Monday, January 05, 2026
History for January 5
History for January 5 - On-This-Day.com
Stephen Decatur 1779
- 1781 - Richmond, VA, was burned by a British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold.
- 1896 - It was reported by The Austrian newspaper that Wilhelm Roentgen had discovered the type of radiation that became known as X-rays.
- 1914 - Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday.
- 1961 - "Mr. Ed" debuted. The show would run for six years.
- 1972 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.
- 1998 - U.S. Representative Sonny Bono died in skiing accident.
Sunday, January 04, 2026
ICE Agent Targeted by Gunfire in Los Angeles Shoots Suspect Dead
ICE Agent Targeted by Gunfire in Los Angeles Shoots Suspect Dead:
An off-duty ICE agent who confronted a gunman at an apartment complex on New Year’s Eve ended up being targeted by three shots from the gunman’s rifle, according to news reports.
The agent was uninjured.
The gunman ended up dead.
Trump says U.S. is going to run Venezuela after nabbing Maduro * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation
Trump says U.S. is going to run Venezuela after nabbing Maduro * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation:
President Donald Trump said during a Saturday press conference that the United States would "run" Venezuela until a "judicious" transition could take place in the country.
Trump announced in a Saturday morning post to Truth Social that U.S. military forces carried out a law enforcement operation capturing Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife in Caracas early Saturday morning. During his press conference later that day, Trump said that the United States would also seek to repair the infrastructure of Venezuela's oil industry.
Eye on the midterms: Elon Musk warns America is 'toast' if the 'radical left wins' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Eye on the midterms: Elon Musk warns America is 'toast' if the 'radical left wins' * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh:
As seen in his recent social media post: "America is toast if the radical left wins," he said. "They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud. Won't be America anymore."
In fact, the "radical left' under Joe Biden opened the nation;s borders and invited in millions and millions of illegal aliens, including criminals and terrorists.
Now for Trump’s Next Feat, the Left Is About to Openly Support the Cartels
At the same time, expect the American left to go full TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) into a loving embrace with the cartels.
The Democrats and the libs have never met a corrupt foreign threat to the U.S. they didn’t like. -Tim O'Brien
Maduro and his regime had corrupted the institutions of that country, including its military, its intelligence apparatus, its legislature, and its judiciary, all to aid his cartel’s massive criminal operations.
Maduro and his regime had corrupted the institutions of that country, including its military, its intelligence apparatus, its legislature, and its judiciary, all to aid his cartel’s massive criminal operations.
- The Cartel de los Soles originated in Venezuela, and has been involved in the illicit drug trade, human smuggling and trafficking, extortion, sexual exploitation of women and children, and money laundering, along with other criminal activities...
- The Venezuelan cartel also supports Tren de Aragua, which typically makes news for its work in trafficking drugs, weapons, and people, all of which undermine the United States.
- Maduro’s cartel has also supported the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, the largest and most powerful cartel in the Western Hemisphere...
Were the thieves, morons or both??-----HUD Audit Reveals $5.8 Billion in Potentially Improper Rental Assistance Payments Under Biden | The Epoch Times
Around $77 million in payments were issued to nearly 30,000 deceased tenants. - Naveen
- There was a “significant misuse” of taxpayer funds under the Biden administration concerning rental assistance, which resulted in potential payment errors of nearly $5.8 billion, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a statement on Dec. 30.
- The findings were made after HUD’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer examined all Project-Based Rental Assistance and Tenant-Based Rental Assistance payments made by the agency in 2024 using advanced data analytics for the first time...
NYT Best Selling Author Takes NPR's Front Page Smearing Nick Shirley APART Story-by-Bullspit-Story
NPR has once again proven itself as the wannabe taxpayer-funded propaganda arm of the left, launching blatant hit pieces on 23-year-old YouTube journalist Nick Shirley - Sam J.
- ...while conveniently ignoring the massive scandal itself and opting instead for a sympathy sob story about childcare woes.
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of anti-Semitism after his first day in office | Blaze Media
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses NYC Mayor Mamdani of anti-Semitism after his first day in office | Blaze Media:
Israel's consul general in New York, Ofir Akunis, added that Mamdani's decision posed "an immediate threat to the safety of Jewish communities in New York City and could lead to an increase in violent anti-Semitic attacks throughout the city," according to the paper.
The Times said New York City is home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel.
More from the paper:
Instapundit - I HAVE A STRONG DISAGREEMENT WITH THIS ARTICLE: “You had to be unacceptably racist in 1993 to predict where South Africa would be in thirty years”.
The population is NOT exploding in the third world. - Sarah Hoyt
- It’s crashing everywhere.
It’s just that the third world lies more impunely and brazenly.
I’m sorry it takes a very smart person to fall for the stupid idea that the third world countries conduct reliable censuses.
Or even attempt them, for that matter.
Ridiculous.
- They just pretend to larger population because they get more “aid” money.
History for January 4
History for January 4 - On-This-Day.com 
Don Shula 1940 - Football coach
- 1936 - The first pop music chart based on national sales was published by "Billboard" magazine.
- 1962 - New York City introduced a train that operated without conductors and motormen.
- 1965 - In his State of the Union address, U.S. President Johnson proclaimed the building of the "Great Society."
- 1999 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as Minnesota's 37th governor.
- 2007 - Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman to hold the position.
Saturday, January 03, 2026
Jonathan Turley explains why feds can dig deep into Somali scammer scandal * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation
Jonathan Turley explains why feds can dig deep into Somali scammer scandal * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation:
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Tuesday the scale of the reported welfare fraud in Minnesota could only occur with interstate commerce, which gives the federal government jurisdiction.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the agency already surged additional resources in a Sunday post on X, saying that the deployment occurred before a 42-minute video of independent journalist Nick Shirley visiting various Somali-run day care centers suspected of defrauding the state of millions of dollars went viral. Turley dismissed claims by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota that he lacked authority to pursue the fraud.
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