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MOST AIRLINE CRASHES CAUSED BY DEI HIRES!

Former White House lawyer says female and minority pilots caused 66% of pilot-error crashes since 2000, despite being less than 10% of workforce 😬

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Jan 26, 2026

According to a new op-ed from former White House lawyer Daniel Huff, DEI in the airline industry is still putting thousands of people in danger.

His analysis of every plane crash caused by pilot error since the year 2000 revealed something insane:

President Trump ordered the DOT to end its DEI practices early in his presidency, but that has not stopped airlines from continuing to engage in the practice. According to Huff’s report:

Delta CLO Peter Carter declared in January 2025 that the airline is ‘steadfast’ in its DEI commitments, calling them ‘critical to our business.’

United’s training academy maintains its goal of ensuring 50% of graduates are women or minorities.

Southwest still pledges to ‘recruit, hire, and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce.’

American agreed not to impose illegal quotas, but that leaves plenty of wiggle room.

 

 

Just a few examples cited:

Atlas Air Flight 3591

 

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

 

According to the NTSB, this crash was caused by Conrad Aska, a black pilot who had a reputation for getting “extremely flustered and could not respond appropriately” when faced with unexpected situations in the simulator.

Experts reporting on the NTSB investigation described Aska’s “piloting performance as among the worst he had ever seen.”

The entire crew perished in the crash.

The 2025 Potomac River midair collision

 

 

Remember this one? 67 people died in this tragedy after a female helicopter pilot ignored repeated air-traffic-control instructions and collided with an American Airlines jet.

Huff is a senior advisor for The Heritage Foundation’s infamous “Project 2025,” former counsel to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, former general deputy assistant secretary for enforcement at HUD, and a senior legal advisor to the first Trump admin.

That means you’re either going to think he’s got a point, or he’s a racist/sexist Nazi, depending on your political views!

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

DENMARK’S GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED GREENLAND’S BIRTHRATE SECRETLY…

Denmark’s Dirty Little Secret About Population Control in Greenland

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Denmark has controlled Greenland since 1721. Indigenous peoples lived there for thousands of years before that. In 1953, the world’s largest island transitioned from colony to become part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Today its domestic affairs are considered self-rule, while Denmark is responsible for Greenland’s foreign policy, defense, and currency.

But with regard to Greenland and the women who have lived there, Denmark has had a dirty little secret centered on population control: a relatively recent birth control practice that was forced on thousands of women, for which the country only apologized in September 2025.

According to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a group of independent researchers released a report that followed a two-year investigation. That investigation found that Denmark — from 1966 through 1992 — forced sterilization on more than 4,500 women and girls in Greenland, some as young as 12 years old. Many, if not most, were never told.

In the name of population control, doctors implanted an intra-uterine device (IUD) in the unsuspecting patients.

Revelations of this birth control program only came to light in 2022 through a podcast called Spiralkampagnen. While the revelations first emerged three years ago, Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, only issued an apology to Greenland in the Fall of 2025.

She said, “We cannot change what has happened. But we can take responsibility…On behalf of Denmark, I would like to say sorry,” while granting that the women and girls injured by the program had “experienced both physical and psychological harm.”

Outraged critics of the program described it as “systematic discrimination.”

The CFR said that to compile its report, researchers took testimony from 410 cases, 349 of which involved health consequences for the affected women. Hundreds of the victims were from Greenland’s Indigenous population, but the program impacted over 4,000 women and girls in total. While the researchers revealed that patients had the IUDs implanted without consent, in some cases women and girls received injections that left them infertile.

Denmark controlled Greenland’s healthcare sector until 1992. Now, the authors of the investigation’s report have called for authorities to consider whether this pattern of abuse violated Danish and human rights law. Lawyers for 143 women filed a lawsuit over the program. Reports are that 138 of the plaintiffs were minors when they were sterilized.

Last month, the Associated Press reported that Denmark agreed to “compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases of forcible contraception carried out by health authorities over decades starting in the 1960s.”

The Danish health ministry said “women who were given contraception against their knowledge or consent between 1960 and 1991 can apply for individual payouts of 300,000 Danish kroner (about $46,000)” starting in April of this year.

This program in Greenland is not the last time Denmark has found a way to use ghoulish birth control practices to address a societal issue.

In Denmark today, the number and proportion of people with Downs Syndrome are vastly lower than other countries. You might think that Denmark has found a cure for Downs, but that’s not the case. Instead, the country has instituted universal screening among pregnant women for early detection of Downs Syndrome among their babies.

In 2019, in a country of over 6 million people, only 18 children were born with Downs in Denmark. This demonstrates the dramatic impact abortion has had on that population. The average number of babies born with Downs at present is roughly 21-34 per year.

Pundits, myself included, have been having a little fun with the prospect of the U.S. taking control of Greenland at the expense of such a small country as Denmark, but I’m not laughing now. Stories like these provide proof that even a small country can foster the worst kind of inhumanity, and for that reason alone, it should be taken seriously.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 18, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

FORECLOSURE FILINGS ARE UP AND APPEAR TO GROW EVEN MORE!

Banks seize 367,000 homes as housing pain spreads across US… and it is about to get much worse

The past year was difficult for homeowners — but experts warn that 2026 could be even more challenging.

Foreclosures — when a bank or lender takes back a home after missed mortgage payments — rose 14 percent from a year earlier.

In total, 367,460 US properties faced foreclosure filings in 2025, meaning they were in some stage of being taken over by a lender, according to ATTOM’s data.

Experts warn even more homes may be seized in 2026. ‘If the job market weakens, and it may very well, then we could unfortunately down the road see the increase in the foreclosure rate significantly accelerate,’ said economist Michael Szanto.

Indeed, the outlook for the housing market — and the wider economy — is increasingly bleak. In total, the US added only around 584,000 jobs in 2025, making it the weakest year for job growth outside a recession since 2003.

As foreclosures rise, neighborhoods are flooded with discounted, bank-owned homes, dragging down nearby property values. For homeowners, that often means losing equity simply because of where they live.

A surge in foreclosure filings are a symptom of deeper financial problems: homeowners squeezed by higher taxes and interest costs are falling behind, as they fail to pay other debts, such as credit cards and car loans, as well.

That dynamic is reviving fears of a downturn reminiscent of 2008.

Foreclosure is when a bank or lender takes back a home because the owner hasn’t made the required mortgage payments

Economist Michael Szanto

If Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages, they’re likely cutting back on essentials like food, transportation, and healthcare — an affordability crunch that weighs on economic growth.

Foreclosures were most concentrated in a handful of states in 2025, with Florida topping the list at one filing for every 230 homes — an unsettling sign in a state already grappling with soaring insurance and housing costs.

Szanto explained that Florida’s condo crisis was partly responsible: ‘Florida is being uniquely affected by a massive rise in assessments for older condo buildings in response to the tragic Surfside collapse.’

Delaware followed closely at one in every 240 housing units, while South Carolina wasn’t far behind at one in 242.

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Illinois and Nevada rounded out the top five, each posting foreclosure filings on roughly one out of every 248 homes, underscoring that financial strain is spreading well beyond any single region.

A closer look at metro areas paints an even starker picture. Among the 225 metropolitan regions with at least 200,000 residents, Lakeland, Florida, stood out with the highest foreclosure rate in the country in 2025, with one in every 145 homes entering the foreclosure process.

Columbia, South Carolina followed at one in 165, while Cleveland, Ohio ranked third at one in 187.

Florida appeared again on the list with Cape Coral (one in 189), joined by Atlantic City, New Jersey, where one in every 192 housing units faced a foreclosure filing — signaling mounting stress in both Sun Belt and legacy markets alike.

Las Vegas was one of the cities that saw the most concerning foreclosure rates in 2025

Las Vegas was one of the cities that saw the most concerning foreclosure rates in 2025

Amongst the metro areas most affected by foreclosure filings was Cleveland, Ohio (pictured)

Amongst the metro areas most affected by foreclosure filings was Cleveland, Ohio (pictured)

Among the 225 metropolitan regions with at least 200,000 residents, Lakeland, Florida (pictured) stood out with the highest foreclosure rate in the country in 2025

Among the 225 metropolitan regions with at least 200,000 residents, Lakeland, Florida (pictured) stood out with the highest foreclosure rate in the country in 2025

Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM

The pressure was also evident in the nation’s largest metro areas.

Among cities with populations exceeding one million, Jacksonville, Florida posted the worst foreclosure rate in 2025, with one filing for every 200 homes.

Las Vegas wasn’t far behind at one in 210, followed by Chicago at one in 214 and Orlando at one in 217, highlighting that even major housing markets are increasingly feeling the strain.

‘The main weakness of our housing market is still a major supply shortage combined with factors like higher mortgage rates locking out many would be new homebuyers,’ said Szanto.

While the data seems concerning, Attom’s CEO Rob Barber says it simply reflects a ‘continued normalization of the housing market following several years of historically low levels’.

Last month, ATTOM’s data showed the number of homeowners falling behind to be rising every single month.

In November, 35,651 properties had a foreclosure filing — up a staggering 21 percent from just one year earlier.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MANUFACTURING BOOM PREDICTED BY TRUMP?

Introducing the highest U.S. tariffs since the Great Depression, President Donald Trump made a clear promise in the spring: “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country.”

They haven’t.

Manufacturing employment has declined every month since what Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” in April, saying his widespread tariffs would begin to rebalance global trade in favor of American workers. U.S. factories employ 12.7 million people today, 72,000 fewer than when Trump made his Rose Garden announcement.

iThe trade measures that the president said would

So while tariffs have protected American manufacturers like steel mills from foreign competition, they have raised costs for many others. Auto and auto parts employment, for example, has dipped by about 20,000 jobs since April.

“2025 should have been a good year for manufacturing employment, and that didn’t happen. I think you really have to indict tariffs for that,” said economist Michael Hicks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at Ball State in Muncie, Indiana.

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Small- and midsize businesses have found Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs especially vexing. Fifty-seven percent of midsize manufacturers and 40 percent of small producers said they had no certainty about their input costs in a November survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Only 23 percent of large manufacturers shared that complaint.

Smaller companies also were more than twice as likely to respond to tariffs by delaying investments in new plants and equipment, the survey found. One reason could be that taxes on imports raise the price of goods used in production much more than they do with typical consumer items, according to a study by the San Francisco Fed.

Industries producing more technologically complex goods such as aircraft and semiconductors also are paying an outsize price, according to Gary Winslett, director of the international politics and economics program at Middlebury College. Makers of semiconductors, for example, shed more than 13,000 jobs since April.

“They’re the ones who need the imported inputs. Really advanced manufacturing is actually what’s getting hit the hardest,” he said.

Trump’s tariffs, however, are not the industrial sector’s only headache. Factory payrolls began their post-pandemic decline in early 2023, almost two years before Trump returned to the White House.

High interest rates and a shift in consumer spending patterns are hurting the nation’s manufacturers, economists said. Business loans are more than twice as expensive as they were four years ago, with banks charging their most creditworthy borrowers interest rates of 6.75 percent. That discourages businesses from expanding operations and hiring additional workers.

After bingeing during the height of the pandemic on durable goods, consumers have gradually redirected their spending to in-person services. Money that once went to makers of furniture, televisions and exercise machines now goes instead to restaurants and entertainment venues.

In Indiana, the spending switch can be glimpsed in the fortunes of the recreational vehicle industry, a local mainstay. RV shipments soared to a record 600,400 in 2021 as consumers trapped at home by the pandemic hit the road. But by 2024, the work-from-home era was over, and sales fell by nearly half. Thor Industries, the largest RV manufacturer, laid off several hundred workers last year, as demand flagged.

Once Trump returned to the White House, manufacturers responded by over-ordering imports to beat the anticipated tariffs. That’s left many producers with more inventory than they need, suggesting cuts lie ahead, according to Hicks.

“The manufacturing job losses that we see now are really just the beginning of what will be a pretty grim couple of quarters as manufacturing adjusts to a new lower level of demand,” he said.

Modest numbers of manufacturing jobs have been trimmed throughout the economy. In December, Westlake Corp., a Houston-based producer of industrial chemicals, said it would idle four production lines at facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi, putting 295 employees out of work. Speaking on an investor call, company executives blamed excess global capacity and weak demand for the move.

While the jobs that Trump promised have not materialized, factory output rose in 2025, reaching its highest mark in almost three years, according to Federal Reserve data, and administration officials said it is only a matter of time before the full benefits of the president’s plan are felt.

Trump’s tariffs and jawboning encourage CEOs to invest in new U.S. plants. Provisions in the president’s signature fiscal legislation permitting companies to quickly write off the full expense of new investments in equipment and research and development expenses will spur modern manufacturing, they said.

“It also encourages the build-out of high-precision manufacturing here at home, which will lead to high-paying construction and factory jobs,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a speech this month.

Companies are spending more than three times as much on constructing new factories as they did when Trump was first inaugurated, though less than during the Biden-era peak. The White House last fall hailed recent investment announcements by companies such as Stellantis and Whirlpool. Last month, T. RAD North America, a subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturer, announced plans for a new auto parts plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, which would employ 928 workers.

Nick Iacovella, a spokesman for the Coalition for a Prosperous America, which backs Trump’s manufacturing policies, said the roughly 1 percent shrinkage in factory employment last year was less significant than the uptick in business investment.

“We saw a significant increase in capital expenditures, which is the earliest signal that reindustrialization is taking hold. Those investments take time to permit, build and staff before they show up in employment data,” he said.

The president’s hopes of increasing manufacturing employment defy decades of experience in the United States and other advanced economies. American factory jobs peaked at 19.5 million in the summer of 1979 and have been sliding ever since, largely because of the introduction of machinery that can do the job of several workers.

As two presidents sought to revive domestic production over the past decade, manufacturing employment rode a roller coaster. Factory jobs increased by 421,000 during Trump’s first term before sinking by more than 1 million during the pandemic. President Joe Biden used government subsidies to encourage hiring, especially for green energy projects, and manufacturing payrolls rose more than 100,000 above Trump’s highest mark.

But those gains evaporated by the end of 2024.

On Tuesday, the president addressed the Detroit Economic Club, touting “the strongest and fastest economic turnaround in our country’s history.” He boasted about growth, productivity, investment, incomes, inflation and the stock market.

“The Trump economic boom is officially begun,” the president said.

All that’s missing now are the jobs.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

JUDGE BLASTS FEDERAL “IMPERIAL” JUDGES WHO THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS

Judge Ho Takes A Sledgehammer To Judicial Supremacy And Its ‘Elite’ Enablers

James Ho speaking at a lecture.

Image CreditThe Federalist Society/YouTube

‘If the American people can’t expect the judiciary to stay in its lane, then federal judges shouldn’t expect the American people to follow them.’

  •  Years before becoming a judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, James Ho clerked for the renowned Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. So, it should come as little surprise that after witnessing Thomas’ mastery of words up close, Ho would go on to display his own writing prowess in his judicial works.

Receiving little attention outside legal circles, Ho authored an article for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy last week criticizing what he views to be an increasing “arrogance” among many federal judges — an arrogance he argues is downstream from judicial supremacy. As The Federalist previously described, judicial supremacy is the belief that the executive and legislative branches are subordinate to the Supreme Court and the judicial branch, meaning judges — rather than the people’s elected representatives — are the ultimate authority on law and policy.

Ho started his article by highlighting how many of the federal judges now supposedly concerned about “judicial independence” after President Trump’s return to office were silent as left-wing “cultural elites bombarded certain Justices and judges with absurd ethical complaints.” Their silence persisted, Ho added, even “[a]s the [Biden] Justice Department refused to prosecute individuals for harassing certain Justices at their own homes” after the leak of SCOTUS’s 2022 Dobbs draft decision, and “[a]s elite law schools allowed students to disrupt events to protest certain judicial decisions.”

“It wasn’t until this year — following the inauguration of a new President — that the Federal Judges Association suddenly found its voice, and suddenly discovered a crisis over judicial independence,” Ho wrote. “After years of silence, it’s obvious that these concerns are not sincere, but strategic. What they’re really championing is not judicial independence, but judicial supremacy. What we’re really seeing in the judiciary is not principle, but arrogance.”

Ho contended that much of this arrogance — which he argued entails an elitist mindset among “[t]oo many judges” — stems from judicial supremacy and a backward system that teaches rising legal minds “to venerate (if not worship) judges.” He then dispelled the notion of America having three “co-equal” branches of government, noting that while the judiciary “has an important role in our constitutional republic,” “it’s a limited one.”

“Judges don’t write the law. Judges don’t execute the law. And that’s for one simple reason. As Americans, we believe that we can govern ourselves,” Ho wrote. “Our Constitution begins ‘We the people’ — not we the few with life tenure. Our Founders didn’t fight a Revolutionary War to replace one king in royal garb with hundreds of kings in judicial robes. Judges are supposed to apply the law to whatever disputes are brought before us — and leave everything else to the other branches of government.”

Citing The Federalist Papers, the Trump appointee further underscored that the framers viewed the judiciary as the “least powerful branch,” as it lacks the “sword” and “purse” possessed by the other two branches. Only by issuing rulings “based on what the law is — and not on our personal views on what the law should be,” he reasoned, can the judiciary “earn the respect of the other branches.”

Ho subsequently directed his focus toward the hypocritical views of “cultural elites” suddenly concerned about “judicial independence” under Trump. He specifically criticized them for “prais[ing] and protect[ing] judges who do their bidding — and condemn[ing] and cancel[ing] those who don’t.”

“The double standards are everywhere. And they aren’t inadvertent. They’re intentional. Because the elites don’t want neutrality. They want conformity,” Ho wrote. “If you don’t conform, they’ll call you corrupt, unethical, racist, sexist. They’ll say and do whatever it takes to get you to bend the knee. And even if you still won’t conform, they’ll attack you anyway, because they know that others will get the message and comply. The double standards don’t trouble the elites, because to them, this isn’t a debate — it’s a war.”

Ho further chastised (left-wing) members of the ruling class for “fundamentally misunderstand[ing]” how the judicial system is supposed to operate and noted how many Americans support real judicial independence because they believe judges should be “impartial” — not “imperial.” He surmised that judges abusing their authority and abandoning impartiality will result in a loss of trust among the people, which he said would be “fatal to the rule of law” and “entirely our fault.”

Ho’s commentary also touched on originalism, which involves interpreting the Constitution as originally written at the time it was adopted. He highlighted three key areas he views as “threats” toward the philosophy, namely the “insubordination in the district courts”; “fair-weather originalism,” which is when “you’re an originalist only when elites won’t be upset with you” and “when it’s easy”; and the temptation among judges to “avoid the kinds of issues that most energize and anger cultural elites — cases about abortion, transgender ideology, religious liberty, and illegal immigration.”

While Ho concluded his article by voicing optimism about the future of the judiciary and judges faithfully interpreting the Constitution in the year ahead. Citing his more than a decade-long experience in the judicial selection process, he also suggested several “principles” to look for in potential future judges and reaffirmed the proper role of the judiciary in American life.

“My hope is that judicial supremacy will ultimately prove to be self-defeating — that the harder its proponents push, the more likely they’ll fail,” Ho wrote. “If the American people can’t expect the judiciary to stay in its lane, then federal judges shouldn’t expect the American people to follow them.”

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

HOTTEST HOUSING MARKETS IN 2026? WHO WRITS THIS NONSENSE>?

The top 10 hottest housing markets in 2026: Zillow

by Andrew Dorn – 01/09/26 6:50 AM ET

  • Several Northeast metros are expected to remain hot in 2026
  • California cities such as San Jose and Los Angeles also made the top 10
  • Here’s which housing markets will stay competitive, according to Zillow

THIS IS TOTALLY NUTS!!!
THESE ARE SOME OF THE WORST CRIME RIDDEN CITIES, AND ZILLOW JUST MANIPULATES THE STATISTICS TO MAKE A STORY!!!!

(NewsNation) — Home prices are expected to rise modestly in 2026, but sellers will still be calling the shots in certain markets.

Zillow expects Hartford, Conn., to be the hottest housing market in 2026, warning buyers to brace for “bidding wars and broken hearts.”

The Connecticut capital saw a nation-high 66.4 percent of homes sell over asking price last year and the second-lowest share of homes with a price cut (16.5 percent), according to Zillow. Home values in Hartford also rose 4.6 percent, the fastest pace of any major metro.

Other Northeast metros — including Buffalo, N.Y., Boston and Philadelphia — also cracked Zillow’s annual top 10 list for 2026, in part because inventory remains well below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

Out West, California cities such as San Jose and Los Angeles are among the most expensive housing markets in the country, and with few options for buyers, they’re expected to remain competitive.

Zillow’s rankings factor in home price growth and measures of competition, like how quickly homes sell and how often sellers cut prices.

Note: Typical home value reflects Zillow’s Home Value Index (ZHVI) as of October 2025.

10 – Milwaukee

A sailboat moves across the water on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee on July 1, 2024. (Photo by TANNEN MAURY / AFP) (Photo by TANNEN MAURY/AFP via Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $369,303
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +2.1 percent
  • Change in inventory vs. 2018–2019 averages: -25.7 percent

9 – Richmond, Va.

Pedestrians cross the James River on the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge with the skyline of Richmond, Va., in the background. (Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $383,275
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +2.1 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -34.2 percent

8 – Los Angeles

A general view of the Los Angeles downtown skyline with a view of mountains in the background at sunset from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area on October 15, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $941,869
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +1.1 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -18.5 percent

7 – Boston

Tourists view the famous cobbled street Beacon Hill in the historic district of Boston at night. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $717,711
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +1.5 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -30.3 percent

6 – Philadelphia

The Philadelphia skyline is shown before the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Minnesota Twins at Citizens Bank Park on September 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $378,054
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +1.7 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -39.4 percent

5 – San Jose, Calif.

Hotel De Anza opened its doors in 1931, now surrounded by new buildings along W. Santa Clara St. in downtown on Friday, March 4, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $1,558,466
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +1.2 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -26.7 percent

4 – Providence, R.I.

Kennedy Plaza, the 1871 Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and Providence City Hall in Providence, R.I., are pictured on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $503,409
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +3.0 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -54.9 percent

3 – New York City

The skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City is reflected on the top of a monument along the Hudson River as the sun sets on January 1, 2026, in Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $704,284
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +1.5 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -48.4 percent

2 – Buffalo, New York

Basin Marina Park and city skyline on Oct. 9, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $277,499
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +2.5 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -39.1 percent

1 – Hartford, Conn.

General aerial view of the city of Hartford, Conn., on March 23, 2019, at XL Center. (Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

  • Typical home value (Oct. 2025): $381,760
  • Home value growth forecast (Oct. 2026): +3.9 percent
  • Change in inventory versus 2018–2019 averages: -63.0 percent
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 10, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

BILLIONS IN FRAUD DISCOVERED RELATED TO REFUGEE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

Obama’s Trojan Horse: How His Refugee Machine Engineered The Billion-Dollar Looting Of US Treasury

by Tyler Durden
Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 – 09:00 PM

Authored by X user Saggezza Etern,

Obama’s Billion-Dollar Minnesota Fraud Empire

The Heist You Paid For

Imagine waking up tomorrow to find your bank account empty. Every dollar you saved for your children’s tuition, your retirement, your security—gone. Now imagine looking out the window and seeing the thief driving a Porsche bought with your money, laughing as he waves a government-issued thank you note. This is not a hypothetical scenario. It is the reality of the American taxpayer in the wake of the single largest COVID-era fraud scheme in the nation’s history. While you were locked down, masked up, and worrying about the price of eggs, a sophisticated network of fraudsters in Minnesota was siphoning off a quarter of a billion dollars—likely far more—from programs meant to feed hungry children.

The “Feeding Our Future” scandal is not just a story about greed. It is the smoking gun of a much darker political operation. Federal prosecutors have charged 70 people in a $250 million conspiracy, and the FBI is reportedly eyeing fraud that could total over $2 billion across multiple sectors including autism therapy, housing, and daycare. The vast majority of these defendants come from the Somali community in Minnesota. But do not be distracted by the foot soldiers. To understand how a fraud of this magnitude happens, you have to look past the people cashing the checks and look at the architect who built the bank. This industrial-scale theft traces directly back to Barack Obama. It was his administration that deliberately flooded Minnesota with tens of thousands of refugees, creating a dependent, insular enclave primed for exploitation. It was his policy of “equity” that paralyzed oversight. And it is his political heirs who are now frantically trying to bury the evidence.

The Architect of the Enclave

You might be wondering how Minnesota, a state once known for Scandinavian stoicism and lakes, became the global epicenter for Somali diasporic fraud. It was not an accident. It was a federal mandate. Between 2008 and 2016, the Obama administration oversaw the admission of over 54,000 Somali refugees into the United States. But they didn’t just scatter them across the 50 states. They targeted specific swing states and counties, with Minnesota being the primary dumping ground.

By the time Obama left office, Minnesota was home to the largest Somali population in the country, now estimated at over 80,000 people. This concentration was strategic. By clustering refugees in Minneapolis, the Democratic machine created a voting bloc that could be harvested for elections and a demographic that demanded massive government outlays. They called it “diversity.” In reality, it was demographic engineering. The Obama administration poured federal grants into “refugee services,” creating a lucrative industry of nonprofits and community organizers whose entire existence depended on keeping the flow of refugees—and federal dollars—moving. This established the infrastructure for the fraud we see today. When you import a population from a failed state with no tradition of Western civic duty, and you teach them that the government is a bottomless trough of free money, you don’t get assimilation. You get predation.

The “Equity” Shield: How They Paralyzed the Police

The genius of the Obama-era strategy was not just in the importation of people, but in the weaponization of race to silence dissent. Under the guise of “equity,” the Obama administration pushed for relaxed standards in federal contracting, specifically favoring “minority-owned” nonprofits. This created a regulatory environment where asking questions became a career-ending risk.

Consider the mechanics of the “Feeding Our Future” fraud. The fraudsters claimed to be serving thousands of meals a day to children who did not exist. At one site, they claimed to be feeding 2,000 children daily in a second-story apartment. Anyone with eyes could see this was impossible. So why didn’t the Minnesota Department of Education stop it? Because when they tried, they were called racists. The fraudsters, emboldened by the racial grievance culture Obama cultivated, sued the state for discrimination. Terrified of the “racism” label, the state resumed payments. This is the direct result of a decade of Obama-era policy that equated oversight with oppression. The bureaucrats were more afraid of a lawsuit from the ACLU than they were of letting billions of dollars in taxpayer money walk out the back door.

The Protege: Ilhan Omar and the MEALS Act

If Barack Obama built the machine, Ilhan Omar is the operator. Omar is the ultimate product of the Minnesota Somali enclave. She rose to power not despite her radicalism, but because of the demographic reality Obama created. And her legislative fingerprints are all over this scandal.

In 2020, as the pandemic began, Omar sponsored the MEALS Act. This legislation fundamentally altered the rules for federal nutrition programs, allowing parents to pick up meals without children present and removing the requirement for congregate dining. While pitched as a compassionate measure, it effectively removed the only verification mechanism the government had. It was a blank check. It is no coincidence that the fraud exploded immediately after these rules were relaxed. Omar’s campaign has accepted thousands of dollars from individuals later indicted in the scheme, money she quietly returned only after the media glare became too bright. She defends the lax rules as necessary to “feed kids,” twisting the narrative to make you feel guilty for questioning the theft. But the money didn’t go to kids. It went to luxury condos in Nairobi, beachfront property in Turkey, and Porsches in Minneapolis.

The Deep State Money Laundry

The rabbit hole goes deeper than just meal tickets. The connections between the Somali fraud network and the highest levels of the Democratic establishment are becoming impossible to ignore. Take a look at Rose Lake Capital, a venture capital firm founded by Tim Mynett, Ilhan Omar’s husband. As the fraud investigations heated up, astute observers noticed that the firm’s website was scrubbed of some very interesting names.

Prior to the scrub, the firm listed advisors including a former Obama ambassador to Bahrain, a former Obama ambassador to China, and a former DNC treasurer. Why are top-tier Obama officials swimming in the same financial waters as the family of a Congresswoman whose district is ground zero for the largest fraud in history? These networks provide the cover. They provide the legitimacy. And they potentially provide the mechanism to wash the proceeds of the grift. This is not just local corruption. It is a federally integrated operation where the political elite protect the foot soldiers who deliver the votes and the cash.

The Cost of Submission

You are paying for this. Every time you look at your pay stub and see the massive chunk taken out for federal taxes, remember that money is not building roads. It is not securing the border. It is funding the lifestyle of people who hate you. The $250 million stolen in the Feeding Our Future scam is just the tip of the iceberg. Investigators believe the total theft across childcare, autism, and housing programs could reach billions.

But the financial cost pales in comparison to the security threat. Much of this stolen money was remitted overseas. We know it bought real estate in Kenya and Turkey. What we don’t know is how much of it ended up in the hands of Al-Shabaab or other extremist groups in the Horn of Africa. By turning a blind eye to this fraud to preserve “community relations,” the Democrats have effectively turned the US Treasury into a piggy bank for foreign interests. And politically, they have succeeded. The Somali bloc in Minnesota votes over 80% Democrat. They have sent Ilhan Omar to Congress three times. They are a captured constituency, bought and paid for with your tax dollars.

Dismantling the Legacy

The Minnesota fraud scandal is the inevitable result of the Obama doctrine: Import a dependent class, dismantle the safeguards against corruption under the banner of “equity,” and brand anyone who notices as a bigot. They counted on your silence. They counted on your fear of being called a name.

But the receipts are in. We know who did this. We know how they did it. And we know who let it happen. The solution is not “reform.” It is a complete dismantling of the refugee resettlement pipeline that Obama built. We need a forensic audit of every federal dollar sent to “community non-profits” in the last ten years. We need to seize the assets—the cars, the houses, the overseas accounts—of everyone involved. And most importantly, we need to stop being afraid. The cry of “racism” is the thief’s final defense. Ignore it. Keep your eyes on the money. Keep your eyes on the truth. They stole your country and sold it back to you as “diversity.” Demand a refund.

What You Can Do Right Now:

  • Share this article: The mainstream media is trying to bury the Obama connection. Force the conversation.
  • Demand Audits: Contact your state representatives and demand a specialized audit of all Department of Education and DHS grant recipients in your state.
  • Reject the Guilt: When they try to shame you for asking where the money went, laugh in their faces. You are the creditor. They are the debtors. And collection day is coming.

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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on January 1, 2026 by sterlingcooper.

GAZA TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A GLEAMING METROPOLIS? SURE!

Project Sunrise: Inside The $112BN Plan To Rebuild Gaza As ‘High Tech Metropolis’

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have presented a $112 billion reconstruction plan to Gulf officials to build a “high-tech metropolis” atop the remains of Gaza, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The 32-page PowerPoint presentation labeled “sensitive” and titled “Project Sunrise” was developed over 45 days and reportedly presented to officials from Qatar, UAE, Egypt, and Turkiye.

The plan envisions turning the Gaza Strip into a “high-tech metropolis” over the next two decades with four phases of reconstruction beginning in southern Gaza. It also calls for turning Rafah into Gaza’s new “administrative center,” housing over 500,000 residents.

However, the plan does not specify where two million Palestinians would be sheltered during the reconstruction period. Israel’s blockade of shelter materials has left Palestinians sheltering in bombed-out buildings and tattered tents.

In early December, a severe winter storm caused over a dozen fatalities, including three infants who succumbed to exposure, and led to the collapse of several buildings. About 95 percent of Gaza’s tent camps have flooded due to the heavy rain.

Witkoff and Kushner’s reconstruction plan also proposes monetizing 70 percent of Gaza’s coastline beginning in year ten of the project, a move officials hope would generate over “$55 billion in long-run investment returns for prospective investors.”

Both Witkoff and Kushner come from prominent Jewish real estate families rooted in New York’s property sector, with careers built around large-scale, high-value developments and deep financial ties to Gulf sovereign wealth funds.

According to the proposal, the US would provide $60 billion in grants and loan guarantees to back new debt, with expectations that the project would become self-financing as local industry and the broader economy recover. The World Bank would also have a role in the project.

The proposal is contingent on Hamas demilitarizing and decommissioning all weapons and tunnels. This precondition is highlighted in bold red type on the second page of the slide deck.

Hamas officials recently offered to “bury” the group’s weapons and hand over power to a Palestinian governing body.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2025 by sterlingcooper.

THE MOST SECURE FLORIDA HOMESTEAD IS NOT ON ANY BEACH

Inside Secret Florida Enclave Luring Celebrities and Billionaires With Unrivaled Privacy, Military Guards—and Incredible Mansions

Secret Florida Enclave of luxury homes and celebrities
Realtor.com/Daniel Petroni Photography

An exclusive community in southern Florida is proving itself to be a rising power player in the luxury housing market, going toe-to-toe against the likes of Palm Beach and Miami in a David vs. Goliath-style battle of wealth and privilege.

For years, Florida’s most moneyed residents have flocked to Miami and its surrounding areas, seeking out a life of luxury rarely found elsewhere in the U.S. Yet that dominance is now being challenged by a little-known neighborhood located in Delray Beach, about 90 minutes north of “the Magic City.”

Just last month, Hollywood A-lister Mark Wahlberg made headlines when he dropped $37 million on a newly constructed megamansion inside the enclave—only to be followed weeks later by Rockstar energy drink founder Russ Weiner, who is in contract on two properties in the community, worth a total of $43 million.

So what is it about this secretive sanctuary that has helped to reel in such high-profile property owners?

On paper, Stone Creek Ranch—a “prestigious” enclave made up of less than 40 luxury homes—is a world away from Miami, Manalapan, and Palm Beach: It offers no beaches, no celebrity-approved nightlife, and no glitzy designer shopping.

Yet it offers one very particular luxury that is proving to be quite the draw among the one percent: total and absolute privacy that is safeguarded by a team of armed professionals who watch over the community 24/7—a majority of whom come from previous jobs in law enforcement or the military.

Prospective residents’ entry into the community is policed just as carefully: Any homebuyers seeking to purchase one of just 37 private residences within Stone Creek are required to go through rigorous criminal background checks before they can even attempt to secure a home there.

An exclusive and secretive Florida enclave is quickly becoming the new hot spot for rich and powerful homebuyers, including the likes of actor Mark Wahlberg, who just bought a $37 million mansion there.
An exclusive and secretive Florida enclave is quickly becoming the new hot spot for rich and powerful homebuyers, including the likes of actor Mark Wahlberg, who just bought a $37 million mansion there. Daniel Petroni
Stone Creek Ranch in Delray Beach, FL, offers one very important amenity that cannot be found in places like Miami or Palm Beach: total privacy that is safeguarded by a team of armed guards.
Stone Creek Ranch in Delray Beach, FL, offers one very important amenity that cannot be found in places like Miami or Palm Beach: total privacy that is safeguarded by a team of armed guards.Daniel Petroni

For the rich and powerful, that level of security and privacy is far more “valuable” than any beach or boat dock could ever be, according to real estate agent Senada Adzem of Douglas Elliman, whose team has been responsible for the sale of a majority of homes inside Stone Creek.

Adzem tells Realtor.comÂŽ that she has seen a significant shift in her wealthy clients’ demands over the last few years. Those who would once never have considered living in a Florida mansion without private beach access or a dock capable of housing their yacht are now turning their backs on those amenities in favor of seclusion away from prying eyes.

“I’m working with a very high-profile couple right now [who] no longer want to live on Star Island in Miami … because [they feel they cannot] enjoy their pool or their yard with people on boats going past and taking pictures,” Adzem revealed.

“They just want to have their peace. And that makes so much sense. [Privacy] is valuable to them. They’d rather have all this privacy where no one is looking at them, they can run around with their kids, they can wear whatever. That’s what’s really valuable.”

In a bid to secure that oh-so sought-after luxury, that couple has turned to Stone Creek, Adzem revealed, noting that she is currently trying to secure them a property in an off-market deal—because none of the community’s mansions are actually on the market.

Although each of the properties in Stone Creek offers water frontage, because they overlook a private lake, there is no risk of strangers sailing past in a boat and gawking at your backyard—a threat that looms over even the most exclusive areas of Miami and Palm Beach, including the infamous Indian Creek Island, where the likes of Tom Brady and Jeff Bezos currently reside.

That privacy is amplified by the fact that the majority of properties in Stone Creek offer very impressive acreage, which keeps a good distance between each home and makes it feel “like you don’t have neighbors at all.”

Another big draw of Stone Creek is one that Adzem says many people “overlook,” but has often been one of the most alluring aspects of the community: its access to five of the top private schools in Palm Beach County.

As for the homes themselves, there is an extraordinary level of extravagance and luxury on offer to discerning homebuyers.

Wahlberg’s new property, for example, spans 18,206 square feet and boasts seven bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms, two powder rooms, a home theater, cigar lounge, wine cellar, gym, sauna, guesthouse, and resort-style pool.

A Florida Mansion next door to Mark Wahlberg
Listing agent Senada Adzem revealed that many of her clients are now seeking out homes in Stone Creek Ranch instead of places like Palm Beach. Daniel Petroni Photography
An aerial view of Florida Mansion next door to Mark Wahlberg
The community is located around a man-made lake, which means there is no risk of strangers sailing past in boats and looking into your backyard. Daniel Petroni Photography

Christened Palazzo di Lago, the mansion was designed by developer Aldo Stark, who drew inspiration from Italian architecture to create an “architectural masterpiece” that was described as offering “the pinnacle of luxury living in South Florida.”

Luxurious finishes and fixtures can be found in every room of the home, including “exquisite crystal chandeliers” that were custom-designed to cast an “ethereal glow” throughout the dwelling.

One of the more unique amenities in the home is its hidden cigar lounge, which boasts an advanced air-purification system.

Just across the lake sits a similarly opulent mansion—currently under offer by Rockstar founder Weiner—which is known as Villa Ananda and sprawls across nearly 11,500 square feet.

It is situated on a 2.5-acre waterfront plot with an “extraordinary” 660 feet of private water frontage and boasts some truly amazing amenities, including an enormous primary suite that occupies an entire wing, a glittering pool, and a “club room” with a 150-inch projection screen.

Additionally, Stark is currently in the process of building an even more impressive Stone Creek property that will be listed “in the $75 million range,” Adzem revealed.

Wahlberg’s purchase of his home also highlighted another lesser-publicized detail about the value of homes in Stone Creek: impressive ROI potential.

As first reported by CNBC, the actor’s new mansion underwent a 118% price increase between January 2020, when it sold for $17 million, and October 2025, when Wahlberg paid $37 million for the dwelling.

While Adzem noted that she cannot guarantee that kind of lucrative return on every property within Stone Creek, she said that the skyrocketing value of Wahlberg’s new home is indicative of trends she is seeing within the community.

“I do see the pattern in terms of rising values within the community,” she revealed. “I started working in this community in 2018 and I saw the potential where you have something that’s really unique.”

Stone Creek Ranch
For the rich and powerful, that level of security and privacy is far more “valuable” than any beach or boat dock could ever be, according to Adzem. Daniel Petroni Photography
Stone Creek Ranch
There are only 37 properties inside Stone Creek Ranch. Daniel Petroni Photography

Market trends in Delray Beach mirror this impressive increase in home value, with Realtor.com data revealing that the median listing price in the area has shot up from $617,000 in October 2018 to $1.1 million in October 2025, a growth of more than 80%.

Demand for homes has also gone through a very similar surge. When Adzem first began marketing properties in Stone Creek, she admits that the community was a bit of a “steep road” to convince her wealthy clientele of the community’s appeal—particularly because many of them wanted homes that offered golf course access or private clubhouses.

“It was a steep road for me, because many prospects would say, ‘I want to be on the ocean, I want to be on the coast, and I want to have a yacht in front or I want to be able to walk on the beach,'” she explained.

Now, however, instead of having to pitch homebuyers on the “value” of Stone Creek, she says clients are requesting properties within the enclave.

“We have clients who can afford to live anywhere in the world but they choose to live in Stone Creek,” she explained. “We’ve sold 17 properties in the past five years, both homes and lots, and garnered global attention.

“I no longer have to explain what Stone Creek Ranch offers because you have so many big names in business and celebrity who live there.

“The buyers who have appreciated what Stone Creek has to offer understand that they can still go to the ocean, but they can also not worry about their family when they’re traveling and they can have full-time security personnel. They don’t have to think about people walking by their home and seeing into their backyard.”

Stone Creek is also conveniently located at what Adzem describes as a “nexus” between several popular locations, including the “artsy” community of Delray Beach, Miami, and Boca Raton, providing residents with the best of every world.

“Delray is a new hot spot with a really cool vibe: You have fabulous restaurants, you have the art scene. I almost compare it to Soho in New York, it’s a very vibrant, young scene,” Adzem added.

“A lot of our clients really appreciate the fact that they can have their big resort-style mansions in private, then they can go to Palm Beach in 30 minutes, or they can go to downtown Delray and to the beach. Then they can go to Miami, which takes about an hour.

“Boca Raton is also less than half an hour away and features amazing restaurants, and a really beautiful, affluent scene.”

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 25, 2025 by sterlingcooper.

BABY BOOMERS ARE RICHEST GENERATION WITH $85 TRILLION IN ASSETS

Baby Boomers are richest generation with $85 TRILLION in assets—younger gens have no chance of catching up

Boomers “entered the labor force during decades of strong economic growth, rising productivity and relatively high real wages.”

Baby Boomers are richest generation with $85 TRILLION in assets—younger gens have no chance of catching up
The Baby Boomer generation holds $85 trillion in assets, meaning they are the wealthiest generation so far in the United States. However, new research has shown their success will be difficult to match by other generations.

According to research from NYU economics professor Edward Wolf, the reason comes down to timing as well as investing in the stock market and other assets before they grew in value. The four decades between 1983 and 2022, when Baby Boomers saw their wealth increase, also saw the wealth of others decline in real value, as detailed in a paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research.

“It’s astonishing how their relative wealth has taken off in the last 30-plus years,” said NYU economics professor Edward Wolff, per the Washington Post. “They started out as among the poorest groups in terms of wealth back in 1983.”

The generated wealth of the Baby Boomer generation came from uniquely favorable timing of investments as well as real estate. With housing costs, the Baby Boomer generation also paid a smaller portion of their expenses to housing costs.

Olivia Mitchell, a professor of business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said that Boomers “entered the labor force during decades of strong economic growth, rising productivity and relatively high real wages.”

They were able to invest and earn during their prime years in the workforce in bull markets during the 1980s and 1990s. There were lower tuition costs, lower healthcare costs, as well as a number of other advantages.

Additionally, they had a number of favorable tax policies, such as lower capital gains tax rates. In contrast, younger generations of Millennials got their careers started in the 2000s, with the Great Recession running from 2007 to 2009. Markets afterwards have also been more volatile.

“Particularly for middle-income workers, real wage gains since the 2000s have been modest, compared to the robust wage growth that Boomers benefited from mid-career,” Mitchell added. By age 30, Millennials had about two times the debt as their Baby Boomer counterparts, according to Jeremy Ney, a professor of business at Columbia University.

After World War II, “You had this tremendous boom that many got to ride for a very long period of time,” Ney said. “And when you compare that to the bursting of the dot-com bubble, when you compare that to the 2008 housing crisis, when you compare that to the declines of covid, it made it much more difficult for people to invest, accumulate wealth,” Ney added.

About half of the wealth held by Boomers is tied up in stocks, bonds, or other mutual funds held in retirement accounts, and had over $85 trillion through the second quarter of 2025. Younger generations, however, are much more likely to have debt, leaving less to save or invest.

Boomers were also in a better position to refinance their homes during the Great Recession when interest rates were dropped by the Fed, meaning housing costs were able to be lowered for many in the Boomer generation.

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2025 by sterlingcooper.

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