Sunday, January 25, 2026

Another One: ICE Shoots Dead In Minneapolis! Alex Pretti Killed!

ICE is the American IDF.
Be warned very extreme graphic images.

This year: 
  • 27 mass shootings.
  • 6 police officers killed.
  • 42 civilians killed by police.
  • 1 shooting in a place of worship.
  • 2 first responders killed.
Okay, if you fear for your life and you're a police officer, maybe you shouldn't be one.

Also, if you believe a woman who has a melted cheese face..... you're a fool.

Our own president is a fucking felon. His ass should never been in the White House. 

The President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, Republicans and far right agitators really want the left to fight them. If the so-called left decide to mount a violent insurrection, should the next Democratic president pardon and commute their sentences too?

They claim the left is always violent. Okay, they want to prove a point.

They might get their wish.

Renee Good, Keith Porter and now Alex Pretti are martyrs. A woman who didn't deserved to die. To have our president dismiss her as a terrorist when she was afraid of being apprehended by a federal agents clouded in secrecy is beyond insane. A person who did not commit any fucking crime. 

And even if it was a crime, what that dirty cop did was shot a woman at point blank range without impunity.

George Floyd 2.0. 

We can't breathe.

You thought Charlie Kirk shooting was tragic, think what our federal government does to its citizens under the guise of protection.

When the federal government turns on the citizens, they might revolt. Democracy is declining under President Donald J. Trump. He will cause so much chaos, Americans will eventually stop electing white men as our president.

ICE sprays mace in face of Pretti. He is holding his phone.

The Immigration Customs Enforcement shot and killed another U.S. citizen.

This comes almost two weeks after they shot and killed Renee Good.

The junk food media confirms Alex Pretti, a lawful open carry spotter who watched ICE violently apprehend another man.

Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk, Israel and the status quo: Warning! The United States has never had the risk of a violent coup d'etat. I have it now at 20% chance.
Donald J. Trump, the 45th/47th President of the United States, you're tone deafness and fly off the handle noise has reached a point. For some, it was funny and interesting. To the rest of the world, it shows Americans were absolutely stupid in electing him the first and second time. To put a man who is nothing more than a carnival barker in the White House has proven that the time is now.

We cannot allow a status quo of white men being the President of the United States. It time to allow others lead.

On January 24, 2026, 37-year-old U.S. citizen Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot multiple times and killed by United States Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident was the third shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in seventeen days, and occurred amid mass protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Video recordings of the incident showed Pretti filming law enforcement agents with his phone and directing traffic. He was subsequently pepper-sprayed and wrestled to the ground by about six federal agents, who then shot him to death.

ICE shoves a woman and Pretti as they were blowing whistles and holding their phones.

The United States Department of Homeland Security claimed that Pretti approached agents with a handgun. It did not specify if he was holding the gun or if it was on his body. A review by The New York Times of available video found him holding a cell phone, but not a gun, in the moments before the shooting.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti of Minneapolis was a 37-year-old U.S. citizen. Born in Illinois, Pretti was a 2006 graduate of Preble High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Pretti worked as a research scientist before attending University of Minnesota, where he graduated in 2011, in order to become a registered nurse. At the time of his death, Pretti held an active nursing license issued in 2021. Pretti worked as an intensive care nurse at the US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. Pretti was a member of a union representing federal employees.

According to local officials, Pretti was a lawful gun owner and had a Minnesota concealed carry permit. Law enforcement reported that he had no serious criminal history; records searches turned up traffic tickets. A neighbor interviewed by The New York Times said Pretti was "not a violent person".

Pretti had participated in protests against the killing of Renée Good earlier in January 2026. Pretti's father told reporters that family had warned Pretti in the weeks leading up to his death to "go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically."

Alex Pretti was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agents at the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis. A witness stated that ICE agents were attempting to enter a restaurant but were refused.

Videos of the incident showed Pretti recording agents. He then moved to the sidewalk and tried to help two people who were being pushed by agents. Pretti stood between the agent and the woman he had pushed, and was pepper-sprayed. Pretti had embraced the woman who had just been shoved. An agent then shoved Pretti, and the two fell back, still embracing.

Several agents wrestled Pretti onto the sidewalk, one officer struck him with an object, and then ten shots were fired over a period of five seconds. According to analysis by The New York Times, agents yelled that Pretti had a gun approximately eight seconds after Pretti had been pinned to the ground. 

The Department of Homeland Security said that Pretti "approached" Border Patrol officers with a handgun, and an agent sprayed mace before firing defensive shots after attempting to disarm him. Video of the incident showed Pretti's phone in his right hand and nothing in his left hand. In a sworn testimony, two witnesses to the killing said that Pretti did not brandish a gun. Multiple videos showed a federal agent pulling a gun from the scuffle matching the description later given by DHS, followed by two other federal agents using their guns to shoot Pretti; according to The Wall Street Journal: "A frame-by-frame review ... shows a federal officer pulling a handgun away from Pretti. Less than a second later, an agent fires several rounds."

The woman who took the clearest video of the killing testified that Pretti was not resisting agents and was instead focused on helping a woman who had been pushed to the ground. She said that DHS's account of the events was wrong. A second witness testified seeing Pretti yelling at agents but not attacking them or brandishing a weapon.

Shortly after, medics attempted to revive Pretti. DHS stated that Pretti died on the scene.

Witness statements

Minnesota Public Radio reported a statement from a witness to the shooting: "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to [']back up, back up.['] I'm not even sure why[—]we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him."

Another witness explained to CNN how the incident unfolded. The witness was in a doughnut shop when someone came into the shop with federal officers in pursuit. The officers could not enter the shop and called for backup; various community members contacted a "network for first responders" to assist. The witness said: "What I saw is that there was a lot of people, getting together trying to come and get the attention from the officers, and they managed to do it, but the way that the officers reacted when they saw these people, they started pushing them away and like being physical to them, and as they were being physical to this one lady in particular, she tried to look to somebody to grab onto, and it just happened to be this person who got shot."

Two witnesses to the shooting testified in sworn affidavits on the day of the shooting in an existing lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Kristi Noem. One of the witnesses was a physician who testified that he was initially barred from providing assistance to Pretti. The physician stated that agents were not performing CPR on Pretti but instead had him on his side and appeared to be counting how many bullet wounds that he had. The other witness testified that she never saw Pretti draw or otherwise hold a gun, but that he instead had approached the agents with a camera while he was trying to assist a protestor who had been knocked down by the agents. She said that she saw four or five agents on top of Pretti when they began shooting him. Her testimony also included that the agents were looking for her in connection to the shooting and that she was fearful to return to her house.

Shooters

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino said an officer who shot Pretti had been serving with the Border Patrol for eight years and had "extensive training as a Range Safety Officer".The New York Times reported that two officers shot Pretti with ten shots being fired in five seconds.

Bovino reported that as of January 25, all agents present at the scene of the shooting were still at work.

Are you getting tired of this?

The status quo politics of "can't do nothing" or "now is not the time."

On average there are two mass shootings a day now. It never stops. 

Uh oh. Better see if the far right preparing to make this shooter a leftist.

I wonder if Charlie Kirk got something to say about it?

Nevermind.

The United States is the most violent country in the world. Israel and Russia follow behind respectfully. Israel, Russia and the United States are the most hated countries in the world. 

The United States is downsizing in democracy. 

What is wrong with white men, white women and white boys?

It's the guns stupid!

Things to keep in mind when the blame game comes, will the suspect be:
  • White
  • Black
  • Latino
  • Muslim
  • Arab
  • Non White National
  • Immigrant
  • A member of the LGBTQ community 
  • A disgruntled employee 
  • A former student
  • A current student
  • A gang member
  • A so called leftist 
  • A person who has conservative views
  • A person with easy access to firearm
The person with easy access to firearms should be the only answer. Alas, the far right is hoping for this to be a person they can scapegoat as their next de jour of outrage. Anyone can get firearm in the United States. Even, people who are non U.S. citizens are allowed to obtain firearms. 

The real issue is not just guns, it's white men, white women tears and white boys. They are losing their goddamn minds. Inspired by loneliness, politics, job loss, social media trends, endless perceptions of others, the lack of opportunities (besides joining the military) and the need to be ahead of everyone else is what drives these fools to commit endless chaos.

White privilege also santizes the white shooters. Already we are getting details of the mass shooters. Glaring profiles of these white mass shooters to paint them as unfortunate circumstances. Ignoring the fact, these terrorists had signs of potential danger but their families thought it was just noise.

The Trump Administration is trying to deny the clear evidence of a federal agent shooting a disarmed Alex Pretti in the back 10 times. Pretti was holding his phone. He did not reach for his phone nor tries to shoot ICE agents.

That restraining order doesn't mean much to a deranged individual. It's a trigger!

I wish things could have turned out well! But unfortunately, a shooter never abides to a court order!

How can a piece of paper protect a victim when it's not reliant on stopping the perpetrator (from causing harm)?

The real issue is gun violence. Not comedians. Not activists. Not Black men. Not immigrants. Not Muslims. Not transgender Americans. Not video games. Not movies. Not rap music. Not the left.

A man made crisis that can be solved if these incompetent politicians and media agitators stop making excuses for the continued gun violence epidemic. Prayers are just words and speeches. Instead offering words, how about policies?

The United States is downsizing in democracy and freedom.

I just want to say that the Second Amendment is White, period.

A bullet does not care about color. We all bleed red and so many lives are lost to gun violence. Republicans offer no solutions other than "thoughts and prayers" with a touch of "lock em up."

Gun violence continues to be the number one threat in the United States.

I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases. 

Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.

According to the far right: White shooters are always mentally ill or lone wolves. The far right believes they should receive some sympathy for their crimes. Black shooters are unrepentant thugs and criminals who deserve lengthy time in the iron college or death. Gay and transgender shooters are active groomers who want to be pedophiles on children. Muslim shooters are terrorists who should be surveiled or deported. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants and they should be deported. According to the far right, almost all white [or non-white] mass shooters are registered Democrats [leftist or some progressive activist] because they have liked or done one thing common to the politics of the left. Of course, they often share or post disinformation by using the ridiculous "Sam Hyde" meme or make bogus social media platforms with the shooter's image as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white or associated with conservative causes. The far right says a white person should "protect" themselves from thugs, terrorists or protesters. They believe the use of firearms are "justified" if they are protesting or even instigating a conflict. The far right believes if a shooter is a police officer, an active military member, a veteran or a citizen who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens in urban communities, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black. Even if the evidence turns out that the shooter has alignment with conservative causes or Republicans, the far right dismisses it as a hoax or a plot to demonize the MAGA movement.

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms.

Trump gave us open season.

WHITE PRIVILEGE IS REAL! IT'S "SUIT AND TIE" WHITE SUPREMACY ON TELEVISION, RADIO, THE INTERNET AND AMERICAN POLICY!

FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP!

IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO AID ISRAEL, THE WORLD WILL BOYCOTT THE U.S. AND ABANDON THE DOLLAR!

I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION.

These murderers don't have mental illness. They are calculated and prepared. It happened to be a moment where they have the opportunity to take out lives.

There's no sickness in the head. Most mass shooters legally obtain their assault rifles without little background checks. They have likely no criminal history and they are willing to use the assault weapon in the only thing it's good for: Killing numerous lives.

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions.

Erika Kirk, Scott Presler, Laura Loomer, Riley Gaines, Lizzy Savetsky, Blaire White, Derrick Evans, Joey Saladino, Hermes, Eric Daughetry, Paul Szypula, Roseanne Barr, Steve Bannon, James Woods, Cam Higby, Tucker Carlson, Catturd, CJ Pearson, Steven Crowder, Tomi Lahren, Jack Posobiec, Waka Flocka Flame, DaBaby, James O'Keefe, Jacob Wahl, Nick Fuentes, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, Roger Stone, Terrence K. Williams, Ian Miles Cheong, Lindy Li, Andy Ngo, Alexis Wilkins, Olivia Krolcyzk, Brandon Tatum, Candace Owens, Nick Sorter, Phil McGraw, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, Harris Faulkner, Tara Bull, Theodis Daniel, DJ Daniel, Kevin Sorbo, Dean Cain, Rob Schneider, Gunther Eagleman, Chaya Raichik, Meghan McCain, Tim Pool, Megyn Kelly, Amir Odom, Jesse Watters, Bill O'Reilly, Mark Levin, Steve Bannon, Myron Gaines, Rochelle "Silk" Hardaway-Richardson, Jake Lang, Larry Elder, Eylon Levy, Ben Shapiro, Nick Sorter, Alex Jones, Owen Shroyer, Bill Cunningham, Andrew Tate, Tristan Tate, Kevin Hodge, Keith Hodge, Bill Maher, Forgiato Blow, Vanilla Ice, Amber Rose, Greg Gutfeld, James Woods, David Limbaugh, Ian Carroll, Gordon Robertson, April Chapman, Ali Alexander, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Brent Bozell, Matt Walsh, Benny Johnson, Olivia Nuzzi, Ryan Lizza, Laura Ingraham, Matt Drudge, Mike Lindell, Matt Gaetz, Vince Langman, Brian Kilmeade, Glenn Beck, Xaviaer DuRousseau, Sean Davis, Ian Jaegar, Christopher Rufo, Joey Mannarino, Sean "Softball" Hannity and every far right agitator are scared of being taken out by a gunman. They are scared that the bullet won't miss. They want you to risk your freedom or your life to protect their right to gas you up to commit unspeakable crimes against one another.

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.

Keep pressure on them with Israel. 

Israel must be held accountable for war crimes and the U.S. must end its aid. 

Our taxpayer money should not help Israel any further.

Expect more gun violence.

Republicans continue to offer extremely unpopular ideas. They will find out the risk of supporters being turned off by their policies.

Biden, Harris and the Democratic Party failed at understanding what is more important to the country. Trump, Vance and the Republican Party have already failed at understanding.

Both parties support of Israel had made some Arab Americans, Muslim and young voters vote against them. They have cost Biden a second term and Harris a historical victory.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those police officers who were killed in the line of duty. Those victims who don't get their names or accomplishments mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. We are covering workplace violence, religious facility violence, police violence and school shootings as well. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

If you or a loved one are a victim of domestic violence, you can call a 24-hour crisis hotline at 1-800-300-1080 or visit www.corasupport.org. 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START 87888.

The Network/La Red’s 24-hour hotline, 1-800-832-1901 provides confidential emotional support, information, referrals, safety planning, and crisis intervention for lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and/or transgender (LGBTQ+) folks, as well as folks in kink and polyamorous communities who are being abused or have been abused by a partner.

If you care about the future and want to voice your frustration with your federal officials, let 2026 be the call to action. 

The call center to the White House and Congress should still be the same.

The call number to the White House and U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official White House numbers 202-456-1111 and 202-456-1414. This is the Congress official phone number, 202-224-3121. Please be respectful to operators, staff members and elected leaders. Your calls are monitored by the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police. 

Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence. Let them know that we are tired of police officers using immunity when committing death of suspects in custody. You want no more qualified immunity for police officers who use deadly force when it's not justified. Let them know that deporting law abiding immigrants seeking refuge is inhumane. You want the U.S. to improve the immigration process. You want the U.S. lawmakers stop dehumanizing human beings. You want the U.S. to prove to the world its a beacon of freedom. You want our American military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stop harassing people (regardless of nationality) out of our cities, the Middle East and every fucking international conflict in the world. You want legislation to focus on lowering the cost of rent, lowering the cost of food, lowering the cost of hospital visits, improving healthcare and building relationships with other nations. Let them know that you tired of being lectured about oppresive regimes overseas when the very people running our state and federal government are doing the same in real time. Let them know that you will not tolerate a government shutdown which affects federal services for Americans in need or in support of services. Let them know that pulling out of the UN Human Rights Organization, World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accords will put the U.S. in danger when catastrophic event happen. Let them know that you are tired of private equity firms getting away with destroying small businesses and long established companies. Let them know that you are tired of your taxpayer money going to foreign nations like Israel and Ukraine. You are tired of hearing about "Israel having a right to..." and the bogus claims of being anti-semitic or in support of terrorism because you support the freedom of Palestinians. You are tired of the propaganda being forced on your media platforms.

We have bigger issues at home and our tax dollars should solve the housing crisis, lowering food prices, fixing roads, bridges, helping reinvest in struggling urban and rural communities. We have hospitals closing, big box retailers leaving communities and television programs dying. There are bigger issues in the country than Israel. You want an immediate ceasefire, a weapons embargo, sanctions and accountability for war crimes done by Israel. You want no more domestic or foreign influence in American elections. You also want to make sure future presidents and lawmakers avoid influence from lobbyists and special interest groups.

THERE IS NO GOD!

GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!

FUCK YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS!

LET ME BE CLEAR, PRAYERS DO NOT STOP FUCKING BULLETS!

THIS IS A MAN-MADE ISSUE! WHY IS IT SO HARD TO STOP A MAN-MADE ISSUE LIKE GUN VIOLENCE?

STOP SAYING YOU'RE PRAYING TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY GUN VIOLENCE. IT IS FUCKING PLATITUDES. DO SOMETHING ABOUT FUCKING GUN VIOLENCE YOU WORTHLESS LAWMAKERS. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, THE CHOICE TO CONTINUE THE STATUS QUO WILL KEEP YOU AND OTHERS AT RISK OF VIOLENCE. MAKE A CHOICE TO STOP THE CHAOS AND ACT LIKE A FUCKING 79 YEAR OLD MAN. DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE COUNTRY.

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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Gladys West Passed Away!

Iconic women like Gladys West deserve national holidays.

When white nationalists claim Black people are inferior to whites, tell them they need to get to a destination without using an electronic device. Tell them that GPS was invented by a Black woman and they will loose their minds.

Gladys Mae West was an American mathematician. She was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS).

West was inducted into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018. She was awarded the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for the development of satellite geodesy models.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the removal of Black and Brown military achievements. I am guessing Gladys was removed.

Gladys West, whose pioneering career contributed key elements to what became the GPS satellite system and was later acknowledged as a "hidden figure" of GPS, died Saturday at age 95.

West "passed peacefully alongside her family and friends and is now in heaven with her loved ones," her family said as they announced her death.

West is credited with astounding accomplishments in mathematics, playing pivotal roles in charting orbital trajectories and creating accurate mathematical models of the Earth's shape that would eventually be used by the GPS satellite orbit.

But, as West admitted to member station VPM in 2020, she did not really rely on the groundbreaking system she helped create.

"I would say minimal," she replied when asked if she used GPS. "I prefer maps."

'A commitment to be the best I could be'

Born Gladys Mae Brown in 1930, West grew up in the Jim Crow Era, on a small farm in Dinwiddie County, Va., south of Richmond. She attended a one-room schoolhouse with one teacher, and in her memoir, It Began with a Dream, West wrote of the aspirations that grew during those early years.

"Every day I wished and dreamed of having more -- more books, more classrooms, more teachers, and more time to dream and imagine what life would be like if only I could fly away from the strenuous and seemingly never-ending work on our family farm."

Realizing that education could open doors to a new life, West added, "I made a commitment to be the best I could be and absorb as much knowledge that a little farm girl could handle."

As she neared graduation in her segregated high school, teachers urged her to pursue a degree in mathematics.

"If you had left it to me, I would have majored in home economics," she told VPM.

"I really did like geometry," she added. "I fell in love with that."

But first West, daughter of farmers who also worked jobs in a tobacco factory and for the railroad, would have to figure out a path to attending college.

"When she learned that the top senior in her high school was guaranteed a scholarship to college, she was motivated to earn that spot and successfully became valedictorian of her class," according to a profile of West in Notices Of The American Mathematical Society.

West used that scholarship to attend Virginia State College — an HBCU now known as Virginia State University — where she studied math and joined the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She then taught math and science in segregated schools in Virginia, earning her master's degree in 1955 — the same year President Dwight Eisenhower banned racial discrimination in federal hiring.


Seeing limitations — and opportunities to overcome them

One year later, West was offered a job in Dahlgren, Va., at the Naval Proving Ground, which later became the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.
"There were three other Black professionals," West recalled to VPM. "We were respectful to the leaders and tried to treat them the way we wanted them to treat us if we were in the same position."

One of the other professionals was Ira West, a mathematician; the pair married in 1957.

"I met her at a lunch break," Ira West told VPM in 2020, recalling what his future wife was wearing: a pleated blue skirt and a white blouse.

"When I first saw her, I knew there was something for me," he said. "But she didn't know there was something for her in looking at me."

The couple had three children and seven grandchildren; Ira West died in 2024.

Gladys West worked at the naval program for 42 years. In a 2021 interview, she said two things helped her cope with the limitations imposed by racism: She enjoyed her work; and she wanted more Black people to get a chance to do it.

"I always felt really responsible for being the best and doing the best that I could," she told the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, adding that by setting a positive example, she hoped to undermine discrimination.

"I always felt that I would give my best regardless of what was going on, to give my best of myself because I just respected myself that well."

Massive computers produced modeling data used for GPS

West's work grew in tandem with enormous gains in computing. She began her career at a time when cutting-edge computing meant that researchers' ideas had to be coded as zeros and ones, punched out on cards, and fed into massive machines.

"Sometimes they'd call you to see if you wanted to watch it, to see whether it blows up or it goes," West told Notices Of The American Mathematical Society in 2020. She added, "That was old time; it's much easier now."

Here's how the Department of Defense sums up some of West's pivotal work:
In the early 1960s, she participated in an award-winning, astronomical study that proved the regularity of Pluto's motion relative to Neptune.

From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, West used complex algorithms to account for variations in gravitational, tidal and other forces that distort Earth's shape. She programmed the IBM 7030 computer, also known as Stretch, to deliver increasingly refined calculations for an extremely accurate model of the Earth's shape, optimized for what ultimately became the GPS orbit used by satellites.
Without her work, and updates that came later, the intricately accurate navigation and timing of GPS would not have been possible, according to the U.S. Space Force.

A 'hidden figure' no more

For most of her life, West's abilities and achievements were not widely known – similar to other Black women doing pivotal work in science and math during the Cold War and highlighted in the 2016 book, Hidden Figures. But West received notable recognitions over the past decade, including the military's Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2018 and the National Museum of the Surface Navy's Freedom of the Seas Exploration and Innovation Award in 2023. She also became the first woman to win the Prince Philip Medal, awarded by the U.K.'s Royal Academy of Engineering.

Speaking to VPM in 2020, West offered advice for young people facing adversity.

"You can give up and cause a whole lot of stress on yourself, or you can take what you have and make the best of it," she said. "Do your best work, work hard — all the kinds of things that make you feel proud — and be a real good person."

Despite the struggles of her childhood and the effects of racism on her career, West said she believes she accomplished all she could.

"I'm pretty satisfied that I used myself up," she said with a smile.

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Tell Them Its Iceland!

A deadly winter storm and the Trump Administration is playing around with AI. 

When the far right were mocking former president Joe Biden for mistatements or stuttering, they said it was his age is showing. They believe he had cognitive decline.

Well the same could be said about Donald J. Trump, the 45th/47th President of the United States.

In Davos, the president was still adamant on seizing Greenland. He backed off the tariff threats after NATO had offered more financial assistance. 

Trump also signed off this "Board of Peace". This charade is an autocrat's wet dream.

The European Union is not interested in the Board of Peace.

They are still angry over Trump's threats and his neverending attempts to take the autonomous Danish territory.

A dangerous winter storm is expected to affect over 2/3 of the United States and our president, vice president, Transportation Secretary, Defense Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretary and Republicans are wasting their time playing with AI.

And what is it with penguins?

Another code word for white people....

Sheesh. 

Anyway, Trump posted on Truth Social an image of him walking hand to hand with a penguin in Greenland. Vice President JD Vance and the Administration pile on.

He also took aim a climate change. He claims that people are on the hysteria of global warming. 

Penguins are flightless birds known to the Global South, African south, Australia and New Zealand.

After being called out on it, the Trump Administration doubled down. 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. post their AI penguin posts. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posts an AI with flying eagles and Washington being evolved into a Trump resort.

The president has declared a state of emergency for states affected.

Trump should be at the White House on the phone with governors offering assistance.

Vance should be telling Americans to prepare for the storm. Offer numbers for safety and let people know not to abuse 9-1-1. 

Hegseth should be letting military families know their safety precautions if the president activates their services.

Kennedy should be warning Americans about safety when shoveling snow, frostbite, pet safety, eating spoiled food and watching for falling ice.

Duffy should be warning Americans about impassable roads, bridges and bodies of water with frozen ice. He should warn Americans that delivery of goods, mail, packages and airlines are delayed.

Make sure you have batteries, flashlight, blankets, water, canned foods, a charged phone and clothes that are winter resistant.

Prepare for a massive winter storm by stocking up on at least 3-7 days of non-perishable food, water, medications, and heating fuel. Protect your home by insulating pipes and having flashlights, batteries, and a battery-powered radio ready for power outages. Keep vehicles fueled and create a car survival kit with blankets, a shovel, and sand. 

This storm could kill at least 2,000 Americans. I live in one of the affected states. It is expected to put at least 15 inches in my community. If things do get bad and it affects our posting or something happens which involves me or any contributors, I want to say thank you for reading. 

I regret nothing.

Stay safe and do not lose your life over stupidity.

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Friday, January 23, 2026

Outrage Over ICE Protesters Crashing A Church! Crickets On Violating Human Rights And A God*mn Genocide In Real Time!

The Department Of Justice rather arrest peaceful protesters than rogue federal agents.

A genocide doesn't generate outrage from the lawmakers in the United States. Protesters peacefully disrupting a church service, cue the outrage.

The United States would evolve so much better if we didn't have religion involved.

The U.S. Department of Justice is determined to stifle criticism of the Immigration Customs Enforcement, President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, white people, capitalism, Israel, Jews and Christians.

The attempts to go after the key protesters and independent journalist Don Lemon.

When protesters confronted a pastor who allegedly has ties to ICE, the Trump Administration has retaliated. Instead of holding investigations into the shooting of Renee Good, they rather focus on protesters. They claim that ICE Agents have free range to violate the rights of citizens.

They claim they are allowed to break into people's homes, steal property and violently detain suspected immigrants. If the possibility of ICE breaking into homes, could that merit a violent encounter with firearms and the legal justification for use of self defense.

If ICE doesn't announce itself or even tries to break in, they could face a potential retaliation.

Nonetheless, Trump’s job approval is 34%. He is booed because of his policies. He is completely tone deaf and its unfortunate that the second term curse will not only harm his legacy but the future of the United States.

A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.

Vice President JD Vance, speaking in Minneapolis, urged state and local law enforcement to collaborate with federal officials and said protesters must stop getting in their way.

Attorney General Pam Bondi posted online that Nekima Levy Armstrong had been arrested. On Sunday, protesters entered the Cities Church in St. Paul, where an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor. Bondi later posted that a second person had been arrested, and FBI Director Kash Patel announced a third.

The Justice Department quickly opened a civil rights investigation after the group interrupted services by chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good,” referring to the 37-year-old mother of three who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis earlier this month.

“Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” the attorney general wrote on X.

Cities Church belongs to the Southern Baptist Convention and lists one of its pastors as David Easterwood, who leads an ICE field office. Many Baptist churches have pastors who also work other jobs.
This is training from the Israelis.

Church lawyers praise the arrests

Prominent leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have argued that compassion for migrant families cannot justify violating a sacred space during worship.

Attorneys representing the church hailed the arrests.

“The U.S. Department of Justice acted decisively by arresting those who coordinated and carried out the terrible crime,” Doug Wardlow, director of litigation for True North Legal, said in a statement.

The St. Paul-based nonprofit law firm has taken on religious freedom cases, including filing an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a Christian counselor who challenged bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

Levy Armstrong, an attorney and longtime activist, had called for the pastor affiliated with ICE to resign, saying his dual role poses a “fundamental moral conflict.”

“You cannot lead a congregation while directing an agency whose actions have cost lives and inflicted fear in our communities,” she said Tuesday. “When officials protect armed agents, repeatedly refuse meaningful investigation into killings like Renee Good’s, and signal they may pursue peaceful protesters and journalists, that is not justice — it is intimidation.”

Vance wants local law enforcement to assist federal officers

State and local elected officials have opposed the crackdown that has become a major focus of Department of Homeland Security sweeps.

Vance arrived in the state less than a month after Renee Good was killed. He has called Good’s death a “tragedy of her own making.”

Before his Minnesota visit, Vance warned the church protesters: “Those people are going to be sent to prison so long as we have the power to do so.”

Later in Minneapolis, he urged state and city law enforcement to help federal immigration officers.

“We’re doing everything that we can to lower the temperature,” Vance said, adding that he wants “state and local officials to meet us halfway.”

Greg Bovino, a U.S. Border Patrol official, said Minneapolis police failed to help federal agents Wednesday who were surrounded by protesters at a gas station. Minneapolis police responded later that they hadn’t received any requests from federal agents for assistance on Wednesday.

This is America in decline.

Protesters appear in court

Levy Armstrong has helped lead protests after the high-profile police-involved killings of Black Americans, including George Floyd, Philando Castile and Jamar Clark. She is a former president of the NAACP’s Minneapolis branch.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a photo on X of Levy Armstrong with her arms behind her back next to a person wearing a badge. Noem said she faces a charge under a statute that bars threatening or intimidating someone exercising a right.

Patel posted on X that Chauntyll Louisa Allen, the second person Bondi said was arrested, is charged under a law that prohibits physically obstructing or using the threat of force to intimidate or interfere with a person seeking to participate in a service at a house of worship. Patel said William Kelly has also been arrested.

Levy Armstrong, Kelly and Allen have all been booked about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Minneapolis in Sherburne County Jail, where people in federal custody are usually held.

A message seeking comment was sent to Allen’s and Kelly’s attorney.

Saint Paul Public Schools, where Allen is a board of education member, said it is aware of her arrest but will not comment on pending legal matters.

Allen and Levy Armstrong are part of a community of Black Minnesota activists.

Kelly has defended the protest and criticized the church for associating with a pastor who works for ICE.

In court Thursday, federal magistrate judge Doug Micko granted the women bond and restricted them from traveling outside Minnesota or from going near the church. The government said it would appeal and the women remained in federal custody Thursday afternoon.

Levy Armstrong’s attorney, Jordan Kushner, said he offered for her to turn herself in peacefully, but the Trump administration insisted on arresting her.

“They wanted a spectacle,” Levy Armstrong’s husband, Marques Armstrong, said, recalling around 50 agents came to detain her.

ICE Agents are playing with fire.

Arrests follow a DOJ civil rights investigation

The Justice Department investigated the church protest swiftly, but found no basis for a civil rights investigation into Good’s death.

Administration officials have said the officer acted in self-defense and that the driver of the Honda was engaging in “an act of domestic terrorism” when she pulled toward him. Past administrations, however, have moved quickly to probe shootings of civilians by law enforcement officials.

The Justice Department has separately opened an investigation into whether Minnesota officials impeded or obstructed federal immigration enforcement though their public statements. Prosecutors this week sent subpoenas to the offices of Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and officials in Ramsey and Hennepin counties, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Don Lemon escapes DOJ charges.

Judge rejects charges against Lemon

A magistrate judge rejected federal prosecutors’ bid to charge journalist Don Lemon related to the church protest, said Kushner, Levy Armstrong’s attorney.

Lemon has said he was at the church as a journalist and not a protester.

“Once the protest started in the church we did an act of journalism which was report on it and talk to the people involved, including the pastor, members of the church and members of the organization,” Lemon said in a video posted on social media. “That’s it. That’s called journalism.”

Lemon’s attorney, Abbe Lowell, said in a statement that the judge’s action confirms Lemon’s work as a reporter was protected by the First Amendment.

It wasn’t immediately clear what the Justice Department would do after the judge’s decision. Authorities could return to a magistrate judge to again seek a criminal complaint or an indictment against Lemon before a grand jury.

CNN, which fired Lemon in 2023, first reported the ruling.

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Jack Of All Trades!

The testimony of Jack Smith.

On Thursday, the House held a committee hearing with former special prosecutor Jack Smith. As a former special counsel involved in the indictment of Donald J. Trump, Smith had clear evidence that the president during his first term violated his oath of office.

Trump clearly and deliberately lied about the 2020 U.S. election. He knowingly stole classified documents from the state and purposely hid them despite the government warning him that it was a criminal act to do so.

The American people rewarded him another term despite the endless chaos during his presidency, his post presidency and now his return to presidency.

Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, detailing how the defeated president “sought to prey” on his supporters and “looked for ways to stay in power,” culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

It was Smith’s first public hearing since he left the department last year, and the nearly five-hour session at the House Judiciary Committee delved into far-flung details — from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s blockbuster testimony before the Jan. 6 committee to the gag order slapped on Trump during the investigation over his efforts to intimidate witnesses.

“Our investigation revealed that Donald Trump is the person who caused Jan. 6, it was foreseeable to him, and that he sought to exploit the violence,” Smith testified.

Trump, during the hearing, was live-posting his rage against Smith — suggesting the former career prosecutor should himself be prosecuted. In the room sat militant Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, and a tense encounter erupted between one audience member and police who had defended the Capitol, reminding how Jan. 6 still divides the Congress, and the country.

Smith said he believes Trump officials now will do “everything in their power” to prosecute him, but he said he would “not be intimidated” by attacks from the president, adding that investigators gathered proof that Trump committed “serious crimes.”

“I’m not going to pretend that didn’t happen because he’s threatening me,” Smith said.

Once Trump won reelection in 2024, Smith abandoned the cases against him, adhering to Justice Department protocol against prosecuting a sitting president. Trump faced a four-count indictment in the conspiracy to overthrow the election and, separately, Smith’s team indicted Trump over holding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home.

Throughout the session, Republicans highlighted new developments as they seek to sow doubt on Smith’s now defunct-case against Trump, while Democrats warned that Trump’s allies are trying to rewrite history after the defeated president sent his supporters to the Capitol to fight for his failed election against Democrat Joe Biden.

Far from done, Smith is expected to be called before the Senate, which is planning its own hearing, and he has been unable to discuss the documents case that lawmakers want to probe. Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon halted the release of a report by Smith’s team on that case with an injunction that is set to expire next month, but lawyers for Trump have asked to leave it permanently under seal.

One star witness under scrutiny, but Smith says there are ‘so many’ more

Republicans have fixated for years on countering the gripping testimony that former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson gave to the Jan. 6 committee, trying to prove her wrong.

The young aide recounted having been told that day about Trump lunging for the steering wheel in the presidential limousine as he demanded to join supporters at the Capitol. It’s a story that others said did not happen.

“Mr. Smith, is Cassidy Hutchinson a liar?” asked Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the committee chairman.

Smith explained that Hutchinson’s testimony was “second hand,” and as his team interviewed other witnesses, and the Secret Service agent in the car at the time “did not confirm what happened.”

Jordan pressed whether Smith would have brought Hutchinson forward to testify anyway, and Smith said he had not made “any final determinations.”

Smith said, “We had a large choice of witnesses.”

“That says it all,” Jordan declared. “You were still considering putting her on the witness stand because you had to get President Trump.”

In fact, Smith said, one of the “central challenges” of the case was to present it in a concise way, “because we did have so many witnesses” — state officials, Trump campaign workers and advisers — to testify.

“Some of the most powerful witnesses were witnesses who, in fact, were fellow Republicans who had voted for Donald Trump, who had campaigned for him and who wanted him to win the election,” Smith said.

Smith defends his work, and subpoenas for lawmaker phone records

A career prosecutor who worked for Republican and Democratic administrations, and worked on a range of cases, including war crimes overseas, Smith has presented himself as a straight arrow whose work stands for itself.

“I am not a politician and I have no partisan loyalties,” Smith said. “Throughout my public service, my approach has always been the same — follow the facts and the law without fear or favor.”

Republicans sought to portray Smith as a hard-charging prosecutor who had to be “reined in” by higher-ups as he pursued Trump ahead of the former president’s possible run for a second term.

They singled out the collecting of phone toll records of members of Congress, including the House speaker at the time, former GOP Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

During one particularly sharp exchange, Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas said Smith used nondisclosure agreements to “hide” subpoenas from the subjects, and the public.

Smith explained that collecting the phone records was a “common practice” and investigators wanted to understand the “scope of the conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 election.

“My office didn’t spy on anyone,” he said.

Smith said he sought the nondisclosure agreements because of witness intimidation in the case. He cited Trump’s comments at the time, particularly the warning that he would be “coming after” those who cross him.

“I had grave concerns about obstruction of justice in this investigation, specifically with regards to Donald Trump,” he said.

Smith said it’s not incumbent on a prosecutor “to wait until someone gets killed before they move for an order to protect the proceedings.”

Rewarding a despicable human excrement.

Threats to democracy — and to Smith himself — linger

One Democrat, Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, asked how he would describe the toll on American democracy if the nation does not hold a president accountable for fraudulent actions, particularly in elections.

“If we do not hold the most powerful people in our society to the same standards, the rule of law, it can be catastrophic,” he said.

“It can endanger our election process, it can endanger election workers and ultimately, our democracy.”

“The attack on this Capitol on Jan. 6,” Smith said, echoing an appeals court ruling, “it was an attack on the structure of our democracy.”

Democratic Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado asked Smith if he was aware that Trump was live-posting social media comments during the hearing.

“No,” Smith said.

The congressman began reading what the president had posted.

“‘Jack Smith is a deranged animal, who shouldn’t be allowed to practice Law,’” Neguse read. “‘Hopefully the Attorney General is looking at what he’s done.’”

Smith looked on.

“We have a word for this,” the congressman said. “It’s called weaponization. It’s called corruption.”

Democrats repeatedly asked if Smith had ever been approached by Biden’s Justice Department to investigate or prosecute Trump. Smith said he had not.

In his own words, Smith lays out the case

Smith presented his case against Trump, publicly and in previous private testimony, in ways that have not wavered.

“President Trump was charged because the evidence established that he willfully broke the law,” Smith said in opening remarks.

“Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power.”

Smith said, “If asked whether to prosecute a former president based on the same facts today, I would do so.”

“No one should be above the law in this country.”

Still, the special counsel said he stopped short of filing a charge of insurrection against Trump. That was pursued in the House impeachment of Trump in the aftermath of Jan. 6, though the president was acquitted of the sole count of incitement of an insurrection by the Senate.

He said the case had “proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity,” and remained confident had it gone to trial.

Asked about Trump’s decision to pardon some 1,500 people convicted in the Jan. 6 attack, including those who assaulted police officers, Smith had almost no answer.

“I don’t get it,” he said. “I never will.”

To be honest, I don't understand why we reward the criminals who tried to overthrow democracy. The second term curse currently plagues Trump as he has a job approval of 34%.

In his first year, he has wrecked the economy. He has brought so much tension with international leaders. He provides cover to war criminals like Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.

He has not stopped harassing Greenland.

He wants to violently takeover Gaza, Venezuela and Cuba.

He has launched attacks on Venezuela, Iran, Syria, Nigeria, Yemen, Iraq and Somalia at the behest of Israeli interest. 

Trump has failed to lower inflation, lower grocery prices and release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Sinners!

Ryan Coogler's horror film Sinners broke a record. It has 16 Oscar nominations. It has a high possibility of winning at least one. 

I have not been at a movie theater since movie director Ryan Coolger's film Black Panther. The Marvel film went on to gross over $3.2 billion in sales and helped the late actor Chadwick Bowman become an icon. It also helped Michael B. Jordan become a household name.

Coogler was often passed over for Oscar nominations finally got a well deserved paid due.

His most recent film, Sinners is nominated for 16 Academy Awards.

Sinners is a 2025 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. It co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton (in his film debut), Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

Coogler began developing the film through his production company Proximity Media, with Jordan cast in the lead role. The project was announced in January 2024, and after a bidding war, Warner Bros. Pictures acquired distribution rights the following month. Additional roles were cast in April. Principal photography took place from April to July 2024. Longtime Coogler collaborator Ludwig Göransson composed the film's score and served as an executive producer.

Sinners premiered on April 3, 2025, at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City, and was theatrically released in United States on April 18, 2025, by Warner Bros. Pictures. 

The film received critical acclaim and grossed $368.3 million worldwide against a budget of $90–100 million. In addition to this, the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute listed it among the top ten films of 2025. Sinners garnered several awards and nominations, including a record 16 nominations at the 98th Academy Awards. It also earned four wins at the 31st Critics' Choice Awards, two wins at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards (including Cinematic and Box Office Achievement) and five nominations at the 32nd Actor Awards (including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture).

This move on a nearly $100 million budget has taken in over $375 million.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters showered “Sinners” with more nominations than they had ever bestowed before, breaking the 14-nomination mark set by “All About Eve,” “Titanic” and “La La Land.” Along with best picture, Coogler was nominated for best director and best screenplay, and double-duty star Michael B. Jordan was rewarded with his first Oscar nomination, for best actor.

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are nominated for the Academy Awards. Both are actors and directors.


A coronation for Coogler

For Coogler, the 39-year-old filmmaker of “Fruitvale Station” and “Black Panther,” it was a crowning moment. One of Hollywood’s most esteemed yet humble filmmakers, Coogler has called “Sinners” — a film that he will own outright 25 years after its release — his most personal movie.

“I wrote this script for my uncle who passed away 11 years ago,” Coogler said in an interview Thursday morning. “I got to imagine that he’s listening to some blues music right now to celebrate.”

Reached by phone an hour after the nominations were read, Coogler — speaking alongside his wife and producer Zinzi Coogler and producer Sev Ohanian — was still trying to process the movie’s record-breaking haul.

“I love making movies. I’m honored to wake up every day and do it. I was writing last night. That’s why I didn’t get too much sleep,” said Coogler, chuckling. “Honestly, bro, I still feel a little bit asleep right now.”

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Graffiti Outrage! Genocide In Real Time And Not One Peep!

So we going to be outraged over vandalism and not a genocide?

As predicted, the Governor of New York, the mayor of New York City, the state and federal lawmakers react to an incident at a Brooklyn park that Orthodox Jews frequently visit.

In a city of 8.3 million, how would anyone know about this place?

If you are outraged over graffiti and vandalism, why are you not outraged over the killing of thousands in Gaza?

You are aware that Letitia James has forced Betar US out of New York. 

They operated out of Brooklyn, New York.

Zohran Mamdani is the first U.S. mayor who is a Muslim and second youngest.

You are aware that the Anti-Defamation League, Stop Antisemitism, the Jewish Defense League, StandWithUs, AIPAC, Boro Park Shomrim and Hadassah Brooklyn are located in New York City.

You are aware that graffiti exists in New York City on buildings, street signs, noise walls, railcars, sidewalks and abandon properties.

New York City is damn near a police state. There's a camera nearly a block from a block.

So you mean to tell me that an individual can spray Swastikas and Hitler on public property without being seen? 

You are aware on Google Maps, five pro Israeli Jewish organizations near that park are censored out. 

Are we going to just let them control a narrative to distract us from the real issue of Israel committing a genocide, interfering in U.S. politics, driving a wedge between Americans and pushing us closer to global war?

C'mon man, the Zionists are staging incidents to drive Mamdani's job approval down.

Israel is committing a genocide in real time and the U.S. will continue to aid this rogue nation until its own demise. The United States lost credibility thanks to the policies of President Donald J. Trump and former president Joe Biden.

An investigation is underway after 57 swastikas were found at a children's playground in Gravesend Park, Brooklyn.

They were painted on playground slides and on the wall of a handball court in red, yellow and blue paint with other antisemitic vandalism.

The NYPD says this is being investigated as a hate crime.

I'm sorry it smells like an op. There are numerous NYPD cameras and clearly looks like a hit job to drive Zohran Mamdani's job approval down. 

It's described as aggravated harassment and police responded just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday to find all this hateful graffiti. No arrests have been made.

It's the second day someone targeted this park.

By the afternoon, it was no longer a crime scene, just a cleanup scene as the Parks Department crew members use paint thinner to get it off and light grey paint to cover it up.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the display of antisemitism "sickening" in a post on social media.

"I am sickened by this antisemitic vandalism in Borough Park. Antisemitism has no place in our city, and I stand shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish New Yorkers who were targeted. My administration is working closely with the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force as well as our Parks Department, and those responsible will be investigated and held accountable," Mamdani said.

Other elected leaders and the ADL are also condemning this incident.

"To have it happen two days in a row and to have it happen with such ferocity on the second day, with more than triple the number of swastikas on the second day? Really, really awful," said ADL Director of New York and New Jersey, Scott Richmond.

The local community board says the culprit needs to be caught and brought to justice.

"They got away with it once and tried to get away with it again," said Rabbi Edgar Gluck of Community Board 12.

Richmond said Gravesend Park is one of the most densely packed neighborhoods of Holocaust survivors in New York City, making this act, he says, "particularly offensive."

"This country went to war against the Nazis," Richmond said. "400,000 Americans lost their lives fighting against the Nazis. This isn't just a symbol that should be offensive to the Jewish community. This is something that every New Yorker should be angry about."

Gluck is a son of survivors.

"This is something that's literally reminding us of Nazi Germany," Gluck said.

The neighborhood has plenty of cameras around the park but police haven't put out any pictures of who they're looking for yet.

Gluck says whoever is responsible needs to be fully prosecuted and given an education.

"That's if they knew what they were doing," he said. "The only thing they know is they're doing something antisemitic. Exactly what a Nazi swastika stands for, or Heil Hitler. I don't even know if they know the history."

Last Friday, City Council Speaker Julie Menin released a five-point plan to combat antisemitism.

Menin reacted to the incident on social media.

The Anti-Defamation League tracks antisemitic incidents and asks people to report them on their website and to law enforcement.

Of course, this goes to their so called Mamdani tracker. 

This is a self inflicted issue. Someone who is a critic of Mamdani did it to stroke tensions and sow discourse. It is typical of Zionists and Jewish extremists. They have to create a problem to distract from the real issues. 

The suspect will be caught. If the suspect is a so called sympathizer of a 20th Century relic, then I will retract my opinion of this. It's been almost 90 years ago, when Adolf Hitler rose to power. His reign lasted for over a decade. 

World War II killed millions.

Not just Jewish people but every walk of life. From solider to civilian, an estimated 75 million people died from that conflict. U.S. Black and indigenous soliders came home to Jim Crow apartheid where they were still treated like second class citizens. Yet, Blacks are told to get over it and blame the Democratic Party of the past for its conservatism which led to segregation. The Republican Party of today are in favor of segregation, religious nationalism, denaturalism and superiority over non whites.

The status quo will not continue much longer when the pocketbooks are affected.

We cannot just ignore everyone else. The Holocaust was a genocide. Every genocide in the world is problem. We cannot pick and choose. Every other genocide beside the Holocaust is irrelevant according to Zionists.

If you question any actions of the 20th Century's wars, you are labeled antisemitic or bullied into concessions about facts over fiction.

The time is now. 

End support of Israel.

Focus on America's declining economy, infrastructure and education. Fix the problems here in the United States. Stop aiding wars and chaos.

Oh well, we'll get upset over graffiti and protesters using their free speech.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Will Someone Destroy This Country?

Israel must fall by any means necessary.

Will Larry and David Ellison respond to this?

Will Bari Weiss respond to this?

Will the international junk food media respond to it?

Hey, they rather want us to focus on the Nazi graffiti on a New York City's Gravesend Park. After all some asshole spraying graffiti will get federal and state workers attention.

A journalist getting killed by the apartheid ethnostate of Israel is just not on the radar.

This is not a ceasefire. This is a fucking war crime. 

Israel (and the United States) will not get away with the criminal acts much longer. 

This latest aggression.... chile, if I was the resistance, I will be armed and ready to strike back at these Israeli terrorists. I swear the world will not tolerate this much longer.

White men are dangerous. Donald J. Trump, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu are the final straw. The world cannot allow this to continue.

Abdel Raouf Shaat – a contributor to CBS News and Agence France-Presse – was killed along with Mohamed Qishta and Anas Ghneim after their car was hit by an Israeli strike while leaving a camp for displaced people.

American junk food media says killed. Not murdered.

The Associated Press for example highlights:

Israeli fire strikes journalists and children on one of Gaza’s deadliest days since ceasefire

For fucks sake, Israel violated the ceasefire over 1,340 times, murder hundreds of civilians and is never held accountable these crimes against humanity.

Hamas is the terrorist organization, right? 

Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered enclave ‘s deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October.

The United States is trying to push the deal forward and implement its challenging second phase.

Among the dead were three Palestinian journalists who were killed while filming near a displacement camp in central Gaza, a camp official said. Israel’s military said it had spotted suspects who were operating a drone that posed a threat to its troops.

The two boys were killed in separate incidents. In one, a 13-year-old, his father and a 22-year old man were hit by Israeli drones on the eastern side of the Bureij refugee camp, according to officials from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah, which received the bodies.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the three had crossed into Israeli-controlled areas.

Israel kills journalists like its nothing.

A mounting death toll

The other 13-year-old was shot by troops in the eastern town of Bani Suheila, Nasser Hospital said after receiving the body. In a video circulated online, the father of Moatsem al-Sharafy is seen weeping over it.

The boy’s mother, Safaa al-Sharafy, told The Associated Press that he had left to gather firewood so she could cook.

“He went out in the morning, hungry,” she said, tears running down her cheeks. “He told me he’d go quickly and come back.”

Later Wednesday, an Israeli strike hit a vehicle carrying the three Palestinian journalists who were filming a new displacement camp managed by an Egyptian government committee in the Netzarim area, said Mohammed Mansour, the committee’s spokesperson.

Mansour said the journalists were documenting the committee’s work and that the strike occurred about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Israeli-controlled area. He said the vehicle was known to Israel’s military as belonging to the committee. Video footage showed the charred and smoking vehicle by the roadside.

One journalist killed, Abdul Raouf Shaat, was a regular contributor to Agence France-Presse but he was not on assignment for it at the time, the news agency said.

“Abdul was much loved by the AFP team covering Gaza. They remember him as a kind-hearted colleague,” the agency said in a statement that demanded a full investigation into his death.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, more than 200 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since the war began in 2023, including visual journalist Mariam Dagga, who worked for the AP and other news organizations.

Nearly five months after the strikes on a hospital that killed Dagga and four other journalists, the Israeli military says it is continuing to investigate.

Aside from rare guided tours, Israel has barred international journalists from entering to cover the war. News organizations rely largely on Palestinian journalists in Gaza — as well as residents — to show what is happening.

Nasser Hospital officials also said Wednesday they received the body of a Palestinian woman shot by Israeli troops in the Muwasi area of the southern city of Khan Younis, which is not controlled by the military.

In a separate attack, three brothers were killed in a tank shelling in the Bureij camp, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital.

More than 470 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, according to Gaza’s health ministry. At least 77 have been killed by Israeli gunfire near a ceasefire line that splits the territory between Israeli-held areas and most of Gaza’s Palestinian population, the ministry says.

The ministry maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts.

A mother’s plea

The first phase of the October ceasefire that paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas militants focused on the return of all remaining hostages in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees and a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces in Gaza.

All but one hostage, living or dead, have been returned to Israel. Ran Gvili, a 24-year-old police officer known as Rani, was killed while fighting Hamas militants during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that started the war.

His relatives on Wednesday called again on Israel’s government and U.S. President Donald Trump to ensure the release of his remains.

“We need to continue to amplify Rani’s voice, explain about him, talk about him, and explain to the world that we, the people of Israel, will not give up on anyone,” his mother, Talik Gvili, said. She told the AP the family doesn’t “really know where he is.”

Hamas said Wednesday it has provided “all information” it has on Gvili’s body to the ceasefire mediators, and accused Israel of obstructing search efforts in areas it controls in Gaza.

The board of peace... Pieces of shit. Three white extremists leading the world to disaster.

Israel targets more sites in Lebanon

Israel’s air force carried out multiple strikes Wednesday against sites in southern Lebanon that it said the militant Hezbollah group used to store weapons, and at sites along Lebanon’s border with Syria where it said weapons were being smuggled.

The military said it struck four border crossings in Lebanon’s northeastern region of Hermel.

Earlier, strikes in three villages in southern Lebanon targeted weapons storage facilities. Israel’s military said it had issued warnings to evacuate. Lebanon’s health ministry said 19 people, including journalists, were wounded in the southern village of Qennarit, south of the port city of Sidon.

Lebanese officials condemned the strikes in southern Lebanon, which President Joseph Aoun called “systematic aggression.”

In addition, drone strikes on cars in the villages of Bazouriyeh and Zahrani killed two people, according to state-run National News Agency.

The strikes were the latest in near-daily Israeli military action since a ceasefire more than a year ago ended the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war. The agreement included a Lebanese pledge to disarm militant groups, which Israel says has not been fulfilled.

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