Federal judges in Minnesota worked together against President Trump's White House.

 Federal judges in Minnesota worked together behind the scenes during this year's immigration crackdown to stop ICE deportations and run a coordinated operation against President Trump's White House.

The judges shared templates, were glued to their phones, and moved in lockstep on detention cases to make sure nothing was missed, and no migrant could be deported.  

They then went on the record this week to accuse the Trump administration of threatening the rule of law.

According to a report, Former Chief U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz, and six other judges on the District of Minnesota bench, called what happened in courthouses “a grave threat to the rule of law.”

He said that if you take that rule of law away, you get anarchy or authoritarianism.

The judges admitted to;

• Meeting regularly and running group email threads to keep track of ICE and the migrants
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• Having clerks keep a spreadsheet of which judge to call on which legal question
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• Built templates so they could issue the same kinds of detention orders over and over
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• Stayed on their phones so a two-hour movie would not mean someone “woke up in New Mexico”
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• They told ICE to hold people, produce people, give bond hearings, or stop a transfer.
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• Schiltz then published lists claiming ICE had broken dozens of those orders in January and February and threatened contempt, including against ICE’s acting director. Critics say the judges stopped treating each case as its own and started running a coordinated operation against the executive branch to stop the deportation of illegal migrants. The judges said court staff worked 16-hour days, seven days a week during Operation Metro Surge, to make sure migrants were not deported.Judges said they were entering orders late at night and first thing in the morning.
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• In January, Schiltz issued a blistering public order listing 96 court directives he said ICE had violated in 74 cases since Jan. 1.
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• He wrote that ICE had likely broken more orders in that single month than some federal agencies break in their entire existence.
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• He later admitted that the noncompliance was due to understaffing and not a plan to defy the courts.

Zohran Mamdani caught running a private Signal chat

Zohran Mamdani caught running a private Signal chat of more than 200 social media influencers who get receive daily talking points, video clips, and event invitations and then are paid to push out his propaganda, according to an investigation

Many of those influences are getting paid $5,000 to $20,000 in taxpayer money funneled through city-contracted advertising firms, according to a Columbia Review investigation

His army of influencers started with the Creators4Zohran network that backed his mayoral campaign.

After he took office, the group was recast as “NYC Creators Announcements,” administered by Emilia Rowland, the mayor’s director of new media and cultural communications, who makes $175,000-a-year.
Members are fed pro Mamdani information to use in posts and are also offered interviews with chosen Mamdani city officials.

Researchers identified 189 influencers with documented ties to the administration.

Group members told investigators the chat group has over 200 people in it, ranging from accounts with 5,000–10,000 followers to those with millions.

A City Hall spokesperson said the mayor’s office “has never paid a content creator for a collaboration or for content production.”

However, they forgot to say 'Directly' because workers interviewed said its individual agencies that hire influencers through marketing and advertising contractors for specific campaigns including on voting, health care, tenants’ rights, and immigration services.

Staffers said the going rate is $5,000–$20,000 per campaign.

Shonda Lou Barnes, the city manager for Mannsville, Oklahoma, was arrested.

Shonda Lou Barnes, the city manager for Mannsville, Oklahoma, was just arrested on multiple voter fraud charges.

She allegedly falsified numerous voter registration applications with names belonging to other people.

Biden-era VA official John H. Windom has been federally indicted for concealing thousands in cash, casino chips, Louis Vuitton gift cards, and other lavish gifts from contractors.

Tasked with overseeing the massive Electronic Health Record Modernization project, while leading the effort, Windom helped award a $10 BILLION contract to Cerner (later bought by Oracle Health). He allegedly pushed the company on 'diversity and inclusion,' leading to a $1.7M DEI-related subcontract for his circle—while raking in personal perks from a 'Power Group' of favored vendors.

The result? A disastrously flawed system linked to over 4,000 cases of harm to veterans—including at least 4 deaths from scheduling errors, lost orders, and catastrophic failures. Rollout stalled after safety nightmares.

Minneapolis police conducted a search warrant Tuesday at the apartment where Rep. Ilhan Omar's son resides

Minneapolis police conducted a search warrant Tuesday at the apartment where Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) son resides, recovering guns and ammunition from the location, according to Alpha News.

A separate individual was arrested earlier that day on a weapons charge and booked into Hennepin County Jail, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.

Zohran Mamdani is mourning the death of a 'New Yorker on Rikers' but failed to mention the 'New Yorker' was charged with hacking up two strangers with meat cleavers

"I am deeply saddened by the death of a New Yorker in City custody at a jail on Rikers Island early this morning. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones as they grieve this loss."

He then says he's working to close Rikers Island as soon as possible

Clarence Woodward was arrested after police say he walked into a Bronx laundromat and attacked the 2 strangers without provocation.

He had been arrested 27 times and had been paroled 1 month before the killing.

Woodward was found by a correction officer - in medical distress - around 5 a.m. during a tour of the Center.

Staff and EMS treated him, and he was pronounced dead at 5:40 a.m.

Mamdani promised investigation “as quickly as possible.”

Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards, a convicted felon, also offered condolences and said the death would be investigated.

However, Mamdani did not offer condolences to the man Woodward allegedly hacked to death and the second man he seriously injured, nor did he vow a rapid investigation.

Democratic Massachusetts state Rep. Francisco Paulino has been arrested and charged with pandemic benefit fraud

Democratic Massachusetts state Rep. Francisco Paulino has been arrested and charged with pandemic benefit fraud, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced Wednesday.

Paulino is accused of devising and executing a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 pandemic-related relief funds by using personal information of other people, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC Boston.

Desiree Lynch, a Democratic-backed candidate for Stockton City Council, was arrested.

Desiree Lynch, a Democratic-backed candidate for Stockton City Council, was arrested and charged with election fraud.

The charges allege that she registered to vote and filed candidacy paperwork using addresses at which she was not a resident.

She is facing five felony charges.

California Democrat Mayor Eileen Wang resigned after pleading guilty

A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position, officials said Monday.

Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States as an illegal agent of a foreign government. She was accused of doing the bidding of Chinese officials, such as sharing articles favorable to Beijing, without prior notification to the U.S. government as required by law.

The 58-year-old was elected in November 2022 to a five-person city council, from which the mayor is selected on a rotating basis.

City manager Dominic Lazzaretto said in a news release that no city finances or staff were involved.

“We want to be clear: this investigation concerns individual conduct, and the charges are for conduct that ceased after Ms. Wang was sworn into office in December 2022,” he said.

Federal officials said she has agreed to plead guilty to the felony, which comes with a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

Dr. Fauci's former senior advisor, pleads guilty to conspiracy

David Morens, Dr. Fauci's former senior advisor, pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the UNITED STATES.

Morens helped Dr. Fauci cover up the truth about COVID, getting rich with Dr. Fauci, while putting American lives last and in danger.

Adult Daycare Owner Billed Medicaid $32 Million for a Facility Found Empty

Adult Daycare Owner Billed Medicaid $32 Million for a Facility Found Empty — While Donating to Kathy Hochul.

Baoli Zhang’s Bao Kang Adult Day Care in Flushing, Queens has claimed at least $32 million from Medicaid since 2018 for tens of thousands of patients.

When the New York Post visited, the center was empty.

Zhang personally donated $10,000 to Governor Kathy Hochul, plus another $5,000 through his business. Other adult daycare owners in the same fraud-plagued area also donated while billing tens of millions for facilities that appeared vacant.

Four people connected to a company hired by New York City to operate homeless shelters for migrants were arrested

Four people connected to a company hired by New York City to operate homeless shelters for migrants were arrested Tuesday as part of a federal public corruption investigation that is also examining a City Council member and a top aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The charges Tuesday focused on two leaders of the nonprofit, BHRAGS Home Care Corp., who are accused of stealing more than $1.3 million from the taxpayer-backed organization, and two subcontractors who the indictment says paid bribes and kickbacks to the men in exchange for contracts worth millions.

Investigators are also probing whether City Council Member Farah Louis and her sister Debbie Louis, an aide to Hochul, accepted bribes related to the appropriation of city funds to the nonprofit, according to a copy of a search warrant viewed by The Associated Press.


The indictment describes multiple layers of corruption within BHRAGS, a service provider that has received nearly $200 million in contracts from the city's Department of Homeless Services since 2022.

Prosecutors said the company's executive director, Roberto Samedy, and its former board chairman, Jean Ronald Tirelus, siphoned money from the nonprofit, including $800,000 earmarked for "economic growth and affordable housing" in distressed Brooklyn neighborhoods.

The pair also received more than $200,000 in kickbacks and bribes in exchange for steering contracts worth millions of dollars to businesses controlled by Edouardo St. Fort and Miguel Jorge, the indictment said.

Tirelus, Samedy and Jorge all pleaded not guilty through their attorneys in court on Tuesday and were released on bond. Tirelus' lawyer, Todd Spodek, said he "categorically disputes the charges and looks forward to clearing his name at trial." Samedy's attorney, Seth Zuckerman, also said his client was intent on "clearing his name and getting back to the important work BHRAGS is doing in the community."

St. Fort, a former New York City police sergeant, appeared in a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday and was also released on bond. He did not enter a plea and did not respond to questions as he left the courtroom.

Messages left for Farah Louis, Debbie Louis and Edu Hermelyn were not returned.

In a statement, a spokesperson for BHRAGS said the nonprofit has served New Yorkers for more than 50 years "with integrity and the highest ethical standards, and we take the allegations against Mr. Samedy seriously."

The company has long focused on providing at-home health care to the sick and elderly, but expanded its mission in recent years to include homeless services. Their pivot came as the city's existing shelter system was stretched thin by the influx of asylum seekers under the former mayor, Eric Adams.

Former state lawmaker and APS Administrator, Sheryl Williams Stapleton *convicted*

Former state lawmaker and APS Administrator, Sheryl Williams Stapleton convicted of conspiring to steal federal grant money from the school district.

Bela Olague has doggedly covered the two-week federal trial. I got to assist her today after the jury returned the GUILTY verdict.

Sheryl Williams Stapleton had nothing to say after a jury found her guilty of scheming to steal millions of dollars meant for Albuquerque students. Even as she was peppered with questions, the former state representative and APD administrator maintained her silence.

Stapleton’s attorney told KRQE that she is not speaking to the media because she still faces charges at the state level. “It’s not a matter of her not wanting to talk. It’s a matter of the process and the system,” said Ahmad Assed.

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Mayor Brian De Peña has been arrested

Lawrence, MA Mayor Brian De Peña has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly stealing over $1.5 million in pandemic loans.

De Peña used the money to fund his political campaign and pay high-interest mortgages on several of his personal properties.

New York Post investigation finds adult daycare operators who billed Medicaid tens of millions

New York Post investigation finds adult daycare operators who billed Medicaid tens of millions while donating to Gov. Kathy Hochul and other Democrats.

Local powerbroker Baoli Zhang’s various businesses have claimed at least $32 million from Medicaid since 2018. Jiemin Shang’s daycares also billed millions (one alone took in $5.8 million in a single year).

When reporters visited two of their Flushing, Queens facilities last week, the centers appeared empty of patients.

Campaign finance records show Zhang personally donated $10,000 plus another $5,000 through one of his daycares to Hochul. Shang’s businesses contributed at least $10,000 more. Overall, social adult daycare centers in the fraud-plagued area gave Hochul about $55,000.

Hochul’s office responded that political contributions have no influence on government decisions.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday criminal charges against five noncitizens

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday criminal charges against five noncitizens and one U.S. citizen in connection with alleged illegal voting or voter registration activity surrounding the 2024 general election.

The five noncitizens are accused of registering to vote, casting ballots or both despite being ineligible.

The U.S. citizen, Kimberley DiDonato, 60, allegedly registered her noncitizen husband to vote while posing as him online.

Prosecutors say she later sought to cancel the registration and claimed she was testing the system for vulnerabilities.

The other defendants are Michael Akioya, 39; Alondra Harker, 26; Harumi Michael, 60; Robert Piva, 67; and Basanth Sadasivian, 29.

The charges range from misdemeanors involving fraudulent registration and false statements to felonies including election forgery and attempting to vote as an unqualified elector.

Five city officials were just arrested for fraud in Refugio, Texas

- mayor
- ⁠city secretary
- ⁠city councilor
- ⁠2 former city councilors

They allegedly mishandled hundreds of thousands of public dollars.

Guess which party they belong too.

Former Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca and her husband face criminal charges

Former Lumberton Township Mayor Gina LaPlaca and her husband face criminal charges for submitting a nominating petition packed with fake signatures in a failed bid to stay on the Democratic primary ballot.

Prosecutors say multiple people whose names appeared on the petition never signed it and never gave permission for anyone else to sign. Without those fraudulent names, LaPlaca would not have qualified for the June primary.

She had sworn under oath that she personally circulated the petition and that every signature was authentic.

The charges come after LaPlaca pleaded guilty earlier this year to driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol level of 0.30 percent while her young child was in the car.

A local official already convicted of endangering her own child is now accused of lying under oath to stay on the ballot

James O’Keefe and Cam Higby just dropped another undercover operation targeting election integrity.

The pair went into Minneapolis polling locations dressed as Muslim women.

According to the footage they captured, poll workers were prepared to let them cast ballots under other people’s names.

The workers also offered to vouch for eight unregistered foreigners so those individuals could vote too.

Democrat City Manager and Fire Chief for Muskegon Heights, Michigan, indicted for drug possession and tax evasion

Shawnderick Roberson (the Muskegon Heights fire chief and former interim city manager) was arraigned after a Muskegon Heights City Hall raid and now faces felony charges, including possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and two counts of tax evasion.

The prosecutor said the state charges are connected to a broader federal investigation involving the FBI, IRS, DEA, and state police.