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January 25, 2026
https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2010841195417670127
Florida and Texas each have far more undocumented residents compared to Minnesota or Maine
ICE swarming Maine and Minnesota makes ZERO sense.
ICE swarming Maine and Minnesota makes ZERO sense.
— Morgan J Freeman (@mjfree.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T15:23:12.212Z
Maine has a few thousand undocumented residents.
Texas has 2.1 MILLION.
Florida 600,000.
Red states have millions of undocumented immigrants yet ICE targets small blue ones with less?!
This isn’t enforcement. It’s political intimidation.
https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2010841195417670127
Unlike Minnesota, Texas and Florida weren’t invaded by lawless, masked “immigration†ICE thugs.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-01-23T22:43:03.027Z
That’s because their residents voted for Donald Trump and their governors flatter him.
This isn’t about immigration; it’s about deeply damaged Donald’s brittle ego.
Pew Research Institute (2023):
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-01-18T21:03:04.278Z
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 24, 2026
Putin is asking trump to unfreeze Russian assets so that Russian can pay Board of Peace membership fee
I have no doubt that Putin has also promised trump some other funds if the US unfreezes Russian assets
https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/2014245799807312298
January 24, 2026
A Year Inside Kash Patel's F.B.I. (NYT Gift Subscription)
Patel has been a disaster as head of the FBI. Patel is mainly worried about his girl friend, the perks of the office, being wined and dined and making twitter/social media posts.
https://x.com/tripgabriel/status/2014441800669237303
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.XAb4.OoV7dJF3a5tM&smid=tw-share
We interviewed 45 employees who work at the F.B.I. or who left during Trump’s second term, as well as many other current and former government officials. Beginning with Trump’s selection of Patel, our sources narrated the events that most troubled them over the last year. Many details of what we learned are reported here for the first time.....
Patel traveled to Britain to attend a secret conference of the Five Eyes, the intelligence alliance formed after World War II among the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Senior executive 2: Every May, there’s a Five Eyes conference with the head of every intelligence agency. This year it was in the U.K. Kash Patel is going. In the lead-up to that, his detail starts making crazy requests. He’s got special requirements on everything. And the Brits are getting pissed.
Before the conference, his staff says he’s unhappy because he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events. He wants Premier soccer games. He wants to go jet skiing. He’d like a helicopter tour. Everyone who heard about this was like: Hold on. Is he really going to ask the MI5 director to go jet skiing instead of meeting? The schedule is set, and every Five Eyes partner is doing this. They can’t just say that he’s not participating and instead he wants to go to a Premier soccer game. This is a job, guys.
His staff only cared about three things: what his meals were, when his workouts would be and what his entertainment would be. The biggest plan is how he’s going to get his girlfriend in there so she can go to Windsor Castle. He’s got Nicole Rucker as his assistant, like a true executive concierge. And when she’s not getting the food or the workout she wants, she’ll just start screaming at people, Make it happen!
His staff was briefed multiple times that the Brits were going to want to talk about an F.B.I. position in London that has been pulled. The F.B.I. is arguably their most important partner. MI5 is 5,000 people. The F.B.I. is 38,000. If MI5 ceased to exist, it would be very bad for us. If we cease to exist, it would be an existential threat for them. That person was working on a ton of sensitive stuff, including embassy penetrations and technology, and they want this position back. So Ken McCallum, the MI5 director, goes to Kash Patel at the conference and says: Hey, we really need this position. It’s so important for our mutual benefit. And Kash says: Yep, that person’s going nowhere. She’s absolutely staying. And the Brits rejoice.
Two weeks later, he reverses himself and removes her. The Brits are outraged. Kash will make promises and he will break them, and he doesn’t worry about that.
On that trip, the heads of intelligence for the Five Eyes went to Windsor Castle and met with the king. There was a photo taken of all the Five Eyes people, some of whom are nondisclosed, meaning their affiliation with the British intelligence service isn’t public. The Brits forwarded that picture as a keepsake for the individuals. They prefaced it with, This isn’t to be shared. But Kash has decided he wants to post it on social media. They have people trying to negotiate with the Brits about whether that’s possible. They’re fighting with the director’s office, like: You cannot post this. Do not do that. And they’re arguing, He wants a picture out.
(The F.B.I. did not respond to questions about this trip.)
Patel traveled to Britain to attend a secret conference of the Five Eyes, the intelligence alliance formed after World War II among the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Senior executive 2: Every May, there’s a Five Eyes conference with the head of every intelligence agency. This year it was in the U.K. Kash Patel is going. In the lead-up to that, his detail starts making crazy requests. He’s got special requirements on everything. And the Brits are getting pissed.
Before the conference, his staff says he’s unhappy because he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events. He wants Premier soccer games. He wants to go jet skiing. He’d like a helicopter tour. Everyone who heard about this was like: Hold on. Is he really going to ask the MI5 director to go jet skiing instead of meeting? The schedule is set, and every Five Eyes partner is doing this. They can’t just say that he’s not participating and instead he wants to go to a Premier soccer game. This is a job, guys.
His staff only cared about three things: what his meals were, when his workouts would be and what his entertainment would be. The biggest plan is how he’s going to get his girlfriend in there so she can go to Windsor Castle. He’s got Nicole Rucker as his assistant, like a true executive concierge. And when she’s not getting the food or the workout she wants, she’ll just start screaming at people, Make it happen!
His staff was briefed multiple times that the Brits were going to want to talk about an F.B.I. position in London that has been pulled. The F.B.I. is arguably their most important partner. MI5 is 5,000 people. The F.B.I. is 38,000. If MI5 ceased to exist, it would be very bad for us. If we cease to exist, it would be an existential threat for them. That person was working on a ton of sensitive stuff, including embassy penetrations and technology, and they want this position back. So Ken McCallum, the MI5 director, goes to Kash Patel at the conference and says: Hey, we really need this position. It’s so important for our mutual benefit. And Kash says: Yep, that person’s going nowhere. She’s absolutely staying. And the Brits rejoice.
Two weeks later, he reverses himself and removes her. The Brits are outraged. Kash will make promises and he will break them, and he doesn’t worry about that.
On that trip, the heads of intelligence for the Five Eyes went to Windsor Castle and met with the king. There was a photo taken of all the Five Eyes people, some of whom are nondisclosed, meaning their affiliation with the British intelligence service isn’t public. The Brits forwarded that picture as a keepsake for the individuals. They prefaced it with, This isn’t to be shared. But Kash has decided he wants to post it on social media. They have people trying to negotiate with the Brits about whether that’s possible. They’re fighting with the director’s office, like: You cannot post this. Do not do that. And they’re arguing, He wants a picture out.
(The F.B.I. did not respond to questions about this trip.)
January 24, 2026
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-white-house-altered-photo-ice-protester-armstrong
Why Trump's altered image of an anti-ICE protester crosses a new line
The Trump administration is pioneering a new frontier in propaganda — and it’s meant to crush the resistance.
Why Trump’s altered image of an anti-ICE protester crosses a new line
— Michael Markowitz (@markowitz.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T18:54:39.071Z
The Trump administration is pioneering a new frontier in propaganda — and it’s meant to crush the resistance.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-white-house-altered-photo-ice-protester-armstrong
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a post published Thursday on X, shared an image of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong. Levy Armstrong participated in a protest inside a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, against crackdowns led by Immigration and Custom Enforcement. In the image, she displays a calm, neutral facial expression while she is guided by a law enforcement officer, her hands apparently handcuffed behind her back.
Just half an hour later, the White House released a similar image, but a couple of things were different. Levy Armstrong, who is Black, appears to have darker skin, and her face shows distress: She appears to be weeping, with strikingly prominent tears seemingly streaming down her face.
The second image appears to be altered, several news publications have found. The New York Times ran both images through an artificial intelligence detection system, and it concluded that the initial image was real but that the one released by the White House “showed signs of manipulation.” When asked by The Guardian whether the photo had been digitally altered, the White House sent a link to an X post by deputy communications director Kaelan Dorr that commented, “YET AGAIN to the people who feel the need to reflexively defend perpetrators of heinous crimes in our country I share with you this message: Enforcement of the law will continue. The memes will continue. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
The Trump administration seems to have crossed yet another line in its assault on democracy. The White House has released manipulated images before, many of them generated by AI, but almost all of them are cartoonishly and obviously computer-generated. This is the first widely circulated manipulated image that I know of from the Trump administration that passes convincingly as a real photograph. This isn’t, as the administration tries to frame it, a “meme.” It’s a new frontier in propaganda, designed to deal yet another blow to functioning democracy......
While the NAACP said that Levy Armstrong and her fellow demonstrators were demonstrating peacefully, the White House claimed without providing evidence that she was “orchestrating church riots.” The altered image was meant to portray her as a cosplaying radical who broke the minute things got rough. The altered image also insinuated that Levy Armstrong regretted her actions or had lost her resolve. It invites the MAGA base to laugh at the weakness of its opponents and prompts the left to see its resistance as fragile and futile.
That the White House has done this unapologetically, even when called out by major news outlets, means we should expect this problem to continue — and likely to get worse. The problem goes far deeper than official communications about ICE, though. Under President Donald Trump, many federal government agencies cannot be expected to be truthful. But it’s equally disturbing that we have to expect that these agencies will blatantly lie in order to fulfill his quest to amass power and denigrate his enemies.
Just half an hour later, the White House released a similar image, but a couple of things were different. Levy Armstrong, who is Black, appears to have darker skin, and her face shows distress: She appears to be weeping, with strikingly prominent tears seemingly streaming down her face.
The second image appears to be altered, several news publications have found. The New York Times ran both images through an artificial intelligence detection system, and it concluded that the initial image was real but that the one released by the White House “showed signs of manipulation.” When asked by The Guardian whether the photo had been digitally altered, the White House sent a link to an X post by deputy communications director Kaelan Dorr that commented, “YET AGAIN to the people who feel the need to reflexively defend perpetrators of heinous crimes in our country I share with you this message: Enforcement of the law will continue. The memes will continue. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
The Trump administration seems to have crossed yet another line in its assault on democracy. The White House has released manipulated images before, many of them generated by AI, but almost all of them are cartoonishly and obviously computer-generated. This is the first widely circulated manipulated image that I know of from the Trump administration that passes convincingly as a real photograph. This isn’t, as the administration tries to frame it, a “meme.” It’s a new frontier in propaganda, designed to deal yet another blow to functioning democracy......
While the NAACP said that Levy Armstrong and her fellow demonstrators were demonstrating peacefully, the White House claimed without providing evidence that she was “orchestrating church riots.” The altered image was meant to portray her as a cosplaying radical who broke the minute things got rough. The altered image also insinuated that Levy Armstrong regretted her actions or had lost her resolve. It invites the MAGA base to laugh at the weakness of its opponents and prompts the left to see its resistance as fragile and futile.
That the White House has done this unapologetically, even when called out by major news outlets, means we should expect this problem to continue — and likely to get worse. The problem goes far deeper than official communications about ICE, though. Under President Donald Trump, many federal government agencies cannot be expected to be truthful. But it’s equally disturbing that we have to expect that these agencies will blatantly lie in order to fulfill his quest to amass power and denigrate his enemies.
January 24, 2026
MaddowBlog-Trump denies 'weaponization' accusations while siccing prosecutors on his enemies Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Log
The president wants to direct prosecutors to target his foes without regard for legal merits, but he doesn’t want that to be seen as “weaponization.”
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-denies-weaponization-accusations-while-siccing-prosecutors-on-his-enemies
Nevertheless, roughly 48 hours after making those comments, the president published an item to his social media platform in which he called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after former special counsel Jack Smith. After the prosecutor’s closely watched testimony on Capitol Hill wrapped up, Trump wrote a follow-up item:
[blockquote]Based on his testimony today, there is no question that Deranged Jack Smith should be prosecuted for his actions. He destroyed the lives of many innocent people, which has been his history as a prosecutor. At a minimum, he committed large scale perjury!
None his accusations was rooted in reality, but that didn’t stop Trump from publishing yet another post two hours later, demanding an investigation into Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and accusing her of unidentified “Financial and Political Crimes.”
So, let’s review. The president finds it preposterous that he would be accused of trying to weaponize government. He simply believes that he can direct the Justice Department that he controls to prosecute members of his enemies list — preferably quickly — without regard for evidence or legal merits, to quench his thirst for petty political retribution.
Who said anything about “weaponization”?
[blockquote]Based on his testimony today, there is no question that Deranged Jack Smith should be prosecuted for his actions. He destroyed the lives of many innocent people, which has been his history as a prosecutor. At a minimum, he committed large scale perjury!
None his accusations was rooted in reality, but that didn’t stop Trump from publishing yet another post two hours later, demanding an investigation into Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and accusing her of unidentified “Financial and Political Crimes.”
So, let’s review. The president finds it preposterous that he would be accused of trying to weaponize government. He simply believes that he can direct the Justice Department that he controls to prosecute members of his enemies list — preferably quickly — without regard for evidence or legal merits, to quench his thirst for petty political retribution.
Who said anything about “weaponization”?
January 24, 2026
https://www.rawstory.com/tim-walz-2675022150/
Tim Walz unleashes after deadly shooting: 'We're creating a log for future prosecutions'
There will be prosecutions
Tim Walz unleashes after deadly shooting: ‘We’re creating a log for future prosecutions’
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T20:01:15.000Z
https://www.rawstory.com/tim-walz-2675022150/
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday that plans were already underway to hold ICE and immigration agents criminally “responsible” for their actions following the deadly shooting earlier that morning.
In Minneapolis, 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration officers after being wrestled to the ground and beaten. Video of the shooting spread wildly on social media and has sparked outrage across the nation.
In a press conference after the incident, Walz revealed that a “log of evidence” was being created for the explicit purpose of criminally prosecuting federal immigration officers involved with the shooting.
“Despite the horrific act by this federal government, Minnesotans are standing up for the rule of law; they're protesting loudly and urgently, but peacefully. It must stay that way, Minnesota,” Walz said.
“We're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ICE agents and officials responsible for this. I call on all Americans to see the decency that this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these ICE agents are doing on our streets. They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. Well, they're dead wrong. We'll keep the peace, we'll secure justice with our neighbors, and we'll see this occupation end.”
In Minneapolis, 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration officers after being wrestled to the ground and beaten. Video of the shooting spread wildly on social media and has sparked outrage across the nation.
In a press conference after the incident, Walz revealed that a “log of evidence” was being created for the explicit purpose of criminally prosecuting federal immigration officers involved with the shooting.
“Despite the horrific act by this federal government, Minnesotans are standing up for the rule of law; they're protesting loudly and urgently, but peacefully. It must stay that way, Minnesota,” Walz said.
“We're creating a log of evidence for the future prosecution of ICE agents and officials responsible for this. I call on all Americans to see the decency that this state is exhibiting, and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional, absolute abomination that is passing for what these ICE agents are doing on our streets. They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. Well, they're dead wrong. We'll keep the peace, we'll secure justice with our neighbors, and we'll see this occupation end.”
January 24, 2026
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/volunteers-delivering-groceries-to-families-report-being-followed-by-ice-mn/89-41acb8b6-c126-4e3b-959a-eeb1c355288b
Volunteers delivering groceries to families report being followed by ICE
Twin Cities Food Justice is partnering with local schools to donate 1,000 food bags to families.
The domestic terrorist organization known as "ICE" is stalking people at food pantries. And following people who deliver food to those too scared to leave their residences to go to those pantries. Despicable, lawless ghouls.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T16:33:52.539Z
www.kare11.com/article/news...
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/volunteers-delivering-groceries-to-families-report-being-followed-by-ice-mn/89-41acb8b6-c126-4e3b-959a-eeb1c355288b
ST PAUL, Minn. — Some local food shelves say that ICE agents are targeting their locations and scaring away people.
That has volunteers now bringing groceries directly to those who need it most, including the nonprofit Twin Cities Food Justice.
What started in 2016 as a way to reduce food waste is now gathering donations and connecting with local teachers who know the impacted families best.
That has volunteers now bringing groceries directly to those who need it most, including the nonprofit Twin Cities Food Justice.
What started in 2016 as a way to reduce food waste is now gathering donations and connecting with local teachers who know the impacted families best.
January 24, 2026
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-shooting-minneapolis
Police chief defies ICE as agents try to block local cops from latest Minneapolis shooting
The police refused to be blocked by ICE from investigating this murder
ICE attempted to block local police officers from the scene of another Minneapolis shooting Saturday — but the city's police chief defied their orders.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-01-24T17:50:22Z
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-shooting-minneapolis
ICE attempted to block local police officers from the scene of another Minneapolis shooting Saturday — but the city's police chief defied their orders.
The federal agents attempted to demand the city's police officers stay away after gunshots rang out Saturday morning, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.
A video, apparently shot by a witness, shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrestling a man to the ground. One officer appears to strike the person with what looks like a firearm before several shots are heard.
O'Hara confirmed a man had died, as crowds of furious onlookers gathered.
Sources told the Tribune O'Hara refused ICE's demands and instructed his officers to preserve the scene. All available local police officers have been called into work.
Minnesota officials have complained that they were frozen out of the investigation of the deadly shooting of Renee Good by ICE earlier this month.
The federal agents attempted to demand the city's police officers stay away after gunshots rang out Saturday morning, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.
A video, apparently shot by a witness, shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wrestling a man to the ground. One officer appears to strike the person with what looks like a firearm before several shots are heard.
O'Hara confirmed a man had died, as crowds of furious onlookers gathered.
Sources told the Tribune O'Hara refused ICE's demands and instructed his officers to preserve the scene. All available local police officers have been called into work.
Minnesota officials have complained that they were frozen out of the investigation of the deadly shooting of Renee Good by ICE earlier this month.
January 24, 2026
https://x.com/Gina660/status/2015085632033276030
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/god-punishes-trump-by-turning-us
The Borowitz report-God Punishes Trump by Turning US into Greenland
So that's it!
— FoxtrotDeltaTango (@choconibbles.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T16:53:57.191Z
God Punishes Trump by Turning US into Greenland open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
https://x.com/Gina660/status/2015085632033276030
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/god-punishes-trump-by-turning-us
THE CELESTIAL REALM (The Borowitz Report)—Stating that He had had “just about enough of this idiot,” on Saturday God wreaked revenge on Donald J. Trump by transforming the United States of America into Greenland.
In a terse public statement, the Almighty declared, “Prayers answered, jerkwad.”
The act of God coupled with His blistering pronouncement left many atheists reconsidering their positions, nonbelievers reported.
In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney extended a helping hand to his beleaguered American counterpart, offering, “Since we know how to handle cold weather, we would consider making the United States our eleventh province.”
In a terse public statement, the Almighty declared, “Prayers answered, jerkwad.”
The act of God coupled with His blistering pronouncement left many atheists reconsidering their positions, nonbelievers reported.
In Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney extended a helping hand to his beleaguered American counterpart, offering, “Since we know how to handle cold weather, we would consider making the United States our eleventh province.”
January 24, 2026
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2675020856/
White House roasted for not knowing where penguins actually live: 'Wrong hemisphere!'
The trump administration is full of idiots.
White House roasted for not knowing where penguins actually live: 'Wrong hemisphere!'
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-01-24T00:50:15.000Z
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2675020856/
An attempt to troll critics by President Donald Trump's White House backfired spectacularly on Friday as observers gave the administration a geography lesson.
As Trump openly fantasizes about taking over Greenland from Denmark, the official White House account posted an artificial intelligence-generated photo of the president walking next to a penguin on a block of ice. In the photo, the penguin carries a U.S. flag and the two walk toward a Greenland flag.
Observers quickly pounced on the post, noting the massive island contains no penguins. Indeed, all 18 penguin species are confined to the Southern Hemisphere, with the highest concentrations on Antarctic coasts and sub-Antarctic islands.
The anti-Trump account PatriotTakes wrote on X, "There are no penguins in Greenland. All Penguins live in the southern hemisphere except one species from the Galapagos Islands. Perhaps you shouldn’t have dismantled the Department of Education so quickly."
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) chided on X, "Wrong hemisphere."....
Brian Espinoza, writer for the Rogue Rocket & Philip DeFranco Show, wrote on X, "You dumb mother f---ers, there are no penguins in the North."
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2014819683757678654
As Trump openly fantasizes about taking over Greenland from Denmark, the official White House account posted an artificial intelligence-generated photo of the president walking next to a penguin on a block of ice. In the photo, the penguin carries a U.S. flag and the two walk toward a Greenland flag.
Observers quickly pounced on the post, noting the massive island contains no penguins. Indeed, all 18 penguin species are confined to the Southern Hemisphere, with the highest concentrations on Antarctic coasts and sub-Antarctic islands.
The anti-Trump account PatriotTakes wrote on X, "There are no penguins in Greenland. All Penguins live in the southern hemisphere except one species from the Galapagos Islands. Perhaps you shouldn’t have dismantled the Department of Education so quickly."
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) chided on X, "Wrong hemisphere."....
Brian Espinoza, writer for the Rogue Rocket & Philip DeFranco Show, wrote on X, "You dumb mother f---ers, there are no penguins in the North."
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2014819683757678654
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