Bombshell report exposes militant tactics of anti-ICE network in Minnesota

"In behind-the-scenes conversations reviewed by City Journal, anti-ICE activists admitted their goal is to make immigration enforcement "too expensive," "too difficult," and "too annoying.' "

Jenna Gloeb | Alpha News MN

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"An in-depth investigation by City Journal is raising serious questions about whether a Minneapolis-based anti-ICE network is pushing civilians into dangerous confrontations with federal immigration agents after the shooting deaths of two activists in less than a month.

"City Journal reports that both Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs ICU nurse killed Jan. 24, and Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother killed Jan. 7, were participants in “ICE watching,” an activist tactic that includes tracking and filming federal agents, and alerting others to enforcement actions.

Defend the 612

"According to City Journal, one group sits at the center of Minneapolis’ anti-ICE movement: Defend the 612.

"The organization oversees a large network of Signal chats that monitor immigration enforcement, coordinate protests, and mobilize rapid-response actions across Minneapolis neighborhoods, City Journal reported.

"City Journal said it examined Defend the 612’s trainings, accessed its Signal channels, and traced its organizational support.

"The outlet reported that its investigation found that members and “related officials have encouraged protesters to impede law enforcement; pushed civilians toward legally and physically risky confrontations; and helped mobilize a counterprotest that turned violent.”

"Some of Defend the 612’s trainings were led by outside activist organizations, including States at the Core and Protect RP.

"Protect RP has been explicit about its goals. A Protect RP organizer previously described the group’s activities as “interfering with [immigration enforcement], confusing them, slowing them down so they can’t take more people, and doing it so well that they never want to come back,” according to City Journal." . . . More...

Inside Minneapolis’s ICE Watch Network   . . . "Defend the 612 lists ICE-watch trainings on its website, sometimes many per week. These trainings instruct attendees how to identify, document, and alert others to immigration enforcement, and to relay information through neighborhood-based Signal networks.

"Some sessions are led by Defend the 612 organizers, while others are taught by outside groups such as States at the Core (STAC) and Project RP. None of these groups responded to City Journal’s request for comment." . . .

Restoring & Revealing the Missing Piece of Gettysburg’s History

Once condemned, Hopkins House is on its way to becoming Gettysburg’s newest world-class museum 

“It’s comprehensive,” adds Green. “It will be the only museum that will actually tell the whole story of Gettysburg’s Black history from the beginning. And I think that’s very important, because people still might not know that there was and is a Black presence here in Gettysburg.” 

"On a late November day, the sky above Gettysburg’s South Washington Street was overcast and colorless—matching the white housewrap encasing a two-story home. The water-resistant layer rippled in the wind as light rain fell. 

"The home wasn’t exactly under construction; it was being deconstructed. Mint green siding had been removed from the outside of the Civil War era-home, now guarded by orange traffic cones and twisting yellow caution tape. From the outside, it was a somber scene.

"Yet inside, it was anything but somber. History was being revealed.

"Encased within that old green siding and plastered walls was an original log cabin. Inside, with the plaster removed, red oak logs were seeing the light of day for the first time in decades. They seemed to glow with new life, as workers filled the gaps with new chinking. Excited chatter filled the air; the restoration team sharing their progress with Andrew Dalton, president and CEO of the nonprofit Gettysburg History, along with Jean Green, president of the nearby Lincoln Cemetery Project Association.

“ 'It’s the only surviving Civil War structure in the Black community here in Gettysburg,” says Dalton, noting the plethora of plaques gracing other Civil War-era buildings throughout town. “We are saving the very, very last piece of Black history—visible, concrete evidence of Gettysburg’s Black community.”

"Not only will the home earn a Civil War-era plaque of its own, but as the Hopkins House, it will welcome future generations of visitors to learn about another layer of history as Gettysburg’s only museum devoted entirely to the town’s Black history.

“'With this taking place,” Green says, “all the history in Gettysburg will be complete.” . . .

Jack Hopkins

Hopkins House History: The history of Hopkins House goes back to the 1840s, when U.S. presidents included Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk and Zachary Taylor.

“The house was built, we believe, in the 1840s by a free Black family,” says Dalton. “And then it was sold to Abraham Brian, who famously owned a farm on the fields of Pickett’s Charge.”

"Brian owned it for five or six years, then sold it to the Hopkins family.

“Jack and Julia Hopkins lived here in the 1850s through the time of the Civil War,” says Dalton. “It’s the only home that’s still standing that was owned by and lived in by a Black family.”

"The lives of the Hopkins family, like many neighboring Black families of the Third Ward, became intertwined with the greater Gettysburg community. Jack Hopkins worked as a janitor at Gettysburg College, but he also was an integral link in the Underground Railroad." . . 

The Hopkins family’s three children were baptized around the corner and raised in the Catholic Church. Son Edward, after serving in the U.S. Colored Troops and surviving the Civil War, returned to Gettysburg. He not only ran a successful restaurant, but became the first Black elected official in the town’s history in 1880.  

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Trump Looks on to the Next Generation

 Julio Rivera - American Thinker

"In an era when too many leaders treat the domestic sphere as an afterthought, something to be managed while attention drifts abroad, President Trump is doing the opposite. He is placing American families back at the center of national policy, not as symbols, but as stakeholders."

"President Trump has always understood a truth that much of Washington either ignores or refuses to confront. Nations do not endure on rhetoric alone. They endure because they raise strong families, cultivate capable citizens, and think beyond the next election cycle. 

"The twin initiatives announced recently, Trump Accounts and TrumpRx, should be understood through that lens. Together, they represent a domestic strategy aimed not merely at governing the present moment, but at securing the future of the country itself. 

"The launch of Trump Accounts is a striking example of this thinking. Every American child born between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2028 will receive a one-thousand-dollar government-seeded account designed to grow alongside them from birth. This is not a handout and it is not a replacement for work, discipline, or parental responsibility. It is a foundation. It is a clear signal that the nation has a vested interest in the financial literacy, long-term security, and upward mobility of its youngest citizens.

"At a time when many young Americans feel economically boxed out before they even reach adulthood, Trump Accounts are a declaration that the system should reward those willing to build, save, and contribute. This is not a European-style welfare promise. It is American capitalization in its purest form, empowering individuals early, encouraging ownership, and reinforcing the idea that prosperity is something cultivated over time rather than redistributed after the fact." . . .

Julio Rivera is a business and political strategist and a political commentator and columnist. His writing, which is focused on politics and business, is regularly published by many of the largest news organizations in the world.

Donald Trump Announces Govt Savings Accounts for Americans' Children  "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart News in July that the “Trump Accounts” would provide from the government “$1,000 seed investment for every newborn American and allows up to $5,000 in annual private contributions.”

He added that the Treasury will work to ensure schools and communities are educating account-holders about long-term saving, investment strategy, and compound growth. “We want you to understand it. We want you to learn about it.”

The initiative is already gaining private-sector traction. Last week, Charter Communications, one of the nation’s largest broadband providers, announced it would match the federal government’s $1,000 Trump Account contribution for employees’ children, effectively doubling the starting investment for thousands of working families.

The company also publicly thanked Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) and President Trump for championing the policy, calling Trump Accounts a tool to “unleash the next generation of American success.” . . .

 

 

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys

Miranda Devine:  

"To impeach a federal judge is the same process as impeaching a president. It requires 2/3 of the Senate. So, we can stop dreaming, she’s going nowhere." From the Comments

Activist Supreme Court Judge

"Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continues to dismay.

"Her attendance at the rancidly partisan anti-ICE Grammy Awards on Sunday was a joke. 

"The 55-year-old Biden DEI candidate was nominated for a Grammy for narrating the audiobook of her memoir “Lovely One,” which she unashamedly believes herself to be. 

"But she should have stayed home rather than laughing and clapping in the audience with a bunch of virtue-signaling luvvies ranting “F–k ICE” every time they got on stage. 

"It should have been obvious to Jackson that the event would be politically charged. 

"She has to sit in judgment on various Trump administration immigration enforcement cases. 

"How can she be seen as im­partial? 

"The answer is: She can’t, any more than she can be impartial on transgender-related cases after she refused to “define” a woman during her 2022 Senate confirmation. 

“ 'I’m not a biologist,” she replied to Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) question, possibly the most embarrassing answer ever provided to Congress by a judicial nominee. 

"Using the same rule book Democrats have used in their prolonged attacks on conservative-leaning justices, Jackson should recuse herself from all immigration cases due to her enthusiastic involvement in the anti-ICE Grammys. 

Left’s double standard   "After all, the left has waged a years-long campaign to get Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito thrown off the court for such sins as holidaying with a friend who happens to be wealthy, in Thomas’ case, or in Alito’s, having a wife who flew a patriotic flag outside their home. 

"Liberals are sticklers about the appearance of propriety — but only for their perceived ideological opponents. 

"Of course, Jackson won’t recuse herself or endure any effective undermining from Republicans despite the fact that she is a left-wing activist in judicial robes, who gabs inanely during oral arguments and writes nonsensical dissents attacking her fellow justices." . . . More...

Rachel Zegler LOSES IT After South Park ROASTS Snow White…But.....

With AI what does one believe?

Rachel Zegler LOSES IT After South Park ROASTS Snow White…

Comment to the video below: "While various online videos and social media posts claim South Park "destroyed" or "obliterated" Rachel Zegler and Disney's live-action Snow White, these claims are largely misleading or false. It is widely observed and reported in 2025 and 2026 that AI-generated deepfake videos and content are becoming increasingly prevalent on platforms like YouTube, making it harder to distinguish real from fake content. Deepfake videos have become significantly more prevalent on YouTube as of early 2026, leading to major platform updates and growing user concern. These hyper-realistic creations are frequently used for financial scams, political disinformation, and impersonating public figures. South Park has never released an episode specifically focusing on Rachel Zegler or the Snow White controversy. Most "South Park vs. Zegler" stories originate from content-farming YouTube channels or Facebook pages that use AI-generated voices and clickbait titles to generate views from ongoing cultural controversies."

Still think ICE are evil Nazis?

For Hollywood, Terrorizing Christians Is a Badge of Honor - Intellectual Takeout 

 "It’s increasingly clear that the entire Hollywood class is a racket. The sooner we realize this,  the sooner we will cease being shocked. Only indignation will remain – indignation that Lemon would take a victory lap after what he did." 

"Don Lemon made a little boy cry and Hollywood couldn’t be happier.

"On a Sunday in January, Lemon led a group of disruptive “protestors” into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., to scream at the parishioners about Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers who allegedly attended the church. Lemon, a former CNN host, gleefully filmed Christian families fleeing the church in the snow, standing outside the building and interviewing church members who had nothing to do with ICE deportation efforts. In several videos leading up to the protest, Lemon refers to himself and the rioters as “we,” intimating that he knew the group’s plans to target the church.

"Lemon has been arrested and federally charged under the FACE Act, a law which the Biden administration infamously used to target and persecute pro-lifers praying outside abortion clinics. But the law also prohibits the disruption of peaceful religious services, an action in which Lemon took part." . . .  More...

‘We’re Not Criminalizing the Unhoused’: How a Homeless Encampment and Drug Dealers Are Destroying a Local Condominium Complex and Turning Its Residents’ Lives Upside Down

. . . "Those addicts, the officer explained, preferred to camp behind the condo, where there was no curfew, plenty of drugs, and none of the rules and regulations of homeless shelters.

"To get them off the street, he said, "you literally have to take them into handcuffs."

"Handcuffs appear to have been the county’s last resort. Following the Jan. 22 town hall, the Free Beacon returned to the condo and saw several camp regulars—including the woman who threatened Brown—camped around a fire in the area that had been cleared a day earlier.

"As the fire department arrived and began to shoo them away, Chris Barber, a Marylander resident, predicted they would come back. Asked how long that would take, Barber laughed.

" I give it about 10 minutes," he said."

MS-13 and army of bums take over Maryland condos; officials target the owners for eviction -report - American Thinker    "Blue-county officials have quite the circular logic when it comes to gangs of illegals and armies of bums taking over private properties.

"Instead of scooping up the gangs and forcing the bums into rehab, they've decided it would be better to evict the innocent victims of these criminals' activities in Prince George's County in Maryland. Yes, this really happened." . . .

Anti-ICE Applause: Jackson's Disqualifying Moment – PJ Media

"One thing we should never see is judges high-fiving criminals at parties; they enforce the law, not celebrate those who mock it. Neutrality demands distance from chaos, especially when robes hang in the closet. Attending events that trash law enforcement turns impartiality into a punchline." . . .

Garbage socialism: Mamdani gives it to New Yorkers good and hard

 Monica Showalter - American Thinker  

"Trash and rats are piling up as snow stays uncleared, but Mayor Mamdani has more important things to do."

 "Under socialism, New Yorkers are learning the hard way how fast a city can go downhill.  

Garbage filled streets is providing New Yorkers with the Warmth of Collectivism. https://t.co/hewdZHfJKq

— Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 (@RobSchneider) February 3, 2026

In Mayor Mamdani's New York City, they don't actually remove the snow, they just spread it out on the street so that everyone suffers equally.

. . ."Here's what his boosters at the New York Times are zeroing in on:

NYT gushes over Mamdani’s custom Carhartt winter storm jacket — as New Yorkers die in freezing temps, trash piles up https://t.co/IgJRve4bii pic.twitter.com/DuF25LnlhD

— New York Post (@nypost) February 3, 2026 . . .

. . . "It's a nightmare. I've lived in New York and know what it's like in February. Black snow, freezing rain and slippery sidewalks are bad enough, and everyone is just sick of the cold temperatures and snow mess that's made as the wreckage of winter slowly melts away. But the snow was always cleared under Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg. Now they don't bother. Handicapped people cannot cross streets, snow plows are abandoned, and garbage is piling up, complete with rats eating through the decay and putrification.

"Mamdani was elected mayor of New York, not ruler of the world. But he's acting like the latter. Mayors keep streets plowed and garbage collected. Mamdani makes Instagrams instead. Now New Yorkers are learning the hard way that they don't matter as all power concentrates in the hands of the state under socialism. This is as true of New York City as it is of China, Venezuela, Cuba, or any place that has embraced the socialist model."

Mahmoud Khalil opens up uncomfortable questions about October 7

"How could anti-Israel protests be so well coordinated, so fast?"

 Aaron Shuster - American Thinker 

 "And is it unreasonable to ask whether some organizers arrived in advance not merely to study or observe, but to mobilize — knowing that a catalytic event was coming?"

Followed by...

 "The recent decision to expel Mahmoud Khalil from the United States has been treated by much of the media as a narrow immigration matter — a technical ruling about visa status and disclosure failures.  That framing misses the larger question his case raises.  Khalil’s removal invites a re-examination not just of who he is, but of what followed Hamas’s October 7 massacre — and how quickly the global response was prepared.

...the stooges...

"On October 8, before Israel had mounted any meaningful military response, before troops entered Gaza, before retaliatory operations had even been organized, massive demonstrations erupted across cities, countries, and continents.  These rallies were large, coordinated, visually unified, and message-disciplined.  They featured printed placards, chants in multiple languages, and identical slogans framing Israel as the aggressor and Hamas’s violence as “resistance.”

"The speed and scale of these demonstrations demand scrutiny.  Large protests do not materialize overnight.  Anyone who has organized even a modest public rally understands the realities involved: permits, staging, sound systems, marshals, messaging, coalition coordination, transportation, and promotion.  At an international level, these requirements multiply.  Coordinating demonstrations across time zones and legal jurisdictions requires planning.

...the sinister.

"That reality raises an uncomfortable question: How were so many people, in so many places, ready to mobilize immediately after October 7?

"To understand why this matters, we must recall what October 7 actually was.  Hamas fighters breached an internationally recognized border and carried out a coordinated massacre of civilians inside Israel.  Entire families were murdered in their homes.  Concertgoers were hunted and executed.  Women were raped, mutilated, and paraded.  Elderly civilians and children were abducted and dragged into Gaza as hostages.  More than 1,200 people were killed in a single day.  Over 250 were taken captive.

"This was not a clash between armies.  It was mass murder.

"The rallies that followed inverted the moral frame almost immediately.  Israel was accused of genocide before it had fired back.  Self-defense was pre-emptively delegitimized.  Terrorism was contextualized, rationalized, even celebrated." . . . More...

Aaron J. Shuster is a writer, producer, and cinematist. His work focuses on moral clarity; political inversion; and the intersection of history, ideology, and power.  He has written extensively on antisemitism, totalitarian movements, and Western civilizational ethics.

Joe Biden: Decline and Fall

PragerU

"Joseph Biden spent his career chasing one goal: the presidency. After decades of political frustration, he finally became the 46th president of the United States. What happened next is one of American history’s tragic ironies. Presidential historian Tevi Troy explores Biden’s rise and fall."

Should we trust this commentator? Joe Biden is the Most Corrupt President in Our History

Democrats, lacking a positive agenda, bet on chaos, Trump hysteria, and media allies to spark a midterm backlash as Trump’s economic rebound gains steam.

 Victor Davis Hanson › American Greatness  

"The more violence, Nazi-invective, and sheer craziness the left can instill—storming church services, ramming ICE vehicles, taking over the streets, or boasting of armed resistance—the more they believe that voters will blame not them, the instigators, but Trump, the target of their insurrectionary madness.

 "Recent regional special elections have seen Democratic candidates win a number of special election races.

"Now energized left-wing politicos remind the nation daily that every incumbent president, except three over the last century, has suffered substantial midterm losses in Congress.

"Polls show Trump suffering an average 11-point negative unfavorability rating.

"So Democrats promise to soon stop all new legislation and end Trump and his counterrevolution itself.

"But the left will never offer any alternative agenda on the economy, the border, crime, or foreign policy.

"Instead, the new Democrat-Socialist Party views the Biden disaster of 2021-2024 not as a result of his puppeteers’ toxic policies of open borders, 21 percent aggregate inflation, dead-end green energy subsidies, DEI mandates, trans fixations, and an appeasing foreign policy that led to wars abroad and emboldened China.

"Instead, they now blame those catastrophic years on Biden’s own enfeebled state—as if he were merely a hapless, debilitated messenger for their otherwise superb radical message.

"So absent a positive agenda, Democrats will simply run all their state and federal campaigns as if Trump, their Satanic monster, is on every ballot.

" 'Their Trump obsessions result in three now well-worn strategies.

"The first, of course, is still more chaos.

"The left believes that the unending 2020 riots cost Trump the election.

"Ever since, they have sought to concoct a nihilist replay—whether the Tesla hysterias, the perpetual threats of government shutdowns, tough-guy talk of open insurrection against the federal government, or the current, performative-art, anti-ICE violence in Minneapolis.

"They concede most Americans still support Trump’s closed borders and legal-only immigration, but hope they want a return to “normalcy” even more."    Full article...

"An L.A. Eviction Lawyer Has a Message for Billie Eilish, and I Can't Stop Laughing" Stephen Green

 Let's be careful what we wish for. How about we just build them a big casino?

Stephen Green   

"So imagine you're one of the remaining 3,900 or so Tongva people native to the Los Angeles basin and Southern Channel Islands, who had everything stolen from them by nasty white people just like Billie Eilish, including their language." 

Lip plumping or something

"It's one thing to live on stolen land, constantly looking over your shoulder to see if anybody noticed and might decide to do something about it. It's quite another to insist that "No one is illegal on stolen land" in front of 14.4 million viewers on live television, and have that clip played countless times for countless millions more all over YouTube and social media — all while living in a mansion that, well, sits on "stolen land."

"Billie Eilish did the latter on Sunday, and now one Los Angeles attorney plans to do something about it.

"But I haven't even told you the best part: Avi Sinai specializes in difficult evictions.

"Just roll me over and throw some dirt on top of me because I'm dead of laughter.

" 'If you are facing a contested or high-risk eviction," Sinai's website boasts, "Sinai Law Firm provides strategic, trial-ready representation grounded in real courtroom experience."

"Sinai also claims he runs "the premier eviction firm in the county." 

Apologies to these people:

"One happy client named Alessandra T gushes on the website, "Avi was an absolute game-changer in our eviction case in Santa Monica... he not only secured a judgment for the amount owed, but also successfully removed the tenant." And Paula B. wrote that he "was able to turn a very difficult tenant situation that appeared very bleak into the best possible outcome."

"If you've ever heard any horror stories about how difficult it can be to secure an eviction in Democrat-run locales, you get some idea of what a fierce attorney Sinai must be.

"All that is why, when Avi says he'll represent the indigenous Tongva people pro bono, should they decide to try to reclaim the stolen land where Eilish's $2.3 million Glendale mansion sits, you've got to sit up and pay attention.

"Or fall down laughing. Results vary by individual." . . .

P.S. On the off chance that you are part of the Tongva people or know one, here's a link to Sinai Law Firm's webpage where he offers "same-day service," just by calling 310-967-7772.

Steve launched VodkaPundit on a well-planned whim in 2002, and has been with PJ Media since its launch in 2005. He served as one of the hosts of PJTV, a pioneer in internet broadcasting. He also cohosts "Right Angle" with Bill Whittle and Scott Ott at BillWhittle.com. He lives with his wife and sons in the wooded hills of Monument, Colorado, where he enjoys the occasional adult beverage.

Here Are 12 Fun Crimes You Can Get Away With If You Just Say 'We Are On Stolen Land' | Babylon Bee  "Stolen land is all the rage in the news lately. These days, everyone gets a free pass to do as many fun crimes as they want on land swiped from indigenous peoples, as long as they keep pointing out that the land was stolen.

"Here are 12 awesome crimes that are incredibly easy to get away with if you just remind everyone that they're on stolen land." . . . Here they are...

The Recall Push for LA Mayor Karen Bass Should Be Without Question After This Development

The recall I remember was to take out Gavin Newsom; how did that go?

Matt Vespa  

"There have been petitions to recall Bass—this story should make that push unstoppable. She doctored the report on the fire (via NY Post): . . . "

GrrrGraphics – Official Ben Garrison Cartoons

"Her city was burning, but Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was too busy partying in Africa, having been invited to attend the inauguration of Ghana's president. It was a terrible move, a public relations nightmare, especially after fire crews struggled to contain the blaze, which became one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in state history. It raged for most of January 2025. There have been petitions to recall Bass—this story should make that push unstoppable. She doctored the report on the fire (via NY Post): " . . .  

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass secretly altered the official Palisades Fire response report to downplay the failures made by the city and fire department when the deadly blaze erupted, a new report said.

Bass, after seeing an early draft of the after-action report, wanted key findings of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s shortcomings scrubbed or watered down — and even warned then-interim Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva the unedited conclusions could expose the city to legal liability, sources close to the Democrat’s staff told the Los Angeles Times. 

Bass was cautioned that the self-serving tweaks in with the report was a “bad idea” that could torpedo her political career but still withheld the working draft until after changes were made, insiders told the Times.  . . .  

Celebrities Who Lost Homes in LA, Palisades Fires: Full List - Business Insider [From Jan 2025] Guess we might not see celebrities wearing "Save Mayor Bass" pins at the next Hollywood function. We'll wait to see how she is covered on MSNOW and Joy Reid.

"Wildfires in Los Angeles raged through the star-studded Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Paris Hilton, Miles Teller, and Anthony Hopkins were among the celebrities who lost their homes.

The average house price in the northern LA area is around $4.5 million." . . .

While it can be hard to feel pity for so many self-righteous, virtue-signaling pin-wearers, losing old personal memories is a loss one fears significantly. TD