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With the news that Border Patrol goons Saturday killed Alex Pretti, 37, of MN, a nurse who reportedly worked at the Veteran’s Admin near Minneapolis, shooting him multiple times, right on the street, after they shot him with pepper spray and pinned him to the snowy sidewalk, we want to lay out valuable, evergreen information about the multiple layers of federal malfeasance and contempt for their Constitution that led to this murder. You will find the first of two articles about the Constitution and history at the close of this Sunday News Assembly.
First, we want to offer you some of the ridiculous statements from the Trump Admin.

Statements such as this, from Noem, who, by stating that Pretti “approached”… “with a gun” implies that he was brandishing it, or had it in his hand. This is false. He was recording ICE on the streets, and an ICE goon pushed a woman beside him, so he turned to help her, and an ICE goon pepper-sprayed him and pulled him to the ground as other ICE agents piled on. Then, as they hit him and kicked him, an ICE goon stole his gun and ran, whereupon other ICE agents shot Mr. Pretti, multiple times. This besmirching of the dead man’s character and actions, this utter falsehood, is beyond vile. It is one of the most sinful things one could do to make the murder even worse. Here is Noem in video

-Here is a still from today’s Gorilla Underground, hosted by Billy Ray Valentine, who welcomed Gard (me) for a valuable assessment of Trump Admin policies and statements, video of the murder, and comments from viewers. We got to discuss her claims, which Bovino, her SS-Trooper-LARP-ING lapdog, echoed, obviously, to continue spreading the fake narrative.

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From the camera of the “woman in the pink jacket”. Morgan Freeman asked people to be sure to get her to share that footage

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Look at what Stephen Miller claims. It’s evil and absurd.

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The Mayor of Minneapolis must be at wits end trying to handle this madness.

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The MN gov has called up the state Guard, and they are headed to “secure” a federal detention facility. Does that mean they will confront ICE goons and take control of the facility, or simply surround it in case protesters want to congregate around it and ICE might attack those people?

The Maine Gov

First, as I have reported in previous MRCTV pieces, the words “immigration” and “immigrant” are not in the US Constitution.

Many American’s mistake the power in Article One, Section Eight, granting the Congress the “power” to create a rule of naturalization with the “power” to create a rule over immigration. But naturalization is how visitors become American citizens, not whether visitors can be on the soil of any US state.

The only passage of the Constitution from which one might infer a link to immigration is in Article One, Section Nine, which reads, in part:

“The Migration of Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one-thousand-eight-hundred-and-eight…”

This provision tells readers that, prior to 1808, Congress could not write laws regarding the migration into any of the original thirteen states from outside the US or from other states in the union. Such wording pertained to slave importation, and the philosophy of the Founders, as expressed in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, implies that, unless the Constitution were amended, Congress did not have jurisdiction over importation of slaves in the original states until after 1808, and that it had no power to control the importation of slaves into any new state.

This soon was reflected in policy. The Missouri Compromise set the standard for the process of state admission from the territories of the Louisiana Purchase. Thus, the new northern “free states” and southern “slave states” would alternate admission, keeping what many politicians in Congress believed would be a balance between “slave” and “free” states for representation.

If the federal government could block importation of slaves into states beyond the original thirteen, then there would be no need for the Missouri Compromise, because Congress could block the importation of slaves into those new “slave” states, making them de facto “free” states and shifting even more population-based “representative” power to the north.

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It was well understood that immigration was not a federal purview. Thomas Jefferson said so himself in his 1798 Kentucky Resolution Number Four, which was a slap at the “Alien Act” pushed by then-President, John Adams:

“IV. Resolved, that alien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the state wherein they are; that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual states distinct from their power over citizens; and it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that ‘the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people,’ the act of the Congress of the United States passed on the 22d day of June, 1798, entitled ‘An act concerning aliens,’ which assumes power over alien friends not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and of no force.”

Texas’s state constitution, approved in 1869, included an article establishing a “Bureau of Immigration” in it.

If the people of Texas believed Congress had the power to control immigration, why would they bother creating their own Bureau of Immigration?

The answer is that Congress DID NOT have such an enumerated power, and the only reason contemporary Americans fight over what the feds “should do” at the border is because of a corrupt 1875 Supreme Court ruling in the case of “Chy Lung v. Freeman” which was a challenge to a California statute imposing a charge on boat-owners who were facilitating ingress to Chinese women (seen as likely prostitutes by the politicians). With the ruling, the Justices simply made-up federal immigration control, saying, in part, this errant nonsense, which easily can be refuted by actually reading the Constitution:

“The passage of laws which concern the admission of citizens and subjects of foreign nations to our shores belongs to Congress, and not to the States.”

This led to federal passage of the Page Law that same year, a statute that restricted lower-price Chinese immigrant labor, and established from that point on that the states would suffer the loss of their constitutionally granted power over immigration.

In 1882, Congress became even more draconian, and passed the “Chinese Exclusion Act,” barring entrance into any state by Chinese laborers for ten years, halting Chinese non-labor immigration for SIXTY years, and prohibiting entirely all naturalization by Chinese people – all of which came as a result of heavy lobbying from higher-priced American labor interests that did not want to compete against people who might work for less…

All of which harmed American consumers who were forced to shell out more for products and services, preventing them from saving and having money left to invest in new ventures.

And all of which is unconstitutional, without any doubt.

Prior to “Chy Lung,” there had been numerous Supreme Court cases (“Miln v New York”, “Smith v Turner”, and “Norris v Boston” are examples) in which litigants challenged or cited numerous state statutes that placed restrictions on the “kinds” of people (such as those defined as “paupers”) that shipmasters could allow in the respective states. It is important to note that there was debate in these cases as to whether the states could impose TARIFFS and LEVIES on such “imports” or if such tariffs infringed on Congress’s power to impose tariffs (the Constitution does allow states to impose tariffs, but only after Congressional approval), and there also were controversies about whether such state taxes could trump federal treaties with other nations, but never in those cases was the power of states to block or admit immigrants questioned…

We will tell more, in our second part of this series…

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…in which we will spell out how Article Four, Section Four of the Constitution supersedes the so-called “Insurrection Act” and shows that the act is unconstitutional, and in which we will discuss the deeper moral primacy of free association. Plus, we will discuss how no political border can show “value” as to what people might want to for a border, and how only private property allows true valuations and border preferences to be reflected.

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Big thanks to all the fine people who joined us to chat and engage in idea exchanges tonight, and to all the great journalists whose work we got to feature! - Join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble or on X! Here are some of the big portions of tonight’s biiiiig show! :) Be Seeing You! -

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JD Vance’s appearance in MN was what many pro-freedom scholars and advocates expected it to be: a gas-lighting session to promote the “hard work” of the invading ICE goons, and to blame the victims of the ICE agents for their own suffering and the feds’ attack on their Natural Rights. Not even two minutes into the White House feed, Vance began his hollow harangue. Here is the start of his many assumptive statements that presume to imply that: A. ICE has a constitutional justification to exist… B. ICE or any federal agents have a constitutionally sanctioned justification to be in any state… C. The locals are the instigators and initiators of the violence (they are defending against federal invaders who ALREADY got their gear, food, vehicles, hotel rooms, and salaries via taxation)… and, D. Local Cops are not helping round up people, not helping the kidnappers, thus causing more problems, in his eyes.

When asked about ICE kidnapping a father and abducting the child, Vance simply assumes that the baseline norm is that it is okay for a group of armed thugs, paid via coercion of taxation, to kidnap a man, so, of course, in his view, the ICE goons were, somehow, protecting the child who was left fatherless. Makes total sense.

Here is Vance v Vance on “immunity” for ICE goons.

ICE already is causing problems in Maine

-And, not only should ICE not exist, and not be IN MN, the DHS claim that their attack on an innocent man in his home was, somehow, “justified” because they were searching for a “sex offender” is proven false or based on faulty information

-We also got this internal doc about why ICE went after the Tufts student last year - it was because she wrote an op-ed in favor of peace for Palestine

-in MINUS 21 F weather, these religious souls rallied against ICE.

-Since a panel of the 3rd Circuit Federal Court ruled that Mahmoud Khalil’s kidnapping and deportation case should be heard in the fantasy-based “immigration court - a court that is not constitutional and does not abide by the Bill of Rights for regular trials, evidentiary hearing, jury, etc. - Mr. Khalil can be caged again and the feds want to send him to ALGERIA LINK
Judge Napolitano has an excellent piece, published yesterday, on the US Police State. LINK

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Trump says an “armada” is headed to the Gulf to threaten Iran (and prep for more bombings). LINK
-btw, although Trump claims that the Iranian government has to be overthrown, he is deporting 40 Iranians, because, yeah, he can do anything he wants, evidently.

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The House version of the VZ “war powers resolution” that would do what the US Constitution is supposed to do — stop Trump from unilaterally attacking people — failed to pass. LINK And

… when the US nailed another VZ tanker yesterday, why did they have to do that if the US regime change operation took out Maduro the “bad guy” and all was leading in a “good” direction, as Trump has said? Oh, and there’s this, from leaks, evidently, about the US threats when the “peaceful” US thugs attacked and kidnapped Maduro LINK they are said to have given the others fifteen minutes to comply with the US or be killed. Nothing like spreading “freedom” eh?

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Zelensky claims that he has an agreement from the US for “security” there, but “after the war”. How the US Constitution allows for this, one might wonder. But one might also be perplexed regarding how the Russians will agree to Ukraine arranging a US-led “security” force without Russian involvement as part of the check on Ukrainian subterfuge and terrorist attacks on the Donbass LINK
-But, let’s be sure Blackrock gets what it’s promised! LINK

Despite the fantasy-rules of the US Constitution not allowing any of the federal claims of control over business, the TikTok ban-supporters got their way, and the feds now see Tik Tok ready to be handed to different management. From the article: ‘TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, finalized a deal on Thursday to set up a majority American-owned joint venture company to avoid a U.S. ban on the popular social media app used by more than 200 million Americans.’ LINK

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From the article: ‘A federal judge rejected DoorDash’s and Uber Technologies’ request for an injunction to block New York City laws that would require food delivery apps to provide customers an option to tip delivery workers when paying.’ In other words, the businesses cannot operate as they want to operate, cannot make these decisions and see what customers and employees think. The controllers in government will decide. LINK

The House is putting into the hands of the Senate its $1.2 TRILLION bill that still includes the mandate for the “car kill switch” to be forced onto automakers - and it includes a lot of other poison, as well

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As GOLD AND SILVER SKYROCKET to all-time highs (like the James Bond song?), we see Amazon readying massive administrative cuts. LINK
And what of that precious metals increase?

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Immense thanks to Karen Carpenter, of The Knights of the Storm, for joining us in our Mind Meld tonight, to all the good folks who streamed with us and engaged with each other in the chats, and to all the great journalists whose work we got to discuss, big thanks, for their excellent work! Join us, m-f 6 pm on Rumble or X, and get the audio pod, free, shortly after each show, via Spotify or here at Substack! Find Karen on X, here!

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-As we have mentioned, conservative Christians want to use the FACE act to prosecute on a federal level people who entered a MN church to confront a pastor whom they believed was also working for ICE. Don Lemon entered with them and covered the action. Here are two different takes on the DOJ not going after Don, but still going after some of the protesters

and… This shows us, again, the problem of Marsh v Alabama, the SCOTUS decision that arbitrarily claimed certain kinds of property were not private when they were not funded by govt and the govt wanted to dictate speech or how they would be run. This Church is not something that Marsh would consider “public” the way they watered down private property for businesses, but the principle is the same. If it is not funded through govt, it is NOT PUBLIC PROPERTY, and the FACE act, outside the places, runs counter to the 1st Amendment. It is up to the states to handle speech codes in public places, and one must check the state constitutions on each case.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), under Attorney General Bondi, has pursued charges against individuals involved in a January 19, 2026, anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. This included former CNN host Don Lemon, who was embedded with the protesters and live-streamed the event. The initial criminal complaint targeted Lemon and others, but a federal magistrate judge rejected it today, citing insufficient evidence for the proposed charges. Still, Bondi has publicly vowed to pursue alternative federal charges, and two protesters were arrested shortly after the judge’s decision. The DOJ’s initial effort explicitly invoked the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act (18 U.S.C. § 248), which prohibits interfering with or intimidating individuals seeking access to reproductive health services or places of religious worship. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon confirmed the investigation under this law, emphasizing its application to disruptions of religious services. Following the rejection, the DOJ has indicated potential use of other statutes, such as the Enforcement Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act), which addresses conspiracies to violate constitutional rights. While the FACE Act formed the basis for the first attempt, it’s unclear if it will be reapplied in revised charges, as the focus has shifted to broader civil rights violations.
-More information about the AP revelations of internal ICE docs focusing on their “Administrative Warrants” (which are not warrants), and how the DHS knows they are not real.

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-Jacob Hornberger’s new piece on the Immigration Police State is fantastic. Please read it and share it with others if you have the opportunity to do so. LINK
Check out this tepid, insulting response from ICE/DHS regarding its use of Green Gas on residents of Minneapolis. LINK Again, they blame their victims.
- A TX high school student was attacked via car chase by ICE LINK
-Tom Homan stresses the errant Kavanaugh Stop precedent that completely undercuts the 4th Amendment, claiming that ICE can stop you and demand papers on their own, arbitrary claims of “reasonable suspicion.” LINK
-AND, again, the reminder of what the AP revealed yesterday, which we already knew, that the ICE goons believe their made-up term “Administrative Warrant” allows them to enter homes. LINK But, as those who deal with the strict ethics of human interaction know, even a state-issued “warrant” is its own make-believe, claiming that the polis can have members of its agency issue slips of paper - via the judicial branch — allowing for searches per the 4th Amendment. That is what is allowed in the Constitution, it is merely a claim of power over people, and still is people issuing claims to search and invade. Watch the vid embedded in that link to see how perversely narcissistic Trump is, even when talking about the murdered Ms. Green.
-ICE MOVES ON MAINE LINK
-Yes. Choked LINK
- JD VANCE preps for his goofy, pre-selected “town hall meeting” in MN, and… LIES re “Administrative Warrants”

-The phrasing, again, deflecting from the fact that ICE SHOT LINK
-Notice in the embedded video that the Trumpers keep talking about how they can “invoke the insurrection act” and that it is “one of the President’s constitutional powers”. That is bald-facedly false. The Insurrection Act is a statute, not an Amendment to the Const. A statute that runs counter to the Const, clearly, is invalid according to their so-called “rules”, and no President can claim that there is an “insurrection” and march into a state. Article 4, Sec 4 clearly mandates that the REQUEST for help must come from the state, not a diktat or self-permission slip from DC. This story is a sep story, btw, but it’s worth reading about the perfidy of the feds, now auctioning seized cars - DHS auctions off cars amid immigration crackdown . LINK

-Yep. Recall that in July, Trump expanded the federal govt again, prepping federal financial incentives for states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people.

It’s not about the band, but the World Health Org, and, as he did when he was in 1600 PA Ave the first time, Trump has stopped payments to the WHO. LINK This is a positive, but few people seem to understand just how toweringly immoral and unconstitutional the WHO is, so, as was the case with Joe Biden, a new Prez could reinstate the funds and march along the WHO path.

IRAN

Recall our discussion yesterday on the Armenia-Azerbaijan situation, which is now a separate video on our Liberty Conspiracy Rumble ch. AND now… this

-Kushner debuted his Gaza plan, repeatedly referring to “Gazans” not Palestinians
SO, Trump announced the prospective nation-states to join, with the first year “free”, then they will have to throw $1 BIL into the pot. How long will that BIL last? LINK and

-Recall that Trump sent an invite to Putin, and now, Putin has responded with key smarts. He says he is willing to throw in $1 BIL, but it will come from the $5 BIL in Russian state assets that the Biden Admin froze and Trump continues to keep frozen. LINK

-While KUSHNER claims the “war is over” the ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCE killed three journalists, and many other civilians in the past 24 hours. Here is more LINK and ANTIWAR

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OIL REVENUE? The US lets VZ get some money? LINK

French forces just pirated a Russian tanker LINK
Zelensky spoke to the WEF, claiming the Europeans needed to be tougher. While Kellogg claimed that Ukraine could do “well” in the quixotic fight against Russia, if the Ukrainian military can get through to spring. Kellogg is now tied to a military arms contractor. LINK TO THE WONDROUS WEF! LINk Zelensky also met w Trump, and got a cold reception. We will have more, on Liberty Conspiracy Live, tonight at 6!

The Dutch PM says, “NO, Trump,” we do not agree to letting you take over or buy Greenland. There already is a1951 U.S.-Denmark defense agreement granting American military access in Greenland for strategic purposes like mineral resources and bases.

The 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement (formally titled “Agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Denmark Pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty Concerning the Defense of Greenland”) was signed on April 27, 1951, in Copenhagen. It stems from NATO’s request for arrangements allowing allied forces to use facilities in Greenland for collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty area, including Greenland itself.Key Extent and ProvisionsThe agreement recognizes Danish sovereignty over Greenland while granting the United States significant military rights to support NATO defense objectives during the Cold War era. Main elements include:

• Mutual defense responsibilities: Both countries commit to measures for collective defense in Greenland per NATO plans.

• Establishment and operation of defense areas: The U.S. can establish, maintain, and operate “defense areas” in Greenland (agreed upon jointly based on NATO needs) that Denmark cannot handle alone. This includes rights to:

  • Construct, install, maintain, and operate facilities, equipment, and installations.

  • Station and house U.S. personnel (military and civilian).

  • Exercise jurisdiction over these areas (with some limitations).

  • Control movements of ships, aircraft, and other craft in and around the areas.

  • Free transit between defense areas.

• Cooperation and limitations: The U.S. agrees to cooperate fully with Danish authorities, respect Danish sovereignty, and avoid unnecessary interference with local populations or Danish laws (except where necessary for defense operations). Danish laws generally apply outside defense areas, but the agreement provides exemptions for U.S. personnel in certain cases (e.g., entry/exit, jurisdiction over crimes).

• Strategic purpose: Focused on countering potential threats (e.g., Soviet influence) and supporting NATO security in the Arctic/North Atlantic.

The agreement has been amended and supplemented over time, notably in 2004 (via the Igaliku Agreement), which reduced active defense areas primarily to Thule Air Base (now Pituffik Space Base), incorporated NATO Status of Forces Agreement elements, enhanced consultations with Greenland’s Home Rule Government, and emphasized environmental/local cooperation. However, the core 1951 framework for U.S. military access and operations remains in force. It does not transfer sovereignty or allow outright U.S. control of Greenland—Denmark’s territorial integrity is explicitly affirmed. But Trump wants permanent control, via US occupation or outright purchase.

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TARIFF TERRORISM

Lutnick’s fam stands to make oodles, betting that the SCOTUS will strike down Trump’s tariffs and demand refunds. Howard’s clan has counter-invested against the very policy he has been praising.

US DEBT PROBLEMS - PAYING OFF BONDS - ROLL CLOSER

TRUMP QUIETLY DROPS SUIT RE DEI IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

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In his keynote address today, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Donald Trump delivered a combative speech touting what he errantly described as “America’s economic resurgence” under his leadership, while sharply criticizing European allies and reviving contentious foreign policy demands.
The barb-filled, truth-defying, almost comedic, 45-minute talk emphasized what Trump insanely described as “U.S. strength through tariffs”, NATO changes (not big changes, when it comes to NATO members really paying more for defense, the US still pays nearly 64% of that budget), and a bold push for control over Greenland, framing these as essential for global security and American interests.
On NATO, Trump lambasted the alliance as outdated and unfair, claiming the U.S. had shouldered “virtually 100%” of its costs until his interventions forced higher defense spending from members (spending that is only a tiny fraction higher and will, undoubtedly, bring more money into the US Military-Industrial Complex from those member nations). He argued that grabbing Greenland would, somehow, strengthen NATO by securing Arctic routes against threats from Russia and China (the US already has a treaty with The Netherlands to allow for US military bases all over Greenland, to his claim is empty), calling it a “very small ask” compared to decades of U.S. protection for Europe.
However, Trumpola warned allies: say yes to the handover, and “we’ll be very appreciative,” or no, and “we will remember,” hinting at potential repercussions. And, of course, tariffs featured prominently as a threat. Trump defended his past and proposed new tariff taxes, announcing a 10% import tax starting February on goods from eight European nations supporting Denmark’s resistance to the Greenland transfer. The targeted nations are Denmark (Greenland’s sovereign), Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland—all NATO allies. The 10% tariff applies to “any and all goods” and is additive to existing U.S. import duties, which are reciprocal tariffs imposed under Trump’s trade policies. These “stack” on current levels, potentially raising effective rates to 20-25% initially, then 35-40% if escalated, varying by sector (e.g., exemptions for pharmaceuticals and aerospace). Critics argue it risks transatlantic relations and could prompt EU retaliation, such as reimposing duties on up to $108 billion in U.S. exports.
Trump boasted of using tariffs to “get back” from “unfair trade,” criticizing the EU and tying them directly to the Greenland dispute to pressure negotiations. Central to the speech was Trump’s renewed demand for Greenland, which he described as a “piece of ice” vital for “world peace and protection,” despite its 56,000 inhabitants and Danish sovereignty. He called for “immediate negotiations” but ruled out military force, stating, “I won’t use force,” while insisting it’s “our territory” in North America. Of course, tariffs are backed, by threats of force, “sanctions” against foreigners, and more US piracy.
Labeling Denmark “ungrateful” for WWII aid, Trump argued no other nation could secure Greenland better than the U.S. The remarks ignited transatlantic tensions, with EU leaders questioning Trump’s reliability.
Trump also falsely claimed that China manufactures nearly all wind turbines but has few, if any, domestic wind farms. In remarks to energy executives on January 9, and echoed in this Davos address, Trump asserted China exports them to “suckers” like Europe and the former U.S., while relying on coal and other fuels instead. This claim is mistaken. China leads the world in wind power capacity, installing about 70% of global additions in 2024 and holding nearly 50% of total installed wind capacity (over 520 GW), per the Global Wind Energy Council. It boasts massive onshore and offshore wind farms, far outpacing other nations, while dominating turbine manufacturing (around 60-65%). Trump’s assertion inverts reality: Given that the Chinese government has shown little respect for private property (especially when it comes to dams that flood private farmland and allowing corporations to mine coal), China heavily deploys wind energy domestically alongside coal, not merely exporting to undermine others. Fact-checks from AFP, FactCheck.org, PolitiFact, and CNN label the statement false, highlighting it as a recurring misrepresentation in his anti-renewables rhetoric.
Overall, Trump’s speech blended economic bravado with isolationist threats, underscoring his “America First” agenda amid global unease. Here are some key, pertinent clips and observations:

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Trump makes more of a fool of himself.

Italy’s Meloni finally speaks up against Trump. She has been silently acquiescent for a year.

The entire Trump speech, (scroll in to 9 min)

KEY - Trump claimed the US economy is stellar. He is lying. Not only is inflation still near 3% each month on an annualized basis, US manufacturing employment, based on the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released January 9, 2026, for December 2025 (seasonally adjusted), stands at 12,692,000 jobs. This reflects a decline of 8,000 jobs from November 2025 (12,700,000).
KEY - TRUMP CLAIMED HE LOWERED DRUG EXPENSES — the feds applied PRICE CAPS on drugs bought by Medicare and Medicaid, and now, cost-shifting is being revealed as pharma companies try to make up for lost revenue, shifting to private buyers

On top of the Danish fund we reported yesterday,

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-Trump claimed that he would not use “force” to take Greenland. One wonders if he understands what the polis is and that tariffs are. LINK and here is Antiwar on it LINK
-The Brits, well some Brits, are fed up with Trump - here is some prime footage, via Judge Nap

Again, echoing what he has said before, without any regard for the people he is harming, and without any nod to his US Constitution

MORE, on IRAN via Judge Nap and Aaron Mate

As we discussed a few months ago, the US and Israel are trying to separate Iran from its northern ground trade routes to Armenia. LINK

-Breaking, the AP has obtained docs revealing that ICE agents are instructed to enter homes without judicially created warrants. No kidding…

-More, on the false claims that ICE/DHS are apprehending the “worst of the worst”

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-…According to analyses of ICE data from fiscal year 2026 (starting October 1, 2025) and earlier months in 2025 under the second Trump administration, approximately 5% of individuals arrested or detained by ICE have confirmed violent felony convictions. This figure has declined over the course of 2025, dropping from around 9% in January to less than 5% by October-December. Data on warrants specifically for violent felonies (often tied to pending charges) is not broken out in detail across sources, but pending charges overall account for about 20-30% of ICE arrests or detentions, with only a small subset likely involving violent felonies given the low conviction rates for such crimes.
-ICE uses Brake-Check, quick stops to draw rear-end collisions, giving them a prompt to threaten those behind them who might have been honking horns, etc., to sound alarm about the ICE invasion.

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-JD Vance is going to Minnesota. LINK
-Too late to save Ms. Good LINK
-DHS ICE QUEEN NOEM claims that identifying the man who pulled the trigger is “doxxing”. LINK AND DOJ still will not investigate LINK
-Again, Mr. ICEman was NOT injured - Transcripts Prove ICE Officer Jonathan Ross Was Not Injured
*** This appeals court ruling on Mahmoud Khalil is infuriatingly off the constitutional path LINK
-The Nazi Cosplayer felt obligated to defend himself, which he did not really do for anyone who has a few braincells. LINK
-CBS finally allows some of its ICE coverage to be seen LINK
-ICE agents at at a restaurant in MN, then came back and kidnapped a worker from it. LINK

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-Getting worse, now hitting Amazon shoppers who are changing their buying behavior due to rising costs LINK
-The US welfare-for-college-edifice just spun 180 when it comes to college loans in default. LINK How about they understand that the US is not supposed to hand out college loans? Here is some background LINK
-AND THE BIGGIE? As Natali Morris of Redacted writes:

Congress has unveiled yet another last-minute spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would begin in February. The package weighs in at roughly $1.7 trillion, fully funding the federal government through the end of September. It’s a massive omnibus that locks in spending for the rest of the year and kicks every hard budget fight down the road until fall.

The bill was put forward by both parties, which means it’s unlikely to spark a long, drawn-out fight. When leadership on both sides signs on, you can safely assume that everyone’s spending wish list made it in.

And indeed, this thing is a spending behemoth. It doesn’t just fund the basics of keeping the government open. It layers in new programs, expanded defense initiatives, foreign security commitments, and long-term authorizations that would never survive as standalone bills. By bundling everything together, Congress insulates controversial line items from scrutiny and pushes them through under the pressure of an artificial crisis.

Here’s the real kick in the pants: Remember the health-care eligibility fight Republicans made such a big deal about in the last spending showdown? The one they swore was about stopping permanent expansions of pandemic-era programs?

It’s gone.

Those “temporary” pandemic expansions in health and welfare programs are now effectively baked in as permanent costs for taxpayers. That hard-fought battle last fall? Turns out it was just theater. For fun, right?

And here is another kick in the pants: Buried several hundred pages deep is something Congress apparently considers non-negotiable: money for Israel.

Flip to page 101 of 1,059 and you’ll find provisions allocating hundreds of millions of dollars for Israeli missile-defense programs, including Iron Dome and other joint U.S.–Israel systems. Once again, Congress has structured things so that funding the U.S. government also requires funding another country’s defense infrastructure.

They sold us down the river with this one and both sides keep doing it.

MACY’S in more economic trouble LINK

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A small thing, of course, as he pushes Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy packaged mortgages. I think we understand that he sees the tsunami of foreclosures on the way. LINK

FINALLY - the Whiteheads have a great piece here LINK

PEPE hits a homerun LINK

AND Jacob Hornberger NAILS IT HERE

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Immense thanks to all the fine folks who joined us to conspire for freedom tonight! And big thanks to all the great journalists whose work we got to feature tonight. Join us m-f 6 PM on Rumble, and on X, and get the audio pod via Spotify or Substack! Here are some of the big news stories we got to discuss tonight, on the program!

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-A reminder, from yesterday’s News Notes - re Denmark and US treasuries…

-Whoops… Job losses, job losses…

-And this is amusing, in its own dark way.

As we often discuss on Liberty Conspiracy Live, and as I and many others who teach economics or political philosophy have stressed, the very concept of politicians imposing tariffs on consumers is aggressive, insinuating the assumption that the politicians will use government guns against people if they do not pay the tax. Practically, this damages consumer operability, choices, and living standards, with the secondary consequence of redirecting to the state/government money consumers could have saved, redirecting it into the state via the taxes, and towards government-preferred industries which previously could not compete with the foreign competitor. This is immoral and anti-economic, and, as James Bovard has noted in his excellent book, “The Fair Trade Fraud”, consumers are harmed approximately eight times as much as the specific, government-preferred industry. Additionally, according to the US Constitution, only the Legislature can impose tariffs. Trump increased taxes more than any President in 70 years, via his taxes. Here is the headline:

-Here is a good encapsulation

-Those soy farmers are not doing well…

-Here is the article, from the WSJ that tells us what we already knew. LINK
We did not get to discuss this last night on LCL, so tonight is our opportunity! And here are two humorous, but spot-on graphics

Europeans ready to drop US long-bonds

Please keep in mind, the scourge of tariff taxes stands as a monstrous immorality, a coercive assault by the state on the sacred right of individuals to trade freely. These protectionist shackles, masquerading as national defense, plunder consumers by inflating prices and shielding inefficient producers from competition’s just verdict. Far from bolstering prosperity, tariffs drag the imposing nation into stagnation, crippling voluntary exchange—the lifeblood of economic vitality—and fostering cronyism that erodes true market innovation. The so-called “trade deficit” is no deficit at all, but a phantom conjured by government statisticians. Every trade is consensual; each party surrenders what they value less for what they desire more, yielding mutual gain. Liquidity spent on foreign goods inevitably returns as capital investment surplus, balancing payments through investor confidence in a freer economy. Witness the absurdity: if we tallied “deficits” between Brooklyn and Manhattan, politicians would wail over imbalances that are mere artifacts of meddlesome accounting. True liberty demands untrammeled free markets, where voluntary trades propel wealth, unhindered by the state’s predatory grasp.

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Trump claims that if France doesn’t want to join the strange UN-like-but-controlled-by-Trump-and-Israel “Peace Board” (including a $1 BILLION pay-in after the first year), he will hit France with 200% tariffs on its wine and champaign. LINK and:

-Trump revealed a “private” message from Macron in which Mac says he doesn’t understand what Trump is doing in Greenland LINK At least that’s one thing we might find in common with Mr. Macron.
-Meanwhile, Israel STILL kills and does not open the Rafah crossing, per its “ceasefire” agreement LINK
-Israeli forces indiscriminately fire on Palestinians in Gaza

-Israel also continues to attack Lebanon LINK
-And some more charm, from Ben Gvir

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-Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov openly acknowledged that NATO is orienting its rhetoric and finances towards open and direct war with Russia, rather than the recent proxy war via Ukraine. LINK
- As RT reports: ‘The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Dnepr has lashed out at the central government in Kiev, accusing it of spreading “bullsh*t” about national unity and interfering with his city’s governance through a police raid.’ LINK
-The Bulgarian President will resign, and form a new, opposition party, because of the systemically corrupt ties to Ukraine and insane support within the Bulgarian parliament LINK From he RT report: ‘Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has announced his resignation, saying the political class has “betrayed” voters, citing “oligarchy” and fueling speculation that he is poised to create his own party ahead of snap parliamentary elections.’

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