02a U.S. Politics – Conservative

New Taxes Prove VA Dems Actually Hate ‘Affordability’– thefederalist.com

pgnewser January 20, 2026 0

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“Affordability” was the word of the year in Virginia politics in 2025.

“Affordability takes center stage in New Jersey, Virginia governor races,” ABC News‘ Benjamin Siegel wrote on November 2, 2025.

“Spanberger turns Virginia governor’s race into a test of Trump’s economy,” Politico’s Erin Doherty and Brakkton Booker wrote on October 29, 2025. “Spangberger has stuck to a message on the economy, specifically the cost of life for Virginians.”

“It’s not about inflation or the economy — the election instead delivered a ‘wake-up call’ on affordability politics, top pollster says,” Fortune’s Jason Ma wrote on November 8, 2025.

Things Getting Wild in MN As Anti-ICE Crew Harasses Regular People, Concerning City Email Revealed – RedState– redstate.com

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We reported how an ICE agent was attacked earlier in the week, federal vehicles were destroyed and damaged, and people even stole weapons out of the vehicles.

Warning for graphic language in the following tweets: 

All this isn’t just falling on ICE. As we reported, Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino said civilian vehicles were getting assaulted as well.

Trump Announces Steep Tariffs On Denmark, European Nations Over Greenland Negotiations– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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President Donald Trump on Saturday announced new tariffs on goods from eight European countries as part of an effort to secure U.S. acquisition of Greenland, which is currently a territory of Denmark.

Greenland, the world’s largest island, is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. It holds strategic importance due to its Arctic location, natural resources, and role in missile defense systems.

The U.S. has maintained a military presence there since World War II, including at Thule Air Base. Trump’s interest in acquiring Greenland dates back to 2019, but the issue resurfaced in early 2025 with initial threats of tariffs if Denmark did not relinquish control.

US Justice Department probing Walz, source says– www.dailysignal.com

pgnewser January 20, 2026 0

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REUTERS—The U.S. Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over an alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents, a source familiar with the probe said on Friday.

The investigation, first reported by CBS News, stems from previous statements made by Walz and Frey about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.

Walz, reacting on social media to news of the investigation, said the justice system was being weaponized.

“Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic,” he said.

MOTHERS TERRIFIED, CHILDREN SCREAMING as Democrat Protestors Storm Church in Minneapolis, ‘Hunting’ ICE Agents– gellerreport.com

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With riots over an ICE enforcement still roiling Minnesota, Democrat protesters stormed a church service in St. Paul, accusing its pastor of supporting for immigration authorities.

Tell me again how there is going to be a blue wave in the November elections.

Establishment Republicans Grovel to Danish Leaders over Trump’s Greenland Policies– www.breitbart.com

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Some Republican senators are increasingly voicing opposition to President Trump’s remarks suggesting the United States could take control of Greenland by force, as a bipartisan group of lawmakers prepares to visit Denmark to reassure its leaders that Congress would not support any military action targeting the territory.

As the Hill reported, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) are among several U.S. lawmakers scheduled to travel to Copenhagen on Friday, alongside Democratic colleagues Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Dick Durbin (D-IL), as well as Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), and Sara Jacobs (D-CA). 

Tillis emphasized that he will remind Danish officials that Congress is a coequal branch of government, and said he believes “there [is a] sufficient number of members, whether they speak up or not, that are concerned with this.” Speaking about any use of military force to take Greenland, he stated, “The actual execution of anything that would involve a taking of a sovereign territory that is part of a sovereign nation, I think would be met with pretty substantial opposition in Congress.”

Anti-ICE Protesters Harass Random Man For Crime Of Driving A Chevy Suburban– dailycaller.com

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Protesters harassed a man driving a rental SUV after appearing to mistake him for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, a video that went viral on X Thursday shows.

The video, which was originally posted to TikTok, shows the man opening the trunk of a white Chevy Suburban as a woman inspects its contents. Another woman noted that the man, who later in the video said that he worked for a media outlet, “has a lot of camera equipment” before accusing him of being an ICE agent.

U.S. Navy Seizes Sixth Venezuelan Oil Tanker in Caribbean as Trump Escalates Crackdown– slaynews.com

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The U.S. military has seized another fugitive oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the Caribbean, marking the sixth vessel captured as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against illicit oil trafficking.

U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday that American forces intercepted the Motor/Tanker Veronica during a pre-dawn operation carried out by Marines and sailors from Joint Task Force Southern Spear.

“In another pre-dawn action, Marines and Sailors from Joint Task Force Southern Spear, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, launched from USS Gerald R. Ford and apprehended Motor/Tanker Veronica without incident,” the command said in a statement.

How Mass Migration Destroyed Sweden’s Scandinavian Utopia– thefederalist.com

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Not so long ago, Sweden used to be leftists’ favorite example of effective government: It had a generous welfare system, boasted a highly educated population, and just seemed a little classier and cleaner than most parts of the United States. True, it then had a small, homogenous population of law-abiding, productive citizens, but most admirers conveniently ignored this key detail.

In more recent years, far fewer people mention Sweden. If anyone mentions the country, it is usually to cite their soaring crime rates and terrorist attacks and the obvious connection with Sweden’s large number of unassimilated migrants from the Third World. Not only does this situation now threaten the livelihood for native Swedes, but also their reputable public entitlement system.

Philly DA Larry Krasner and Sheriff Rochelle Bilal Threaten to Arrest and Jail ICE Agents › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Larry Krasner, the radical District Attorney of Philadelphia, threatened Wednesday to prosecute and jail any federal immigration officer accused of harming the city’s residents.

Krasner and a number of Democrat elected officials and community leaders gathered at Salt and Light Church in Philadelphia to discuss strategies to combat ICE activity in the city and in its court system.

Framing the issue as a battle of “good versus evil,” Krasner sent the following message to federal immigration enforcement: “We will arrest you. We will handcuff you. We will close those cuffs. We will put you in a cell. We will set your bail and I’m going to ask for it to be appropriately high.”

Philadelphia’s newly infamous Sheriff Rochelle Bilal echoed Krasner’s message, promising to bring “smoke” to ICE agents if they think they can come to Philadelphia and enforce immigration law without the Sanctuary City’s permission.

DOJ About to Drop the Hammer on Don Lemon and Anti-ICE Agitators Who Stormed Minneapolis Church › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, said Monday that “the fullest force of the federal government is going to come down” on the anti-ICE agitators—including former CNN host Don Lemon—who stormed a Minneapolis church and harassed Sunday worshippers.

The agitators, led by local Black Lives Matter activist Nekima Armstrong, entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, chanting long discredited BLM slogans like ‘hands up, don’t shoot’, and attempting to shame churchgoers over their pastor’s alleged position as the acting ICE field office director.

 

STREETS LINED WITH DEAD BODIES, SIGNS OF COLLAPSE: IRGC HQ Seized, Bank Sepah Near Failure as Iran Revolts– gellerreport.com

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Iran is drowning in blood, yet the people refuse to break. As streets are reportedly lined with bodies and the slaughter intensifies, Iranians continue to meet live machine fire with open defiance. According to reports, the Kurdistan National Army has captured the Revolutionary Guards’ headquarters in Kermanshah—an extraordinary blow to the regime’s security apparatus. At the same time, the country’s financial system is cracking: five Iranian banks are said to be on the brink of collapse, including Bank Sepah, one of Iran’s three largest banks and the primary financial artery of the IRGC and the Iranian military, according to The Wall Street Journal. The regime is bleeding—militarily, economically, and morally—and yet the Iranian people continue to rise, signaling that this is no longer merely unrest, but a full-scale collapse unfolding in real time.

BREAKING: Right-wing activist Jake Lang assaulted in Minneapolis by mob of left-wing agitators | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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Lang was assaulted during a staged protest in which he was planning on burning the Quran.

Jake Lang, an anti-Islam activist, was attacked in Minneapolis and assaulted by left-wing agitators on Saturday. Lang, who was also pardoned from his criminal activities on January 6, was in Minnesota for his “March Against Fraud” event and was met with violent pushback.

Photos and videos showed blood on Lang after he was dragged from a ledge and then beaten by a mob of left-wing agitators in Minneapolis. Lang then attempted to get away from the scene in a red sedan. Video posted to X showed the left-wing protesters trying to attack him as he entered the car.

Why This Exchange Between Josh Hawley and a Lib Doctor on Abortion Pills Was Gold– townhall.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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It’s what happens when you cater to woke nonsense and an authoritarian ethos grounded in political correctness: you end up defending pure nonsense. She’s a doctor; she knows what’s medically true. A biological fact is that there are only two genders, and only females can get pregnant. Not men. Trans women are men. They’re dudes. Stop pretending otherwise, but alas, here we are, and what makes this exchange between Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Dr. Nisha Verma yesterday even funnier is that the segue really wasn’t about that per se. It was a Senate hearing on abortion care.

Trump Scores Major Legal Win From Third Circuit Court– trendingpoliticsnews.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to again detain and move toward deporting Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student who became a face of pro-Palestinian campus protests.

A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia overturned a lower court order that had sprung Khalil from immigration custody, ruling that the New Jersey federal judge who ordered his release never had authority to hear the case.

In a 2-1 decision, the panel said Khalil’s legal team used the wrong court when they filed a habeas petition to challenge his detention.

Feds Catch Red State Somalis Smuggling $130M To Minnesota– trendingpoliticsnews.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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Federal agents probing a Somali immigrant cash-courier operation that funneled massive sums through Minneapolis have uncovered a new stop along the route: Columbus, Ohio.

Homeland Security Department officials told Just the News that Transportation Security Administration officers have tracked and flagged about $136 million in bulk cash packed into outbound luggage at passenger checkpoints at John Glenn Columbus International Airport since November 2023.

Officials said the cash was carried by U.S. citizens of Somali origin flying out of Columbus en route to Minneapolis or Atlanta. The couriers declared the money as required on federal forms.

Anti-ICE Activists’ Goal Is Ending All Immigration Enforcement– thefederalist.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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A simple, but deeply unfair and manipulative, narrative about ICE’s enforcement of immigration law congealed as soon as Trump took office: ICE enforcement amounts to egregious military-style raids in otherwise peaceful communities, and as such, ICE is responsible for any unfortunate violence that accompanies their enforcement activities.

Obviously, that narrative has gone into overdrive since the unfortunate killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis last week. Facts don’t really matter here; anti-ICE hysterics are impervious to the fact that Good and her partner were specifically engaged in illegal activity. One can argue law enforcement should have behaved differently, but you cannot say Renee Good was an innocent bystander — she put herself in harm’s way. You can’t impede federal officers enforcing the law, let alone suddenly lurch toward them in a two-ton vehicle.

Nick Shirley Drops Another Bombshell Video, Exposing Even More Fraud – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Investigative journalist Nick Shirley blew up the internet the day after Christmas with a video that pulled the curtain back on massive Somali childcare fraud in Minnesota. In a single day, Shirley laid out evidence of an estimated $110 million in fraud, a bombshell that rocked the state and torpedoed Tim Walz’s political future, resulting in thousands of federal agents being sent into Minnesota, and HHS freezing more than $185 million in childcare payments.

 

Naturalized Somalis Who Thought They Couldn’t Be Deported for Fraud Just Got Devastating News from Sen. Blackburn– www.westernjournal.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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Hey, you know those Somali immigrants who just stole a few billion dollars from taxpayers up in Minnesota? They’re not going anywhere.

Well, OK, maybe prison — but likely for sentences that make slaps on the wrist look painful by comparison. And then they’ll be back in the Minneapolis area, likely with the same contacts in the grift community that they had before and with the same rights as any other convict.

Tennessee GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn and other Republicans want to change that.

Josh Hawley’s Simple Pregnancy Question Traps Dems’ Expert Witness So Thoroughly That She’s Reduced to a Repeating, Looping Mess… and She’s a Medical Doctor– www.westernjournal.com

pgnewser January 16, 2026 0

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If you’re given almost four years to come up with an acceptable answer to a question that should be obvious, you’d think you’d maybe do a bit better than Dr. Nisha Verma did on Wednesday.

To understand how fatuous and avoidable Verma’s viral moment of infamy is, we have to backtrack to March of 2022. That’s when Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was appearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of her confirmation hearings to the Supreme Court.

She was asked to provide a definition of what a woman was. Simple, no?

“I’m not a biologist,” was the best that Jackson could manage.

Reports: Regime Slaughters At Least 2,000 Protesters Killed in Iran in 48 hours, Trump Prepares ATTACK– gellerreport.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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Horrific. And scant coverage continues from the wretched MSM, who relentlessly demonized Israel for defending itself against Hamas. Shame on them. Never forget how Obama appeased this brutal regime. And how he was going to enable them to get nukes.

UK Government Threatens Potential Ban of Elon Musk’s X over AI Use– slaynews.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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The socialist UK government is mulling plans to ban the social media giant X, owned by Elon Musk, over supposed online safety concerns.

UK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has voiced support for regulator Ofcom to potentially restrict access to X if the platform fails to comply with national online safety laws.

The nation’s censors are specifically citing the use of X’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, Grok, which has been used to manipulate digital images.

The government argues that it is a crime to create AI-generated images of people without their consent.

Trump Drops Hammer on Somalis, Issues Deadline for TPS Migrants to Leave the Country– slaynews.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump’s administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somalia, ordering thousands of Somali migrants to leave the United States by March 17, including hundreds currently living in Minnesota.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the designation no longer meets the statutory requirements under federal law.

Noem emphasized that TPS was never intended to be permanent.

“Temporary means temporary,” Noem told Fox News.

Trump Threatens to Invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota Doesn’t Start Complying with ICE– www.westernjournal.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 on Thursday in response to violent and continued protests in Minnesota tied to federal immigration enforcement.

In a Thursday Truth Social post, Trump warned that if the “corrupt politicians” do not curb attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, he would deploy the U.S. military to restore order.

“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump wrote.

Trump orders sanctions on Iranian officials who killed protesters– www.washingtonexaminer.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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President Donald Trump‘s administration on Thursday announced sanctions against more than 20 Iranian individuals and entities responsible for the Islamic Republic’s deadly crackdown on protesters and skirting of international sanctions on the country’s oil output.

Trump previously promised to “help” protesters after the Iranian government responded to nationwide demonstrations by killing thousands of its own citizens. For days, the president’s national security team had prepared military options for Trump to choose from, with American officials signaling that U.S. airstrikes could hit Iran in the near future.

Clinton Defies Epstein Subpoena, Risking Contempt Of Congress– thefederalist.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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Former President Bill Clinton — who famously palled around with deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — refused to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday.

Clinton was subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee for closed-door testimony in regards to the House’s probe into Epstein but never showed. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said “not a single Democrat” showed up to the deposition either.

Following Clinton’s no-show, Comer said, “We will move next week in the House Oversight Committee … to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress.”

CNN Host Lets Biden Official Claim Anti-ICE Riot Is ‘Peaceful’ While Showing Riot On Screen– dailycaller.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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“CNN NewsNight” host Abby Phillip allowed a former Biden administration official to claim riots in Minneapolis were a “peaceful protest” Wednesday night.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed in a Wednesday night post on X that an agent from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot an illegal immigrant from Venezuela after being ambushed. Former Biden White House aide Daniel Koh claimed that the response in the streets of Minneapolis was “peaceful,” despite Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara saying crowds were engaged in “unlawful acts.”

DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell– trendingpoliticsnews.com

pgnewser January 15, 2026 0

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed in a video statement Sunday that the U.S. Department of Justice had opened a criminal investigation centered on testimony he gave about a $2.5 billion renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters that has gone far over budget.

Work on the project began several years ago and includes structural improvements, modernization of facilities, and enhancements to security and operational efficiency. The Federal Reserve has described the renovations as necessary to maintain the functionality and safety of its headquarters, which houses critical operations for the nation’s central banking system.