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Woman recording ICE activity gets added to domestic terrorist 'database': 'This is insane'

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Maine was captured on video adding an onlooker recording their activity to a supposed “database” of domestic terrorists, drawing alarm from political experts and journalists alike.

Uploaded to social media Friday by freelance reporter Nathan Bernard, a contributor to the Maine Morning Star, the video depicts an ICE agent approaching an onlooker filming their activity and proclaiming that it’s “not illegal to record.”

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Border Patrol brags about detaining 5-year-old boy: 'I don't think it gets any better'

U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino boasted about detaining a 5-year-old boy in conditions that he insisted don't get "any better."

During a press conference on Friday, a reporter asked about the boy and his father, who were detained in Minnesota.

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GOP lawmaker hankers for war with France in Greenland: 'Would love to see'

Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) admitted that he would "love to see" the U.S. military at war with the French Armed Forces over the right to own Greenland.

"It looks like America is firmly in control and empire-building again," MAGA influencer Benny Johnson told Steube in a Friday interview. "It's kind of awesome."

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Sheriff revokes ICE support as 'squeaky clean' recruit is detained: 'Bush league policing'

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce revoked his support for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations after one of his correctional officer recruits was detained.

In a Wednesday evening press conference, Joyce blasted ICE's handling of the recruit's detention in Portland, Maine.

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Axios founder rips GOP flip-flop on Capitol cops at Jack Smith hearing: 'Give me a break'

Reacting to Republican House members’ attempt to whitewash the Jan. 6 insurrection at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, Axios founder Jim VandeHei was incredulous and furious at the GOP's ever-changing views of the Capitol cops who defended them.

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,“ the co-hosts shared a clip of Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) reading quotes from GOP lawmakers immediately after the Donald Trump-inspired riot at the Capitol where they praised the work of the Capitol police for saving them, and then contrasted that with their now taking the insurrectionist’s side out of fear of the president.

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Trump's border chief insists Americans support ICE – and is shut down by host: 'Come on!'

Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino was shut down Friday during an appearance on NewsNation after suggesting that federal immigration officials enjoyed widespread support among Americans, despite new polling demonstrating the polar opposite.

As of this week, support for President Donald Trump’s immigration policy is sitting at minus 8 points, a staggering drop of 26 points since last January. Nevertheless, when pressed on this fact, Bovino strongly suggested that Americans opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations were actually a small minority.

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Trump loves the 'gruesome pictures' of ICE brutality: former adviser

A discussion on the damage Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem and Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller are doing to the administration with their extremist anti-immigrant policies led a former adviser to the president to claim that Trump accepts it because he believes it helps him with bigger issues.

On MS NOW’s “Morning Joe”, co-host Joe Scarborough spoke with branding expert Donny Deutsch about Trump’s plunging poll numbers which, in large part, stem from the images of ICE agents using small children as “bait” to grab their parents, pulling women from cars and carrying them away and breaking into homes to snatch innocent people.

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CNN host flattens JD Vance claim used to justify detention of 5-year-old boy: 'Not true'

CNN's Sara Sidner knocked down the essential claim made by Vice President JD Vance to justify the detention of a 5-year-old boy by immigration agents.

Liam Conejo Ramos was removed from the family’s running car Tuesday after returning home from preschool with his father and used as bait to lure other family members outside during a raid in Minnesota, according to school officials, but the vice president visited the area Thursday and defended the agents' actions.

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CNN host ensnares GOP analyst in trap on ICE policy: 'You're by definition admitting'

CNN's Audie Cornish seemingly set a trap for a conservative panelist defending the legality of President Donald Trump's harsh immigration crackdown.

The panelists were debating the legality of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive authorizing officers to enter homes without judicial warrants, and The Daily Signal's Rob Bluey justified the government's actions.

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Author reveals the bond that binds Trump and Pete Hegseth

President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, appear to have a special bond, and one author who has written about Trump for several decades revealed why that is during a new interview.

Hegseth has seemed like a unicorn in the Trump world because he has generated negative press coverage for the administration and has not yet been removed from his job. For instance, Hegseth was at the center of the Signalgate scandal last year, where plans of a U.S. strike against the Houthis in Yemen were leaked to The Atlantic. Hegseth has also found himself in the middle of the Trump administration's lethal strikes against suspected drug boats, which have killed more than 120 people.

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Retired judge flags the most chilling part of ICE's behavior: 'A dangerous thing!'

A retired judge flagged the most chilling part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's behavior in cities across the country during an interview on CNN.

Retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin discussed the recent actions of ICE agents during CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Thursday. She said it has become clear that ICE is operating without any rules and no real oversight from the federal government, which is a recipe for disaster.

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Trump fuels cognitive health concerns with baffling 'peace' gaffe: 'His brain is fried'

President Donald Trump dropped a wild statement about peace Thursday evening that left observers scratching their heads.

Trump fielded questions about his polarizing "Board of Peace" initiative for Gaza as he returned to the United States after appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Gaza scheme comes with a hefty $1 billion price tag for permanent membership.

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Startling aspect of Jack Smith's hearing revealed by Dem

A top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee revealed a startling aspect of the hearing on Thursday with former special counsel Jack Smith during an interview on CNN.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) joined CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" to discuss Smith's hearing, which included several bombshell moments. Before the hearing began, a right-wing operative and a former Capitol police officer nearly got into a fistfight. Republicans on the committee also staged several confrontations with Smith during the hearing, accusing him of acting on political motives and other misdeeds.

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