Rudy Giuliani expressed deep anguish over the election of Democrat socialist Zohran Mamdani as New York City’s new mayor, telling Newsmax that his sense of loss “is immense.” Speaking on American Agenda Wednesday, the onetime mayor lamented, “It’s almost impossible for me to express it. My disappointment is immense. I feel like all the work that I did has been ruined and will be ruined, and [Mike] Bloomberg’s as well.”
Giuliani criticized Mamdani’s tone from the moment he took the stage on election night, saying the new mayor had begun his tenure “terribly” by going after President Donald Trump. During his victory speech, Mamdani had looked directly into the camera and declared, “Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.”
Calling the remarks reckless and immature, Giuliani fumed, “The stupidest, dumbest, most childish thing you can do as a mayor is to attack the president of the United States.” He contrasted Mamdani’s approach with his own conduct when he took office in 1994, even though he had strongly supported President George H.W. Bush over Bill Clinton. “I didn’t vote for Bill Clinton,” Giuliani said. “I campaigned very, very, very hard for President [George H.W.] Bush. Not only was he my president, but he was a good friend.”
Despite their political differences, Giuliani said he chose cooperation over conflict. “I did everything to work with President Clinton,” he said, adding proudly, “I have a letter from President Clinton that I was the best mayor in America because I worked with him better than Democrat mayors did for the good of my city.” His relationship with the White House, he explained, was built on mutual professionalism, even when disputes arose. “I also sued him once because he was taking money from us he shouldn’t, and he understood it,” Giuliani noted. “But I’ve never heard of a mayor attacking a president.”
The former mayor warned that Mamdani’s hostility toward Washington could have serious repercussions for New York, particularly in how federal funds are distributed. “If the president of the United States just asked his administration to enforce the law with regard to federal grants, you could probably cut off half to New York just on corruption alone,” Giuliani cautioned.
He went on to denounce what he sees as systemic corruption plaguing city finances. “The budget of New York City, with 8 million people, is equal to the budget of the state of Florida, with 22 million people,” he said incredulously. “Now, how can that be? Because New York has an awful, awful lot — I mean billions — in kickback money.” Giuliani added that his experience as a federal prosecutor had exposed him to the depth of the city’s political rot. “I know, because I put a lot of them in jail when things were cheaper and we were talking millions then, but it’s been corrupt for 160 years with a few interruptions,” he said.
Reflecting on the city’s political history, Giuliani noted how rare it was for a Republican to hold the mayoralty at all. “I was only the fourth Republican mayor to get elected in the 20th century, and I was only one of two that remained a Republican: [Fiorello] La Guardia, you heard of him, and me,” he said.
Giuliani also took aim at what he described as Mamdani’s radical leanings, claiming, “We concentrate on his being a communist. He’s also a very strong supporter of Islamic extremism.” He lamented that many of the city’s younger voters lack perspective on what New York has endured, particularly the trauma of 9/11.
“They don’t know the full story,” Giuliani said, suggesting that history—and the sacrifices made to rebuild the city—have been forgotten.
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Federal prosecutors are moving to issue grand jury subpoenas as part of an investigation into the intelligence officials who authored the 2017 report concluding that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential race to help Donald Trump, according to two individuals briefed on the matter.
The subpoenas, which are being prepared by the Justice Department, will demand a broad range of materials — including emails, text messages, and other records — connected to the drafting of the Intelligence Community’s assessment released in January 2017, the sources said. Both sources requested anonymity because grand jury proceedings remain confidential. Reuters could not verify whether the subpoenas have already been sent or identify who they may target.
The inquiry is being overseen by Jason Reding Quinones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Quinones, who took office in August, pledged to “restore impartial justice,” a phrase widely seen as aligning with President Trump’s criticism that previous administrations turned the Justice Department into a political weapon against him.
Quinones’ team is also reviewing files from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office, which handled prosecutions accusing Trump of mishandling classified records at his Mar-a-Lago estate and seeking to overturn the 2020 election. Both of those cases were dropped after Trump’s reelection in November 2024, the sources said.
Trump has repeatedly blasted the Justice Department’s earlier probes of his 2016 campaign—calling them the “Russia hoax”—and has denounced Smith’s later investigations into him following his departure from the White House in January 2021. He has urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue criminal charges against what he calls his political adversaries.
Over the summer, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard referred the January 2017 intelligence report for criminal review, asserting that declassified documents showed a “treasonous conspiracy” by senior Obama administration officials to sabotage Trump’s candidacy.
The Justice Department responded to her referral by forming a dedicated strike force to examine the evidence. Reuters previously disclosed that the department had opened a criminal probe into former CIA Director John Brennan, who led the agency when the 2017 assessment was compiled.
Brennan has said he was unaware of any such investigation and has long maintained that any probe into him would be politically driven. A spokesperson for Brennan declined to comment on the latest developments.
The 2017 intelligence assessment concluded that Russia engaged in widespread online disinformation, cyberattacks, and bot activity to harm Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign while boosting Trump’s. However, it also stated that the tangible impact on the election was likely minimal and found no proof that Moscow’s interference altered the vote count.
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Federal court records unsealed this week depict a group of teenagers from affluent backgrounds who allegedly plotted to carry out ISIS-style violence — including fantasies about murdering Jews and targeting a pro-Israel march in suburban New Jersey.
Nineteen-year-old Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel was taken into custody Wednesday at Newark Liberty International Airport as he waited to board a flight to Turkey, authorities said. Investigators allege he intended to travel onward to Syria to join ISIS, to which the complaint says he swore allegiance.
The criminal complaint — roughly 48 pages — includes photographs that prosecutors say show Jimenez-Guzel posing with an ISIS flag while holding a knife. He is the son of a United Nations diplomat who runs a women’s business agency and had lived with his family in a million-dollar home in the New Jersey community, the filings note.
Also accused in the alleged scheme is 19-year-old Milo Sedarat, identified as the son of a well-known Iranian-American poet. Federal documents say Sedarat raged about his mother having Jewish friends and expressed desires to execute “500 Jews” and enslave their wives and children, and that he discussed using his car to mow down participants in a pro-Israel march in Montclair.
Prosecutors say a third accused conspirator, 19-year-old Saed Ali Mirreh of Kent, Washington, was located and arrested in the Seattle suburbs a day before he was set to fly to Turkey. Authorities tracked the teens’ online activity and say group chats among them and other associates reveal an obsession with violent jihadist ideology.
In one recorded group call, the complaint alleges the men discussed being ready to slice throats for propaganda videos. When the idea came up, Jimenez-Guzel reportedly volunteered without hesitation: “I’ll do it, bro.”
The chats also show Jimenez-Guzel boasting about seeking notoriety. He told associates he wanted the group to “do something that’s going to leave a mark in history. Something that’s gonna make them create a documentary on you on Netflix. Something that’s gonna make you have a Wikipedia page.” He later claimed he would end up being “one of the most 100 evil people in the world.”
At another point, Mirreh allegedly framed a planned killing as an initiation, saying everyone would have to “unalive” — meaning to kill somebody — similar to an inner-city gang initiation “to get that mentality and to get into our brain that we unalive someone and once we come, we don’t hesitate no more,” he allegedly said. Jimenez-Guzel replied, “bro, it’ll be easy for me,” and Mirreh concurred, the complaint states.
Among material recovered online was a document in Arabic shared by Jimenez-Guzel that was titled in English “KILL THEM SILENTLY.” Prosecutors say the text encouraged Muslims to view jihad as an obligation, to terrorize “disbelievers” and to use knives, axes or vehicles to assault Christians and Jews — noting that even a hammer or a knife could be enough to inflict widespread harm across Europe and the United States.
The men now face federal terrorism charges, including conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and attempted conspiracy to provide such support. Jimenez-Guzel made an initial appearance in Newark federal court on Wednesday; Mirreh appeared before a judge in Seattle.
If convicted, each count carries a maximum prison term of 20 years, a potential $250,000 fine and lifetime supervised release, according to prosecutors.
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A criminal probe has been initiated against three ex-directors of the Shin Bet — Nadav Argaman, Ami Ayalon and Carmi Gillon — following their submission of a petition to the Supreme Court of Israel contesting the appointment of David Zini as Shin Bet Director, as reported by i24NEWS on Thursday.
The petition, endorsed by 180 former Shin Bet personnel, included a classified file titled “The Agency’s Challenges.” According to the petitioners, that document maps out the agency’s key security threats.
The signatories declined to unveil the names of the Shin Bet employees who backed the petition, asserting that legal confidentiality shields their identities. They likewise refused to surrender the classified file to Zini, arguing that until the Supreme Court reaches a ruling, they do not regard him as the lawful director.
Even after Zini formally assumed office, and despite the Supreme Court’s decision not to issue an interim halt on his appointment, the ex-directors persisted in withholding the document.
Law-enforcement officials alerted the former directors that if the material is validated as classified—just as the petitioners claim—it could trigger a formal questioning under caution.
In response to the unfolding situation, Director Zini petitioned the Supreme Court to compel the release of the file into his hands.
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Air travelers in the New York area are enduring massive delays, with Newark Liberty International Airport hit especially hard as the nationwide government shutdown cripples the aviation system.
On Thursday evening, passengers departing from Newark faced waits of nearly three hours, according to a Federal Aviation Administration alert citing air traffic controller shortages. The agency warned that these extended delays would likely continue until the early hours of Friday morning.
The FAA also announced that multiple major airports — including Newark, John F. Kennedy International, and LaGuardia — will experience widespread disruptions Friday as part of a planned 10% reduction in U.S. airspace capacity. The move is intended to maintain safety amid the staffing crisis.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy cautioned that “mass chaos” could erupt once the cuts take effect.
The reduced flight volume, which could affect up to 4,000 flights across the country, stems from hundreds of air traffic controllers calling in sick after going weeks without pay during the historic shutdown — now the longest in U.S. history.
Adding to the frustration, LaGuardia Airport also reported separate delays of up to one hour Thursday night, caused by strong wind conditions, the FAA said.
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By Melanie Phillips
The victory of New York state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral election was long heralded by the opinion polls. Yet its effect upon America threatens to be nothing less than seismic.
It’s not just that Mamdani may wreck the city through the expected multiple failures of his infantile magic money-tree wish list. It’s not just that his antisemitism and hatred of Israel make him a potential threat to the city’s Jewish community.
More importantly, what’s happened is a major strategic victory for the Islamic world in its war against the West. Muslim activists are ecstatic that Mamdani has conquered New York—the city with the largest number of Jews outside Israel—for Islam.
They’re linking this directly to the onslaught that they’ve mounted against the Jewish world for the past two years by weaponizing Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas in Gaza. Qatari journalists, reports MEMRI, have exulted that Mamdani’s victory was the outcome of the terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Jaber Al-Harmi, the editor of the Qatari state daily Al-Sharq, wrote that New York was “the capital of the Zionist lobby” as the largest stronghold of the Jewish community in the United States. “Two years ago,” he wrote, “no one could have imagined such a major shift against the Zionist narrative. The steadfastness and resistance of our people in Gaza have turned the tables on the Zionists and exposed their colonialist settlement project to the entire world.”
Mamdani’s victory has put rocket fuel behind the already delirious feeling among Muslim radicals that they are now on the cusp of conquering the West for Islam.This euphoria was triggered by the fact that on Oct. 7, the Hamas-led forces had been able to do what had previously been thought impossible—breach Israel’s apparently impregnable fortress.
The ensuing demonstrations on the streets and campuses of Western cities—with intimidation and violence towards Jews, chants for their murder, and calls to destroy Israel and America, producing next to no pushback by the police or other authorities—weren’t just protests against Israel or demands to “Free Palestine.” They were demonstrations of raw Islamic power over the bamboozled and supine West.
That campaign was organized by a global alliance between Islamists and the hard left. A similar alliance has brought Mamdani to power.
Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour has said that a fund controlled by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was Mamdani’s largest institutional donor. CAIR, which was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a 2007 terrorist-funding case that linked it to Hamas, is a Muslim Brotherhood outfit.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s agenda is to conquer the West for Islam. Its strategy includes infiltrating democratic institutions in order to subvert them. And now, its biggest prize by far is to have captured the mayoralty of New York, America’s commercial and cultural heart.
Mamdani achieved this by concealing what he is. A Shia Muslim who is reportedly driven by hatred of Jews and an obsession with “Palestine,” he works for the destruction of Israel and has refused to condemn chants of “globalize the intifada,” the call for the murder of Jews around the world.
In his victory speech, his mask slipped. He did not project himself as a unifier of the city he now leads. He did not display the smiley charm and charisma that had wowed so many New Yorkers. Instead, he made an angry, divisive speech.
He declared that New York was now “a city where more than a million Muslims know that they belong … in the halls of power.” And he also threatened that any criticism of the Islamic world, which he termed Islamophobia, would now not be allowed.
At a post-election rally in Times Square, where hundreds of Muslims prostrated themselves in prayer to the chants of Allahu akhbar! (“God is great!”), he declared that New York was “a city of immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.” Of the city’s white-skinned, native residents, he made no mention.
The city’s Muslims responded to his triumph by jubilantly stating, “Now this is our time,” calling for Sharia law to start and hailing an “Islamic caliphate of New York.”
The prospect of Mamdani now controlling the city’s police and what children are to be taught in school chills the blood.
But New York is by no means the only place in America where Islamization is making important inroads. The Palestinian Arab-American influencer Abdul Eyad celebrated Mamdani’s victory by telling Israelis in New York to pack their bags and get out. He said that they should go to Poland or Cyprus, but not to “Palestine,” where they would be humiliated and removed.
This charming individual appeared to be speaking from Plano, Texas. This city hosts the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), a restricted Islamic community governed by Sharia law that has existed for nearly 12 years and comprises a mega-mosque, homes restricted to Muslim purchasers, Islamic schools, an Islamic medical clinic and Islamic businesses.
The community’s resident scholar, Yasir Qadh, has declared democracy incompatible with Islam, refused to condemn terrorist groups like Hamas, and preached that Islamic law—not Western governance—should dictate every aspect of life. Now he is leading a coordinated effort to Islamize Texas, using EPIC as the nucleus of a growing network of Islamic enclaves designed to operate outside the framework of U.S. law.
According to the RAIR Foundation, which campaigns against Islamization in America, plans are in the works to expand EPIC to create EPIC City, a 402-acre residential and commercial enclave that will include more than 1,000 homes and community provisions structured to function within an Islamic legal and social framework.
At a public inquiry into this development last April, Lt (Rtd) Douglas Deaton, an expert in SWAT tactics and urban threat analysis, gave evidence based on his experience with the Plano police department.
One of the first houses in EPIC, he said, had been positioned with a clear view of some of the police department’s most sensitive tactical assets. “That house has all the hallmarks of a fortress and a command post,” he said. “The rear of the house looks a lot like an observation post and a shooting platform.”
The original owner of that house, says RAIR, is listed in public records as Junaid Din, a prominent fundraiser for EPIC and a co-founder of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research based in the city of Irving, Texas, which promotes the integration of Sharia law into Western societies. Its founder and chairman, Omar Suleiman, described Zionists in 2014 as “the enemies of God, His messengers, sincere followers of all religions and humanity as a whole.”
The EPIC development is part of a calculated, long-term political strategy to carve out a separate, parallel society where Islamic law—not American values—dictates daily life. The jaw-dropping thing is that this is happening not in Dearborn, Mich., a long-standing Somali Islamic stronghold (which is troubling enough), but in the state of Texas, the standard-bearer of robust American Christianity.
That, of course, is precisely the point. The choice of Texas in which to develop this openly defiant, parallel Islamic society is not random. It’s strategic.
Islamic jihadis draw their strength from the symbolism of their conquests, which inspires their own forces and demoralizes their victims. The Twin Towers, Texas, now New York— the Islamists are steadily destroying these icons to conquer America.
When nearly 3,000 New Yorkers were murdered on Sept. 11, 2001, the city came together against the threat of jihadi Islam. Now, in November 2025, Islam has captured New York through a civilizational jihad few Americans acknowledge or understand.
Americans have naively believed that Islamization is confined to Britain and Europe. They’ve failed to see how it is advancing in America as well.
Shockingly, some 30% of New York Jews voted for Mamdani. They need to rip off their liberal blinders and wake up. The Trump administration must wake up, too. This is about more than one upstart revolutionary. America is the frog in the Islamist pot that’s being slowly boiled alive. JNS
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[Video below.] A remarkable encounter took place this week between Rav Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, head of the Shuva Yisroel institutions, and Ye, the artist once known as Kanye West.
The meeting, held privately on Tuesday, was deeply emotional, as Ye expressed genuine regret for his past remarks about the Jewish community. He came, those present said, with humility and a sincere desire to seek forgiveness and begin again.
Rabbi Pinto received Ye warmly, sharing messages of Torah and hope, and offering spiritual encouragement. “A person is not defined by his mistakes, but by the way he chooses to correct them. This is the true strength of man: The ability to return, to learn, and to build bridges of love and peace,” Rabbi Pinto told Ye.
During their conversation, Ye spoke openly about his struggles and the consequences of his words. “I’m really blessed to be able to sit here with you today and just take accountability,” Ye said. “I was dealing with some various issues, bipolar, also, so it would take the ideas I had and had them, take them to an extreme where I would forget about the protection of the people around me, or myself.”
He went on to explain his realization that taking responsibility was essential: “So it’s like if you left the house and left your kid at the house and your kid went and messed up the kitchen and messed up the garage, mess up the living room. Now, when you get back, it’s your responsibility, because that’s your child,” he said. “And I really just appreciate you embracing me with open arms and allowing me to make amends. And this is beginning in the first steps, and the first brick by brick to build, to build back the strong walls.”
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Elon Musk’s showdown with Tesla investors ended in victory Thursday, as shareholders overwhelmingly signed off on an unprecedented $1 trillion compensation plan—after he warned he might walk away if it didn’t pass.
The massive payout, the biggest in corporate history, could make Musk the first trillionaire on the planet. But to claim it, he must meet a demanding set of milestones over the next ten years. Musk, 54, already tops the global wealth rankings, with an estimated $490.1 billion fortune, according to Forbes.
The structure of the deal splits Tesla stock into 12 separate tranches. The first payout comes only if Tesla’s market value hits $2 trillion and the company rolls out 20 million vehicles. Another phase triggers when Tesla reaches a $3 trillion valuation and produces one million “Optimus” humanoid robots.
If the automaker clears every target, Tesla’s worth would skyrocket to about $8.5 trillion, giving Musk control of roughly a quarter of the company’s shares.
Even limited success could mean astronomical gains. Should Tesla only meet the first two benchmarks, Musk alone would pocket $26 billion—an amount exceeding the total career pay of Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Jensen Huang combined, according to Reuters.
Roughly three-quarters of shareholders backed the pay plan, according to preliminary results released at Tesla’s annual meeting. The show of support was a major boost for Musk after a turbulent period in which slumping sales had weighed on Tesla’s stock price.
For the company’s board, the result was equally crucial. Executives had cautioned investors that Musk might abandon the company entirely if the plan was voted down.
Not everyone was thrilled. The payout drew sharp criticism from several quarters, including Pope Leo XIV, who said it defied “the value of human life, of the family, of the value of society.” Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, one of Tesla’s biggest institutional investors, also opposed the measure.
Leading proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis recommended shareholders reject the deal, calling it excessive. Musk, undeterred, countered on Oct. 29, posting that “control of Tesla could affect the future of civilization.”
Longtime investor Ron Baron publicly supported the compensation package, praising Musk’s unmatched energy and vision. “Without his drive and uncompromising standards, there would be no Tesla,” he said.
The new plan also places no restrictions on Musk’s political involvement—a sticking point for some investors who had tied his collaboration with President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency to declining Tesla sales earlier this year.
Tesla’s board insists the company’s ambitious future—centered on self-driving cars and fleets of “Optimus” humanoid robots—requires Musk’s leadership. “If we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over that robot army?” Musk asked on an earnings call. “I don’t feel comfortable building that robot army if I don’t have at least a strong influence.”
The proposal came together after a Delaware judge invalidated Musk’s earlier $56 billion pay deal, ruling that it was “excessive” and tainted by conflicts of interest. Furious at the decision, Musk promptly switched Tesla’s legal home from Delaware to Texas.
Ahead of the shareholder meeting, prediction platform Kalshi forecasted a 92% likelihood that investors would approve the plan. Tesla’s board, in a statement posted to its website before the vote, urged them to do just that: “the future of Tesla is in your hands.”
“We are at a pivotal juncture in Tesla’s history, and the proposals the Special Committee has carefully designed and the Board has put forward will help determine Tesla’s future,” the statement said. “If you believe, like us, that Elon is the CEO that can make our ambitious vision a reality, vote NOW.”
Despite the ups and downs, Tesla shares have risen nearly 20% this year. Investors appear to be betting on Musk’s ability to steer through weak earnings, a maturing product lineup, and aggressive new competition from Chinese rivals like BYD.
Still, Musk himself acknowledged in July that the next few months could be bumpy. “I see a few rough quarters ahead,” he said, though he added that Tesla’s trajectory would shift once the company achieved “autonomy at scale in the second half of next year.”
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