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Jesse Kelly of “The First” talked about the importance of mass deportations. He explained that in order to save the US, it is necessary to deport as many illegal aliens as possible.
The reason why the Democrats are fighting so hard to keep illegals in the United States is so they can hold on to power. The Marxists and communists cannot succeed without them.
Kelly also explained that propaganda is one of the tools being used by the left to sway the American people in an attempt to change their minds toward keeping illegals in the US.
“What has happened with mass deportation? What isn’t happening?” Kelly asked.
“Last year, over 2 million deportations. I saw a graph this morning. I think it was the New York Times. Don’t quote me on that. A graph this morning showing the major metropolitan areas, all of them, negative net migration,” Kelly continued.
“Mass deportation is necessary to save the United States of America. If we massively deport foreigners, we will save this country. And if we don’t massively deport foreigners, we can’t,” Kelly said.
“We cannot possibly stop the communists from conquering everything if all these foreigners stay here, and we get more foreigners in this country,” Kelly warned.
“So far after the first year, the Trump administration has done well. Now, I have heard the same rumors and rumblings that you have heard that they are a little worried about the poll numbers, and they are a little worried about the image,” Kelly said.
“I have not seen any backing off, but I have heard the exact same rumors you have,” Kelly continued.
“I warned you about the propaganda,” Kelly said.
Kelly showed a flashback video of his show explaining how the propaganda will be directly aimed at the citizens. They will use it to manipulate people’s emotions.
“You still see it all the time. Look at this crying kid. They sent his dad away,” Kelly explained how propaganda is being used.
Clips were shown of leftists lying about the Trump administration’s tactics. They made up false narratives to sway public opinion.
“The reason you are hearing rumblings and rumors that the Trump administration may be backing away, and we don’t know that yet is because propaganda works,” Kelly explained.
“Propaganda is a thing because it is effective and it has always been effective because human beings like you and like me, we are affected by what goes into our eyes and ears. None of us are robots,” Kelly continued.
“You cannot massively import foreign barbarians and save the United States of America. It’s not possible. It’s a simple numbers game,” Kelly said.
“If we get these foreigners out of our country, and keep them out of our country, the United States of America is going to get better and better, and better and better, and we are going to find that the communists can’t win elections anymore,” Kelly said.
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U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 27. The America-class amphibious assault ship serves as the flagship for the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group / 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit composed of about 3,500 Sailors and Marines in addition to transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets. (via CENTCOM on X)
Thousands of Marines and Sailors have arrived in the Arabian Sea on board the USS Tripoli amphibious assault ship, carrying fighter jets, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets.
CENTCOM announced on X,
U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 27. The America-class amphibious assault ship serves as the flagship for the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group / 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit composed of about 3,500 Sailors and Marines in addition to transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets.

U.S. Sailors and Marines aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7) arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 27. The America-class amphibious assault ship serves as the flagship for the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group / 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit composed of about… pic.twitter.com/JFWiPBbkd2
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 28, 2026

Fox reports that “nearly 2,000 Marines” are on the ship with fighter jets and gun ship helicopters. Additionally, the USS George H.W. Bush Aircraft Carrier is expected to depart from Norfolk, Virginia, next week.
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This comes as President Trump reportedly considers sending an additional 10,000 ground troops to the Middle East, while he says “talks are ongoing” with Iran. Earlier this week, the Pentagon moved 1,500 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to Iran.
The Wall Street Journal reports,
The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning said.
The force, which would likely include infantry and armored vehicles, would be added to the roughly 5,000 Marines and the thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division who have already been ordered to the region.
It is unclear where precisely forces will go in the Middle East, but they will likely be within striking distance of Iran and Kharg Island, a crucial oil export hub off Iran’s coast.
Meanwhile, President Trump announced that he is giving Iran until Monday, April 6, to open the Strait of Hormuz, citing ongoing negotiations with Iran.
Previously, Trump threatened to “hit and obliterate their various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST” if they did not open the Strait.
MORE:
President Trump Pauses Iranian Energy Plant Destruction, Announces New Deadline
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We sure dodged a bullet.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz delivered remarks at the “No Kings” protest at the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday.
“No Kings” protests erupted across the country on Saturday.
Organizers of the protests claimed that 9 million people would participate in more than 3,000 events across the US.
But the protests were a major flop.
Most of the No Kings protestors are old white liberal women.
Tim Walz trashed President Trump and pledged his allegiance to the Somali pirates in Minnesota.
“We’ll never leave the side of Somali Minnesotans. Here’s our pledge to you: your great-grandchildren will be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history!” Tim Walz shouted.
“We’re damn sure about this. We need no damn kings! But we do need a boss,” Walz shouted before introducing Bruce Springsteen to the stage.
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The Health and Human Services Department last year announced it is freezing all childcare payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud.
Somali healthcare and daycare scammers may have stolen more than $9 billion in taxpayer money in Minnesota.
Tim Walz previously blamed white men for the widespread fraud in the Somali community.
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  Attorney Jonathan Gross was there for Jan 6ers when they needed a hand.  The following is from Jan 6er Ben Kaxton – aka Tommy Tatum News: There are moments … Read more
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On Friday J. D. Vance told Benny Johnson in their interview that radical leftist congresswoman Ilhan Omar committed immigration fraud. Vance promised the White House will go after Ilhan for her crimes.

BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance Officially CONFIRMS that Rep. Ilhan Omar Committed Immigration Fraud:
“Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America”
The VP says the White House is going to “go after” Omar for these crimes.
“What… pic.twitter.com/01Kwd3kKMR
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 27, 2026

The Gateway Pundit has been reporting on Ilhan’s alleged immigration fraud since 2019.
Do Americans know the story on how Ilhan Omar made it into the United States?  In July 2019 we reported on Omar’s father Nur Said. 
Here is what we reported:
David Steinberg published an extensive report on the alleged crimes and history of Rep. Ilhan Omar and the “Omar” family.
In his report, David found that the Omar family changed their name in order to enter the United States.
Via PowerLineBlog:
In 1995, Ilhan entered the United States as a fraudulent member of the “Omar” family.
That is not her family. The Omar family is a second, unrelated family which was being granted asylum by the United States. The Omars allowed Ilhan, her genetic sister Sahra, and her genetic father Nur Said to use false names to apply for asylum as members of the Omar family.
Ilhan’s genetic family split up at this time. The above three received asylum in the United States, while Ilhan’s three other siblings — using their real names — managed to get asylum in the United Kingdom.
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar’s name, before applying for asylum, was Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.
Her father’s name before applying for asylum was Nur Said Elmi Mohamed. Her sister Sahra Noor’s name before applying for asylum was Sahra Nur Said Elmi. Her three siblings who were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
Power Line also included this graphic on the Omar Elmi family.

This ties in to The Gateway Pundit’s previous report by Joe Hoft on Ilhan Omar’s father.

Far Left Communist Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar’s father and other Somalian war crimes perpetrators are currently living illegally in the United States.
The Gateway Pundit obtained information that is damning for Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed (aka Nur Said Elmi Mohamed), is connected to the former dictator in Somalia, Said Barre.  Nur and other former Barre accomplices are living in the US illegally.

Omar’s father Mohamed, is living in the US.  He and other Somalians like Yusuf Abdi Ali, who killed thousands for Barre, escaped to the West and were not vetted properly before entering the country.  Barre was a dictator and was connected to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro as well as other dictators around the globe.

Ali is a convicted war criminal who did the killing himself.  Ali has been located in the US working as security at Dulles International Airport and driving for Uber in 2019.  He reportedly lived at one time in Alexandria, Virginia.  Ali was a Colonel in the Somalian Army’s 5th Mechanized Brigade in 1987 and was a graduate of the Pentagon’s Program for Foreign Officers in 1986.  He’s also a war criminal in response to his actions in Somalia.

Nur, Representative Omar’s father, appears to have been a party propagandist under the dictator and was responsible for ‘ideological’ aspects of the Red-Green revolution.  (He worked for the Marxist/Stalinist regime under dictator Baare as a teacher of teachers.) This could have included providing the ideological/political justification for the massacres of the late eighties.
It is not a secret that Ilhan Omar’s father illegally entered the United States.
The Nur family was well connected in the country led by the Marxist regime.  Young Omar went to kindergarten at age four, their family lived in a secure compound in Mogadishu.  When the regime was overtaken, the family caught a plane to escape the country.  The average GDP per capita in Somalia was only $187 dollars in 2010 twenty years after they fled the country when the regime fell. Obviously, Nur’s family was a privileged family.
According to a 2016 article on Omar, when the Marxist regime was being overtaken the secure compound that the family lived in was under attack by 20 armed men, somehow the family escaped.  It is not clear how.  Either the family had superior armed guards within their compound or they bribed the attackers and sent them on their way (or the story is a complete fabrication).

Both Ali and Nur escaped Somalia after the fall of Barre.  Because they were no longer safe there and would have been put on trial and shot if caught, they exited the country. Both ended up in the US and both hid the fact that they worked for a totalitarian regime. Both lied on their Form N-400, Application for Naturalization about their communist background.  (They had to or they wouldn’t be here.)
As you can see below:
The Immigration and Nationality Act (I.N.A.) contains a prohibition on naturalization for anyone involved, within the last ten years, with a group that advocates or teaches opposition to all organized government; or involved with the Communist Party or any other totalitarian party of the U.S. or any foreign state; or who advocates world communism or totalitarian dictatorship even without formal group membership. (See I.N.A. Section 313).”
Both Nur and Yusuf should be disqualified from permanent US residency and a revocation of their US citizenship should take place.
Representative Omar reportedly lied after she married her brother in order to assist him in obtaining US citizenship.
This would obviously disqualify Omar and her brother from legal citizenship.
It looks like illegal citizenship is all in the family for Omar and her family.  Like father, like daughter (like son).
Hat Tip Yaacov Apelbaum
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Republican Steve Hilton, currently the top-polling candidate for CA governor. Screencap of YouTube video.
In 2017, on the same day that Donald Trump was first sworn in as president, the Washington Post ran a story with the headline “The Campaign to Impeach President Trump has begun.”

FLASHBACK: 19 minutes after Trump was inaugurated this was the headline in the Washington Post… pic.twitter.com/vl9KVBVqXh
— @amuse (@amuse) January 5, 2025

That’s right, the people on the left who have been telling all of us for years that Trump doesn’t respect our democracy or accept election results are dealing purely in projection. That headline, coupled with their behavior ever since proves it.
Now, they might prove it to us all over again in California.
A columnist for the Los Angeles Times named Steve Lopez is promising that if a Republican wins the race for governor in California (GASP), that an effort to recall that person will begin immediately.
These people are not even waiting to lose elections anymore. They’re just telling us that they will never, ever accept Republican leaders, even if the voters choose them.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Yes, a Republican could be California’s next governor. And a recall would begin immediately
Once upon a time in California, I went to the Orange County fairgrounds to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger give the signal for a wrecking ball to drop onto a vehicle.
The audience went wild, and Schwarzenegger went on to become governor and deliver on his promise to roll back a car tax increase, thereby blowing a $4-billion hole in the state budget.
I think it’s fair to say that in the current gubernatorial campaign season, the excitement level is several decibels below what we experienced in 2003. But once again, it’s fair to say we’ve not seen anything quite like this year’s derby…
To break that down, eight Democrats and two Republicans are running in the primary, and here’s the craziest thing about that:
The two Republicans could be the top two vote-getters because the Democrats have arranged themselves into a circular firing squad. While the Dems scramble for votes in the June 2 primary, the two Republicans lead in the polls because they’re splitting the GOP vote, and under the rules of the top-two primary, they could face off in the November election.
Lopez fantasizes about how the recall effort would take shape, should a Republican win:
A wealthy Democratic donor could bankroll the recall campaign, Stutzman said. Or public employee unions might put up the money, given that a Republican winner is likely to create a state version of Elon Musk’s ham-handed attempt to fire nearly everyone on the federal payroll.
“The pitch,” Stutzman said of the recall strategy in an email, would be that “Trump still looms and CA must resist, and a GOP gov is a fluke of weird election law. Difficult to imagine it wouldn’t succeed.”
The most amazing thing about this column is that it barely even touches on why a Republican could win the election. California is losing population for the first time in history. The state has the highest taxes in the country. People are still struggling to rebuild their homes from wildfires that happened more than a year ago. Even the entertainment industry is deserting California.
Instead of focusing on this, the columnists entire premise boils down to: Here’s how we can make sure a Democrat wins and how we can sabotage the winning Republican if it comes down to that.
Doesn’t California have bigger problems than the idea that a Republican might win the election?
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The White House on Friday revealed the reason for several cryptic social media posts.
Late Wednesday night the White House posted a mysterious video – then quickly deleted it, sparking a buzz.
“Should I be worried?” one X user said.
“Blink twice if you’ve been hacked,” another said.
X users pointed out that it sounded like White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saying, “It’s launching soon, right?”
A male voices responds, “Yes.”
WATCH:

Strange video posted earlier by the White House on X, possibly accidentally, in which a female individual, potentially Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, can be heard saying, “It’s launching soon right?” pic.twitter.com/D3XUhUNxAQ
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 26, 2026

The White House posted another video later Wednesday night with a phone ping notification sound.
WATCH:

pic.twitter.com/i89MGSQnHs
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 26, 2026

On Thursday afternoon, the White House posted a pixilated photo.

pic.twitter.com/cWPlKvw2ZO
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 26, 2026

The White House announced the launch of a new app that can be downloaded on App Store or Google Play:
Today, the White House launched its powerful new official mobile app — delivering President Donald J. Trump and his Administration directly to the American people like never before. This new app offers Americans a direct line to the White House — cutting through the noise with unfiltered, real-time updates straight from the source.
With the official White House app, Americans can:

Receive breaking news alerts on major announcements, executive actions, and other key priorities.
Watch live streams of briefings, speeches, and historic moments as they happen.
Dive into a dynamic media library packed with highlights.
Stay connected on the latest policy breakthroughs.
Send your voice and feedback directly to the Administration.

Real-time updates, live video, stunning photos, and smart push notifications — all in the palm of your hand.
From the Oval Office straight to your phone, the official White House app is the fastest, most powerful way to stay informed and engaged with the Trump Administration.
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Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert explains why thy last weekend’s “No Kings” rallies were made up of ‘educated’ white women. Credit: Fox News screenshot
Last fall, when the utterly pointless ‘No Kings’ protests were first happening, a New York psychotherapist named Jonathan Alpert criticized them by noting that they were mostly made up of ‘educated white women.’ Whether or not he knew it at the time, he was referring to AWFLs (Affluent White Female Liberals.)
This weekend, the ‘No Kings’ folks are coming back for another bite at the apple. No one knows exactly what they expect to accomplish, other than continuing their years-long temper tantrum over the presidency of Donald Trump, but they will be in public spaces all over the country tomorrow, waving signs and screaming dumb, meaningless slogans.
In anticipation of this, psychotherapist named Jonathan Alpert has returned, and has written a column about these protests, which he calls ‘bad group therapy.’ It’s just perfect.
He writes at the Wall Street Journal:
‘No Kings’: Politics as Bad Group Therapy
After a “No Kings” rally last October, I was walking through the area and paused to read the signs. A woman asked me, “Aren’t these great?”
“I don’t know,” I replied. “I kind of like some of Trump’s policies.”
“Well, f— you then.”
The No Kings rallies are set to return Saturday—the third such round in the past year—built around a slogan that suggests Americans are living under something closer to tyranny than democracy. It’s a striking claim for a country that fought a revolution to overthrow a king and hasn’t had one since. Still, it’s revealing. It reflects a broader shift in how political disagreement is understood—not as a clash of views, but as a struggle between victims and villains.
The U.S. remains what it has long been: a contentious, often frustrating democracy shaped by competing interests and imperfect leadership. But describing it in more dramatic terms raises the emotional stakes. It transforms ordinary political conflict into something more absolute—and more psychologically satisfying.
In my work as a psychotherapist, I’ve seen a parallel change in how people interpret their personal lives. Feelings are increasingly treated not as signals to examine but as conclusions to affirm. Discomfort is no longer something to work through but something to explain—often by projecting blame onto an external source. This mindset doesn’t stay in the therapy room. It has begun to shape political life, and the No Kings rallies offer a framework that favors affirmation over scrutiny: a clean moral narrative in which there are those who are wronged, and those responsible for the wrongdoing.
That is a perfect summation of what is happening.
In the last few years, you may have heard people describe shows like Colbert and Kimmel as ‘late night group therapy for libs.’
The ‘No Kings’ protests are merely an extension of that same premise. These people feel like they just have to ‘do something’ in order to make themselves feel better about the fact that Trump’s 2024 victory means they are actually in the minority and that no one is listening to them.
Because they aren’t.
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Screencap of Twitter/X video.
Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington State wants American citizens to pay reparations to illegal aliens in the country over the supposed ‘trauma’ they have suffered because of ICE. She also wants everyone involved in the deportations to be ‘held accountable’ by which she means prosecuted and possibly jailed.
Has everyone on the political left lost their ever-loving minds?
Less than a decade ago, Obama’s sycophants in the media called him the ‘deporter in chief,’ a nickname that was supposed to signify how tough and practical he was. Democrats back then had no problems with ICE, deportations or our immigration laws because one of theirs was in charge.
Today, we get this madness.
Townhall reports:
Progressive Congresswoman and member of The Squad, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), called for “some form of reparation” to be paid to illegal immigrants for the alleged “trauma” inflicted by ICE agents during President Trump’s nationwide deportation campaign.
It remains astonishing that Democrats label funding the Department of Homeland Security and its agencies as a waste of taxpayer dollars, yet have no issue using public funds to provide reparations to individuals who broke the law by entering the country illegally.
“We need real accountability, because at the end of the day, the people that have been inflicting this harm need to be prosecuted,” Jayapal said. “They need to be brought before us, and they need to be held account for the trauma that they have created, and we are going to have to have some form of reparation.”
See the video below:

Rep Pramila Jayapal is now calling for taxpayer funded reparations for illegals
It’s not enough that Democrats already gave them taxpayer funded housing, health insurance, SNAP, education, and debit cards.
They now also want to pay them for invading us pic.twitter.com/QAMjF18dG7
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 27, 2026

It is important to remember that so many moments like this from Jayapal and others in her party are merely performative. They have a constant need to show the Democrat base that they are even further to the left than the Democrat sitting next to them.
It is still damaging however, to the country and our politics because it sets a precedent. Now, everyone who comes after Jayapal will have to go even further, suggesting something even more outlandish in order to prove their true progressive values.
In the meantime, the best solution is ridicule, which is exactly what Jayapal deserves for even suggesting this incredibly stupid and insulting idea.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio might be the United States’ top diplomat, but there was nothing diplomatic in his language on Friday.
During a meeting with reporters at the end of a foreign ministers summit in France, Rubio was asked about a statement by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describing security guarantees the U.S. has offered in talks to end the Russian war in Ukraine.
Rubio’s response was blunt to the point of insult.

REPORTER: Did the US tell Zelensky that security guarantees depend on withdrawing from Donbas?
SECRETARY RUBIO: That’s a lie, and I saw him say that, and it’s unfortunate he would say that because he knows that’s not true. That’s not what he was told. pic.twitter.com/9SygxeFXWA
— Dylan Johnson (@ASDylanJohnson) March 27, 2026

A reporter had asked Rubio to comment on Zelenskyy statements reported Thursday by Reuters, in which the Ukrainian president said U.S. security guarantees depended on Ukraine withdrawing its forces from the Donbas region in Ukraine’s east — the scene of heavy fighting between Russian invaders and Ukrainian defenders.
In effect, Zelenskyy said the U.S. was pressuring Ukraine to surrender its territory in exchange for American support against future Russian aggression.
“That’s a lie,” Rubio said. “And I saw him say that, and it’s unfortunate he would say that, ’cause he knows that’s not true, and it’s not what he was told.
“What he was told is the obvious: Security guarantees are not going to kick in until there’s an end to a war. Because, otherwise, you’re getting yourself involved in a war …
“What he was told very clearly, and he should have understood it, is that the security guarantees come only after there is an end to the war.
“That was not attached to, ‘unless he gives up territory.’ I don’t know why he says these things. They’re just not true.”
The blowup is the latest battle between Zelenskyy and the Trump administration. That relationship has experienced some rocky moments since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
At that point, the war in Ukraine, which started in February 2022, had been raging for almost three years.
The friction came to a head a year ago, with a televised White House clash between Zelenskyy, Trump, and Vice President J.D. Vance that saw Zelenskyy actually booted from the White House.
Since then, the two sides have worked together. However, with the Trump White House now occupied with military action against Iran, Ukraine-Russia talks might well have a lower priority than they did when Trump took office.
“The Middle East definitely has an impact on President Trump, and I think on his next steps. President Trump, unfortunately, in my opinion, still chooses a strategy of putting more pressure on the Ukrainian side,” Zelenskyy told Reuters.
In his remarks Friday, Rubio made it clear that the U.S. isn’t making Ukraine’s decisions for it.
“We’ve told the Ukrainian side what the Russians are insisting on,” he said, according to The Associated Press.
“We’re not advocating for it. We’ve explained it to them. It’s their choice to make. It’s not for us to make for them. We’ve never told them they have to take it or leave it.
“The role we have played is to try to figure out what both sides want, and see if we can bridge the middle ground.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
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