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William Upton
Economy
World

Argentina’s Milei Stabs Trump in the Back on Chinese EVs.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Argentina’s President Javier Milei, a supposed ally of the Trump administration, appears to have done an about-face, cozying up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and opening his country to a huge number of electric vehicles imported from China.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Javier Milei, Chinese electric vehicle companies like BYD, U.S. President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. automakers, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

📍WHEN & WHERE: A shipment of 5,800 BYD-made electric and hybrid vehicles arrived in Argentina earlier this week.

🎯IMPACT: The opening of Argentina to a flood of Chinese goods is a stunning rebuke to the U.S. after President Donald J. Trump signed a $20 billion currency swap deal that stabilized the South American nation’s currency last October, ahead of critical elections for Milei’s government.

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei, a supposed ally of the Trump administration, appears to have done an about-face, cozying up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and opening his country to a large number of electric vehicles imported from China. Under Milei, Argentina has reversed a number of import restrictions, especially on cheap Chinese-made automobiles, with a Chinese cargo ship delivering a stunning 5,800 BYD-made electric and hybrid vehicles earlier this week.

The opening of Argentina to a flood of Chinese goods is a stunning rebuke of the U.S., where President Donald J. Trump signed a $20 billion currency swap deal that stabilized the South American nation’s currency last October, ahead of critical elections for Milei’s government. Notably, the Argentine currency crisis was primarily the result of a panic sparked by corruption allegations within Mielei’s own La Libertad Avanza party, which prompted investors to flee the peso.

In response to the crisis, the U.S. Treasury Department took emergency measures to help stabilize  Argentina’s economy and currency, as the country under Milei has been considered a staunch regional ally. Despite criticism from Democrats and some conservatives who viewed the aid as a bailout for a foreign nation, Trump‘s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated at the time, “Argentina now has the opportunity to embrace economic freedom, and our stabilization agreement is a bridge to a better economic future for Argentina, not a bailout.”

Earlier this year, the Treasury Department announced that Argentina had repaid the funds it drew from the $20 billion currency swap. Still, President Milei effectively created a carve-out for Chinese electric vehicles, which are so cheap that they fall below Argentina’s $16,000 tariff threshold, unlike U.S. autos.

While Argentina’s under-maintained electric grid—for the moment—prevents total Chinese domination of its electric vehicle market, if improvements are made—possibly with Chinese financing—China is poised to run the table.

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Crime
Immigration

Dem Congressman Admits ICE ‘Serves the Public Interest,’ Begs Leftists to Stop Obstruction.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) issued a statement urging his constituents not to interfere with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the state, acknowledging that their presence “serves the public interest.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Representative Jared Golden, ICE agents, Maine Governor Janet Mills (D), and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME).

📍WHEN & WHERE: Maine, during the ongoing ICE operation “Catch of the Day,” announced this week by DHS.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Free speech and lawful protest are protected rights, but regardless of how anyone feels about immigration policy or ICE’s tactics, people must not obstruct or impede law enforcement activities.” – Jared Golden

🎯IMPACT: Golden’s stance has drawn criticism from progressive Democrats but praise from constituents in his conservative-leaning district.

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Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) is one of the few Democrats around the country urging his constituents not to interfere with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations currently underway in his state. Golden stated that these operations, part of “Operation Catch of the Day” announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), “serve the public interest.”

Golden took an unusually firm stance in his statement, emphasizing, “A targeted law enforcement operation focused on individuals who have engaged in criminal activity serves the public interest.” He also reminded constituents that while peaceful protests are a protected right, obstructing law enforcement activities is unacceptable. “Regardless of how anyone feels about immigration policy or ICE’s tactics, people must not obstruct or impede law enforcement activities,” he wrote.

The operation, which has seen increased federal scrutiny of Maine‘s Somali immigrant community, has seen public pushback from other Democrat lawmakers. Governor Janet Mills expressed outrage over ICE’s tactics. Mills stated, “If the Federal government has warrants, then it should show them. But if they are separating working mothers from young children, solely because they sought freedom here and have committed no crime, then the Federal government is only sowing intimidation and fear.”

Meanwhile, Senator Susan Collins (R) also weighed in, stating, “People who are in this country legally should not be targets of ICE investigations. They should be able to continue to go to work, school, and other public places and carry on with their normal lives.”

The National Pulse reported earlier on Friday that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) had falsely suggested it could be legal for people to use deadly force against masked ICE agents, under Arizona’s “Stand Your Ground” law, if they feel their life is in danger.

Maine is not the only state where government officials are pleading with far-left demonstrators to stop interfering with law enforcement. Late Thursday, Vancouver, Washington Police Chief Troy Price posted a video to X (formerly Twitter), asking the public to stop following, approaching, and harassing his department’s specialty units, including the city’s S.W.A.T. team and Crime Reduction Unit. According to Chief Price, both police units have been mistaken by demonstrators for ICE agents.

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Immigration
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U-Haul Distributes ‘Shields and Gear’ to Organized Anti-ICE Agitators.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Agitators attempting to block immigration enforcement operations at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, had shields and other gear distributed to them via U-Haul, suggesting a high level of organization.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE officials, protesters, and the Antifa-affiliated group Unicorn Riot.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Friday, at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I will tell you right now, they are going to fail.” – Marcos Charles, Acting Executive Associate Director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), said of the agitators’ efforts to disrupt immigration enforcement.

🎯IMPACT: The blockade’s sophistication suggests anti-ICE activities are not spontaneous, and may be tied to nonprofits or other organizing forces.

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A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said Friday that protesters attempting to disrupt federal immigration enforcement operations at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, had shields and other gear distributed to them by a U-Haul truck. Speaking at a press conference, Marcos Charles, Acting Executive Associate Director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, said a group arrived at the building equipped to block access and prevent agents from leaving to carry out their duties.

“Moments ago, a group of agitators, a U-Haul van filled with shields… and gear decided to come over here to the Whipple building and block traffic. They are currently trying to impede us from getting out of the building and going to do our mission,” Charles said.

Charles stated that ICE would continue operations despite the obstruction. “I will tell you right now, they are going to fail because no matter what they put up in front of us, we are here to do a job to protect this community, to protect Minnesotans, and to keep the criminal illegal aliens off the street and put them where they belong: back into detention and remove them from this country,” he added.

The Antifa-affiliated media group Unicorn Riot acknowledged the protest activity on social media, describing coordinated demonstrations across the Twin Cities amid extreme cold. “Today is #ICEout day in MN with high temps reaching -11°F & masses are protesting at MSP Airport while hundreds are outside the Whipple Federal Building. On one side, a blockade prevents ICE vehicles from driving thru while ice balls are thrown at vehicles on the other side,” the group posted.

Earlier this month, President Donald J. Trump blamed radical left-wing extremists for a rise in attacks and threats against law enforcement following the shooting of an anti-ICE activist who hit a federal officer with her car.

Department of Homeland Security officials have reported more than 10,000 arrests of illegal aliens in the Minneapolis area, drawing criticism from Minnesota’s Democrat leadership, including Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The Department of Justice has recently arrested several activists accused of orchestrating aggressive anti-ICE actions in Minneapolis, including the disruption of church services and federal operations.

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UK

Trump Effect: UK PM Starmer Suspends Surrender of Strategic Islands.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has withdrawn the Chagos Island Bill finalizing Britain’s surrender of the Chagos Islands, which host a strategic U.S. base, after President Donald J. Trump branded the deal an “act of great stupidity.”

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, and Mauritius, which was set to take control of the islands.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The bill was expected to be debated in the House of Lords on Monday, but was delayed on Friday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “An act of great stupidity.” – Donald Trump

🎯IMPACT: The decision has delayed the ratification of the treaty and sparked debate over UK sovereignty and international law.

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has finally been compelled to retract his Chagos Island Bill, finalizing the surrender of the British Indian Ocean Territory, or Chagos Islands, to Mauritius, following opposition from the Trump administration. Notably, the Chagos Islands include Diego Garcia, home to a strategic British-American military base.

The bill, which was slated for debate in the House of Lords on Monday, is in limbo, ostensibly because it has emerged that Starmer’s deal with Mauritius might breach a 1966 treaty between Britain and America that the Chagos Islands “shall remain under United Kingdom sovereignty.” However, it seems likely that the real reason for the deal’s suspension is President Donald J. Trump publicly branding it “an act of great stupidity,” as Mauritius is an ally of China. Starmer had previously claimed Trump’s comments were revenge for his stance on Greenland, and that the deal would go forward regardless of his intervention.

Starmer had agreed to pay Mauritius billions of pounds in order to continue leasing Diego Garcia—which Britain currently controls as its sovereign territory for free—for 99 years, and the Trump administration had until recently publicly assented to the deal, despite private reservations. British opposition figures such as Trump ally Nigel Farage had long been lobbying Trump to oppose the deal, on the basis that Mauritius could undermine Chagos even with the lease by leasing another island nearby to China, or otherwise interfering with its operation.

President Trump’s patience with Starmer on courtesy appears to have snapped after he publicly opposed U.S. efforts to acquire Denmark, despite having no national interest in the territory. Ludicrously, Starmer had argued that no decision about Greenland could be made without the Greenlanders’ consent, while explicitly refusing to grant the Chagossians a say over their islands’ transfer to Mauritius, which they almost universally oppose.

Starmer’s Labour Party government had argued that transferring Chagos to Mauritius is unavoidable, due to an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling in Mauritius’ favor. However, the ICJ ruling was advisory and non-binding, with Britain under no legal obligation to not just surrender the islands but also pay Mauritius for the privilege of doing so. Notably, Starmer’s negotiator, Attorney General Richard Hermer, despises the British Empire and supports reparations, and worked with Philippe Sands, a British lawyer assisting Mauritius in its claims, for ten years.

Sands is also a personal friend of Starmer, who is a left-wing human rights lawyer by background, with many suspecting the trio’s motivation in putting together a Chagos deal so lopsided against Britain’s national interests stemmed from their personal, “anti-imperialist” politics.

Mauritius is over 1,000 miles from Chagos, and it has no Mauritian population.

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3 hours ago
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‘Posturing’ Europeans Drop the ‘Tough Guy’ Act on Greenland in Private: Vance.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Vice President J.D. Vance said that European leaders are more reasonable in private regarding U.S. interests in Greenland, despite public criticism.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: J.D. Vance, European leaders, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, French President Emmanuel Macron, and President Donald J. Trump.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Recent remarks at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, and private discussions between U.S. and European officials.

💬KEY QUOTE: “A lot of this is posturing, right? If you’re a European leader, they have to seem like a tough guy against Donald J. Trump. So a lot of this, what we’ve seen, is more symbolic posturing for the Europeans. Behind the scenes, they’re much more reasonable.” – J.D. Vance

🎯IMPACT: The debate over Greenland has strained U.S.-Europe relations, with European leaders publicly rejecting U.S. ambitions to acquire the territory while acknowledging security concerns privately.

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Vice President J.D. Vance has said that European leaders are more receptive in private to U.S. interests in Greenland than their public rhetoric suggests, revealing that recent statements are political posturing rather than genuinely immovable opposition. Vance acknowledged that European officials have been “incredibly hostile in public,” but added that “a lot of this is posturing, right? If you’re a European leader, they have to seem like a tough guy against Donald J. Trump.”

“So a lot of this, what we’ve seen, is more symbolic posturing for the Europeans. Behind the scenes, they’re much more reasonable,” he explained. “They’ve also acknowledged that, God forbid, something significant happened in Greenland, the United States would have to play the leading role in defending it,” he added, saying there is “broad recognition that much of what we said about Greenland is actually true, and it’s interesting to juxtapose the public posturing with the very reasonable private negotiations that we’ve had with the Europeans.”

Notably, when German forces overran Denmark proper in a matter of hours during World War II, it fell to the U.S. to move into Greenland to secure the Western Hemisphere against any attempt by Adolf Hitler to take control of it, even before America had entered the war.

Vance’s comments come amid rising tensions between Washington and European capitals over Greenland, the world’s largest island and a strategically critical territory in the Arctic. Greenland already hosts U.S. military infrastructure, including Thule Air Base, and is increasingly seen as vital for Arctic defense, shipping routes, and access to critical minerals.

At the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland, European leaders openly criticized U.S. Greenland policy, with French President Emmanuel Macron accusing Washington of “useless aggressivity” and “new imperialism” during a bizarre speech in which he wore Joe Biden-style Aviator sunglasses indoors. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen also claimed that “We can negotiate about everything politically—security, investments, the economy. But we cannot negotiate about our sovereignty.”

President Donald J. Trump announced following the summit that the United States and its allies had agreed to a “framework” concerning Greenland’s future, following discussions with NATO leadership. Trump has indicated the framework will address security cooperation and access to Greenland’s mineral resources.

In his own speech at Davos, he advised European leaders to focus on their failures on energy and mass migration rather than Greenland.

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4 hours ago
Immigration

Dem AG Suggests People Can Shoot Masked ICE Agents Under Stand-Your-Ground Laws.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) suggested residents could open fire on masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a recent interview.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, ICE agents, and Arizona residents.

📍WHEN & WHERE: During a sit-down interview on Tuesday, in Arizona.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I mean, if somebody comes at me wearing a mask, by the way, I’m a gun owner, and I can’t tell whether they’re a police officer, what am I supposed to do?” – Kris Mayes

🎯IMPACT: The comments mark a continued escalation in violent rhetoric by Democrat politicians against federal law enforcement engaging in immigration operations.

IN FULL

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) has falsely suggested it could be legal for people to use deadly force against masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, under Arizona’s “Stand Your Ground” law, if they feel their life is in danger. During an interview on Tuesday, Mayes stated, “You have these masked federal officers… and we have a Stand Your Ground law that says that if you reasonably believe your life is in danger… you can defend yourself with lethal force.”

The Arizona Democrat previously stated, “I don’t believe ICE is a real law enforcement agency.” Her remarks continue a disturbing trend among Democrats who have employed increasingly violent rhetoric against federal immigration enforcement officers. Earlier this month, anti-ICE activist Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot in Minnesota after attempting to run over an ICE agent.

“I mean, if somebody comes at me wearing a mask, by the way, I’m a gun owner, and I can’t tell whether they’re a police officer, what am I supposed to do?” Mayes said, claiming she was “not suggesting people pull out their guns, but this is a ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ state.”

Despite Mayes’s false claim that ICE agents are not “real law enforcement,” it is a congressionally authorized federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and has the full powers of any other federal law enforcement agency.

In addition to her false claim regarding ICE’s law status, Mayes also bizarrely threatened to prosecute ICE agents for infractions under Arizona law, despite the constitutional principle of federal supremacy.

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5 hours ago
Crime

Feds Capture Olympian Turned Sinaloa Cocaine Kingpin Ryan Wedding.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, accused of running a major drug trafficking network and orchestrating multiple murders, has been arrested.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Ryan Wedding, a 44-year-old Canadian national, and Andrew Clark, his alleged second-in-command.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Wedding was believed to have been living in Mexico and was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year.

🎯IMPACT: The arrest marks a significant development in dismantling an alleged drug network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada.

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Infamous drug trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel associate, and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been arrested after being added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last year. A Canadian national, Wedding is accused of running a major drug network that smuggled cocaine from Colombia through Mexico into the United States. In addition, Wedding, 44, is accused of orchestrating several brutal murders to protect his drug trafficking interests.

Federal law enforcement believes that Wedding was hiding in Mexico under the protection of the Sinaloa Cartel prior to his arrest. FBI Director Kash Patel formally announced the Olympian’s capture on Friday.

Wedding is accused of taking out a “multimillion-dollar bounty” targeting a federal witness against him last November. The FBI also contends that Wedding, along with his alleged second-in-command, Andrew Clark, 34, ordered the killings of two members of a Canadian family in 2023 as retaliation for a stolen drug shipment. The pair is further accused of directing the killing of another person in 2024 over an unresolved drug debt.

In 2002, Ryan Wedding represented Canada during the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, by 2024, the athlete found himself criminally charged by the U.S. government for overseeing a sprawling cocaine smuggling operation which used semi-trucks to transport narcotics from Colombia—using routes through Mexico—destined for sale in the United States and Canada.

Last November, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced additional charges against Wedding, including two counts of murder involving the deaths of two witnesses in Colombia that were part of a federal extradition proceeding against him. He was previously convicted in the United States in 2010 on conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

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5 hours ago
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As 230M Americans Brace for Winter Storm, Trump Asks: ‘Whatever Happened to Global Warming?’

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A massive winter storm is set to impact more than 230 million Americans, bringing heavy snow, ice, and freezing conditions across multiple states.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters, state governors, energy experts, and federal officials, including U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and President Donald J. Trump.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The storm is expected to stretch from New Mexico to Virginia on Saturday, moving into the Northeast by Sunday, with states like Texas, Kentucky, and New York under emergency declarations.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States. Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain — WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???” — President Donald J. Trump

🎯IMPACT: Thousands of flights have been canceled, schools in major cities are closed, and panic buying has left store shelves empty as Americans prepare for the storm.

IN FULL

A severe and sprawling winter storm is set to blanket much of the United States in snow and ice over the weekend, likely impacting upwards of 230 million Americans. The National Weather Service (NWS) predicts the storm will stretch from New Mexico to Virginia on Saturday before moving into the Northeast by Sunday. States across the country have issued disaster or emergency declarations in preparation for the dangerous conditions.

The storm is expected to be accompanied by unusually severe cold, with most of the northern half of the United States being plunged into sub-zero temperatures. “Record Cold Wave expected to hit 40 States,” President Donald J. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Friday. “Rarely seen anything like it before. Could the Environmental Insurrectionists please explain — WHATEVER HAPPENED TO GLOBAL WARMING???”

Energy experts have cautioned that the sustained cold temperatures could lead to widespread power outages. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright emphasized that federal authorities are working to ensure backup generators are available at critical facilities to prevent blackouts, stating, “We’re going to do everything we can to keep the lights on and to keep power prices down [during the storm].” However, with a band of the storm expected to produce significant ice and snow, millions of Americans could be left without electricity as power lines are brought down by falling trees or the weight of ice buildup.

Notably, the storm is already causing significant disruptions, with over 1,200 flights canceled or delayed as of Friday morning, according to FlightAware. Airlines such as Delta, American, JetBlue, and Southwest have warned passengers to expect further cancellations as the storm progresses. Chicago Public Schools canceled classes on Friday due to extreme cold, while New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) declared a state of emergency, warning of “some of the most dangerous cold we’ve seen in years.”

In Texas, where temperatures are expected to drop into the 10s, the state’s vulnerable power grid is once again under scrutiny.

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6 hours ago
Politics

Kash Patel Is Kicking Out FBI Agents Linked to Anti-Trump Lawfare.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel has reportedly removed senior figures at the bureau connected to lawfare investigations into President Donald J. Trump.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Senior FBI leaders in Atlanta, New Orleans, New York, and Miami, along with FBI Director Kash Patel and former special counsel Jack Smith.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Reported on Friday, with actions spanning multiple field offices, including Atlanta, New Orleans, New York, and Miami.

🎯IMPACT: The precise number of departures remains unclear, and some dismissed agents have already filed lawsuits.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel has ordered the removal of a number of senior figures at the bureau who were either involved in or helped spearhead politically motivated actions against President Donald J. Trump. It is believed that senior field office leaders in Atlanta and New Orleans, as well as the acting assistant director overseeing the New York field office, were among those removed. Several of the agents have already filed lawsuits to attempt to prevent their removal.

Additionally, as many as six agents in Miami, Florida, were reportedly forced out due to their involvement in the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago, which included authorization to use deadly force. Other agents removed were tied to the Biden-era Arctic Frost scandal, a corrupt investigation overseen by former FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault and, subsequently, by special counsel Jack Smith.

News of the firings follows Jack Smith testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. He was pressed on several instances of overreach, including the subpoenaing of phone toll records pertaining to then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was bizarrely considered a flight risk.

On Thursday, Smith admitted that he expects to be indicted for his role in Arctic Frost, and was unable to explain why his investigative team considered McCarthy—who was the newly elected House Speaker—to be a possible risk for fleeing the country.

While Democrats have routinely called Smith the “Gold Standard” of federal prosecutors, Representative Tom Tiffany (R-WI) noted that the former special counsel’s most high-profile cases against American political figures have either been thrown out by the Supreme Court, ended in mistrials, or, in the case of President Trump, dismissed.

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6 hours ago
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War

‘We’re Watching Iran’ – Trump Warns U.S. ‘Armada’ Will Arrive in Gulf SOON.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A U.S. “armada” is heading toward the Persian Gulf, President Donald J. Trump, following threats that he will intervene against Iran’s Islamist regime if it massacres protesters.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and ruling mullahs, and Iranian protesters.

📍WHEN & WHERE: January 2026 in the Gulf region, with President Trump’s comments coming as he departed the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland.

💬KEY QUOTE: “We’re watching Iran. I’d rather not see anything happen, but we’re watching them very closely.” – Donald Trump

🎯IMPACT: The U.S. could be poised to strike the Iranian regime, potentially empowering dissidents to oust the mullahs.

IN FULL

President Donald J. Trump has warned that an American “armada” is en route to the Persian Gulf, as thousands are believed dead amid violent protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ruling mullahs. “We’re watching Iran,” he said while departing the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland this week, adding: “I’d rather not see anything happen but we’re watching them very closely.”

President Trump had previously indicated that he would strike the Iranian regime if protesters began to be slaughtered, but the prospect of intervention may have at least somewhat diminished, with Trump saying, “Iran does want to talk, and we’ll talk.”

Nevertheless, he stressed that a “massive fleet” is heading to Iran “just in case.” Earlier this year, a similar naval build-up off Venezuela culminated in a late-night raid that removed the country’s Marxist dictator, Nicolas Maduro, from power.

In his address at the World Economic Forum, Trump noted that the U.S. has previously targeted Iranian uranium enrichment facilities to prevent nuclear weapon development, and that strikes will be repeated if Iran continues its enrichment efforts.

Iranian military leaders have issued warnings to the U.S. and Israel, with General Mohammad Pakpour of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claiming the country is ready for conflict. President Trump recently warned that instructions have been left for Iran to be “wiped off the face of the earth” if he is assassinated.

Iranian authorities confirm there have been over 3,000 deaths from the protests, but civil rights groups argue the actual toll is much higher.

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Immigration
Lawfare

Radical Judge Empowers Leftist Nonprofits to VETO Deportations.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge issued one of the most reckless judgments of recent years late Thursday, essentially granting leftist nonprofits final approval authority over Trump administration deportation orders affecting their members.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young, the Trump administration, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), and foreign nationals slated for deportation.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on January 22, 2026.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This Court ruled that the Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors (‘AAUP’) and their associate chapters, and the Middle East Studies Association (‘MESA’) have shown by clear and convincing evidence that Secretaries [Kristi] Noem and  [Marco] Rubio have intentionally and in concert implemented Executive Orders in 14161 and 14188 a viewpoint-discriminatory way to chill protected speech that ‘violated the First Amendment.'” — Judge Young

🎯IMPACT: While Judge Young’s ruling is unlikely to stand on appeal, it marks one of the most radical ever rulings against federal immigration law and the executive branch’s ability to enforce it.

IN FULL

A federal judge issued one of the most reckless judgments of recent years late Thursday, essentially granting leftist nonprofits final approval authority over Trump administration deportation orders affecting their members. U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young, 85, ruled that the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) have continually had their members’ First Amendment rights violated by federal officials by being targeted for deportation over their support of Hamas or similar terrorist groups. Further, as remediation, Judge Young barred the federal government from deporting AAUP and MESA members without the groups’ permission and final approval by a federal judge.

“This Court ruled that the Plaintiffs American Association of University Professors (‘AAUP’) and their associate chapters, and the Middle East Studies Association (‘MESA’) have shown by clear and convincing evidence that Secretaries [Kristi] Noem and [Marco] Rubio have intentionally and in concert implemented Executive Orders in 14161 and 14188 a viewpoint-discriminatory way to chill protected speech that ‘violated the First Amendment,'” the judge wrote.

Young goes on to say, “Any non-citizen member of the plaintiffs AAUP or MESA, who was a member on or after March 25, 2025, and continued as a member through September 30, 2025, shall have a right to institute a proceeding (‘Sanction Action’) in the United States District Court…”

While Judge Young’s ruling is unlikely to stand on appeal, it marks one of the most radical rulings ever against federal immigration law and the executive branch’s ability to enforce it. Not only does Young ignore the jurisdiction of the U.S. Immigration Court system—an error highlighted in a separate case that The National Pulse reported on last week—he makes the drastic move of essentially granting two private nonprofit groups, the AAUP and MESA, veto power over deportation proceedings unless a federal district court judge approves the deportation.

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