Written by Robert Knight
When leftist protesters stormed into Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, during a Sunday service on Jan. 19, they chanted and screamed. Some of them told the frightened children that their parents were Nazis. Others blocked parents from reaching their children to remove them from the chaos.
Former CNN newsman Don Lemon, who claimed to have been an observer, insisted that the mob — and he — had a First Amendment right to disrupt the service.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Redistricting Project, Anne Frank, anti-ICE, Antisemitism, Bernard Sanders, Cities Church, Don Lemon, FACE Act, Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jonathan Parnell, Justice Department, Keith Ellison, Molly Ringwald, Pramila Jayapal, Progressive Caucus, Tim Walz, white supremacy, Yehuda Kaploun, Zohran Mamdani
Federal Issues, Immigration, Media Watch | David E. Smith |
February 2, 2026 5:00 AM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, WBEZ, the Chicago Sun-Times, and International House recently covered the three frontrunner Democratic candidates running for the open U.S. Senate seat in Illinois for the upcoming Primary on March 17th.
The debate featured candidates Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL, District 2), Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL, District 8), and Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton.
I watched the debate so that you wouldn’t have to and these are the big takeaways.… Continue Reading
Tags: Barak Obama, deportation, ICE, Immigration Customs and Enforcement, Joe Biden, Juliana Stratton, March Primary, Millionaire's Tax, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Robin Kelly, taxation
Economics, Federal Issues, Illinois Politics, Immigration, Political | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
January 29, 2026 5:00 AM |
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Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg
Illinois has been known as a “sanctuary state” since August of 2017 when Governor Pritzker signed the TRUST Act (SB 31) into law.
This legislation restricts both local and state law enforcement from cooperating in any way with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
As we have seen in recent months, the reality of Illinois being a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants has continued to build to a boiling point.
If you thought the TRUST Act was radical legislation, this past week revealed the dangerous reality for citizens living in a “sanctuary state” with a governor who has little concern for his constituents – those he is obligated to protect.… Continue Reading
Tags: Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Governor Pritzker, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Nero, Tren de Aragua, TRUST Act, U.S. Border Patrol
Federal Issues, Immigration | Alyssa Sonnenburg |
January 28, 2026 5:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
Christian conservatives across the nation clearly see what the biased media refuses to report: leftists are intentionally escalating tensions in Minnesota, with some openly advocating violence, and even armed confrontation, against federal agents. Antifa thugs have gone so far as to call for a “guerrilla war.”
Irresponsible politicians like Governor JB Pritzker, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are in lockstep agreement with their counterparts in Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Klobuchar, Andy Ngo, Antifa, Arabella Advisors, Benny Johnson, Brandon Johnson, Danesh Noshirvan, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jacob Frey, James O’Keefe, JB Pritzker, Minneapolis, Minnesota, monkeydbeans0, New Venture Fund, Open Society Foundations, O’Keefe Media Group, political violence, Proud Boys, rebellion, Renee Good, Sixteen Thirty Fund, Tammy Duckworth, TikTok, Tim Walz, Windward Fund
Executive Branch, Federal Elections, Federal Issues, Immigration, Political | David E. Smith |
January 26, 2026 10:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
You just knew when anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protester Renee Good tragically died in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 that the media would turn her into the next George Floyd.
Floyd, whose asphyxiation death under the knee of a police officer triggered the 2020 anti-police riots that took at least 25 lives and caused $2 billion in damage, has since been virtually deified. Minneapolis has named a square after him and erected a “living memorial” featuring art installations, including a raised-fist sculpture, in his honor.… Continue Reading
Tags: Antonio Romanucci, Becca Good, Democratic National Committee, Department of Homeland Security, domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, FBI, George Floyd, Gov. JB Pritzker, Gov. Tim Walz, ICE, illegal immigrant, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jonathan Ross, Ken Martin, Michael Brown, Minnesota, Nicolas Maduro, Pam Bondi, Renee Good, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Venezuelan immigrant
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith |
January 20, 2026 4:00 AM |
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Written by David E. Smith
In a moment when Washington D.C. spends with reckless abandon and our national debt towers above $38 trillion, it’s past time we confront a glaring inconsistency in our federal welfare system. Last week, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act — a bill rooted in fiscal responsibility, the rule of law, and basic fairness to American taxpayers.
In an interview with Real America’s Voice (RAV), U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act, Ending Taxpayer Subsidizations of Open Borders, Medicaid, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Rand Paul, Real America’s Voice, Robert J. Sigg, Somali fraud, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith |
January 19, 2026 6:00 AM |
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Written by Daniel Horowitz
It’s the $1.2 trillion question.
The United States spends roughly $1.2 trillion every year on means-tested welfare programs — cash aid, food assistance, housing subsidies, and medical care. The list runs through a thicket of acronyms: SNAP, TANF, SSI, EITC, ACTC, WIC, CHIP, ACA subsidies, and CCDBG, plus school meals, Medicaid, and Section 8 housing.
This guaranteed-income architecture now fuels a destructive cycle. Federal spending drives debt. Debt fuels inflation. Inflation expands dependence.… Continue Reading
Written by David E. Smith
The shooting and death of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was tragic, completely avoidable, and deserves a full, transparent investigation and a serious response. We cannot ignore the dangerous reality on the ground: federal law-enforcement officers carrying out a vital mission are being targeted, threatened, doxed, assaulted, and routinely obstructed. That cannot continue.
These mob tactics cross the line. The First Amendment guarantees “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Anya Varfolomeev, Brad Halbrook, Don Tracy, Gail Clayton, JD Vance, Jocelyn Nungaray, Kristi Noem, Laken Riley, Michael Clayton, Nikolay Osokin, Rachel Morin, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Renee Nicole Good, Robin Kelly
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith |
January 9, 2026 8:00 AM |
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Written by Robert Knight
The multibillion-dollar Somali welfare scandal in Minnesota continues to grow, even as Democrats do their best to tamp it down.
U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, who represents the Twin Cities area and is a naturalized citizen from Somalia, lamented the fraud but said the focus on Somalis was because of bigotry. She wrote a column for The New York Times accusing President Trump of “hate speech” and “racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia and division.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Biden Administration, Cloward-Piven Strategy, Department of Homeland Security, Feeding Our Future, Frances Fox Piven, government health care, Ilhan Omar, Justice Department, Kamala Harris, Keith Ellison, Milton Friedman, National Review, Nick Shirley, Peggy Flanagan, President Donald J. Trump, Quran, Richard Cloward, Somali daycare fraud, The New York Times, Tim Walz, Washington Post
Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith |
January 6, 2026 7:00 AM |
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Written by Michael Barone
As news reports proliferate of multimillion-dollar — and possibly billion-dollar — fraudulent diversions of government funds involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community, it may be time at one year’s end and the next one’s beginning to take a longer look at America’s experience with immigration, and to seek the guidance of the first and one of its two greatest presidents.
The Founding Fathers were aware that their new nation was gifted with vast acreage, but only 4 million people were counted in the first decennial Census in 1790.… Continue Reading
Tags: Constitutional Convention, Ellis Island, George Washington, Gouverneur Morris, Immigration Act of 1924, Moses Seixas, Nathaniel Philbrick, Somali Americans, Touro Synagogue
Immigration | David E. Smith |
January 3, 2026 5:00 AM |
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