Posts by Swedan margen
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hands out free theater tickets to residents in partnership with festival
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani partnered with an ongoing theater festival to hand out free tickets to city residents. Starting this past Wednesday and through Jan. 25, Under the Radar theater festival is holding performances of 30 different shows across 25 theaters in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Under their “Under the Radar…
Read MoreMinnesota Democrats denied entry to ICE detention facility
Three Minnesota House representatives said that they were denied entry to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Minneapolis Saturday morning. The Democratic congresswoman, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison, attempted to conduct congressional oversight of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis. Ms. Omar told MS NOW that the three were initially…
Read MoreAmerican protesters brave D.C. chill to call for Iranian regime change
Amid the rain and cold, Iranian Americans gathered near the White House on Saturday in solidarity with protests across Iran. What began as Iranian merchants protesting an economic collapse has evolved into widespread calls for regime change and political reform, spreading beyond Tehran and prompting the deployment of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. At least…
Read MoreTrump pushes a 1-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates and banks balk
NEW YORK — Reviving a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that could save Americans tens of billions of dollars but drew immediate opposition from an industry that has been in his corner. Trump was not clear in his social media post Friday night…
Read MoreThe Problem Isn’t ICE. It’s ICE Watch | National Review
Renee Nicole Good’s death was predictable — but from the direct-action protest style of ICE Watch. Source link
Read MoreRioter convicted for carrying Pelosi’s podium seeks Florida county office
BRADENTON, Fla. — A Florida man who grabbed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium and posed for photographs with it during the U.S. Capitol riot is running for county office. Adam Johnson filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee County Commission on Tuesday. That was the fifth anniversary of the…
Read MoreMinneapolis woman fatally shot by federal agent reportedly received anti-ICE training
Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman fatally shot by a federal agent on Wednesday, was reportedly associated with an anti-ICE coalition to “document and resist” the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. Ms. Good became involved in the group known as “ICE Watch,” first reported by the New York Post as a loose network of activists dedicated…
Read MoreProtests against ICE planned across U.S. after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon
MINNEAPOLIS — Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. The demonstrations come as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what…
Read MoreJudge blocks Trump’s elections order in lawsuit by vote-by-mail states Oregon and Washington
SEATTLE — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day. U.S. District…
Read More250 years after ‘Common Sense,’ Revolutionary War writer Thomas Paine may finally get D.C. memorial
NEW YORK — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine memorial in Washington, D.C., authorized by a 2022 law, awaits approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. It would be the first landmark in the…
Read MoreTrump’s Greenland Grab Ignores One Crucial Detail: He Doesn’t Have the Authority | National Review
Whether by purchase or conquest, adding territory to the United States requires congressional approval. Source link
Read MoreNo, America Is Not Adopting a ‘Spheres-of-Influence’ Doctrine | National Review
There’s no evidence Donald Trump is interested in focusing solely on the Western Hemisphere while ceding the rest of the world to China and Russia. Source link
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