JD Vance Mocks Minnesota Protesters Outside His Supposed Hotel
'The Trump administration is going to prosecute you.'
Tim Walz supporters urged to 'rush' donations to his legal fund amid DOJ probe
President Donald Trump's Department of Justice opened an investigation into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and now the Democrat's supporters are being urged to "rush" donations to his legal defense fund.
'If you're with me, please rush a donation to our legal defense fund and help ensure we can keep fighting for accountability, transparency, and justice.'
Reports surfaced last week that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice is investigating Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and others for potentially violating a conspiracy statute related to statements they made about the deployment of federal immigration agents to the Minneapolis region.
Walz issued a statement following the reports, accusing the Trump administration of "weaponizing the justice system," adding that "threatening political opponents is a dangerous, authoritarian tactic."
Frey similarly accused the Trump administration of weaponizing the federal government "to intimidate local leaders for doing their jobs."
The DOJ issued subpoenas on Tuesday to several Democratic officials, including Walz and Frey.
The subpoenas, which both Walz and Frey confirmed they received, were connected to the DOJ's investigation into whether the officials conspired to impede federal officers from carrying out their duties, according to CBS News.
On Friday, Alpha News reporter Liz Collin shared screenshots of an alleged Walz campaign notification, encouraging supporters to donate to the governor's legal fund.
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"Last week, the federal government opened an investigation into me. ... My job is to defend Minnesotans and the rule of law, and I'm sure as hell not backing down. But the road ahead is long, difficult, and expensive," it reads.
"If you're with me, please rush a donation to our legal defense fund and help ensure we can keep fighting for accountability, transparency, and justice," the message reads, featuring a link that redirects to an Act Blue webpage where supporters can donate.
"BREAKING: The DOJ is investigating Tim Walz on baseless charges. Donate now to aid his fight," the webpage states.
Blaze News has reached out to Walz's office for comment.
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DC Leftists Threaten Families As ‘Nazi Scum’ Simply For Attending Church
Families with young kids were subject to a bullhorn-wielding protestor screaming 'F-ck Jesus, Mary, and Joseph' in a demonic-sounding tone.Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: ICE And ‘5-Year-Old Boy’ Edition
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Anti-ICE activists' attempts to frustrate federal immigration law enforcement in Minneapolis and elsewhere hit a snag on Wednesday.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and three Minnesota-based law firms filed a lawsuit on Dec. 17 against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging its agents violated the constitutional rights of several anti-ICE activists, including a Minnesota woman and a Somali-American who were both accused of attacking federal agents.
A federal judge who was nominated by former President Joe Biden ruled last week in favor of the radicals.
'A liberal judge in Minnesota tried to handcuff ICE agents.'
U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez prohibited federal agents involved in Operation Metro Surge and related operations in the Gopher State from:
- "retaliating against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity";
- arresting such persons;
- "using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity"; and
- "stopping or detaining drivers and passengers in vehicles where there is no reasonable articulable suspicion that they are forcibly obstructing or interfering with Covered Federal Agents."
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security promptly appealed the Biden judge's ruling to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. On Wednesday, the appellate court granted the defendants an administrative stay of Menendez's preliminary injunction.
Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared greatly pleased with the higher court's ruling.
"A liberal judge in Minnesota tried to handcuff ICE agents who are enforcing the Nation’s immigration laws and responding to obstructive and violent interference from agitators," Bondi said in a statement on Wednesday.
"The 8th Circuit just granted an administrative stay HALTING these restrictions, which were designed to undermine federal law enforcement," continued the attorney general. "This DOJ will protect federal law enforcement agents from criminals in the streets AND activist judges in the courtroom."
Federal agents didn't waste any time taking advantage of their restored abilities.
Hours after the ruling, Greg Bovino of U.S. Border Patrol was caught on tape warning a hostile crowd of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis that gas was coming, then tossing a gas canister their way.
The Department of Homeland Security indicated that "Border Patrol agents who were in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as part of a targeted enforcement operation were repeatedly harassed and blocked by hostile crowds while simply trying to take bathroom breaks."
"At each gas station where the agents stopped to use the restroom, groups of agitators appeared, yelled at them, stalked them, and even tried to prevent law enforcement vehicles from leaving, creating unsafe conditions," said the DHS. "At one stop, individuals in the crowd threw food at the agents. At their final gas station stop, someone spit on an agent. When an agent moved to detain the person who spit on him, the crowed tackled and attacked the agents while surrounding them. To safely clear the area agents had to use crowd control measures to disperse the hostile crowd."
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Virginia Dems Treat Criminals Like Constituents And Constituents Like Criminals
Because Democrats want to ignore most real crimes and reduce consequences for them, they will turn their focus to people who drive five miles per hour above the speed limit instead.Anti-ICE lunacy hits new low: Activist allegedly air-horns cops investigating school threat that had nothing to do with ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other law enforcement officers have been facing interference from the public, especially since the January 7 death of Renee Good after she nearly ran over an ICE officer with her vehicle during an immigration operation.
Not to be outdone with their spread of chaos and confusion, leftists have now apparently expanded their targets to non-ICE operations and putting other police investigations in jeopardy.
'Deranged liberals are interrupting non-ICE police actions because Democratic leaders have whipped them into a frenzy.'
On Wednesday, the Brewer Police Department in Maine reported an incident in which a woman allegedly interfered with a police investigation into a threat at a school — an investigation that had nothing to do with immigration operations.
The investigation involved a threat involving a person of interest who "had communicated an intent to kill school staff and others."
According to the police department's Facebook post, officers staged a meet-up at a residence to "safely contact the person of interest."
However, "at approximately 8:16 a.m.," an activist began interfering in the attempt to contact the person of interest, police claimed. She allegedly repeatedly sounded an air horn, refused lawful orders to leave, yelled expletives at the officers, and shouted that she "didn't want ICE" in her neighborhood.
"Her actions interfered with legitimate law enforcement operations and created a real risk to the investigating officers," the statement said.
Investigators later found that the person of interest was not responsible for the threats and that multiple schools had "received similar threats that morning, consistent with 'swatting' incidents."
The Maine Wire's Steve Robinson slammed the incident on X: "Deranged liberals are interrupting non-ICE police actions because Democratic leaders have whipped them into a frenzy. Today it was an unidentified white female using an air horn to disrupt an investigation into threats against a school."
"When will these agitators get charged?" Robinson added.
In an update to the Brewer Police Department's Facebook post, the woman suspected of interfering with the operation was identified as Mary Conmee, 63, of Orrington, a town just a few miles southwest of Brewer.
Conmee has been summonsed for the offenses of disorderly conduct and obstructing government administration.
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