Let us get this strait, an illegal criminal has been exposted by DHS while working as a NYC council employee. The Muslim mayor fumes over his arrest saying on X, this is “An Assault on our Democracy, on our city and our values.”

Following outrage from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani over the arrest of a city council employee, the Department of Homeland Security shared that the individual arrested is an illegal immigrant with a previous arrest for assault.

According to DHS, the employee, Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, 53, is a “criminal illegal alien” from Venezuela. The agency said that despite Rubio Bohorquez being employed by the city council of America’s largest city, he has no work authorization and was illegally employed.

Further, DHS said that Rubio Bohorquez has a criminal history, including an arrest for assault in New York.

Rubio Bohorquez entered the United States on a B2 tourist visa in 2017, which required him to depart the same year, according to DHS.

NOEM SAYS ZOHRAN MAMDANI COULD BE ‘VIOLATING THE CONSTITUTION’ WITH ADVICE ON EVADING ICE AGENTS

DHS said the New York City Council employee it arrested, Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, is a Venezuelan illegal immigrant with a criminal history.  (DHS)

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called the fact that “a criminal illegal alien with no authorization” was employed by the New York City Council “shocking.”

“This takes sanctuary city to a whole new level,” said McLaughlin.

“This criminal illegal alien has no authority to be in the U.S. and has a previous arrest for assault. Under President Trump and Secretary Noem, the United States is no longer a safe haven for criminals.”

Mamdani and other city leaders demanded the man’s release on Monday.

“I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a routine immigration appointment,” Mamdani wrote in a statement on X.

DHS DEMANDS LETITIA JAMES TAKE ACTION OVER NEW YORK’S REFUSAL TO HONOR ICE DETAINERS

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected in November 2025 and sworn in as the city’s first socialist mayor Jan. 1, 2026.  (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

He called the arrest “an assault on our democracy, on our city and our values. I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation.”

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin held a news conference demanding the employee’s release Monday. She claimed the employee had been cleared to remain in the U.S. until October 2026.

DHS, however, maintains that he has no authorization to even be in the U.S.

“DHS confirmed that this employee had gone in for a routine court appointment and was nevertheless detained. They provided no other basis for his detainment,” Menin said during a press briefing Monday. “On the contrary, he was a city council employee who is doing everything right. He went to the court when he was asked.”

NOEM REPORTS MAMDANI, DHS TALKS HAVE ‘NOT BEEN PRODUCTIVE,’ SAYS NYC MAYOR ‘CHOSE TO STAND WITH ILLEGALS’

New York AG Letitia James with New York City Mayor

Have you hopped on the Silver Express?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vavK9JFQfVw

Monetary authorities are meeting behind closed doors planning the devaluation of the dollar. Currently, we see Gold erupting toward the $5,000 per ounce mark, but Silver is leading the charge toward $100 per ounce. These volcanic eruptions are not in isolation, but we will see the Western Currency Alliance, AKA Bretton Woods, collapse. Those who don’t embrace the new paradigm will soon find that their imploding fiat currencies are worth less than the paper they are printed on.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLoneRanger

Now approaching $100 at withering speed. An unthinkable valuation for the non-believers. This flies in the face of budget busters, bureaucrats and plain old leech mongers.

If you like it or not we are entering a New World Order. Where hard money will replace the wallpaper hung by Keynesian money printers. We insist that you purchase your ticket before the local becomes an express. We are going Weimar, believe it or not.

If there was ever a time to send a message, it is now. This is make it or break it time. Trump will go down as an American Hero if he takes action to eradicate the Islamic Revolution.

Ayatollah’s vail threats fall on deaf ears. Trump is getting his ducks in order. Remember the Bunker Busters that collapsed Iran’s nuclear sites back to the stone age. Some of these clandestine operations take time; patience is key here.

Netanyahu and Rubio discuss US military intervention in Iran amid ongoing nationwide protests: report

Israel on ‘high alert’ as anti-regime demonstrations across Iran hit two-week mark

By Michael Sinkewicz Fox News

Published January 11, 2026 4:32am EST

• https://www.foxnews.com/world/netanyahu-rubio-discuss-us-military-intervention-iran-amid-ongoing-nationwide-protests-report

Here us out! Decision time has come. The world dynamic has changed, Russia will make a move on you; then what will you do? The question arises, is it better to be affiliated with the United States or an authoritarian regime run by Vlad. He has his sights on you. You can’t rely on NATO at this point in time. Because you know the world has changed at warp speed. It’s time to make a decision.

Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’

Published Fri, Jan 9 20264:23 PM ESTUpdated Fri, Jan 9 20265:03 PM EST

Kevin Breuninger@KevinWilliamB

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Key Points

• President Donald Trump said his administration will take action on Greenland “whether they like it or not.”
• “I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said at the White House.
• The Trump administration has recently said it is weighing a range of options on Greenland, including utilizing the U.S. military or cutting a deal to purchase it from Denmark.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters, as he attends a meeting with oil industry executives, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 9, 2026.

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters

President Donald Trump said Friday his administration will take action on Greenland “whether they like it or not,” further escalating his rhetoric as he pushes to acquire the Danish territory for the U.S.

“I would like to make a deal, you know, the easy way. But if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

The comments came during a meeting with oil executives to discuss the prospect of doing business in Venezuela. Less than a week earlier, the U.S. military invaded the oil-rich South American nation and captured its leader, Nicolás Maduro.

Trump has long sought to take over Greenland, primarily citing the Arctic island’s importance for U.S. national security.

Denmark and its European allies in NATO – the military alliance co-founded by the U.S. – have pushed back, reiterating that Greenland is not for sale. But the Trump administration nevertheless says it is currently weighing a range of options on Greenland, including utilizing the U.S. military or cutting a deal to purchase it from Denmark.

New video shows fatal Minnesota ICE shooting from officer’s perspective

January 10, 20261:18 AM ET

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The Associated Press

People participate in a protest and noise demonstration calling for an end to federal immigration enforcement operations in the city, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Minneapolis.

John Locher/AP

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota prosecutor on Friday called on the public to share with investigators any recordings and evidence connected to the fatal shooting of Renee Good as a new video emerged showing the final moments of her encounter with an immigration officer.

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Frictions over investigations emerge after ICE agent fatally shoots Minneapolis woman

The Minneapolis killing and a separate shooting in Portland, Oregon, a day later by the Border Patrol have set off protests in multiple cities and denunciations of immigration enforcement tactics by the U.S. government. The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents.

The reaction to the shooting has largely been focused on witness cellphone video of the encounter. A new, 47-second video that was published online by a Minnesota-based conservative news site, Alpha News, and later reposted on social media by the Department of Homeland Security shows the shooting from the perspective of ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots

Sirens blaring in the background, he approaches and circles Good’s vehicle in the middle of the road while apparently filming on his cellphone. At the same time, Good’s wife also was recording the encounter and can be seen walking around the vehicle and approaching the officer. A series of exchanges occurred:

“That’s fine, I’m not mad at you,” Good says as the officer passes by her door. She has one hand on the steering wheel and the other outside the open driver side window.

“U.S. citizen, former f—ing veteran,” says her wife, standing outside the passenger side of the SUV holding up her phone. “You wanna come at us, you wanna come at us, I say go get yourself some lunch big boy.”

Other officers are approaching the driver’s side of the car at about the same time and one says: “Get out of the car, get out of the f—ing car.” Ross is now at the front driver side of the vehicle. Good reverses briefly, then turns the steering wheel toward the passenger side as she drives ahead and Ross opens fire.

The camera becomes unsteady and points toward the sky and then returns to the street view showing Good’s SUV careening away.

To bring in the New World Order, Trump must go all in on the Mullahs, Khamenei must be taken out, same way he took out Marduro. We have had enough of Ayatollah’s threats, now with coordination of Israel, the United States can wipe these belligerent MoFos from the face of the earth. They have been sponsoring terrorism with Russia throughout the world. The Iranian people are behind the U.S., they can’t afford to lose this opportunity now.

Keane warns Iranian regime to take Trump ‘dead serious’ on protest killing threat amid ongoing demonstrations

Retired general says Iran at ‘weakest point’ in 45 years as anti-regime demonstrations enter second week

 Stephanie Samsel Fox News

Published January 9, 2026 8:16pm EST

Fox News senior strategic analyst Jack Keane, a retired general, gave a grave assessment of the state of the Iranian regime amid its crackdown on anti-government protests and hinted at what could come next Friday on “Special Report.”

“If I was in the Iranian regime, I would take President Trump dead serious here,” Keane warned.

On Friday, President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go” if the Iranian regime shoots and kills protesters.

His message comes as anti-regime demonstrations enter their second week and at least 44 protesters have been killed by Iranian security, according to the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

IRAN PROTESTS PROMPT NEW TRUMP WARNING OVER DEADLY GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWNS

Keane declared the Iranian regime is at its “weakest point” in 45 years with “no prospect of recovering.”

Noting Trump’s warning under “no uncertain terms,” Keanelisted other key differences about the anti-regime protests that stood out to him from previous demonstrations in Iran.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sits next to a senior military official in Iran. (Getty Images)

“Politically, [the Iranian regime] can’t meet the social and political and economic aspirations of the people. Economically, they’re in the tank, to be sure, and with no prospect of recovering,” Keane added.

IRANIAN MILITARY LEADER THREATENS PREEMPTIVE ATTACK AFTER TRUMP COMMENTS

“And, militarily, they just lost a war. They’ve lost their platform in Syria. Their proxies are, by and large, decapitated and almost eliminated, to be sure,” he added. “The result of all of that is they are in a fundamentally weak position, and it’s serious in terms of the regime.”

So far our prediction didn’t come true, but Tim Walz the governor of Minnesota, quit the race for his third term. We predicted that he would be arrested, but that remains to be seen. There is no doubt in anyones mind, that this guy was on the take. Imagine if this guy was Vice President? What he would have done! DESTROYED THE COUNTRY. Throw the guy in jail; please stop him from destroying America.

Tim Walz drops out of Minnesota governor’s race amid fraud scandal

Walz, who was the Democratic nominee for vice president on Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign, has come under fire for his handling of allegations of large-scale fraud in Minnesota’s social service programs

Karissa Waddick

USA TODAY

Updated Jan. 5, 2026, 5:09 p.m. ET

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ended his reelection bid amid mounting pressure over a fraud scandal that has engulfed his administration in recent weeks.

The move comes days after a handful of Republican state lawmakers asked Walz to leave office, citing reports from a U.S. attorney that at least half of the $18 billion paid through Minnesota’s 14 Medicaid waiver programs since 2018 could be fraudulent and after Republicans in Congress called on Walz to testify about his failure to address the scandal.

Walz, the former vice presidential candidate on Kamala Harris‘ 2024 presidential campaign, spoke about his decision at a news conference Jan. 5, citing the growing pressure as one of the reasons for his decision to leave the race and pushing back on claims that his administration failed to combat fraud.

The foaming Dog of Turkey, rabid as he is, seeks to involve himself in the Gaza restoration plan. In actuality, this POS will plant security devices in strategic areas, plus recruit spies for Anatolia.

He is a ruthless dictator who will quash all competition in his global ambition to bring life to the Ottoman Empire. Israel will not let this happen. Trump must see to it that it doesn’t. Apparently, the Turkish Dog doesnt’ understand the long arm of the U.S. Perhaps the news of the Maduro takeout hasn’t yet reached Turkey.

500,000 turn out for pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul – All paid for by the Turkish Dog

Led by president’s son Bilal Erdogan, mass of protesters march under banner reading ‘We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine’

By AFP and ToI Staff1 January 2026, 3:26 pm

Hundreds of thousands of people joined a New Year’s Day rally for Gaza in Istanbul on Thursday, waving Palestinian and Turkish flags and calling for an end to violence in the war-torn territory.

Demonstrators gathered in near-freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city’s Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: “We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine.”

More than 400 civil society organizations were present at the rally, one of whose organizers was Bilal Erdogan, the youngest son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Police sources and Anadolou state news agency claimed some 500,000 people had joined the march, at which there were speeches and a performance by Lebanese-born singer Maher Zain of his song “Free Palestine.”

“We are praying that 2026 will bring goodness for our entire nation and for the oppressed Palestinians,” said the younger Erdogan, who chairs the board of the Ilim Yayma Foundation, an educational charity that was one of the organizers of the march.

Istanbul has been the site of some of the most widely attended protests against Israel since the war in Gaza began after the Hamas terror group’s invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Relations between Israel and Turkey — formerly close allies — have collapsed, with Ankara severing its trade with Israel, closing its airspace to Israeli official flights (but not commercial ones) and issuing arrest warrants for 37 Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Turkish government, and especially President Erdogan, have been among the most vocal critics of the Jewish state since the war began, with Erdogan repeatedly likening Netanyahu to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and Israel itself to Nazi Germany.

Despite the often dramatic war of words between the two countries, US President Donald Trump recently called Erdogan “a very good friend” during a joint press event with the visiting Israeli premier, insisting that “we’re not going to have a problem” between Jerusalem and Ankara.

Trump added that Netanyahu “respects” Erdogan and that “he’s done a fantastic job… I’m with him all the way, I’m with Bibi all the way.”

Schumer slams Trump’s capture of Maduro as ‘reckless’

“Let me be clear: Nicolás Maduro is an illegitimate dictator,” Schumer said in a statement. “But launching military action without congressional authorization and without a credible plan for what comes next is reckless.”

We can guarantee you that if Schumer knew about this clandestine operation, he would have tipped off Maduro thereby putting our troops in danger. All he cares about is Power. AOC will take him out for good in 2028.

These POS always start off at, “let me be clear.”

Hakim Jeffris: Hakeem Jeffries says Maduro’s capture was ‘act of war’ against Venezuela. Stupid idiot, doesn’t he know we are in a War.

The Trump administration has not sought congressional authorization for the use of military force and has failed to properly notify Congress in advance of the operation in Venezuela. The promotion of security and stability in a region requires more than just military force as we painfully discovered in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

So the brain dead Jeffries brings up Afghanistan where Biden caused 12 marines to die not including one other serviceman. But that was not all, thousands of Afghans were killed on the way out, pluse Biden gave them our Bagram Army facility.

We can guarantee you that if this was a Biden operation there would be accolades coming from the world’s socialists, such as the Squad, Sanders, ANTIFA, BLM. Also notice how Russia, Iran and China weighed in, calling it against international law.

China urges US to ‘stop toppling’ Venezuelan government, release Maduro

Beijing is likely to limit its response to the events in Venezuela to diplomatic protest rather than hard power, analysts tell Al Jazeera.

Russia harshly criticizes US attack on Venezuela, capture of Maduro

by Ian Swanson – 01/03/26 7:55 AM ET

Is Iran shaking in their boots?

The bold operation in Venezuela shows the Mideast that the US president is willing to back up his threats, but will likely also convince Khamenei that the US wants regime change, hardening Tehran

With Venezuela raid, Trump fires a message to Iran and Hamas. Will they listen? The bold operation in Venezuela shows the Mideast that the US president is willing to back up his threats, but will likely also convince Khamenei that the US wants regime change, hardening Tehran

Lazar Berman

What do you expect from a bunch of weasels? Referring to the socialists going ballastic for Trump issuing the orders to take out Maduro. Republicans, “Salute, Salute, Salute.”

Venezuelan drug runners have killed three hundred thousand last year. Trump put a $50 MM price tag on his head. Next stop, Mexico. Viva Venezuela!

Libtards are going bonkers because they love seeing drug overdoses, love watching their children keeling over wasting their lives. They call this illegal under the Constitution, but it has been done many times before. Remember back in the day, Bush took out Cara de Piña (Noriega) in Panama. Sounded good then. Where does it say that this is illegal? Answer that question, GEEK.

Democrats know much about legal and illegal. Corruption abounds in cities run by libtards. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, Dearborn, Seattle, Portland, NEW YORK and last but not least MINNEAPOLIS. Murders go unabated. Murderers are set free by liberal judges, socialists call them heros. Please, we had enough! Trump should bring this type of action to the aforementioned cities. Now that would be “true justice.”