Western interference in the war in Ukraine is “significantly increasing” the chances of a full-scale European war, says leading Moscow military staff.
“The possibility of an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine — from the expansion of participants in ‘proxy forces’ used for military confrontation with Russia to a large-scale war in Europe — cannot be ruled out,” said Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky, head of the Russian army’s Military Academy of the General Staff. “The likelihood of our state being purposefully drawn into new military conflicts is significantly increasing,” he added.
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Zarudnitsky’s warning comes as Western powers continue to escalate their involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
A recent German military leak revealed that British troops are already active on Ukrainian soil. The leak occurred soon after French President Emmanuel Macron indicated he would send soldiers to Ukraine to fight Russian forces. While there is “no consensus today to send in an official, endorsed manner troops on the ground” to Ukraine, “nothing can be ruled out,” Macron said.
In another recent bombshell report, it was revealed that the CIA has had an active presence in Ukraine since around the time of the so-called Maidan Revolution and is continuing to support Ukrainian forces. The Biden government has been desperately trying to escalate US involvement in the war, even at the cost of US defense capabilities. Last week, it was reported that regime officials are considering sending US arms shipments to Ukraine without replenishing stockpiles.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. government is heading toward a partial shutdown after a Senate vote on a funding deal stalled.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), President Donald J. Trump, and members of Congress.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: January 29 and 30, 2026, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This is a bad deal.” – Sen. Lindsey Graham
🎯IMPACT: A partial shutdown of federal operations is expected to begin at 12:01 AM. ET Saturday without a funding deal.
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The U.S. government is on the verge of a partial shutdown after the Senate’s planned vote on a funding deal stalled late Thursday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republican leaders had aimed to push the deal forward, but it faced opposition within their own ranks over what Republican senators characterize as leadership caving to Democrats on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) confirmed he placed a hold on the funding package, effectively blocking it from quick consideration. Graham expressed his dissatisfaction with the deal, stating, “This is a bad deal,” as he entered Thune’s office late Thursday evening.
Late Thursday, just before the Senate attempted to move the Democrat-backed funding deal, President Donald J. Trump pushed for lawmakers to vote for the appropriations package. “America is setting Records in every way, and our Growth Numbers are among the best ever. The only thing that can slow our Country down is another long and damaging Government Shutdown,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, continuing, “Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to get the vast majority of the Government funded until September, while at the same time providing an extension to the Department of Homeland Security (including the very important Coast Guard, which we are expanding and rebuilding like never before). Hopefully, both Republicans and Democrats will give a very much needed Bipartisan ‘YES’ Vote.”
It is believed that Sen. Graham‘s hold specifically stems from a provision passed by the House that removed legislative language allowing senators to sue for up to $500,000 if their phone records were obtained by former special counsel Jack Smith during the former Biden government’s Arctic Frost scandal.
Without a funding agreement, a partial shutdown of federal operations is set to begin at 12:01 AM ET on Saturday. Even if the Senate reaches an agreement on Friday, the House of Representatives is not scheduled to return until Monday, though Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has indicated he may be able to bring the House into session late Sunday if necessary.
A number of conservative members of the Senate have expressed opposition to the DHS funding deal, arguing it surrenders leverage and will likely result in a number of Democrat policy victories that could effectively gut U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—including a requirement for agents to obtain a judicial warrant rather than an administrative warrant in order to arrest migrants with outstanding removal orders.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A judge ruled that Luigi Mangione, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will not face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Luigi Mangione, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and Judge Margaret Garnett.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling occurred on Friday, January 30, 2026.
🎯IMPACT: Mangione could still face life in prison if convicted, though the death penalty removal is likely to be appealed.
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The federal judge presiding over the murder trial of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ruled on Friday that Luigi Mangione, 27, will not face the death penalty if convicted. U.S. District Court Judge Margaret Garnett, nominated by former President Joe Biden, dismissed the federal murder charge but maintained a stalking charge that carries a maximum punishment of life in prison. Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to both federal and state charges.
Notably, Judge Garnett’s reasoning in dismissing the federal murder charge revolves around a requirement that the killing was committed during another “crime of violence.” The judge agreed with Mangione’s defense team that the stalking charge did not constitute a violent crime.
While the removal of the death penalty is—for now—a significant win for Mangione, the ruling is likely to be appealed. Meanwhile, Mangione’s legal defense also suffered a considerable setback when Judge Garnett rejected his defense attorneys’ attempt to suppress evidence obtained during the search of his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on December 9, 2024. Items recovered included a 3D-printed handgun, a loaded magazine, a notebook, a map, and a “survival kit.” Police testified that such searches are standard procedure during arrests.
The Friday ruling means that jury selection in the federal case against Mangione will now likely begin in October of this year rather than on September 8. State prosecutors in New York are pushing to start their state case against the alleged assassin in early July, though Mangione’s attorneys argue this does not give them enough time to prepare an adequate defense.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Democrats are threatening impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries using explicitly violent language to target her.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The statement was made on Thursday at the Capitol.
💬KEY QUOTE: “She needs to be put on ice permanently.” – Hakeem Jeffries
🎯IMPACT: The move signals a heightened level of political tension and aggressive rhetoric from House Democrats, who once again are resorting to violent threats in the face of their own political impotence.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is under fire for effectively putting a bounty on the head of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, telling his supporters during a press event on Thursday: “She’s got to go—we are dead serious… She needs to be put on ice permanently.”
Since making the comments, Democrats have claimed he meant for Noem to be suspended, thereby nullifying the “permanently” part of his sentence. To put “on ICE” either means to suspend temporarily, or to murder.
In reality, Jeffries is sending a coded message to his supporters, who have been increasingly violent over the past year, and have resorted to multiple attempted murders against the President of the United States, and the actual murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump announced his nomination of economist Kevin Warsh to serve as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED:Donald Trump, Kevin Warsh, and current Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Announcement made on Friday, January 30, 2026. Pending Senate confirmation, Warsh will succeed Jerome Powell when the latter’s term expires on May 15, 2026.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: If confirmed, Warsh would succeed Powell in May and potentially reshape Federal Reserve policy, which Trump has criticized for its handling of interest rates.
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President Donald J. Trump announced on Friday that he will nominate Kevin Warsh to serve as the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve, succeeding Jerome Powell, whose term expires on May 15, 2026. Warsh, a former member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, has been a critic of Powell’s hesitancy to cut interest rates. Since his inauguration last January, President Trump has ramped up his criticism of Powell, even floating the possibility of firing the Fed chairman.
“I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh to be the CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding: “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best. On top of everything else, he is ‘central casting,’ and he will never let you down. Congratulations Kevin!”
Warsh has long been seen as the safest choice to lead the Federal Reserve, with strong ties to Wall Street and a more hawkish stance on lowering interest rates. The National Pulse previously reported that Warsh aligned early with President Trump regarding interest rates, stating last year, “The President’s right to be frustrated with Jay Powell and the Federal Reserve.”
Currently, Warsh serves as an economist with the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He previously served as an economic policy advisor to President George W. Bush and became the youngest Federal Reserve governor at age 35 when he joined the board in 2006, a role he held until 2011. In the latter role, Warsh served as a critical go-between for Washington, D.C., and Wall Street during the 2008 financial crisis.
Notably, Warsh was also a finalist to be President Trump’s Treasury Secretary, with the job ultimately going to macro-fund manager Scott Bessent. Bessent and Warsh are believed to be on friendly terms with the latter having proposed a new Treasury-Fed accord, similar to one implemented in 1951, to address the nation’s debt and improve coordination between monetary and fiscal policies.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal authorities in Los Angeles, California.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Don Lemon, federal agents, and his attorney Abbe Lowell.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Thursday night in Los Angeles, while Lemon was covering the Grammy awards.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Don will fight these charges vigorously and thoroughly in court.” – Abbe Lowell
🎯IMPACT: The arrest follows Don Lemon invading a church in Minnesota alongside anti-ICE activists, ostensibly in a journalistic capacity.
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal agents on Thursday night in Los Angeles, California, where he had been covering the Grammy Awards, his attorney Abbe Lowell has confirmed. Lemon, 59, now working as an independent activist-journalist, was taken into custody in connection with his participation in the invasion of a Cities Church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, by anti-ICE activists, following a grand jury indictment.
Lemon was there ostensibly in a journalistic capacity, although he conducted hostile interviews with church members and sympathetic interviews with the invaders, even telling one of the latter, “Thank you for your service.” The invasion, which disrupted a church service and sent congregants fleeing with their children, was motivated by the pastor being suspected of having ties to the federal government.
The exact charges against Lemon were unclear as of the time of publication, although federal authorities had previously indicated that they would pursue people involved in the church invasion for civil rights violations.
Lemon’s attorney Abbe Lowell described the arrest as an “unprecedented attack on the First Amendment and transparent attempt to distract attention from the many crises facing this administration,” which “will not stand.”
The arrest comes amid a broader federal immigration operation in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where authorities deployed 3,000 immigration agents over the past two months. Three other people involved in the same church protest have also been arrested.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has launched an investigation into alleged H-1B visa fraud involving three North Texas businesses suspected of illegal activity.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Attorney General Ken Paxton, three unnamed businesses, and state officials are involved in the investigation. Governors Greg Abbott (R-TX) and Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have also taken action on related policies.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The investigation, announced late Wednesday, is ongoing in Texas, with related policy moves occurring in Florida and at the federal level.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Any criminal who attempts to scam the H-1B visa program and use ‘ghost offices’ or other fraudulent ploys should be prepared to face the full force of the law.” – Attorney General Ken Paxton.
🎯IMPACT: The investigation reflects growing scrutiny on H-1B visa practices at both the state and federal levels.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has launched an investigation into allegations of H-1B visa fraud involving three North Texas businesses suspected of illegal activity, according to a news release from his office. The probe centers on claims that the companies improperly used the skilled-worker visa program to sponsor foreign employees through deceptive practices. As the investigation is ongoing, and charges have yet to be filed, the companies have not been publicly named.
“Any criminal who attempts to scam the H-1B visa program and use ‘ghost offices’ or other fraudulent ploys should be prepared to face the full force of the law,” Paxton said. He added that fraud within the program harms Texans by taking away jobs and opportunities, stating, “I will use every tool available to uproot and hold accountable any individual or company engaged in these fraudulent schemes.”
State officials allege the businesses under investigation may have created “sham” companies and operated “ghost offices” to fraudulently obtain H-1B approvals. In one example cited by the attorney general’s office, a company reportedly listed a single-family home as its corporate headquarters while promoting a separate, unfinished building as its worksite in public-facing materials. Civil investigative demands have been issued seeking records related to the companies’ finances, operations, employee rosters, and internal communications.
The Texas inquiry comes amid a broader crackdown on alleged visa fraud at both the state and federal levels. Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) has ordered a freeze on new H-1B petitions submitted by Texas state agencies and public universities through May 31, 2027. Similar actions have been taken in other states, including Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) directed the state university system to end H-1B hiring.
At the federal level, authorities under the Trump administration have intensified enforcement against visa abuse, launching more than 100 investigations into H-1B fraud schemes and revoking a record number of visas. Officials have also expanded efforts to revoke citizenship in cases involving immigration fraud, arguing that stricter enforcement is necessary to protect American workers and restore integrity to the system.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accused the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, Minnesota, of shielding an illegal immigrant criminal from arrest.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Jorge Miguel Bravo Uriles, Ecuadorian consulate staff, and ICE officers.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Tuesday, at the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Unknown to the ICE officers at the time, the building housed the Consulate of Ecuador; however, the building was not clearly marked as the Ecuadorian Consulate.” – ICE spokesman
🎯IMPACT: The illegal immigrant remains at large, with diplomatic tensions arising between Ecuador and the United States.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has accused the Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis of preventing federal agents from arresting an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history after he ran into the diplomatic building during an enforcement operation this week. The incident occurred on January 27 when ICE officers attempted to apprehend Jorge Miguel Bravo Uriles, an Ecuadorian national who had previously been convicted of driving under the influence in 2022 and had past arrests for sexual assault and two separate assault charges. According to ICE, Bravo Uriles fled when officers identified themselves.
“When ICE officers approached Bravo Urgiles and identified themselves as law enforcement, the criminal illegal alien fled into a nearby building,” an ICE spokesman said, adding: “Unknown to the ICE officers at the time, the building housed the Consulate of Ecuador; however, the building was not clearly marked as the Ecuadorian Consulate.”
ICE officials said no officers entered the consulate, but alleged that consular staff actively blocked their efforts to take Bravo Uriles into custody. Video of the encounter shows a consulate employee standing in the doorway and telling officers, “This is the consulate of Ecuador, you are not allowed to enter.” An ICE agent responded, “I did not enter. Relax … If you touch me, I will grab you.” Bravo Uriles was not arrested and remains at large.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! The Ecuador consulate BLOCKED ICE agents from entering in Minneapolis after illegals were reportedly being shielded inside
The foreigners who blocked ICE should be IMMEDIATELY DEPORTED along with the illegals they harbored!pic.twitter.com/Wq8YUHNHdG
Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the event as an “attempted incursion” and said consulate personnel activated emergency protocols to protect Ecuadorian citizens inside the building. The ministry also filed a formal diplomatic protest with the U.S. Embassy in Ecuador, calling for assurances that similar incidents would not happen again.
Under international agreements governing diplomatic and consular relations, including those recognized by the United States, consular premises are protected from entry by local or federal authorities without permission from the head of the mission. While consulates are not considered sovereign foreign territory, U.S. law enforcement is generally prohibited from entering them without consent.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has begun filing civil lawsuits against illegal immigrants who have failed to pay fines ranging from $100 to $500 for illegal entry, up to $10,000 for ignoring a deportation order, and $1,000 per day for failing to comply with removal.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and illegal immigrants like Marta Alicia Ramirez Veliz.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The lawsuit was filed last week in Virginia, following changes to federal rules that expedited the fines issued last year.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Defendant owes the civil penalty pursuant to section 274D(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (‘INA’), 8 U.S.C. § 1324d(a). That section provides that an alien who is subject to a final order of removal and willfully fails or refuses to depart shall pay a civil penalty.” — the DOJ’s civil lawsuit against Ramirez Veliz
🎯IMPACT: Several thousand illegal immigrants received notices of civil fines as of late last year, the DOJ is now pursuing nonpayment through civil litigation.
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The Trump administration has begun filing civil lawsuits against illegal immigrants who have failed to pay fines ranging from $100 to $500 for illegal entry, up to $10,000 for ignoring a deportation order, and $1,000 per day for failing to comply with removal. In a civil filing made in Virginia, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking the payment of $941,114 plus interest—which brings the total of the judgment sought to over $1 million—from Marta Alicia Ramirez Veliz for having failed to leave the United States for three years after her final appeal was dismissed by the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Notably, the total of just under $1 million is calculated based on a $ 998-per-day fine for each of the 943 days that Ramirez Veliz remained in the United States following the dismissal of her case and her receipt of a notice from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding the fines last year. “Defendant owes the civil penalty pursuant to section 274D(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (‘INA’), 8 U.S.C. § 1324d(a). That section provides that an alien who is subject to a final order of removal and willfully fails or refuses to depart shall pay a civil penalty,” the DOJ states in its filing made in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
While the fine total is significant, it is not the highest judgment sought by the Trump White House. The National Pulse reported in May last year that Wendy Ortiz, a 32-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant living in Pennsylvania, received a total fine of $1.8 million for having remained in the country after a final order for removal.
At the time of Ortiz’s fine, around 4,500 illegal immigrants had received notices of civil penalties. However, last summer, President Donald J. Trump announced that his administration would seek to expedite the fines, waiving the 30-day notice requirement and permitting immediate financial penalties against violators.
“DHS believes that the nature of the failure-to-depart and unlawful entry penalties supports the need for more streamlined procedures,” the rule reads. Trump first introduced the policy during his first term, but the Bidengovernment paused it. Trump reinstated it after retaking office last January.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Minnesota man was arrested for allegedly impersonating a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent and attempting to free murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mark Anderson, 36, of Mankato, Minnesota; Luigi Mangione, accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson; and FBI agents.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Anderson was arrested at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on January 28, 2026.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Anderson also displayed and threw at the BOP officers numerous documents,” an FBI agent wrote in the complaint, adding: “I have reviewed those papers and they appear to be related to filing of claims against the United States Department of Justice.”
🎯IMPACT: Anderson faces charges of impersonating an FBI agent, while Mangione remains in custody as both state and federal prosecutors push forward with murder and related charges.
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Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old man from Mankato, Minnesota, was arrested at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday evening after allegedly impersonating a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent. Anderson claimed he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. According to the criminal complaint, Anderson presented a Minnesota driver’s license when asked for credentials and carried a bag containing a barbecue fork and a pizza cutter.
“Anderson also displayed and threw at the BOP officers numerous documents,” an FBI agent wrote in the federal criminal complaint, adding: “I have reviewed those papers and they appear to be related to filing of claims against the United States Department of Justice.” The 36-year-old Minnesotan is charged with impersonating a federal agent and is set to appear in Brooklyn federal court.
Luigi Mangione, a 27-year-old accused of stalking and fatally shooting Brian Thompson on December 4, 2024, outside a Manhattan hotel, remains in custody without bail. Mangione was arrested five days after the incident at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He has pleaded not guilty to both state and federal charges.
Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Mangione if convicted, with a judge expected to rule soon on whether the death penalty will be pursued. Meanwhile, state prosecutors in Manhattan are aiming to set Mangione’s murder trial for July 2026, ahead of a separate federal case where jury selection is scheduled to begin in September.
The National Pulse reported last October that Mangione has reportedly built up a $40,000 commissary balance while in custody. The money, according to a jailhouse source, has come largely from his leftist supporters. Additionally, sources say Mangione receives between 100 to 200 letters a day, many of them reportedly from women expressing romantic interest. One letter writer allegedly expressed a desire to “bug out on his d**k.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Meta has blocked users on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads from sharing links to the “ICE List” database, citing privacy violations.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Meta, ICE List founder Dominick Skinner, and social media users attempting to share the database.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Restrictions confirmed this week across Meta platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
💬KEY QUOTE: “If there’s a policy violation, we are the only one flagged, despite other sites sharing more.” – Dominick Skinner
🎯IMPACT: Meta’s actions prevent the spread of the database, highlighting the company’s enforcement of privacy policies and sparking debate over transparency and censorship.
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Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta technology company has restricted the ability of users to share links to a website known as the “ICE List” across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, confirming this week that the site violates the company’s privacy policies. The ICE List database claims to publish identifying information on thousands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal law enforcement personnel.
Meta spokesman Andy Stone said the company acted under its community standards on privacy, which prohibit the sharing or solicitation of personally identifiable information. Those rules, he said, apply regardless of the political context surrounding the content.
Dominick Skinner, the founder of the ICE List website, has previously described his database project as a way to hold ICE agents accountable for alleged abuses of power. “If there’s a policy violation, we are the only one flagged, despite other sites sharing more,” he claimed.
The Trump administration has taken the opposite view, characterizing the database as doxing and warning that publishing agents’ identities could endanger law enforcement officers and their families. Database websites like ICE List are often used to target and harass suspected federal law enforcement and other government officials, and have resulted in violent confrontations.
The move by Meta comes amid heightened scrutiny of anti-ICE activism and organizing efforts. Recent reports revealed leaked messages from encrypted Signal chats in which activists coordinated efforts to monitor ICE activity and mobilize protests. In one message, a Democratic state lawmaker encouraged participation in such groups, stating, “We’ve got a couple of groups on the app Signal that we would love for you to join, whether or not you want to be part of the resistance network—I fully understand that you may not be comfortable with that.”
Federal authorities have since confirmed they are reviewing those communications. FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau is investigating the Signal groups, warning, “If they break the law, you should be worried; it’s that simple.”
Tech companies have previously faced pressure from federal officials over tools perceived as facilitating the tracking of ICE agents. Appleremoved several ICE-tracking applications from its App Store after law enforcement raised safety concerns.
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