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End Of Day - 10-2-25 - Day 2, Minnesota's Massive Fraud, Murder In Manchester

Thursday, October 2, 2025

Day 2

 

It’s Day 2 of the Schumer Shutdown, and Chuck is singing a different tune about this government funding impasse than he sang just six months ago. 

 

When the government faced a potential shutdown in March, 10 Senate Democrats, including Chuck Schumer, voted to keep the government open. Here’s how Schumer explained his position then:

 

“Under a shutdown, the Trump administration would have wide-ranging authority to deem whole agencies, programs, and personnel nonessential, furloughing staff members with no promise they would ever be rehired.”

 

In other words, he didn’t want to give President Trump even more power. 

 

But that’s exactly what happens in a government shutdown. When the legislative branch quits legislating, the executive branch takes over. And President Trump is using his new powers.

 

Yesterday, the White House suspended $18 billion in New York infrastructure projects. 

In addition, the Trump administration canceled nearly $8 billion in “Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda.” These funds were earmarked for projects in 16 Blue states that all voted for Kamala Harris. 

 

President Trump is just getting started. On his Truth Social platform, Trump posted this morning that he is “meeting today . . . to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM” will be cut next.

 

 

 

We Must Spend More!

 

Democrat strategist James Carville famously framed the 1992 election by saying, “It’s the economy, stupid!” When it comes to the government shutdown, it’s all about the national debt. 

 

The United States is $37 trillion in debt. We’re now spending $1 trillion in interest payments every year on the national debt. That figure will rise. That is simply unsustainable.

 

This shutdown is happening because the GOP is trying to hold the line on spending even more while the Democrats are demanding we spend trillions more, in part to provide healthcare to illegal aliens who shouldn’t even be here.

 

This is the real debate: Should we spend even more money that we don’t have, putting us even further into debt and risking a serious financial crisis?

 

 

 

Minnesota’s Massive Fraud

 

Minnesota is known for many things. But the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” may soon be known as “the land of 10,000 frauds.”

 

Last month, federal officials conducted a comprehensive investigation of immigration and refugee claims in Minneapolis. They found that nearly half of all the immigrants interviewed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area had committed some form of immigration fraud. 

 

One immigrant with five children had a death certificate proving his wife was dead. Thus, the children qualified for Social Security survivors’ benefits. It turns out that the death certificate was fake and his wife was very much alive. Federal officials uncovered hundreds of these types of fraudulent schemes.

 

Sadly, this is nothing new. In 2008, immigration officials took DNA samples from African “refugees” (mostly from Somalia) who had applied for admission under family reunification or “chain migration” rules. The program was suspended when it was discovered that 80% of the claimed family relationships were false. 

 

By the way, Somalis in Minneapolis were responsible for the biggest COVID-19 fraud case in the country. It was $250 million, but who’s counting?!

 

Today, there are nearly 100,000 Somalis in Minnesota. They even have their own representative in Congress who hates America. 

 

Ilhan Omar is seen by all the little Muslim girls in the Little Mogadishu section of Minneapolis as their role model. When she visits schools in her Minneapolis district, she is welcomed like a conquering hero. 

 

She is not an anomaly. Radical antisemite Rashida Tlaib (D-Gaza) is in Congress today because her congressional district has the largest population of Muslims. In Dearborn, Michigan, the police chief bragged about the fact that 45% of the entire police force is Muslim, adding, “Hamdullah. Hamdullah.” Or “All praise is due to Allah.”

 

This is the predictable result of open borders and decades of stupid immigration laws. 

 

 

 

Murder In Manchester

 

A synagogue in Manchester, England, was attacked this morning as Jews gathered for Yom Kippur. Two people were killed when a jihadist drove his car into the crowd outside the synagogue and then began stabbing people. At least three additional victims are in serious condition. 

 

Reports indicate the terrorist likely had a suicide vest on. He was shot and killed by police before he could kill anyone else. 

 

Devotees of the “religion of peace” strike again.

 

It’s no coincidence that this attack occurred today on Yom Kippur, a somber day of atonement and the holiest of all Jewish holidays. 

 

In a nationwide address, Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledged that Britain is “a country where Jewish buildings, synagogues, even schools require round-the-clock protection, where dedicated specialist security is necessary, because of the daily threat of antisemitic hatred.”

 

There is only one reason why Jews in England require round-the-clock protection and face daily threats of antisemitic hatred—radical Islamic supremacists are colonizing Britain. Their numbers have swelled in recent years.

 

Then, Starmer promised England’s Jewish citizens, “I will do everything in my power to guarantee you the security that you deserve.” 

 

No, he won’t do that. He won’t even do the most basic thing—stop more Jew-hating Muslims from invading the country!

 

Just two days ago, Starmer declared populist leader Nigel Farage to be the “enemy” of the British people. Forty-eight hours later, the real enemy who will destroy Great Britain attacked a synagogue. 

 

Starmer’s address today said nothing about the hatred among Britain’s Muslims, how it needs to be rooted out, and how it threatens the country. No, just like Joe Biden, leftists like Starmer reserve their harshest condemnations for conservatives who simply want to restore national greatness.

 

Meanwhile, German police disrupted a plot yesterday to also attack Jews there on Yom Kippur. Three terrorists were arrested with an AK-47, multiple handguns, and “a considerable amount of ammunition” in their possession. 

 

Under German privacy laws, the suspects were identified only by their first names: Abed, Wael, and Ahmad. Prosecutors believe they are Hamas operatives.

 

 

 

Faith Under Siege

 

Today’s Washington Post just happens to have a lengthy article about the many ways churches and synagogues in America are “increasing security in response to deadly attacks.” 

 

Carl Chinn of the Faith Based Security Network put it well. He said:

 

“No matter what level of violence you look at, violence against faith-based organizations is increasing. One by one, our communities are coming around to recognize that, yeah, there is something going on, and we can’t any longer just sit in our church . . . declaring that we’re a safe haven.” 

 

While it’s a sad commentary on the state of our culture, I have repeatedly urged pastors and rabbis to be proactive about the safety and security of their congregations. As Mr. Chinn said, there is something going on. 

 

Hundreds of churches and synagogues have been attacked since Roe v. Wade was overturned and since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. There is a quickening among those inspired by the ancient evils of child sacrifice and antisemitism.

 

Men and women of faith must be prepared.

 

 

 

Tune In To Family Talk

 

Please tune in to Dr. James Dobson’s Family Talk radio show. On today’s broadcast, I speak with Mark and Jan Yokers, owners of Puget Sound Window Maintenance, about their deep passion for evangelism and seeing marriages thrive. 

 

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