The incoming Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago next week, according to four people familiar with the planning, the first move in President-Elect Donald Trump's promised mass deportation campaign.

The raid is expected to begin on Tuesday morning, a day after Trump is inaugurated, and will last all week, the people said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will send between 100 and 200 officers to carry out the operation.
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The incoming Trump team intends to target immigrants in the country illegally with criminal backgrounds—many of whose offenses, like driving violations, made them too minor for the Biden administration to pursue. But, the people cautioned, if anyone else in the country illegally is present during an arrest, they will be taken too.

The transition team had been contemplating cities to target in a day-one operation as a way of making an example of so-called sanctuary cities, which adopt policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities. They settled on Chicago both because of the large number of immigrants who could be possible targets, and because of the Trump team's high-profile feud with the city's Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Though it isn't clear how many people the operation will actually target, Trump's team is planning to work with several right-leaning media outlets to amplify its efforts.
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Trump's team is contemplating other ways they can targetblue cities too. They have been pursuing new spaces they can repurpose into short-term detention centers to open near large cities, where most illegal immigrants in the country live.

They are also hoping to condition some federal grants on cities and states' cooperation with ICE, and even weighing lawsuits against some cities that don't comply. Homan, for example, has publicly threatened to throw the mayor of Denver—who has also loudly protested Trump's immigration plans—in prison.
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ROME — Pope Francis on Sunday called plans by President-elect Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that defined the pontiff’s ties with the first Trump White House.

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Speaking on the eve of Trump’s inauguration in an Italian television interview, Francis responded to a question about the incoming president’s immigration plans by saying: “This, if it’s true, will be a disgrace, because it will make poor unfortunates who have nothing foot the bill for [global] imbalances.

“That doesn’t work,” Francis said. “You don’t solve things that way. You just don’t.”
The comments provided the latest indication of a potential renewal of frictions between the Vatican and the next Trump White House.

Francis, who has made migrant rights a guiding light of his papacy, stands in stark contrast to Trump, who has called for sweeping changes in U.S. immigration policy to implement mass deportations. On Monday, the pontiff said he would pray that God grants Trump “wisdom, strength and protection” as he returns to the White House.

“It is my hope that under your leadership the American people will prosper and always strive to build a more just society, where there is no room for hatred, discrimination or exclusion,” the pope said.
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Yet the comments broadcast Sunday appeared to echo the kind of criticism Francis voiced during the U.S. presidential campaign in 2016. Then, speaking to reporters after a papal visit to Mexico, Francis described Trump as “not Christian” when asked about his plans for a border wall.

Subsequently, ties were strained between the Vatican and the first Trump administration, with the two standing at odds on a host of global issues, including migrant rights and the battle against global warming. The Vatican took umbrage at Trump administration criticism of a 2018 deal struck with China that gave authorities in Beijing a measure of input in the naming of Catholic bishops there. A visit between Trump and Francis in May 2017 resulted in a photo opportunity where a beaming Trump stood beside a visibly glum pontiff.

In 2018, Francis agreed with U.S. bishops who called the Trump administration policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border “immoral” and “contrary to our Catholic values.” In other comments, Francis has appeared to reference Trump when denouncing the politics of division.
Ahead of the U.S. election in November, Francis described the choice for Americans as the “lesser of two evils” — noting Trump’s anti-migrant policies and the abortion rights stance of Vice President Kamala Harris. Ultimately, American Catholic voters backed Trump by a 20-point margin, according to exit polls, reversing a trend that saw Joe Biden, the nation’s second Catholic president, win Catholic voters by a five-point margin.

Eyebrows were raised last month when Trump announced that Francis critic Brian Burch would be the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Burch, co-founder of the lay Catholic advocacy group Catholic Vote, said in 2023 that Francis had sown “confusion” by allowing priests to offer short blessings of people in same-sex couples. He also has criticized the pope’s removal of a conservative bishop in Texas who had openly criticized Francis.

This month, the Vatican named Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the church’s leading liberal voices, to lead the prominent Washington-area archdiocese. McElroy for a decade headed the diocese in San Diego, standing out during those years as a champion of migrant rights. During a Jan. 6 news conference, he asked Americans to “hope and pray” that the next White House administration is successful in “helping to enhance our society, our country, our life and the whole of our nation.” But he acknowledged a possible “contrast” with the next administration’s priorities on immigration.
“The Catholic Church teaches that a nation has the right to control its borders, and our nation’s desire to do that is a legitimate effort,” he continued. “At the same time, we are called always to have a sense of the dignity of every human person. And thus, plans that have been talked about at some levels of having a wider, indiscriminate, massive deportation across the country would be something that would be incompatible with Catholic doctrine.”

Baron looks like spends about a million a year to have hookers step on his balls with high heels.

Also…If you want to have fun, flip back and forth between Fox and MSNBC.

TIA! Chis will show you the way if you're confused!!

Hi folks. This is your president Donald J trump. I'd like you to be the first to know about the commemorative presidential blankets and shawls that I will be issuing. They're just like the real ones I use in the oval office, when it's 40° or so outside and I need a blanket across my lap and a shawl across my shoulders to stay warm in the oval office. They're now available to the General Public for a mere $89.95 for the shawl and $109.95 for the blanket. They're just like the real ones I use in the oval office when the temperature drops to an Arctic bone chilling 40° outside. You can either use them in your trailer to stay warm, or perhaps put them on the mantle above your wood burning stove. They'll look great next to your cheap Golden Chinese sneakers, fake bible, and comic book trading cards. Maybe even a collector's item. They're available in 26 colors, but we're only going to ship the red ones ( my and my love buddy Putins fav color). And they're made in China, so you know the quality is high. And remember, any money spent on these collector items it's going to go to one of my 17 legal defense funds. So use part of this month's welfare or ADC check to invest in one of these wonderful items. I'll be glad you did.

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Player of the Week
Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
Senior – Guard – Aurora, Ohio – Aurora
• Powered Maryland to a 99-92 victory over No. 24 Minnesota with a season-high 27 points
• Added nine rebounds and seven assists to the stats sheet
• Shot 81.8 percent (9-11) from the field while going 6-for-6 at the free throw line and 3-for-3 from beyond the arc
• Earns the second Big Ten Player of the Week award of her career
• Last Maryland Player of the Week: Kaylene Smikle (Jan. 6, 2025)

Co-Freshman of the Week
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Guard – Nashville, Tenn. – Montverde Academy
• Led the Buckeyes to a 69-60 road win at Wisconsin with a game-best 27 points
• Notched a career-high eight rebounds along with four assists and a steal
• Collects her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Jaloni Cambridge (Jan. 13, 2025)

Co-Freshman of the Week
Britt Prince, Nebraska
Guard – Omaha, Neb. – Elkhorn North
• Scored 22 points to propel Nebraska to an 87-84 overtime win against Iowa, the first victory in Iowa City since 2018
• Registered career marks in three-pointers (5) and steals (6) while chipping in seven rebounds and five assists
• Sank a pair of free throws with 2.8 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime
• Secures her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Natalie Potts (March 4, 2024)

#6 ranked Ohio State (8 seed in CFP)

vs

#5 ranked Notre Dame (7 seed in CFP)

Monday, January 20, 2025
6:30 pm CT Kick off
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Atlanta, GA
TV: ESPN

Ain't no stopping US now!! >

AP Top 25 (1/20)
1. Auburn (62) (17-1)
2. Duke (16-2)
3. Iowa State (15-2)
4. Alabama (15-3)
5. Florida (16-2)
6. Tennessee (16-2)
7. Houston (14-3)
8. Michigan State (16-2)
9. Kentucky (14-4)
10. Marquette (15-3)
11. Purdue (15-4)
12. Kansas (13-4)
13. Texas A&M (14-4)
14. Mississippi State (15-3)
15. Oregon (15-3)
16. Mississippi (15-3)
17. Illinois (13-5)
18. Wisconsin (15-3)
19. Connecticut (13-5)
20. St. John's (16-3)
21. Michigan (14-4)
22. Missouri (15-3)
23. West Virginia (13-4)
24. Memphis (14-4)
25. Louisville (14-5)

Others Receiving Votes
Texas Tech, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Gonzaga, Clemson, Georgia, Arizona, St. Mary's, Cincinnati, Baylor, UC-Irvine, Creighton, Wake Forest, Maryland, Bradley

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USA Today Coaches Poll (1/20)
1. Auburn (30) (17-1)
2. Duke (16-2)
3. Alabama (15-3)
4. Iowa State (1) (15-2)
5. Houston (14-3)
6. Florida (16-2)
7. Tennessee (16-2)
8. Michigan State (16-2)
9. Kentucky (14-4)
10. Marquette (15-3)
11. Kansas (13-4)
12. Purdue (15-4)
13. Texas A&M (14-4)
14. Mississippi State (15-3)
15. Oregon (15-3)
16. Mississippi (15-3)
17. Illinois (13-5)
18. Connecticut (13-5)
19. Wisconsin (15-3)
20. Michigan (14-4)
21. St. John's (16-3)
22. Memphis (14-4)
23. West Virginia (13-4)
24. Missouri (15-3)
25. Texas Tech (13-4)

Others Receiving Votes
Louisville, Gonzaga, Georgia, Clemson, Utah State, St. Mary's, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Maryland, Creighton, Arizona, UCLA, UC-Irvine, Baylor

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NCAA NET Rankings (1/20)
1. Auburn
2. Duke
3. Hoston
4. Tennessee
5. Florida
6. Iowa State
7. Alabama
8. Illinois
9. Kansas
10. Purdue
11. Kentucky
12. Michigan
13. Mississippi
14. Arizona
15. Texas Tech
16. Michigan State
17. Mississippi State
18. Marquette
19. Gonzaga
20. Texas A&M
21. Wisconsin
22. Oregon
23. Missouri
24. Maryland
25. St. John's
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34. UCLA
36. Ohio State
47. Penn State
49. Nebraska
51. Northwestern
55. Iowa
61. Indiana
76. USC
85. Rutgers
93. Washington
121. Minnesota

Deplorable and Illegal:

The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.

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The incoming official did not provide details on how the administration planned to implement a change that scholars say would be illegal. Trump’s order would reinterpret the words “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which grants citizenship to all people born on U.S. soil, and redefine the phrase to exclude babies born to parents illegally in the country.

Trump will issue other executive orders that will ramp up deportations, restart border wall construction and send U.S. troops to patrol the 2,000-mile boundary with Mexico, said the incoming official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under ground rules for a call with reporters set by the incoming administration.

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After Trump is inaugurated, he plans to declare a national emergency at the southern border. Trump will then issue orders to restart the “Remain in Mexico” policy of his first term, designate drug cartels and gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, and suspend refugee resettlement in the United States for at least four months, officials said, reading a list of Inauguration Day actions and orders.


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“The last four years have created an unconscionable risk to public safety, public health and the national security of the United States due to the Biden administration’s border policies,” said the incoming White House official, reading from a statement.
“It’s our duty to the American people to get control of the untenable situation we inherited,” said the incoming official.

Illegal crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen sharply over the past year and are at levels below the final months of Trump’s first term, according to the latest U.S. government data.

Trump’s rapid-fire decrees have been crafted to immediately put immigration advocates and other opponents on their heels, his aides say. They view his November win as a mandate to order sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system and said the record influx of unlawful crossings in the first three years of the Biden administration demands bold action.
The move to end birthright citizenship fulfills a goal long held by conservative groups who say too many migrants are crossing into the United States illegally to have U.S. citizen children. Trump’s order would potentially stop the State Department from issuing passports and direct the Social Security Administration to no longer recognize the babies as U.S. citizens, but the incoming official did not go into detail about the practical implications of Trump’s order.

President Joe Biden issued more executive orders related to immigration than any other topic when he took office four years ago — directives aimed at reversing many of the same policies Trump is putting back in place.

Joe still doesn’t seem to know what’s going on.

i think these are legitimate questions since he has flirted publicly with doing both.

Beth could have canned Fran last year and hired DeVries. Instead . . . .

West Virginia held ISU to 1-17 from three. That's 5.9%. Meanwhile, Iowa lets teams shoot 67% and hit 21 threes in ONE game . . . game after game. WV also had 14 steals. They call that "defense," I think.

The attendance in Morgantown was 14,444--or about what Iowa's men draw in 3 or 4 games.

I have no idea if there's any way DeVries could be brought to Iowa City next year, but Beth should be making every effort to make it happen, even if it would be a year late . . .

4D chess.

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President-elect Donald Trump’s handpicked “border czar” Tom Homan said in an interview Saturday that the incoming administration is reconsidering whether to launch immigration raids in Chicago next week after preliminary details leaked out in news reports.

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Homan, the former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Washington Post that the new administration “hasn’t made a decision yet.”

“We’re looking at this leak and will make a decision based on this leak,” Homan said. “It’s unfortunate because anyone leaking law enforcement operations puts officers at greater risk.”
ICE has been planning a large operation in the Chicago area for next week that would start after Inauguration Day and would bring in additional officers to ramp up arrests, according to two current federal officials and a former official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal law enforcement planning.


Homan said he did not know why Chicago “became a focus of attention” and said the incoming administration’s enforcement goals are much broader than one city.
“ICE will start arresting public safety threats and national security threats on day one,” he said. “We’ll be arresting people across the country, uninhibited by any prior administration guidelines. Why Chicago was mentioned specifically, I don’t know.”
“This is nationwide thing,” he added. “We’re not sweeping neighborhoods. We have a targeted enforcement plan.”

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather in Alexandria, Virginia, on October 4, 2022 prepare for a pre-dawn raid. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post)
The Washington Post examined which groups of immigrants could be at higher risk of deportation under the second Trump administration, and what logistical and financial obstacles stand in the way.

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The seesawing reports of possible raids in Chicago can stir up fears that advance the administration’s broader enforcement goals, even if operations are postponed or shifted to other cities. Homan and other Trump aides say they want immigrants living in the United States illegally to once more fear arrest and choose to leave the country on their own, or “self-deport.”


All administrations have made arresting criminals a top priority, and ICE officer teams typically develop target lists of immigrants who have disregarded deportation orders. Officers may also arrest other immigrants who cannot prove they have legal status, a tactic the agency refers to as “collateral arrests.” Biden largely banned such arrests in hopes that Congress would pass a law making undocumented immigrants eligible for citizenship.
Despite Homan’s protestations, he and other incoming Trump officials have said repeatedly that they are planning to immediately switch into enforcement mode, and that any of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States illegally could be a target.
The Wall Street Journal, which was first to report on the possible raid, wrote that Homan said at a holiday party last month in Chicago that the administration would start raids “right here” and threatened to prosecute Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) for harboring undocumented immigrants if he got in the way.


Homan declined to confirm details about a possible deployment in Chicago and said operational plans are left up to regional ICE offices. It would be unusual for an administration to be involved in law enforcement planning operations before the presidential transition is complete, though Homan acknowledged he has engaged in some preliminary discussions about enforcement.
“We just told them: Put your boots on,” Homan said.
News of next week’s raids leaked after the Chicago City Council decisively rejected an effort to allow city police to cooperate with immigration enforcement. “We intend to stand by and protect Chicago’s immigrant communities against threats from ICE,” Johnson said Wednesday after the vote.

In a television appearance on Friday, Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Homan if he was “blowing your cover” by asking him about a “big raid” planned for Chicago next week.

“Or do you want people to know?” Watters mused. “Maybe they can self-deport?”

“There’s going to be a big raid all across the country. Chicago is just one of many places,” Homan said with a short laugh. “ICE is finally going to do their job. We’re going to take the handcuffs off of ICE and let them go arrest criminal aliens. That’s what’s going to happen.”
Homan was one of the nation’s most strident critics against advertising immigration raids ahead of time under the Trump administration in 2018. He called the Oakland, California, mayor “reckless” and “irresponsible” for alerting city residents that ICE was planning a raid when he was the agency’s deputy director.

He noted then that after the report leaked, ICE made 150 arrests but were still missing 864 fugitives.

Asking for a giddy redneck friend.

This is not an anti-Trump post, so get your panties out of mess.

I have often thought, even back when I served, that our country is over the top on this stuff. It is a job. Not a coronation. I couldn't stand the officers that needed everything to be perfect for their promotion ceremonies. You serve the country. The Country does not serve you.


Seems like a gigantic waste of funds and resources.

Trump should say “I’m back!”

jo and his band of anti-American marxist pirates are leaving us $37,000,000,000,000 in the hole! Where will this number be four years from today? >

When you think about the popularity of firearms in the United States, it won’t come as any surprise to learn that semi-automatic rifles are among the most popular. Whether it’s for collecting, self-defense, or hunting, these guns have exploded in popularity over the last 20 years thanks to the end of a 10-year assault rifle ban enacted by President Bill Clinton in the 1990s.

It's probably not going to come as a surprise, but there are approximately 20 million AR-15-style rifles in the United States. There is no question that the semi-auto rifle has proven immensely popular, even when you consider it's still a fraction of the approximately 393 million guns in the hands of US residents in 2025. Even with the Biden Administration proposing a buyback plan to remove assault rifles from the street, it's unlikely any such program would work.
10. FNH SCAR

• Approx. base price: $3,699
• Chambered in: 5.56x45mm, 6.5 Creedmoor, 7.62x51mm

9. Ruger AR-556

• Approx. base price: $1,019
• Chambered in: 5.56x45mm, .450 Bushmaster, .350 Legend, .223 Wylde, .300 BLK

8. Colt M4 Carbine

• Approx. base price: $849
• Chambered in: .223 Rem, 5.56x45mm

7. Browning BAR Rifle

• Approx. base price: $1,230
• Chambered in: .243 Win, .308 Win, .270 WSM, .270 Win, .30-06, 7mm Rem Mag, 7mm-08, .300 Win Mag, .25-06 Rem

6. Smith & Wesson M&P15

• Approx. base price: $489
• Chambered in: .22 LR, 5.56x45mm, 6mm ARC

5. Zastava Arms ZPAP

• Approx. base price: $1,100
• Chambered in: 7.62x39mm, 5.56x45mm

4. Springfield Armory M1A

• Approx. base price: $1,770
• Chambered in: .308 Win., 6.5 Creedmoor

3. Springfield Armory Saint

• Approx. base price: $1,023
• Chambered in: 5.56x45mm

2. Ruger Mini-14

• Approx. base price: $1,259
• Chambered in: 5.56x45mm, 7.62x39mm

1. Ruger 10/22

• Approx. base price: $379
• Chambered in: .22 LR

Rico currently has 4 that made the list, I sold one that did not make the list to a patriot friend who was going hog hunting in Texas.

I fully expect the price to drop on most firearms after Trump gets sworn in as he has zero plans to infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights.

Tomorrow is:

MLK Day

Inauguration Day

CFP National Championship Game Day

National Cheese Lover's Day

National Disc Jockey Day

National Buttercrunch Day

Blue Monday

Brew Monday

Camcorder Day

Elementary School Teacher's Day

International Day of Acceptance

National Crowd Feed Day

National Day of Service

National Bill Cosby Sweater Day

National Charlie Day

National Claudia Day

National Judy Day

National Sebastian Day

Penguin Awareness Day

National Coffee Break Day

Robert E. Lee Day - January 20, 2025 (States of AL, AR, MS)

Take a Walk Outdoors Day

Whew! That's a lot to pack in....