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A Somali woman alleging racial profiling and wrongful detention by ICE described her cultural identity at a news conference:

“Being Somali is more than bananas and rice, it’s a lot, it’s uh… it’s kind of like bananas and rice.”

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The U.S. House rejected an amendment to eliminate $1.3 billion in earmarks from the Labor-HHS appropriations bill, that included funding for organizations associated with DEI initiatives, gender-affirming care for minors, and reproductive health services. Seventy-six Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the amendment. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Federal agents arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa Allen, and William Kelly in Minnesota for their alleged roles in organizing an attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, U.S. Attorney General Bondi announced. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Enrollment of Indian nationals in U.S. universities dropped 75% in 2025, largely due to increased difficulty in obtaining student visas and revocation of existing visas under the Trump administration. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

A state judge declared New York's GOP-heavy 11th Congressional District unconstitutional Wednesday, ruling it dilutes black and Latino voting power in Staten Island and Brooklyn. The court ordered the redistricting commission to submit a new map by Feb. 6. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

President Donald Trump, at the World Economic Forum, said without U.S. involvement in World War II, “without us, right now you'd all be speaking German and a little Japanese perhaps.” ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Trump signs executive order restricting large Wall Street/institutional investors from buying single-family homes to boost family homeownership and affordability. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

President Trump said his administration is showing "a lot of heart" to undocumented immigrants without criminal records who hold jobs, while only prioritizing deportations of violent criminals. ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Australia's Parliament has passed controversial “hate speech” laws allowing the government to ban organizations that promote “hate” or “extremism”, even without criminal convictions. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Federal agents have arrested more than 3,000 illegal immigrants in Minnesota since the start of their operation, including many convicted of homicide and sexual assault, despite ongoing protests against ICE. ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Virginia Democrats introduced a bill requiring ballot scanners to count machine-readable ballots in Virginia elections and prohibiting hand-counting of ballots. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Ghazala Hashmi, Virginia's new lieutenant governor, was sworn in on a Quran. Hashmi was born in India and immigrated to the United States as a child, becoming a U.S. citizen through her father's visa. ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Trump administration discusses granting asylum to British Jews fleeing rising antisemitism in UK, per Trump’s personal lawyer Robert Garson, who told The Telegraph the UK is "no longer safe" for Jews. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Two battalions of the 11th Airborne Division have been placed on alert for possible deployment to Minnesota. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Conservative activist Jake Lang was assaulted by a leftist mob during anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis. Lang suffered head wounds requiring staples, called out the mayor for ordering police to stand down, and urged President Trump to deploy the National Guard. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

An Israeli alien wanted by ICE for felony aggravated assault was arrested at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Kansas City, Missouri, after staff spotted the warrant during background checks for an interview. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says ICE may require people near targeted enforcement actions to prove their citizenship, as operations focus on specific individuals and agents assess those in the vicinity to determine immigration status. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

DOJ launches investigative probe into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for conspiring to obstruct ICE agents amid massive deportation push and anti-ICE protests. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Australian nationalist leader Thomas Sewell launched a crowdfunding effort to challenge the new "hate speech" and "hate group" laws in court. On its first day, the fundraiser raised more than $100,000. Link: https://www.givesendgo.com/FreeSpeechAustralia/ ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow

Department of Housing and Urban Development has launched a civil rights probe into Minneapolis over race-based housing policies that prioritize non-Whites and immigrants, allegedly discriminating against Whites under the Fair Housing Act. 🔗 Source ⚡️ @FolkishObserver | 📱 Follow | 📱 Follow