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Our weekly documentary film, curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE.What if the very agency sworn to protect America’s most vulnerable children became the largest legally protected kidnapping network in the country? For decades, Child Protective Services was sold to the public as a shield for abused and neglected kids. Today, it operates like a ruthless quota-driven machine: incentivised by federal funding under the Adoption and Safe Families Act, empowered by near-unlimited authority, and shielded by secrecy and immunity. Good intentions still exist in pockets, but those pockets have become the perfect camouflage for a system that now destroys far…

The European Court of Human Rights has reopened the long-settled case of Shamima Begum, the “ISIS bride” who was stripped of British citizenship in 2019 after travelling to join the Islamic State, raising the possibility it may rule against the UK government. The nascent debate in the United Kingdom over British citizenship, to whom it is awarded, and from whom it should be taken away, stands to be pushed to even greater public significance as the already controversial European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) moves to involve itself in the controversial and years-old case of Shamima Begum. Begum, who ran…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller, two of the Trump administration’s chief immigration enforcers, were seen dancing to “Ice Ice Baby” in a popular viral video from the Mar-a-Lago New Year’s Eve party. The video, presumably filmed by Stephen Miller’s wife, featured early-90s rap star Vanilla Ice performing his titular song on stage as Miller swayed to the lyrics and Noem sang along. Take a look: Vanilla Ice has performed at several other Mar-a-Lago NYE parties as well. As is always the case with videos pertaining to Trump administration officials, social media weighed in with…

The South Korean Ministry of Education revealed this week that over 4,000 schools have shut down nationwide between 1980 and March 2025, responding to the rapid collapse of the child population in the past generation. School enrollment in South Korea dwindled by nearly 5 million students during the same time period, according to the Korea Times, indicating that the school shutdowns are directly related to South Korea’s status as the world’s least fertile country. “Elementary schools account for the majority of closures, with 3,674 shut down permanently, compared with 264 middle schools and 70 high schools,” the Korea Times reported.…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) pledged to govern the Big Apple as a Democratic Socialist during his inauguration speech and declared he would revive “the era of big government.” After taking the official oath of office with his left hand on a Quran at City Hall early Thursday morning, the newly minted 34-year-old mayor took a ceremonial oath of office from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in the afternoon. Mamdani vowed to hold to the radical views he pushed during his campaign against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) and Republican Curtis Sliwa. “We will transform the culture of City…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told evangelical Christian leaders in Florida that Israel is waging a new front against Islamist persecution of Christians worldwide, praising Christian Zionist support for the Jewish state while framing the effort as a “common Judeo-Christian battle.” Netanyahu met Wednesday with heads of Christian churches and universities, who congratulated him on his meeting with President Donald Trump and praised what his office described as his steadfast wartime decisions. “You are representatives of the Christian Zionists who made Jewish Zionism possible,” Netanyahu said at the start of the sit-down, crediting Christian support — particularly in the United…

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will usher in a “new era” while speaking at his swearing-in ceremony. “This ascent marks a new era for New York City, led by a historic new mayor in Zohran Mamdani, guided by his dedication to a working class that makes our beautiful city run,” the congresswoman said at Mamdani’s public inauguration on New Year’s Day.  “New York, we have chosen courage over fear,” she stated. “We have chosen prosperity for the many over spoils for the few, and when the entrenched ways would rather have [us] dig…

The 34-year-old politician of Indian descent, Zohran Mamdani, has become the largest US city’s first Muslim leader A democratic socialist and previously little-known state lawmaker, Zohran Mamdani, has been sworn in as New York City’s 110th mayor, the first Muslim and African-born person of Indian descent to hold the position.The 34‑year‑old politician took his midnight oath on a centuries-old Quran in a long‑closed subway station beneath City Hall on Thursday. At a public inauguration speech outside City Hall later in the day, Mamdani leaned heavily into his democratic socialist ideology, vowing to “govern expansively and audaciously.”“My fellow New Yorkers –…

Texas’s new immigration‑enforcement law hit the state like a shockwave this morning, wiping out any remaining sanctuary‑style defiance by ordering every county sheriff to partner with ICE formally. The mandatory 287(g) crackdown is designed to hard‑wire deportation cooperation into every jail from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande. In June, Breitbart Texas reported that the Texas Legislature passed SB8, a new law requiring all Texas sheriffs who operate jails to enter into cooperation agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). The partnership, known as the 287(g) program, provides training and equipment to cooperating county…

(AP) — On New Year’s Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Yet polls show the changeover is taking place against a background of widespread skepticism among ordinary people. Here are things to know as Bulgaria and its 6.4 million people become the 21st member of the European Union’s shared currency: In the run-up to the big switch, price tags and bank accounts have had…