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Monday, June 8, 2026
Anti-ICE Crew Has a Day of Unhappy Moments in Newark
Anti-ICE activists have been facing some difficulty at the Delaney Hall ICE facility. They had unhappy encounters, including with a burly transport officer, the elements, pepper balls, and a slew of Newark police.
First, a leftover from Friday.
Pro tip? Don't block cars. The officer delivered the message, and his look at the camera was classic.
Warning for graphic language in the following videos:
Four people were arrested by the feds for assault, obstruction, or threats. One was arrested by the local police, according to an update from Department of Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin.
Then, on Saturday, the police apparently were getting tough again, reportedly enforcing a mask and backpack ban in the streets around the area.
That can be a problem when the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents start in with the pepper balls, as you can see here on X.
They were not happy when they had to deal with that edict.
Then this was quite the moment as even the elements appeared to be conspiring against the activists, and blowing down the camp they had set up.
But then, for any that remained, later that night came the denouement, when the police began to push them out.
One activist screams, "They're crippling our supplies. Take pictures of this, take pictures of this!"
"You were just following orders," she screamed at the police. No, lady, they're not Nazis, they're just the Newark police declaring an unlawful assembly on your action.
They were very unhappy as the camp was dismantled.
Great job, guys. And ICE is still there.
House Intel Ranking Member Jim Himes Anticipating Political Benefit of Terrorist Attack Following FISA (702) Expiration
Representative Jim Himes is the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI). During an interview on Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Himes looks forward to the political benefit he predicts following terrorist attacks inside the USA as soon as the FISA (702) program expires next Friday.
Elimination of FISA (702) authority is not a bad outcome; in fact, many of us want that outcome because FISA (702) is warrantless surveillance of American citizens. However, watching Himes be gleeful at the possibility of terrorist attacks resulting from FISA (702) expiring, is, well, a little weird.
In the non-pretending world, we fully understand a terrorist attack is highly unlikely. However, if there was a terrorist attack, it would likely originate from our own intelligence community organizing it in an effort to get FISA (702) authorized again. It’s far more likely the FBI would be motivated to create a false flag, than the odds of an actual terrorist attack.
Israel Launches Retaliatory Air Strikes After Iranian Missile Attack
After being targeted by multiple ballistic missiles by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the state of Israel has launched retaliatory air strikes at missile facilities and military bases.
The wave of ballistic missiles that prompted the response prompted warnings across northern Israel. The country’s anti-missile capabilities managed to intercept all missiles launched by the IRGC.
Earlier reporting by Axios and CBS had suggested that President Donald Trump had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to request that he hold off on responding to allow for peace negotiations to continue. Netanyahu initially pushed back on the request, but finally offered a “pseudo agreement.”
Shortly afterward, Trump would speak with the Financial Times that “he calls the shots” on U.S. and Israeli action against Iran and that a deal would move forward despite the initial missile barrage.
It is unclear if Trump later gave the go-ahead for the strike to Netanyahu following the initial phone call.
President Trump Walks Out of Combative NBC Interview with Kirsten Welker
President Trump abruptly ended and walked out of a combative interview with NBC’s Kirsten Welker, who will now receive the praise and adulation that Margaret Brennan so emphatically wanted. Kirsten Welker is now the leading Democrat Presidential Candidate for 2028.
During an NBC interview, Welker continually interrupted President Trump and challenged his assertion of government weaponization against J6 protest attendees and voter fraud. President Trump was making the case that the current California vote counting of mail-in ballots, still taking place 5-days after election day, was representative of voter fraud within the U.S. election system.
Welker demanded President Trump provide the evidence. President Trump emphasized the evidence is in the process that is taking place in front of your eyes. Welker again demanded President Trump provide the evidence. Eventually Trump gave up in frustration. Video and Transcript is Below:
[TRANSCRIPT] – KRISTEN WELKER: This $1.8 billion so-called anti-weaponization fund that’s going to compensate people who say the federal government weaponized the legal system against them. It’s been blocked by the courts, met with opposition from Republicans .
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: And Democrats.
KRISTEN WELKER: – in Congress, and Democrats.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: Most, excuse me, mostly Democrats.
KRISTEN WELKER: Mostly Democrats and some Republicans.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: Some. Very few Republicans.
KRISTEN WELKER: Just to be very clear, are you backing off the fund completely as your acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, or are you looking for another avenue to revive the fund?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP: So let — let me explain what the fund is. People have been hurt so badly by radical left lunatics that worked for the Biden administration and Sleepy Joe. They’re vicious. They’re violent, what they did to people. And of course they went after me more than anybody else. They raided Mar-a-Lago and all the other things. But people have been badly hurt. They’ve committed suicide. They’ve lost their jobs. They’re lost their families. They’ve lost their wives. They’ve lost everything. They’ve lost everything over a fake weaponization of government. Now, let me just tell you –
KRISTEN WELKER:
So are you looking for a way to revive it?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Well, look. If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve. People have been destroyed. Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it. People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You don’t –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
So me, personally, I think the weaponization fund is a great idea, and so do many other Republicans. You have to get it approved. If they get it approved, that’s great. If they don’t get it approved, I’d be disappointed.
KRISTEN WELKER:
All right. We’re going to motor through this.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
But you have to understand, people have — have been destroyed by crooked politicians, and they should be reimbursed for that.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Do you think anyone who attacked police officers on January 6th should get taxpayer money?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I wouldn’t be inclined to say so, but I have to see it. I can tell you this: 97% of those people, you look at them, the FBI or whoever it was, cause you had a lot of crooked cops, you had dirty cops. Comey was a dirty cop.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Well, there is no evidence to –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
A guy like Bolton was a dirty cop –
KRISTEN WELKER:
But there is no evidence that– but there’s no evidence that people who –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Wait a minute, wait a minute. Oh, you think Comey was a straight cop?
KRISTEN WELKER:
We had 170 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Comey was a dirty cop.
KRISTEN WELKER:
No, no, but the people who assaulted police officers.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They had FBI — listen to me. They had FBI agents ushering them into the building. They had FBI “Go into the building.” Those people are walking around, they’re looking, “Oh, isn’t this nice?” They weren’t in– they were being ushered into the building.
KRISTEN WELKER:
There’s no evidence of that, sir. There’s no evidence of that.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You had a bunch of dirty cops, and frankly, what they did was weaponization of our government.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But sir, there– there’s no evidence of that. More than a thousand people pleaded guilty to crimes –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, well, yeah, no, there’s none. You know what they do?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Try looking at the tapes one time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Would you take it off the table?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Look at the tapes one time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay, but 172 people did plead guilty to assaulting police officers.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You know why they pled guilty?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Should they be exempt –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Because they told they were going to jail for 15 years –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– from receiving funds?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
– if they didn’t.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Should they –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They pled guilty because they were frightened. They went down. They were ushered into a building. Many of them were arrested without even going into the building.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You’d be okay with them receiving taxpayer dollars?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
The people were destroyed by dirty cops and by weaponization. Many of those people should be compensated. Now, with that being said, the, as I understand it, the weaponization fund was going to set up a group of people, people that could be picked by anybody, fair people, smart people, and they will go on an individual case basis.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Okay.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Now, I don’t know what’s going to happen with the weaponization fund. I love the idea, because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden, he’s not smart enough to know what’s going on, but people that surrounded him, surrounded his beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, what they did to the lives of people, they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.
KRISTEN WELKER:
All right, this is, just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying, but let me ask about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
There’s a lot of evidence.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let me ask about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Listen — listen to me — listen to me.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s talk about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Well, it’s not been presented in a court of a law.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
The election was rigged. It was a dirty election.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And it’s happening again right now in California.
KRISTEN WELKER:
— you’ve never presented evidence –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s happening right now in California
KRISTEN WELKER:
– that the 2020 election was rigged.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Right now, it’s look at what’s happening in California.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Where’s the evidence to that?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s four days –
KRISTEN WELKER:
The Republicans are doing well in California.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
In California, it’s, no they’re not. They’re dropping fast because it’s a rigged election. Let me tell you, it’s four days and they aren’t even close to coming up with the –
KRISTEN WELKER:
That’s how they count the votes in California.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Do you know why they’re doing that? Because they’re cheating on the election.
KRISTEN WELKER:
There’s — What? Do you have evidence to support that?
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
It’s– all I have to do is look. All I have to do is look.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But that’s not evidence.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And I listen. And I listen to people. And let’s see what happens.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But sir, that’s not evidence, and that’s how they count the votes in California–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Do you think it’s appropriate that they have an election and five days later, they’re nowhere close to picking a winner?
KRISTEN WELKER:
State and local officials acknowledge they are slow. They’re urging–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
No, they’re crooked.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– they’re urging the votes to be counted quickly. That’s how they vote in California.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
They’re crooked just like you’re crooked, your press is crooked. And Meet the Press is crooked.
KRISTEN WELKER:
To be fair, I’m not crooked. But let’s continue.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Really? Well, you play right into their hands then.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s continue.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You’re either crooked or you’re stupid.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s continue.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You play right into their hands with this stuff. You know that these elections are rigged. Your network knows that they’re rigged. Do you know that I won an election in a landslide and I got 94% bad press.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You know why I got that?
KRISTEN WELKER:
– you’ve never presented –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Because you have no credibility.
KRISTEN WELKER:
-evidence. But you’ve never presented evidence it was rigged. Let’s keep talking about, I want to talk about Todd Blanche.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You have more evidence, there’s more evidence than ever presented.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Let’s talk about–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Your elections in this country –
KRISTEN WELKER:
– you went to court.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
We’re like a third world country.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But sir –
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
Your elections are crooked and you’re crooked, and Meet the Press is crooked.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
And so is ABC and CBS and CNN.
KRISTEN WELKER:
But Mr. President–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
You’re a one-sided crooked network. Sorry. Let’s call it quits because I’ve had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President, let’s — please, I traveled all the way to Wisconsin.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’ve sat in the rain with you–
KRISTEN WELKER:
I traveled all — I know. I traveled all the way–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I sat in the rain with you for an hour.
KRISTEN WELKER:
–to Wisconsin.
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
On and off in the rain, and I’ve given you enough time. You ought to straighten out your press, because you know what?
KRISTEN WELKER:
Mr. President–
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
A country can never be great with a dishonest press.
KRISTEN WELKER:
– we traveled all — listen. We traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview.
