Mass protests, fires, and clashes with police erupted across parts of Northern Ireland on Tuesday after a Sudanese national was arrested in a brutal stabbing attack that shocked Belfast. 
Earlier in the day, law enforcement said the suspect shown in a <a href="https://x.com/TPointUK/status/2064116183012429857">graphic video</a> pinning another man to the ground and repeatedly stabbing him in the face and neck was a Sudanese national. Witnesses intervened and attempted to pull the attacker off the victim.
“He’s trying to cut his head off!” a person can be heard shouting in the video. 
The suspect was arrested on attempted murder charges, but authorities have yet to release his name. The victim, identified as a man in his 40s, was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. 
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Hours later, demonstrations spread across Belfast. Dramatic video shows protestors <a href="https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2064456484285497389?s=20">torching vehicles</a> and <a href="https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2064425492992733256?s=20">burning buses</a> in the streets, creating roadblocks for passersby and setting up <a href="https://x.com/Inevitablewest/status/2064440083470553136?s=20">intense clashes with local police.</a>
One video shows a <a href="https://x.com/AZ_Intel_/status/2064451975660343722?s=20">moving burning car crashing</a> into an apartment building. A group <a href="https://x.com/lil_doza/status/2064443585898991985?s=20">was also seen vandalizing houses</a> and breaking windows. 
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🚨BREAKING: Anti-migration riots escalate in Belfast, UK, as the sun begins to set
The police look overwhelmed… <a href="https://t.co/8CCJ8PibM1">pic.twitter.com/8CCJ8PibM1</a>
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) <a href="https://x.com/Inevitablewest/status/2064440083470553136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2026</a></blockquote>
The unrest quickly took on an anti-immigration tone.
“England For The English,” one man <a href="https://x.com/vpopulimedia/status/2064429028988031220?s=20">shouted at a protest.</a> 
“Terrorist scum off our streets,” <a href="https://x.com/TheBritLad/status/2064411992790651250?s=20">another group of protestors shouted. </a>
<a href="https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2064449155695812736?s=20">Footage circulating on social media</a> appears to show locals storming and setting fire to properties housing migrants in Northern Ireland. Another video shows a <a href="https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2064452323091349745?s=20">house</a> engulfed in flames as anger over migrant crime boils over across the pond. 
“Britain is at [a] breaking point and the government have turned their backs on the people,” Tommy Robinson, a right-wing British activist, <a href="https://x.com/TRobinsonNewEra/status/2064449431978557493?s=20">said on X.</a> 
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🚨 BREAKING: A bus has been set on fire in Belfast amid protests over the attempted beheading of a man <a href="https://t.co/FX8maCMalK">pic.twitter.com/FX8maCMalK</a>
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) <a href="https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2064425492992733256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 9, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Police first identified the attacker as a man from Somalia, but later determined he was from Sudan. Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said that his “understanding is the individual was given leave to remain in Northern Ireland,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/migrant-arrested-after-attempted-beheading-caught-on-video?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Migrant+Arrested+After+Attempted+Beheading+Caught+On+Video">The Daily Wire previously reported.</a>
<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/belfast-attack-latest-starmer-condemns-sickening-attack-as-man-arrested-13551211">Sky News reported</a> that the suspect is a man in his 30s
Nigel Farage, the leader of the ascendant Reform UK party, called for full transparency over the attack. Farage has long called for a freeze on immigration. 
“What happened in Belfast last night is horrific,” he <a href="https://x.com/Nigel_Farage/status/2064251817630863694">said</a>. “The authorities must reveal the identity and status of the attacker immediately. The public are (sic) entitled to the truth.”
Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long said she was scared about backlash to minorities and said the attack should not be used to fuel “dangerous narratives.” 
“I also know there are many people in our community, people from ethnic minority backgrounds who are terrified today about any kind of retaliation or backlash against them, which we have seen in the past,” she told the BBC. 
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack. 
“The horrific attack in Belfast last night is sickening,” <a href="https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/2064273082580140525">said</a> Starmer. “I have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets. My thoughts are first and foremost with the victim, and I thank the first responders, including members of the public who intervened.”

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Riots Erupt After Migrant Attempts Beheading On Public Street

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Police arrested over 20 people Sunday night outside a New Jersey ICE detention center that has been the target of violent protests. 
The arrests came after nearly a hundred people armed with helmets, gas masks, and shields broke curfew outside the Delaney Hall detention facility, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/at-least-20-protesters-arrested-at-ice-detention-center-delaney-hall-as-dhs-vows-zero-tolerance-for-rioters/">reported</a>. One person scrawled “Kill ICE” on a wall in spray paint while crowds chanted leftist slogans like “Give Peace a Chance” and “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA.”
Local authorities imposed a 9:00 p.m. curfew after riots broke out at Delaney Hall on Saturday evening as tires were burned and objects thrown at police officers. Activists have alleged that illegal immigrants detained at the facility have faced poor conditions. 
New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said that those arrested included a group who came to “protest armed with helmets, shields, or gas masks” and that they “deliberately refused to comply with repeated orders to leave the area.” 
“Their actions put the public at risk, and I am grateful to law enforcement for de-escalating the situation,” she said. 
The Department of Homeland Security posted several videos on social media on Sunday night showing protesters being arrested. “If you riot, you will face the consequences. Law and order prevails,” the department said. 
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If you riot, you will face the consequences. Law and order prevails. <a href="https://t.co/FQSchSqfz0">https://t.co/FQSchSqfz0</a>
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In other posts, the department said it would have “ZERO tolerance for rioters” and that “lawlessness, rioting, and obstruction of law enforcement will NOT be tolerated.”
Top New Jersey Democrats have continued attacks on ICE despite the violent protests over the weekend. 
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka used most of his <a href="https://x.com/CityofNewarkNJ/status/2061223246435963170">statement</a> on the unrest to condemn ICE, adding at the end that “it is also important to note that burning tires in the street, throwing bottles or bricks, and bringing weapons to protest have made this situation more dangerous” and “detracts” from the protests “original premise.” 
Commenting on the protests from Saturday night, Democrat Governor Mikie Sherrill <a href="https://x.com/GovSherrillNJ/status/2061042802285240365">said</a> that her “number one priority will always be public safety, and I remain dedicated to protecting constitutional rights. We simply cannot let ICE surge into our community.”
The unrest comes as detainees at Delaney Hall engage in a purported “hunger strike.” A source <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-hunger-striking-ice-detainees-are-secretly-pounding-doritos-and-honey-buns">told</a> The Daily Wire last week that detainees are opting to not eat their regular meals while going to the commissary to purchase snacks instead. Meanwhile, activist groups are <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/protesters-clash-ice-agents-during-protest-delaney-hall-newark-amid-hunger-strike-inside/19179424/">claiming</a> that detainees are being fed spoiled food and meals contaminated with worms.
Under President Donald Trump, ICE facilities and officers have faced an increase in protests and attacks. Earlier this year, Homeland Security reported an 8,000% increase in death threats against ICE officers and their families. Earlier this year, conservative commentator Ben Ferguson noted that ICE did not face similar pressure from the legacy media and the Left under former President Barack Obama.
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CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip: ICE raids? Controversial. Always have been, always will be.<a href="https://x.com/benfergusonshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benfergusonshow</a>: Not really! When Obama was doing them it wasn&#8217;t controversial! You guys [CNN] did ride alongs! <a href="https://t.co/AeJ1IsVlk8">pic.twitter.com/AeJ1IsVlk8</a>
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CNN host Abby Phillip said that ICE raids were &#8220;controversial&#8221; and &#8220;always have been, always will be.&#8221;
&#8220;Not really,&#8221; Ferguson replied. &#8220;When Obama was doing them it wasn&#8217;t controversial. You guys did ride alongs.&#8221;
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Protestors Demonstrate And Clash With Officers Outside Delaney Hall Detention Facility In Newark

‘Kill ICE’ Rioters Came Prepared. So Did Police.

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Many of you first became aware of me either through my coverage of the BLM/Antifa riots in 2020 or during the Biden-Harris border crisis, but it was far from my first time covering a chaotic event.
I had covered the protests at the Republican and Democratic conventions in 2016, but they were mainly filled with hippies who set up tents. Nothing crazy.
Then comes August 2017. A friend of mine at the time asked if I wanted to cover this rally Richard Spencer was hosting at a statue in Charlottesville. I had a car, and he did not. Since it was during the weekend, I said, “Sure, why not?”
Once we arrived, to say I was unprepared for the day ahead is an understatement. No helmet, no gas mask, no vest, and shorts instead of pants. Walking through the crowd of counter-protesters and Antifa, I was expecting to see a police line to separate the two sides to prevent fighting. Instead, I found myself in “no man’s land” between the groups. No police.
Because the park where the “Unite the Right” was being held had stairs, it created a minor buffer for people to come down, fight, and then fall back. Again and again, the two sides clashed. One man on the alt-right side picked up a metal newspaper stand and chucked it, hitting no one. Another was bleeding from the head after being pulled from the Antifa crowd. For my part, I was hit a few times by thrown sticks and paint bombs, along with pepper spray.
Upon entering the park, riot police, who had been on a nearby street, standing and watching the violence unfold, were pushing the rally goers out and into the street where counter-protesters were waiting. This led to more violence, unsurprisingly.
I was not present for the car ramming that resulted in the death of Heather Heyer. What most people do not realize is that the crash happened much later, after the majority of the “Unite the Right” crowd had marched away. We thought the day was over and were eating lunch at a nearby restaurant when the news broke.
It was this event that started it all for me. Despite conventional wisdom, it was then, and there, I wanted to continue reporting on hectic protests and riots. Not just for the adrenaline rush, but because it was important to document as much as possible since Charlottesville turned into a major story afterward.
This is why the recent news that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) allegedly had at least one person on its payroll involved with the “Unite the Right” rally is interesting. SPLC defenders say the organization was simply paying informants, but the indictment says SPLC’s man on the inside was an organizer who helped with transportation for the event.
If that is indeed the case, it should be determined whether any of their funds were used or made it easier to make the rally happen.
At the end of the day, I don’t think it will matter if SPLC’s money was used for the rally, but I could be wrong. The Left’s reaction and weaponization of President Donald Trump’s “fine people on both sides” of the statue debate (not the riot) set the tone for the rest of his term. Heck, it is still used as an example by the Left against Trump nearly seven years later. Not to mention, I am sure people acted independently of the SPLC.
The fault for the violence mainly falls on state and local leaders who clearly did not prepare for the day. No roads were blocked off for the crowds, thus allowing a car to enter the march, and police stood by for a long time before doing anything. Much like the 2020 riots, a lot could have been prevented had the people in charge acted like they had a pair.
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Julio Rosas is a field reporter at <a href="http://mostlypeaceful.media/">MostlyPeaceful.media</a> covering immigration, protests, and national flashpoints across the U.S. He writes at <a href="https://www.mostlypeaceful.media/">Mostlypeaceful.media</a> from where this essay is adapted with the author’s permission.

Organizers Of Saturday’s Alt Right Rally In Charlottesville, Virginia Hold News Conference

Charlottesville: My First Riot

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Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

A man who injured a Customs and Border Protection officer by hurling rocks through a car window during last summer&#8217;s violent anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles County pleaded guilty on Tuesday to assaulting a federal officer. 
Elpidio Reyna, 41, admitted to one count of assault with a deadly or dangerous weapon resulting in bodily injury. He was one of the dozens arrested after riots erupted after Immigration and Customs Enforcement began enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area. 
“This defendant could have easily killed a federal officer or innocent bystander,” <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/compton-man-pleads-guilty-assaulting-and-injuring-federal-officer-during-anti">said</a> First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “As he found out the hard way, violence against law enforcement is not constitutionally protected and will be met with swift justice. Those who engage in similar violence will be arrested, charged, and eventually convicted in a court of law.”
On June 7, 2025, Reyna joined a crowd throwing rocks and improvised explosives at federal officers operating near a Home Depot in Paramount, located about 11 miles north of Long Beach. 
“Protestors, including the defendant, began to throw rocks at the officers’ official vehicles, lit objects on fire, and impeded law enforcement activity. During this, defendant knowingly and intentionally lit objects on fire in the middle of the street and threw rocks at a convoy of law enforcement vehicles occupied by Customs and Border Protection Officers,” according to the plea agreement. 
One of the projectiles shattered a car window, cutting a Customs and Border Protection officer on the forehead. In <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1932267820798353760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1932267820798353760%7Ctwgr%5E2a2f0cba6174f5a73c77e8c8924987e0ce6ce20b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ffbi-identifies-man-caught-on-camera-hurling-rocks-at-feds-during-anti-ice-riot">video</a> released by the Justice Department, Reyna can be seen pelting law enforcement vehicles with rocks and chunks of concrete while wearing a motorcycle helmet. 
The FBI offered a $50,000 reward for Reyna after a special agent identified him through a review of TikTok videos. He was on the FBI&#8217;s most wanted list before <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1948056678504767913">surrendering</a> at the U.S.-Mexico border on July 23. 
Reyna faces up to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on August 7 by U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha. He has remained in federal custody since July 2025. 
Dozens of arrests were made during the protests in June and July across the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas over federal immigration operations. The unrest prompted President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to protect federal personnel and property, setting off a prolonged legal battle with California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom over the troop deployment.

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Anti-ICE Rioter Who Hurled Rocks At Feds Now Facing Life-Changing Fallout

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey claims that what’s happening in his city, as anti-ICE protesters and rioters flood the streets following the Renee Good shooting incident, is all about “love.”
“It&#8217;s important to tell the whole country that this is not just about resistance here in Minneapolis, it&#8217;s about love. We are showing something far more powerful and consequential here, which is love,” Frey said on Sunday during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
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“This is not just about resistance here in Minneapolis. It’s about love.”
Minneapolis Mayor Frey responds to protests following the deadly ICE shooting of Renee Good. <a href="https://t.co/IKC9tIZvsR">https://t.co/IKC9tIZvsR</a> <a href="https://t.co/zrGrnTEt6d">pic.twitter.com/zrGrnTEt6d</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/2012901996240441766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2026</a></blockquote>
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“We are standing up for one another. You&#8217;ve got neighbors helping neighbors. You&#8217;ve got people uniting and coming together in this beautiful way,” he added. “And obviously we&#8217;ve got these threats out there from the federal government that were literally designed to intimidate Minneapolis residents, to intimidate me. But here&#8217;s the thing, we&#8217;re not going to be intimidated. We&#8217;ve got this beautiful city full of extraordinary people. I have never been prouder to be from Minneapolis.”
Video from the Minneapolis riots shows just how much “love” is being spread.
Footage that appeared online on Saturday shows a man being harassed and assaulted for wearing an American flag hoodie.
One of the protesters then tells the man that if he removes his hoodie, he “won’t get hurt.”
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Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis made a man take off his American flag hoodie that said “Freedom”:
“Take it off and you won’t get hurt!” <a href="https://t.co/YmueZRICnO">pic.twitter.com/YmueZRICnO</a>
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/2012644193408012652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Anti-Islam influencer Jake Lang, who was in Minneapolis on Saturday to “burn a Koran on the steps of Minneapolis city hall,” was violently attacked and beaten by a mob of anti-ICE rioters.
In multiple videos, blood can be seen on his head and neck as he’s chased and harassed.
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🚨 JUST IN: Jake Lang FLEES anti-Islam protest by car in Minneapolis after violent leftists caused his head to bleed and chased him down the street
They attacked the car and tried to get inside
NOT ONE Minneapolis police officer was here.
That was on purpose. <a href="https://t.co/ypn8o03sXS">pic.twitter.com/ypn8o03sXS</a>
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2012607242122490032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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A group of tech engineers were having lunch in Minneapolis when anti-ICE activists confronted them under the misapprehension that they were Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
The activists were blowing whistles and yelling &#8220;get out of our f*cking neighborhood&#8221; and &#8220;if you&#8217;re not with us, you&#8217;re against us.&#8221;
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A group of white male engineers eating at Clancy&#8217;s Deli in Minneapolis were surrounded and accosted by far-left extremists who mobilized to the scene because someone thought the men were ICE agents. This follows a driver being accosted for having an SUV. <a href="https://t.co/rgMEUHe1ZZ">pic.twitter.com/rgMEUHe1ZZ</a>
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2012675305048064330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Jacob Frey Claims Minneapolis Riots About ‘Love,’ But Videos Tell A More Violent Story

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The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government&#8217;s deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.
The army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent.
President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to use the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces if officials in the state do not stop protesters from targeting immigration officials after a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
But if the troops are deployed, it is unclear whether the Trump administration would invoke the Insurrection Act. Even without invoking the act, a president can deploy active-duty forces for certain domestic purposes such as protecting federal property, which Trump cited as a justification for sending Marines to Los Angeles last year.
In addition to the active-duty forces, the Pentagon could also attempt to deploy newly created National Guard rapid-response forces for civil disturbances.
The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to requests from Reuters for comment on the order, which was first reported by ABC News.
&#8220;If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT,&#8221; Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
The soldiers subject to deployment specialize in cold-weather operations and are assigned to two U.S. Army infantry battalions under the 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska, the officials said.
Confrontations between residents and federal officers have become increasingly tense in Minneapolis, Minnesota&#8217;s most-populous city, after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good.
Trump, a Republican, has sent nearly 3,000 federal agents from ICE and Border Patrol to Minneapolis and neighboring St. Paul since early last week, as part of a wave of interventions, mostly to cities run by Democratic politicians.
He has said troop deployments in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Memphis and Portland, Oregon, are necessary to fight crime and protect federal property and personnel from protesters. But this month he said he was removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, which have faced legal setbacks and challenges.
Local leaders have accused the president of federal overreach and of exaggerating isolated episodes of violence to justify sending in troops.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, against whom the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation, has mobilized the state&#8217;s National Guard to support local law enforcement and emergency management agencies, the state Department of Public Safety posted on X on Saturday.
Trump has repeatedly invoked a scandal around the theft of federal funds intended for social-welfare programs in Minnesota as a rationale for sending in immigration agents. The president and administration officials have singled out the state&#8217;s community of Somali immigrants.
The Insurrection Act is a federal law that gives the president the power to deploy the military or federalize National Guard troops inside the U.S. to quell domestic uprisings.
(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart in Washington and Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue, William Mallard and Matthew Lewis)

Federal Agents Increase Immigration Enforcement In Minneapolis

Pentagon Readies 1,500 Troops For Potential Minnesota Deployment, U.S. Officials Say

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Federal Agents Descend On Minneapolis For Immigration Enforcement Operations

Democrats Want To Turn The ICE Shooting Into Another George Floyd Moment

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Tim Walz

The following is an adapted transcript excerpt from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1886-breaking-anti-ice-riots-take-over-minneapolis-one-dead?elementPosition=7&amp;row=2&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+Episodes&amp;rowType=Horizontal+Show+Episodes+Carousel">The Michael Knowles Show</a>.
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An awful scene unfolded in Minneapolis yesterday. Everyone agrees it was an awful scene, but we can&#8217;t quite agree on why.
A leftist woman obstructed federal immigration enforcement, then hit an officer with her SUV, at which point the federal agent shot her. Now, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, is calling on the Minnesota National Guard to commit insurrection against the federal government, against which he says his state is at war.
Where to begin?
The federal agents were entirely in the right. Everyone obstructing law enforcement — from the woman in the SUV all the way to Governor Walz — is entirely in the wrong. But even though her death is entirely her own fault, I can&#8217;t help but feel sorry for her.
Amid the ICE raids in Minneapolis, amid the response to a woman being justly killed, you have examples of leftists not learning their lesson at all. One of the protesters was actually trying to grab the weapon of law enforcement.
Why might one think it&#8217;s okay to grab the weapon of a National Guardsman or law enforcement officer? 
Well, one of the inciting incidents for all of BLM, for all of this leftist anarchy and rioting in recent years, was the Michael Brown case. In that case, Michael Brown, a young thug who had just robbed a store, goes up and starts taunting a cop, then threatens the cop, then reaches into the police car and grabs the cop&#8217;s weapon. The weapon actually discharges, and still the cop doesn&#8217;t kill him until he goes away. And then the thug turns around, comes back, and starts charging the cop. And the way that incident was rewritten by the media was, “that poor little child, Michael Brown, a gentle giant, was executed in cold blood by a racist officer. He did nothing wrong. He had his hands up. He said, &#8216;Don&#8217;t shoot.&#8217;”
Completely made up. 
But if you are one of these leftist activists in the streets and you learn that you can get away with this stuff; if you&#8217;re told law enforcement is evil and racist and terrible, then you need to stop them.
Take, for example, what Maxine Waters (D-CA) said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCDe7vdFfw">back in 2018</a> during Trump’s first term:
<blockquote>If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station; you get out and you create a crowd, and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome.</blockquote>
Then, if you see the Michael Brown case, which helped kick off BLM, you’ll say to yourself, &#8220;I can go grab a cop&#8217;s weapon, and I’m not at fault.&#8221; Well, sooner or later, you are going to get shot, and it&#8217;s going to be your fault. And I feel bad for that person.
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But I also blame the Democrats for this situation. I blame people like Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
One day after January 6, on January 7, 2026, Tim Walz literally called for insurrection. He called on Minnesota National Guardsmen to violently oppose federal law enforcement, which is as clear-cut a case of insurrection as there can be. In my view, Walz should be arrested for it. 
Here&#8217;s what he had to say about the incident.
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BREAKING: Tim Walz announces that he issued a warning order to prepare the Minnesota National Guard to &#8220;protect Minnesotans&#8221; from &#8220;rogue Ice Agents.&#8221;
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He wants to be very careful? And deploy the Minnesota National Guard? For those of you who are confused on the matter, take a look at the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution. Article VI, clause two of the United States Constitution <a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-6/clause-2/">states</a>:
<blockquote>This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.</blockquote>
When Tim Walz says the Minnesota National Guard is there to protect people in the event of a natural disaster, chaos, or rioting, that&#8217;s true. When he says the Minnesota National Guard is there to protect them from federal agents, that&#8217;s not true. That is completely untrue.
That would violate not merely the law and the American political tradition, that would violate the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution.
Either Walz doesn&#8217;t know anything, which is plausible, or he is reckless and a traitor to his country. Either way, there is a strong case to be made that Tim Walz should be arrested for his statements.
Now, I am not someone who says we need to round up all of our political opponents. I&#8217;m really not. I&#8217;m pretty moderate, relative to both the Left and the Right, with my rhetoric. I think there is a very strong case to be made, however, that Tim Walz should be arrested for his statements.
By the way, he doesn&#8217;t stop there.
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Did Tim Walz just say Minnesota is at war with the Federal Government??? <a href="https://t.co/HbqxPZ9m6U">pic.twitter.com/HbqxPZ9m6U</a>
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Tim Walz is effectively stating that he views Minnesota as being at war with the federal government. It&#8217;s not quite a firm declaration, but it&#8217;s about as close as you can get. And he&#8217;s the governor of Minnesota. He&#8217;s declaring war on the government of the United States. He&#8217;s talking about calling up troops to fight the government of the United States.
There is a special irony here. Democrats recently guffawed and howled and cheered because a statue of Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest Americans in history, was taken down in the U.S. Capitol and replaced with someone no one&#8217;s ever heard of. Robert E. Lee was an American patriot who defended his homeland and also helped bring about peace and reconciliation in America.
Lee’s statue comes down because he was a &#8220;terrible, awful, evil insurrectionist.&#8221; You were not allowed to declare war on the government of the United States 150 years ago. Now, sitting Governor Tim Walz, a man who was the most recent Democrat nominee for vice president, was almost one heartbeat away from becoming the second woman president — Tim Walz, as governor, more or less declares war on the federal government. And then begins to take actions to actually back it up.
There actually is a good argument to be made for arresting Tim Walz. He was just caught in a major fraud scandal with the Somalis, and it looks like he&#8217;s engaged in a cover-up of the scandal. Putting that aside, there is still a very strong argument to arrest him for his statements.
The liberals who whine about January 6 are not doing so in any kind of principled way. The same liberals who say you can&#8217;t question election results supported Al Gore when he held up the election results in 2000, probably the most famous example. Then, Hillary Clinton denied the election results, and Stacey Abrams denied the election results in Georgia. So principles play no role in this.
Imagine if the shoe were on the other foot. But let&#8217;s say the libs don&#8217;t believe in any of these principles. Just as a matter of law. Just as a matter of the Constitution. Tim Walz is leading a literal insurrection against the government of the United States. 
I&#8217;m not saying that the federal government should arrest him. I&#8217;m not. I haven&#8217;t come to that conclusion. But they should strongly consider it.

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A federal judge on Tuesday said that President Donald Trump broke the law by deploying the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles County amid violent protests targeting immigration enforcement operations. 
Judge Charles Breyer, the younger brother of former liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/70496361/176/newsom-v-trump/">issued</a> a ruling that Trump was using the military to enforce domestic law in violation of federal law. The Trump administration had argued that the deployment of about 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines to Los Angeles was only to protect federal property and personnel. 
“Nevertheless, at Defendants’ orders and contrary to Congress’s explicit instruction, federal troops executed the laws,” wrote Breyer, a Clinton-appointed judge. “The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles.”
The specific law that Breyer said Trump violated was the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which limits the use of the military to enforce domestic law. 
Breyer’s order, which takes effect in 10 days, blocks Trump from using the approximately 300 National Guard troops left in Los Angeles from “engaging in arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants, unless and until Defendants satisfy the requirements of a valid constitutional or statutory exception.”
The case came to Breyer after California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom sued Trump.
“DONALD TRUMP LOSES AGAIN,” Newsom posted on X. “The courts agree — his militarization of our streets and use of the military against US citizens is ILLEGAL.”
Responding to the ruling, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said that Breyer’s decision was misleading and that the National Guard would not be leaving Los Angeles. 
“The military will remain in Los Angeles,” he <a href="https://x.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1962891988291957185">wrote</a> on X. “This is a false narrative and a misleading injunction. The military has never engaged in direct law enforcement operations here in LA. They protect our federal employees our properties so our federal agents can safely enforce federal laws in the face of the thugs being unleashed and encouraged by state and local politicians.”
A previous decision from Breyer blocking Trump from taking control of the National Guard from Newsom was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-scores-big-win-against-newsom-in-california-national-guard-clash">overturned</a> by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. That court agreed with the Trump administration that the National Guard was only being used to protect federal property and personnel.

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The Pentagon announced Tuesday that 2,000 National Guardsmen sent to Los Angeles to quell the June riots would be withdrawn. Pentagon Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell cited mission success as the reason for the withdrawal.
In a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-remove-2000-national-guard-troops-los-angeles-2025-07-15/">statement</a> Tuesday, Parnell said, &#8220;Thanks to our troops who stepped up to answer the call, the lawlessness in Los Angeles is subsiding. … As such, the Secretary has ordered the release of 2,000 California National Guardsmen from the federal protection mission.&#8221;
Following increased apprehension rates by ICE agents in the Los Angeles area in early June, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kill-ice-foreign-flags-and-fires-sweep-la-as-riots-erupt-against-immigration-enforcement">protests</a> against the federal agents broke out. Videos quickly surfaced of rioters throwing bricks and Molotov cocktails at armored vehicles.
Responding decisively to what he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-to-liberate-los-angeles-shut-down-migrant-riots-and-insurrectionist-mobs">called</a> &#8220;violent, insurrectionist mobs,&#8221; President Donald Trump federalized 4,000 members of the California National Guard within days. Trump argued that the government needed to step in to protect overwhelmed law enforcement personnel and federal buildings, as well as to restore order to the city.
Following closely on the heels of the deployment of the National Guard, the Trump administration then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-u-s-marines-prepare-to-deploy-to-los-angeles?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=PHOTOS%3A+U.S.+Marines+Prepare+To+Deploy+To+Los+Angeles">sent</a> about 700 Marines to support local law enforcement.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-scores-big-win-against-newsom-in-california-national-guard-clash?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Scores+%E2%80%98Big+Win%E2%80%99+Against+Newsom+In+California+National+Guard+Clash">criticized</a> the federalization of the state&#8217;s National Guard, which he argued was not only ineffective and unnecessary but unconstitutional as well. Based on his assessment of the unconstitutionality of Trump&#8217;s actions, he sued the Trump administration.
An appeals court promptly heard the case and dismissed it. &#8220;Both irreparable harm and the public interest weigh in favor of Defendants, who have an uncontested interest in the protection of federal agents and property and the faithful execution of law,&#8221; the court wrote in its decision.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass originally fumed over Trump&#8217;s deployment of soldiers to her city, <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1931789763943547121">calling</a> it a &#8220;chaotic escalation.&#8221; Within a few days of the federal troops&#8217; arrival in L.A., Bass instituted a curfew.
Since their deployment, the military personnel in L.A. have continued to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-mayor-protestors-swarm-ice-officers-raiding-ms-13-controlled-park?author=Sam+Korkus&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Los+Angeles+Mayor%2C+Protestors+Swarm+ICE+Officers+Raiding+MS-13-Controlled+Park">assist</a> in the enforcement of immigration law while protecting federal property. In a recent clash, the military collaborated with ICE agents to raid a park known to be controlled by MS-13 gang members.
According to a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-marsha-blackburn-bill-targets-lawless-states-no-free-passes-after-anti-ice-riots">estimate</a>, the deployment of the 4,000 National Guards and 700 Marines cost the federal government around $130 million. 
Reacting to the news that half of the active National Guardsmen in Los Angeles will be withdrawn, Bass said in a <a href="https://x.com/MayorOfLA/status/1945265117202977226">post</a> that, &#8220;This retreat happened because the people of Los Angeles stood united and stood strong. … We will not stop making our voices heard until this ends, not just here in LA, but throughout our country.&#8221;

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California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom filed a $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, alleging the news network deliberately misrepresented the timeline of a phone call between him and President Donald Trump to make it appear the governor lied about their communication.
The lawsuit, first <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/27/newsom-sues-fox-news-defamation-case-00429168">reported</a> by POLITICO, centers on Fox News&#8217; coverage of a June 7 phone call between Trump and Newsom during anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County. President Trump said he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-vows-to-liberate-los-angeles-shut-down-migrant-riots-and-insurrectionist-mobs">deployed</a> thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to the area to quell the violence despite the governor&#8217;s objections, but local officials say they are there to protect federal buildings and federal workers.
The dispute arose when Trump claimed on June 10 that he had called Newsom &#8220;a day ago.&#8221; Newsom subsequently denied any recent contact, stating: &#8220;There was no call. Not even a voicemail. Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn&#8217;t even know who he&#8217;s talking to.&#8221;
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No more lies.
I’m suing Fox News for $787 million.<a href="https://t.co/L73VUsPsuB">https://t.co/L73VUsPsuB</a> <a href="https://t.co/qKoRaxHRDW">pic.twitter.com/qKoRaxHRDW</a>
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1938587950704677237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Fox News then ran a segment on Jesse Watters&#8217; program that Newsom&#8217;s claims &#8220;willfully distorted&#8221; the timeline to the network&#8217;s viewers. According to the lawsuit, Watters aired a deceptively edited video that juxtaposed Trump&#8217;s &#8220;day ago&#8221; claim with call logs obtained by Fox host John Roberts showing the call occurred on June 7 — three days earlier, not one day as Trump had claimed. Newsom accuses the network of falsely claiming he lied about the phone call and violated California’s Unfair Competition Law, which outlaws “deceptive and unfair business practices.”
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&#8220;If Fox News wants to lie to the American people on Donald Trump&#8217;s behalf, it should face consequences — just like it did in the Dominion case,&#8221; Newsom said in a statement to POLITICO, referencing Fox&#8217;s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in 2023.
&#8220;I believe the American people should be able to trust the information they receive from a major news outlet. Until Fox is willing to be truthful, I will keep fighting against their propaganda machine,&#8221; the governor added.
Fox News dismissed the lawsuit in a statement to The Daily Wire, writing, &#8220;Gov. Newsom’s transparent publicity stunt is frivolous and designed to chill free speech critical of him. We will defend this case vigorously and look forward to it being dismissed.&#8221;
In Fox News&#8217;s initial reporting on the disputed call, headlined &#8220;Trump brings receipts he called Newsom amid LA riots as California gov claims there wasn&#8217;t &#8216;even a voicemail,'&#8221; the network did <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brings-receipts-he-called-newsom-amid-la-riots-california-gov-claims-wasnt-even-voicemail">include</a> Newsom&#8217;s clarification that the call was from &#8220;3 days ago&#8221; rather than the &#8220;day ago&#8221; Trump had claimed.
POLITICO notes that defamation cases brought by public officials face a much higher legal standard than those filed by private citizens. Newsom has indicated he would retract the lawsuit if Fox News issues a formal retraction and Jesse Watters delivers an on-air apology.

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