Good morning from federal court in Nashville. Kilmar Abrego Garcia just entered this building as a free man for the first time. Look out for coverage of his vindictive prosecution hearing today on All Rise News.

RIP Mike Smith mtstandard.com/news/local/a...

In a call with top state voting officials, a Department of Homeland Security official stated unequivocally that immigration agents would not be patrolling polling places during this year's midterms. n.pr/3ZYTPkh

why step in shit and when you can just wear it?

Friends, please help spread the word on the Life Church, Nathan Peternel, Micah Beckwith, Jonathan Peternel scandal. I've seen a number of AI scraping sites ripping off my reporting without proper citation. There's more coming. I can't reveal details yet www.24sight.news/p/nathan-pet...

Give credit to @24sight.news Tom LoBianco, whose reporting made this downfall possible

"It's unbelievable what happened to his legs" ... coming up on 90+ minutes

"Space Force is my baby"

WaPo: "We applaud the court’s recognition of core First Amendment protections and its rejection of the government’s expansionist arguments for searching Hannah Natanson’s devices and work materials in their entirety and placing itself in charge of determining their relevance."

“We should fill the space before someone else does.”

Trump during SOTU: The War of Fraud will be led by JD Vance

Rep. Al Green, who was censured at Trump speech a year ago hoists sign for State of the Union stating "Black People Aren't Apes"

A disorienting quiet has settled in at the State Department, as decisions that once moved through a step-by-step process now seem to drop, fully formed, from a small circle of Trump advisers, Vivian Salama reports.

Correct me if I am wrong but I think Obama's longest speech as President was like 1 hour and a few minutes. And it was a SOTU.

“Peternel and Beckwith previously toured the country with Charlie Kirk”

Republican congressman Tony Gonzales, father of six, texted his female staffer at 12:51 a.m.: "Anal?" The woman later died after pouring gasoline on herself and lighting herself on fire. www.24sight.news/p/texts-from... @24sight.news

NEWS: Nathan Peternel stepping aside after investigation deems sex videos wrong Head of powerful Life Church announces brother-in-law taking over while he enters “restorative process”, one week after son sentenced in child porn case www.24sight.news/p/nathan-pet...

Let me show you a wardrobe you can build with $1,700 🧵

Given this era of gambling of all sorts on all things, seems worth noting for us reporter folks the Abe Rosenthal rule of ethics and conduct, paraphrased: You can bang an elephant, just don't cover the circus. ... If you're reporting on it, don't bet on it.

Peternel gets 6 years in child sex abuse case Jonathan Peternel apologizes to father and mother in case which has wracked politically plugged in church www.24sight.news/p/peternel-g...

According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.

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Interesting, bench for Dem govs reminds me of deep well of talent RGA used to boast more than a decade ago, a bench which fueled the next decade in politics in truly historic fashion (from Pence, Christie and Hogan to a major pipeline of talent which included Scott Walker, John Kasich and others.)

This is super cool from @404media.co www.404media.co/watch-404-me...

Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs. n.pr/4qjynkB

Gabbard’s seizure of voting machines heightens concerns of midterm meddling

'Quite appalling': State election officials brace for possible Trump interference in midterm results.

The Winter Olympics are back. Here's what to know.

Jane Goodall: “You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

Reporter: We're absolutely seeing cracks in the labor market. The number of job openings really fell a lot in December. Companies are not hiring much, and they might be kind of increasing the rate of layoffs. That's a terrible combination.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map designed to help Democrats in the midterms.

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, brokered a call in which President Trump questioned frontline agents about their investigation into voter fraud in Georgia. On "The Daily," our reporter discusses the call that shows how personally involved Trump has become in the investigation.

Democrat wins reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP

A judicial misconduct complaint against Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of D.C. was dismissed after an appeals court judge found insufficient evidence of bias against the Trump administration.

NEW: Do pastor's sex videos constitute porn violation? Indiana Assemblies of God investigating Nathan Peternel after sex videos discovered in son's criminal case www.24sight.news/p/do-pastors...

#Pooligans! Tune in at 5p ET today on Sirius XM 124 POTUS with the Julie Mason! I'll be on a panel with @oknox.bsky.social and @byrontau.bsky.social wrapping a very consequential week indeed. Tune in! And remember to subscribe to www.24sight.news

The company announced it was ending production of its higher-end Model S and Model Y, and turning that production space over to making humanoid robots. n.pr/4c4Qzea

Bruce Springsteen released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” on Wednesday in response to two fatal shootings by federal immigration enforcement agents in the city this month.

Kristi Noem to testify before Senate Judiciary

Residents of Minneapolis say federal law enforcement tactics in the city and their clashes with residents have overshadowed daily life. “People are trying to get out there as much as I think they can, yet still feeling scared, and I think still feeling really helpless,” one resident said.

Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic. Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment. Doctors are left to walk a tightrope. (Published Dec. 2024)

Seems fitting that DC’s share of this national storm is hours of sleeting ice pellets, like so much sand atop the snow

A person who said they witnessed federal agents shoot and kill Alex Jeffrey Pretti submitted a sworn statement in court disputing the federal government’s account of the shooting. “I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong,” the person said in the statement.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a news conference he has activated the state’s National Guard and said the federal government could “not be trusted to lead this investigation” of the shooting. Follow for live updates:

Here's the video of ICE beating a man and then shooting him while he was on the ground from a credible source. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Exactly. They are sending evidently unqualified, aggressive, armed, and masked people into the streets.

218 with 7 Democrats voting for it, the DHS bill passes

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Hed: Did Hunter S. Thompson really kill himself? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Jonathan Peternel pleads guilty to four felony counts of child exploitation, abuse Life Church lead pastor Nathan Peternel says, ‘There will be a story I’ll share at some point’ www.24sight.news/p/jonathan-p...