Immigration enforcement fractures further as state officials in Minnesota refuse cooperation with ICE, even in cases involving criminal convictions or formal deportation orders. The killing of Alex Pretti during an ICE confrontation becomes a political flashpoint, with legacy media altering images and Democratic senators invoking martyrdom. Selective outrage intensifies: Ashley Babbitt’s unarmed death on January 6 is dismissed, while armed resistance to federal agents is lionized.

Elsewhere, the rule of law erodes in broader ways. Clinton-era subpoenas tied to Epstein go ignored, while former Trump officials were jailed for the same defiance. In Philadelphia, a Soros-backed DA vows to indict federal agents for enforcing immigration law, contradicting the supremacy clause he swore to uphold.

On the policy front, the Trump Account program nears rollout: $1,000 investment accounts seeded at birth, with investment choices left to parents. Unlike Bush’s failed Social Security reforms, this initiative adds rather than replaces, opening a door to financial literacy and private ownership for the next generation. Paired with expanded HSAs and education tax credits, a quiet revolution in economic independence may be underway.

Two systems of law. Two standards of justice. What happens when a republic decides it no longer wants to be one?

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