Written by Robert Knight
A city board in northwestern Virginia voted Tuesday to remove the Pledge of Allegiance as the opener for its meetings.
One of the Winchester Planning Commission’s liberal female members blew off the tradition as “pageantry,” and another called it “unnecessary.” Without discussion, they voted 4-2 to toss the Pledge into the hopper.
This is in line with what Democrats are doing to Virginia now that they have taken total control in Richmond.… Continue Reading
Tags: Abigail Spanberger, Feeding Our Future, Ilhan Omar, Islamophobia, Jacob Frey, Jim Crow, Joe Biden, Josh Hawley, Keith Ellison, MEALS Act, Pledge of Allegiance, Scott W. Johnson, Sharia, Tim Walz, Winchester Planning Commission, Zohran Mamdani
Federal Issues, Voter Integrity | David E. Smith | 
February 24, 2026 5:00 AM | 
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Written by Robert Knight
The multibillion-dollar Somali welfare scandal in Minnesota continues to grow, even as Democrats do their best to tamp it down.
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, who represents the Twin Cities area and is a naturalized citizen from Somalia, lamented the fraud but said the focus on Somalis was because of bigotry. She wrote a column for The New York Times accusing President Trump of “hate speech” and “racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and division.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Biden Administration, Cloward-Piven Strategy, Department of Homeland Security, Feeding Our Future, Frances Fox Piven, government health care, Ilhan Omar, Justice Department, Kamala Harris, Keith Ellison, Milton Friedman, National Review, Nick Shirley, Peggy Flanagan, President Donald J. Trump, Quran, Richard Cloward, Somali daycare fraud, The New York Times, Tim Walz, Washington Post
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith | January 6, 2026 7:00 AM | Comments Off on A Welfare State Without Borders Is a License to Steal
