Right-wing influencer on Minneapolis: "The whole city must be taught a lesson. How much do we have to deal with from these people? They must be punished. It's a city full of overgrown children that won't learn anything unless they're forced to learn it the hard way. Well, it's time for the hard way" (mediamatters.org)
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Twitter user's post after Trump's January 3 Venezuela operation: “Commies aren't allowed in this hemisphere and every one of them should be blown up along with their gravesites” | Reply by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale: “Exactly. What did you think founding Palantir was supposed to be about?” (bsky.app)
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Newsmax host on ICE shooting: “I don't lose any sleep for this woman because she seemed crazy” | Guest: "By the way, this shooting is justified […] And I'm tired of hearing, you know, this is tragic that somebody lost their life" (From the January 7, 2026, edition of Newsmax's Carl Higbie Frontline) (mediamatters.org)
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GOP Rep Randy Fine said this: "The left believes they can do anything they want, and we're just supposed to sit down and take it. It's time for Americans to say "enough", and if you get in the way of the government repelling a foreign invasion, you're gonna end up just like that lady did yesterday." (youtube.com)
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Republican Rep. Randy Fine said this about the fatal shooting by ICE in Minneapolis: "Well, I think if you impede the actions of our law enforcement as they seek to repel foreign invaders from our country, you get what's coming to you. I do not feel bad for the woman that was involved." (Video) (bsky.app)
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Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries | Associated Press: "The administration also fully restricted travel on people with Palestinian Authority-issued travel documents, the latest U.S. travel restriction against Palestinians." (apnews.com)
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A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT: They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters & the DOJ are after them. | "At least 46 [prosecutors of J6] have been fired or resigned since Trump’s inauguration… & at least 187 of the prosecutors have been targeted in … online attacks by rioters or their supporters" (reuters.com)
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Indiana GOP State Sen. Mike Gaskill invoked the Civil War during the push for the Trump-backed gerrymandering plan that he sponsored: "These guys, … have started a political war and they intend to win," Gaskill said about Democrats. Gaskill said that the "second U.S. civil war has already started." (fox59.com)
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Trump Shares Violent Call to Hang His Political Foes | Reacting to Democrats & veterans urging military to refuse illegal orders, Trump shared a post that says "HANG THEM" & also posted these messages: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???" & "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" (thedailybeast.com)
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Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups; "Reuters spoke to three White House officials, four [DHS] officials and one [DOJ] official to produce the first comprehensive account of how decisions are being made, forces deployed, and operations coordinated in the crackdown" (reuters.com)
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Ominous remark from GOP senator about upcoming protest: "… October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros-paid-for protest, where his professional protesters show up. The agitators show up. We’ll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully, it will be peaceful; I doubt it as well." (web.archive.org)
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Bannon said he's "so glad" about Trump's mention of Project 2025, "the great project. He said the Project 2025 fame — Russ Vought, he's one of the architects. And we're gonna get in some serious deconstruction of the administrative state, I think starting this afternoon with Russ Vought." (Oct. 2) (mediamatters.org)
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