hunted her down, and committed the murder while three of her children were home.
On Tuesday, Adan pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility after 25 years.
Senior prosecutor Melissa Marrero didn’t mince words at the sentencing, saying, “The Portland Freedom Fund, thinking it knew better than law enforcement professionals, decided to bail him out. It cost her her life.”
The New York Post reports, “The Portland Freedom Fund, which aimed to ‘bring attention to the racial disparity in the cash bail system,’ shut down in September 2022.”
This Portland tragedy is far from an isolated incident.
Bail funds tied to leftist causes, often amplified during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, have repeatedly freed repeat offenders who go on to commit heinous crimes.
In one recent case, the BLM-linked Bail Project paid $500 to release Donnie Allen, a 25-year-old with at least 10 prior arrests since 2019, many involving violence at public transit stations.
Allen was out on bail for drug possession and breaking and entering when, just five days later on December 14, he allegedly shot and killed 47-year-old Ben McComas at a Cleveland transit station.
Allen now faces aggravated murder charges, but his bond was controversially reduced from $1 million to $5,000 by Judge Joy Kennedy, a bail reform advocate who has publicly stated that such policies are needed to address “inequities within the criminal justice system.”
Similar patterns emerge in other cases across the country:
George Howard was bailed out by the Minnesota Freedom Fund on a domestic assault charge in 2021. Three weeks later, he fatally shot Luis Damian Martinez Ortiz in a road-rage incident in Minneapolis and was charged with second-degree murder.
Michael Sendejo, a homeless man with a violent history, was released by the Northwest Community Bail Fund in Seattle in spring 2021 after assault and theft charges. In June 2021, he strangled and stabbed Bradley Arabie to death, leading to a second-degree murder conviction in October 2022.
Marcus Garvin was freed by The Bail Project in Indiana in January 2021 on reduced bail for stabbing a gas station customer. By summer 2021, he murdered his girlfriend, Christie Holt, during an argument and faces murder charges.
Jaycee Thompson, with nine felony convictions and 25 arrests, was bailed out by the Northwest Community Bail Fund in April 2022 for motor vehicle theft. In June 2022, he murdered Anthony Gonzalez during a crime spree in Seattle, facing charges including second-degree murder and kidnapping.
Kylan Houle, a repeat offender with 20 felony convictions, was released by the Northwest Community Bail Fund months before allegedly breaking into Damon Allen’s home in Skyway, Washington, in May 2022 and shooting him dead.
Bail funds surged in popularity and funding after George Floyd died in 2020, raising millions from celebrity donors and leftist activists.
Groups like the Minnesota Freedom Fund saw revenues explode from $231,000 in 2019 to $41.6 million in 2020, but investigations revealed that many bailed individuals violently reoffended.
It is clear that leftist virtue signaling has deadly consequences, and it’s time to hold those responsible accountable.
President Trump on Wednesday announced he is removing National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland… for now.
Trump previously mobilized Texas National Guard Troops and sent them to Chicago to protect ICE agents from violent far-left Antifa terrorists.
However, a battle played out in the courts after a federal judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and blocked the deployment.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the lower court’s order blocking the troop deployment.
The appeals court judges agreed with the Biden judge’s assertion that there was “insufficient evidence of rebellion or a danger of a rebellion.”
In October, President Trump asked the US Supreme Court to intervene and allow National Guard troops to be deployed in Chicago.
After a temporary loss in the Supreme Court, Trump said he is withdrawing the troops for now.
“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that CRIME has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities, and ONLY by that fact. Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago were GONE if it weren’t for the Federal Government stepping in.
“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only a question of time!” Trump said.
“It is hard to believe that these Democrat Mayors and Governors, all of whom are greatly incompetent, would want us to leave, especially considering the great progress that has been made??? President DJT,” Trump said.
Trump’s announcement comes after the US Supreme Court late last month kept the block on Trump’s National Guard deployment in Chicago in place… for now.
The high court rejected President Trump’s request to halt the lower court’s order in a 6-3 decision.
Conservative Justices Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito dissented.
A Somali daycare manager on Tuesday claimed all “important documents” were stolen from Nokomis Day Care Center in Minneapolis after a mysterious break-in.
Nokomis Day Care Center was one of the Somali-owned daycare centers featured in journalist Nick Shirley’s video reporting on widespread fraud in the Somali community.
Nick Shirley uncovered at least $110 million in Somali daycare fraud in one day.
The manager, Nasrulah Mohamed, blamed Nick Shirley for the break-in; however, no one is buying the claims.
“Yesterday morning, I was called by the owner because, unfortunately, someone came into our daycare… we saw that the suspect came in from the back and broke in from the back kitchen, and he also destroyed the wall to come in,” Mohamed said.
“Our office doors was broke into as well. We saw that, unfortunately, important documentation, enrollment of the children, and also employee documentation, that was gone! There were also checkbooks that were ripped,” he said.
Mohamed continued, “This is devastating news! And we don’t know why this is targeting our Somali community, as one video made by a specific individual made this all happen,” he said, blaming journalist Nick Shirley for exposing some of the daycare fraud.
Mohamed claimed his daycare is receiving threatening messages because of Nick Shirley’s reporting.
“This is frightening and exhausting,” he said. “This is also sad that a video could cause all of this.
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The Somalis showed CBS News where the vandals supposedly broke into the facility.
The burglars just knew exactly where to go and conveniently stole only the “important documents” – the documents that could expose the fraud.
Were the vandals also wearing red MAGA hats and shouting, “This is MAGA country!”?
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LMAO! The Somali Daycare who falsely claim someone broke in and stole their “student enrollment” documents are now showing off the where the “burglar” entered
Unfortunately for them though, the cuts in the Sheetrock seem to have been made on the INSIDE
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Wikimedia Commons
As New Year’s Eve celebrations begin across the United States, law enforcement agencies are increasing security measures in major cities.
The increase in security comes one year after a terrorist drove a vehicle bearing an ISIS flag into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.
In a joint bulletin, the FBI and DHS warned agents that lone wolves and small terrorist groups pose the greatest threat at large gatherings on New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Law enforcement agencies in the DMV are conducting security measures to prevent possible vehicle attacks at New Year’s Eve events.
A new threat regarding possible vehicle attacks on New Year’s Eve has been issued by federal law enforcement officials. https://t.co/4tZJh6pfRD
A new warning regarding possible vehicle attacks on New Year’s Eve has been issued by federal law enforcement officials.
Now, police officials in the DMV tell FOX 5 that they’re taking it seriously and plan to have increased security around the New Year’s celebrations.
It’s all in addition to their increased DUI enforcement.The assistant chief of the Montgomery County Police Department tells FOX 5 they have already made 140 drunk driving arrests since Thanksgiving, and 24 last week alone.
Police in both Montgomery County and D.C. tell FOX 5 that they are tracking a New Year’s threat assessment by the FBI and Homeland Security. It warns law enforcement to be on guard and remain vigilant in case of possible terror attacks.
A particular concern is vehicle attacks like the one that killed 14 people in New Orleans last New Year’s Day.
In New Orleans, hundreds of National Guard members have been deployed on Bourbon Street.
National Guard Humvees have been spotted in the French Quarter, blocking off entryways to iconic streets where thousands will be bringing in the New Year.
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National Guard members securing Bourbon Street ahead of NYE celebrations in New Orleans pic.twitter.com/elYiaIz26B
National Monument lighting for America’s 250th birthday year
The Washington Monument is the home of a New Year’s Eve show in Washington, D.C. tonight, and it will serve as the “world’s tallest birthday candle” as America enters its 250th year since the country’s founding on July 4, 1776.
“Tonight, we’re marking a once-in-a-generation moment of our country, and the Washington Monument is going to be lit up as the world’s tallest birthday candle,” Keith Krach, CEO of Freedom 250, the presidential committee planning the country’s 250th birthday celebration, said.
“This is only the second time in the history of the Washington Monument that it’s been lit up like this,” he continued.
“President Trump pledged that America’s 250th birthday would be a celebration worthy of our history, our values, and our future, so you know, freedom 250 was created to help deliver on that promise, and tonight kicks that off, and it’s really about bringing Americans together to celebrate the triumph of the American spirit.”
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Tests of the light show earlier in the week showed a phenomenal display as the White House prepared to tell the story of America.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Tuesday shared a photo of the monument lit up with stars, stripes, and a vertical “250” displayed on the National Mall.
“America’s 250th birthday kicks off on New Year’s Eve! Come join other patriots starting tomorrow night at the Washington Monument to celebrate,” he said.
America’s 250th birthday kicks off on New Year’s Eve! Come join other patriots starting tomorrow night at the Washington Monument to celebrate @250Freedom_! pic.twitter.com/LUUvpBn62f
Video from the test run has a narration of the nation’s beginnings, from Christopher Columbus’s discovery of America.
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The White House communications team shared additional photos of the projections that will be shown, including excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and footage from the moon landing.
TONIGHT: The Illumination of America on the Washington Monument kicks off the celebration of America’s 250th birthday year pic.twitter.com/uGQlE3r2e7
A spokesperson for the group told The Post revelers can expect imagery of George Washington crossing the Delaware River and Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the New World.
A “sweeping visual narrative” of the country’s founding and history will be projected on the Washington Monument every night through Jan. 5.
According to the event flyer, fireworks shows will be held at 12:01 am ET on New Year’s Eve and at 7:55 pm ET on January 5. Live acts will play “at the top of every hour” starting at 7 pm ET tonight.
Tonight, in honor of our Nation’s 250th year, Freedom 250, the organization President Trump (@realDonaldTrump) announced to lead our 250th celebration, will transform the Washington Monument into the world’s tallest birthday candle. From New Year’s Eve through Jan. 5, a six-night… pic.twitter.com/gKN9T3EBUY
Attorney General Pam Bondi just handed the fake news media and radical Democrats a gift-wrapped ammunition to attack President Trump’s unbreakable war on drugs.
Bondi was out there bragging about the Trump administration’s heroic efforts to crush the fentanyl crisis, seize millions of deadly doses at the border, and prosecute cartel scum. But her own graph shows the overdose rates plummeting under crooked BIDEN’S watch.
“Since day one, the Trump Administration and this Department of Justice have been fighting to end the drug epidemic in our country,” she wrote.
“President Trump closed the border. DOJ agents have seized hundreds of millions of potentially lethal fentanyl doses. We are aggressively prosecuting drug traffickers and cartel leaders. These are the results.”
“Elections have consequences,” she added. “Electing President Trump and enforcing the law is saving American lives.”
The chart, straight from the National Institutes of Health, shows national overdose deaths dropping from about 32.5 per 100,000 to 25 between October 2023 and October 2024. Every region – Northeast, Midwest, South, and West – allegedly saw huge declines DURING BIDEN’S FAILED PRESIDENCY.
Deleted tweet from AG Pam Bondi
How in the world does an Attorney General – the top law enforcement officer in the land – screw up this badly?
This kind of blunder gives the leftists exactly what they need to undermine President Trump’s unbreakable momentum.
Radical Dem hack Ted Lieu from California couldn’t resist piling on: “Lol, the truth hurts. @AGPamBondi was glazing Trump again with another lying sycophantic tweet, but the chart she attached stopped in Oct 2024, thus showing the great work done by Joe Biden. She later deleted her tweet.”
Lol, the truth hurts. @AGPamBondi was glazing Trump again with another lying sycophantic tweet, but the chart she attached stopped in Oct 2024, thus showing the great work done by Joe Biden. She later deleted her tweet.
This fiasco comes at the WORST possible time for Bondi, who’s already under fire from REAL Trump patriots for her bungled handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking files. Despite the Epstein Files Transparency Act’s clear deadline, a ton of those explosive documents are allegedly STILL hidden away.
Additionally, Pam Bondi is facing criticism for the DOJ’s alleged inaction on Minnesota fraud, which has been ongoing since 2013.
President Trump has been laser-focused on obliterating the drug cartels since Day One of his triumphant return. Just this month, he signed a bombshell executive order declaring fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction” – empowering the Pentagon and DOJ to go full throttle against these poison-peddling thugs.
He’s ramping up the heat on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, that cartel-loving socialist tyrant, accusing him of flooding our borders with death.
Zohran Mamdani Speaking at a DSA 101 Meeting at the Church of the Village in NYC
New York’s far-left mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, will be sworn in to office using a Quran at an abandoned subway station.
According to The New York Times, Mamdani will be sworn in at midnight on New Year’s Eve inside a decommissioned subway station beneath City Hall that once served as a turnaround for the No. 5 train.
He said the unconventional setting was chosen for its symbolism, framing the ceremony as the start of what he called “inauguration of a new era.”
“It was a physical monument to a city that dared to be both beautiful and build great things that would transform working peoples’ lives,” Mamdani said in a statement.
“That ambition need not be a memory confined only to our past, nor must it be isolated only to the tunnels beneath city hall: it will be the purpose of the administration fortunate enough to serve New Yorkers from the building above.”
He added that he was “humbled by the opportunity to lead millions of New Yorkers into a new era of opportunity, and honored to carry forward our city’s legacy of greatness.”
The station opened in 1904 as one of the city’s original 28 subway stops and was taken out of service in 1945 amid system upgrades.
It later received landmark status from New York City in 1979 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is set to administer Mamdani’s initial oath of office, followed by a second ceremony on the steps of City Hall later Wednesday.
That event will include a separate swearing-in by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and conclude with a block party along Broadway.
Mamdani, whose politics blend a bizarre brand of Islamism with far-left socialism, will be sworn in using a Quran passed down from his grandfather.
He will also use a separate Quran once owned by Arturo Schomburg, a noted Black author and historian.
For the larger public ceremony at City Hall, Mamdani will instead take the oath on Qurans that belonged to both his grandfather and grandmother.
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani stuns New York, putting Ramzi Kassem — 9/11 Al Qaeda defense lawyer — in charge as Chief Counsel
