Newark Mayor Ras Baraka confirmed in a statement that the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly referred to as ICE, raided a local establishment in the city on Thursday.

Baraka said agents detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, without producing a warrant.

“One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned,” Baraka said. “This egregious act is in plain violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees ‘the right of the people be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures….’”

The mayor went on to say Newark will not “stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized.”

This raid comes just days after President Donald Trump returned to office. He has since signed a slew of executive orders to do everything from allow ICE raids in houses of worship to eliminating birthright citizenship.

During his campaign, Trump threatened the deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants when he got back into the White House. More than 470,000 New Jersey residents are undocumented.

During Trump’s first term, the Department of Justice took the state to court about a state directive that limited how much New Jersey law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

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Texan doctor was indicted in 2023 by the Biden DOJ for leaking anonymized medical records from the Texas Children's Hosptial proving that children were receiving transgender surgeries despite the hospital publicly stating that they do not do that.
Following the resignation of Biden appointee U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani, the federal prosecutor agreed to drop all charges against the doctor.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/doj-drops-charges-against-texas-doc-who-blew-whistle-on-kids-secret-sex-change-surgeries/
DOJ drops charges against Texas doc who blew whistle on kids’ secret sex-change surgeries

The federal case against a Texas doctor accused of illegally leaking that a Houston hospital was secretly performing transgender surgeries on kids was dropped Friday — weeks before trial was set to begin.

US District Judge David Hittner signed off on prosecutors’ request to throw out all four felony counts accusing Dr. Eithan Haim, 34, of accessing patient records from Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) under false pretenses and providing them to conservative journalist Christopher Rufo in 2023.

Rufo then published a report in City Journal showing the hospital was performing so-called “gender-affirming” procedures on kids at least through May 2023, despite announcing it had stopped offering surgeries and puberty blockers a year earlier.

The initial announcement followed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issuing an opinion in February 2022 declaring sex change procedures in kids a form of child abuse.

The dismissal request “with prejudice” was made in a single-page joint motion filed by the feds with Haim’s consent.

The motion didn’t offer any explanation for why prosecutors wanted to drop the case with trial set to begin on Feb. 10.

Haim faced up to ten years behind bars if convicted and sentenced to the maximum on all counts.

Judge Hittner approved the request in an order issued later Friday.

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the tranny who directed the game and who worked there for 18 years got fired and the studio is rumored to be shutting down

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/24/business/bolor-erdene-battsengel-ai-mongolia-herders-hnk-spc

It might have seemed an unlikely statement for a speaker at a World Economic Forum (WEF) panel discussing the development of artificial intelligence, but Bolor-Erdene Battsengel opened her contribution by talking about her livestock. “I come from a herder community, I still own 300 sheep,” the 32-year-old former Mongolian government official said on Monday at the annual WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Battsengel is the founder of AI Academy Asia, which aims to train 500 teachers to provide AI education to rural communities in Mongolia, and will hold its official launch event on January 27.

The future is now Nomads

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President Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the bishop who had delivered a pointed plea directly at him on behalf of immigrants and LGBTQ+ children during a service at the National Cathedral a day earlier.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump called the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” who is “not very good at her job.” He said she “brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way” and demanded an apology.

Budde’s sermon may have been the only critical words Donald Trump heard during his first full day in office.

As Trump sat in the first pew of the National Cathedral on Tuesday during a traditional prayer service, Bishop Budde asked Trump “to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” Trump glared and shifted uncomfortably as she spoke.

“There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives.” In his first hours as President, Trump signed an order recognizing “two sexes, male and female,” and saying those are set at birth and cannot be changed. He also ordered immigration officers to ramp up deportations of people in the country without authorization.

Budde said in her sermon that those being targeted for deportation “may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurudwaras and temples.” She added, “I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away.”

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A prominent figure in American politics, Patel is an Indian-origin lawyer, who has been at the helm of many key positions in the US government.

Ever since Trump's nomination, Patel has been in the spotlight, and everyone is eagerly waiting to see how he adds to the President's 'America First' agenda. His speech, “My name is Kash Patel, and I ain’t going anywhere,” at the inauguration ceremony emphasizing his commitment to values and principles that define the American dream has grabbed the attention of the world.

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As all eyes are on Kash Patel, let’s take a look at his early life.

Kash Patel has roots back in India. He was born on February 25, 1980, to Gujarati parents in New York. He graduated from the University of Richmond. After that, he earned a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law. Patel, who began his career in law as a public defender, and has handled multiple sensitive cases ranging from murder, narco-trafficking, to complex financial crimes in jury trials in state and federal courts.

Is Kash Patel married?

There is no credible information about Kash Patel being married although there have been rumors of a secret Hindu ceremony.

A defeat for Chuds. Don't let them bury it.

https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/moana-2-1-billion-global-box-office-1236272527/

“Moana 2,” originally conceived as a television show for streaming, is officially a billion-dollar box office smash.

The animated sequel has generated $445 million domestically and $567 million internationally, bringing its grand total to $1.009 billion globally after eight weekends of release. “Moana 2” is Disney‘s third 2024 release to join the billion-dollar club following “Inside Out 2” and “Deadpool & Wolverine,” capping off a stellar 12 months for the film studio. None of its rivals fielded a single $1 billion release in 2024, though Universal was closest with “Despicable Me 4” ($969 million).

“Moana 2” opened on Nov. 28 and cemented a Thanksgiving box office record with $225 million over the five-day holiday frame, obliterating the previous benchmark set by 2019’s “Frozen II” with $125 million. Despite mixed critical reviews, the film benefitted from positive word-of-mouth among moviegoers and remained in the top five on domestic charts for seven consecutive weekends. Now it its eighth frame, “Moana 2” landed at No. 6 with $6.1 million over the weekend and $8.4 million over the extended Martin Luther King Jr. holiday stretch.