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TENSIONS ARE RISING...
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Hasan Abi • Feb 4, 2026

TENSIONS ARE RISING...

Republican Senator Warns Noem to Keep ICE Center Out of His State
New Republic • Feb 4, 2026

Republican Senator Warns Noem to Keep ICE Center Out of His State

A Republican senator wants Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and ICE to stay out of his state.Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker has come out against a proposed ICE detention facility in Byhalia, noting that the facility’s construction in the small town would not give the community anything in return.“While I support the enforcement of immigration law, I write to express my opposition to this acquisition and the proposed detention center,” he wrote in his letter to Noem Wednesday. “This site is currently positioned for economic development purposes.... Converting this industrial asset into an ICE detention center forecloses economic growth opportunities and replaces them with a use that does not generate comparable economic returns or community benefits.”Wicker also noted “serious feasibility concerns” like water and energy costs and medical care. “Existing medical and human services infrastructure in Byhalia is insufficient to support such a large detainee population. Establishing a detention center at this site would place significant strain on local resources,” he continued.Wicker’s rejection reaffirms reports of discontent among red states that are being forced to become proving grounds for immigration raids on the whims of the Trump administration. It also comes as multiple Democratic states and cities, including Maryland and California, have moved to place greater restrictions on the actions of federal immigration agents.

IHIP News: Trump ADMITS He's "Taking Over Elections" in CHILLING New THREAT to Use ICE at the Polls!
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I've Had It Podcast • Feb 4, 2026

IHIP News: Trump ADMITS He's "Taking Over Elections" in CHILLING New THREAT to Use ICE at the Polls!

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Caught in Blatant Lie to Congress
New Republic • Feb 4, 2026

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Caught in Blatant Lie to Congress

Democratic Representative Maxine Waters caught Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a clear and obvious lie during a congressional hearing. “Did you write a letter to investors raising concerns about the impact of tariffs, writing that ‘tariffs are inflationary’? Did you say that at that time, yes or no?” Waters asked. “Uh, no,” Bessent replied. “OK … we have a New York Times article that agrees that you said that,” Waters said.“Great, New York Times,” Bessent said, smiling. WATERS: Did you write a letter to investors raising concerns about the impact of tariffs, writing that 'tariffs are inflationary'?BESSENT: Uh .... noWATERS: We have a New York Times article that agrees you said thatBESSENT: Great. New York Times. pic.twitter.com/eJdKPzy8hN— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 4, 2026Waters continued:“Last summer, when you testified before a Senate committee, you said, and I quote, ‘There is no inflation. Tariffs are not being passed on to consumers.’ You were quite definitive, and even claimed that critics had ‘tariff derangement syndrome,’” she said. “Well, those comments are at odds with the statement you made to investors that tariffs are inflationary.... Are tariffs inflationary? Yes or no?”“According to the San Francisco Federal Reserve … tariffs do not cause inflation,” Bessent said. Bessent may have very well perjured himself, given the letter he claimed doesn’t exist certainly does. In that January 2024 letter, which Semafor’s Eleanor Mueller first highlighted, Bessent wrote: “Tariffs are inflationary and would strengthen the dollar--hardly a good starting point for a US industrial renaissance.” He then goes on to argue that Trump will weaken the dollar to “make US manufacturing competitive.”Bessent attacked The New York Times to distract from Waters’s question, as if nothing reported about him in the paper could possibly be true. When asked to clarify, Bessent stated that if he even said that tariffs were inflationary, he was wrong. This is all part of an effort to shield the average American from the harsh reality that they, not other countries, are shouldering most of the economic burdens of Trump’s tariff wars.“Not only did he lie, but his advice was horrible on every level,” Representative Sean Casten commented. “Under Trump and Bessent they have imposed tariffs, overseen a collapse in the US dollar and delivered a collapse in US manufacturing jobs.”CASTEN: I want to read you a quote -- 'tariffs are inflationary and would strengthen the dollar.' Do you recognize it?BESSENT: You're referring to a letter a wrote. Tariffs could be inflationaryCASTEN: No no. It says 'tariffs are inflationary.' Do you want to correct the… pic.twitter.com/bUXWHrsPLK— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 4, 2026

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