Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem unwittingly posted a video showing a U.S. citizen being detained during early morning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids just outside Chicago. Noem, dubbed "ICE Barbie" for her love of cosplaying in uniform roles, once again played up to the cameras on Tuesday by joining law enforcement on the ground during "Operation Midway Blitz" targeting undocumented migrants. She later shared a video of the raid in Elgin, Illinois, showing men being handcuffed who she suggests are accused of crimes including assault, DUI, and felony stalking. However, one of those detained was 37-year-old Joe Botello, a U.S. citizen born in Texas.
The Justice Department has reportedly scrubbed a study that documented the frequency of far-right violence from its website, according to 404 Media. "The number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism," the opening paragraph of the study reads. "Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists, including 227 events that took more than 520 lives. In this same period, far-left extremists committed 42 ideologically motivated attacks that took 78 lives." read more
President Trump said Monday he would have ordered flags to be lowered in honor of the Minnesota state lawmaker who was assassinated this summer at her home if he had been asked. read more
Senate Republicans are growing increasingly exasperated over President Trump's refusal to give them permission to move tough bipartisan sanctions legislation against Russia ....
British officials are preparing for President Donald Trump's state visit to Tuesday ... read more
Bugsy Patel is covering up the Trumpstein Files.
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