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President Donald Trump issued new orders as part of his plan to ramp up massive deportations of illegal migrants - a daily quota of arrests for border officials. In a Saturday phone call with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, Trump staff said the president was unhappy with the number of arrests so far. He wants it ramped up from a few hundred a day to 1,200 to 1,500 per day, the Washington Post reported. ICE officials were told that each field office should make 75 arrests per day and managers would be held accountable when that number isn't reached....

Federal agents busted dozens of Tren de Aragua gang members in an overnight raid in Denver, Colorado. The round-up of 49 members of the violent Venezuelan gang took place in a “makeshift nightclub” where federal agents also seized weapons, drugs, and cash. “#DEA agents, @HSIDenver @ERODenver @ATF_Denver & local partners conduct an early AM operation targeting drug trafficking & members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). Drugs, weapons, and cash were seized in Adams County. Nearly 50 illegal aliens were taken into custody,” DEA’s Rocky Mountain Division posted on X along with photos of the raid. Denver7 Investigates'...

“I don’t think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” Trump stated during the interview. This claim repeated an unfounded assertion that Newsom and other California officials were intentionally blocking water from Northern California from reaching Los Angeles, instead allowing it to flow into the Pacific Ocean.

A top ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin has advised him to remove Vladimir Lenin's body from a mausoleum in Moscow in order to seal his legacy as Moscow's leader. Alexander Dugin, a far-right political philosopher, has advised the president to remove Lenin's body from the burial site in order to "make room there for the real Emperor" and make other changes to the mausoleum, according to the Telegram post by the account Kremlin Snuffbox. -snip- The Russian philosopher also reportedly advised Putin to make improvements to the mausoleum by rebuilding the structure, decorating it with military trophies accumulated during...

Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards' youngest daughter, Lola, recently got baptized and publicly declared Jesus as her Savior, revealing He saved her from “battling severe anxiety” and gave her a “peace that makes no sense.”Earlier in January, the 19-year-old shared footage of her baptism on Instagram. In a follow-up post on Jan 22, she opened up about the reasons behind her decision, which she said "made my life worth living."“When I was in my deepest depression, there was a moment where I realized I hit rock bottom. I felt so lost and hopeless, and was just doing my best to...

Bally’s, the big casino operator, is selling shares only to women and minorities in its new gambling resort mecca being built in Chicago’s River West neighborhood. A minority preference of some kind was a condition to city approval of the project, and this is what the city and Bally’s agreed to. Here’s the deal that’s offered, which is detailed in the company’s S-1 filing with the Securities Exchange Commission and other company materials: Instead of just buying one share for $25,000, a buyer can put up as little as $250 and Bally’s will loan you the remainder of the purchase...

Illegal migrants fearing deportation are said to be in hiding, turning usually crowded factories, warehouses and grocery stores into ghost towns. President Donald Trump has order federal agents to at least 1,200 to 1,500 illegal aliens each day as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown. Scared undocumented migrants began hunkering down after Trump took office for the second time last week, with dozens failing to turn up to work. Only 10 out of the usually 40 to 50 migrants workers attended their shifts at a factory in Joliet, Illinois last week, The Chicago Tribune reported, as six federal agencies swept...

Step into a world where steampunk meets retro-futurism! Watch majestic airships soar high above a dazzling dystopian cities of steam in this 1950s-inspired cinematic short film. Shot in stunning late 50's Super Panavision 70, 'Steam Skies | Airships above the Retro-Future' brings the glamour of sci-fi nostalgia to life. Prepare to be captivated by this blend of adventure, and vintage elegance!. Made with MidJourney for image creation, KLING AI for animation, and Uppbeat for sound design. Edited in DaVinci Resolve

During the presidential election campaign, the progressive-leaning organization Sixteen Thirty Fund (1630) gave money to Retire Career Politicians (RCP) so it could support Robert F. Kennedy, jr.'s campaign for president. Oddly, the money continued to flow even after RFK had dropped out of the race. Now, 1630 is giving money to Protect Our Care (POC) which is running the Stop RFK War Room effort to keep Kennedy from becoming Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A spokesperson for 1630 explained "it's all about thwarting Trump. Surveys showed that as a candidate, Kennedy was taking more votes...

Los Angelinos who lost everything in the deadly fires are still being prevented from visiting their homes without a police escort, new video shows - despite the city's mayor claiming last week that rebuilding could begin 'right away'. Dave Harvilicz, 50, a resident from the ritzy Pacific Palisades enclave which was among the worst-hit areas, filmed himself speaking with US Army personnel who were still blocking access to his street on Saturday. According to official interactive maps, the ongoing Palisades Fire has likely obliterated the California businessman's $4 million four-bedroom, three-bath property to the ground - but he's still not...

I know the Caption Obvious memes will show up but I haven't see any posts linking deportation to lowering the cost of living so here goes: Every deportee is no longer spending money in the United States. This means they are not buying gas, food, booze, cigs, wallmart stuff. They are not spending money on lodging. They won't be shoplifting either. Nor will they be getting free emergency room healthcare. All these things reduce the inflationary "load" on our economy. With less purchases stuff will be sitting in inventory longer which tends to cause sellers to lower prices. It will...

The US – the world’s largest foreign aid provider – abruptly froze nearly all overseas assistance on Friday, with exceptions only for emergency food relief and military funding to Israel and Egypt.The sweeping order, issued just days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, appears to halt assistance to Ukraine.Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued an internal memo instructing all agencies to immediately suspend foreign aid programs unless explicitly approved by the new administration.“No new funds shall be obligated for new awards or extensions of existing awards until each proposed new award or extension has been reviewed and approved,” said the memo,...

Major US tech stocks like Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta and Tesla were set for a stunning $1 trillion rout on Monday as fears over an advanced Chinese artificial intelligence model triggered hysteria from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Shares of Nvidia plunged nearly 13% in early trading, erasing hundreds of billions in value as investors learned about DeepSeek — a China-based startup which has made waves in the industry after launching a free, open-source large-language model in December. DeepSeek claims to have developed the advanced model in just two months at a cost of under $6 million — and without access...

Secession movements have dotted the American landscape for a long time. While the Confederacy was the only secession movement that had any traction, most of these movements were quixotic at best and laughable at worst. There’s a new secession effort on the horizon, and just like the Confederates of the mid-19th century, Democrats are behind it. Newsweek reports that California’s secretary of state has given the green light to a secession movement to gather signatures for a petition to put California’s secession from the U.S. on the ballot in 2028.The reason for this movement is exactly what you would expect.“Calexit,...

President Donald Trump is following through on his promise to reinstate service members who were kicked out of the military for refusing to comply with Covid-19 mandates. Trump is signing an executive order directing the Department of Defense to bring back the affected service members and restore them to their prior rank.

Connecticut’s Democrat Governor Ned Lamont is proudly telling illegal migrants to feel free to move to his state as he is also pushing for even more H-1B migrants to take American jobs. “You’re welcome here,” Lamont said in a recent press conference. CT Insider reported: Last week, Lamont said, “My advice is, send your kids to school. My advice is, keep going to church. We don’t collect the immigration status of people who are going to church or kids who are at school. Our cops are busy trying to keep the streets safe, they’re not asking the immigration status of...

Catholic Charities Milwaukee is outrageously advising illegal aliens on refusing to comply with ICE, demanding rights they do not have, lying about U.S. laws, requesting help from foreign officials in undermining immigration law enforcement, and more. The infamous video in question begins with a woman, Barb Graham, introducing herself as “an attorney at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the Refugee and Immigration Services Program.” She claims to be helping illegal aliens to understand their “rights” if ICE comes to arrest them. “All people living in the United States, including people who are undocumented, have certain rights under...

Politicians and those who have worked in the public broadcasting industry have criticized NPR, PBS, and VOA, claiming that they promote leftist propaganda on the taxpayer’s dime. National Public Radio, Public Broadcasting Service, and Voice of America are facing calls for defunding or reform because of concerns about left-wing bias. Three broadcasting services that receive public funding are being targeted to lose taxpayer money because of purportedly biased coverage. Politicians and those who have worked in the public broadcasting industry have criticized NPR, PBS, and VOA, claiming that they promote propaganda on the taxpayers’ dime. On Inauguration Day, PBS News...

President Trump has banned DEI from the federal government, but the left isn’t going to let it go. The San Antonio Express-News reported the latest race-based hoax, which is the claim that President Trump’s order banning DEI means that the Tuskegee Airmen have been erased from Air Force history as taught to new recruits. The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of blacks, ranging from pilots to cooks and nurses, who formed the Army Air Corps’ 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group. They had an excellent combat record, and their abilities went a long way to breaking the color...

Is there some kind of implosion going on in Colombia?Hours after President Trump announced sanctions on the onetime ally for refusing to accept two planeloads of repatriated illegals after agreeing to take them, Colombia's far-left president, Gustavo Petro, now has massive street protests from the locals angry over the foolish fight he picked.🚨BREAKING —> Following today’s pathetic decision by socialist President @petrogustavo, the Colombian people are organizing massive protests demanding his ouster! pic.twitter.com/lfodJMicb8 — Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (@RepCarlos) January 26, 2025The locals have very good reasons for being angry:.The U.S. imports 17% of its coffee from Colombia. But 40%...