{"id":44525,"date":"2025-12-01T18:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=44525"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:47:58","slug":"reporter-confronts-anti-ice-mob-with-basic-questions-what-happens-next-is-unbelievable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=44525","title":{"rendered":"Reporter CONFRONTS anti-ICE mob with basic questions | What happens next is unbelievable&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"visibility-check\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"available-content\">\n<div class=\"body markup\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump, 79, defended his Thanksgiving social media rant calling Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz \u201cseriously retarded,\u201d telling reporters Sunday night <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1995267203306844219?s=20\" rel=\"\">\u201cthere\u2019s something wrong with him\u201d<\/a><\/strong> and criticizing Walz for allowing an influx of Somali migrants into Minnesota and billions of dollars in payments to Somalia, saying \u201canybody that would do what he did\u201d has something wrong with them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"media-109e18cc-72fb-44d7-affb-99c2750f4ae3\" class=\"videoScrollTarget-SzB20Y\" data-component-name=\"VideoEmbedPlayer\">\n<div class=\"container-ODcHQE videoPlaceholderSilhouette-XopYyA containerAnimated-jVAZvQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Walz questions Trump\u2019s mental state, calls behavior \u201cnot normal\u201d:<\/strong> Gov. Walz fired back by questioning Trump\u2019s mental capacity, writing \u201cRelease the MRI results\u201d on X in reference to Trump\u2019s October medical checkup, and telling NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet The Press\u201d that Trump\u2019s Thanksgiving night ranting \u201cis not normal behavior. It is not healthy,\u201d adding \u201cit\u2019s clear the president\u2019s fading physically\u201d and there are \u201creasons for us to be concerned\u201d about his mental capacity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump willing to release MRI results amid back-and-forth:<\/strong> Trump insisted Sunday he\u2019d be fine with his MRI results being made public, saying \u201cif they want to release it, it\u2019s OK with me to release it,\u201d as the exchange escalated following Trump\u2019s original Truth Social post claiming \u201cSomalian gangs are roving the streets looking for \u2018prey\u2019\u201d in Minnesota while referencing a federal case where at least 78 defendants\u2014many from the Somali diaspora\u2014were charged with stealing funds from a child nutrition program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over 480 Minnesota Department of Human Services employees <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Minnesota_DHS\/status\/1994993895428461006?s=20\" rel=\"\">publicly excoriated Gov. Tim Walz<\/a><\/strong> for allowing the largest known COVID-19 fraud case in the country to unfold, with more than $1 billion in taxpayers\u2019 money stolen through the Feeding Our Future scheme and other programs, with 78 defendants prosecuted and at least 59 convicted so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset can-restack\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9nje!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9nje!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9nje!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9nje!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!9nje!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1024,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1251753,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/x.com\/Minnesota_DHS\/status\/1994993895428461006?s=20&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/politibrawl.substack.com\/i\/180399726?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F004778e0-f590-4742-aa2b-ce3078e47a05_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Whistleblowers claim systematic retaliation by Walz administration:<\/strong> DHS employees alleged on their X account that \u201cTim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota,\u201d claiming they alerted Walz early on but instead of partnership, \u201cwe got the full weight of retaliation\u201d through \u201cmonitoring, threats, repression\u201d and attempts to discredit fraud reports, with workers saying they were \u201cshutdown, reassigned and told to keep quiet\u201d because \u201cleadership did not want to appear to discriminate against certain communities.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fraud largely involved Somali diaspora targeting social programs:<\/strong> The fraud revolved around dozens of people in Minnesota\u2019s Somali diaspora (the state is home to about 80,000 Somali Americans) who set up companies billing the state for social services that were never provided, with Feeding Our Future partnering with local businesses under the pretense of feeding needy children while money was actually squandered on foreign real estate, luxury cars, and more, including one homelessness program that ballooned from $2.6 million in 2021 to $104 million.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trump criticism sparks partisan back-and-forth:<\/strong> President Trump ripped Minnesota as \u201ca hub of fraudulent money laundering activity,\u201d with House Majority Whip Tom Emmer saying \u201cMinnesota has become the land of 10,000 frauds under Tim Walz,\u201d while Walz fired back at Trump saying \u201cI take responsibility for putting people in jail\u201d and claiming \u201cthere\u2019s a big difference between fraud and corruption. And corruption is something he knows about,\u201d as he launches his campaign for a third gubernatorial term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The White House unveiled a new website section Friday dedicated to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/white-house-launches-media-offender-week-section-its-website-call-out-fake-news-media.amp\" rel=\"\">publicly shaming media organizations<\/a><\/strong> for what it labels \u201cFake News,\u201d featuring major outlets under categories like \u201cBias,\u201d \u201cLie,\u201d and \u201cLeft-wing Lunacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset can-restack\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!AfGl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c157fd1-5f57-470c-899a-6b61447f2f6d_1143x842.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!AfGl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c157fd1-5f57-470c-899a-6b61447f2f6d_1143x842.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!AfGl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c157fd1-5f57-470c-899a-6b61447f2f6d_1143x842.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!AfGl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c157fd1-5f57-470c-899a-6b61447f2f6d_1143x842.png 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!AfGl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c157fd1-5f57-470c-899a-6b61447f2f6d_1143x842.png\" alt=\"\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/9c157fd1-5f57-470c-899a-6b61447f2f6d_1143x842.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:842,&quot;width&quot;:1143,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:294166,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/mediabias\/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/politibrawl.substack.com\/i\/180399726?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9d55c80-aaf7-40cd-9f65-7b869e86e44b_1282x842.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Target list unveiled:<\/strong> The page branded \u201cMisleading. Biased. Exposed.\u201d spotlights CBS News, The Independent, and The Boston Globe as this week\u2019s offenders, while an \u201cOffender Hall of Shame\u201d includes CNN, MS NOW, The Washington Post, and repeated listings for CBS News, with additional \u201crepeat offenders\u201d ranging from The New York Times to The Associated Press.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Illegal orders dispute:<\/strong> The site accuses media of misrepresenting Trump\u2019s response to a Democratic video urging service members to \u201crefuse illegal orders,\u201d claiming outlets falsely reported he called for lawmakers\u2019 \u201cexecution\u201d when Trump posted \u201cSEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!\u201d on Truth Social regarding the six Congress members who appeared in the controversial clip.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Media pushback:<\/strong> The Washington Post responded it remains \u201cproud of its accurate, rigorous journalism,\u201d while the Pentagon announced Monday it\u2019s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain who appeared in the video, potentially recalling him to active duty for court-martial proceedings under military justice code.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Trump said Sunday he spoke with families of two West Virginia <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/trump-invites-families-two-national-guard-members-shot-dc-white-house-plans-honor-soldiers\" rel=\"\">National Guard members shot in Washington<\/a><\/strong> last week, pledging to honor fallen soldier Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Andrew Wolfe at the White House.<\/p>\n<div id=\"media-2f87754b-d8c9-412b-8102-e8a277b67602\" class=\"videoScrollTarget-SzB20Y\" data-component-name=\"VideoEmbedPlayer\">\n<div class=\"container-ODcHQE videoPlaceholderSilhouette-XopYyA containerAnimated-jVAZvQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Attack details:<\/strong> Beckstrom, a 20-year-old Army specialist, died from injuries sustained in the Wednesday shooting just blocks from the White House, while Air Force Staff Sgt. Wolfe remains in critical condition as his family, who Trump described as \u201chighly religious people,\u201d asks the public to pray for his recovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Suspected shooter identity:<\/strong> Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who legally entered the U.S. in September 2021 through the Biden administration\u2019s Operation Allies Welcome resettlement program, faces first-degree murder and assault charges, with Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing the Justice Department will seek the death penalty.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Presidential commitment:<\/strong> Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One he discussed White House visits with both families, saying he wants to honor Beckstrom\u2019s memory and Wolfe \u201crecover or not,\u201d while West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey memorialized Beckstrom as a \u201cfavorite daughter\u201d with \u201ca lot of kindness\u201d and courage at a Saturday vigil.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two soldiers were deployed to D.C. following Trump\u2019s executive order targeting crime in the nation\u2019s capital earlier this year.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his first public appearance in five days Sunday, temporarily quelling rumors he had <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/us-news\/venezuelas-maduro-spotted-for-first-time-in-days-ending-flight-speculation\/\" rel=\"\">fled the country<\/a><\/strong> amid reported pressure from President Trump to resign or face consequences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"captioned-image-container\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"image2-inset can-restack\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!k8Uq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!k8Uq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png 848w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!k8Uq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png 1272w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!k8Uq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png 1456w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; margin: 1em auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!k8Uq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1024,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1610400,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/01\/us-news\/venezuelas-maduro-spotted-for-first-time-in-days-ending-flight-speculation\/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/politibrawl.substack.com\/i\/180399726?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c0e95c8-2965-4364-b562-f5c9e1a1f564_1024x1024.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"image-link-expand\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Public reemergence:<\/strong> The 63-year-old leader presented awards at an annual coffee ceremony in eastern Caracas, leading chants about Venezuela\u2019s \u201cindestructible\u201d economy, after last being seen Wednesday posting video of himself driving through the capital on his Telegram channel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reported ultimatum stalemate:<\/strong> The Miami Herald reported Trump offered Maduro, his wife, and son safe passage out of Venezuela in exchange for immediate resignation, but negotiations hit an impasse when Maduro\u2019s team countered by proposing to surrender political control while maintaining command of the armed forces and requesting \u201cglobal amnesty\u201d for crimes\u2014a demand Trump refused.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Escalating pressure:<\/strong> Trump confirmed he spoke directly with Maduro by phone, calling it neither good nor bad, while declaring Venezuelan airspace effectively closed and overseeing nearly two dozen U.S. military strikes against suspected drug traffickers since early September that have killed over 80 people, prompting Venezuelan officials to accuse the administration of \u201ccold-blooded murder.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The State Department maintains a $50 million bounty for Maduro\u2019s capture on narco-terrorism charges stemming from a 2020 indictment alleging he colluded with Colombian FARC dissidents to flood America with cocaine.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visibility-check\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-contents pc-reset pubTheme-yiXxQA\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump, 79, defended his Thanksgiving social media rant calling Democratic Minnesota Gov. 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