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Government shutdown knowledge: gaming out its potential end

“I know that I know nothing” – Socrates”You don’t know nothing” – Baseball Legend Yogi BerraSocrates may have been claiming ignorance, Berra was talking about baseball, but both may as well have been talking about the government shutdown.So when will it end?”You shouldn’t ask me because I’m the guy who said it’ll only last five days,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said on Fox.

Exclusive — Andy Ngo: Antifa in Retreat, Weakest They’ve Been in Decade

On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” journalist Post Millennial Senior Editor Andy Ngo discussed the state of Antifa. Ngo stated that footage from Portland doesn’t have a lot of people wearing the usual Antifa uniform and part of that is due
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Exclusive — Sen. Sheehy: Zohran Mamdani the Real Leader of the Democrat Party, Chuck Schumer Working for Him

On Wednesday’s episode of “The Alex Marlow Show” podcast, Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) said the government shutdown “is about the survival of Chuck Schumer and his primary that he’s going to lose to AOC, and it’s about a party that has lost a message and has no messengers.”
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Trading barbs from light-hearted to vicious, mayoral candidates make final appeal to New Yorkers

New York City mayoral contenders relentlessly criticized their opponents as they made their final pitch to voters Wednesday night in the last debate before early voting starts Saturday. Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, Independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa once again traded barbs on the debate stage, meeting for the second time in less than a week.

Trump reveals how US military is going to crack down on drug smugglers on land

Speaking from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump said the U.S. will “hit” drug smugglers attempting to enter the U.S. by land after a series of lethal strikes on cartel boats at sea.The president was questioned about his use of military force to crack down on drug smugglers in the Caribbean and Pacific following the eighth such strike in recent weeks.

Trump’s War Against Narco-Terrorists at Sea Expands to Pacific Ocean

In a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s maritime war on narco-terrorism, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the first lethal military strike outside the Caribbean Sea — targeting and destroying a drug-smuggling vessel off Colombia’s Pacific coast.
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Merkley nearly breaks Booker’s filibuster record, wins his praise for fighting ‘Trump’s authoritarian tactics’

Democrats pulled out all the stops Wednesday to delay the vote on a short-term spending bill to reopen the government, the 12th time the Senate has considered the measure since the government entered a shutdown Oct. 1.Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., embarked on a nearly 24-hour speech at 6:23 p.m. Tuesday, concluding his remarks at 5 p.m. the next day. Merkley, 68, warned viewers of the authoritarianism he said had become a facet of the Trump administration.

Exclusive — Top 9/11 Lawyer: ‘We Can’t Let Mamdani Near City Hall’

Survivors, first responders, and victims’ families from the 9/11 community are “disgusted and outraged” by Zohran Mamdani’s decision to campaign and pose for a smiling photo with a radical imam once named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, said leading 9/11 attorney Michael Barasch.
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Marlow Warns ‘Judicial Coup’ Forming to Arrest ICE Agents, Enable Criminals

On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed a recent court ruling on ICE. Marlow said, “So, if ICE wants someone who’s being detained and ICE coordinates with the courthouse…and this person is released and ICE
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Marlow: Trans Americans Threaten to Leave Country. Trump Voters Say ‘I Voted for This’

On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed an article on transgender people leaving the U.S. Marlow stated, “I’ve got to tell you, how many of you in the audience are thinking, if transgender Americans are
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Trump warns ‘I’d rather have a Democrat than a communist’ as NYC mayoral race enters homestretch

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he believes New York City could soon elect a “communist” mayor and signaled he’d prefer a Democrat to take the reins at City Hall over a far-left candidate.Asked during a White House press gaggle whether he’d urge Republican Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the race, Trump didn’t endorse anyone, but made clear his concern about current polling with just two weeks to go until Election Day.

GOP lawmakers warn Trump’s Argentina beef proposal could rattle US ranchers

FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is raising concerns about the potential effects of the U.S. importing Argentinian beef after President Donald Trump floated the idea earlier this week.Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., is leading seven other House GOP lawmakers in a letter to the president on Tuesday evening, warning the potential plan has rattled the multibillion-dollar American ranching industry.

Racist text scandal sinks Trump nominee for government watchdog post

Paul Ingrassia withdrew his nomination to lead a government watchdog agency on Tuesday after his inflammatory rhetoric came to a head this week in a report about race-fueled text messages he purportedly sent.Ingrassia’s decision to remove himself from consideration to head the Office of Special Counsel came two days before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs was set to consider his nomination.

GOP senator predicts Trump’s next move in Venezuela amid Hezbollah’s influence: ‘Long past due’

Hezbollah’s growing foothold in Latin America has found its epicenter in Venezuela, where U.S. lawmakers and former counterterror officials say the Maduro regime has turned the country into a safe haven for one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups, giving it access to drug trafficking routes, forged documents and a gateway to the Western Hemisphere.