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Rep. Maxwell Frost says he was punched in face after being told Trump would deport him
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Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said Saturday he was assaulted by an individual after being threatened with deportation.

Police in Park City, Utah, said Christian Joel Young, 28, snuck into a private event at the Sundance Film Festival, where witnesses report that he approached Frost and a friend. Authorities say Young allegedly said, “We are going to deport you and your kind” while hugging them, prompting the two to push Young away, according to FOX 13.

“Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay. Thank you to the venue security and Park City PD for assistance on this incident,” Frost said on X.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MESSAGING ON ICE AT ODDS WITH PUBLIC SUPPORT

Last night, I was assaulted by a man at Sundance Festival who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off. The individual was arrested and I am okay.

Thank you to the venue security and…
— Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@RepMaxwellFrost) January 24, 2026

Frost has Puerto Rican, Lebanese, and Haitian ancestry and was adopted at birth in 1997 by musician Patrick Frost and his wife, Maritza Argibay-Frost, who immigrated to the United States from Cuba in the 1960s, according to the congressman’s House page.

Another victim said Young approached her and her friend and started making “inappropriate and racially charged” comments before pushing her against a bar and threatening to deport her. 

Young has been booked on suspicion of assault, aggravated burglary, and assaulting an elected official. Police wrote in the arrest report that both assault charges will be screened for a hate crime enhancement. 

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A judge has ordered Young to be held without bail.

The Washington Examiner has contacted Frost’s office and the Park City police for comment.

Feds Kill Again in Minneapolis. Minnesotans Are Fighting Back.
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/ January 25, 2026

Feds Kill Again in Minneapolis. Minnesotans Are Fighting Back.

Minneapolis has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it.

Alyssa Oursler

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Protesters clash with law enforcement in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026, after federal agents shot and killed a man—the second time one has shot dead Minnesotan this month.

(Arthur Maiorella / Anadolu via Getty Images)

Minneapolis—On Saturday morning, I followed the sound of whistles to the sound of flash-bangs. A man on the corner wiped his eyes while holding a gas mask. “You OK?” I asked. He shook his head. “I should have put my mask on sooner,” he told me. I pulled on my own as I approached the mass of protesters just beginning to gather. The eye shield crystallized like a windshield in the cold. When the sun hit, I could see nothing. I pulled the mask back off. Riot cops were moving in alongside the federal agents already in formation behind yellow crime-scene tape. Metal scraped on cement as protesters began to form a barricade from dumpsters, a mattress, a car. The makeshift fortress was meant to shield the swelling crowd from less-than-lethal weapons. But it also exemplified the persistence of community members in the face of escalating state violence.

On Saturday, three months to the day after Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s opening salvo in Minneapolis, federal agents were filmed shooting a legal observer multiple times at point blank range, including after his body went limp. Alex Pretti—a 37-year-old lawful gun owner, per police chief Brian O’Hara—was declared dead at the scene. The assembly of protesters was declared unlawful shortly after.

The shooting, which took place on the immediate heels of a citywide strike, has further solidified Minneapolis as ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it. The afternoon prior, tens of thousands descended upon downtown Minneapolis, armed with cardboard signs and snow goggles, as part of the nation’s first general strike in eight decades. Since January 7, when ICE officer Jonathan Ross was filmed shooting 37-year-old Renee Good in the face, residents have called for ICE to leave the city. Ross has not been arrested or charged.

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It's not the state of Minnesota. It's one stinking city metroplex (MSP)
How is this acceptable?

Trump "lost" MN by about 30K votes in 2024. He "lost" MSP by over 300K. The rest of the state is pretty sane. The amount of corruption, theft, grift and crime going on in MSP must be eradicated.

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton ends reelection campaign
Same show, different day.

Washington, D.C.’s delegate to Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ended her reelection campaign on Sunday.

The development was revealed in a Federal Election Commission filing, which included descriptions of her campaign’s finances. Norton, 88, ended her campaign after heavy scrutiny surrounding her age, health, and mental acuity.

Norton had previously weathered the reckoning around elderly members of Congress, repeatedly rebuffing calls to step aside for a younger candidate. She has served as Washington’s delegate to Congress for over 34 years.

“I’m going to run,” Norton told reporters for Politico and NBC News in June when asked if she would run for reelection in 2026. “I don’t know why anyone would even ask me.”

Several Democrats launched campaigns before she opted against running for reelection, with most centering their campaigns on concerns over her age and health.

Concerns around Norton’s mental acuity were laid bare in October when she was taken advantage of by scammers posing as HVAC cleaners. A police report described Norton as having the “early stages of dementia,” something not previously known. A woman named Jacqueline Pelt was identified as Norton’s caretaker and power of attorney.

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Norton’s office denied several details of the police report. They objected to the description of Pelt, instead describing her as “a longtime employee and friend [who] serves as the house manager, residing at a separate address.”

Norton’s office also denied she had dementia, saying, “The medical diagnosis included in the police report was based on an assumption the reporting officer was unqualified to make.”

Should we use "centrist" instead of "moderate" to describe US Congresspeople whose 'voting record' and legislative sponsorships is 'in the middle' of US Congressional Democrats and Republicans?
What's the endgame here?

The definition of "moderate" and "centrist" is similar.
But "a person with political views that are not extreme" is different in the US between what US adults support and how the US Congress votes.
This: The most popular politicians in America | Politics | YouGov Ratings
Is much different than Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK, 2003-2028], Senator for Alaska - (often the 'swing vote' of the US Senate)
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX28, 2005-2026], Representative for Texas's 28th Congressional District - (often considered the most conservative US House Democrat)

Vance calls Minneapolis unrest 'engineered chaos' after deadly shooting
Who's accountable for the results?

Vice President JD Vance called the unrest in Minnesota "engineered chaos" in the wake of another fatal, federal agent-involved shooting over the weekend. 
On Saturday, 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse who was carrying a licensed handgun while protesting a federal immigration enforcement operation, was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Authorities say Pretti resisted arrest after trying to intervene in the operation.
In response to the shooting, Vance accused "far-left agitators working with local authorities" of creating the conditions that led to the confrontation between Pretti and the border patrol agents. 
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"This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis," Vance said in a post on X. "It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities."
His remarks come as a familiar network of far-left groups mobilize nationwide, often coalescing around disparate causes.
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In Minneapolis, the unrest intensified after the shooting, leading several local officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, to call on the Department of Homeland Security and the Trump administration to pull Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from the city.
Walz said in a post on X that he spoke with the White House "after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning." 
"Minnesota has had it," Walz said. "This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
On Sunday, Walz said: "Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace," and called on Trump to pull "untrained agents" out of the state.
But the White House wasn't keen on budging. 
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to local leadership calling for the withdrawal of federal law enforcement from Minnesota, writing on X that the focus should not be on removing officers but on removing "dangerous criminal illegal aliens" from the state.
"The Democrats have their priorities completely upside down. They will not keep the American people safe," Leavitt wrote. 
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said Pretti approached agents while armed with a 9 mm pistol and two magazines and "violently resisted" when officers tried to disarm him, prompting one agent to fire.
Local video footage and eyewitness accounts, …

Chances of reform uk winning 2029 general elections ?
Transparency shouldn't be controversial.

As of now the pollsters have reform uk winning a general election with a landslide majority in the United Kingdom
I would like to ask the people of Reddit what are the chances of them actually winning How accurate are the polls 3 years out And can they be stopped by the other party’s forming coalitions ?

GOP lawmaker renews oversight hearing request of DHS agencies following fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Every delay has consequences.

A Republican lawmaker is calling for an oversight hearing of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies, renewing a request from earlier this month as attention turns to a fatal shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Saturday he is seeking testimony from senior DHS officials following the death of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.
Garbarino said the request builds on an invitation issued by committee staff on Jan. 15, which he is now formally following up on.
The officials he named include acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow.
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"As chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, my top priority remains keeping Americans safe and ensuring the Department of Homeland Security can accomplish its core mission," Garbarino said. 
"I take my oversight duties for the department seriously, and Congress has an important responsibility to ensure the safety of law enforcement and the people they serve and protect," he added. "I am committed to ensuring ICE, CBP, and USCIS are effectively using the historic resources provided through reconciliation to strengthen public safety, and I look forward to each of these agencies testifying before the Committee."
Pretti’s death has intensified tensions in Minnesota and reverberated on Capitol Hill, as criticism of the way federal immigration enforcement is being conducted has fueled protests and political scrutiny.
VOTERS SHARPLY SPLIT ALONG PARTY LINES OVER ICE AGENT'S FATAL SHOOTING: POLL
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on the Trump administration to end its ICE operations in the state after the second shooting death of a U.S. citizen in recent weeks, saying they were not making the city safer.
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"This administration and everyone involved in this operation should be reflecting. They should be reflecting right now and asking themselves what exactly are you accomplishing? If the goal was to achieve peace and safety, this is doing exactly the opposite. If the goal was to achieve calm and prosperity, this is doing exactly the opposite," he told reporters.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against Frey during a press conference on Saturday, blaming him and Minnesota Gov. …

Meet the longtime biz partner of Ilhan Omar's husband as questions swirl over her skyrocketing net worth
This is performative politics again.

A longtime Democratic operative who worked for top party figures before jumping into private ventures with the now-husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Tim Mynett, is back in the spotlight as swindling allegations resurface and Congress investigates Omar's skyrocketing net worth via her husband's companies, according to her financial disclosures.
William Hailer and Mynett, who met working for now-Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison when he was in Congress, were both political operatives before they turned to venture capitalism and the wine industry. Hailer was a senior advisor to former Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and also has an extensive history working for Ellison, who was the DNC co-chair. Between consulting fees and reimbursements, Hailer raked in over $250,000 advising the DNC and Ellison, according to FEC filings.
The pair also co-founded the political consulting firm E Street Group, which raked in almost $3 million alone from Omar's House campaigns, and then went on to co-found Rose Lake Capital LLC, a venture capital firm, and eStCru, a wine company, among a web of other ventures they have since embarked on. 
Through these business ventures, which include wine and cannabis, Hailer left a trail of fraud and swindling allegations tied to eSt Ventures, which was co-founded by Hailer and Mynett, and the subsequently formed Badlands Fund, which was created to control another investment fund that the pair also created called Badlands Ventures.
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"On information and belief, Defendants formed Badlands Ventures in order to defraud Plaintiffs by soliciting them for purported investments in Dakota and 605 with the present intention of stealing and/or misappropriating most of the money," the cannabis lawsuit, which listed Hailer and Badlands Ventures as the defendant, states.
The lawsuit claims that the pair solicited donations from local South Dakota cannabis growers who had been raising money among their friends and family. Hailer allegedly promised them that he already had big investors lined up, and would bring in multi-millions more if the local growers forked over around $3.5 million. 
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Bovino says agents did ‘good job’ taking down Pretti before he could shoot law enforcement
This affects the entire country.

Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino defended law enforcement agents on Sunday after an agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretty in Minneapolis on Saturday.

The agent shot Pretti on Saturday after the Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached agents armed with a handgun, though video reviewed by the Washington Examiner shows Pretti holding his cellphone as he tries to intervene with a federal agent pushing a woman to the ground. Five agents attempt to subdue Pretti, and one of them removes Pretti’s firearm from the scene before another agent shoots Pretti multiple times.

It marked the second deadly shooting amid the Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minneapolis after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed 37-year-old Renee Good on Jan. 7.

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Bovino addressed the Pretti shooting on Sunday and said Pretti “decided to inject himself” into an act of law enforcement. He added that the shooting will be investigated.

“In fact, I believe that the fantastic training that our law enforcement partners have, the fact that they‘re highly trained, prevented any specific shootings of law enforcement. So good job for our law enforcement in taking him down before he was able to do that. And again, Dana, let‘s look at why he was there in the first place,” Bovino said on CNN’s State of the Union.

Bovino then speculated that Pretti had been at the riot for “a reason,” questioning if Pretti “fell victim to that violent and heated rhetoric” from Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. He also said he respects Pretti’s Second Amendment rights but that these rights “don’t count” when one chooses to “impede law enforcement officers.”

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“When you show up to an active crime scene, don‘t leave the crime scene and you‘re armed, then you know, you‘ve got to the decision-making process for that individual doesn‘t seem to be very good,” Bovino said.

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Following the shooting, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) vowed to block the appropriations bill funding the government if the funding bill for DHS is not amended. The deadline to pass the remaining funding bills is Jan. 30.

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