Friday, June 25, 2026. Jack Smith testifies to Congress about the investigations into Convicted Felon Donald Chump, ICE breaks more laws and resorts to tactic even the mafia would disown, Homeland Security sees the American people as a grave threat and much more.
Yesterday, prosecutor Jack Smith testified before a House committee about his investigation into the crimes of Convicted Felon Donald Chump. Hailey Fuchs and Kyle Cheney (POLITICO) notes:
Republicans
finally had their moment to take on the man who tried to put President
Donald Trump in jail. But they didn’t land any significant blows.
During
Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing with Jack Smith, GOP
members spent almost no time challenging the facts of the criminal case
that the former special counsel brought against Trump: that he conspired
to corrupt the results of the 2020 election and seize a second term he
didn’t win.
The worst of the worst was US House Rep Jim Jordan who looks like a predator who hangs around the locker rooms of young men and boys to watch them undress. Isaiah's February 21, 2024's "Jim Jordan Has More Free Time"
Jordan, a notable political showman and
steadfast Trump ally, is seeking to portray Smith as hellbent on
thwarting Trump’s electoral victory in 2024. Smith has said that
politics played no part in his work investigating Trump’s efforts to
overturn the results of the 2020 election and Trump’s handling of
classified documents as part of the Biden Justice Department and
insisted that he would have pursued the same case under the same
conditions with a Democratic or Republican former president.
Smith has served in administrations under both parties.
Some say showman, some say drama queen.
Some video coverage of the hearing.
Moving on to another topic, ICE gestapo now uses tactics that even the Italian mafia
would repudiate. Grasp just how low standards, ethics and morals have
dropped in the second term of Chump El Gordo Fat Ass. Laura Romero (ABC NEWS) reports:
A
5-year-old boy was taken into custody with his father by ICE agents in
Minnesota on Tuesday in what some local officials say is the latest
instance of heightened federal immigration enforcement in the state.
The
family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was detained on Tuesday as
part of the federal government's ongoing immigration crackdown, has a
pending asylum case but no order of deportation directing that they be
removed from the United States, officials at Conejo Ramos' school said
in a statement.
The
5-year-old was apprehended by immigration officials shortly after
arriving home from preschool while his father was in their driveway,
officials said.
"Another
adult living in the home was outside and begged the agents to let them
take care of the small child, but was refused," officials from Conejo
Ramos' school said. "Instead, the agent took the child out of the
still-running vehicle, led him to the door, and directed him to knock --
asking to be let in to see if anyone else was home -- essentially using
a 5-year-old as bait."
The father and child are both government custody, school officials said.
Please read Mike's "Jack Smith, HONEY DON'T and Miss Sassy JD Vance" to discover how JD Vance is lying to try to pretend what happened didn't happen by ignoring the fact that the child's relative asked ICE to hand the child over but ICE refused.
The
arrest of the two teenagers was caught on camera by MPR News
photojournalist Ben Hovland, who recorded the masked federal agents as
they formed a perimeter around the youngsters.
“Do not cross this line,” one agent says, while sweeping his arms forward.
“Do not touch me, you have no right to touch me,” an angry demonstrator responds.
Fellow protestors can be heard blowing deafening whistles and heckling the ICE agents.
“You’re taking a little girl” one protestor screams, as the immigration officers try to distance the growing crowd from the car.
As
the clash continued, the two teenagers were eventually put in the back
of the federal agents’ vehicle before the door was slammed.
The
reason for ICE detaining the two teenagers remains unknown, although
Hovland told MPR that the pair were initially stopped when ICE agents
allegedly rear-ended their silver SUV.
Those
watching the gestapo target the kids after RUNNING INTO THEM after ICE
USED ITS OWN VEHICLES AS A WEAPON. Grasp that. It's what happened.
ICE keeps claiming they're being rammed into but if you follow the
actual reporting, time and time again, it's the gestapo that's slamming
into cars.
Teenagers?
Five-year-olds? Even at their most disgusting in Madison Garden, these
flecks of human filth -- not even Dr Phil -- had the nerve to claim
they'd be targeting children. They knew Americans wouldn't go for
that.
Remember that the
next time some stupid weirdo like Rashida Tlaib choose to tell you not
to vote for Kamala because there's no difference. There's a huge
difference and Tlaib owes the country, the party and Kamala an apology
-- as do Tlaib's supporters. You gambled on our future and you weren't
the only ones at risk. You tossed the dice and the country and everyone
in it lost. Grasp that.
Teenagers
and five-year-olds are targeted now. And it's Donald Chump's fault,
yes, it is. But it's also those who saw Donald running against Kamala
and decided, "Hey, it doesn't make a difference. Don't vote for
Kamala." You delusions of purity have destroyed our country and you
need to own that. Until you do, we don't need to hear from you.
Because of your actions REUTERS reports,
"U.S. immigration authorities detained at least four children including
a 5-year-old from the same Minneapolis-area school district this month,
school district officials said at a press conference. The report comes
amid concerns over the scope and tactics of federal law enforcement
officers as part of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown,
which has seen 3,000 officers deployed to Minnesota's largest city."
They quote the district superintendent Zena Stenvik asking, "Why detain a
5-year-old? You cannot tell me that this child is going to be
classified as a violent criminal."
This
next one we noted yesterday but we need to note it again. If I arrest
you and imprison you, I am responsible for you. For you and your
safety. But people keep dying in ICE custody. Elizabeth Wolfe, Danya Gainor (CNN) report:
Earlier
this month, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a Cuban
migrant had died at a Texas detention camp after experiencing “medical
distress,” giving little detail of what led up to his final moments.
Now,
a medical examiner ruled that the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos was a
homicide, the Associated Press reported Wednesday – a revelation that is
likely to heighten scrutiny of the facility after three of its
detainees have died in recent weeks.
[. . .]
But a witness told AP last week
that Lunas Campos was handcuffed during the incident as at least five
guards held him down. The witness said one guard put an arm around his
neck and squeezed until he was unconscious.
The
autopsy report notes witnesses saw Lunas Campos “become unresponsive
while being physically restrained by law enforcement,” but does not
provide more detail, AP reported. It did, however, point to evidence of
injuries to his neck, head and torso associated with physical restraint.
The
gestapo that is ICE is out of control. There is no real oversight.
People need to be prosecuted -- not just fired, prosecuted. They are
unhinged, they are untrained and they are unsafe. Doubt it? James Powel (USA TODAY) reports:
An
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent entered a Thai restaurant in
St. Paul, Minnesota, with his handgun drawn while claiming to look for a
"kid," the restaurant's owners said.
Footage
from Eastside Thai taken Jan. 19 shows a federal agent step out of a
vehicle, draw the gun and enter the restaurant after a person is seen
running past the restaurant's front door.
Elle
Lee, one of the restaurant's owners, told Storyful that the agent was
"shouting at us" as he entered. Kou Lee, the restaurant's other owner,
said in a Facebook post that "the ICE agent accused us of hiding the kid."
Why
are ICE agents running into buildings with guns drawn? I'm not
understanding that. The trash was not shot at but he wants to enter an
eatery waving a gun? And, as the video demonstrates, the kid he was
chasing ran past the eatery, didn't stop, ran right past it. Then a few
seconds later, Fatty ICE parks his car in the middle of the road, in
front of the door that never opened, and lumbers in as he pulls his
gun. Do they not do eye checks for these people? Look my vision's bad,
but I'm not trying to be ICE. They gave Fatty ICE a gun. And his
vision is so bad that driving in the same direction the kid is running,
Fatty Ice can't see that the kid didn't stop and go in the eatery but
continued running down the sidewalk?
If they're not doing eye exams that might explain some of the shootings.
A
former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official told Newsweek
that the use of Border Patrol agents in interior immigration
enforcement could lead to further serious injuries or deaths among U.S.
citizens and migrants.
Darius Reeves, who
previously served as field office director for ICE’s Enforcement and
Removal Operations (ERO) in Baltimore, told Newsweek that the tactics
now being used in cities such as Minneapolis are poorly suited for the
interior of the country and increase the risk of dangerous encounters.
“It’s going to get worse,” Reeves told Newsweek in a phone interview. “I think there are going to be a lot more people hurt.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, said
Said what?
We
don't quote them. We don't quote known liars. WIth their pattern of
lying at this point, JUDY JUSTICE's Judge Judy would throw them out of
her court. It's a shame other courts don't have as much honor as an
arbitrator working on a TV set.
America
faces significant threats to our nation's infrastructure from hostile
actors like Russia, China, and others. But a leaked security threats assessment from President Donald Trump's administration says the greatest threat America faces is within its own borders, according to a new report.
Each
year since 2020, the Department of Homeland Security has published a
Homeland Threat Assessment, a report that describes the specific threats
America faces. A lot of the usual suspects are present: crime, drug
gangs, illegal immigration, and so on. But a new crop of characters
appeared in this year's report, which has not yet been made public,
according to independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.
Klippenstein
received a leaked copy of the report, which now focuses on terrorism
stemming from “class-based or economic grievances.”
"The
phrase could as much refer to an angry MAGA Midwesterner as it could
any Mamdani-supporting urban dweller," Klippenstein wrote in a new
Substack essay. "But the focus is clear: the main threat to the
'homeland,' DHS thinks, is the American people."
So ICE acts like that towards American citizens because DHS sees us as a threat?
I
don't know what to tell the MAGA dupes. He's not released the Epstein
files and still you can't wait to stick your nose in the back of his
s**t stained pants. Now you learn that he lumps you in with us on the
left as a threat to the country and you're apparently just going to
stick your tongue out to lick the back of his s**t stained pants. I
used to argue with Gore Vidal over this issue repeatedly. He was
convinced that if every right wing American knew that the FBI was
breaking this or that, they'd all be up in arms and he just had to speak
and write to reach them. No one spoke wrote more than him -- and he
certainly did both better than I ever could. But it didn't change a
lot. Nate Hentoff didn't change a lot either. They may have both aided
in the birth and growth of the Libertarian Party but outside of that?
Not really. Big hair Naomi Wolf tried to self-style her as someone
concerned about our rights. I told Michael Ratner in real time, "Don't
trust her, she's a liar and a turncoat." He believed her for awhile.
But she always shows her true colors so he lived long enough to see she
was a fraud. That said, had he made it to the 2020s, he wouldn't have
just been disappointed, he would have been enraged/ Naomi's been a
grifter all her life.
Let's wind down with this from US House Rep Jasmine Crockett's office:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30) introduced the “Transparency Requirements for Aircraft Carriers to Know Immigration Conduct and Enforcement Act,” or the TRACK ICE Act.
Reports
show that ICE has been abusing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
privacy programs, such as FAA’s Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD)
Program, to avoid disclosing their flight operations. This leaves
families in the dark of their loved ones’ whereabouts and loosens
accountability for safe and lawful deportation practices.
This
legislation ensures that any entity under contract with DHS, ICE, or
CBP to transport, detain, or deport individuals can no longer hide
behind privacy loopholes.
“For
far too long, the federal government has operated immigration flights
without full transparency. These ghost flights are tearing families
apart, leaving loved ones in the dark, and giving immigration agencies
free rein to act without oversight, transparency, and justice. It is
Congress’s job to ensure they aren't operating above the law,” said Congresswoman Crockett.
The TRACK ICE Act:
Requires comprehensive data to be released within 72 hours of any immigration enforcement flights.
Prohibits aircraft operators from hiding their tracking data while on federal missions.
Require disclosure of the condition and restraints used on detained individuals.
Robyn Barnard, senior director in the Refugee and Immigrant Rights team at Human Rights First,
said "In this first year of the Trump administration, we have witnessed
a detention and deportation machine operating at a scale we have never
seen before and enabled by the opaque ICE enforcement flight network.
Our ICE Flight Monitor project has tracked thousands of these flights
transferring people far from their loved ones and counsel, even to
countries that are not their own, and at times in violation of court
orders. This government refuses to be transparent in its use of taxpayer
dollars or its treatment of human beings. We are deeply grateful for
the leadership of Congresswoman Crockett in introducing the TRACK ICE
Act to shine a light on a system that is not only cruel, but
increasingly lawless, and to ensure there is accountability for the
injustices it has caused."
The
TRACK ICE Act is endorsed by Human Rights First, Detention Watch
Network, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Vera
Institute of Justice, National Immigration Law Center (NILC), Advocates
for Human Rights, African Communities Together, Center for Gender &
Refugee Studies, Witness at the Border, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action,
African Human Rights Coalition, Oasis Legal Services, Refugee Council
USA, Climate Refugees, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Immigrant
Defenders Law Center (ImmDef), and Church World Service.
