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For the few delusional Miami Dolphins fans holding out hope the franchise would run it back one more time with Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill … it's probably time to officially put that to bed. Now, I'm a Dolphins fan, sadly. Have been my whole life, sadly. I am not, however, a delusional one. I want the whole thing burned to the ground, and that's what they appear to be doing. New GM, new coach, and a new era. The team made sure to point all of this out in its latest social media blast.

Family members say the man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Trump's immigration crackdown in his city. They told The Associated Press he was an avid outdoorsman who loved getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died. He had participated in protests following the killing of Renee Good, who was shot behind the wheel of her SUV by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Law Enforcement officer earlier this...

Politics Strange Bedfellows: Meet the PAC Working to Reelect Thomas Massie—And Partnering With the DSA to Fight ICE The embattled Kentucky congressman traveled to Pennsylvania to meet with IPAC around the time its founder wrote his campaign a check Thomas Massie poses with IPAC chairman Rafed Aljoboury (IPAC7_ORG/X) Collin Anderson October 16, 2025 Earlier this year, in June, Integrity Political Action Committee (IPAC) announced a "new coalition" with the Democratic Socialists of America aimed at fighting ICE's "crackdown on immigration violations." Two months later, an unlikely figure traveled to the area to meet with IPAC's leaders: Rep. Thomas Massie, the...

Summary of the conversation between Dave Rubin and Ayaan Hirsi AliAyaan Hirsi Ali discusses her Somali background, born in 1969 shortly after independence, highlighting how clan bloodlines remain the core identity and social welfare system in Somali society, supplemented by Islam. She describes the persistence of clan dynamics even in diaspora communities, such as the 70,000–80,000 Somalis in Minnesota, where clan loyalties shape behavior, voting, and resource allocation.She explains that clan orientation views taking from external systems (e.g., welfare fraud) not as theft but as helping the in-group, contrasting this with modern nation-state principles. She frames the Minnesota situation as...

Mayor Mamdani on Saturday accused ICE of terrorizing cities nationwide after federal agents shot and killed an armed 37-year-old anti-ICE protestor in Minneapolis. “As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today,” Mamdani said on X in his latest attack on the agency. “ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.”

Chaos erupted in Minneapolis Saturday after hundreds of protesters faced off against federal agents in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed man who allegedly tried to intervene in the arrest of a criminal migrant. One Homeland Security agent even lost a finger in the violence, according to DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who posted photos of a sobbing demonstrator — and the bloody, severed digit. “In Minneapolis, these rioters attacked our law enforcement officer and one of them bit off our HSI officer’s finger,” she posted on X, adding, “He will lose his finger.”

Britain has learned, after a roller coaster year that ended in a tense confrontation over Greenland, that it cannot change President Trump. The more tantalizing question is whether Mr. Trump has changed Britain. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s charm offensive toward the president did not spare Britain a fusillade of new tariff threats and stinging social media posts over the British government’s opposition to Mr. Trump’s designs on Greenland. Mr. Starmer might argue that Mr. Trump’s subsequent climb-down validated his emollient approach. Still, Mr. Trump also turned against a deal made by Mr. Starmer, which he had previously endorsed, to relinquish...

The man shot dead during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified as an intensive care nurse who treated critically ill military veterans. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was killed shortly after 9am Saturday after an altercation involving multiple federal officers. Minneapolis police confirmed the deceased was a white, 37‑year‑old Minnesota resident and US citizen. Pretti's friends have since confirmed his identity to the Daily Mail as they paid tribute to the 'good, kind' who they say was 'executed' by a Border Patrol agent. The University of Minnesota alumnus most recently listed himself as a ‘junior scientist’ on...

Summary Largest regional grid sees electricity prices spike MISO imports power from another grid to meet demand amid gas supply constraints Texas grid faces winter storm test, but improvements reduce blackout risk BOSTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid rotating blackouts, as frigid weather hitting half of the country's population stressed their operations. The PJM Interconnection - the largest U.S. regional grid that serves 67 million people in the East and Mid-Atlantic - reported temporary spikes in spot wholesale electricity prices that soared above $3,000 per megawatt hour on Saturday morning...

Federal judges in Minnesota have several times in recent weeks rejected arrest warrants for people protesting a surge of immigration officers in that state, finding that federal agents do not have sufficient evidence that protesters assaulted officers or committed other crimes, according to two people briefed on the discussions. In these sealed court proceedings, magistrate judges in the federal court in Minnesota have been deluged with requests from federal prosecutors to arrest and criminally charge protesters. The rise in requests comes amid increasing clashes between protesters and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after a surge of federal officers arriving in...

Per capita per unit time, suppose around 30,000 Iranians were massacred in just a couple of days. Let’s contrast that with Gazan civilian deaths, which may be of the same order of magnitude relative to population, but spread over two years. Let’s put Gazan deaths at 50,000 (a likely overestimate). Iran: 167 deaths per million per day (30,000 of 90 million killed in 2 days) Gaza: 34 deaths per million per day (50,000 of 2 million killed in 2 years) Even this is not a fair comparison. Per-capita rates implicitly treat all 90 million Iranians as equally at risk as...

The Iranian protests reveal the “pro-Palestine” lie. Moment 586. Jan 18, 2026 Mark Changizi. YouTube. Dr. Mark Jangzizi, here's your science moment. They claimed that they were only pro Palestine, not pro- Hamas. They told us over and over again, "We're not pro Hamas, we're just pro Palestine." Now, never mind that the 10/7 war wasn't about Palestine at all. It was about Gaza. The Palestine Authority wasn't even part of the broad conflict that had half a dozen Islamic Republic proxies. Never mind that they never spoke out against Hamas, who had been Gaza's brutal, unelected oppressor for a...

Despite pushback by President Donald Trump, woke programming at US colleges continues to infect young minds, scarring generations — and one particularly sickening example is right here in New York, at Brooklyn College. As The Post’s Ryan King reports, the school’s psychologist program requires students to take a tellingly titled course, “Multicultural Counseling and Consultation,” which features “collective racial healing activities” and “trauma-informed interventions” to fight injustice. Course materials unearthed by Defending Education teach that whites are privileged and “weaponize” their whiteness.

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Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, bit off the finger of a Homeland Security Investigations officer's finger before he was shot dead Saturday in Minneapolis, according to Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. "In Minneapolis, these rioters attacked our law enforcement officer and one of them bit off our HSI officer's finger," she wrote on X. "He will lose his finger." Family members say Pretti was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in his city. He had participated in protests following the killing of...

A fresh MAGA civil war has erupted ahead of the midterm elections, with one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal allies lashing out at Vice President JD Vance over abortion and accusing him of being “friends with degenerates.” The scorched-earth tirade by MAGA acolyte Laura Loomer took place shortly after Vance appeared at the annual March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., where he touted Trump as the most pro-life president in history and encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come.” But Loomer questioned his presence at the event, asking her 1.8 million followers on X:...

BREAKING - A self-described antifa general in Minneapolis is urging people to arm themselves against the federal government following the defensive shooting of a man by CBP. “It’s time for boots on the ground. I’m not talking about protest. Get your guns.” Indirection act now.

"This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement." Border Patrol head Greg Bovino said that deceased anti-ICE agitator Alex Pretti was armed as if to want to inflict "maximum damage and massacre law enforcement" before he was shot by Border Patrol agents on Saturday. Bovino, who said the agency was involved in an operation to target a criminal illegal immigrant, told reporters in a press conference, "DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien, Jose Huerta Chuma. You can see this illegal alien on...

President Trump appeared on Saturday to walk back comments he made earlier in the week, suggesting non-U.S. troops in NATO avoided the front lines in Afghanistan, following widespread anger from British political leaders and military families. “The GREAT and very BRAVE soldiers of the United Kingdom will always be with the United States of America! In Afghanistan, 457 died, many were badly injured, and they were among the greatest of all warriors. It’s a bond too strong to ever be broken. The U.K. Military, with tremendous Heart and Soul, is second to none (except for the U.S.A.!). We love you...