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Vice President JD Vance was in Minneapolis today and, in typical Vance fashion, came armed with both facts and fire. Standing before ICE officers and local law enforcement, he delivered a vigorous defense of the men and women tasked with enforcing America’s immigration laws — and he didn’t hold back against the far-left agitators, the media distortions, or the local officials undermining them.
“The guys behind me are doing an incredible job,” he said, gesturing toward the ICE agents. “And frankly, a lot of the media is lying about the job that they do every single day.” It was one of those lines that hit the room like a slap.
On Friday, Vanessa Beardsley is inviting her community to come hang out with cats and drink coffee at her Minnesota business, Catzen Coffee — but they won't be able to spend any money. Catzen is participating in a January 23rd economic shutdown, in which activists are calling on Minnesotans to close their businesses, not report to work or school, and refrain from shopping in protest of ICE's presence in the state. Beardsley said she "immediately" knew she wanted to "stand in solidarity with our fellow businesses and our state," but didn't want to completely close her doors. "We are not doing
TikTok said Thursday that it formed a joint venture that will keep the video-sharing app operating in the United States.
The short-form video company said that Adam Presser will be the CEO of TikTok USDS Joint Venture, while TikTok CEO Shou Chew will be a director. Presser was previously TikTok’s head of operations and trust and safety.
The U.S.-based joint venture will operate as an “independent entity,” TikTok said in its announcement. TikTok USDS Joint Venture “will operate under defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation, and software assurances for U.S. users,” the company said.
The joint venture will be governed
The U.S. was one of the first countries to join the World Health Organization (WHO) when it was created in 1948 as part of the United Nations. But on Jan. 22, 2026, it officially withdrew from the global health group.
The U.S. has historically been the largest funder to the WHO, through both its assessed and voluntary contributions, so the departure is poised to disrupt both global and domestic health. “This is one of the most penny-wise and billion-dollar-foolish moves,” says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday, where he alerted attendees that the "old world order is unraveling at a breathtaking pace."
Merz said the "pole position" of the United States is being challenged by Russia and China.
New world of 'great powers' is 'not a cozy place'
"We have entered an era of great power politics," Merz said. "The new world of the great powers is founded upon power, strength and when necessary, force. It is not a cozy place."
President Trump said Thursday that the US has an “armada” headed toward Iran — but that “maybe we won’t have to use it” — as he remained coy about his intentions after authorities slaughtered protesters this month.
“We have a lot of ships going that direction just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction. And we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One as he returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it has arrested a third suspect in in connection with the invasion of church services this past Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul. It's William Kelly. You may remember him. He’s the anti-ICE agitator who has been challenging Attorney General Pam Bondi and the DOJ to arrest him after taking part in the storming of the Cities Church services. [Tweets, videos]
Kelly joins Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen in handcuffs following their roles in leading a militant group into a Baptist church and disrupting services.
Call it Game of . . . Microphones? "60 Minutes" correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and Scott Pelley's vocal pushback against CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss's moves to shake up the outlet have put the duo at risk of being fired, The Post has learned. Both veteran correspondents could get the boot as Weiss, who has run the network since October, works to revamp "60 Minutes," said sources with knowledge of the matter -- who the ongoing intrigue to "Game of Thrones" - style drama. "It's going to be a war," a network insider told the post.
Former Capitol Police Officer Michael
Fanone Almost Got Into a Brawl at the
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Fanone Almost Got Into a Brawl at the
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Former Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone almost got into a physical tussle with Ivan Raiklin during former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Raiklin was recognized by Fanone, who went on a profanity-filled tirade against the activist who has been known to ruffle some feathers. The former police officer got into Raiklin’s face, but not before calling him a traitor and telling him to go “f**k himself.”
Fanone accused Raiklin of wanting to rape his children. He posted the encounter with the caption, “ Who thinks I should sue Mr. Fanone for defamation?
Did Biden Justice Department attack dog and unconstitutionally appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith spend tens of millions of dollars to bribe “confidential human sources”?
Smith, who became infamous for targeting Donald Trump and the entirety of the GOP political apparatus in shady surveillance and rigged trials, testified at a House of Representatives hearing today. A recent revelation that Smith paid out $20,000 to a confidential human source (CHS) shocked Americans and caused Trump to call for Smith to serve prison time, but it appears that might have been just a drop in the bucket.
Back when Attorney General Keith Ellison was a mere Congressman instead of the Attorney General of my state, he passed only one bill during his 12 years in that august body. Of all the bills he sponsored, he was able to successfully pass only one. It must have been really important to him to put it all on the line to convince his colleagues to go along with him, right? After all, it wasn't to rename a post office or anything. It was to actually change a policy intended to prevent money laundering.
He had to be pretty passionate and persuasive.
So what was that bill?
Doxxing Citizens, Turning Racist, and
Protesting Dogs — a Look at the Moronic
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Protesting Dogs — a Look at the Moronic
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We are currently in a cycle of perpetual outrage in Minnesota, being told by the media that the gentry are rising in a collective show of resistance against an invading government force. We know by now that much of this display is more manufactured than a pre-fab mobile home erected in an afternoon in Central Florida, as veiled Soros money and other activist groups gin up these protests.
These defiance merchants are in the process of undermining their own messaging, so it seemed a good time to analyze their stunted efforts. We, as conservatives, are often flummoxed by these agents of outrage.
Murders plummeted more than 20% in 2025 from the year before, the single-largest one-year drop on record — and it might be the lowest murder rate in the U.S. since 1900, a study released Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice found.
The annual crime trends report analyzed data from 40 large cities across the United States for 13 different crime types, including murder, carjacking, theft and drug offenses.
Alongside homicides, which dropped 21% from 2024, carjackings have declined 61% since 2023, while shoplifting is down 10% since 2024. In general, the overall crime rate declined
In the run-up to the 2016 Democratic Party convention, FBI Director James Comey gained access to at least eight thumb drives containing large volumes of former Secretary Hillary Clinton’s sensitive State Department emails – as well as some from President Obama – that appeared to have been compromised by foreign hackers.
Instead of investigating the explosive new batch of evidence revealed in recently declassified documents, Comey rushed ahead to close an investigation into whether Clinton improperly transmitted and received classified material from a private, unsecured server she kept in her basement. Comey also took the extraordinary step of bypassing the attorney general and personally exonerating Clinton of wrongdoing
Magistrate Judge Rejects Charges Against
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Don Lemon Over Anti-ICE Protest In Minnesota Church replies
A federal magistrate judge refused to sign a complaint charging independent journalist Don Lemon in connection with a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday, multiple sources familiar with the proceedings told CBS News. "The Attorney General is enraged at the magistrate's decision," said a source familiar with the matter. A different source stressed that the process is not over, and the Justice Department could find other avenues to charge Lemon.
You knew this was going to be bad. When you get New Left boomers confronting non-white cops, specifically ones that are black, the Klan comes out. The self-righteous ethos that embodies them all leaks out into a brand of racism that, ironically, one could argue, is neo-colonial in nature, if we’re going to play by the Left’s rules. There is no principle in liberal America’s values, that’s why all these people are trainwrecks when reality slaps them in the face.
Being a black cop doesn’t make one a race traitor, and to quote the Left, it’s highly problematic that white people think they’re the arbiters of what’s racially acceptable.
FBI's Use Of Sedition Hunters As Paid
J6 Informants Raise Questions About Wray's
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J6 Informants Raise Questions About Wray's
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The Biden-era FBI made more than $100,000 in payments to informants who were members of an anonymous group of tech sleuths known as "Sedition Hunters" to gather and analyze video evidence in the January 6 Capitol -- echoing the bureau's reliance on paid FBI informant and British e-spy Christopher Steele in 2016. (snip) The payments are due to be disclosed by FBI Director Kash Patel along with acknowledged concerns that the (snip) approval of certain members of the Sedition Hunters may have violated Bureau policies concerning informant bias, informant secrecy, foreign influence, and contracting transparency, officials said.
I warned you! It’s kind of hilarious, but a lot of folks don’t realize that the current number one candidate to win the Democratic nomination in 2028 is… not Gavin Hairstyle… not Alfred E. Buttigieg… not Jupiter B. Pritzker… not even Josh “Yeah Right, Democrats Are Gonna Nominate A Jewish Guy Who Won’t Apologize For It” Shapiro. It’s Kamala Harris. No, really, I’m serious.
“That’s crazy talk, Kurt. Why are you so crazy with your talking?”
I’m not crazy. The Democrats aren’t crazy, either – they are stupid and evil.[snip] She comes off as stupid and annoying, which is a direct consequence of her being stupid and annoying.
The United States will be able to buy sovereign base areas in Greenland that will become legal U.S. territory “forever” under the terms of a NATO-brokered deal at Davos, reports claim.
A “framework” for a future deal negotiated in meetings at the Davos summit in Switzerland this week will see the United States get a sovereign base area modelled on Britain’s military bases on the Island of Cyprus, it is stated. While those bases are not on the British mainland, the UK owns approximately three per cent of the island in two exclaves, which are legally and internationally recognised as an overseas British territory.
Two Twin Cities activists were arrested Thursday morning for their role in leading a mob that disrupted a worship service at a St. Paul church. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrests of Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney, activist, and former Minneapolis NAACP president, as well as Chauntyll Allen, a St. Paul Public Schools board member and Black Lives Matter Twin Cities founder. Bondi said in a post on X that the women paid key roles in organizing the "coordinated attack" on Cities Church. "Listen loud and clear: We do not tolerate attacks on freedom of worship," Bondi wrote.
Lawmakers on Wednesday heard testimony from an investigator, a watchdog, and a frontline provider who said government inaction, political pressure and weak oversight allowed large-scale fraud to flourish in Minnesota, while legitimate programs were on the brink of collapse. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held the hearing (snip.) Among the witnesses were You Tuber Nick Shirley, retired Minnesota fraud investigator Scott Shirley, and Minnesota autism provider Jennifer Larson (snip.)
Federal authorities have arrested two anti-ICE agitators after a mob stormed a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday. Bondi named Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen as the suspects. FBI Director Kash Patel says the pair are charged with violating the FACE Act, which prohibits interfering with the exercise of religion at a place of worship. "Minutes ago at my direction, HSI and FBI agents executed an arrest in Minnesota. So far, we have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota," Bondi wrote on X.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced this morning the arrest of two individuals associated with the anti-ICE mob that invaded a Minneapolis church over the weekend. Nekima Levy Armstrong was taken into custody by the FBI and Homeland Security this morning. [Tweet]
"We will share more updates as they become available. Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP," Bondi wrote on X.
Armstrong was allegedly one of the organizers of the mob that took over the worship service at Cities Church. The group chanted "Justice for Renee Good" and "Hands up, don't shoot"
In every case, there is the event the media and the left want you to see, and the one that actually happened. President Donald Trump’s trip to Davos this week provides a perfect illustration of this.
Trump delivered his fourth speech at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Switzerland to the world’s leaders, and he knocked it out of the park. His remarks were prepared, but that didn’t stop him from improvising a little. One of the best descriptions of it, and I saw a few people on the X platform describe it this way,