[Ammi]

Originally Posted by BBXX

https://metro.co.uk/2026/01/16/ice-a...sers-26323573/

Weird, cultish, disgraceful.

Firmly deep-throating that boot while paying for the privilege.

…I did read an article a few days ago…apparently the account is unverified…(…not sure exactly how that works…)…but I don’t think that the funds can be accessed…atm, anyway …I’m not sure what happens to create verification…

[BBXX]

The more I see about what’s happening in Minnesota the more sick I feel. So may US citizens arrested unlawfully, so many people being assaulted. Armed men going round asking people for papers. I am so sorry for America and its people. It truly is horrific.

Hopefully the World will continue to boycott the country to send a clear message.

[arista]

Originally Posted by BBXX

The more I see about what’s happening in Minnesota the more sick I feel. So may US citizens arrested unlawfully, so many people being assaulted. Armed men going round asking people for papers. I am so sorry for America and its people. It truly is horrific.

Hopefully the World will continue to boycott the country to send a clear message.

Once they have arrested all
the Illegal Migrants

They can move to another City

[Livia]

So, can anyone explain to me with a straight face what Bloody awful New Labour Messiah Tony Blair is doing on Trump's Board of Peace? Anyone?

[BBXX]

I have no idea. Perhaps to bond over invading countries for oil?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

So, can anyone explain to me with a straight face what Bloody awful New Labour Messiah Tony Blair is doing on Trump's Board of Peace? Anyone?

Just made a New Thread on that

[Livia]

Originally Posted by arista

Just made a New Thread on that

Thank you, Arista.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by arista

Once they have arrested all
the Illegal Migrants

Do you have any idea how many that would actually be? lol

They can move to another City

That's not how it works. The administration may back off a bit, but ICE is FEDERAL law enforcement so they are working around the clock. Immigration laws are meant to always be enforced. The only reason they're in the streets like this to begin with is because the local govt are refusing to allow them to pull people safely who are already detained.

The activists are looking for where there is the most heat. The sanctuary cities put up a fight and it causes scenes like this that they capitalize on. They're trying here to make that kind of rhetoric more popular by going and having "press conferences", but the sightings I've seen are things like SWAT or the DEA. That is most people don't even know whether it's ICE or not (sightings of them are that rare on average), they just see a military-style vehicle and think "oh they're here to kidnap the illegals"...

TiBB is a great litmus test for how well the propaganda works because virtually no one here has had any contact with law enforcement within the US, so almost 100% of their perception of the US is granted to them by our national media.

[Maru]

Local:

John Whitmire (mayor) lauds updated ICE report, but continues to block further comment
https://www.chron.com/politics/artic...e-21292915.php

The arrest numbers—which were reported by other publications, including Chron—instead applied to the Houston AOR, or Area of Responsibility, a 54-county area beyond the city of Houston along the Gulf Coast.

The New York Times issued the correction last Tuesday, clarifying that the record covered the larger region, not solely the city of Houston. The majority of the reported arrests came from Montgomery County. Harris County accounted for 650 arrests from jails and prisons and 100 arrests in the community.

Harris County jails have assisted in transferring those in county custody for alleged crimes to ICE in the past. However, this past practice, coupled with new tactics under the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration, accounts for the reported number of ICE arrests.

Despite the clarification, some city and county officials dispute the degree to which ICE is present and operating locally, including Whitmire's own initial denial that the Houston Police Department was cooperating with the federal immigration agency. Months later, he publicly admitted that HPD was working with ICE.

Whitmire himself has remained largely silent about the correction, barring highly selected interviews, and his office's tagging of a Chron reporter and the Houston Chronicle editor of Opinion and Community Engagement in the correction-related tweet.

"I have been responsible. I am following state and city laws. The people who are saying speak out—that would only harm the people that they claim to be concerned about," Whitmire told What's Your Point host Greg Groogan last week. "I could get after ICE, I could get after the White House—and the next week—Minnesota, Minneapolis is getting 2,000 ICE officers."

Whitmire claimed HPD came in contact with 74 individuals, did background checks, and found that ICE had warrants for their arrests, and HPD, by law, had to contact them.

"We're not ICE, we're not immigration," Whitmire added. "I have empathy for people who are fearful, but I want everyone to know that you can call HPD."

Our mayor is doing the right thing behind the scenes to limit disruption and he is very moderate, but he has to be very careful not to upset the far left side of his party by admitting they actually take care of the problem... pretty sad...

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by arista

Once they have arrested all
the Illegal Migrants

They can move to another City

Will they just keep racially profiling until the whole city is white?

[Maru]

This graph is being recirculated connected to this event, especially as women seem to be the ones who are primarily politically engaged atm:

That little sliver where the men pop up over the moderate line around 2016 is very interesting...

Source, maybe? (behind paywall) S: https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-...81771339723998

This looks like a mirror for it though:

Young Women Are the Most Progressive Group in American History. Young Men Are Checked Out
https://portside.org/2024-08-14/youn...re-checked-out

Young women were outstripping men on political engagement well before Joe Biden stepped aside in favor of Kamala Harris, setting the internet ablaze with memes and teeing up yet another presidential contest between Trump and a woman. Now, with Harris the presumptive Democratic nominee, a generation already riven by a canyon-wide political gender gap is watching a contest between a woman who could become the nation’s first Black and south Asian female president and a man who likes calling women “nasty”.

“For me, the question come November is gonna be: to what extent do attitudes about gender influence the vote for Trump?” Deckman asked.

Polls indicate that young men’s views on gender, femininity and masculinity are rapidly shifting. In 2022, 49% of gen Z men said that the United States had become “too soft and feminine”, Deckman found. Just a year later, 60% of gen Z men said the same. Deckman found that those who agreed with the statement were far more likely to have voted for Trump in 2016 – even after controlling for political party.

Related:

(Jan 12th)
Young Americans Are Increasingly Rejecting the Democratic and Republican Parties, a New Poll Shows
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/artic...new-poll-shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are increasingly rejecting the two major political parties, according to new polling.

Just under half, 45%, of U.S. adults now identify as independents, a new Gallup survey found. That’s a substantial shift from 20 years ago, when closer to one-third of Americans said they didn’t identify with the Democrats or Republicans.

This group appears, increasingly, to be driven by their unhappiness with the party in power, according to Gallup's analysis. That's a dynamic that could be good for Democrats in this year’s midterm elections, but doesn’t promise lasting loyalty. Independents have gravitated toward the Democrats over the past year when asked which party they lean toward, Gallup found, but attitudes toward the party haven’t gotten warmer. That suggests that the Democrats' gains are probably more related to independents’ increasingly sour views of President Donald Trump.

Younger people, in particular, are rejecting the parties at much higher rates than older generations. More than half of Generation Z and Millennials identify as political independents, while a majority of older generations side with a party. That’s different from the past, when more young adults identified with the Democrats or the Republicans. And it’s part of the reason why frequent, dramatic swings in political power may become increasingly normal.

Democrats regain the edge with political independents

Independents have long been the largest political group in the U.S., and their numbers have increased over the last 15 years. But often, they're more inclined to side with one of the parties over the other.

[Maru]

[Maru]

Law coverage

Youtube video

[Maru]

There's several videos of this guy getting beat where he was also apparently stabbed:

S: https://nypost.com/2026/01/17/us-new...ite-americans/



They all need to go home, including him.

[Maru]

DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...rey-minnesota/

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks.

Subpoenas are likely to be issued in the probe, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment.

"This is an obvious attempt to intimidate me for standing up for Minneapolis, our local law enforcement, and our residents against the chaos and danger this Administration has brought to our streets," Frey said in a statement to CBS News. "I will not be intimidated. My focus will remain where it's always been: keeping our city safe."

Walz said in a statement: "Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system and threatening political opponents is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her."

Nearly 3,000 federal immigration agents have been dispatched to Minneapolis, with a stated objective of arresting people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally and probing allegations of fraud in Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security has called the massive deployment the largest operation in its history.

The large-scale presence of federal agents has triggered widespread local backlash, sparking protests and clashes, especially after the killing of Minnesota resident Renee Good by an ICE officer last week.

Walz and Frey, both Democrats, have vocally denounced the federal deployment to the Twin Cities, accusing federal agents of creating chaos and undermining public safety through aggressive tactics.

Earlier this week, Frey said the federal deployment had created a situation that was "not sustainable."

"We're in a position right now where we have residents that are asking the very limited number of police officers that we have to fight ICE agents on the street," Frey said. "We cannot be at a place right now in America where we have two governmental entities that are literally fighting one another."

Walz and Frey have called for protests to remain peaceful. The governor urged Minnesotans not to "fan the flames of chaos" in a message on X Thursday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X Friday, "A reminder to all those in Minnesota: No one is above the law."

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who visited Minneapolis with FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday, appeared to make a vague reference to the investigation earlier this week.

"Walz and Frey- I'm focused on stopping YOU from your terrorism by whatever means necessary. This is not a threat. It's a promise," Blanche wrote on X earlier this week.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday said: "Mayor Frey and Governor Walz have to get their city under control. They are encouraging impeding and assault against our law enforcement which is a federal crime, a felony."

Noem has said rhetoric from Walz and Frey "perpetuated" violence directed at federal officers, arguing their comments undermined public trust in law enforcement and emboldened protesters on the ground.

The federal inquiry is focused on a federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 372, one U.S. official told CBS News, which makes it a crime for two or more people to conspire to prevent federal officers from carrying out their official duties through "force, intimidation or threats."

The statute has historically been used in cases involving coordinated efforts to obstruct federal officials, including actions involving violence or threats. Public criticism of federal policy has historically been treated as protected speech unless involving direct coordination or incitement to obstruct law enforcement.

[BBXX]

Women going more left wing isn’t about radicalisation.

Notice how the more their rights are under threat the more left wing they go? Because they notice more and more how the Republication party doesn’t care about women..

Disappointing to see the violence from the left, though not surprising because protests rarely stay completely peaceful whoever is doing it but I don’t condone it because it undermines the very valid message of the protest.

I’m sure the “prod the bear” people won’t have an issue with people attacking Jake Lang though, because who really goes to a protest and says “we deserve a future for white Americans” and to burn copies of the Quran if not to inflame tensions. Wonder if he did a nazi salute again.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by BBXX

Women going more left wing isn’t about radicalisation.

Notice how the more their rights are under threat the more left wing they go? Because they notice more and more how the Republication party doesn’t care about women..

Disappointing to see the violence from the left, though not surprising because protests rarely stay completely peaceful whoever is doing it but I don’t condone it because it undermines the very valid message of the protest.

I’m sure the “prod the bear” people won’t have an issue with people attacking Jake Lang though, because who really goes to a protest and says “we deserve a future for white Americans” and to burn copies of the Quran if not to inflame tensions. Wonder if he did a nazi salute again.

…I think that’s the crux of it with protests, they’re becoming and have become less and less peaceful protests or even if they are, there is still that fear that they won’t be so they tend to attract the more extreme views and mindsets etc on both sides…and that extreme of left and right has sadly become what’s held up by media’s as ‘the representative’ and norm as it were …the non extremists have become the silent voice, sadly…

[Ammi]

…sorry I didn’t put that very well, I’ve just woken up…

[BBXX]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I think that’s the crux of it with protests, they’re becoming and have become less and less peaceful protests or even if they are, there is still that fear that they won’t be so they tend to attract the more extreme views and mindsets etc on both sides…and that extreme of left and right has sadly become what’s held up by media’s as ‘the representative’ and norm as it were …the non extremists have become the silent voice, sadly…

Exactly, I have said before that the are the extreme left and extreme right as a tiny majority, and then the majority of the population sit somewhere in the middle, centre right or centre left.

The political spectrum is rather like a clock. You have 10-12 at the extreme left, 12-2 are the extreme right, both of them actually hugely similar in their desires and behaviour (authoritarianism, lack of accountability, cult-like) but they just have different methods, reasons and definitions. Then between 2-10 is where the vast majority of us sit.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Maru

There's several videos of this guy getting beat where he was also apparently stabbed:

S: https://nypost.com/2026/01/17/us-new...ite-americans/



They all need to go home, including him.

This must be the freedom of speech I've heard so much about. I don't agree with them, they probably hates Jews too... But freedom of speech has to apply to everyone equally or it's totally worthless.

[BBXX]

They’re fighting against an anti-semitic man who waves the nazi salute around but okay.

According to news outlets and eyewitness accounts from January 2026, Jake Lang — a pardoned January 6 rioter and far-right activist running for the U.S. Senate in Florida — gave a Nazi salute during an antisemitic demonstration outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) headquarters in Washington, D.C.. Videos from the rally show him raising his arm in that gesture while making racist and antisemitic remarks. (https://www.jpost.com/international/...ce=chatgpt.com)

Lang threw chocolate coins and gave a Nazi salute as part of the protest, standing in front of a “Make Jerusalem Christian Again” banner and shouting inflammatory rhetoric. (https://www.jta.org/2026/01/07/unite...ce=chatgpt.com)

At the end of the event, he gave a final Nazi salute and made explicit racist statements about “White Christian men.” ((https://jweekly.com/2026/01/07/pardo...ce=chatgpt.com)

[arista]

[Jake Lang — a pardoned January 6 rioter and
far-right activist running for the U.S. Senate
in Florida — gave a Nazi salute]

Will he ever get into power?
I hope not

[Livia]

I'll say it again. Freedom of speech has to apply to everyone equally or it's worthless. Besides, I would encourage everyone to say their piece and show us who they are.