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Ice agent was attacked with a shovel and shot at the protestor.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week experienced internal bleeding in the torso after he was hit by her vehicle during the incident, a Department of Homeland Security Official confirmed to National Review. The severity of agent Jonathan Ross’s injuries remains unclear, though video of the incident shows Ross walking away from the scene and he was released from the hospital several hours after the shooting. “The officer was hit by the vehicle. She hit him. He went to the hospital. A doctor did treat him. He has been released,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem...

A California NGO called Community Forward SF is running San Francisco’s Managed Alcohol Program The NGO is supposed to provide free alcohol shots for homeless alcoholics They’ve got $16 million per year for 5 years and have ONLY SERVED 55 CLIENTS $80 MILLION DOLLARS “One of these organizations in San Francisco which is supposed to be providing free shots of alcohol to homeless alcoholics. And in five years, at $16 million dollars a year, they've served 55 clients — This is tax money and it buys free shots of booze to street drunks.”

Senate Republicans voted to dismiss a war powers resolution Wednesday that would have limited President Donald Trump's ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation. Trump put intense pressure on five Republican senators who joined with Democrats to advance the resolution last week and ultimately prevailed in heading off passage of the legislation. Two of the Republicans — Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana — flipped under the pressure. Vice President JD Vance had to break the 50-50 deadlock in the Senate on a Republican motion to...

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) revealed that he was going to be introducing a bill that would abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming that ICE was “beyond reform.”

By the slimmest of margins, the U.S. Senate successfully derailed a resolution that would have curtailed the Trump administration’s power to continue military action in Venezuela. Of the five Republicans who originally voted to advance the war powers resolution, U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo.; and Todd Young, R-Ind.; flipped and voted for the majority leadership’s motion to tank it. “After numerous conversations with senior national security officials, I have received assurances that there are no American troops in Venezuela…[and] that [if] American forces are needed in major military operations in Venezuela, the Administration will come to Congress in advance to...

🚨 JUST IN: Hakeem Jeffries is FUMING after the Supreme Court handed Republicans a BIG WIN. The Court ruled states can challenge the counting of late mail-in ballots submitted up to TWO WEEKS after Election Day. Jeffries melts down: “They will PREVENT a FREE AND FAIR ELECTION in 2026! Or they’d LOSE!” Translation: If Democrats can’t count ballots forever, they panic. If elections have rules, they scream. If fraud gets challenged, they cry “democracy.” Secure elections terrify them. Deadlines terrify them. Transparency terrifies them. CRY MORE.

Hannity just said report of another shooting by feds,,, developing

A federal court on Wednesday rejected Republicans’ claim that California’s new congressional maps were unconstitutional, upholding a voter-approved plan intended to benefit Democrats in this year’s midterm elections. Two judges in a three-judge panel in Los Angeles sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom and fellow Democrats in Congress, who argued that the maps were drawn purely to give their party an advantage, in reaction to a similar gerrymander by Texas Republicans. The ruling shot down arguments by the California Republican Party and the Trump administration that the maps approved in a November ballot measure, Proposition 50, amounted to a racial gerrymander...

The State Department has announced a sweeping pause on immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries, effective January 21. This decision comes as the administration ramps up efforts to enforce long-standing rules against admitting individuals likely to depend on public benefits. Officials cite the need to overhaul screening processes that have allowed potential abusers of taxpayer-funded programs to slip through in the past. *** The affected nations include Somalia, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Thailand, and Yemen, among others. Consular officers have been directed to deny visas under existing law, with only narrow exceptions after thorough public...

With Minneapolis, Minnesota, remaining Ground Zero for anti-ICE attacks in the wake of the killing of leftist activist Renee Good by an ICE officer last week, there are now reports that up to 70 city police officers are now seeking paid leave as morale is said to be at an “all-time low.” “We’re hearing from multiple sources that dozens of Minneapolis police officers (60-70 so far) have turned in paperwork for Minnesota’s new paid leave program,” reports Liz Collin of Alpha News. **** Legal analyst Phil Holloway, co-host of Megyn Kelly’s “MKTrueCrime,” indicated the police union “is fed up with...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Canine Command Army Cpl. Dustin Borchardt gives military working dog Pearl a command during a canine cross-training event in Kosovo. Army Staff Sgt. Tawny Schmit Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Eye Exam Army Capt. Kelly McCormick conducts an eye exam on a military working dog in Miesau, Germany, Doggy Dip A Marine participates in helocasting and amphibious familiarization training exercises to prepare a multi-purpose canine for future operations at...

Sight-words — a theory about how to teach reading — is absurd. Give me three minutes, and I’ll explain why. The premise is that children can memorize English words without much effort. This is blatantly not true. Our words are hard to remember, and the more words you learn, the more they get in one another’s way. That’s why we have so many non-readers in middle school and high school. (Dirty little secret: Everyone running the school system surely knows this.) Think back to when you had a meal with some friends at a restaurant. Can you bring up the...

President Donald Trump has told his national security team that he would want any U.S. military action in Iran to deliver a swift and decisive blow to the regime and not spark a sustained war that dragged on for weeks or months, according to a U.S. official, two people familiar with the discussions and a person close to the White House. “If he does something, he wants it to be definitive,” one of the people familiar with the discussions said. But Trump’s advisers have so far not been able to guarantee to him that the regime would quickly collapse after...

Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says 200,000 soldiers are absent without official leave — AWOL — and that 2 million are "wanted" for avoiding military service. "I don't want to be a populist — I want to be a realist," Fedorov said. "The Ministry of Defense is coming into my hands with a [$6.9 billion] shortfall, 2 million Ukrainians who are wanted and 200,000 who are AWOL," Fedorov said Wednesday in an address to Parliament. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Fedorov, 34, at the start of the year. The former head of Ukraine's digital transformation policies is credited with spearheading the...

Tim Walz addresses the federal government's ongoing presence in Minnesota.

Customs and Border Protection agents began an immigration enforcement operation Saturday in Charlotte. Leaders of North Carolina's largest city have said the federal operation is causing fear and uncertainty. Charlotte real estate agent Tabatha Andonian has been tracking federal agent sightings and sharing information with the city's Latino community. “Right now, I’m just driving around to see if I spot any vehicles that are ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), seeing if they have out-of-state plates,” she said.

Oregon election officials are set to begin removing hundreds of thousands of inactive voters from the state’s registration rolls, a move that comes after years of inaction, mounting public pressure, and lawsuits filed against the state in recent months. Oregon's Democratic Secretary of State Tobias Read, in a press release Friday, outlined two new directives he said will "restart" the "routine cleanup of outdated, inactive voter registration records" in accordance with state law to address the roughly 800,000 inactive voter records that are being maintained by election officials. The first directive orders counties to immediately cancel long-inactive voter registrations that...

Researchers found that prohibited species may be sold under false labels.Key Points: -Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that critically endangered shark species may commonly be sold under false labels in U.S. grocery stores. -The scientists revealed that out of 29 samples, 93% were ambiguously labeled as just "shark" meat. -Through DNA testing they found that numerous samples sold in grocery stores came from endangered shark species such as the shortfin mako and great hammerhead. If you spot shark on a menu or grocery store shelves in the United States, the odds are high that...

At first blush, Trump’s insistence on Greenland sounds outlandish, but recall over 20 yrs ago I began warning of foreigners aggressively claiming Arctic resources and waterways - while America slept. Russia was flagging underseas energy sources, our inventory of icebreakers dwindled to ONE reliable (against DOZENS of foreign-flagged vessels), and DC ignored my concerns of countries hogging new transportation routes that would screw us over. In explaining Alaska’s strategic location (30% of which is in the #Arctic) I was mocked for ringing the warning bells… but really I was just before my time. So now that attention is finally paid,...