Senate Democrats blocked pro-life legislation Tuesday that would require colleges to provide resources and accommodations to pregnant students in a party-line vote of 46-45. The Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, introduced by Republican Florida Sen. Ashley Moody, is aimed at encouraging female students to carry a pregnancy to term without putting their academic career on hold. […]

A striking digital billboard display in New York City’s Times Square is promoting Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer’s book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon, which reached #1 on Amazon the day before its January 20 release.

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Alex Pretti was "known" to federal law enforcement before he was fatally shot, and had broken a rib during a physical altercation with ICE agents a week before he was killed by a Border Patrol official on Saturday, sources say.

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A social media rant has led to charges against a West Virginia librarian, who was allegedly looking for a hit man to take out President Donald Trump. Morgan Morrow, 39, […]

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'it helps us know when ICE is in Arlington'

An Iowa man asked President Donald Trump if he could pray for him on Tuesday before the American leader was to deliver a speech about the economy. Trump made a […]

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Ohio's Democrat Attorney General candidate Elliot Forhan has a video in which he says, "I am going to kill Donald Trump."

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Backdoor Gun Control Pushed by PA House Democrats

The anti-gun Democrats are at it again! They are pushing a bill that will be heard in the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow that will create backdoor gun control.

HB 2018 (Hanbridge) creates a “Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board” that expands information-sharing authority among law enforcement, courts, and a new review board. This bill creates a centralized data-analysis apparatus that can later be use to argue:

• That “system failures” include lack of gun confiscation
• That background checks are insufficient
• That PFA firearm surrender rules should be expanded
• That Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders are “necessary”

HB 2018 also allows review teams and the Board to recommend “changes in legislation, regulations, and policies.” These reports will almost certainly:

• Frame firearms access as a “risk factor”
• Promote Red Flag Gun Confiscation laws
• Advocate for mandatory gun seizure upon allegation, not convictions
• Recommend expansion of prohibited-person categories

Friend, this bill is a disaster for your God-given rights.

And you can be sure that “The Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board” will recreate the classic pipeline of data collection–>narrative framing–>legislative pressure–>more gun control.

That’s why I need you to send a message (by using the form above) to your state representative right away, urging them to vote OPPOSE HB 2018. Let them know you oppose backdoor gun control.

San Antonio Spurs star and native Frenchman Victor Wembanyama says he fears for his safety as a foreign player in the United States, amid a series of violent incidents between leftist agitators and federal agents.

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Border czar Tom Homan has arrived in Minnesota to oversee the immigration enforcement operation there and “hopefully” pioneer a model that the Trump administration could use in other sanctuary states, an immigration expert explains.  

Minnesota is a “sanctuary state,” according to the Department of Justice, meaning state and local law enforcement do not cooperate with federal immigration officials.

Homan arrived in Minnesota on Tuesday and met with Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats. The negotiations could produce “some sort of agreement that could serve as a model for other sanctuary jurisdictions around the country,” Cooper Smith, director of Homeland Security and Immigration at America First Policy Institute, tells The Daily Signal.  

The administration needs to find a way for immigration enforcement operations to continue, something for which “the American people voted,” Smith said, “while at the same time working with sanctuary jurisdictions to ensure limited public safety threats, limited violence and mayhem that neither side wants to see.” 

Successful negotiations in Minneapolis could provide a blueprint for other cities around the country, Smith noted.

If Homan is able to negotiate with Walz, the Trump administration “can perhaps take that model to Portland, to Chicago, to LA, to New York with [Mayor Zohran] Mamdani, and hopefully that’s a path forward that everyone can be happy with,” Smith said.  

Walz and Frey have called on the Trump administration to end immigration enforcement operations in the state, and have only increased those demands following the Border Patrol-involved shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex J. Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday. Pretti was killed less than three weeks after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good. 

The two recent deaths have prompted concerns over enforcement operations not just on the political left, but also from some Republicans.  

‘Can’t Go Wobbly’

Following a phone call with President Donald Trump on Monday, Frey announced that “[s]ome federal agents will begin leaving the area tomorrow, and I will continue pushing for the rest involved in this operation to go.”

Now is not the time to pull back immigration enforcement, according to Lora Ries. 

“What I’m concerned with right now is some on the right retreating, and we can’t go wobbly. We can’t nullify federal laws or enforcement of our federal laws,” Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation, said.  

If federal immigration officials stop operations in Minnesota, then “these rioters win,” Ries said.  

The Trump administration launched a large immigration enforcement operation in the Twin Cities in December and has since deployed about 3,000 agents to the region.

Anti-immigration protests have continued in recent days following Pretti’s death. Minnesota police made multiple arrests of protesters outside a hotel Monday night after the gathering was declared no longer peaceful.  

Ries stressed that the anti-ICE demonstrations in Minnesota are not traditional protests, but are rather highly coordinated operations meant to undermine federal agents.  

The ‘Information War’

The Trump administration and those who support enforcement of U.S. immigration laws are “losing the information war,” a senior Trump administration official told The Daily Signal. 

The senior official said there is likely not a new “marketing strategy” the Department of Homeland Security could employ that would end the opposition to ICE “because it’s just one of those impossible battles.”  

“The other side is behaving in ways that guarantee people are going to get killed and shot and maced in the face, in front of cameras, [but] then that’s the point,” the Trump administration official said.  

Despite the challenges, the senior official said retreat is not an option.  

“I don’t think that the administration can pull back,” the senior official said, “because if they do, then these tactics will spread nationwide and defeat all … of our operations in all 50 states. And so, the Trump administration can’t really afford to take a defeat here or to look weak.”  

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On January 27 CNN reported that Alex Pretti was known to federal law enforcement prior to the fatal shooting that occurred Saturday.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., declined Tuesday to publicly back Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the weekend's fatal shooting of another anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis.

You’re seated at the restaurant, given a menu, and notice something missing: no prices. What’s going on?

It’s sure to be an expensive place, but even most nicer establishments list their prices. A menu without prices suggests, “money is no object.” It heightens a sense of conspicuous consumption for customers kept in the dark—at least until they pay the bill.

So why does American medicine work this way?

Whether buying a coffee or a car, we expect to know the price first. If the coffee shop’s menu says $4.00, but a barista tries to charge $7.00, we call it a scam. Yet hiding prices, or even changing them after providing service, has become part of the business model for many medical providers and insurers.

One obvious reason is health care executives want to maximize revenue. Prices invite questions about relative value. They make it possible to shop around. Even more obviously, as in the coffee shop example, they serve as an agreement that protects customers.

Yet in medicine, some providers actually hire consultants to find more “codes” to bill additional and greater amounts after completing treatment. This upcoding artificially inflates the cost of health care and health insurance. It’s not only unnecessary, it should be considered unethical.

Under pressure to become more transparent, some medical providers do offer an estimate. Read the fine print, however, and patients discover the listed prices are not binding. They’re basically meaningless.

Without true prices, there is no financial certainty for people making health care decisions—except that they’ll be held responsible for the final bill. This puts patients at a real disadvantage, especially when a bill has errors or unexpected fees, since the charges are unknown until after services are provided and the bill is due.

The first Trump administration began work to require health care providers and insurers be upfront with patients about the real costs of care.

The Biden administration sidelined those efforts, dropping the ball on measures that could have long been implemented to protect patients.

It is telling that both the Obama and Biden administrations consistently sided with medical corporations and insurance companies over patients. Remember: all the Obamacare and other “subsidies” flow directly into the pockets of those two industries.

Now, the Trump administration is at work again on rules to protect patients, improve health care, and hold industry executives accountable.

Whenever possible, informed consent for medical treatments should mean knowing the actual costs before care. This would put more power in the hands of patients instead of medical and insurance executives. For too long, they have made backroom deals while premiums went up and out-of-pocket costs soared. The new rules would end surprise medical bills and allow patients to be informed consumers with greater choice.

Another step that the Trump administration could take quickly to hold insurers accountable and empower consumers is to require advanced notice to patients that shows exactly what insurance will cover and what will be the out-of-pocket cost. Think of it: no surprises, no hidden fees, all the details up front. Every American would benefit, and see the difference, the next time they receive care.

President Trump signed this policy, which is called an Advanced Explanation of Benefits into law in his first term. Again, the Biden Administration did nothing to implement it, but the law remains on the books and ready to be put into action. That’s why Save Our States recently wrote President Donald Trump to applaud his historic leadership on price transparency and urge full implementation of AEOBs.

While Democrats in Washington argue over subsidies that only push prices higher, this is a cost-saving policy that would help all Americans, providing financial certainty, lower costs, greater freedom of choice, and accountability to big insurance companies. Price transparency isn’t a partisan policy. It’s something that will help every American in ways that are easy to see and understand. For families nationwide, making health care decisions should be more like buying a cup of coffee, and less like dining on caviar.

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The Department of War has issued new guidance expanding the authority of U.S. military commanders to counter drone threats beyond the boundaries of military installations.

Editorial

There have been unprecedented attacks on the idea of enforcing laws via armed police forces across the county, including here in Idaho where the Office of County Sheriff is routinely under scrutiny.

In Idaho, a full-frontal assault on the sheriff’s office is mostly counterproductive, so the attacks come in a more underhanded way—targeted underfunding, a never-ending parade of civil lawsuits, votes of no-confidence, politically backed criminal investigations, attempts to institute state control, and malignment by independent podcasters and op-eds published by corporate press.

The Idaho Constitution establishes the office of sheriff. Article 18, Section 6 of the Idaho Constitution, along with state statutes (Idaho Code §31-2001 and §31-2003), affirms that the sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of each county and is elected to a four-year term by the people.

According to Idaho Code §34-618, there are only three statutory requirement to hold office as a sheriff—be at least 21-years of age, be a citizen of the U.S., and reside in the county at least one year.

While newly elected sheriffs are given a tutorial on current Idaho statutes and attend informative meetings given by the Idaho Sheriff’s Associations, there are no additional educational, certification, or law enforcement experience requirements mandated by state law, and this is what some who do not like the political independence of the sheriff’s office are trying to change.

If Idaho required a sheriff to hold a certification from the Idaho State Police (ISP) via its Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Academy, such a requirement would mean that ISP—under the direct command of the Idaho Governor—would be able to control an independent, constitutionally-established elected officer.

The primary duty of sheriffs in Idaho is to enforce all penal provisions and statutes of the state. This includes:

• Preserving the peace and arresting individuals who commit public offenses.
• Preventing and suppressing breaches of the peace, riots, and insurrections.
• Attending all courts within the county and obeying lawful court orders.
• Commanding the aid of county inhabitants when necessary.
• Taking charge of the county jail and prisoners.
• Serving legal process and notices, and certifying service.
• Investigating missing children cases promptly.
• Collaborating with the Idaho State Police on traffic enforcement, livestock theft prevention, and highway safety.
• Issuing driver’s licenses and identification cards in coordination with the Idaho Transportation Department. 

Additionally, Idaho Code §31-2227 declares that the sheriff and prosecuting attorney are the primary enforcers of penal laws in each county, superseding other local law enforcement agencies in that role. This gives the sheriff broad authority to act independently and even deputize citizens when necessary. In Kootenai County, this authority was been directly attacked by the City of Coeur d’Alene Deputy Prosecutor Ryan Hunter, as well as Rathdrum Police Chief Dan Haley, who gave sworn testimony during the prosecution of Paul Trouette. In Shoshone County, this authority has been questioned by police chiefs hired by city mayors.

Given the importance and broad authority of the office, Kootenai Journal encourages all citizens to know their elected sheriff. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris regularly schedules events to directly interact with the community, please take time to attend one or two this year.

'How can I trust an investigation run by Walz and Frey'