The Ford F-150 used to plow into a crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers in New Orleans’s French Quarter district early Wednesday was available for and frequently used in rentals via a service called Turo – basically an Airbnb for vehicles – before the still-unidentified male terrorist who drove it into Louisiana and launched his attack. A photo showing the partially obscured Texas license plate of the 2023 model electric Ford F-150 lines up with the state’s DMV registration of that actual vehicle when the first two letters are filled in – as well as the decal with the name of the dealership, Mac Haik Ford, located in Pasadena, Texas and listed as the seller in the registration record.

The VIN number appears in a photo on the truck’s profile page on Turo, which links to the owner’s page, showing he owns at least five vehicles offered for rent on the site. The white Ford F-150 Lightning is not currently available on Wednesday. All of this is to say it is EXTREMELY difficult to imagine the man listed as the owner in the registration in the Texas DMV’s records and at Turo is the terrorist. As such, National Zero will not be printing his full name. However if you do see social media rumors blaming someone named “Rodrigo” be advised whoever is propagating it is almost certainly completely full of shit and probably trying to turn this horror into a MAGA “open border” thing.

At least 10 people are dead and 35 are injured after a truck plowed into a crowd at around 3:15 AM on Wednesday in the French Quarter of New Orleans, 4WWL reports. “This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could,” New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told reporters at a press conference, adding that an explosive device had been found at the scene. The still-unidentified suspect was killed after the attack.

Yayyy!!! This New Year’s going to be just fabulous! Everything is awesome!!!

At least 10 people, children among them, suffered minor injuries Tuesday when staff at a Peabody, Massachusetts arcade/fun center attempted to drop a net full of balloons onto revelers as part of an early New Year’s Eve countdown-type celebration, only to have the line pull down a large, bulky display made of Lego bricks and send it crashing down onto those present, the Guardian reports.

“Large Lego pieces were everywhere, kids were crying, there were tons of people all in the office, some with ice packs over their heads and people allowing their children to steal the Lego pieces like souvenirs,” a witness told WBZ-TV of the “pure chaos” of the scene. Eight were hospitalized.

A majority of MPs in Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party have called on him to resign as his government teeters on the brink of collapse, CTV News reports.

Calling the current House GOP caucus an environment in which the “free flow of ideas and thoughts and open voices” thrive without fear of “retribution or authoritarian-style leadership like they had under Pelosi,” is um, sort of technically accurate-ish, in theory if you look at it strictly through the lens of contrasting with Nancy Pelosi’s command. On one hand she did squash Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid to lead Oversight Dems, which was shitty and not at all an isolated incident of her exerting control, even when Hakeem Jeffries now leads the conference. The other side of that is you have to be really fucking daft to say that Pelosi’s iron fist did not produce results. She got historic legislation passed with that same majority margin that Kevin McCarthy couldn’t even last a full year in the Speakership, thus it’s plain that what this assclown calls “authoritarian” is simply competence.

Looking at it not strictly through that lens, the claim “there is no fear of retribution or authoritarian-style leadership,” is just… lol. Let’s just go ahead and paste in the sentence “Many Republicans did not want to put their names to criticisms of Trump – who is well known to try to exact retribution against GOP critics – with others dodging questions about his comments entirely” without linking the article or even dating it because the utter lack of any other context is the actual point here. It could’ve been from any single political news story on any single day out of the last decade.

Also the “free flow of ideas” and “we have a much better society” lines are hysterical too. Great way to tell everyone you prepped for the interview by reading the first two sentences of Wikipedia’s article on the Age of Enlightenment without telling everyone you prepped for the interview by reading the first two sentences of Wikipedia’s article on the Age of Enlightenment.

“Senate Democrats are organizing to improperly stall and delay the confirmation process of many of our Great Nominees. They will try all sorts of tricks starting very soon. Republicans must not allow them to do that. We have a Country to run, and many big problems to solve, mostly created by Democrats. REPUBLICANS, BE SMART AND TOUGH!!!” posted convicted felon President-Elect Trump on Tuesday, apparently angry Dems will ask questions during the confirmation hearings.

In related news, the New York Post reports that Trump Reichsmarschall Susie Wiles on Sunday issued an order commanding all nominees to maintain complete silence on social media, which is definitely one way of displaying confidence in the mental faculties of their incoming team.

“Accordingly, all intended nominees should refrain from any public social media posts without prior approval of the incoming White House counsel,” Wiles wrote. National Zero had turned on notifications for Pete Hegseth’s tweets earlier this month when it looked like his bid for Defense Secretary was doomed and as such noticed noticed he’s been complying with the directive. It appears brainwormed Health and Human Services nominee Robert F Kennedy Jr is as well.

Marco Rubio is not complying. Since the 29th he’s tweeted condolences to the victims of that plane crash in South Korea and a tribute to former President Jimmy Carter. The memo wasn’t written for Marco Rubio however because he’s capable of acting like a chemically balanced adult online.

A court in South Korea on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for impeached and suspended right wing President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of sedition over his insane attempt to impose martial law on the country on December 3rd, the state Yonhap News Agency reports.

“The Seoul Western District Court approved a request from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to issue the warrant against Yoon on charges of masterminding the botched Dec 3 martial law declaration, orchestrating the insurrection and abusing power, according to the CIO. The court also approved a warrant to search Yoon’s presidential residence in Seoul’s Yongsan in connection with the investigation,” Yonhap wrote.

Christ man. Have some fucking self-respect and patriotism for your country, rather than laying down like a bitch and lying about the popularity of annexation. It’s not very popular. At all. Especially the way Trump is “proposing” it, by mashing 13 provinces and territories into a single state. That’s a pretty lame starting point in these “negotiations.” Just like that other cocksucker whatever his name is was saying on Sunday that Greenland should be part of Alaska, rather than its own state in this MAGA fantasy of a US-dominated North America, which is pretty freaking shitty.

Panama too. If Trump wants the canal back so damn badly then he should be prepared to be generous politically and extend the same “offer” he’s making toward Canada now: Statehood.

Cobalt Funding Solutions, the desperation-level lender that’s effectively a payday loan shop for businesses, has filed a lawsuit seeking the $1.5 million mustachioed pillow tycoon Mike Lindell owes them for the “usurious” line of credit he took out this year, the Independent reports.

Lindell had sued them earlier this month to get out of the 409 percent interest loan. Lindell told the Independent, and without providing specifics, that Cobalt has “gotten in trouble before” for its business practices, and that “there was a lot of stuff that went around with that,” but that “they keep doing what they’re doing.” However, Lindell added, “I don’t know what it all involves.”

“I just don’t want to get out in front of things here. The lawyers are handling that. It’s not my priority right now, I’m trying to run companies and get rid of the electronic voting machines. That’s my focus,” Lindell said about the lawsuit Cobalt just served him with for not paying up.

The reactions to convicted felon President-Elect Trump’s endorsement of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s bid for another tour with the gavel ranged from despondent to something sort of like acceptance by default because they don’t actually care who it is. The top is cope-heavy:

“What is Trump thinking? Johnson is going to stab him in the back. Trump is starting to make ill-advised decisions. For instance, Trump now supports H-1B visas for zillions of foreigners from the Global South (mainly India) who come to replace us. That is NOT what we voted for” – Top comment on the OAN article “Trump Backs Johnson For House Speaker, Criticizes Democrats: ‘It Was a Disaster!’” No, you voted to keep Trump out of prison. You’ve already served your purpose.

“What does president Trump see in Mike Johnson that the rest of us don’t see?” – Top comment on Blaze Media’s article. Wrong question. There is no “the rest of us.” He doesn’t give a fuck about you subtards. You no longer matter to him – unless you’re in the market for a new electric guitar.

“It’s beginning to sound like the same old crap” – Top comment on Breitbart’s article “Donald Trump Endorses Mike Johnson amid Fight for His Gavel.” Among the replies to that one, “Explain the same old crap exactly,” came from a certain Disqus user familiar to National Zero commenters who haven’t already blocked him. Two hours have since gone be and the OP didn’t explain it to him, lol.

Somebody call the New Republic, Laura Loomer just blatantly plagiarized this monologue word-for-word from any one of like 350 articles about Elon Musk they’ve printed since November 6th.

More seriously, no fucking shit, this is exactly what every goddamned anti-MAGA commentator said was going to fucking happen before the fat bastard was elected again by a bunch of low-info voters suckered into thinking he was going to make eggs and gas cheaper. It’s almost like Loomer, Bannon, and the rest of those fucking derelicts could and should have seen this “betrayal” coming.

“Jill Biden made a campaign stop Monday afternoon at the Tallahassee home of a family she and her husband, former Vice President Joe Biden, have known for over 40 years,” the Tallahassee Democrat reported on Monday, adding that Dr Biden “used the fundraising occasion to get personal about her faith – something she doesn’t often share publicly,” before getting into the death of Beau Biden.

“Biden’s visit came at a pivotal moment before the holidays, and less than two months before the primary season comes into sharp focus with the Iowa Caucuses in February, Super Tuesday March 3, and Florida’s Presidential Preference Primary on March 17. The latest NPR/PBS Marist poll that came out Monday shows Joe Biden ahead of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 25 percent to 22 percent. A Real Clear Politics aggregation of several polls shows Biden leading by 7.9 points,” the story, which says “Published 10:36 AM ET Dec 30, 2024” under the byline crediting staff writer Jeffrey Schweers, continued before going even more extensively into detail about Jill Biden.

The article seems on-brand for an outlet based in Florida’s capital that still calls itself the Democrat.

“Cecilia and I mourn the loss of former President Jimmy Carter alongside millions of Americans across the country. Our nation remains the greatest beacon of freedom and opportunity in the world because of our fearless chief executives who are our guiding force through the best and worst of times. For that, we owe President Carter our enduring gratitude for his service as the 39th President of the United States. Having led a life marked by selfless service to the American people, President Carter leaves behind a great legacy as a husband, father, naval officer, governor, and Nobel prize winner, and he will be greatly missed by many. Cecilia and I send our prayers and deepest condolences to First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the entire Carter family,” said Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a statement on Sunday, via WFAA, emphasis ours on the part about Rosalynn Carter.

The station notes that Abbott attended Rosalynn Carter’s funeral on November 29, 2023. The statement was later edited to remove the condolences on the death of her husband.

When deportations begin, there will be a massive, coordinated media operation exploiting the first image of a crying woman or a crying baby. We must be ready to counter it with force.

Tom Homan is planning weekly press briefings to tell the American people about the bag guys who… pic.twitter.com/heM4f0RTEX

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 30, 2024

REVEALED: Illegal immigrant asylum seeker charged in Laken Riley's murder, 26-year-old Jose Ibarra is a member of the infamous Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and was released into US by ICEhttps://t.co/jtRdoUX9kq

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) March 8, 2024

“The American people need IMMEDIATE relief from all of the destructive policies of the last Administration. Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete and Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!” wrote convicted felon President-Elect Trump at the end of a lengthy jerkoff post on Monday.

Johnson definitely needed that. Whether he’s going to continue to hold the gavel at this time next week still depends on how Friday goes, but with Trump behind him it becomes somewhat easier than if the fat fuck had said nothing. And obviously Johnson would be doomed if Donald had undorsed him. This is the path of least resistance for Trump and, in the likely-ish event Johnson squeaks through, makes it easier to certify the presidential election on January 6th.

That is unless Antifa, the FBI, the NSA, and the CIA send 10,000 rioters to sack the Capitol and try to stop the Electoral College vote count. If you believe they did it in 2021 while disguised as MAGA voters to frame Trump then you can be damn well sure they’re going to do it again for real this year.

Johnson’s team later released a “statement” that was just a screenshot of the post.

Officials with centrist German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s teetering government on Monday attempted to downplay any potential impact that ketamine-brained billionaire Elon Musk’s op-ed endorsing the Fourth Reich extremist Alternative for Deutschland party (AfD) might end up having on next month’s snap elections, with government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann saying simply that “Freedom of expression also includes the greatest nonsense” in response, the Associated Press reports.

“It is indeed the case that Elon Musk is trying to influence the federal election through his statement,” Hoffman added and yeah, no shit. Musk wrote that the AfD “is the last spark of hope for this country,” for “a future where economic prosperity, cultural integrity and technological innovation are not just wishes, but reality,” in the piece printed Saturday in Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

Musk was praised as “one of our most valuable, important, and witty fighters” and awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle by the AfD for his writings in support of their ideology and – Oh wait, got some of that mixed up. That was Henry Ford getting praised by future Holocaust ringleader and SS chief Heinrich Himmler in 1924 for writing “The International Jew” and then in 1938 a Nazi delegation conferred Ford with the Grand Cross, their highest honor for foreigners.

On the question of “The US military should put immigrants who are in the country illegally into internment camps until they can be deported,” the Public Religion Research Institute’s post-election national survey finds 46 percent of Republican respondents saying yes, compared 26 percent overall and 48 percent of those who scored high on PRRI’s “Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale.”

The RWA scale was developed back in September, and found that 21 percent of all respondents to a survey then either partially or completely agreed with four out of four extremist statements on free speech, “smashing moral perversions,” strongman autocracy, and purging “rotten apples” (all in brief), with another 20 percent fully or completely agreeing to three out of four of them.

Naturally 82 percent of these 4/4 and 3/4 RWA voters supported convicted felon President-Elect Trump last month while 79 percent of the 1/4 and 0/4 RWA voters went for Vice President Kamala Harris. In another fucked-up finding, 60 percent of white Evangelicals and 45 percent of Hispanic Evangelicals agreed that “God ordained Donald Trump to be the winner of the 2024 election.”

Opinion | Class dismissed: Colleges expected to close as enrollment numbers tank https://t.co/OmPWbfaQua

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 30, 2024

“The extension of the Debt Ceiling by a previous Speaker of the House, a good man and a friend of mine, from this past September of the Biden Administration, to June of the Trump Administration, will go down as one of the dumbest political decisions made in years. There was no reason to do it – NOTHING WAS GAINED, and we got nothing for it – A major reason why that Speakership was lost. It was Biden’s problem, not ours. Now it becomes ours. I call it ‘1929’ because the Democrats don’t care what our Country may be forced into. In fact, they would prefer ‘Depression’ as long as it hurt the Republican Party. The Democrats must be forced to take a vote on this treacherous issue NOW, during the Biden Administration, and not in June. They should be blamed for this potential disaster, not the Republicans!” posted convicted felon President-Elect Trump on Sunday.