FBI arrests suspect in 2021 DNC and RNC pipe bomb case; Trump at National Christmas Tree Lighting: ‘Jesus brought promise of salvation for every person and nation’; SCOTUS clears way for Texas to enact new Congressional map; Court rules Michigan SOS Benson can’t manipulate voter rolls; Letitia James wriggles off the hook – again; Papal commission votes against ordaining women deacons; Pope Leo’s childhood home in Chicago suburb now historic landmark; and more
FBI officials say J6 pipe bomb case cracked after it languished under Biden admin
Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Thursday the arrest of a suspect in the Jan. 6 pipe bomb case after it languished for years under the Biden administration, crediting a fresh look at the case and a new team for the breakthrough.
“Today’s arrests happened because the Trump administration made it a priority,” Bondi said at a press conference. “The cold case languished for years, until Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino came to the FBI.”
She said that no new evidence was uncovered, but that a fresh review of the case spearheaded by Bongino breathed new life into the case.
Read more at Just the News; read more also at The Stream
US Attorney General Addresses Nation after Arrest in 2021 Pipe Bomb Case
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Finally an arrest: Brian J. Cole, Jr. for allegedly planting pipe bombs in DC on January 5, 2021
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Pipe Bomb Case Was the Trigger for January 6th Events: Joshua Philipp
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National Christmas Tree Lighting at the White House
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President Trump’s Message at the Christmas Tree Lighting – ‘Christmas reminds us of the sacred truth that every child is specially made in the image of God’
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POTUS meets with family of National Guardsman wounded in DC
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White House Flags lowered to half staff in honor of slain guardsman Sarah Beckstrom
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ICE Arrests Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens During Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis Including Pedophiles, Domestic Abusers, and Gang Members
Today [Dec. 4, 2025], U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced they have arrested some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including child sex offenders, domestic abusers, and violent gang members, during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Sanctuary policies and politicians like Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey allowed these pedophiles, domestic terrorists, and gang members to roam the streets and terrorize Americans,” said Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “ICE law enforcement are risking their lives to protect Minnesotans while their own elected officials sit by and do nothing. No matter when and where, ICE will find, arrest, and deport ALL criminal illegal aliens.”
Below are some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE since launching Operation Metro Surge on December 1, 2025 …
Read more at Homeland Security
Tim Walz complains people drive by his house shouting the “R” word
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SCOTUS Clears The Way For Texas To Enact New Congressional Map
In a major defeat for Democrats, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily paused a lower court injunction that attempted to prevent Texas from enacting its new congressional map. The ruling guarantees that the map will be used for the 2026 midterm elections.
In its Thursday order, the high court granted Texas’ request to temporarily stay an injunction issued by a three-judge district court last month. As The Federalist’s Brianna Lyman reported, in its order, the lower court’s majority (2-1) argued that the Lone Star State’s new congressional map — which could help Republicans net five additional seats — “appears to be a race-based gerrymander (which is illegal).”
Read more at The Federalist
A Win for Election Integrity in Michigan
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Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
The Justice Department on Thursday failed to secure an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News.
The presentation to the grand jury came less than two weeks after the original criminal case against her was dismissed.
James, a frequent political target of President Donald Trump’s who had successfully brought a fraud lawsuit against him, had previously been indicted by a grand jury on one charge of bank fraud and another of making false statements to a financial institution.
Read more at NBC
Christian Student Wins Battle to Start Pro-Life Group at Her College
A Christian college student in California has successfully established a pro-life club on her campus, overcoming an initial rejection by school administrators who cited concerns over political affiliations, in a win for pro-life advocates.
Linda-Isabella Rendon, a sophomore pre-nursing major at Vanguard University, founded the group after her application to start a chapter of Students for Life of America was denied earlier this year. The private Christian university rejected the proposal, stating it did not permit political or ideological student organizations.
Rendon met with university President Michael Beals following the denial, but the decision remained unchanged. Students for Life intervened by sending a letter on November 19, signed by its attorney, to Beals and Vice President for Student Development Amanda Lebrecht. The letter accused the school of a “lack of cooperation” and emphasized the club’s alignment with Christian values.
Read more at LifeNews
President Trump is a champion in the fight for ‘Venezuelan freedom’ by Maria Corina Machado
[María Corina Machado won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless fight to restore freedom in Venezuela and defeat the authoritarian regime of Nicolás Maduro. International observers say her party, the Venezuelan Democratic Movement, won last year’s elections overwhelmingly, yet Maduro has clung to power. Here Machado, her nation’s “Iron Lady,” writes from hiding to argue why the dictator must go — and why President Trump deserves thanks for his intervention.]
A criminal cartel has taken over my country, and its reach now extends into the United States.
Anyone who believes this is “just another authoritarian regime” is dangerously mistaken.
This is organized crime in power, armed and bankrolled by America’s enemies.
Across the hemisphere, narco-terrorist groups and the dictators who shield them are clawing for more control.
Read more at the New York Post
Archbishop Broglio urges end to Trump administration’s Venezuela strikes
In a statement issued on Dec. 3, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., archbishop for the Military Services, USA, and former president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, condemned the Trump administration’s ongoing naval campaign against drug traffickers that it alleges are emerging from Venezuela.
“I call on our Nation’s leaders, legislators, and those specifically charged to direct our Armed Forces to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Constitution by not asking them to engage in immoral actions,” Archbishop Broglio said in his statement. “Show the world our respect for human dignity and the rule of law.”
Read more at America Magazine – The Jesuit Review
Liberals Side with Bloodthirsty Narcoterrorists in Crusade to “Get Trump” – Essay by Shane Harris
Trump Derangement Syndrome has led the corporate media, Democrats, and even some wayward Republicans to take some truly despicable public stances over the years. But defending narcoterrorists attempting to flood American communities with deadly poison may be a new low even for the Never-Trump crowd.
This is the position that many liberals now find themselves in following a report from The Washington Post effectively alleging – based on unverified anonymous claims – that President Donald Trump, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and even rank-and-file military personnel are guilty of war crimes for blowing up drug boats bound for the United States. In their reactionary opposition to everything Trump does, the left has now decided that drug traffickers are sympathetic victims.
Read more at Amac
Religious Freedom on Trial in Ireland: 3-years-long case of Enoch Burke
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How To Help America Survive Our Avalanche Of Single Female Leftist Harpies – essay by Stella Morabito
Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert recently reported that 75 percent of his patients cannot function because they are so triggered by President Donald Trump’s existence. Alpert didn’t specify what percentage of his patients are women, but numerous reports show that leftist women today are especially afflicted with mental illness, misery, and loneliness. Alpert explained that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” matches the clinical symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
They can’t sleep. They can’t enjoy life. And yet some psychotherapists actually advise them to isolate themselves even further by cutting off family and friends who voted for Trump.
Meanwhile, sane people everywhere are puzzled to see harpy-like female performative rage and vulgarity explode in the media and in politics. Many now view such women as the base of the of the Democrat Party. These rage-filled women show the same symptoms as Dr. Alpert’s patients with OCD. …
Read more at The Federalist
Papal commission votes against ordaining women deacons
A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while also supporting more study on the issue.
It also expressed hope that women’s access to other ministries would be expanded.
Pope Francis established the “Study Commission on the Female Diaconate” in 2020 as a follow-up to a previous group that studied the history of women deacons in the New Testament and the early Christian communities.
Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi of Aquila, Italy, was chosen as president of the commission and Msgr. Denis Dupont-Fauville served as secretary. Pope Francis had named 10 other members of the commission — five women and five men, including two permanent deacons from the United States and three priests. …
Read more at USCCB
Pope Leo’s Childhood Home in Chicago Suburb Now a Historic Landmark
Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home just outside of Chicago has been declared a historic landmark.
The board of trustees of the village of Dolton, Illinois, approved a motion for the designation during a regular meeting Dec. 1 that began with a recitation of the Lord’s Prayer.
Mayor Jason House described the property as one of the “most culturally and spiritually significant locations in the United States,” according to ABC-7 Chicago.
The modest, one-story brick residence, located at 212 E. 141st Pl., was purchased by the village’s board in July for $375,000, an amount that included all applicable realtor and auction fees.
Read more at Our Sunday Visitor
Silent Night – Out of the Mouths of Babes
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