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One of edjr's more articulate and intelligent responses. He has a way with words.

No charges yet against Don Lemon, although that may change.

The BBC is not respected in Northern Ireland? You don't say!

NYT subscriber content: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/nyregion/mamdani-snowstorm-performance-new-york.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20260126&instance_id=170123&nl=the-morning&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=214316&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 Mamdani Clears Early Hurdles as Storm Bears Down on New York As he navigated a snowstorm that barreled down on New York City over the weekend and provided an early test of his management chops, Mayor Zohran Mamdani employed the same communication skills he used to defeat a dynasty and win the mayoralty last year. Before snow accumulated and sleet pelted the five boroughs on Sunday, Mr. Mamdani was blanketing local and national airwaves — aware of the importance of providing routine updates to New Yorkers. By Sunday evening, other than disappointing public school students with his determination to hold classes virtually on Monday, the mayor had seemed for the moment to satisfy skeptics — though snow cleanup was a work in progress, and it remained to be seen how virtual school would go Monday. “If you do see me, feel free to throw a snowball at me,” the mayor joked to students during a news conference Sunday afternoon. The storm was not without major challenges — seven people were found dead outside over the weekend, including one homeless person on a park bench in Queens. The local state senator, Jessica Ramos, said that the man had frozen to death. It was not clear if the other deaths were weather-related. But the city largely appeared to be prepared for the weather. According to the Department of Sanitation spokesman, Joshua Goodman, streets were salted and plowed and bike lanes were cleared for delivery workers throughout the day on Sunday. Crews headed out to begin clearing roads at 8:30 a.m., when precipitation had reached the requisite two inches; shortly after 7 p.m., Mr. Goodman said every single street under city control had been plowed at least twice; tens of millions of pounds of salt had been spread across the five boroughs; and 2,500 sanitation workers were rotating on 12-hour shifts to continue the cleanup. Snow exceeded nine inches in most parts of the city as of Sunday night. Some detractors complained on social media that their streets were not plowed quickly enough. But even some of Mr. Mamdani’s critics and those keeping close watch on his administration voiced overall approval of his management of the city’s storm response. “Credit where due, looks like @NYCMayor is handling this storm very well so far,” Benny Polatseck, an aide to former Mayor Eric Adams and a vocal critic of Mr. Mamdani, posted on X on Sunday afternoon.

Since you reject fact checking by the BBC as being valid, how about you list the fact checkers you respect.

https://x.com/TheJFreakinC/status/2015516785596899438 (video clip at link) BREAKING: ICE agents are now in CHURCH PARKING LOTS, illegally stopping and demanding proof of citizenship from U.S. citizen families, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. In the video, a citizen notices ICE agents patrolling a church parking lot. When the agents see a family getting out of their car, on their way into church, they cut through the grass and pull up directly next to them. An ICE agent immediately demands ID. The family shows their passports and explains to the agent, yes, they are U.S. citizens. The observer calls the agents out, telling him they should be ashamed for stopping families on church property. The agent responds by trying to silence the legal observer, ordering him to “get in his car” and stop obstructing. The legal observer replies, “Why? I’m in a church parking lot. How about you leave.” And the agents then get in their car and drive away. ICE agents are illegally stopping and harassing people, on church property, making them feel unsafe to attend church and freely practice their religion. And yet, not one Republican is outraged. Which is surprising since last week Republicans screamed about protesters entering a church, claiming it violated the right to “practice religion freely.” But now, FEDERAL AGENTS are harassing families at church, demanding proof of citizenship, intimidating U.S. citizens from feeling safe to practice religion freely… and those same people say nothing. Trump stripped protections from churches, explicitly giving ICE permission to operate on church property, so FEDERAL AGENTS could do exactly what Republicans lost their minds about… Infringe on religious freedom, and terrorize families where they’re supposed to feel safest. You can’t claim to support religious liberty while backing a government that is openly attacking it.

Dude, at least get your facts right before you embarrass yourself any further with your ignorance. Rosenbaum was the one Rittenhouse killed. Gaige Grosskreutz was the one he shot in the arm and had been convicted of no sex offenses, only a misdemeanor burglary charge.

Not put on administrative leave pending the completion of the investigation? And working in other locations? SMH. https://x.com/kaitlancollins/status/2015516113543569577 Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino says the federal agents involved in the scene where Alex Pretti was killed have been reassigned outside of Minneapolis but are still on the job. “All agents that were involved in that scene are working not in Minneapolis, but in other locations. That’s for their safety.”

Liar. He didn't blow off a Pedos arm.

https://x.com/SilenceDamned/status/2015419369979863223 From James Hodge on Facebook “One man shoved a woman to the ground. Another man stepped in to protect the woman. The man who shoved the woman then pepper sprayed the man trying to protect her. The guy who shoved the woman continued to pepper spray them both and the man who stepped in tried to use his body as a shield to protect the woman. The guy who shoved the woman then started trying to drag the man shielding the woman away. The woman shoving man failed to drag the man shielding the woman so several more men jumped in to stop the man from shielding the woman. The woman shover and his friends then stomped, punched, and kicked the man who had been trying to shield the woman. As they assaulted him they realized the shielding man had a holstered gun. The shielding man fought to get free to protect the woman, but never reached for his gun. One of the stomping men grabbed the shielding man’s gun and cleared himself before a single shot was fired. The other men then, after he had been disarmed, shot the shielding man ten or more times despite never having reached for his gun and after he’d already been disarmed." That is exactly what happened. A man was murdered for trying to protect a woman who’d been assaulted. He wasn’t a terrorist, he was a hero. He was the one protecting someone and he was gunned down for doing what any decent man should do when he sees a woman being assaulted. Alex Pretti died a hero. Alex Pretti exemplified the best of America and was murdered for it. If you have any honor, any love for your country, and basic human decency, you will applaud the Alex Pretti and condemn the men who murdered him.”

Provide a link to your claim that Walz ordered The Minnesota State Police to stand down and I will. But you can't as it is a lie

No, calling ICE gestapo is reality.

:crickets: There is no link because Tim Walz never ordered The Minnesota State Police to stand down.

The video doesn't lie, but you are lying, he is clearly not assaulting her.

Apparently. And the NYT breaks down the timeline of the shooting with photos Sorry, this is subscriber content and I can't cut and paste the entire article. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20260125&instance_id=170082&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=214283&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 Timeline: A Moment by Moment Look at the Shooting of Alex Pretti

Link?

It doesn't appear that way from videos I have seen. He is walking towards a small group of civilians standing in the middle of a street where a person has recently been detained on the ground. The civilians are speaking to federal agents. Mr. Pretti appears to be filming the scene, and he walks closer to the federal agents while holding his phone.

That is a lie. None of the videos show him assaulting the woman the agents brutally pushed down. In addition: https://abc30.com/post/alex-pretti-shooting-video-what-know-minneapolis-border-patrol-agent-kills-icu-nurse/18470920/ A witness in a federal court filing said Pretti was one of three people pepper-sprayed by agents and was attempting to help a woman up when he was tackled by the agents.

Alex Pretti wasn't. He was just filming them with his camera phone, then helped to pick up a woman they brutally pushed down, then was pepper sprayed, tackled and shot multiple time. Can't see any obstruction on his part in any of this.

Obstructing them like Alex Pretti was by filming them with his camera phone?