One of the Students Killed in Brown University Mass Shooting Identified as College Republican Leader

 American Greatness  

"President Donald Trump and the First Lady extended their sympathies to the victims and families of the shooting at Brown University, as well as the terrorist attacks in Australia, and Syria  as he welcomed guests to the White House to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah."

"One of the two victims killed in the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday has been identified as Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Mountain Brook, Alabama, and the vice president of the Brown College Republicans.

"The College Republicans of America expressed their grief in an official statement Sunday,  while the group’s founder stated on X that he believes it was a targeted attack against the conservative leader.

" 'We are devastated to learn of the loss of our Brown College Republicans Vice President, Ella Cook,” the Republican club’s president, Martin Bertao, stated. “Ella was known for her bold, brave, and kind heart as she served her chapter and her fellow classmates. Our prayers are with her family, our Brown CR’s, and the entirety of the campus as they heal from this tragedy.”. "The founder and chairman of the College Republicans of America, William Branson Donahue, said Sunday that he was told by Brown University students immediately after the news broke that Cook was the one targeted." 'I am filled with rage and sadness to learn that our Brown College Republicans VP, Ella Cook, has been identified as one of the victims from the attack,” he wrote on X. 

“I’m told she was allegedly targeted for her conservative beliefs, hunted, and killed in cold blood. Losing Charlie [Kirk] three months ago rocked our worlds. The entire College Republicans community is weeping this evening, learning of the news. This was an attack on our family.”

"He added in a subsequent post: “If people thought I became radical after we lost Charlie, they’re really not going to like me now. There’s 300 college republicans chapters in our organization. Every single member is family to me. I just lost a sister and I’m really f-cking pissed off. The left wants us dead. There’s no energy left in me to talk anymore.”

"Donahue acknowledged in a follow-up post that his information was unconfirmed and “the story is evolving.' ” . . .

After Bondi Beach terror attack, the West must face Islamist ideology with clear eyes

 NY Post  

It is foolish to think that some element of Muslim immigrants to the West won’t share this worldview and act on it — to our great regret.  

Bondi Beach Atrocity Exposes Australia’s Dangerous Naïveté

"Mainstream political parties across the West that have presided over this open-handed policy are, understandably, losing ground to restrictionist parties that are more clear-eyed about the realities of immigration. 

"Antisemitism comes in all sorts of varieties, whether Christian, Muslim or secular. 

"Still, it’d startle us to learn that someone who had been attending a fundamentalist Christian church went and shot up a Jewish event — whereas it’s not the least bit unusual in someone who’s an adherent of fundamentalist Islam. 

"Now, there are different interpretations of Islam, and it’s not the role of an outsider to say which is more correct: The key point is that important Muslim authorities and countless millions of the faithful embrace the fundamentalist version that’s influential in war-torn areas of the broader Middle East that have sent so many refugees to the West. 

"The fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood — Hamas is the Palestinian branch — was markedly antisemitic well before the establishment of the state of Israel.

"As one analyst has noted, its anti-Jewish agitation included “boycotts, graffiti and physical violence.”

"Sound familiar?

"A rancid paranoia about the Jews runs through this worldview.

"The 20th century Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb referred to “the tricks played by world Jewry so that the Jews may penetrate into body politic of the whole world and then may be free to perpetuate their evil designs.” 

"The original 1988 Hamas charter reads like a transcript of a Candace Owens podcast, except with an armed wing attached. " . . .

New Media Angle: Sydney Attacks, Inspired by ISIS and Targeting Jews, Had ‘Nothing to Do With Religion’    

High-profile ABC journalist Laura Tingle has claimed Sunday’s targeted attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach was not motivated by religion. Speaking on the ABC ‘Politics Now’ podcast on Tuesday afternoon, Tingle said the actions of the terrorists “have got nothing to do with… pic.twitter.com/E0ohvlU3VA

— The Australian (@australian) December 17, 2025

Most to be feared: Radical Islamists and guilt-ridden white liberals. TD

Gavin Newsom’s Democrat Fangirls; He’s their new celebrity.

The American Spectator   

"His dinner at the elite French Laundry restaurant during the pandemic encompasses for many Newsom’s sense that he is above average Americans."

Dallas Morning News Editorial

"Not since Barack Obama graced American politics has a politician provoked the excited screams of Democrats as California Governor Gavin Newsom. Everywhere he goes, crowds greet him with near-idolization, as if he were an A-list celebrity rather than a politician.

"Perhaps the phenomenon began at the COP30 climate summit last month in Brazil, following Newsom’s successful effort to gerrymander California in Democrats’ favor. According to Reuters, conference attendees “swarmed” the governor wherever he walked, and occasional cheers broke out for him. According to the New York Times, Newsom was “trailed by crowds” to such an extent that his United Nations security detail struggled to get him to his events on time. At one point, the Times added, Newsom “waved to an applauding crowd.” One headline on the climate conference read, “Newsom Is the Star of COP30.” Another said

, “Newsom is a rock star at COP.” . . .

. . . "Axios reported today that his Democratic rivals are increasingly nervous about how quickly Newsom has burst out of the gate and are “plotting how to take [him] down.” The two emerging strategies for how to do so, per Axios, are 1) arguing that Newsom is too liberal and too connected with the coastal elite, and 2) using Newsom’s many scandals against him, including his affair with his subordinate.

"Another possible avenue of attack is the criminal indictment that has recently entangled Newsom’s former chief of staff. Recently, California Rep. Ro Khanna made waves when he said the indictments are a “toxic stain” on California. Khanna is right: The indictments cast suspicion on all that Newsom’s administration has done, especially given the level of power that the chief of staff had in the administration, as well as her allegations that the FBI (under President Joe Biden) was investigating Gavin Newsom himself. 

(RELATED: Arrest of Newsom’s Ex-Chief of Staff Prompts Allegations of Misconduct Within the Governor’s Office)

"Right now, Newsom is riding a wave of adulation normally reserved for celebrities. Unfortunately for Newsom, his rivals have plenty of material on him that they can use against him to take him down."

Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. She is the author of Newsom Unleashed: The Progressive Lust for Unbridled Power. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover.

Gavin Newsom's Barbaric Stand on Young Children  

"The Democrats know they cannot push Newsom as a star due to his poor record. Ezra Klein writes that Newsom is "a liberal white guy from a state that much of the country considers badly governed, just didn’t seem like the profile the Democratic Party was looking for.' " 

Gen Z, how dense can you be?

Staging the Gaza Famine  

"The BILD investigation, Israel’s foreign ministry stated, “underscores how Pallywood has gone mainstream with staged images and ideological bias shaping international coverage, while the suffering of Israeli hostages and Hamas atrocities are pushed out of frame.' ”

In the West, empty heads wrapped in designer scarves buy it all - shall we say? - "hook, line, and sinker". TD 

"Is anyone in the Western media or any celebrities who fell for Hamas propaganda going to be apologizing or issuing corrections?
The truth is coming out and it's unfathomably evil"  pic.twitter.com/1V8jBfMlq6

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) December 10, 2025

Those are your people, Greta! Nice scarves though.  

Babylon Bee...parody?  Groundbreaking New Study Finds Islamophobia May Be Partially Caused By Muslims Killing People All The Time

. . . "Yeah, they just keep killing people all the time, and I guess that makes people a little nervous," said Professor Heinrich Glarkenbargen. "While we have been able to confirm a rise in the general fear of the spread of Islam in the West, our data suggests this might stem from Muslim terrorists committing acts of violence and murder pretty much every day over the last several decades."

"The team concluded that if Muslims were to stop killing people all the time, the general populace may be far more inclined to be less afraid of them. "The results were clear," Glarkenbargen said. "Out of all the people we surveyed, 100% of them said that they were worried about Muslim migrants because they were afraid of being shot or stabbed or set on fire or blown up. They also said that if Muslims weren't killing people all the time, there wouldn't be as much islamophobia."

"At publishing time, the research team was unavailable to comment further due to fleeing for their lives from a Muslim who was trying to kill them."

This British Colonel Traveled with Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg. He’d Already Had His Share of Surprises

HistoryNet  

"Fremantle returned to England after having achieved the adventure he sought by his travel through Texas and by witnessing the Battle of Gettysburg. His account of his trip was published the ensuing year." 

"Arthur James Lyon Fremantle left Great Britain aboard a ship on March 2, 1863, headed for the northern border of Mexico. After a long voyage, the young British army officer finally arrived on April 1 “at the miserable village of Bagdad” on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Despite considerable speculation at the time, Fremantle was in America only as a tourist and not as an official governmental observer of the United Kingdom—the widespread uncertainty of his status undoubtedly caused by Fremantle’s choice of daily attire, a full British military uniform resplendent with a corresponding bright red jacket.

"Initially, Fremantle was inclined to side with the North in the Civil War, as were many of his fellow English citizens because of an inherent disapproval of slavery. He would soon switch his allegiance to the South, however, partly because he admired the Southern reputation of gallantry and determination, and also because “of the foolish bullying conduct of the Northerners.” As Fremantle would note: “I was unable to repress a strong wish to go to America and see something of this wonderful struggle.”

"As he attempted to cross onto Texas soil, Fremantle was briefly detained and questioned by a half-dozen Confederate officers. Ever the keen observer, the British citizen noted that the troopers—all from Colonel James Duff’s “Partisan Rangers,” the 33rd Texas Cavalry—were similarly attired in “flannel shirts, very ancient trousers, jack-boots with enormous spurs and black felt hats ornamented with the lone star of Texas.” Despite their unkempt appearance, the Texans treated Fremantle with inestimable kindness." . . .

Arthur Lyon Fremantle - Wikipedia  . . . "In the 1993 film adaptation of Shaara's novel, retitled Gettysburg, Lieutenant Colonel Fremantle is portrayed by James Lancaster

. His character changes little from the book, once again engaging in important discussions with General Longstreet and his officers on the Confederacy's relations with the United
Kingdom.^[49] However his appearance is substantially different from reality: in the movie he is shown in a scarlet British uniform sipping tea from a china cup, whereas, being in an unofficial capacity, he was dressed in a "gray shooting-jacket" and had been living rough like many others in the country." . . .

After Bondi Beach terror attack, the West must face Islamist ideology with clear eyes

Rich Lowry 

 "It is foolish to think that some element of Muslim immigrants to the West won’t share this worldview and act on it — to our great regret." 

"The Bondi Beach attack in Australia was shocking, but not at all surprising. 

"Some of the details were distinctive — an idyllic spot on the Pacific Ocean instantly turned into a killing field; a father-son terror squad — but the basic picture of radicalized Muslim immigrants targeting a gathering of Jews was drearily familiar.

"These events follow the same pattern because the fundamentalist version of Islam is, at its root, hostile to Jews. 

"Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that there was a refugee flow of Unitarians, and some proportion of those Unitarians were antagonistic to traditional Christians — such that they vandalized their businesses, harassed them in the streets, and launched massive protests in favor of overseas Unitarian terror groups.

"In that case, we’d obviously cast a skeptical eye on Unitarian immigration. 

"Mainstream political parties across the West that have presided over this open-handed policy are, understandably, losing ground to restrictionist parties that are more clear-eyed about the realities of immigration. 

"Antisemitism comes in all sorts of varieties, whether Christian, Muslim or secular. 

Still, it’d startle us to learn that someone who had been attending a fundamentalist Christian church went and shot up a Jewish event — whereas it’s not the least bit unusual in someone who’s an adherent of fundamentalist Islam. 

"Now, there are different interpretations of Islam, and it’s not the role of an outsider to say which is more correct: The key point is that important Muslim authorities and countless millions of the faithful embrace the fundamentalist version that’s influential in war-torn areas of the broader Middle East that have sent so many refugees to the West. 

"The fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood — Hamas is the Palestinian branch — was markedly antisemitic well before the establishment of the state of Israel.

"As one analyst has noted, its anti-Jewish agitation included “boycotts, graffiti and physical violence.' ” . . .

Sound familiar?" . . .

A rancid paranoia about the Jews runs through this worldview.: . . .

Interpreting Gavin Newsom’s Weird Sitting Posture

  Ellie Gardey Holmes  

"Newsom will be made to answer for the scandal soon. After all, it was he who fired Wipper and his administration that settled the suit against Activision."

Something about Newsom doesn't sit quite right.

Gavin Newsom’s appearance at the New York Time’s DealBook Summit was met with mockery, as the public made fun of him online for his awkward sitting posture.

The Spectator P.M. Podcast hosts Ellie Gardey Holmes and Lyrah Margo discuss the reaction to Newsom’s criss-crossed legs and the negative response he received for saying that the Democratic Party needs to be “culturally normal” and “less judgmental.” Ellie and Lyrah also discuss celebrity Halle Berry’s open criticism of Newsom at the event. Berry called out the California governor for “devaluing women” and not passing the Menopause Care Equity Act."

Gavin Newsom's Office Does Unthinkable, Makes Nut-CrushingGate Even Worse | OutKick

Arrest of Newsom’s Ex-Chief of Staff Prompts Allegations of Misconduct Within the Governor’s Office.   

"If what the indictment alleges is true, it very much appears that Williamson had both the means and the motive to interfere in the California government’s lawsuit on Activision’s behalf. If she indeed took action, then this case could involve corrupt actions within the Newsom administration. And, even if it is never shown that she interfered in the case on behalf of Activision, the appearance of corruption in Newsom’s office will remain. California’s newspapers are all covering the possibility this week with bated breath."

Gavin’s Golden State — The Hilarious California Reality Check 

'You Magnificent Idiot': Swalwell Mercilessly Mocked After Deranged 'Wrecking Ball Promise' Post on New WH Ballroom

 "Democrats, of course, have made a spectacle of themselves in denouncing Trump’s planned ballroom. They have no good reason for their opposition. They simply hate the president."

Rich Terrell

Michael Schwarz  "Present-day psychologists and future historians could build careers by studying and explaining modern Democrats’ unhinged loathing of President Donald Trump.

"Meanwhile, we may settle for mocking those Democrats when they say and do things indistinguishable from parody.

"For instance, Sunday on the social media platform X, Jeff Blehar of National Review referred to Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California as “You magnificent idiot” because Swalwell, in demanding that the next Democratic presidential nominee must promise to take a “wrecking ball” to Trump’s ballroom, fulfilled Blehar’s half-joking prediction.

"Democrats, of course, have made a spectacle of themselves in denouncing Trump’s planned ballroom. They have no good reason for their opposition. They simply hate the president.

"Thus, on Friday in National Review, Blehar, having observed Democrats’ anti-Trump hyperbole for the last decade, predicted that before the ballroom hubbub subsides, “we shall see which Democrat is willing to escalate first, by publicly demanding a wrecking ball on Day One of the next Democratic administration.”

"Blehar meant that prediction as parody.

“ 'The voters are guaranteed to respond well to that,” he added.

"Indeed, only a gargantuan moron would urge Democrats to campaign on a ballroom-destruction platform. But Trump Derangement Syndrome has produced plenty such morons."  . . .

. . . "For one thing, Democrats hang their hopes on anti-Trump hatred because they offer nothing else. Having pledged to defend the indefensible, such as open borders and men in women’s sports, they cannot convince voters of the soundness of their policies, so instead they rely on demonizing Trump and his supporters, for instance, by slandering them as “Nazis.”

"On a deeper level, many Democrats have turned their TDS into an idol. Since they do not worship Jesus, they use their hatred to fill a spiritual void." . . .

"When TDS sufferers focus their wrath on inane things like ballrooms, however, we have nothing else to do but relentlessly mock them."  Full article here.

Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.

McDonald's responds to the other Minnesota crime wave

 Mike McDaniel  

"Minnesota’s Democrat rulers are more than willing to force citizens to put up with the destruction they’ve caused. What remains to be seen is how long McDonald’s will put up with it. When McDonald’s flees, civilization flees with it."

"Minnesota has been much in the news of late due to ever-growing revelations of rampant fraud largely committed by members of the “Somali community.” Legacy media coverage has been reluctant at best, but even they can’t avoid a story of this magnitude. What hasn’t been so well covered has been the constant and growing crime rate in Minnesota’s urban centers, particularly Minneapolis and to a lesser degree, St. Paul.

"This should come as no surprise. It was in Minneapolis that George Floyd committed drug-induced suicide by cop, sparking the 2020 “Summer of Love” and its nationwide, "mostly peaceful but fiery," protests. Governor Tim Walz’s wife bragged she left the windows open, the better to enjoy the aroma of burning tires and revolution, and Tim played along by letting Minneapolis and the rest of the state burn.

"Minneapolis burned that summer. The damages were enormous and the city, particularly the downtown business district and the businesses that served and supported it, have never recovered. That’s largely because the City Council and Mayor jumped fully on the “Defund the Police” bandwagon and injected themselves and the city with the “embrace every criminal and every kind of civil disorder” pathogen." . . .  More...

Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, life-long athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger

"Why I am defending Trump: The outrage crowd was silent when a real dictator took over"

Seeing this in Trump back during 2015-16, I was very anti-Trump, preferring several other of the numerous choices. Only after seeing his post-election qualities such as the elimination of ISIS forces did I realize this man was a most effective leader, far above others. He appeared the best man to  go head-to-head with world leaders, including Russian and Chinese and light years ahead of the shameful crop of dunderheads from the mold of Crockett, Newsom and Swalwell. TD

 Don Surber   

"Writing about Trump in self-righteous anger though spares the press from having to deal with the Bondi Beach Massacre of Jews celebrating Hanukkah by the sea by two Muslims." . . ."Dumping on Trump again before acknowledging a Muslim terrorist attack on Hanukkah is a low-IQ move."

. . . "And people wonder why the media is dying.

"Trump’s post was not my cup of tea but then again, Reiner didn’t imply for 10 years that I was a Nazi. You are not a critic if you denounce everything a man does. You’re a spoiled brat who is angry that you didn’t get you way.

"Frankly, I doubt that those demanding satisfaction much care about Reiner. Politics is theater. The virtue signalers demand Republicans denounce Trump for bringing up Reiner’s mental illness." . . .

"Sadly, some Republicans used the tweet to bash Trump. The New York Times reported:

President Trump seized on the stabbing death of Rob Reiner and his wife to make a baseless attack on the Hollywood director less than a day after reports of his killing, suggesting that Mr. Reiner’s criticism of Mr. Trump may have led to his murder.

The attack on Mr. Reiner, so soon after his death, prompted a rare backlash against the president from some MAGA-aligned Republicans, some of whom urged the president to retract his comments." . . .

 Rob Reiner's words on Charlie Kirk murder echo sadly after director's death

. . . "Reiner, a liberal political activist, paid more than lip service to the shooting of Kirk, a get-out-the-vote advocate for young conservatives, when Morgan asked Reiner for his gut reaction to the assassination.

“ 'Absolute horror and I unfortunately saw the video of it,” Reiner replied. “It’s beyond belief what happened to him. That should never happen to anybody. I don’t care what your political beliefs are. That’s not acceptable. That’s not a solution so solving problems.”

“ 'And I felt like what his wife [Erika] said at the service at the memorial they had, was exactly right,” he continued. “I’m Jewish but I believe in the teachings of Jesus and I believe in ‘do unto others’ and I believe in forgiveness and what she said to me was beautiful. She forgave his assassin. And I think that is admirable.”

"Reiner’s words hit viewers hard in the wake of his death.

“ 'Rob Reiner and his wife deserve the respect as he has shown toward Charlie Kirk,” one wrote on X." . . .

Trump has been the man America needs as President. Pray that his unwise words do not rob America of his gifts. TD

Mr. President, Don’t Mock the Dead; You make it harder to defend you in other things

The Free Press  "Americans have become inured to Trump’s social media taunts. Yet he still finds ways to shock us on occasion."

"Trump almost certainly won’t walk it back, and the usual suspects will find some rhetorical contortions with which to defend this outburst. But there is no point in anyone defending this. It should be widely opposed—particularly by those who otherwise support him." 

GIPHY

"Even Rob Reiner’s contributions to American culture—from his days as a sitcom star on All in the Family to his direction of iconic films such as When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men—it was entirely appropriate for the president of the United States to weigh in on his horrifying death over the weekend.

"Sadly, the way President Donald Trump has done so is beyond the pale. His Monday post on Truth Social is worth reading in full, in part because many Republican lawmakers will spend the next few days claiming not to have seen it.

"This is what we know. Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found stabbed to death on Sunday. Their troubled son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, has been arrested for their murder. There is no evidence that the slaying had anything to do with Trump. But the president has a penchant for making everything about himself, and so he has here, casting their deaths as somehow the result of their opposition to him and his politics.

"We’re living through an era of political violence, something we take very seriously. We’ve published numerous essays on how Americans can and must come together and solve our differences the way they are meant to be solved: civil debate, the democratic process, a respectful airing of differences. Those values are at the heart of everything we do. ' . . .

It’s Time for Ilhan Omar to “Face the Music”

 

Broc Smith

It’s Time for Ilhan Omar to “Face the Music”  "Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar has always been a controversial figure in the House of Representatives. Now that her involvement with a massive scam regarding non-profit organizations in the state of Minnesota has come out, perhaps it’s time we take a look back at her personal behavior.

"On August 12, 2016, powerlineblog.com posted the following…

"  'A reader has written us to point out that the Somali website Somalispot posted information last week suggesting Omar’s involvement in marriage and immigration fraud. The post notes that Omar married Ahmed Hirsi in 2002. Hirsi is the father of Omar’s three children. Omar is depicted with Hirsi and their children on Omar’s campaign website here.

"The post further notes that Omar married her brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009, implying that the latter marriage assisted his entry into the United States. Her brother was a British citizen. “As soon as Ilhan Omar married him,” the post continues, “he started university at her [a]lma mater North Dakota State University where he graduated in 2012. Shortly thereafter, he moved to Minneapolis where he was living in a public housing complex and was later evicted. He then returned to the United Kingdom where he now lives.”

"So, she was legally married AND married her brother while married to Hirsi, finally legally divorcing her brother in 2017.

"But wait… there’s more…

. . . "It was President Teddy Roosevelt who said, and I paraphrase, There is no such thing as a half American. You cannot hold loyalties to two countries at the same time. If you don’t swear allegiance to America, then you don’t need to be here.

Representative Omar needs to face punishment for her actions involving the Minnesota scam. In fact, every representative or senator who has been involved in the illegal activities needs to be called out and punished for them. The two-tier justice system, which has spread throughout the country like a cancer, must be rectified so that we may truly be a country that can probably proclaim “justice for all”.

Until He Comes, KJ