Monday, January 26, 2026

​ January 26, 2026 Good morning, Welcome to the news for independent thinkers ​ Leading the News . . . ​ The far-left network that helped put Alex Pretti in harm's way, then made him a martyr . . . A Fox News Digital investigation found the fatal Minneapolis encounter that left 37-year-old Alex Pretti dead was preceded by a coordinated mobilization of far-left groups. Encrypted chats, street alerts, and a database tracking ICE "abductors" show agitators converged outside a donut shop minutes before shots were fired. Agents were attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant criminal when organized interference met them on scene. Fox News​ ​ ​Vance calls Minneapolis unrest 'engineered chaos' after deadly shooting​ ​ These are not spontaneous protests, or at least not entirely so. They are sparked by a left-wing network of communists, foreign agents, and Antifa who seek the overthrow of our government and the destruction of our society. Right now, they are having a good day, as federal officials attempt to enforce laws completely ignored by Democrats and the Biden administration while enduring endless interference and irresponsible calls by Minnesota Gov. Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey for resistance. Incidents like the horrifying death of Alex Pretti are inevitable amid what is amounting to a violent insurrection. Let's not prejudge this shooting. Let's hear the rationale of the officer who shot him. And lets remember that bringing an loaded gun - not to mention extra rounds - to a violent effort to interfere with law enforcement, and then resisting them physically, carries risks. ​ Mob besieges Minneapolis Home2 Suites after Alex Pretti shooting . . . A furious anti-ICE crowd stormed a Minneapolis Home2 Suites by Hilton, convinced federal officers were inside, smashing windows, spray-painting obscenities, and pelting people in the lobby. The surge came a day after Border Patrol agents fatally shot protester Alex Pretti, 37, ratcheting tensions across the Twin Cities. Demonstrators shoved a Minneapolis police officer and tried forcing entry, prompting staff to barricade doors with vending machines. New York Post​ ​ ​ICE says violent mob helped criminal escape and left ICE agent permanently maimed​ ​ ​Anti-ICE Rioters Barricading Entire Blocks In Minneapolis As Police Appear To Be MIA​ ​ Administration messaging of Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti splits DHS ranks . . . Rifts are opening inside federal immigration enforcement after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and VA ICU nurse, during a Saturday morning operation. More than half a dozen officials told Fox News senior DHS leaders are mishandling public messaging, sparking internal fights over tone and credibility as scrutiny grows. Authorities say Pretti was armed with a handgun and magazines. Fox News​ ​ ​Border Patrol Commander, CNN Host Clash Over Minneapolis Shooting​ ​ Walz Compares ICE to Nazis . . . Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz likened federal immigration enforcement to Nazi persecution, invoking Anne Frank during a press conference. Walz claimed children are "hiding" in Minnesota, suggesting current ICE operations mirror historical tyranny. It's always the Nazis. Can't they get more more original? The analogy trivializes the Holocaust and inflames tensions while ignoring enforcement realities. The remark fits a broader Democratic strategy: moral dramatization over policy debate, casting enforcement as villainy to energize base. Daily Wire​ ​ ​What's Behind Don Lemon Accusing a Minnesota Church of White Supremacy?​ Politics Schumer Risks Shutdown After DHS Standoff . . . Hours after Border Patrol fatally shot an armed man in Minneapolis, Chuck Schumer said Democrats won't back a funding package that includes DHS. The Senate faces a Jan. 30 deadline on a six-bill bundle; failure to reach 60 votes could trigger a partial shutdown. After last year's 43-day impasse, Democrats again flirt with leverage politics over border security. Republicans argue public safety shouldn't be bargaining chips during volatile moments nationwide. Daily Caller​ National Security Iran protest massacre leaves up to 30,000 dead . . . Iranian security forces may have slaughtered as many as 30,000 people in just two days while crushing nationwide protests with gunfire and heavy weapons. Two senior Health Ministry officials told TIME the internal death count hit roughly 30,000 on Jan. 8 and 9, overwhelming morgues, exhausting body bags, and forcing trucks to haul corpses. A separate physician tally recorded 30,304 hospital deaths, excluding military sites. Daily Caller​ ​ Iranian general taunts Trump as warships near . . . A senior Iranian commander warned President Trump that the Revolutionary Guard is ready to fight, boasting its "finger on the trigger" as U.S. warships moved toward Iran. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour issued the threat amid reports that regime forces slaughtered or executed at least 40,000 protesters on Jan. 8 and 9. Trump said he dispatched an "armada" after warning Tehran to halt the killings. Washington Times​ ​ ​Report: Iran's Khamenei Flees to 'Fortified' Bunker, Fearing U.S. Strike​ International Xi Purges Trusted General Amid Espionage Rumors . . . Xi Jinping has turned on longtime ally General Zhang Youxia, once his most trusted military lieutenant. Beijing insiders speculate Xi feared Zhang had grown too powerful after earlier purges—or that corruption ran so deep drastic action was needed. The probe underscores Xi's paranoia and fragility atop a military he no longer fully trusts. New York Times​ ​ It's not clear what prompted this or exactly what it means, but it's not atypical of the Chinese Communist Party. Mao tse-Tung almost routinely purged the top ranks of the government and, sometimes, brought them back if they survived. Money Solar Companies Scramble To Hide China Ties As Trump Readies Rules Barring Taxpayer Funds . . . As President Donald Trump's Treasury prepares rules to block firms with heavy Chinese ownership from green energy tax credits, Chinese solar companies are racing to rebrand as American. Internal data reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon shows Ontario-based Canadian Solar reshuffling oversight of its U.S. business to look domestic while remaining tightly linked to its Chinese subsidiary, CSI Solar, exposing a cosmetic makeover designed to keep federal subsidies flowing. Washington Free Beacon​ You should also know Death toll climbs as monster Arctic storm paralyzes 17 states . . . Winter Storm Fern tore across the country, dumping a foot or more of snow on 17 states, killing at least 16 people and racking up more than $100 billion in damage. The system barreled from Texas and Oklahoma to New England, slamming places unaccustomed to such punishment. Bonito Lake, New Mexico, logged 31 inches, while western Pennsylvania saw 20. Boston endured its biggest snowstorm in nearly four years. Daily Mail​ ​ Pediatricians defy CDC with child vaccine push . . . The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging children be vaccinated against 18 diseases, openly breaking from the CDC's newly slimmed schedule of 11. In guidance released Monday, the doctors' group rejected the federal overhaul and kept last year's broader recommendations, including shots for Covid-19, influenza, hepatitis A and B, and meningococcal disease. The split highlights growing institutional conflict over who sets the rules for children's medicine. 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