Thursday, January 08, 2026

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Secretary Kristi Noem on fatal shooting involving ICE agents in Minneapolis

TRUMP PREPROSTEROUS TLV: Truth, Lies + Video

Kristi Noem claimed a woman shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on  Wednesday committed "an act of domestic terrorism" before being shot.
COWGIRL UP 
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem responds after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis; DHS says it followed a vehicle “ramming” attempt

ENGLISH PLAIN SPEAK IN THE VERNACULAR 
 
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Minneapolis mayor on ICE shooting: 'They need to get out of Minneapolis'
 

Fox News Anchor Shatters ICE Barbie’s Spin on Killing

‘VERY CONFLICTING OPINIONS’

John Roberts said video of the fatal incident didn’t align with part of Noem’s account.

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A photo of Renee Good along with Donald Trump and the vehicle involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on Jan. 7, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Trump Issues Jaw-Dropping Insult to Mom, 37, Killed by ICE

ICE COLD

The president defended the agent and attacked the woman killed.

 

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

U.S. Seizes 'Russian' Russian Tanker Marinera (ex-Bella 1) | How Was it Se...

 
 
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A tanker is being chased across the Atlantic — and Russia is trying to “adopt” it mid-run.
U.S. officials say the vessel (previously known as Bella 1) is under U.S. sanctions for transporting Iranian crude tied to Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran’s IRGC. 
  • After the Coast Guard tried to board it on 21 December in the Caribbean, the ship refused, turned into the Atlantic, and has reportedly been tailed at roughly 800 meters ever since.
  • Now the same ship appears in Russia’s records as “Marinera,” with Sochi as its home port — and the crew has reportedly painted a Russian flag on the hull.
The article looks at why the U.S. still calls it “stateless,” 
  1. what international law says about changing flags mid-voyage, 
  2.  and how this kind of legal fog could become a new shield for the shadow fleet.
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UPDATE: On December 31st, 2025 the oil tanker formerly known as Bella 1 was  officially renamed Marinera and re-registered in a Russian maritime  database while under active pursuit by the United States 
 
 

Ukrainian leader Zelenskiyy Urged U.S. to Kidnap The Head of Russia’s Chechen Republic

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Ramzan Kadyrov shot back, urging Vladimir Zelensky to “man up” and try doing that himself 

Kadyrov Humiliated Zelenskiyy.  .  .  .  .  .

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Zelenskiyy asks U.S. to Kidnap Chechen leader Kadyrov

Zelensky asks US to kidnap Chechen leader Kadyrov
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has urged the US to kidnap the head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, claiming the move would send a strong message to President Vladimir Putin.
  • Zelensky made the remarks on Wednesday, demanding his Western backers to put more “pressure” on Russia and arguing that would help to put the Ukraine conflict to its end. The Ukrainian leader suggested that the US could kidnap Kadyrov to supposedly speed up the negotiations process.
  • The Ukrainian leader praised the US action against Venezuela and the kidnapping of the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.

“The whole world can see the result. They did it quickly. Well, let them carry out some kind of operation against Kadyrov… Maybe then Putin will see this and think about it,” Zelensky asserted.

The Chechen leader was quick to shoot back, accusing Zelensky of trying to disrupt the negotiation process rather than streamline it, while urging him to “man up” and take action on his own instead of hiding behind the Americans’ backs. 

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‘Imagine Russia captured Zelenskiyy’: 
Correa exposes hypocrisy after US kidnaps Maduro 
 
“The buffoon suggests the US authorities kidnap me. Mind you, he didn’t even threaten to do it himself, as a man would. He didn’t even attempt to entertain the thought. [Zelensky] cowardly hinted that he wouldn’t mind standing aside and watching from a safe distance,” 
--- Kadyrov wrote on his Telegram channel.
 
The US launched a surprise attack on Venezuela over the weekend, bombing the capital city of Caracas and staging a special forces raid to capture Maduro and his wife. The couple was then transferred to New York to face assorted criminal charges, including drug trafficking. 
 
Maduro has vehemently denied all the accusations, describing himself as a “prisoner of war.” 
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has openly asserted that Washington will “run” Venezuela until an “orderly transition,” while threatening the interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, with an even “bigger price” to pay if she resists Washington’s demands. 
  • The US has pledged to take control of Venezuelan oil exports, with Trump claiming the country’s interim authorities will “turn over” 30 to 50 million barrels of “high-quality, sanctioned oil” to Washington. 
  • While Rodriguez has vowed that her country “will never return to being the colony of another empire,” she also signaled openness to “cooperation” with Washington.

 The Kyiv Independent | LinkedIn

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