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'The whiplash is on maximum here. Not so long ago, if you weren't wearing a mask, you were selfish, reckless, and not part of the team trying to curb the spread of COVID. Now, with ICE agents masking up to protect themselves from being doxed by left-wing domestic terrorists, the Democratic Party has suddenly become the most virulent anti-maskers in the country'
A Democrat senator whose stunt, crashing a news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem without ID, leaving security fearful it was an attack on a federal official, now is demanding that federal agents wear their IDs on their uniforms.
It is Alex Padilla, of California, who has proposed legislation to require Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to wear identification badges.
His stunt at the news conference created quite a stir as he was forcibly removed by security because he charged the stage where Noem was, and had not identified himself.
The video showed multiple security officers restraining Padilla, then removing him from the room.
He shouts, "Hands off!" after being moved through double doors that partition off an entry area from the news conference room. Earlier, he is heard saying, "I'm Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Increasingly strident encounters have been developing across the country as ICE officers have been carrying out President Donald Trump's campaign to secure the nation's border and remove mostly to their home countries illegal aliens, including criminals, allowed into the country under Joe Biden's tenure.
Further, Padilla was criticized for his stunt.
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith criticized him.
"Can Kristi Noem speak? Could you have waited till she finished to ask your questions — to shout your questions?" Smith asked. "You are a senator, right? You couldn't wait? So that was just you out of control because you were just losing it, huh?"
"You — a United States senator — couldn't compose yourself and let the head of Homeland Security finish her thoughts before you asked a question?" he continued. "Couldn't do that, huh? Couldn't do it, huh?"
Noem was speaking about the riots taking place in Los Angeles before Padilla began shouting a question at her. Security quickly rushed to Padilla, telling him to put his hands up.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin also criticized Padilla for his behavior in an X post following the incident.
"Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on as he lunged toward Secretary Noem," McLaughlin wrote.
"Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officers' repeated commands," she continued. "@SecretService thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately."
Beyond Padilla's own hypocrisy, a report at Townhall noted the hypocrisy of Democrats across the country, who mandated masks during COVID, but now want them banned.
"The whiplash is on maximum here. Not so long ago, if you weren't wearing a mask, you were selfish, reckless, and not part of the 'team' trying to curb the spread of COVID. Quietly, liberals cheered that leftist rioters were protected by masking up during the riots of 2020. Now, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents masking up to protect themselves from being doxed by left-wing domestic terrorists, the Democratic Party has suddenly become the most virulent anti-maskers in the country. It's truly amazing (and hilarious) stuff," the report said.
The report cited Padilla's plan.
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Almost universally regarded as the most egregious single event of the Biden presidency, the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan is, in fact, considered by many to be one of the most disastrous and staggeringly incompetent military actions in modern history.
Indeed, this past May, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued an official statement announcing a special review of the event. Hegseth said:
Tens of thousands of Afghans who aided the U.S. military were left behind in the military withdrawal, and while many attempted to flee Taliban rule by leaving the country, others escaped torture and/or death through hiding.
One of them is Abdul (a pseudonym), who spoke to WorldNetDaily on the condition of anonymity due to concerns for his safety. He worked as a security guard for a U.S. company and had previously served in the Afghan National Army for nearly a decade as an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and improvised explosive device disposal (IEDD) technician. Abdul's last day of service was Aug. 15, 2021, about two weeks prior to the conclusion of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
"When Afghanistan collapsed," he told WND, "it was very difficult to save my life and also my family." He considers himself "lucky" to have found the Afghan Liberty Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provided "safe housing for hundreds of Afghans at risk of retaliation by the Taliban for working with the U.S.-backed government," as a 2022 report by The Intercept described it.
Abdul expressed deep appreciation to Ryan Mauro, the organization's founding director and national security analyst at the Capital Research Center, saying, "Ryan is a very great and kind person, giving a safe house in Kabul and saving my family for one year with financial support and also food packages and medical care."
Due to a lack of funding after the fall of Kabul, Mauro was unable to continue providing safe houses for those hiding from the Taliban, so Abdul said for the following year he was forced to move from one house to another during the night to keep his wife and children safe.
In 2023, Abdul and his family finally escaped to Islamabad, Pakistan, purchasing visas from that country. "We waited for two years in Islamabad for the humanitarian visa of Brazil," Abdul said. A few weeks ago, he and his family arrived safely in Brazil.
Unfortunately, Abdul had to leave his parents behind in Kabul, telling WND "they're still hiding in different houses." Through it all, though, he remains hopeful: "In Brazil, I just want to work hard for my family." And "God willing," he added, he hopes to make it to America one day.
While building a new life for his family is his first priority, Abdul admitted, "I can't forget the very rough time for people who are left behind in Afghanistan under the brutal regime of Taliban." He recalls a friend by the name of Ihsanudin Zadran, who served as an Afghan National Army captain, but was subsequently tortured and killed by the Taliban in 2021 in Khost Province.
It's a fate many former U.S. allies and members of the ANA continue to fear on a daily basis.
One of them is Ahmad Ehsan (a pseudonym), who has received letters of denial for Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) status from the U.S. State Department and remains in hiding in Afghanistan. Ehsan is one of an estimated 62,000 Afghan interpreters and others who have sought a U.S. visa in exchange for having worked alongside U.S. forces prior to Biden's August 2021 withdrawal.
WND also spoke to Mauro, who explained: "Afghan Liberty Project was a volunteer effort," saying he "had never done anything close to running humanitarian operations overseas, nor had our volunteers." Yet, said Mauro, they were able to "provide crucial assistance to hundreds of Afghans in need, from medical aid to emergency rescues to safe shelter."
"If there's one thing that I hope people take away from this story," he said, "it's to never, ever doubt your ability to significantly help people in any situation – anywhere around the world. It's a blessing and a burden that everyone needs to understand and take seriously."
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A ruling from U.S. Magistrate Nancy Joseph in Wisconsin has rejected Judge Hannah Dugan's claim for absolute immunity for her actions in stopping her own court hearing, diverting ICE agents away from the adjacent hallway, sending them on an errand and then escorting a criminal illegal alien out of the courthouse through a nonpublic jury door.
The decision from the case that charges Dugan with federal crimes said, "Judges are not immune from criminal prosecution for acts wholly outside their official roles as judges."
She explains, "The indictment alleges Dugan violated two federal statutes, 18U.S.C. §§ 1071 and 1505, and cites the respective statutory language for both. Whether Dugan violated these statutes as the government accuses, or whether she was merely performing her judicial duties as Dugan asserts, these are questions for a jury that cannot be resolved on a motion to dismiss.
"I recommend Dugan's motion to dismiss on Tenth Amendment grounds be denied."
Further, the ruling found Dugan's attempt to obtain the dismissal of her indictment on constitutional avoidance grounds is "misplaced."
"It is well-established and undisputed that judges have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits for monetary damages when engaging in judicial acts. This, however, is not a civil case. And review of the case law does not show an extension of this established doctrine to the criminal context."
Applying established principles of immunity to Dugan's case, the ruling determined: "Does judicial immunity shield Dugan from prosecution because the indictment alleges she violated federal criminal law while performing judicial duties? The answer is no. …There is no firmly established absolute judicial immunity barring criminal prosecution of judges for judicial acts."
Dugan had argued as a state court judge acting within the scope of her official duties, prosecution is barred, she also is protected by the Tenth Amendment and the canon of constitutional avoidance.
She wrongly cited the Supreme Court's ruling granted President Donald Trump differing levels of immunity based on official actions.
"While Dugan asserts that Trump simply extended to the president the same immunity from prosecution that judges already have, this argument makes a leap too far. Trump says nothing about criminal immunity for judicial acts."
A grand jury accused Dugan of knowingly concealing a person for whose arrest a warrant and process had been issued, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1071. She is charged in Count Two with obstruction of the United States Department of Homeland Security's removal proceedings, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1505.
The episode happened on April 18, when, according to the records, "Dugan knowingly concealed E.F.R., a person for whose arrest a warrant and process had been issued under the provisions of the law of the United States, so as to prevent the discovery and arrest of E.F.R., after notice and knowledge of the fact that a warrant and process had been issued for the apprehension of E.F.R., in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1071; Count Two On or about April 18, 2025, Dugan did corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due and proper administration of the law under which a pending proceeding was being had before a department and agency of the United States, namely the administrative arrest of E.F.R. for purposes of removal proceedings conducted by the United States Department of Homeland Security, by committing affirmative acts to assist E.F.R. to evade arrest, including: a) confronting members of a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Task Force and falsely telling them they needed a judicial warrant to effectuate the arrest of E.F.R.; b) upon learning that they had an administrative warrant for E.F.R.'s arrest, directing all identified members of the ICE Task Force to leave…"
WND reported when a video showed Dugan's actions, sending two federal agents waiting to take an illegal into custody packing.
A report at the Gateway Pundit described how the video shows Dugan "angrily confronting ICE agents in the courthouse."
Dugan later was arrested by the FBI for obstructing federal law enforcement.
She then claimed that everything she did was part of her judicial duty, so she is totally immune to any prosecution.
Dugan has been relieved of her duties and is facing trial.
WND previously has reported Dugan could face sentencing of up to six years in jail and $350,000 in fines if convicted.
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The evidence has been plain since they were mandated by so many government agencies and private corporations during the reign of the COVID-19 pandemic: those mRNA shots could cause major heart troubles, especially in young men, by triggering myocarditis and pericarditis.
Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated the safety labeling on all mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to warn those who take them to beware.
COVID erupted, according to most measured assessments, from a Wuhan, Chinese, lab experimenting on horrific bat viruses late in 2019. It circled the globe and millions died.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's Health and Human Services secretary, has charged that ex-White House coronavirus adviser Anthony Fauci probably played a large role in the creation of the infection, and has called for a commission to investigate its origins.
Kennedy, in an interview with talk show host Tucker Carlson, said Fauci, as chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, funded potentially dangerous research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
Asked why Joe Biden issued a pre-emptive pardon to Fauci in his last day in office, Kennedy said, "I would be speculating, but I think that he had a lot of liability on creating coronavirus. He was funding precisely that research, and he was giving them the technology."
The FDA, in fact, now announced it has required and approved "updates" to the prescribing information for mRNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna.
The warnings are "to include new safety information about the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis following administration of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines."
Specifically, FDA has required each manufacturer to update the warning about the risks of myocarditis and pericarditis to include information about … "the estimated unadjusted incidence of myocarditis and/or pericarditis following administration of the 2023-2024 Formula of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and … the results of a study that collected information on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cardiac MRI) in people who developed myocarditis after receiving an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine."
A report at the Gateway Pundit said the development follows "months of mounting pressure over transparency and accountability regarding the true risks of these experimental injections."
It said, "The update stems from new studies and data showing persistent cardiac abnormalities months after vaccination—especially among males aged 12 to 24."
Dr. Vinay Prasad of the Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research detailed "how FDA data reveals a myocarditis rate of 27 per million in young men—a figure that experts say is significantly underreported due to passive surveillance methods and political suppression of adverse event reports," the report said.
"More troubling, Dr. Prasad cited late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiac MRIs as proof of sustained, potentially irreversible myocardial injury. According to Prasad, in one FDA-funded study, 60% of patients who suffered post-vaccine myocarditis still showed signs of LGE five months later."
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A review by the CIA of a scheme by John Brennan, James Comey and others in the Barack Obama administration found the anti-Trump activists tried to use lies in official government assessments to "get" then-candidate and now-President Donald Trump.
A newly released eight-page review, unleashed by CIA director John Ratcliffe, puts in the crosshairs the government's December 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment about Russia and the just-finished presidential election.
The new report, ordered by Ratcliffe and done by the CIA's Directorate of Analysis, found the "decision by agency heads to include the Steele Dossier in the ICA ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment."
The dossier, created by ex-British agent Christopher Steele, made wild and unsubstantiated allegations about Trump and his, or his campaign's links to Russia. It claimed that Vladimir Putin was interfering to help Trump win the election, and more.
Only the claims all were fabrications.
The review "pointed the finger at Brennan as well as at the leadership of the FBI at the time," James Comey.
Ratcliffe confirmed that government document was done "through an atypical & corrupt process under the politically charged environments" imposed by Brennan and Comey.
A report at Just the News pointed out that Steele's complaints about Trump were "baseless."
Even so ,CIA and FBI chiefs at the time expressed "high confidence" that Putin had "aspired" to help Trump win.
The dossier, in fact, was funded by payments made through a series of companies, legal teams and individuals by Hillary Clinton's failed campaign for president at the time. In fact, her campaign later was fined for incorrectly reporting the cash turned over for the work of assembling the dossier.
"The procedural anomalies that characterized the ICA's development had a direct impact on the tradecraft applied to its most contentious finding. With analysts operating under severe time constraints, limited information sharing, and heightened senior-level scrutiny, several aspects of tradecraft rigor were compromised—particularly in supporting the judgment that Putin 'aspired' to help Trump win," the new report affirms.
"The DA Review identified multiple specific concerns, including: a higher confidence level than was justified; insufficient exploration of alternative scenarios; lack of transparency on source uncertainty; uneven argumentation; and the inclusion of unsubstantiated Steele Dossier material," it said.
The review revealed that "ICA authors and multiple senior CIA managers – including the two senior leaders of the CIA mission center responsible for Russia— strongly opposed including the Dossier, asserting that it did not meet even the most basic tradecraft standards.":
Some CIA officials even had warned using the lies would risk "the credibility of the entire paper," Just the News reported.
"Despite these objections, Brennan showed a preference for narrative consistency over analytical soundness. When confronted with specific flaws in the Dossier by the two mission center leaders—one with extensive operational experience and the other with a strong analytic background – he appeared more swayed by the Dossier's general conformity with existing theories than by legitimate tradecraft concerns."
Their report at the time "implicitly elevated unsubstantiated claims to the status of credible supporting evidence, compromising the analytical integrity of the judgment," the new report said.
Just the News explained, "CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis tweeted Tuesday that newly-declassified documents 'show how Brennan and Comey personally intervened to insert the Steele dossier's lies into intelligence analysis. We must have zero tolerance for the weaponization of intelligence.'"
The House Intelligence Committee concluded in 2018, "The majority of the Intelligence Community Assessment judgments on Russia's election activities employed proper analytic tradecraft" but the "judgments on Putin's strategic intentions did not."
In fact, that report found "significant intelligence tradecraft failings" that were evident in the claims.
"A two-year investigation by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller 'did not establish' any criminal Trump-Russia collusion," Just the News said.
Later, DOJ special counsel John Durham concluded, "neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation."
In fact, some operatives had wanted a review of Clinton's actions, and claims she "approved a plan concerning Trump and Russia" in order to distract the public from her own scandals.
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President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," a massive document calling for changes to implement some of his agenda items, was approved in the U.S. Senate when Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaker in the 51-50 vote.
And while it addressed the spending, or cutting, of hundreds of billions of dollars of Americans' tax dollars, there's one key inclusion that is disrupting the longstanding Democrat agenda to fund abortions.
That issue was one of the key planks of Joe Biden's tenure on the White House, as he promoted abortion for all, anyway, anytime, all around the globe.
But the new plan contains a provision to cut off federal tax funding for abortion industry giant Planned Parenthood.
National Right to Life praised the move, which would block tax dollars from going to corporations that do or promote abortion.
"This vote is a monumental step forward for unborn children and their mothers. We thank every pro-life senator who stood firm in defense of innocent human life and voted to direct federal tax dollars away from the abortion industry," said Carol Tobias, president.
"We are especially grateful to Senate leadership for ensuring this life-saving provision remained intact throughout the legislative process. We thank Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Majority Whip John Barrasso and Chief Deputy Whip Mike Crapo for their leadership on this issue. Their resolve reflects the will of millions of Americans who do not want their hard-earned tax dollars used to subsidize the abortion industry. Women deserve compassionate care that supports both mother and child. This bill is a strong affirmation that we can and must build a culture that supports mother and child and rejects abortion."
Marjorie Dannenfelser, chief of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, added, "Today, Congress took a major step toward ending the forced taxpayer funding of the Big Abortion industry — a crucial victory in the fight against abortion, America's leading cause of death, and an industry that endangers women and girls.
"Women deserve real health care options like community health centers that outnumber Planned Parenthood 15 to 1 and provide far more comprehensive, life-affirming care. There's no justification for forcing taxpayers to bankroll a scandal-ridden industry that prioritizes abortion, gender transitions, and partisan politics over prenatal care, cancer screenings, and other legitimate services, which continue to decline."
The Supreme Court ruled last week that states are also allowed to defund the abortion industry players.
Congressional Republicans say the plan actually reduces the deficit, despite Democrat complaints, because it's based on extending current policy, and the White House says economic growth will offset expenses.
The core of the plan extends and makes permanent the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from Trump's first term. If those are not continued, Americans will see massive tax bills exploding in size starting next year.
Included are limited provisions for tax exemptions for tipped income and auto loan interest, as well as a $6,000 deduction for seniors over the age of 65, part of the effort to end taxes on Social Security benefits.
The plan includes nearly $200 billion to beef up illegal immigration enforcement that has been a major focus of the Trump administration, as well as funding for more border wall, immigration detention centers and surveillance tech.
The bill also strips from non-citizens most benefits from the government, such as Medicaid and food stamps.
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President Donald Trump's announcement that he was ending trade negotiations with Canada over a new digital services tax imposed by America's northern neighbor has brought results: The suspension of that tax.
According to an announcement from the Department of Finance Canada, those negotiations had been underway.
"To support those negotiations, the minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, announced today that Canada would rescind the Digital Services Tax (DST) in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States," a government statement confirmed.
"Consistent with this action, Prime Minister Carney and President Trump have agreed that parties will resume negotiations with a view towards agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025."
Canada's statement said, "The DST was announced in 2020 to address the fact that many large technology companies operating in Canada may not otherwise pay tax on revenues generated from Canadians. Canada's preference has always been a multilateral agreement related to digital services taxation. While Canada was working with international partners, including the United States, on a multilateral agreement that would replace national digital services taxes, the DST was enacted to address the aforementioned taxation gap."
"In our negotiations on a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the United States, Canada's new government will always be guided by the overall contribution of any possible agreement to the best interests of Canadian workers and businesses. Today's announcement will support a resumption of negotiations toward the July 21, 2025, timeline set out at this month's G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis," said Mark Carney, the prime minister.
WND had reported only days ago that Trump had halted those negotiations and said a new tariff for Canada would be imposed because of the DST.
"We have just been informed that Canada, a very difficult Country to TRADE with, including the fact that they have charged our Farmers as much as 400% Tariffs, for years, on Dairy Products, has just announced that they are putting a Digital Services Tax on our American Technology Companies, which is a direct and blatant attack on our Country," Trump said at the time on social media. "They are obviously copying the European Union, which has done the same thing, and is currently under discussion with us, also. Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately."
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The U.S. Senate passed a procedural step Saturday night by a 51-49 vote to move forward with President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Act, as Vice President JD Vance stood by in case he was needed to break a tie.
Trump has called on Congress to approve the package of tax cuts and spending by July 4th.
As reported by the Associated Press, the vote came after tense scenes played out in the chamber as voting came to a standstill, dragging for hours as holdout senators huddled for negotiations. In the end, two Republicans, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, opposed the motion to proceed to debate, joining all Democrats.
Ahead of the expected roll call, the White House released a statement saying it "strongly supports passage" of the bill that "implements critical aspects" of the president's agenda.
"It's time to get this legislation across the finish line," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
The 940-page bill was released shortly before midnight Friday, and senators are expected to grind through the hours of all-night debate and amendments in the days ahead, AP reports. If the Senate is able to pass a version of the legislation, the bill would go back to the House for a final round of votes before reaching Trump's desk.
As WND reported, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York is expected to call for a full reading of the text in the Senate, which would take hours.
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Leftists who have migrated to a social media platform called Bluesky, a competitor – even though it's only a fraction of the size – of X, formerly Twitter, have responded to an invitation from Vice President JD Vance to discuss the issues … by blocking him.
A Fox News report explained that Vance "is leveraging" the social media platform "commonly used by liberals," to troll Democrats.
He joined the platform a week ago, and was able, eventually, to post after the corporation originally blocked him entirely.
He instantly became the social media platform's "most blocked user," the report said.
"'It's great to see all of those Dem (party of tolerance) users sticking their heads in the sand by blocking JDV and refusing to even listen to a differing viewpoint," one commenter said.
"Hello Bluesky, I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you," Vance wrote. Then he shared a comment about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion in a decision that affirmed a Tennessee law banning transgender surgeries for minors.
"To that end, I found Justice Thomas's concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating. He argues that many of our so-called 'experts' have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth, I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?"
The report said data from ClearSky, which monitors censorship agendas on social media platforms, confirmed that Vance's account on Bluesky "has been blocked by nearly 150,000 other accounts."
Bluesky became a little more popular following President Donald Trump's 2024 election, and offers services as an "alternative" to X, owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, who supported Trump in the election.
Vance had "quipped" that he heard Bluesky was the platform for "common sense political discussion and analysis."
The corporation immediately banned his account, then reinstated it, claiming it had been flagged as an imposter account.
Fox reported, "In the week since Vance joined the platform, he has repeatedly trolled Democrats, including following New York City's mayoral primaries, when democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani trounced top competitor and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the polls. Mamdani's victory is viewed as the Democrat Party moving farther to the left in New York City after national voters sounded off in the 2024 election that the party's embrace of some left-wing policies alienated Americans."
Vance had offered "congratulations to the new leader of the Democratic Party."
Another response on social media, about the blocking, was, "Of course the left will block him. The truth blows up the brainwashing."
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A commentary has come up with a stunningly direct solution to the problem created by federal judges who oppose President Donald Trump's border security plans that include deporting illegal alien criminals when they order them un-deported, or brought back.
Specifically, there's a case involving a Boston judge, Brian Murphy, who has demanded the government not deport a list of criminals who had been convicted of crimes including attempted first-degree murder, homicide, assault and more.
The criminals had been en route to South Sudan when the judge interrupted the deportation, ordering that the U.S. must maintain custody of them, so ICE officers have been guarding the criminals in a make-shift location in Djibouti.
According to the column by M.D. Kittle at the Federalist, "Murphy, like the other rogue judges who have attempted to stop the executive branch from carrying out the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws (as the Second Branch is empowered to do), demand the kind of due process rights for illegal immigrants reserved for criminal proceedings. They have no such rights."
In fact, Lora Ries, of the Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center, has explained, "The administrative immigration judges are Justice Department employees in the executive branch; they are not federal judges under the Article III Judiciary of the U.S. Constitution. That means deportable aliens in deportation proceedings do not have the same rights as a person in a criminal trial, such as being innocent until proven guilty, the right to a taxpayer funded public defendant, etc. Removing a deportable alien is not a criminal sentence."
Kittle suggested Trump "likes a good deal," and perhaps it's time for one.
"How about this one: The administration agrees to bring back the violent criminals only if Murphy agrees to put them up at his house while the illegal immigrants receive 'time enough to express any concerns.' Maybe Enrique Arias-Hierro could bunk with the Murphy family. I'm sure the illegal immigrant wouldn't reoffend and violate the Boston judge's due process rights."
That illegal alien, in fact, is from Cuba. "His criminal history includes convictions for homicide, armed robbery, false impersonation of official, kidnapping, robbery strong arm," the column said.
Murphy, in fact, has ruled that the administration could not deport criminal aliens to third-party countries when their own nations refused to take them back. When the Supreme Court overturned Murphy's ruling, he simply said that ruling didn't apply to the case he was handling and his ruling still stood.
The column pointed out the idea to house the criminals is like that used by two Republican governors to "hit self-righteous, sanctuary leftists where they lived."
That would be Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who "triggered" Democrats in 2022 when they began busing and flying "undocumented migrants" to Democrat-controlled cities and locales like Martha's Vineyard, "the posh playground of liberal elites including Barack and Michelle Obama."
Under Biden's practices, America's borders were wide open and millions, even tens of millions of illegals entered. Among those were gang members and even terrorists.
Trump now is working to clean up the "millions-fold mess left by his predecessor."
And it is that agenda that "rogue federal judges have attempted to stop."
The column noted the eight convicts at issue in the Murphy case include: