Source: SFGate
“The Trump administration on Tuesday designated another Latin American drug cartel as a foreign terrorist organization, increasing financial pressure on its members and opening the door to potential military action against them. The U.S. State Department said Clan del Golfo, which is based in Colombia, has been listed both as a foreign and a global terrorist group, calling it a ‘violent and powerful criminal organization’ that uses cocaine trafficking to fund violent activities. ‘Clan del Golfo is responsible for terrorist attacks against public officials, law enforcement and military personnel, and civilians in Colombia’, the statement said. The designation comes after the Trump administration in September added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in almost 30 years.” (12/16/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/the-us-labels-another-latin-american-cartel-a-21246374.php
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Lawrence W Reed
“Have you ever received a letter that changed your life? On July 4, 1775, a full year before the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, a 20-year-old Connecticut man named Nathan Hale received such a letter. It was from his Yale classmate Benjamin Tallmadge, who was on the front lines as a secret agent for the Americans while the British lay siege to Boston. … Tallmadge’s letter inspired Hale to accept a commission two days later as first lieutenant in Colonel Charles Webb’s 7th Connecticut Regiment. The teacher was now officially a soldier and a spy in a hastily organized, ragtag Colonial army. The enemy? Nothing less than the world’s greatest military power. Fourteen months later, Hale would be dead at the age of 21 and enter American history as one of its bravest patriots.” (12/16/25)
https://fee.org/articles/a-hero-americans-must-never-forget/
Source: KALB 5 News
“A man was injured in what the Alexandria Police Department is calling a self-defense shooting on Marthas Drive …. APD said officers responded to a shooting call in the 5900 block of Marthas Drive. They learned that Avery Lewis, 31, had been shot after he jumped into a parked delivery truck in a threatening manner, and the driver, Robin Volson, shot him in self-defense. Volson then called the police. Lewis was moderately injured and was taken to a hospital.” (12/15/25)
https://www.kalb.com/2025/12/16/man-shot-self-defense-marthas-drive-alexandria/
Source: Aaron Ross Powell
“Opposition Media versus Complicit Media (w/ Adam Gurri).” (12/15/25)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/095-opposition-media-versus-complicit-media-w-adam-gurri/id1614436300?i=1000741404389
Source: Wast No More Time
by Nicholas Sarwark
“Unless you are in healthcare compliance law or live in Louisiana, you probably don’t know Beth Vest. If you’re not in Colorado or a parliamentary procedure nerd, you probably don’t know Caryn Ann Harlos. But these two women stood up against one of Donald Trump’s dirtiest political tricks and did what a complacent Libertarian National Committee failed to do: force the resignation of Angela McArdle as Chair of the Libertarian National Committee. … Beth Vest and Caryn Ann Harlos did what nobody else on the Libertarian National Committee was willing to do. They saw LNC officer misconduct and they filed suit to make it stop. Angela McArdle resigned and the misconduct stopped. But there’s still the matter of the legal bills.” (12/15/25)
https://nsarwark.substack.com/p/on-standing-up-against-corruption
Source: New York Post
by Liz Peek
“The Grinch is stealing hundreds of billions of dollars of welfare benefits from America’s needy, and Democrats couldn’t care less. The broadening scandal in Minnesota, where Somali criminals allegedly stole more than a billion dollars in taxpayer funds under the indulgent eyes of Democrat Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and other state officials, is the tip of the iceberg. All around the country, there is growing evidence that programs meant to serve the poor, the hungry and the homeless have been scammed; rather than investigate the frauds and prosecute those responsible, Democrats denounce efforts by those trying to stop the theft.” (12/16/25)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liz-peek-minnesotas-fraud-scandal-exposes-democrats-indifference-needy
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Canada will now extend automatic citizenship to children born or adopted abroad to a Canadian parent also born outside the country. There are conditions to the ‘Lost Canadian’ rules that came into effect on Monday – the Canadian parent must show a substantial connection’ to the country by having spent at least three years there prior to their child’s birth or adoption. ‘Lost Canadians’ refers to people who lost or never acquired citizenship because of what Ottawa deemed ‘outdated provisions’ of its citizenship laws. The changes on Monday stem from a 2023 Ontario court decision that ruled parts of the law limiting citizenship by descent were unconstitutional. The court ruling came after the federal government under former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper passed a law in 2009 that removed the automatic right to citizenship for descendants of Canadians born abroad.” (12/16/25)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgkj8gpkgwo
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“The news this last weekend show that the end of 2025 is no better than the rest of the year. We aren’t talking about the traditional holiday wars on what decorations can be put where, and what people can use as greetings for the season. Or even what songs can be sung or broadcast. Nope, we are talking about shooting, knifing, and other ways of killing people.” (12/15/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/12/15/holiday-wars-at-full-blast-eh/
Source: US News & World Report
“Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have said they would withdraw from the eastern Congo town of Uvira at the request of the U.S. administration, which had criticised seizure of the town last week as a threat to mediation efforts. The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday that Rwanda’s actions in eastern Congo violated the Washington Accords and vowed to ‘take action to ensure promises made to the President are kept.’ Rwanda denies supporting M23 and has blamed Congolese and Burundian forces for the renewed fighting.” (12/16/25)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-16/rwanda-backed-m23-group-says-it-will-withdraw-from-seized-congo-town-after-us-request
Source: Lions of Liberty
“10 Health Rules to Survive the Holidays and Launch Strong Into 2026.” (12/15/25)
https://www.lionsofliberty.com/episodes/ff-10-health-rules-to-survive-the-holidays-and-launch-strong-into-2026
