French authorities have canceled the traditional New Year’s Eve concert on the Champs-Élysées, one of Paris&#8217;s most famous avenues, citing security and crowd-management concerns, while saying the city will proceed with a fireworks display and a televised countdown.
The decision was made at the request of the Paris police prefecture, which warned that hosting a large open-air concert on the capital’s world-renowned street known for luxury shopping and restaurants posed unacceptable safety risks. In recent years, the celebration has drawn hundreds of thousands of people, at times approaching one million, requiring the deployment of thousands of police officers.
The Champs-Élysées has <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/13/world-news/partys-over-in-paris-city-cancel-open-air-concert-at-the-champs-elysees-due-to-security-threats/">reportedly</a> become associated with violence from groups of Muslim migrants who have been looting stores and fighting with locals and law enforcement.
City officials said the cancellation applies only to the live concert. Fireworks at the Arc de Triomphe are still expected to take place at midnight, and a prerecorded concert will be broadcast on national television instead.
In a statement, police officials pointed to the difficulty of controlling dense, fluid crowds on the Champs-Élysées, particularly during a night associated with heavy alcohol consumption and spontaneous gatherings. Law enforcement also cited broader pressures on security forces during the holiday period.
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Mayor Anne Hidalgo accepted the police recommendation, emphasizing that public safety must take precedence. Local officials from the 8th arrondissement, which includes the Champs-Élysées, supported the move, saying the avenue was not designed to safely host a large concert crowd.
The decision has prompted political debate. “Les Republicains leader and former interior minister Bruno Retailleau condemned the move as a capitulation to rising ‘savagery,’ while left-wing mayoral hopeful Emmanuel Grégoire called it a ‘failure of responsibility’ that undermines Paris’s civic spirit,” European Conservative <a href="https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/security-fears-europe-christmas-markets-paris-new-years-eve-celebration/">reported</a>.
“It’s obvious that this is the result of massive unvetted Muslim immigration into Europe,” Daniel Di Martino of the Manhattan Institute <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/12/13/world-news/partys-over-in-paris-city-cancel-open-air-concert-at-the-champs-elysees-due-to-security-threats">stated</a>. “Western Europe has had a terrorism problem for many years now, and that has been exacerbated because of unvetted Islamic immigration as a result of the refugee crisis of over a decade ago.”
The New Year’s Eve concert on the Champs-Élysées has been a fixture of Paris’s holiday celebrations in recent years, combining live music with the midnight fireworks. Officials said details of security arrangements for the fireworks and crowd access would be released closer to December 31.
Police said the investigation and planning for the evening were ongoing and declined to provide further details.

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The FBI Assistant Special Agent who insisted that the attack in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-orleans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Orleans</a> on New Years’ Day — in which Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, rammed his truck into a group of celebrants, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people — was not a terrorist attack, has reportedly been reassigned.
“The city of New Orleans was impacted by a terrorist attack,” New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell said. But Duncan, who was in charge of the investigation, initially stated, “We&#8217;ll be taking over the investigative lead for this event. This is not a terrorist event. What it is right now is there are improvised explosives devices that was found and we are working on confirming if this is a viable device or not.”
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NEWS: FOX News has learned per multiple sources that Assistant Special in Charge Alethea Duncan from FBI New Orleans has been temporarily reassigned following her initial press conference in which she stated: “This is not a terrorist event.”
It was terrorism. After the original…
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FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge of New Orleans, Alethea Duncan, has been &quot;temporarily reassigned&quot; after she contradicted the city&#39;s mayor by stating the terror attack was NOT terrorism. It was.
In other news, the FBI has shuttered its DEI offices. <a href="https://t.co/cfc37Fe8ac">https://t.co/cfc37Fe8ac</a> <a href="https://t.co/vUBAXVHV9t">pic.twitter.com/vUBAXVHV9t</a>
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A black and white ISIS flag was found on Jabbar’s truck.
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The FBI released a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/fbi-statement-on-the-attack-in-new-orleans">statement</a> on New Years’ Day saying:
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Today, at approximately 3:15 a.m. CST, an individual drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens of others. After hitting the crowd, he exited the vehicle and fired upon local law enforcement. Law enforcement returned fire, and the subject was pronounced deceased at the scene. Two law enforcement officers were injured and transported to a local hospital. &#8230;
An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject&#8217;s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations. Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle. Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s special agent bomb technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable, and they will work to render those devices safe. The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism. We are aggressively running down all leads to identify any possible associates of the subject.
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Two bombs in Jabbar’s truck, which did not go off, contained a very rare explosive compound, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-orleans-attack-transmitter-explosive-devices-fire-airbnb-fbi-rcna186223">reported</a>, adding, “The compound, called R-Salt, has never been used in a U.S. or European terrorist attack or incident.”

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Happy New Year. It’s January, 2025, the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st century and the end of all your resolutions as you slowly sink back into a pear-shaped blob careening into oblivion like George Clooney in &#8220;Gravity&#8221; but without the paycheck.
So after you’ve canceled that gym membership and put all your new workout gear on eBay, let’s gather together around the crystal ball of the imagination while I pretend to gaze into the future so I can make ridiculous predictions that I hope you’ll forget by the time I get around to claiming I was right about everything.
In politics, I predict that Donald Trump will take office January 20, and on Day One, he’ll reduce corruption in government eighty percent by not being Joe Biden. I predict that on Day One, Trump will issue a blanket pardon of half the J6 demonstrators. The other half, who are undercover FBI agents, will be put in prison where they belong. And I predict that on Day One, Trump will issue a declaration that there are only two genders, and that men are the ones with testicles, unless they’re Republicans in the House of Representatives.
In journalism, I predict ABC will fire George Stephanopoulos for intimidating women into silence until they realize that&#8217;s why they hired him in the first place, then he&#8217;ll be rehired and assigned to &#8220;The View.&#8221; I predict that CNN will double its viewership when an old man in Milwaukee forgets how to use his remote. And I predict that the New York Times will save space by publishing nothing but Trump emojis followed by crap emojis followed by crying emojis, until the paper is so simplistic and repetitive it can be written by A.I. but without the I, so it’s just A, as in “A, this paper sucks, cancel my subscription.”
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In the culture, I predict the Disney company will hire an armed security force to hunt down every last person who still occasionally feels inspired or delighted or even mildly entertained by a &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movie and compel them to watch movies with unattractive lesbians in baggy clothes having totally absurd sword fights until the viewers confess there is no such thing as a god-like Force or Jedis or manhood and that everything is meaningless and they’re sorry they ever liked &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; in the first place and we should all just die.
I predict that a starlet will show up at a French film festival wearing a completely transparent dress, and a news site will describe the outfit as “shocking” even though no one is shocked or even particularly interested.
I predict June will be gay pride month, yet, in a stunning paradox, the entire month will pass without a single person feeling proud of being gay, although there will be a general sense of relief when it’s finally July and we can just drop the entire subject which has been making everyone feel oppressively uncomfortable.
Finally, I predict that in December, a pear-shaped man will go on eBay to buy some good-as-new workout gear and discover he has sent his money to himself and now has to dig the gear out of the closet and mail it to himself so he can put it on eBay.
Those are my 2025 predictions.
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This excerpt is taken from the opening satirical monologue of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show</a>.”
Andrew Klavan is the host of “The Andrew Klavan Show” at The Daily Wire. He is the bestselling author of the Cameron Winter Mystery series. The fourth installment, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1613165536?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_thcv_3&amp;storeType=ebooks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A WOMAN UNDERGROUND</a>,” is now available. Follow him on X: @andrewklavan
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The college football quarterfinal playoffs Allstar Sugar Bowl game opened on Thursday with a moment of silence for the people killed in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-orleans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Orleans</a> following a terror attack in the city before the game was set to take place on New Year’s Day.
In several videos posted on <a href="https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1874920156549574748">X</a>, fans inside the Caesars Superdome paused for 60 seconds and <a href="https://x.com/YahooSports/status/1874925600059658628" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bowed their heads</a> for the 15 people killed and dozens more wounded <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/truck-plows-into-crowd-in-new-orleans-french-quarter-mayor-calls-it-a-terrorist-attack">after a terrorist</a> with an ISIS flag drove a truck through a crowded Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day.
It was just before the Georgia Bulldogs and Notre Dame Fighting Irish players took the field for the coin flip and subsequent kickoff at 4:00 p.m. ET. The bowl game was postponed after it was initially scheduled to take place on Wednesday night.
Before the game, Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry said that he’s “convinced” New Orleans is “safe” following the terror attack, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/louisiana-governor-says-hes-convinced-new-orleans-is-safe-ahead-of-sugar-bowl">The Daily Wire</a> reported.
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Moment of silence for the French Quarter victims ahead of the Sugar Bowl. <a href="https://t.co/XNDgLBPOAB">pic.twitter.com/XNDgLBPOAB</a>
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In an appearance on “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/new-orleans-bourbon-street-terror-attack-01-02-25">Fox &amp; Friends</a>” Thursday morning, Landry was asked if he is concerned about more potential threats to New Orleans after Wednesday’s terror attack carried out by 42-year-old Texas native and Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar.
“I think one of the most important things is to make sure that each one of those victims did not die in vain. All of them had come to the city in order to enjoy the city, in order to enjoy some entertainment and ring in the new year,” the governor said.
“Y’all had a guest earlier who was an eyewitness, who said the same thing is that: We can’t live in fear. We need to be able to live our lives,” he added. “And what we plan to do is ensure that as we remember those folks, that we put New Orleans back in a position where people can come and have a good time. We believe that the city – I’m convinced that the city is safe.”
During pregame warmups, Georgia coach Kirby Smart described the Bourbon Street attack as &#8220;saddening and scary,” <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/43260792/new-orleans-security-presence-hundreds-sugar-bowl">ESPN reported</a>.
&#8220;Things are bigger than football out there,&#8221; Smart said. &#8220;Sometimes we get caught up in our own selves and our own moment and you lose sight how blessed we are every day to have the opportunity we have to play football and to play in a CFP quarterfinal game against a historic program. A lot of times when you have gratitude, it takes away a lot of anxiety.&#8221;
The winner of Thursday’s Bowl game will take on No. 6 Penn State in the CFP Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida, on January 9, the outlet noted.
Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/louisiana-governor-says-hes-convinced-new-orleans-is-safe-ahead-of-sugar-bowl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Louisiana Governor Says He’s ‘Convinced’ New Orleans Is ‘Safe’ Ahead Of Sugar Bowl</a>

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The FBI said at a press conference on Thursday that there are no additional suspects in the Islamic terrorist attack on New Orleans&#8217; French Quarter following reports that indicated there were at least four others.
The update from the FBI comes after the Associated Press reported on Wednesday that, according to a Louisiana State Police intelligence bulletin the publication had obtained, “surveillance footage captured three men and a woman placing one of multiple improvised explosive devices” around the French Quarter.
FBI Deputy Assistant Direct Christopher Raia said at the press conference that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen who had converted to Islam, pledged allegiance to ISIS before the summer, according to videos obtained by law enforcement.
“We do not assess at this point that anyone else is involved in this attack except for Shamsud-Din Jabbar,” Raia said.
Raia said the four individuals captured on &#8220;surveillance footage&#8221; were not suspects, and the FBI wanted to speak with them as potential witnesses.
&#8220;FBI bomb technicians also recovered two IEDs in coolers, one from the cross section of Bourbon and Orland Street, and the second at an intersection approximately two blocks away,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There were multiple reports of other devices. Those reports turned out to be &#8230; not actual functioning devices. Those are the only two devices that we&#8217;ve been able to recover that were functional.&#8221;
&#8220;We did obtain surveillance footage showing Jabbar placing the devices where they were found,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Let&#8217;s be clear, again, we do not believe at this point these people are involved in this incident in any way. We want to speak to them as witnesses and want to know what they saw and when.&#8221;
The comments from Raia come after FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Alethea Duncan, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), and Governor Jeff Landry said during a press conference on Wednesday that the individuals were suspects who were thought to be connected to the attack.
Jabbar killed at least 14 people during the attack and wounded dozens more when he mowed down his victims with a truck that he rented. He then got out and opened fire with a rifle before being shot and killed by police.

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FBI Says No Additional Suspects In New Orleans Terror Attack

Authorities are investigating potential links between the suspect who is believed to have detonated explosives inside a Tesla Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas and the terrorist who killed more than a dozen people in New Orleans on Wednesday.
Denver7 News <a href="https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/suspects-in-vegas-explosion-new-orleans-attack-served-at-same-army-base-sources-tell-denver7-investigates">reported</a> that the suspect in the Cybertruck attack is 37-year-old Colorado Springs resident Matthew Livelsberger.
Authorities were probing the connection between Livelsberger and 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen who converted to Islam and pledged allegiance to ISIS before killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens more in an attack on New Orleans&#8217; French Quarter.
Denver7 News reported that both men &#8220;served at the same military base&#8221; in the U.S. Army.
Both men also rented the trucks used in their attacks through the same company, Turo.
However, an FBI official at a press conference on Thursday morning said that there was &#8220;no definitive link&#8221; between the two attacks at the current moment as the investigation is still in its preliminary stages.
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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) said that the Cybertruck that Livelsberger was driving carried &#8220;gasoline tanks, camping fuel, and large firework mortars&#8221; when the explosion happened.
The Cybertruck&#8217;s stainless steel design contained the explosion so well that the glass on the hotel&#8217;s doors, which were mere feet away from the vehicle, did not even crack.
&#8220;The evil knuckleheads picked the wrong vehicle for a terrorist attack,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1874614362612326761">said</a> Tesla CEO Elon Musk. &#8220;Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the blast upwards. Not even the glass doors of the lobby were broken.&#8221;
During the explosion, only Livelsberger was killed. Several other people who were in the near vicinity were injured but appeared to be okay.

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Former Princeton football player Martin &#8216;Tiger&#8217; Bech was among the 15 killed in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-no-one-should-jump-to-conclusions-about-isis-terror-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">terror attack</a> early Wednesday morning when a 42-year-old man plowed a truck into pedestrians celebrating the New Year in New Orleans&#8217; French Quarter.
Bech, 27, died in the hospital shortly after the attack unfolded. Law enforcement identified the suspect as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen who had lived in Texas and died after a shootout with police. Investigators said that Jabbar had an ISIS flag in his vehicle and posted social media videos indicating he was inspired by the Islamic terror group. 
While authorities have not revealed the victims, family members have come forward to mourn their loved ones. 
&#8220;Love you always brother! You inspired me everyday now you get to be with me in every moment. I got this family T, don’t worry. This is for us,” Bech’s younger brother Jack <a href="https://x.com/jackbech7/status/1874538314138542472" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on social media. 
Bech played wide receiver for the Princeton Tigers from 2016 to 2018. He had 53 receptions for 825 yards and three touchdowns, earned honors as a kick returner, and won two Ivy League championships. 
&#8220;There was no more appropriate nickname of a Princeton player I coached,&#8221; Princeton Coach Bob Surace <a href="https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2025/1/1/princeton-football-mourns-the-loss-of-tiger-bech-21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.  &#8220;He was a &#8216;Tiger&#8217; in every way &#8211; a ferocious competitor with endless energy, a beloved teammate and a caring friend. Our last conversation was about how proud I was of the growth he showed during his time at Princeton and the success he was having after graduation. My love goes to the entire Bech family.&#8221;
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and to all of the victims of the Bourbon Street attack. <a href="https://t.co/aLWMyd57lL">https://t.co/aLWMyd57lL</a> <a href="https://t.co/nUjzXUO3yT">pic.twitter.com/nUjzXUO3yT</a>
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Another victim was identified as Kareem Badawi, a student at the University of Alabama. 
“I learned today that Kareem Badawi, one of our students at The University of Alabama, was killed in the terrorist attack in New Orleans,” University President Stuart Bell said. “I grieve alongside family and friends of Kareem in their heartbreaking loss.”
Nikyra Dedeaux, an 18-year-old from Mississippi who wanted to become a nurse, was also killed, according to her mother. 
&#8220;I just want to see my baby,&#8221; Melissa Dedeaux <a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/bourbon-street-attack/mississippi-teen-killed-bourbon-street-attack-sweet-loving/289-dac7297e-5373-4192-9b4c-55cd5d93fd09" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> local Louisiana news outlets. &#8220;She was the sweetest person. She would give you anything, anything.&#8221;
Other victims <a href="https://www.fox8live.com/2025/01/02/six-bourbon-street-terror-attack-victims-identified/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">included</a> 37-year-old Reggie Hunter of Baton Rouge, Nicole Perez, and 21-year-old Hubert Gauthreaux.
New Orleans Coroner Dwight McKenna <a href="https://x.com/OmarJimenez/status/1874585773284134952" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Wednesday that the full list of victims would be released once autopsies were completed and every family was notified.  
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic events that unfolded in the French Quarter,” he said. “Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with the victims, their families, and everyone affected.”

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Comedian Whitney Cummings, invited to roast 2024 on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN’s</a> New Years’ Eve celebration on the network, torched the network as she joked about the size of its audience, and mocked the Democratic Party choosing Kamala Harris as its nominee, quipping, “Kamala was forced on us so hard, you&#8217;d think she was patented by Pfizer or Moderna.”
Cummings joined CNN co-hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen.
She got off to a fast start even before her roast, saying she thought the thunder heard during the broadcast “was Kathy Griffin screaming at you from the street. Are you sure? I thought, I think she&#8217;s cursing you.”
When Cooper asked her, “How long are you going to be on tour?” Cummings fired back, “Do you even know who I am, Anderson?” Prompting Cooper to reply, “Yes, I do know who you are,” and Cummings to comment, “Is he just like, I thought Joan Rivers was dead?”
“Do you like being on the road?” Cooper asked.
“It&#8217;s the best,” Cummings replied. “I love going around the country because you see that Americans really are more reasonable than they would be portrayed. They&#8217;re pretty great. And I&#8217;m playing bigger and bigger venues now. I thought being a mom would mean that less people would want to come see me. I&#8217;m now playing, you know, like 3,000-seat theatres, which is about the viewership of CNN these days.”
She started her roast of 2024 by mocking white liberal women, saying, “Feel free to heckle me. Feel free to come for me. I do believe we need to hold 2024 accountable for its behavior. That is what white women do now. We point out other things that are toxic because we don&#8217;t get ironies. And that is our truth.”
Then she segued to the Left’s empathy for criminals, declaring, “This was the year that people were behaving so poorly, we started being wistful about murderers. Remember, this was the year we were like, were the Menendez brothers so bad? Were we too hard on the Menendez brothers? This was the year we could not get enough of murderers. Gypsy Rose became our favorite celebrity because murdering your mom is so brat. They had her on a red carpet, a little on the nose for a murderer, but she was, like, posing in a fancy dress. We were like, slay. And she was like, I did. And, of course, our heartthrob of the year was the alleged cold-blooded killer named Luigi, who is now in the same prison as Diddy, which I&#8217;m very upset about because Luigi already has a lower back issue.”
“This was the year nothing made sense,” she continued. “Fertility was down. Sales of baby oil was up. White supremacy groups reached record highs. It got so bad, Ariana Grande became white again. 2024 totally broke our brains. Half the people I know think we&#8217;re in a simulation. I&#8217;m starting to wonder when I go to a website and it asks me if I&#8217;m a robot or not, half the time I get the quiz wrong. I&#8217;m like, does the shadow of a bike count as a bike? I don&#8217;t know. Why am I looking at a grainy photo of a crack house?”
“We just all broke mentally this year,” she repeated. “Things got so bleak, we started watching the WNBA. Was that &#8212; what happened? And we also started watching older women in movies, equality or insanity? You tell me. Demi Moore was in a movie called &#8216;The Substance,&#8217; showing that Hollywood&#8217;s ready for a woman in her 50s to star in a movie as long as a hot 28-year-old wears a leotard for most of it. Pam Anderson&#8217;s getting Oscar buzz for a movie she did wearing no makeup.”
“2024 election fried our brains,” she recalled. “The Democrats couldn&#8217;t hold a primary cause they were too busy holding a body upright. &#8230; It was amazing that the pro-choice party didn&#8217;t give their voters one when it came to the presidential candidate. Kamala was forced on us so hard, you&#8217;d think she was patented by Pfizer or Moderna.”
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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-national-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic National Committee</a> wrapped up the year with a December 31 X post sharing some of their favorite moments from 2024, but the Republicans responded to that by delivering a quick reality check.
Using @theDemocrats account on X, the party posted four photos along with the caption, &#8220;Some of our favorite moments from 2024.&#8221; One photo showed President Joe Biden wearing his usual aviator sunglasses despite being on the set of a late night comedy show. Another showed the president with members of the U.S. Olympic team. The last two showed Vice President Kamala Harris, first helping First Gentleman Doug Emhoff with a tuxedo and then waving as she stepped onto a rally stage.
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Some of our favorite moments from 2024. <a href="https://t.co/HWm3CzFDQT">pic.twitter.com/HWm3CzFDQT</a>
&mdash; The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDemocrats/status/1874211765963063509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The @GOP responded with just one photo, showing the final electoral map at the end of the 2024 election. The caption was equally simple: &#8220;Our favorite moment from 2024!&#8221;
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Our favorite moment from 2024! 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/OB3F5ZRRBa">https://t.co/OB3F5ZRRBa</a> <a href="https://t.co/3DrQz0uyJN">pic.twitter.com/3DrQz0uyJN</a>
&mdash; GOP (@GOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1874216939595378996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s rapid response director Jake Schneider replied with a screenshot of the San Francisco Chronicle&#8217;s front page, the morning after the election. The photo showed Harris, standing alone. The headline was a single word: &#8220;TRUMPED.&#8221;
&#8220;My favorite,&#8221; Schneider said.
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My favorite <a href="https://t.co/S9AUQxR1FO">https://t.co/S9AUQxR1FO</a> <a href="https://t.co/VUW0w0dZOz">pic.twitter.com/VUW0w0dZOz</a>
&mdash; Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkschneider/status/1874216915855704518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Another responded by sharing a series of video clips, adding the caption, &#8220;Don&#8217;t forget these!&#8221;
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Don’t forget these! <a href="https://t.co/cOqrFBfWCT">pic.twitter.com/cOqrFBfWCT</a>
&mdash; Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) <a href="https://twitter.com/TonySeruga/status/1874247406596088275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The first video featured television&#8217;s Judge Joe Brown, speaking with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade, and answering the question that plagued many throughout Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217; abbreviated campaign: &#8220;Who is Kamala Harris.&#8221;
Brown, clearly not a fan, referred to the Democrats&#8217; installed candidate as a &#8220;fraud&#8221; and said that her image had been &#8220;carefully crafted&#8221; to obscure the substance within.
The second video showed Harris complaining about the fact that Starbucks cups had white lids, mainly because if she wore lipstick and she was in a meeting where she was the only woman, getting lipstick on the lid was embarrassing.
The third was another clip of Harris explaining why the Biden administration had given TPS (Temporary Protected Status) to Haitian migrants — a move that resulted in a number of small towns struggling under the influx.
The fourth showed Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) warning people before Biden was ousted from the 2024 race that there was not a consensus among Democrats to support Harris in a bid to replace him as the nominee.

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The FBI said during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon that agents &#8220;do not believe&#8221; that the presumed ISIS supporter who carried out a terror attack in New Orleans&#8217; French Quarter acted alone.
&#8220;We are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism,&#8221; said FBI Assistant Special Agent In Charge Alethea Duncan. &#8220;We&#8217;re aggressively running down all the leads to identify the possible subject&#8217;s associates. We&#8217;re working to ensure that there is no further threat.&#8221;
&#8220;We do not believe that Jabbar was solely responsible,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;We are aggressively running down every lead, including those of his known associates. That&#8217;s why we need the public&#8217;s help.&#8221;
Duncan said later during the press conference that she did not want to name a specific number of suspects that the FBI was looking at because she did not want to limit the possibility that there were more unknown suspects.
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BREAKING: FBI says that they &#8220;DO NOT BELIEVE&#8221; that 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar acted alone in his terror attack on New Orleans. <a href="https://t.co/bDv6xzuwEa">pic.twitter.com/bDv6xzuwEa</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1874534503127073238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) and Governor Jeff Landry confirmed during the press conference that law enforcement officials were hunting down suspects.
Kennedy (R-LA) said the FBI was &#8220;in the process of trying to catch the other bad guys.&#8221;
Landry said moments later that law enforcement was &#8220;hunting some bad people down.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Officials say that they are hunting down other suspects involved in the ISIS terror attack
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says the FBI is &#8220;in the process of trying to catch the other bad guys&#8221;
Governor Jeff Landry says that law enforcement is &#8220;hunting some bad people down&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/4JLB0GO2iV">pic.twitter.com/4JLB0GO2iV</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1874544055155294282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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At Least 10 Killed In New Orleans After Truck Plows Into Crowd On Bourbon St

FBI: We ‘Do Not Believe’ Islamic Terror Suspect Acted Alone

The suspect who allegedly carried out a terrorist attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter early on Wednesday morning had an ISIS flag with him, according to multiple reports.
The news comes after the FBI said in a statement that the incident was being investigated as an act of terrorism after the suspect rammed a white pickup truck into a crowd of people and then got out and opened fire at police before he was killed by law enforcement.
At least 15 people were killed in the attack, and 35 more people were injured.
The FBI said in a statement that the suspect &#8220;has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas.&#8221;
&#8220;He was driving a Ford pickup truck, which appears to have been rented and we are working to confirm how the subject came into possession of the vehicle,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle and the FBI is working to determine the subject&#8217;s potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations.&#8221;
&#8220;Weapons and a potential IED were located in the subject’s vehicle,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Other potential IEDs were also located in the French Quarter. The FBI’s Special Agent Bomb Technicians are working with our law enforcement partners to determine if any of these devices are viable and they will work to render those devices safe.&#8221;
President-elect Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-responds-to-new-orleans-terrorist-attack-act-of-pure-evil?topStoryPosition=2">responded</a> to the attack in a statement calling it an &#8220;act of pure evil!&#8221;
“When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true,” Trump said in a post on social media. “The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before.”
“Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department,” he continued. “The Trump Administration will fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil!”
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New Orleans Terror Suspect Had ISIS Flag; Several Other Suspects In Case: Reports

President-elect Donald Trump responded to the terrorist attack in New Orleans’ French Quarter on Wednesday by calling it an &#8220;act of pure evil.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s statement comes after a man rammed a truck into a crowd of people and then got out and opened fire on law enforcement before police killed him. At least 15 people were killed, and 35 more were injured in the attack.
&#8220;When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true,&#8221; Trump said in a post on social media. &#8220;The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has ever seen before.&#8221;
&#8220;Our hearts are with all of the innocent victims and their loved ones, including the brave officers of the New Orleans Police Department,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The Trump Administration will fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil!&#8221;
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Heartbreaking violence last night in New Orleans. Such a beautiful and great American city. May God bless the victims and their families. <a href="https://t.co/8kC1mqjEsN">pic.twitter.com/8kC1mqjEsN</a>
— JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1874483694301565213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
The truck that was used to carry out the attack reportedly came through the southern border in November, Fox News reported after initially reporting that the truck came through two days ago. The suspect&#8217;s identity and citizenship status have not yet been released.
The New York Times reported that the white pickup truck was registered to a 42-year-old man in Texas. It is not clear if that person was driving the truck.
The FBI said in a statement that the incident was being investigated as a terrorist attack.
“This morning, an individual drove a car into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing a number of people and injuring dozens of others,” the FBI said. “The subject then engaged with local law enforcement and is now deceased. The FBI is the lead investigative agency, and we are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism.”
President Joe Biden called the attack a &#8220;horrific incident&#8221; and said he would &#8220;continue to receive updates throughout the day, and I will have more to say as we have further information to share.&#8221;
&#8220;My heart goes out to the victims and their families who were simply trying to celebrate the holiday,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;There is no justification for violence of any kind, and we will not tolerate any attack on any of our nation&#8217;s communities.&#8221;

Trump Responds To New Orleans Terrorist Attack: ‘Act Of Pure Evil!’

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