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October 24, 2024
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Election 2024
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Kamala’s VP Tim Walz Brought Chinese Communists to Nebraska High School.

New allegations have surfaced alleging that Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) hosted a group of Chinese ‘educators’ while teaching in Nebraska in 1996. Some members of the Chinese delegation are now believed to have been Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials connected to the regime’s intelligence and foreign influence operations.

The Chinese officials were brought to Walz’s classroom in Alliance, Nebraska, to “study the education system” of the United States, according to an Alliance Times-Herald report at the time. According to the U.S. intelligence community, China has routinely used seemingly innocuous cultural and educational exchange programs to engage in foreign espionage and to further its political interests.

Walz—the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee as Kamala Harris’s running mate—faces increasing congressional scrutiny over his ties to China. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have raised the prospect that the Minnesota Democrat could be a target of Chinese influence. In addition, some question whether his relations with individuals associated with the CCP constitute a potential national security risk.

Earlier this month, the House Oversight Committee requested that the Biden-Harris Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hand over documents pertaining to Walz and his ties to CCP officials. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) states his committee was informed by a whistleblower that communications exist between DHS personnel regarding their concerns about Walz and his ties to China.

This isn’t the first time the Alliance Times-Herald has reported on Walz’s connections to China. In a 1991 article, the Nebraska newspaper revealed that Walz lauded the ideals of international communism to students. The 2024 Democratic Party vice presidential nominee is quoted extolling the virtues of Chinese communism as a system where “everyone shares” and “everyone is the same.”

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Texas Passes Explicit Constitutional Ban on Noncitizen Voting.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Texans approved a constitutional amendment to prohibit non-U.S. citizens from voting in the state.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Texas voters, Governor Greg Abbott (R), and state legislators.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The vote took place in Texas during the most recent election period.

💬KEY QUOTE: “It is now in our Constitution that only U.S. citizens can vote in Texas elections,” said Governor Abbott.

🎯IMPACT: The amendment reinforces existing state and federal laws barring non-citizens from voting.

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Texas voters have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that explicitly bans non-U.S. citizens from voting in state elections. The proposal, linked to Senate Joint Resolution 37, passed with nearly 72 percent support, according to unofficial results. The measure adds language to the state constitution stating that “persons who are not citizens of the United States” are among those prohibited from voting in Texas elections.

Texas law already requires U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and federal law bars non-citizens from voting in federal contests, including presidential and congressional races. However, supporters of the amendment said the change ensures the restriction is permanently enshrined in the state’s highest legal document. Governor Greg Abbott (R) celebrated the outcome on X, writing, “It is now in our Constitution that only U.S. citizens can vote in Texas elections.”

The amendment’s passage comes amid heightened scrutiny of voter eligibility across the state. In recent years, Texas officials have taken a series of steps to tighten election security and remove ineligible voters from state rolls. In 2024, the state reported removing roughly one million ineligible names from the voter database, including more than 6,500 flagged as non-citizens. State officials have also referred dozens of alleged cases of non-citizen voting from the 2024 general election to the Texas Attorney General’s office for further investigation.

These actions follow a broader national debate over election integrity and the extent to which non-citizen voting may occur in local or state elections. Supporters of the amendment argue that clear constitutional language helps prevent future confusion and strengthens public trust in elections.

The Texas initiative aligns with a broader push in several Republican-led states to reaffirm or expand constitutional prohibitions on non-citizen voting. Lawmakers and advocacy groups in states including Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin have advanced similar proposals in recent years.

Texas has also drawn attention for its efforts to maintain clean voter rolls. State election officials have cited data-sharing programs and verification systems designed to identify and remove ineligible voters.

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Politics

Nationwide Airport Shutdown to Paralyze Travel for Hours.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Travel chaos erupted across the U.S. as staffing shortages caused by the ongoing Democrat-caused government shutdown led to significant flight delays.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, air traffic controllers, and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Wednesday, November 5, 2025, affecting airports nationwide, including Newark, JFK, LAX, and others.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached, a 10 percent reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports will begin Friday.” – Sean Duffy

🎯IMPACT: Delays of up to seven hours at major airports, with average wait times around two hours and 20 minutes, affecting both arrivals and departures.

IN FULL

Travel disruptions across the United States intensified on November 5 as the Democrat-caused federal government shutdown worsened staffing shortages at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The agency reported delays at 17 major airports, with wait times potentially reaching seven hours.

Airports affected include Newark Liberty International (EWR), John F. Kennedy (JFK), LaGuardia (LGA), Los Angeles (LAX), Atlanta (ATL), Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Miami (MIA), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Washington-area airports (DCA, IAD, BWI), and hubs in San Francisco (SFO), Boston (BOS), Seattle (SEA), Denver (DEN), Orlando (MCO), and Salt Lake City (SLC).

To manage the backlog, the FAA has implemented an airspace flow program, spacing out flights across U.S. airspace from the ground to 60,000 feet. Both arrivals and departures are affected, with average delays estimated at 2 hours and 20 minutes. Newark has experienced some of the longest delays, while Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has reported average delays exceeding three hours.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that, if the Democrat shutdown continues, there could be a 10 percent reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports starting Friday. “Unless a deal to end the federal government shutdown is reached, a 10 percent reduction in scheduled air traffic at 40 major airports will begin Friday,” he said.

The shutdown, now in its 36th day, is the longest in U.S. history. Approximately 13,000 air traffic controllers and 50,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents are working without pay, placing additional strain on an already understaffed system. On Monday, about 2,800 flights were delayed and more than 100 were canceled, as some essential workers struggled to report to work amid financial pressure.

The aviation industry, including major carriers like Delta Air Lines, has urged Congress to pass a “clean continuing resolution” (CR) to reopen the government. Republicans have tried this multiple times, but the Democratic minority in the U.S. Senate has blocked every attempt.

Delta executives warned that ongoing delays and cancellations threaten safety and could disrupt air travel nationwide. Meanwhile, some Senate Democrats have suggested federal workers are willing to continue working without pay to oppose elements of the Trump agenda. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) remarked, “I think they all would like to see the shutdown end, but they also don’t like giving Donald Trump a blank check.”

As the shutdown drags on, officials continue to monitor staffing levels and adjust flight schedules. Travelers are advised to expect extended wait times at security checkpoints and potential flight cancellations. With air traffic controllers and TSA agents stretched thin, the coming days could see further disruptions at major airports if the government remains closed.

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Politics

Mamdani Lost Among Native New Yorkers, Win Carried by Newcomers.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won the New York City mayoral election among native New Yorkers, but newcomers allowed Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani to carry the day.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani, and New York City voters.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The mayoral election took place in New York City on Tuesday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Voters born in the city backed Cuomo over Mamdani by a margin of 49 percent to 38 percent.” – NBC News

🎯IMPACT: The results highlight a divide between long-time residents and newer arrivals in New York City politics, with large-scale immigration empowering radical candidates like Mamdani over local people.

IN FULL

Voters born in New York City backed former Governor Andrew Cuomo in Tuesday’s mayoral election, with the Democrat-turned-independent beating the Democrats’ socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani by a margin of 49 percent to 38 percent. However, Mamdani, a Ugandan Muslim immigrant, was able to carry the day due to overwhelming support from residents who have been in the city for under ten years, winning them by around 81 percent.

Notably, Mamdani also led among voters who have lived in New York for over a decade but were not born there, albeit more narrowly, at 55 percent to 40 percent.

“Thank you to those so often forgotten by the politics of our city, who made this movement their own. I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas. Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses. Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties,” Mamdani’s said during his victory speech, declaring: “New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.”

The results underscore the radical political change that can be brought about by mass migration. Mamdani, who believes in fringe policies such as defunding the police, abolishing prisons, and imposing higher taxes on “whiter neighborhoods,” will now lead the largest city in the United States, despite having only become a U.S. citizen in 2018.

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Feds Catch Two More in ISIS-Linked Halloween Plot.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Federal authorities arrested two additional suspects linked to a thwarted Halloween terror plot.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, Milo Sederat, Mohmed Ali, Majed Mahmoud, and unnamed accomplices.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Arrests occurred on November 4; linked to planned attacks in Michigan targeting LGBT nightclubs.

🎯IMPACT: Federal authorities disrupted a plot inspired by prior terror attacks, seizing weapons and ammunition.

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Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with a foiled Halloween terror plot, according to a law enforcement source. The individuals, identified as Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal and Milo Sederat, were taken into custody on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation that could lead to additional arrests. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) Intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau assisted federal authorities in locating and apprehending the suspects. It remains unclear whether the two are among the unnamed co-conspirators mentioned in earlier court documents.

Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud, both 20 and residents of Dearborn, Michigan, in connection with the same plot. According to court filings, the plan involved targeting LGBT nightclubs in Ferndale, Michigan. Investigators say the suspects stockpiled weapons, practiced shooting, and scouted potential attack sites. A juvenile and other unidentified accomplices were also referenced in the criminal complaint.

Authorities allege the group code-named their operation “Pumpkin” and drew inspiration from previous mass-casualty radical Islamic terror attacks, including the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando and the 2015 Bataclan concert hall attack in Paris. During raids last Friday, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents recovered numerous firearms, tactical equipment, and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition from the homes of Ali and Mahmoud, as well as from a shared storage unit. Both men are being held without bail and are scheduled for detention hearings in Detroit on Monday. Court appearances for Jimenez-Guzal and Sederat have not yet been set.

Last year, an Afghan national, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide support to Islamic State (ISIS) in a planned Election Day attack after entering the U.S. through a Special Immigrant Visa program. He was also reported to have previously worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Earlier in 2024, authorities arrested 18-year-old Alexander Scott Mercurio of Idaho for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on local churches, intending to use firearms and firebombs.

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Politics

Somali-American Fails in Bid to Become Wokest Mayor.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Omar Fateh, a far-left Democrat, lost his bid to become the Mayor of Minneapolis to fellow Democrat Jacob Frey by six percentage points.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Omar Fateh, Jacob Frey, and 13 other candidates, including DeWayne Davis and Jazz Hampton.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Election results were released on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

💬KEY QUOTE: “While this wasn’t the outcome we wanted, I am incredibly grateful to every single person who supported our grassroots campaign. I’ll keep fighting alongside you to build the city we deserve. Onward.” – Omar Fateh

🎯IMPACT: Jacob Frey secures a third term as mayor, continuing his moderate approach to governance and rejecting the more progressive policies championed by Fateh.

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Omar Fateh, a 30-year-old Somali-background Minnesota state senator and far-left Democrat, has lost his campaign to become mayor of Minneapolis. Fateh was defeated by incumbent Jacob Frey, 44, who secured reelection by about six percentage points, according to results released on November 5.

Frey, who will now serve a third term, ran on a platform focused on what he called “good, thoughtful governance that listens to data, research, and experts to deliver real results.” He was endorsed by Minnesota Governor and failed vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.

Fateh, who sought to become Minneapolis’s first Muslim and Somali-American mayor, addressed supporters in a statement on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “While this wasn’t the outcome we wanted, I am incredibly grateful to every single person who supported our grassroots campaign. I’ll keep fighting alongside you to build the city we deserve. Onward.”

A progressive activist in the state legislature, Fateh’s campaign was often compared to that of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist just elected Mayor of New York City. However, Fateh’s early support for the “defund the police” movement and his left-leaning positions, which Mamdani shared but deemphasized on the campaign trail, may have turned away moderate voters.

Fateh’s loss is particularly significant for Minnesota’s Somali-American community, one of the largest in the United States, with an estimated 70,000 to 90,000 residents, most living in the Twin Cities area. Members of the Somali community have been subjects of controversy in recent years, including a Minneapolis resident who was recently sentenced to 30 years in prison for their role in a 2012 kidnapping of American journalist Michael Scott Moore off the coast of Somalia. The U.S. Department of Justice identified former pirate Abdi Yusuf Hassan as a naturalized U.S. citizen of Minneapolis.

Another Somali from Minnesota, Guhaad Hashi Said, a former political operative linked to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a pandemic-era food program scam earlier this year.

The Minneapolis Police Department in late 2024 swore in its first Somali-American woman officer and its first non-citizen officer, following changes in state law that allow legal residents who are not U.S. citizens to serve.

Minnesota adopted a new state flag in 2024, a process driven by woke complaints that the previous design, featuring an American Indian on horseback and a white settler plowing land, was offensive. Critics complained the new design resembles a Somali flag.

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‘Nothing Changes’—Border Czar Homan Vows NYC Immigration Raids Will Continue.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Tom Homan, President Donald J. Trump’s Border Czar, announced that immigration raids in New York City will continue despite the election of anti-borders Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as city mayor.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Tom Homan, Zohran Mamdani, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

📍WHEN & WHERE: New York City, following Mamdani’s mayoral victory on Tuesday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We will continue operations. Nothing changes.” – Tom Homan

🎯IMPACT: The Trump administration plans to maintain immigration enforcement operations, challenging Mayor-elect Mamdani’s sanctuary city policies.

IN FULL

President Donald J. Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, has vowed to press ahead with immigration enforcement operations in New York City following Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s victory in Tuesday’s mayoral race. Mamdani, himself a Ugandan immigrant, has pledged to maintain the city’s “sanctuary” status, hindering local law enforcement from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

“We will continue operations. Nothing changes,” Homan said Wednesday. Homan, who previously served as acting ICE director, has been a central figure in the administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, emphasizing a focus on detaining migrants with criminal records.

So far this year, there has been a surge in ICE arrests targeting offenders accused of serious crimes. In June, ICE conducted nationwide raids that resulted in the detention of hundreds of immigrants charged with offenses including rape, murder, and child exploitation. In Boston, coordinated operations led to nearly 370 arrests, with more than half of those detained facing serious criminal charges or convictions. Homan has also highlighted the administration’s broader goal of raising ICE’s daily arrest capacity to about 7,000 through additional funding, a plan he said would “turbocharge” enforcement.

Homan has pointed to a massive decrease in daily illegal border crossings since Trump appointed him earlier this year, crediting tougher enforcement policies and cooperation with Border Patrol units.

Mayor-elect Mamdani, meanwhile, has condemned ICE as a “rogue agency” and accused it of targeting immigrants unfairly. He has proposed allocating $100 million in taxpayer funds to provide legal defense for illegal immigrants, describing the plan as a “cornerstone” of his administration and pledging to “stop ICE agents from deporting our neighbors.”

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Politics

Kansas GOP Abandons Redistricting Battle Despite California Democrats’ Victory.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Kansas Republicans decided against pursuing a mid-decade redistricting effort that could have affected the state’s sole Democratic congressional district.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Republican state House Speaker Dan Hawkins, Republican state Senate President Ty Masterson, Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, and Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS).

📍WHEN & WHERE: Kansas, with announcements and developments occurring in late October and early November 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Planning a Special Session is always going to be an uphill battle with multiple agendas, scheduling conflicts, and many unseen factors at play.” – Dan Hawkins

🎯IMPACT: The decision delays redistricting efforts in Kansas, while other states like Texas, Missouri, and California move forward with partisan map changes.

IN FULL

Kansas Republicans have abandoned efforts to hold a special legislative session in order to pass a redistricting plan that would have targeted Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS), the only Democrat member of the state’s congressional delegation. State Representative Dan Hawkins (R), the state House Speaker, announced on Tuesday that he lacked the votes to convene a special session without the approval of Governor Laura Kelly (D-KS).

“Planning a Special Session is always going to be an uphill battle with multiple agendas, scheduling conflicts, and many unseen factors at play,” Hawkins said in a statement, while emphasizing that Republicans still “wish to have a conversation about redistricting.” State Senate President Ty Masterson (R), the gubernatorial frontrunner, stated that redistricting remains a “top priority” for the legislature when it reconvenes in January.

Congresswoman Davids responded to the news on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “For months, extreme Republican legislators in Topeka have been scheming with D.C. politicians to silence Kansas voices. Today, we’ve won the first round in this fight against gerrymandering. But their plan to cheat the system isn’t over.”

Masterson, however, emphasized the continued goal of redrawing the state congressional map, saying, “In 2016, 2020, and again in 2024, Kansans gave President Trump overwhelming record numbers, and they expect their elected leaders to keep fighting for his America-First agenda. That’s exactly what we’ve done in the Senate, and that’s exactly what we’ll keep doing. We’re not backing down, and we’re not sitting out of this fight.”

Meanwhile, other states, such as Texas, Missouri, and others, have moved forward with their own redistricting efforts, creating additional Republican-leaning districts. California voters, in contrast, approved a measure to create up to five more Democratic-leaning seats, with over $100 million spent on the campaign supporting the proposal. Virginia Democrats have also initiated a special session aimed at gaining up to three additional congressional seats ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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Trump Cuts Tariffs on China in Exchange for Fentanyl Crackdown.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order reducing tariffs on Chinese goods from 20 percent to 10 percent following commitments from China to address the synthetic opioid crisis.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Donald J. Trump, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

📍WHEN & WHERE: The executive order was signed in November 2025,at the White House, with tariff reductions effective from November 10, 2025.

🎯IMPACT: The decision aims to address the U.S. opioid crisis while maintaining economic leverage over China through revised trade measures.

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President Donald J. Trump has issued a new executive order lowering tariffs on Chinese goods from 20 percent to 10 percent, effective November 10, 2025. The move comes as part of a broader agreement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in which Beijing has pledged to take “significant measures” to curb the export of synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

The order revises tariff rates initially set under Executive Order 14195 and later adjusted by Executive Order 14228. Those tariffs were originally imposed after China was accused of failing to address the role of its chemical industry in the deadly synthetic opioid epidemic, which the Trump administration has officially declared a national emergency.

As part of the new arrangement, China has agreed to block the export of certain chemicals used in fentanyl production to North America and tighten global export regulations on others. In return, the U.S. will reduce the additional ad valorem duty rate to 10 percent, reversing the hike implemented in March 2025. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in coordination with other agencies, has been tasked with overseeing Chinese compliance. President Trump emphasized that the order “may be modified if the PRC fails to fulfill its promises to combat the synthetic opioid crisis.”

The decision follows a string of high-profile developments linking China to the ongoing fentanyl epidemic. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel recently stated that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “orchestrating the fentanyl crisis to take out generations of young men and women in America,” describing it as an act of “chemical warfare.”

In October, a Chinese national identified as a “cartel money man” was extradited to the U.S. from Cuba after escaping from Mexico. Earlier this year, the administration also announced a visa crackdown targeting the families of known fentanyl traffickers, signaling a broader strategy to apply diplomatic and financial pressure on those connected to the trade.

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Zohran Mamdani’s Supposed Grassroots Campaign Revealed as Foreign Influence Operation.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A coordinated campaign allegedly linked to foreign influence helped propel Zohran Mamdani’s political rise in Queens, New York.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Zohran Mamdani, Kazi Fouzia, Neville Roy Singham, DRUM, DRUM Beats, CAIR, Linda Sarsour, and foreign-aligned networks, including CCP-linked entities.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The campaign unfolded in Queens, New York, with significant digital and in-person mobilization efforts leading up to Mamdani’s election.

🎯IMPACT: The campaign revealed vulnerabilities in American civic processes, with foreign influence operations using non-profit networks in order to interfere in American elections.

IN FULL

The alleged grassroots campaign that catapulted radical socialist Zohran Mamdani into the New York City mayor’s office appears to have been largely a farce, with the operation instead involving a well-coordinated network of politically radical non-profit groups and foreign-aligned operatives. Mamdani’s vaunted army of “Bangladeshi aunties,” who he claimed were swarming New York City neighborhoods to get out the vote, were in reality part of a campaign operation overseen by Kazi Fouzia, a radical Bangladeshi Islamist-Maoist.

Fouzia’s ties to radical elements in the South Asian community were critical to the Mamdani campaign’s ground effort, as was the organization she runs, DRUM, and its affiliate, DRUM Beats. Notably, several of the key organizers for DRUM’s get-out-the-vote operation have close ties to the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party—a radical socialist political party in Pakistan that is widely considered a puppet of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Concerningly, Fouzia and DRUM are also linked to Shanghai-based billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who a number of American media outlets have identified as a key figure in CCP influence operations.

Even more troubling, the unofficial headquarters of the Mamdani campaign was located at Singham’s own nonprofit group, The People’s Forum. The group is currently under congressional investigation over allegations that it acts as an unregistered foreign lobbying operation. Solidifying Mamdani’s ties to Singham further, Alicia Singham Goodwin—the niece of the pro-CCP billionaire—headed Jews for Zohran, an operation aiming to deflect criticism of the candidate’s stance on Israel and allegations of anti-Semitism.

In addition to Mamdani’s ties to South Asian and CCP-tied radicals, the mayor-elect also has long documented ties to radical Islamists as well. The National Pulse previously reported that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) emerged as one of the dark money funders of  Mamdani’s mayoral bid. Campaign finance records show the group—with alleged ties to Islamic extremists—both directly and indirectly funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign over the last year. In addition, Muslim activist Linda Sarsour claimed CAIR was instrumental in pushing the broader American Mulsim community to contribute to Mamdani, making its impact far larger than data suggests.

Just weeks before election day, Mamdani shared a photo on social media where he appeared alongside radical Islamist Imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In the post, Mamdani praised Wahhaj as one of America’s foremost Muslim religious scholars and a local Brooklyn community leader.

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Texas Police Union Moves to Recruit ‘Disgusted’ NYPD Officers After Mamdani’s Victory.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Houston Police Officers’ Union is actively recruiting New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers following the election of far-left immigrant Zohran Mamdani, who supports defunding the police, as Mayor of New York City.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Houston Police Officers’ Union, NYPD officers, and newly elected NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani.

📍WHEN & WHERE: November 2025, Houston, Texas, and New York City, New York.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We believe socialism is going to be bad for law enforcement in New York City. There is opportunity here in Houston for officers to come, make a great life for themselves, the cost of living is a lot less and you can actually do police work and be supported by our mayor and our city council.” – Doug Griffith, Houston Police Union President

🎯IMPACT: The union’s recruitment campaign highlights concerns over Mamdani’s anti-law enforcement politics.

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The Houston Police Officers’ Union is urging New York City police officers to relocate to Texas following the election of anti-police Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s new mayor. The union released recruitment ads directly asking, “NYPD, are you disgusted with the election of Zohran Mamdani?”

Mamdani, 34, is a Ugandan Muslim immigrant and longtime progressive activist, and has pledged to send mental health professionals rather than police officers to respond to certain crisis situations across the city. He previously supported the “defund the police” movement. Mamdani has also promised to uphold New York’s sanctuary city policy, which prevents local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities.

Houston Police Union President Doug Griffith said that Mamdani’s platform poses a direct threat to law enforcement in New York. “We believe socialism is going to be bad for law enforcement in New York City,” he said. “There is opportunity here in Houston for officers to come, make a great life for themselves, the cost of living is a lot less and you can actually do police work and be supported by our mayor and our city council.” The union’s pitch highlights “competitive pay” and a “supportive” local government, aiming to attract officers frustrated by the political climate in New York.

Mamdani, an avowed socialist, previously declared in a social media post: “We don’t need an investigation to know that the NYPD is racist, anti-queer & a major threat to public safety. What we need is to #DefundTheNYPD.” The posts re-emerged after the killing of an NYPD officer, prompting backlash. Despite his history of anti-police rhetoric, Mamdani has since been assigned an NYPD security detail.

Ahead of the election, polling indicated deep unease about Mamdani’s candidacy. A survey reported that nearly nine percent of city residents, around 765,000 people, said they would “definitely” leave if he won, while another 25 percent, or roughly 2.1 million people, said they would consider moving.

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