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‘Grassroots’ anti-ICE campaigns funded by left-wing billionaire donors: sources
It’s the same dark money, with new signs.
Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” efforts
organized by concerned citizens, but they’re really funded with
megadonor money — some coming from China.
A so-called “ICE Out” march drew an estimated 15,000 left-wing
political activists to a frozen, snow-covered Minneapolis on Friday,
with attendees chanting “ICE out now” and demanding an end to federal
immigration enforcement in the city.
Although framed as a spontaneous uprising of concerned, everyday
people, the demonstration — like countless that have regularly
metastasized during President Trump’s terms — featured a familiar cast
of politically obsessed activists and terminally online characters.
Credit Suisse investigation reveals 890 Nazi regime accounts, Sen Grassley says
UBS acquired the Swiss bank in 2023 and launched investigations in Nazi accounts
Investigations by Credit Suisse have uncovered hundreds of Nazi-linked
accounts at the bank, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, announced Tuesday.
Multiple reports provided to Grassley have identified 890 accounts
linked to the Nazi regime, including wartime accounts for the German
Foreign Office, a German arms manufacturing company and the German Red
Cross, Grassley told reporters Monday.
The new accounts are coming to light after UBS acquired Credit Suisse
in a 2023 takeover. The bank then hired U.S. prosecutor Neil Barofsky
to identify any Nazi-linked accounts.
Grassley and representatives of UBS will dig deeper into the findings
during a Senate Judiciary hearing on connections between various Swiss
banks and the Nazis later Tuesday morning.
‘I don’t support ICE’: Gas station refusal ignites debate over denying service to federal agents
Gregory Bovino was followed out of Speedway store by manager who said he 'personally don't care' if refusal was illegal
A string of recent incidents in which ICE agents and Department of
Homeland Security leadership have been refused service at corporate gas
stations and hotel chains has raised questions about whether private
businesses can lawfully deny service to federal law enforcement
officers.
The incidents — including ICE agents who were turned away from hotels
and a Border Patrol commander being denied service at a gas station —
have prompted debate over whether such refusals amount to lawful
private discretion or illegal discrimination against federal law
enforcement carrying out official duties.
The most recent flashpoint unfolded at a Speedway gas station, where
video captured by conservative activist Cam Higby showed U.S. Border
Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino being followed out of the store by a man
identifying himself as a manager.
Trump Blasts NY Times for 'Phony Article' About Harvard
President Donald Trump blasted The New York Times for its "phony
article" claiming he had "backtracked" on demands that Harvard pay the
government hundreds of millions of dollars for promoting leftist
ideology and failing to police antisemitism on campus.
In a series of Truth Social posts late Monday and early Tuesday, Trump
accused the newspaper of spreading false information to protect Harvard
and undermine his administration's efforts to hold elite universities
accountable.
"Why hasn't the Fake News New York Times adjusted its phony article on
the corruption and antisemitism which has taken place at Harvard,"
Trump wrote Tuesday morning. "They never call for facts, or factchecks,
because the Times is a corrupt, unprincipled, and pathetic vehicle of
the Left."
The Times reported Monday that Trump had dropped a demand that Harvard
pay $200 million to the federal government as part of ongoing
negotiations.
Witkoff to Talk Nukes With Iran Friday
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas
Araghchi are expected to meet Friday in Istanbul, marking a potential
restart of direct engagement between Washington and Tehran after months
of stalled diplomacy.
Several Arab and Muslim countries are expected to send representatives
to the meeting, which aims to discuss the framework for a possible
nuclear agreement, two sources familiar with the planning and a U.S.
official told Axios.
Another source described Friday's meeting as the "best-case scenario"
following days of diplomatic efforts to bring both sides back to the
table.
If it occurs, the meeting would be the first between U.S. and Iranian
representatives since talks collapsed last year and a 12-day conflict
broke out in June.
Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom’s pacemaker stopped syncing with her Apple Watch — as cops announce surprise press conference
Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker reportedly stopped syncing with her Apple
devices before dawn Sunday — as the Arizona sheriff leading the missing
person case called a surprise press conference for late Tuesday morning.
The implanted medical device lost contact with NBC News star Savannah
Guthrie’s mom’s Apple products around 2 a.m., a law enforcement source
told Fox News.
When authorities reached her Arizona home hours later, Nancy’s phone
and Apple Watch were still inside the house, the source said.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft also denied in Hall of Fame vote after Bill Belichick snub
While the Patriots will be in Super Bowl 2026, there will be no Patriots headed into the Pro Hall of Fame.
Robert Kraft joined Bill Belichick in being excluded from the Hall of
Fame’s class of 2026 after failing to reach the necessary votes needed
to be inducted, ESPN reported Tuesday morning, a week after news broke
that the ex-Pats coach was not making it either.
The news isn’t expected to create the same outrage that swelled after
Belichick had been snubbed from the Hall in his first year on the
ballot, but it marked the closest that Kraft has come to being inducted
in his 14 years of eligibility.
Melinda
French Gates says latest allegations about Bill Gates’ antics with
Epstein dredge up ‘very painful’ memories of their marriage
Melinda French Gates said that new details of ex-husband Bill Gates’
alleged antics with Jeffrey Epstein dredge up “very painful times” from
their 27-year marriage — and have left her “so happy to be away from
all the muck that was there.”
The 61-year-old philanthropist, who divorced the Microsoft co-founder
in 2021, opened up as explosive allegations about her ex-husband were
included in the latest batch of Epstein files released last week.
“It’s personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because it
brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage,”
she told NPR’s “Wild Card” podcast on Tuesday.
NFL's Roger Goodell believes Bad Bunny 'understands' Super Bowl LX platform is meant to unite amid ICE outcry
Bad Bunny has been critical of ICE
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed questions about Bad Bunny
possibly making a political statement during the Super Bowl LX halftime
show and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations
during his press conference on Monday.
Last year, Bad Bunny was chosen as the Super Bowl halftime show
performer despite his scathing criticism of ICE. The Puerto Rican music
star won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and had more criticism
of ICE on stage in Los Angeles.
"Listen, Bad Bunny is, and I think that was demonstrated last night,
one of the great artists in the world and that’s one of the reasons we
chose him," Goodell said. "But the other reason is he understood the
platform he was on and this platform is used to unite people and to be
able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents
and to be able to use this moment to do that and I think artists in the
past have done that.
"I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’ll have a great performance."
As for ICE, officials were set to have a visible presence around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
Minnesota ignores history’s warnings and slouches toward another Fort Sumter
By Victor Davis Hanson
In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there
were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to
the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union.
Not all Unionists believed a civil war was inevitable: Some, in fact,
were happy to be done with the departing South and thus see the stain
of slavery gone from the Union.
Similarly, others agreed that the emerging Confederacy was not worth
the trouble and costs of war, and the secessionists could just form
their own nation and stew in their own backward, servile juice.
Texas bruising sends Republicans a message they’d better take to heart
By Daniel McCarthy
Just how badly did Republicans do in two Texas special elections over the weekend?
Not as badly as apocalyptic headlines in left-leaning outlets would
suggest — but badly enough that Republicans nationwide have to learn
some searing lessons.
The GOP lost both races, but one was for a US House seat that’s been in Democrats’ hands for decades.
Christian Menefee’s victory narrows the GOP’s congressional majority
only because that safely blue seat had been vacant since Rep. Sylvester
Turner died last March.
The other contest, which yielded an upset, was for a Texas state senate
seat that will be up for election again in November — before the
legislature convenes.
