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Colorado Governor Jared Polis said Wednesday he is weighing whether to grant clemency to Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk who is serving a nine-year prison sentence for 2020 election-related charges.
Polis told CBS Colorado that Peters received a "harsh” sentence and that officials regularly review long prison terms, especially older inmates, to assess their threat to public safety and whether they should spend their remaining years at home. Peters is in her 70s and is a cancer survivor.[snip] Last year, Trump asked Polis to transfer Peters to federal custody so he could pardon her, but Polis refused.
Iran's security forces are using lethal force against protesters nationwide, informed sources told Iran International, with preliminary estimates pointing to mass casualties as a sweeping crackdown unfolds amid a near-total internet shutdown. Footage sent to Iran International from Kahrizak, south of Tehran, shows several dead bodies in body bags. According to eyewitness accounts accompanying the videos, dozens of bodies are visible at the site, with additional bodies reportedly located in another nearby industrial shed. Two eyewitnesses who visited Kahrizak in search of their loved ones told Iran International that they saw more than 400 bodies there.
A harrowing eyewitness account from a Venezuelan guard who was on the ground when Operation Absolute Resolve hit — the mission to nab illegitimate then-president Nicolás Maduro — describes an unknown sonic weapon used by the U.S. against his security forces. According to the guard, the sonic blast caused them to experience headaches, disorientation, and vomiting of blood as they were completely incapacitated.
But is this report true? Did we unleash some heretofore unknown powerful weapon that literally floored much of the enemy before any shots were even fired?
In a Saturday social media post, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt seemed to imply that the answer was “yes.”
Crowd-for-Hire Boss Says He Wants Nothing
to Do With 'Any Form of Illegal Protest'
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to Do With 'Any Form of Illegal Protest'
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It's been a certainty for quite some time that many of the "protestors" tearing up the streets in Minneapolis and Portland, just to name a couple of (leftist) cities, were being paid to be there. Shadowy figures behind the scenes, who may or may not be named Soros, are funneling cash and strangely professional-looking signs into these riots. Ever notice how fast those strangely specific, professionally printed signs turn up? That can't be cheap.
There is also a guy who organizes protests-for-hire on the up and up. Every cat its own rat and all that, you know. His name is Adam Swart,
As the Democrats continue to wail and screech over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, Portland, and elsewhere, the receipts continue to pile up showing that they are in fact cheerleading and trying to protect some of the worst criminal elements in our society.[snip]On Saturday, Fox News’ Bill Melugin received a list from ICE of some of the worst hard-core villains they’ve captured so far in Minnesota.[snip] it's the most disturbing list I've ever seen, including numerous convicted child rapists/sodomizers & ten convicted killers,
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
Sources say that the policy 'hawks' around the US President, led by political adviser Stephen Miller, have been so emboldened by the success of the operation to capture Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro that they want to move quickly to seize the island before Russia or China makes a move.
British diplomats believe that Trump is also motivated by a desire to distract American voters from the performance of the US economy before the mid-term elections
Delegate Karen Keys-Gamarra (D) introduced legislation to create a $500 tax on suppressor sales in the state of Virginia.
The bill, HB 207, “Imposes a firearm suppressor tax equal to $500 per retail sale of any firearm suppressor by a dealer in firearms.”
Keys-Gamarra’s bill directs monies from the tax to “be deposited in the general fund.”
A long-standing $200 federal tax on suppressors was wiped out by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill which took effect January 1, 2026. This means suppressor sales around the nation are now hundred of dollars lower than they were even one month ago. But HB 207 will force Virginians to ante up $500, on top
"Civil Death" was a punishment under ancient French law (snip) that extinguished the legal personality of the convicted individual: loss of property, family rights, and civil existence, while leaving the person alive. (snip) The case of Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud, who has been struck with civil death by the EU, first caught my attention. By a sovereign decision dated December 15, 2024, the EU banned Mr. Baud from its territory and "froze" all his assets. (snip) On October 8, 2024 the EU granted itself the power to ban from its territory all individuals who (snip) facilitate the "manipulation of information and interference."
Tensions in Minnesota reached a boiling point Saturday as Representative Ilhan Omar faced off with agents just four days after 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by ICE during a protest.
Omar, 43, was flanked by Representatives Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison outside an ICE detention facility around 9am on Saturday as they attempted to gain access for a tour, but were denied entry, according to Axios.
As the city remains on edge after Good's deadly shooting, the trio arrived at the Whipple Federal Building in St Paul. They were initially let into the facility, before being swiftly led out after 'two officials then got the message' of their arrival,
Portland Police Chief Bob Day became emotional Friday as he confirmed new information showing that two people shot by a US Customs and Border Protection agent in Portland who allegedly tried to run over the officials with their car have ties to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. He then apologized to the Latino community for “victim blaming.” Day confirmed a Department of Homeland Security statement identifying the two individuals[snip] as Venezuelan nationals believed to be in the United States illegally with suspected links to the violent Tren de Aragua gang as well as a prostitution ring.
Congress is debating the possible consequences
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for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good’s killing replies
WASHINGTON — The killing of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer is reverberating across Capitol Hill where Democrats, and certain Republicans, are vowing an assertive response as President Donald Trump’saggressive deportation operations spark protests nationwide. Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions, from a full investigation into Renee Good’s shooting death and policy changes over law enforcement raids to the defunding of ICE operations and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in what is fast becoming an inflection point.
MAGA is suspicious of private equity [PE]. J. D. Vance says private equity is to blame for the housing crisis. Sen. Josh Hawley accuses these firms of "strip mining" the American economy. (snip) One of the most pernicious effects of PE intrusion is found in health care. A new report, compiled by the Bull Moose Project, uncovers how PE's influence has interfered with cancer care. "What was once a largely physician-led field has been rapidly consolidated into investor-controlled networks that span oncology clinics, imaging centers, specialty pharmacies, and billing operations," the report states.
Grateful Dead guitarist and founding member Bob Weir has died at 78, his official Instagram account confirmed on Saturday. The post revealed that Weir passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, after battling cancer and ultimately succumbing to underlying lung issues. 'It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir. He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues,' the message read.
President Trump’s call for Sen. Susan Collins (R) to be ousted in November tossed a monkey wrench into the high-stakes Maine Senate race, raising further questions about the GOP’s most vulnerable incumbent and whether she will be able to pull off another high-wire act in the blue-leaning state this year.
Frustrations at the White House boiled over on Thursday after Collins and four other Republicans sided with Democrats on a war powers resolution that would block further military action in Venezuela. While Republicans were miffed at the attack on the handful of members,
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins warned Minnesota’s Democrat leaders on Friday their “handouts to thieves” are at an end, her announcement coming amid news about rampant fraud in the state. In her letter to Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Mayor Jacob Frey (D), Rollins said, “The widespread and systemic fraud associated with federal benefit programs in the State of Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis demonstrate an inability to handle federal resources without additional oversight and accountability measures in place.”
She also mentioned the $250 million “Feeding Our Future” scheme and alleged scams involving the Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program and daycare centers.
President Donald Trump is once again calling for Biden administration attack dog Jack Smith to go to prison after reports of a hefty bribe Smith paid to an informant.
Unconstitutionally appointed Justice Department (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith spent years engaging in sketchy campaigns to take down Republican politicians before he became particularly infamous for his aggressive legal campaign against Donald Trump. Now that Trump is president again, and as evidence of Smith’s wrongdoing continues to pile up, the president is right to call for accountability and justice against Smith
President Donald Trump’s new executive order on Venezuelan oil revenue is meant to ensure that the money remains protected from being used in judicial proceedings.
The executive order, made public on Saturday, says that if the funds were to be seized for such use, it could “undermine critical U.S. efforts to ensure economic and political stability in Venezuela.”
The order comes amid caution from top oil company executives that the tumult and instability in Venezuela could make the country less attractive for private investment and rebuilding.
“If we look at the commercial constructs and frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it’s uninvestable,” said Darren Woods,
A damning new revelation in the Arctic Frost case has raised calls for the imprisonment of former Special Counsel Jack Smith.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, “Operation Arctic Frost” was a taxpayer-funded Biden DOJ witch hunt launched in April 2022 that seized government-issued cell phones belonging to Trump and Pence while conducting a barrage of interviews across the country.
The 2020 Trump alternate electors prompted the Biden DOJ to open the Arctic Frost investigation into Trump and hundreds of other individuals and organizations.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley recently revealed that former Special Counsel Jack Smith targeted the “entire Republican apparatus.”
Rogue states Russia, Iran and China joined naval drills alongside South Africa Saturday, as tensions mount between several countries in the block of nations and the US.
The week‑long exercise, which began Friday off the Cape Town coast and is being led by China, comes just days after the US seized a Russian‑flagged oil tanker north of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean.
China, Russia and South Africa are longtime members of BRICS — the 10-country economic alliance formed in 2009 that sees itself as a counterforce to US dominance — while Iran joined in 2024.
On Saturday, we learned that the United States had again hit suspected ISIS forces in Syria in an aerial attack. This is the second such strike in as many months. There have not been any news reports of any American service members injured or killed in Syria since the December 19th, 2025, attack. This second strike is presumably a follow-up.
Meanwhile, talks between the United States and Syria are taking place:
The Ambassador's X post is lengthy, but this passage stands out:
Israeli Intel's Reported Big Update on
Iran, As Protests Intensify and Trump
Talks More About Action replies
Iran, As Protests Intensify and Trump
Talks More About Action replies
The uprising has been going on now for two weeks in Iran, and shows no signs of slowing.
President Donald Trump has warned the mullahs that if they started killing people, they are going to be hit "very hard." He amplified on that on Friday, noting that doesn't mean boots on the ground, but he would hit them "where it hurts." He described the uprisings as people "taking over cities" no one thought possible before. Given what we've seen from Trump, he's trying to get them to comply with his words.
The wife of Renee Good, Becca Good, has been revealed as an anti-ICE activist and a participant in the Minnesota ICE Watch movement. Renee Good was shot and killed on Wednesday when she rammed an ICE agent with her car in Minnesota. The organization had held an anti-ICE training seminar on January 5, just days before the shooting.
Screenshots obtained by journalist Julie Kelly showed that Becca Good was a follower of the page "MN ICE Watch," an organization that had held seminars just a few days beforehand on how to disrupt ICE agents. "A few days before this incident, 'MN ICE Watch' held virtual seminars on how to disrupt
Federal agents swarmed the home of the ICE officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis this week, removing belongings as the house sits empty and the agent’s family reportedly goes into hiding.
A Special Response Team arrived at Jonathan Ross’s suburban Minneapolis home Friday morning, according to the Daily Mail. Officers wearing masks and balaclavas carried out plastic crates, a computer tower and picture frames before forming a defensive formation around a vehicle that left the garage.
A neighbor told the outlet she saw Ross’s wife pacing in the driveway Wednesday afternoon, hours after the shooting. The house has been empty since then.
A Democratic prosecutor dedicated to helping illegal migrant criminals avoid serious convictions is threatening to throw the book at federal immigration agents.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner vowed to arrest and convict any Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who purportedly commits a crime under his jurisdiction. The comments were made during a Thursday press conference held in reaction to a deadly incident in Minneapolis in which a protester was shot after allegedly attempting to run an ICE agent over with her car. “If any law enforcement agent, any ICE agent is gonna come to Philly to commit crimes, then you can get the F out of here,"