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Benjamin Weingarten
@bhweingarten
@JoshuaSteinman has submitted a national security-related amicus brief in the pending birthright citizenship case before SCOTUS. This is a critical angle that has gone largely ignored in discussion of the case.
Cont reading thread…
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2016555468928233487.html
Bred for purpose. Again.
Major crossfire hurricane agent just lawyered up!…..
Man in nearly fatal CTA train attack avoids prison sentence | Fox News
A man accused of nearly beating another passenger to death aboard a Chicago train will not spend any time in prison, according to local reports.
According to CWBChicago, citing court records, 45-year-old Jesus Ramirez will not serve any prison time after he allegedly beat up a passenger on a CTA Pink Line train on April 10, 2024.
According to the outlet, he pleaded guilty to aggravated battery on Monday. Ramirez was sentenced to two years but received credit for over a year spent on electronic monitoring. His term was further halved under Illinois law, which applies to most charges.
According to police, Ramirez allegedly approached the CTA passenger and punched the victim in the face. They said he then continued to punch and kick the victim in the face and body.
The department said Ramirez and the 37-year-old victim did not know each other when they crossed paths. Authorities said the pair exchanged words and the situation turned physical.
The escalation and attack were caught on surveillance video and the Chicago Police Department released photos of the suspect, later identified as Ramirez.
According to CWBChicago, the victim spent about a week in a coma and roughly two months hospitalized with a scattered brain bleed, traumatic brain injury, broken ribs, a temporal bone fracture, ear damage, and a fractured nasal bone.
During an early court appearance, Judge Ankur Srivastava said Ramirez “nearly beat [the] victim to death on the CTA.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-accused-nearly-beating-chicago-train-passenger-death-walks-free-no-prison-time-report
Just when you thought they couldn’t be any more evil insane,
“”Will Bring Country To Halt”: Far-Left NGOs Prepare To Mobilize Children As ‘Ice Out’ Protesters”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/will-bring-country-halt-far-left-ngos-prepare-mobilize-children-ice-out-protesters
Send in the INFANTry! It’s a very old playbook.
They’re not bringing anything to a halt. These people are just loud-mouthed imbeciles.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115976125483954617
(James O’Keefe video)
Alex Pretti…
This timeline is so bizzare, but I love it.
My President truth’ed this an hour ago:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115976094991904995
Excellent!
https://xcancel.com/Fuknutz/status/2016709218091286774#m
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I hope PDJT knows this. It just seems like Covid all over again .. This time from India. EU and India and immigration. Any one coming from EU as well, if this thing goes virulent.
Nipah Virus outbreak
Published Jan 28, 2026, 12:38 PM
Updated Jan 29, 2026, 08:43 AM
SINGAPORE – In recent days, the authorities in countries such as Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam have been on high alert after an outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus in the Indian state of West Bengal.
So far, no cases have been reported outside India, but the health authorities across Asia are stepping up precautions. Health officials at airports monitoring travellers before any cases appear.
What is the Nipah virus?
Nipah is a zoonotic virus, which means it can spread from animals to humans. It can also spread directly between humans or through contaminated food.
Symptoms of the virus range from mild to asymptomatic infections, to acute respiratory illness and fatal brain inflammation.
Fruit bats are natural hosts of the virus.
There have also been reports of the virus infecting other animals, such as pigs, cats, goats, horses and sheep.
Expert Leong Hoe Nam said the disease can spread from animals to humans through direct contact with an infected host animal and its fluids.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341299/nipah-virus-outbreak-india-sparks-worry-china-lunar-new-year
Fruit bats are natural hosts of the virus.
Oh no.
Not the bats again.
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When did this become a goto source feed???
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump
This report was in July 2025. Not widely reported until now we see more reports. India has reported two outbreaks in West Bengal in 2001 and 2007. In 2018, South India reported its first NiV outbreak in Kerala, when 19 confirmed cases led to 17 deaths. Since then, Kerala has reported NiV spillovers almost every year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/7/26/what-is-the-nipah-virus-and-is-it-spreading-in-southern-india
One of many networks starting to report on this virus.
Nipah virus outbreak in India triggers Asia airport screenings
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7zp581q5do
Am I the only one who missed this?
This feed is getting interesting.
https://xcancel.com/TheSCIF#m
Please elaborate on what you are linking to. Rules here at the treehouse.
The link goes to an X account called The SCIF.
Click on it to read it.
President Trump posted that exact same link on his Truth Social Account a few hours ago.
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0hour1, too.
Earlier he was still on the Signal Chat scandal.
Fixing to check these.
https://xcancel.com/jimmy_rustlin/status/2016750436833742866#m
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Am I the only one who missed this?
One of the very reasons they’re taking out the IRGC.
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A short and thorough analysis of the shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE Agents focusing on the right to video federal agents and the right to carry firearms with a CCW under Minnesota Law…
“This episode explains why focusing on abstract rights while ignoring real-world behavior leads to bad conclusions — and dangerous lessons.
Carrying a firearm witg CCW doesn’t make you more entitled to confrontation. It makes you more responsible for avoiding it.
Filming law enforcement doesn’t mean you can interfere with an active operation and slogans about “rights” don’t override duty-to-retreat laws, obeying lawful orders, or basic survival reality.”