The Justice Department just charged 15 members and associates of a Minneapolis group accused of running an organized campaign against federal immigration officers. The case goes far beyond a protest charge. It is a federal indictment built around stalking, threats, assault, and conspiracy. The group is called Direct Action Minnesota, or DAMN, and prosecutors say it was dedicated to obstructing federal law and immigration enforcement. President Trump’s administration is making the point loudly that targeting ICE agents is a crime, not activism. U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen announces charges against 15 Antifa lunatics who violently obstructed ICE operations in Minneapolis. "Today's charges and arrests reflect a broad federal effort to address organized, lawless behavior which seeks to obstruct the execution of federal law." pic.twitter.com/BI6yPIwkKv — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 16, 2026 The Justice Department announced the charges on June 16, 2026, describing DAMN as a Minneapolis-based direct-action outfit with Antifa ties. DOJ said 15 members and associates were charged in an eight-count indictment. The charges include conspiracy to impede a federal officer, multiple counts of interstate stalking, interstate threats, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, multiple counts of assault on a federal officer, and destruction of government property. That range matters because prosecutors are alleging organized conduct, not a single disorderly scene. Homeland Security Investigations ran a coordinated operation over the prior 24 hours and arrested 12 DAMN members, according to DOJ. Two were at large and one was already in federal custody on separate charges. DOJ said the case was investigated by HSI and tied to Joint Task Force Vanguard, the federal effort focused on groups that use violence or threats to achieve political ends. The indictment remains an allegation, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. The indictment describes hard and soft blockades, Signal group chats, vehicle identification, surveillance, and commuting tactics built to interfere with federal immigration enforcement. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called it an unrelenting campaign of harassment and violence aimed at federal and local law enforcement. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there would be zero tolerance for violence against law enforcement, and that anyone who assaults or obstructs officers will face consequences. U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen said the direct actions described in the indictment are un-American and would be met with swift justice. That is the right frame. Following an agent’s car and surveilling his movements is not free speech. U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen outlines the violent, highly organized tactics this Minneapolis-based Antifa organization uses to intimidate people, target law enforcement, and disrupt lawful ICE operations. The Trump Administration is holding these lunatics accountable. https://t.co/ce5yjgeRbx pic.twitter.com/80fb4K7mGT — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 16, 2026 The White House tied the Minnesota case to a wider effort on June 17, 2026, framing the charges as part of President Trump’s campaign to disrupt Antifa-linked political violence. The release pointed back to the president’s designation of Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization last year. The White House said that designation was followed by a directive to use federal power to hunt down, disrupt, and dismantle violent anarchist networks. In the administration’s telling, Minneapolis is one chapter in a much larger law-enforcement push. It also pointed to Antifa-related enforcement actions in Oregon, Texas, Washington, New Jersey, California, and Indiana. The list included arrests, charges, convictions, alleged attacks on ICE facilities, and a California bombing plot targeting businesses, ICE agents, vehicles, and other sites. That is the pattern Minnesota fits into. The White House is arguing that attacks on immigration enforcement are being handled as a national public-safety threat, not as scattered local unrest. For years the people running these networks operated like the rules did not apply to them. Block a federal officer, track his vehicle, threaten his family, and walk away as a brave protester. The difference now is that prosecutors are naming names and filing felony counts. Organized violence aimed at the men and women enforcing immigration law is finally being treated as organized crime. That is what law and order looks like when it is taken seriously. The post President Trump’s DOJ Charges 15 In Antifa Network Accused Of Targeting ICE appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump just made a move at the top of the intelligence world that is hard for the usual critics to attack. On June 16, 2026, the White House announced that the president nominated Jay Clayton to serve as Director of National Intelligence. Clayton is no cable-news pundit or think-tank lifer. He is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In other words, the president is putting a working prosecutor into the slot that sits on top of America’s spy agencies. Good meeting with Jay Clayton this evening, who has been nominated by the President to serve as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI). I first met Jay in my role on the Banking committee when he was going through his confirmation to serve as SEC chairman. I believe… pic.twitter.com/QDYQDiJaOl — Senator Mike Rounds (@SenatorRounds) June 15, 2026 The most interesting part of this nomination is who is praising it. The White House said the Clayton pick is drawing broad acclaim, and it backed that up with names. The June 16 release framed the nomination around Clayton’s prosecutorial work, financial-regulatory background, and record inside high-pressure federal institutions. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have moved fast on the president’s nominees and will do the same for Clayton. That matters because the Director of National Intelligence job sits at the center of the intelligence community, not in some ceremonial corner of government. Sen. Tom Cotton, who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, called Clayton an excellent choice and said the committee will quickly process the nomination. Cotton also pointed to Clayton’s experience combating national security threats in New York. Then the names stop being predictable. The White House release also highlighted praise from lawmakers who are harder for the usual anti-Trump chorus to dismiss out of hand. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, said he has known and respected Clayton for many years and views him as a capable public servant. Rep. Jim Himes, another Democrat, said he has known Clayton for decades and that the Senate should evaluate and confirm him quickly. That kind of cross-aisle reaction makes the smear campaign harder to launch. It is tough to paint a man as a danger to the republic when senior Democrats are vouching for his character on the record. Cotton’s point about Clayton’s national-security experience has real backing. As the top federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Clayton sat over one of the busiest law-enforcement perches in the country. The Justice Department describes Clayton as a man with extensive experience across the public and private sectors. The same bio notes that he served as SEC chairman from May 2017 to December 2020. During his run at the SEC, the agency prioritized retail investors and expanding access to investment opportunities. That is the record of someone who knows how to chase fraud, follow money, and run a complex enforcement operation. The DOJ bio also gives the nomination a broader frame. Clayton is being sold as someone who has worked at the intersection of markets, law enforcement, national security, and institutional management. The president has trusted Clayton before. That earlier Senate-vetted service is part of why this nomination is harder to dismiss as reckless. SEC’s public historical record says Clayton was nominated by President Trump on Jan. 20, 2017, and sworn in as SEC chairman that May. This is a familiar Trump personnel move: elevate someone who has already survived Senate scrutiny once, then put him into a job that touches every threat aimed at the homeland. Strong Intelligence Community leadership is essential to protecting the Homeland and ensuring that the intelligence community is working for the American people. I believe @potus made a great choice in nominating Jay Clayton to serve as Director of National Intelligence.… — Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) June 15, 2026 Put it all together and you see a confident personnel play. President Trump is moving a seasoned prosecutor and former regulator into the intelligence chair, the Senate Republicans are signaling speed, and even a couple of Democrats are saying the quiet part out loud. The fight over Clayton will still happen, because everything in Washington becomes a fight. But the president picked a nominee whose résumé does the arguing for him. What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE The post President Trump’s DNI Pick Draws Praise Democrats Can’t Easily Dismiss appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

After a series of stops and starts in recent days, the White House confirmed on Sunday that oil tankers are once again passing through the Strait of Hormuz as a tenuous deal remains underway to bring an end to the military operation in Iran. As The Hill reported, the latest update came from Energy Secretary Chris Wright: The Trump administration official said 67 ships went through the strait on Saturday, a slight increase from 55 on Friday as the U.S. military escorts vessels through a southern route in the channel. “I think it’s that returning flows back towards normal without any cooperation at all from Iran, that’s the leverage President Trump used to get the Iranians to come to the table and realize they’re going to lose all the cards in their hand,” Wright said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” with Jonathan Karl. “Maybe they can make a deal that brings some benefit to Iran. Maybe they can’t.” A day earlier, Vice President Vance told Fox News there was no evidence that Iran had blocked off the Strait of Hormuz, touting what he described as a record-breaking amount of oil moving through the critical shipping corridor over the previous 24 hours. Vance is in Switzerland on Sunday for talks with Iranian officials — mediated by Pakistan and Qatar — over Iran’s nuclear program, days after the signed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding started a 60-day clock for the countries to reach a final agreement. News of the latest advancement fueled a mix of social media optimism and skepticism: Hopefully most of it ended up at refineries US area producing diesel and jet fuel. — Gaseous (@Gaseoustb1331) June 21, 2026 Normal traffic is 100 to 125 ships a day leaving. So his math is wrong. — Kevin (@TheBondGuy2) June 21, 2026 It also came on the heels of Trump’s tough talk about Iran’s provocations: HOLY CRAP! President Trump issued a DIRECT THREAT to Iranian negotiators in Switzerland "You close [the Strait] and you won't have a country. You won’t even make it BACK to your f**king country.” pic.twitter.com/e8XLnFpOm9 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 21, 2026 Here’s what Iran had to say on the matter over the weekend, per the Washington Examiner: Iran said it’s shutting down the Strait of Hormuz just three days after it reopened, citing Israel’s strikes in Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire agreement. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central ‌Headquarters said Saturday that because the U.S. has failed to rein in Israel’s attacks elsewhere in the region, the temporary peace deal had been violated. “In view of the United States’ bad faith and its clear breach of its commitments by failing to implement the first article of the memorandum ending the war, and in response to the continuous and ongoing violation of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, it hereby announces that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to the passage of vessels,” the military command said in a statement reported by state broadcaster IRIB. Israeli strikes hit Lebanon, killing over a dozen people, just hours after a U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah went into effect. Meanwhile, gas prices are declining nationwide in anticipation of traffic returning to normal: What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Trump Administration Confirms Strait Of Hormuz Traffic Approaching ‘Normal’ Again appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

It appears the negotiations between the United States and Iran for a lasting peace deal is not off to a good start. On Sunday a U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance began negotiations with Iran’s negotiating team just a week after the two nations signed a MOU. After 80 minutes of discussions, Iran’s negotiating team left the building where the peace talks were being held after President Trump posted a threat to Iran on his Truth Social account. The New York Times provided the latest update on the negotiations: Iran’s negotiating team left the building where peace talks were being held after 80 minutes of talks, the state news agency reported. The agency said the discussions entered a “difficult phase” after what it said was the publication of “an insulting message by the U.S. president.” Iranian state media, citing a member of the negotiating team in Switzerland, warned on Sunday that talks with the United States would not continue unless the war in Lebanon ended. Sunday’s initial discussions were focused on the conflict there between Israel and Hezbollah, according to state media and Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman. Baghaei warned, in comments carried by state media, that it would not be “possible to move to the stage of negotiating a final agreement” unless both sides upheld their commitments in the initial cease-fire agreement, which stipulated an end to fighting on all fronts of the conflict, including Lebanon.   Fox News reported on President Trump’s threats to Iran: President Donald Trump on Sunday told Fox News that he delivered a stark warning to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, threatening to “blow the s— out of them” should Tehran close the vital waterway. Trump spoke with Fox News’ chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, saying he issued the warning directly to the Iranians leadership should the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) close the Strait of Hormuz. “You close it and you won’t have a country,” Trump said. “You won’t even make it back to your f—— country.” Trump said 19 million barrels of oil left through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, adding that the U.S. could become the “Guardian Angel” of the waterway and take 20% of the oil. Trump reiterated his threat to potentially collect tolls for vessels traversing the strait should Iran fail to reach an agreement. “If they don’t make a deal, we’ll collect tolls,” the president said. pic.twitter.com/OD3kNsXnqI — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 21, 2026 Trump says he spoke with Iranian officials and told them, "You close the Strait of Hormuz and you won't have a country." He also told them, "You won't even make it back to your f*cking country." Source: Fox News pic.twitter.com/LpaY2rG0CK — Clash Report (@clashreport) June 21, 2026   What are your thoughts? TAP HERE TO ADD YOUR VOTE This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post Iranian Negotiators Walk Out Of Peace Talks In Switzerland After President Trump Issues New Threats appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.

President Trump’s Justice Department is taking Virginia to federal court, and the warning attached to the lawsuit is blunt. Stop, or become the next California. DOJ Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate told Fox News that the department is suing to keep Virginia from sliding into California-style sanctuary territory, where state law works against federal immigration enforcement instead of with it. The clock is the problem. Two new Virginia laws are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2026, and they carry criminal exposure for federal agents. DOJ is suing Virginia over new limits on ICE cooperation and agent ID/mask requirements, arguing the state is becoming “the next California.” @AAGShumate say the measures hinder immigration enforcement and violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. https://t.co/l80w47LC30 — AJD (@AshleyJDiMella) June 20, 2026 According to Fox News, Shumate said the Justice Department plans to move fast for an injunction because the laws kick in July 1 and put federal officers at risk of prosecution, doxing, and harassment. He told the outlet that states do not get to dictate how the federal government carries out its law-enforcement duties, and that immigration enforcement is squarely federal turf. Shumate compared the Virginia fight to the administration’s California case, where an appeals court already handed the Trump team a win over a similar law targeting federal-officer identification. The Fox report noted that DOJ had not heard back from state officials when the story ran. California Governor Gavin Newsom’s communications shop, meanwhile, offered a two-word reaction to the comparison: “Congratulations, Virginia.” That tells you exactly how the left views a state copying California’s playbook. As a badge of honor. The underlying lawsuit was filed June 11, 2026. The Justice Department named the Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, and Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano as defendants. DOJ says the challenged laws would criminally bar federal officers from wearing masks, force them to display individual identifiers, and functionally gut cooperative 287(g) agreements with local agencies unless new state-imposed terms are accepted. The department argues those measures regulate the federal government itself, threaten agent privacy and safety, and chill lawful enforcement. The release frames the suit as part of a broader Civil Division campaign against state and local policies that obstruct federal operations. Officials including Todd Blanche, Stanley Woodward, and Shumate have tied the case to agent safety and the doxing risk that comes when officers are forced to expose their identities to the public. The point is simple. An agent who can be identified and tracked is an agent who can be targeted. The federal complaint lays out the specifics. Senate Bill 352 and House Bill 1482 take effect July 1, 2026, and would expose covered officers to a Class 1 misdemeanor for wearing facial coverings or failing to display identifying information while on duty, outside narrow exceptions. Senate Bill 783 and House Bill 1441 also take effect July 1. They would force state and local agencies to rewrite their 287(g) immigration-enforcement agreements with 12 provisions controlling how ICE operates inside Virginia, or those agreements become void and unenforceable. DOJ argues the laws violate the Supremacy Clause, intergovernmental immunity, and federal preemption, with the 287(g) law also running afoul of the Contracts Clause. The complaint asks the court for declaratory and injunctive relief. No court has ruled yet. This is the opening move, and the administration wants a block before July 1 arrives. The complaint also points to Governor Abigail Spanberger’s February 24, 2026 response to President Trump’s State of the Union address, where she went after masked federal agents, as background to the mask and ID law. So the political fingerprints are right there in the filing. Virginia Republicans were not impressed by the company their state is suddenly keeping. DOJ warns Virginia is becoming the next California. Not exactly a model to aspire to—California is riddled with absolutely bonkers state laws that have driven a mass exodus of its citizens. In other news, water is wet. https://t.co/H7WOFfhYuu — Tara Durant (@TaraDurantVA) June 19, 2026 The frame here is the right one for conservatives to hold onto. This is the Trump DOJ moving to protect federal agents and defend federal authority before bad state law can take effect, not after the damage is done. California spent years building a wall between its government and federal immigration enforcement. Virginia just signed up to try the same thing, and the Justice Department is making clear it intends to stop the trend cold. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here. The post DOJ Sues Virginia To Stop The Next California appeared first on 100PercentFedUp.com.