02 U.S. Politics

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“The bill recklessly endangers the lives of members of our law enforcement community and their family members.”

A proposal by Washington state Democrats to ban most law enforcement officers from wearing face-concealing masks during public operations is drawing sharp criticism from federal officials, who warn the measure could endanger officers at a time when violence and threats against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are rising dramatically nationwide.

If enacted, Senate Bill 5855 would prohibit local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, including ICE agents, from wearing masks that obscure their identities during public interactions, with limited exceptions for undercover assignments and certain tactical operations. The bill received its first hearing on Tuesday before the Washington Senate Law & Justice Committee.

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There’s a deeper, darker truth lurking beneath the Somali-dominated, multi-billion-dollar Minnesota welfare fraud schemes that have commanded the attention of federal authorities and stoked nationwide outrage.

And it may explain in part why for weeks, Democrats and regime media have been gaslighting the country, casting critics as bigots, and shooting the messengers who sent the long-neglected story viral — and why, now, state and local leaders are trying to turn Minneapolis into a powder keg.

These dodges and diversions distract from the fact that the fraud is a feature of what we might call The Blue Model of government. Fueled by the welfare state and increasingly open borders, it is at core about political patronage, profiteering, and plunder. Democrats’ survival depends upon a political-business model of vote-buying via legal and illicit wealth redistribution. Suppressing the Minnesota story is critical.

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Federal agents forcibly removed a woman from her car Tuesday after she allegedly blocked an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, just days after another standoff ended with the fatal shooting of a mother of three who drove her vehicle at an ICE agent.

Video from the scene shows the unidentified driver stopping her black sedan across multiple lanes of traffic as anti-ICE agitators flooded the street, effectively trapping federal vehicles in place. Agents moved in to clear the roadway while protesters screamed and blew whistles in an effort to disrupt the operation.

One officer reached into the car and appeared to unlock the door before another agent opened it and pulled the woman out. Officers had already smashed the passenger-side window as bystanders shouted, “Go, go, go, go.”

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The Danish government has reportedly deployed military “reinforcements” to Greenland ahead of a high-stakes White House meeting to discuss the future of the territory on Wednesday.

According to a report from public broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the Kingdom of Denmark is sending military equipment and advance troops to Greenland in preparation for a larger deployment of Danish forces to the island.

However, the broadcaster questioned how large a deployment Copenhagen will be able to manage in Greenland, given that many of its forces, particularly soldiers in the Danish Army, have already been committed to other theatres, such as in the Baltic. No hard numbers have been placed on the redeployment yet.

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“Joe is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans. This is a huge loss for our state.”

In a stunning reversal, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz praised US Attorney Joseph Thompson as a “principled public servant” following his resignation, just weeks after suggesting Thompson should be fired for his comments on the widespread fraud he uncovered in state programs. Thompson resigned along with five other federal prosecutors on Tuesday. It’s unclear why he resigned, but it comes amid reports that Trump’s Department of Justice was pressuring the US Attorney’s Office to investigate Becca Good, the widow of Renee Good, who was fatally shot last week by an ICE agent after accelerating her vehicle at him while impeding immigration enforcement operations.

“Joe is a principled public servant who spent more than a decade achieving justice for Minnesotans. This is a huge loss for our state,” Walz wrote in a post on X. “It’s also the latest sign Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the justice department, replacing them with his sycophants.”

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President Trump isn’t playing around when it comes to the United States taking control of Greenland, and he just sent a warning shot to the island’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, that Nielsen’s continued resistance is “going to be a big problem for him.”

The president made the remark Tuesday after being questioned about Nielsen’s loud proclamation this week that he chooses Denmark over the U.S. Here’s Trump’s full response to that: “Well, that’s their problem. That’s their problem. I disagree with him. I don’t know who he is. Don’t know anything about him, but that’s going to be a big problem for him.”

Prime Minister Nielsen has been doing a lot of jawing this week, ahead of Wednesday’s meeting at the White House between Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and delegations from Denmark and Greenland. (Greenland is an an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.)

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President Donald Trump wants Greenland, stressing again that Greenland is a national security issue.

The president wrote on Truth Social:

The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building. NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! Militarily, without the vast power of the United States, much of which I built during my first term, and am now bringing to a new and even higher level, NATO would not be an effective force or deterrent – Not even close! They know that, and so do I. NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES.
Anything less than that is unacceptable. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

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These are the best liberal media stories. The ones where the publication unintentionally exposes the opposite of what they’re trying to argue. Of course, The New York Times wanted to drum up some narrative about the Trump administration’s struggles with the courts. The funny part is a) Trump knew this beforehand, which is why his legal team is prepared to appeal all the things, and b) it showed that the lower courts are stacked with illiberal radicals, some of whom think they are the executive.

Twitchy had it first yesterday, and, well, have a laugh:

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CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel lamented that the Justice Department is “investigating the victims” of the Minneapolis shooting involving Renee Good and ICE agent Jonathan Ross. However, neither host provided their audience with the key detail that Good’s wife, Rebecca, told her to “drive, baby, drive” after Good herself was told to get out of the car.

Colbert certainly wasn’t interested in narratively inconvenient facts when he huffed, “Now, it’s not just a surge of goons. In order to justify the unjustifiable gunning down of an American citizen in her car, the Trump administration is trying to smear Renee Good’s family now. Reportedly, senior Justice Department officials have pressed for a criminal investigation into Good’s widow, which today prompted both six federal prosecutors in Minnesota to resign and the resignation of five senior prosecutors in the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.”

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On January 8, following the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer after she struck him with her vehicle, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) strongly hinted that civil war was in the cards.

“When things looked really bleak, it was Minnesota’s 1st that held that line for the nation on that July 3, 1863, and I think now we may be in that moment, that the nation’s looking to us to hold the line on democracy, to hold the line on decency, to hold the line on accountability, and more than that, to rise up as neighbors and simply say, ‘We can look out for one another,’” he said during a press conference addressing Good’s death.

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President Trump has made lowering prescription drug prices a clear priority, repeatedly arguing that Americans should not be forced to pay more for medicine than patients in other developed countries. Drugmakers have publicly welcomed that message. But their actions tell a more complicated story.

First reported by Reuters this week, pharmaceutical companies are raising list prices on more than 350 drugs for 2026. Many of the increases were small, but others were not, including sharp hikes on certain hospital-administered and specialty medicines that patients and providers rely on every day.

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“When we say ICE is arresting the ‘worst of the worst,’ this is exactly what we mean,” said ICE Director Todd Lyons.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a 39-year-old Afghan national who was previously convicted of attempting to murder his teenage sister in what was described as an “honor” attack. Waheed Allah Mohammad was taken into custody on January 1 in Rochester, New York. According to ICE, the incident occurred in 2008 when Mohammed stabbed his then-19-year-old sister multiple times during a heated argument.

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Chicago public school students deserve better than this. And when teaching officials can’t even spell “governor,” you understand why they provide abysmal results.

The Chicago Teachers Union released an ad campaign where they urged residents to send letters to the “Governer” to “make the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share and fully fund our schools.” They have since deleted the campaign post because of how embarrassing it was.

Now, besides the comical misspelling of “Governor,” there are still several things wrong with what they did.

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If you’re a red-blooded American, a few days ago you may have been watching the Sunday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers.

If not, you might’ve been watching one of Hollywood’s countless self-congratulating award shows, the Golden Globes.

And if you did tune into the Golden Globes — and even if you didn’t — you might have heard about the swathes of far-left celebrities who were wearing “Be Good” pins to commemorate Renee Good, the woman who lost her life after she tried to ram an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis with her car last week.

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President Donald Trump spoke more about Iran during an interview with Tony Dokoupil on CBS Evening News, spanning from promises of help to the endgame.

Trump reiterated his promise to Iranians that help is on the way as they battle the brutal regime:

DOKOUPIL: Americans woke up this morning and they saw that you said, Help is on the way. What do you mean by that?

TRUMP: Well, there’s a lot of help on the way, and in different forms, including economic help from our standpoint, and not going to help Iran very much. And you know, we put Iran out of business with their nuclear capacity. And now, depending on what’s actually happening, nobody has been able to give us accurate numbers about how many people they’ve killed. Well, on that point, looks like it could be a pretty substantial number, and that’s going to be a lot of problems, a lot of problems

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Two suspects shot for “weaponizing” their vehicle against a Portland-based Border Patrol agent are affiliates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The revelation came late Thursday after news emerged of a shooting involving U.S. immigration officials in Portland, Oregon. Initial reporting indicated that two individuals were shot in the incident.

When details of the case finally emerged, it clearly was not what Democrats — who had already rushed to falsely blame the immigration officials — were expecting.

According to DHS, Border Patrol officials were conducting a “targeted vehicle stop” in Portland. The agency said that upon identifying themselves to the driver and passenger, “the driver weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents.”

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With anti-regime unrest spreading across Iran, the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is secretly planning his escape if the regime falls, The Times of London revealed Monday, quoting an intelligence source.

Khamenei has good reasons to work out a backup plan. His regime suffered a serious military and morale setback in the Twelve-Day War with Israel last summer. Khamenei’s own position within the regime has been weakened by the loss of many of his long-time confidants and key military commanders since Iran-backed Hamas launched the terrorist invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.

Russia appears to be an obvious destination for a failed Iranian dictator. Nearly one year ago, the Iran-backed dictator of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, fled to Moscow after his regime collapsed after 50 years of clan rule. Khamenei, who leads the chants of “Death to America” at weekly Friday prayers in Tehran, has been at the helm of the tyrannical Islamic regime since 1989.

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It’s the perfect segue to a PR analysis of Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), who went from a 2028 presidential frontrunner to political roadkill over the last 10 months. As recently as early March, mainstream media outlets like The New Yorker published such fawning fluff-pieces as “Tim Walz Might Run for President in 2028 If You Ask Him Nicely.”

After all, with the Dems reeling from the 2024 elections and the abandonment of the white, hetero male vote, for a very brief moment, Walz seemed like the perfect solution: He was, technically speaking, a white, hetero man — but he was effeminate and nonthreatening enough to “pass.”

He coached football! He shot guns! He had male-pattern baldness!

 

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Authorities have released the mugshot of 26-year-old William DeFoor following his arrest for allegedly attempting to break into Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati home with a hammer.

Looking at the image, it’s hard to believe this guy is an adult.

The booking photo, posted by the Hamilton County Justice Center, also lists the charges DeFoor is facing, including vandalism, criminal trespass, criminal damaging or endangering, and obstructing official business.

The attack, reported on by RedState’s Nick Arama, unfolded early Monday at Vance’s Ohio home, where DeFoor reportedly used a hammer to smash multiple windows in what authorities described as an attempted break-in.

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The FBI said the 18-year-old had a manifesto to conduct a “massacre” on NYE.

The FBI thwarted a potential ISIS-inspired New Year’s Eve terror attack, according to the agency, which posted about the effort on Friday. This comes after the FBI has said that there were multiple other planned New Year’s Eve terror attacks this year that were stopped. The suspect in the case was an 18-year-old who had been on the FBI’s for years.

The Charlotte FBI office posted to X, “The #FBI and our law enforcement partners thwarted a potential terrorist attack on New Year’s Eve in North Carolina. The subject was directly inspired to act by ISIS. The @USAO_WDNC and FBI Special Agent in Charge will announce details at an 11:30 am news conference in Charlotte.”

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‘Illegal immigrants cannot be given benefits that are not available to American citizens’ says Virginia AG

Virginia’s outgoing Attorney General Jason Miyares quickly agreed to a consent decree to resolve a Justice Department lawsuit filed against the state in late December challenging laws allowing students in the country illegally to qualify for in-state tuition and financial aid at public colleges and universities.

“In a joint court filing, Miyares and lawyers for the Justice Department asked a federal judge to declare the Virginia Dream Act invalid and bar state authorities from enforcing it. If approved, the joint consent decree order would make Virginia the fourth state to scrap its policies that allow eligible undocumented students to pay the lower in-state tuition rate,” Inside Higher Ed reported Jan. 2.

“The joint agreement came just one day after the Trump administration sued Virginia over its in-state tuition policies—the seventh such lawsuit.”

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A precious baby is alive today because a mother in crisis chose courage, love, and Life.

Within the last 10 days, a newborn was legally and safely surrendered in a Safe Haven Baby Box at Fire Station 9 in Lubbock, Texas. This marked the first baby ever placed in this Safe Haven Baby Box, a reminder that life-saving options truly do save lives.

A Safe Haven Baby Box provides a secure, anonymous alternative for parents who feel unable to care for their newborn. Each box is temperature-controlled, padded, and continuously monitored. When the door is opened, a silent alarm immediately alerts firefighters inside the station. Within moments, first responders retrieve the baby and transport the child to a hospital for a full medical evaluation.

Lubbock leaders announced the surrender on Monday afternoon, expressing gratitude and prayer for both the baby and the mother who made the brave decision to seek safety rather than any alternative. City officials shared that they are praying for the mother’s healing and peace, trusting she finds comfort in knowing she gave her baby the priceless gift of protection and a future.

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You can begin to understand why the swamp fought Musk and DOGE so hard.

HUD officials say the majority of some $5 billion in fraudulent rental aid in 2024 went to New York, California and DC — though dead people from all 50 states got paid.

HUD just found $5 BILLION+ in FRAUDULENT payments in 2024 alone, under Biden.

Payment error of over 11% PERCENT.

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A tiny, premature baby, who weighed less than a bag of sugar when she was born, has finally been able to leave the hospital, just in time for Christmas.

Baby Desire was born 18 weeks prematurely to first-time parents Omotola and Samuel Joseph, after her mum went into labour unexpectedly in July. The little premature baby weighed only 13 ounces, or 375 grams, when she was born, and so had to spend time in the care of doctors and nurses at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) while she developed.

“Before she was born, we prepared our minds for what might happen. She was just so tiny, fitting entirely in the palm of my hand”, mum Omotola said.

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“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers that the United States intends to pursue the purchase of Greenland, reinforcing President Donald Trump’s position that control of the Arctic territory is a national security priority.

Rubio’s comments to Congress come as the administration continues to antagonize European allies on Greenland’s strategic value, while stopping short of committing to military action. The White House has said that all options remain available to the president but stressed that the current focus is on a financial transaction, according to an exclusive from the Wall Street Journal.

“President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States,” the White House said in a statement Tuesday. “The president and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilising the US military is always an option at the commander-in-chief’s disposal.”

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Donald Trump has announced that the “interim” authorities in Venezuela will be providing the U,S. with 30-50 million barrels of oil that will be sold at market prices and controlled by Trump:

I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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This week, Tim Walz announced that he will not pursue re-election as Minnesota’s governor. After six years in office (including a failed 2024 vice-presidential run alongside Kamala Harris), Walz is stepping away from a state drowning in scandal. The timing is no coincidence.

Under Walz’s watch, Minnesota became ground zero for massive, systemic fraud in welfare and assistance programs. An estimated $9 billion in taxpayer funds — nearly equal to Somalia’s entire GDP — was stolen through fraudulent daycare centers, child nutrition programs, and pandemic relief schemes. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called Minnesota’s childcare program an “epic failure,” noting that Minnesota’s improper-payment rate is 11 percent compared to Texas’s 0.43 percent.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer demanded Walz account for the fraud and consider resignation. Nearly 500 Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) staffers accused Walz of ignoring warnings and retaliating against whistleblowers. The U.S. Treasury is investigating whether stolen funds were funneled to Islamic terror group Al-Shabaab through hawala networks.