/leftypol/ - Leftist Politically Incorrect

>>492545
I asked this before. Allowing retards to use the reading thread to """debate""" using their faggy-ass sub-literate """libertarian""" cliches was a weird decision, and apparently purely a consequence of us just being very chill.

Ok

ICE memo allows agents to enter homes without judicial warrant: Whistleblower complaint
"Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose," the May 12, 2025, memo signed by Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons stated, according to the anonymous whistleblower complaint, which included a copy of the memo.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-memo-allows-agents-enter-homes-judicial-warrant/story?id=129436766

House approves homeland security bill despite Democrats’ opposition over ICE
The 220-207 vote, with seven Democrats joining nearly all Republicans, came amid mounting outrage over its heavy-handed and violent tactics in Minnesota and elsewhere. Democrats’ opposition to the DHS funding measure had grown in recent weeks since an Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old US citizen, in Minneapolis earlier this month.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/22/democrats-ice-funding-bill

Anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church leads to arrests but no charges for journalist Don Lemon
A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-minnesota-church-disruption-bondi-ed084f5005187f58eabe0cc627d1862b

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PCV demands answers from the government over the presence of the CIA chief in Venezuela
The Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) demanded that the government leadership provide clear and transparent explanations regarding the presence in the country of the Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, whom it described as “a nefarious figure for the peoples of the world,” and whose visit — the Party denounced — has not been officially communicated to the Venezuelan people. This was stated by Oscar Figuera, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the PCV, when presenting the conclusions of the 19th Plenum of the Central Committee, which met last Saturday, 17 January, to assess the country’s economic, political, and social situation — a situation marked, he said, by the recent U.S. military aggression and the establishment of direct tutelage over the Venezuelan state. “The presence of the highest representative of the CIA in Venezuela is evidence of the changes taking place to guarantee the interests of big capital and U.S. imperialism,” Figuera stated. He added that Ratcliffe is an official who, according to information reported in the media, “is closely linked to the military operation of 3 January, to the aggression against our country, and to the killing of a significant number of Venezuelan and Cuban military personnel.”
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/01/pcv-demands-answers-from-government-over-the-presence-of-cia-chief-in-venezuela.html

This Billionaire Landlord Bullied Journalists Into Deleting Negative Coverage of Him
A billionaire landlord bullied an outlet into deleting unflattering coverage of him and unsuccessfully pressured several others, including Novara Media. Sunday Times rich-listed John Christodoulou, who is British-Cypriot but resides in the tax haven of Monaco, and is worth a reported £2.6bn, falsely told LandlordZone he had repaid the £263,555.69 he owed tenants of two Hackney properties. Christodoulou wrote to the industry publication, which had 605,000 unique visitors in the year to April 2024, asserting that the 16 court-mandated repayment orders had been settled since LandlordZone published its article about them in April. “Given that the article cPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>493912
I'm not sure a strike is going to be successful or do anything. Given that most of the protests have come from old white liberal women and a bunch of lumpenprols, what possible jobs do these people have that would bring the state to it's knees if they stopped working? And besides, even if it does work, do you think the FEDERAL government will care if Minnesotans tank their STATE economy? Sounds like retardation to me. Good luck though.

>>493918
>Given that most of the protests have come from old white liberal women and a bunch of lumpenprols
Well, then they'll do a lot better than if they were bootlicking retards who make up lies out of thin air instead of bothering to read or even watch any of the footage ITT which easily disproves such bullshit claims.

For anyone who's actually curious, here's an earlier article: >>493855

On top of that, the very post which this illiterate mongoloid replied to elaborates a bit: >>493912
>unions and faith leaders have put forward a historic call for a statewide economic shutdown

Many businesses have also opted to shut down on the 23rd as part of the campaign. There was also an interview from either night 14 (>>493869) or night 15 (>>493896) in which a protester relates how he scheduled the day off at his job and got easy approval for it. I think it was the dude who's being interviewed at 49 minutes on night 15, but I'm not going back and watching the whole things again - I had them on when they were live.

As an addendum, yesterday, a large number of schools and universities around the country also had walkouts - in fact, there were some massive walkouts of 1,000+ students right in this area, and we're nowhere near MN.

BreakThrough News | Press Conference: Civil Rights Activists Arrested on Federal Charges for Protest at Minnesota Church
In Minnesota, two well-known civil rights activists Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, as well as activist William Kelly were taken into federal custody on Thursday. Federal officials are calling the disruption, which injured no one, a “coordinated attack” and also "anti-Christian" — despite Armstrong being a Christian preacher herself who argues that ICE's activities violate the teachings of the gospel.

Local ICE Director David Easterwood is the pastor of Cities Church in St. Paul. Charging papers were not immediately available.

A warrant is reportedly out for a third activist.

Bid for UK sanctions against Benjamin Netanyahu in 'UK first'

LEGAL documents have been filed with the UK Government calling for sanctions against Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli prime minister, the subject of an international arrest warrant for war crimes , was responsible for comments which “amounted to incitement to commit genocide” in Gaza, according to the filing by the Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK (AOHR UK).

The request, lodged by lawyers from Deighton Pierce Glynn with the Foreign Office on Tuesday, said that Netanyahu should face financial sanctions and a travel ban.

It is thought to be the first request of its kind filled against the sitting Israeli premier.

Netanyahu would be arrested if he were to step foot on UK soil, the UK Government has previously indicated.

Britain has already imposed sanctions against finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Israeli security minister.

The request focuses on Netanyahu’s personal responsibility as head of the Israeli government and ultimate decision-maker, citing command responsibility, incitement to violence and genocide against Palestinians, and involvement in serious violations of international law.
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>>493873
Netanyahu to Skip Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Signing in Davos Fearing ICC Arrest Warrant

Davos (QNN)- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend the inauguration ceremony of Trump's "Board of Peace" on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos. His absence follows Switzerland’s announcement that it is legally obliged to cooperate with the International Criminal Court over an arrest warrant issued against him for war crimes he committed in Gaza, reported Haaretz.

Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justice told the Israeli newspaper that, as a party to the Rome Statute, it must cooperate with the ICC. The office said Swiss authorities would be required to arrest any person subject to an ICC warrant if they entered the country and to begin surrender procedures to the court.

The ICC arrest warrant states that Netanyahu is responsibile for war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in Gaza. These include starvation as a method of warfare, deliberate attacks on civilians, murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts. The crimes cover the period from at least October 8, 2023, to at least May 20, 2024.

Despite Netanyahu’s absence, his office confirmed that Israel will join US President Donald Trump’s so-called "Board of Peace". The White House announced the initiative last week, with its official launch set to take place during the World Economic Forum, where member states are expected to sign the board’s charter.

The charter suggests Trump is positioning the "Board of Peace" as a rival to the United Nations. While it was initially presented as a framework for managing Gaza’s reconstruction, the document does not mention Gaza by name. Instead, it says the board aims to restore “lawful governance” and ensure “enduring peace” in conflict zones, while implicitly criticizing existing international bodies.

So far, around sixty countries have received invitations to join the Board of Peace. In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Morocco, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey have confirmed their participation.

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Breaking news and analysis on day 839 of the Gaza genocide | The Electronic Intifada
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HRF Files Urgent Request for Prosecution in Greece Against Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a report with the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece concerning the visit of Israel Katz to Greece for official meetings with Greek political and defense authorities.

The report was filed today jointly with Greek lawyers, members of Athens Lawyers’ Alternative Intervention and members of the Board of Directors of the Athens Bar Association: Athanasios Kampagiannis, Konstantinos Papadakis, and Dimitrios Sarafianos.

Presence in Greece and Urgency of the Filing

The report informs Greek authorities that Israel Katz is present in Greece until 22 January 2026 for official meetings related to regional security coordination and military relations between Greece and Israel.

Given the limited duration of the visit, the report explicitly requests urgent examination and immediate legal action, stressing that Greece’s jurisdiction and legal obligations are directly triggered by Katz’s physical presence on Greek territory.

Information on the Suspect

According to the report, Israel Katz is a senior member of the Likud Party and has held multiple senior executive positions within the Israeli government.
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Lebanese journalist Hassan Illaik summoned to court for criticizing Lebanon's President, Joseph Aoun
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Lebanon's Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation has summoned journalist Hassan Illaik to appear before the Criminal Investigation Department following a video in which he criticized the President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun.

In the video, journalist Illaik criticized Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, saying that in a functioning state he would be under investigation and would not have been elected. Illaik specifically condemned Aoun for ordering the Lebanese army to deploy in south Lebanon on the day of a ceasefire, arguing that the deployment did not prevent Israeli forces from advancing in areas they could not take during the war.

Illaik accuses the prosecutor, Judge Jamal Hajjar, of acting under political pressure and claims the move is an attempt to curry favor with the presidency. He rejects the summons as intimidation, says he is not afraid of arrest or imprisonment, and vows to continue speaking out.

"I am ready to die defending my people and my cause. Do you really think you will frighten me by threatening detention? I welcome prison. I promise you that I will not be silent—neither about others, nor about you," he wrote on X.

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Israeli military-grade bullets found in bodies of children killed during Iran riots
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TASS reported on 21 January that Israeli military-grade bullets were found in the body of an 8-year-old girl killed during unrest in Iran, citing a source within Iranian security structures. According to the source, the child, from Isfahan, was fatally shot while out shopping with her family during recent protests. Forensic examinations reportedly identified the bullets recovered from her body as Israeli military-grade ammunition.

Separately, days earlier, Iranian state media reported that forensic tests in several cases found victims were killed with 7.63mm Tokarev bullets, a rare Soviet-era caliber not used by Iran’s armed forces. The ammunition is known for its unusually high power, causing more severe injuries than standard 9mm rounds. According to sources cited by state media, even in ordinary criminal cases this type of bullet is virtually unseen in Iran, also supporting the claim that armed elements involved in the violence had significant foreign backing.

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https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2013980218445230376

Iran’s foreign minister issues warning to US: Tehran will 'fire back with everything we have' if attacked
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi issued his strongest warning yet to the US, saying the Islamic Republic would respond fully if it comes under renewed attack. The statement, made in an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, comes as a US aircraft carrier group and other military assets redeploy toward West Asia.

Araghchi referenced the 12-day war launched by Israel in June 2025, stressing that Iran’s armed forces now have no qualms about defending the country.

“Unlike the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack,” Araghchi wrote, referring to the 12-day war launched by Israel on Iran in June. “This isn’t a threat, but a reality I feel I need to convey explicitly," he wrote.

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https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014418142143877562
MenchOsint - US Army C-37B (04-01778) made a trip today to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, at the Iranian border.

It's not often that US military flights visit this country.

>>493914
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014377771888267574
Reports indicate that the destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) has moved from the Persian Gulf to the Eastern Mediterranean.

I spotted an MH-60R helicopter (reg 166566 from HSM-79 squadron) attached to the destroyer yesterday next to Cyprus.

IDF Completes Preparations for Potential U.S. Strike on Iran According to Israeli Media Reports
Multiple Israeli media outlets, including Channels 12 and 13 and The Times of Israel, report that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have completed preparations for a possible American strike on Iran, with the home front now ready. The United States is expected to finalize deployment of its military forces in the Middle East region within the coming days, after which an attack could be launched. IDF Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir stated that the military is ready to act against any threats, though no official confirmation has come from the U.S. or Iran.

https://x.com/i/trending/2014506023982440631

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2013394147865174045
The Pentagon has issued “prepare-to-deploy” orders to roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division, especially trained for the Arctic, per DefenseNews

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2013586556804632738
45% of employers post fake listings, per Forbes.

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2013702570422739454
BREAKING: "Trump has used the US Presidency to make at least $1.4 billion," per NYT

https://x.com/DMichaelTripi/status/2014026296964141382
Dominic Michael Tripi - NEW: Former Navy intelligence specialist says podcasters are being blackmailed through web search history to push government narratives or risk major legal or reputational repercussions.

Trump at Davos with large hand bruise.

Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members’ access to ICE facilities
Cobb said she wasn’t ruling on whether the new policy passes legal muster. Rather, she said, plaintiffs’ attorneys representing several Democratic members of Congress used the wrong “procedural vehicle” to challenge it. The judge also concluded that the Jan. 8 policy is a new agency action that isn’t subject to her prior order in the plaintiffs’ favor.
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-shooting-congress-visit-ice-5eb6749b18d59ed8c47b5eeab9784432

Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline
One month after this deadline mandated by Congress’s Epstein Files Transparency Act, however, Trump’s justice department has not complied with this law, prompting questions about when – and whether – authorities will ever release investigative documents about the late sex offender.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/jeffrey-epstein-files-unreleased-trump-doj

DOJ says won’t investigate ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Good
Speaking to Fox News on Sunday night, Blanche said the civil rights unit of the Justice Department would not bow to pressure to investigate the shooting death of Minneapolis resident and mother Good, 37, earlier this month. “We don’t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody,” said Blanche. “We investigate when it’s appropriate to investigate.” “So, no, we are not investigating. And if there comes a time when we need to, we will, but it’s not now,” Blanche added.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/19/doj-says-wont-investigate-ice-agents-fatal-shooting-of-renee-good
https://archive.ph/Gn9ix

DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
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BONUS - I Want My M(amdani)TV (Chapo Trap House)
Over the holiday, Will and Chris caught up with Donald Borenstein, Andrew Epstein and Debbie Saslaw of the Mamdani media team to discuss how their video and online strategy helped win the campaign’s stunning victory. We look at their team’s success as the result of years of NYC organizing, how the candidate’s principles and policy informed the media strategy, the right and wrong lessons on political communication from their campaign, and the bizarre outsider art of Adams & Cuomo’s video output. PLUS: production, editing, color grading & gear talk for all you A/V heads.
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/bonus-i-want-my-mamdanitv

CP of Greece, Mass event at the Athens University of Economics and Business: Solidarity is our weapon–The people of Venezuela will win!
Following the mobilizations that unfolded from the very first moment of the imperialist intervention in Venezuela, members and friends of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) from universities in Athens gathered on Thursday, 15 January, at the Athens University of Economics and Business for an event in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and, more broadly, with the struggles of the peoples worlwide. At the opening of the event, KNE members formed the slogan “Solidarity with the people of Venezuela” using pickets inside the packed amphitheatre where the event was held, while chanting slogans in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples. The event was attended by Themis Gionis, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Greece-Mass-event-at-the-Athens-University-of-Economics-and-Business-Solidarity-is-our-weaponThe-people-of-Venezuela-will-win/

Toronto Is Segregating Dissent
The mainstream media and political response to these incursions into a Jewish neighborhood was swift, framing synagogues as being targeted. This account omitted two critical facts: first, that protests targeted secular commercial rPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>socialists win in Portugal
Now are these actual socialists or French-tier socdems abusing the word?

>>493865
Looks like Socdems, so 99.9999% chance it's the latter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Portugal)

TYBNA.

God, America is so screwed. A country run by child molesters where Feds can commit homicide at will.

What is it going to take for the Russians to finally decide to clean out the rats in Kiev?

Two killed, dozens wounded in large Russian drone attacks across Ukraine
More than 200,000 people in the Russian-occupied part of Zaporizhia are without power after a Ukrainian strike.

Two people have been killed and dozens injured in overnight Russian drone attacks across Ukraine, where strikes on energy infrastructure have caused power outages in freezing temperatures, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

In a social media post on Sunday, Zelenskyy said the Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa regions were targeted in an attack that included more than 200 drones.

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The Russian government has made several demands over the past months, including territorial concessions and assurances that Ukraine won’t seek NATO membership.

Ukraine is also facing an acute energy crisis due to continuous Russian bombardment this winter.

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https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014362583948525647
French Forces seized a Russian Oil Tanker "Grinch" in the Mediterranean Sea.

The operation was carried with the UK according to the statement, but ads-b data confirms the US has been tracking this tanker for a week.

>>493906
Fuck france

>>493906
They keep seizing russian tankers, they really want to escalate don't they

Unions and students seek Columbia University board reforms after Trump deal
The decision comes after more than two years of what they say is disenfranchisement over the way Columbia's board of trustees has handled several issues, including permitting the police to target the student body multiple times while they were protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza and capitulating to the Trump administration’s demands over alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/union-students-seek-reform-columbia-university-board-trump-deal

House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists’ warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists. The resolution now goes to the Senate, and approval there would send it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
https://apnews.com/article/boundary-waters-mining-moratorium-congress-f30b8dc9575e64b4b9e957b86409577d

‘They’re Getting Nervous,’ Says Platner After GOP Drops $42 Million on Maine’s Susan Collins
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) boasted that the $42 million investment, most of which will go to an advertising blitz to help the vulnerable five-term senator cling to her seat in November, was the largest the GOP’s Senate Leadership Fund had ever spent in Maine.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/collins-gop-spending-platner-nervous

Prosecutors barred from reviewing material seized from Washington Post reporter
Natanson, who has closely reported on the ways the Trump administration has reshaped the federal government, had two laptops, two phones, a Garmin watch and other devices seized last week as Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Communist Party of the Philippines: Corruption, injustice, abuses drive Filipino youth to revolution
Over the past week or two, the US-Marcos regime has mounted a frenzied media and social media campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth, who, more and more are growing disenchanted amid deep and widespread social ills, and are being drawn to question the rotten ruling system and seek radical and revolutionary ways to end corruption, injustice and abuses by those in power. This campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth is part of Marcos’ arsenal of fascist tactics to maintain his grip on power and preserve the ruling system, by suppressing the youth’s and people’s aspirations for change. This blatant assault against the youth is spearheaded by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the NTF-Elcac, and their mercenary hacks behind the Marcos government’s propaganda machinery. They have mobilized funds to activate and coordinate their social media troll army to drown out posts critical of the Marcos government in a deluge of spam comments, and throw their weight around to push their narrative in the press and public discourse. The Marcos psyops campaign heightened after a student researcher from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 22-year old Jerlyn Rose Doydora, died on January 1 in Abra de Ilog, Mindoro Occidental, amid relentless aerial bombing and strafing by the AFP, following an armed encounter. Another youth, 24-year old Chantal Anicoche, was taken into custody by the fascist soldiers, and illegally detained for a week, before being surfaced amid public outcry. Three Mangyan children were reportedly killed in the aerial bombing which was carried out in the proximity of mountain communities.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/corruption-injustice-abuses-drive-filipino-youth-to-revolution/

The Imperialist Attack on Venezuela, the Crisis of Chavismo, and the Prospect of a Continental Anti-imperialist Struggle
We denounce those who celebrated Trump’s attack, seeing it as a liberation. Regrettably, many Venezuelan migrants believe Trump will liberate us. That is why we are on the front line of the anti-imperialist struggle against the neocolonial offensive, and we call for mobilization toPost too long. Click here to view the full text.