Hackers reportedly infiltrated multiple channels of Iran’s state broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), disrupting satellite transmissions across the country, airing unauthorized content that expressed support for exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, while urging security forces to side with protesters.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has defended anti-United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters who stormed a Christian church.

The gathering in Davos, Switzerland, comes as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to push for the seizure of Greenland and the imposition of trade tariffs for countries that disagree. The Unhappy Slaves of the EU French President Emmanuel Macron warned of a “new colonial approach” that would undermine decades of collaboration. Belgian Prime Minister Bart […] The post The Unhappy EU Slaves Speak Out at Davos appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

If you think you understand what an ICE officer faces on the ground in Minneapolis, you’re wrong. We spent the day with ICE officers in Minneapolis, where agents have been under siege for weeks. It was constant chaos. Anti-ICE agitators in the Twin Cities have grown increasingly brazen since the death of Renee Good, a protester who was fatally shot by an ICE officer after apparently striking an agent with her car, causing him to bleed internally. These protests have not distracted ICE from its mission, which has so far led to the arrest of roughly 10,000 illegal immigrants in Minnesota. “It’s not deterring us, we’re still doing [arrests],” Samuel Olsen, the director of the agency’s St. Paul office, told The Daily Wire. “We’ve had to just adjust and ensure that we have enough people out.” ICE’s targets that afternoon included illegal immigrants with drug convictions, assault charges, and convictions for driving while impaired. Some of the targets were released by local authorities who ignored ICE’s requests to hand them over to federal custody. As we departed the ICE office, a “spotter” watched on a nearby street corner as he notified a “network of people that are throughout the city,” Olsen said. The first target was quickly “blown” after outsiders spotted ICE, making it difficult to catch the illegal immigrant in his element, a local restaurant in St. Paul. It was the second time officers tried to catch him after their cover was blown. Still, Olsen said they wouldn’t give up on him. “It looks like there’s people almost everywhere looking for our vehicles, and we were spotted in the lot,” Olsen said. “We’re going to probably move to the next target and then just kind of keep this one still.” It was then on to the next arrest, but it wasn’t long after we headed that way that anti-ICE protesters began following close behind as they communicated with each other on radios. As we neared the target’s apartment, dozens of protesters had amassed on nearly every corner. They gathered by the convoy of officers as they blew whistles and honked their horns to alert the neighborhood that ICE was there. Even a school bus driver passing by was blowing a whistle. The officers decided they wouldn’t be stopped and walked in to knock on their target’s door, hoping to make a peaceful arrest. All the while, anti-ICE activists screamed nonstop insults like “coward” and “no one wants you here” at the officers. Still, the officers pushed through, but were unsuccessful in getting the target to answer the door. They couldn’t take any additional action because they didn’t have a judicial warrant. As the officers tried to leave the area, several anti-ICE agitators blocked them in with their cars. The situation soon grew tense as one of the officers got out and shouted orders at the agitators to move their cars back. “We’re blocked,” an officer said on the radio. “This is bad back here guys,” another could be heard on the radio. “We’re surrounded back here.” Amid the melee, one of the drivers, who was in a Tesla, hit one of the ICE officers’ cars before zooming off erratically. He later continued to follow the officers before he rolled down his window and shouted, “I’m illegal, come and get me.” Assaults on ICE officers have become all too normal, surging more than 1,000%, while death threats against them have increased more than 8,000%. In Minneapolis, protesters are showing up at nearly every raid. Before, “it was very rare … now, we’re making arrests of agitators daily,” Olsen said. “When we have to arrest a U.S. citizen, it really takes us away from our other mission.”

Like many young American girls, when I was a teenager, I hated myself and my body. I was depressed and anxious. Eventually, I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and anorexia. It goes without saying that I was no stranger to feeling like I wasn’t “me” in my own body. No one told me to get liposuction for my anorexia. But when I went to the counselor’s office for my first appointment for gender dysphoria, I left with a letter of approval for testosterone. Since I’ve detransitioned, life has felt like a roller coaster. The physical distress I experienced going through hormone “therapy” and multiple surgeries that drastically changed my body is only one portion of how horrific it truly is to not only attempt something impossible by supposedly transitioning from one gender to another, but to return to identifying with reality. I was called a patient, but from start to finish, I was never treated like one. Being a patient requires informed consent and the exhaustion of all avenues of care before resorting to the most drastic option. And yet, from the start, doctors were ecstatic to accelerate my so-called transition without once suggesting mental health treatment. Instead, a counselor suggested almost immediately that I needed to be put on wrong-sex hormones. When I raised any suspicion that this was not the right choice for me, the doctors were far from supportive and made me feel like my voice didn’t matter anymore. I was praised for raising my voice and embracing who I thought I was, but only when I identified as trans. Yet when I voiced a dissenting opinion on the same topic, the response was underwhelming and even shame-inducing. For years, gender clinics, medical associations, and activist groups have driven the conversation around so-called “gender-affirming care,” but there has never been any long-term testing done to see what the implications of these treatments are on minors, especially the ones still going through puberty. Any time a question was raised as to whether this was safe, or if there could be a possibility of trans-identifying minors changing their minds down the road, it was diminished as “rare” and accused of putting politics over the mental health of these children. The Trump administration has been the first presidential administration to sound the alarm on these harmful practices. For the first time, federal agencies started to ask the questions that detransitioners had been trying to warn the public about: are these “treatments” actually safe, or are they doing more harm than good? In his first year back in office, President Trump has elevated the voices of detransitioners like me. Last summer, I had the honor of testifying in front of the Federal Trade Commission, sharing my experience of how I was essentially forced into “gender-affirming care,” instead of the mental health care and therapy I desperately needed. Only a few years ago, my voice would have never been heard in the federal landscape. Gender medicine has thrived in a system with zero accountability. I am proud to be at the forefront of a movement that is finally asking for the kind of accountability that is long overdue. Detransitioners like me have been gaslit into believing we are anomalies, and that if doctors hadn’t taken action, we would’ve been suicidal or worse, dead. What the mainstream doesn’t want you to know is that my mental health issues didn’t magically disappear overnight once I began transitioning — they actually got worse. Yet the doctors who led me down this path have faced zero opposition and zero accountability — until now. President Trump and his administration have been a disruptor to the system of gender ideology since day one. His administration has led the charge to make sure that the doctors, experts, and gender-ideology apologists finally answer the questions that have been stamped down, argued as ridiculous, and smeared by those who chose ideology over reality. One of the first actions President Trump took upon being back in the Oval Office was signing an executive order to protect minors from receiving any sex-changing surgery or procedure. This executive order also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to subsidize irreversible medical harm to children. HHS’s proposed guardrails bar hospitals that perform “gender-affirming care” from participating in Medicare and Medicaid. Late last year, HHS also released a peer-reviewed, evidence-based review concluding pediatric gender interventions lack long-term safety data and do not meet professionally recognized standards of care. Secretary Kennedy formally declared that these dangerous procedures were far outside acceptable medical practice. This bold move was the nail in the coffin of the claim that “the science is settled” and got gender medicine back on track based on evidence, ethics, and informed consent. Detransitioners like myself are grateful for the actions taken by the Trump administration that will ensure the safety and well-being of the next generation. While my detransitioner friends and I may not have been protected, I know that the work we have put in — in speaking out, standing up, and tirelessly testifying across the country — will have a meaningful impact in protecting kids who are struggling with their mental health. I will continue to fight for the childhoods of every gender-confused kid out there so that they are protected from fear, coercion, and medical harm. * * * Prisha Mosley is an Independent Women ambassador and detransitioner. Independent Women Features, the storytelling platform of Independent Women, featured Prisha’s story as part of its “Identity Crisis” docu-series, which highlights the irreversible harms of gender ideology. Prisha’s story, including her pregnancy journey, was documented in two parts, which can be found here and here. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

There’s a new royal baby on the way. Flora Vesterberg announced her pregnancy on Instagram on January 19. While part of the royal bloodline, this new baby has quite a succession line ahead of them. According to People, Flora’s grandmother, Princess Alexandra, and the late Queen Elizabeth were first cousins. Flora currently sits in 61st place behind her father, James Ogilvy, and brother, Alexander Ogilvy, and 58 others. We won’t say it’s impossible, but the likelihood is pretty slim that Flora’s baby will rule the kingdom. Nevertheless, this is an exciting time for the royal family. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Flora Vesterberg née Ogilvy (@floravesterberg) The Royal Family Can’t Wait to Meet the New Baby Flora shared her excitement about her baby on Instagram with a picture of herself and husband, Timothy Vesterberg, showing off her growing baby bump. “Delighted to share that Timothy and I are expecting our first child. We’re truly over the moon. Photograph by my father @ogilvylandscape xx,” Flora wrote. Enthusiasts always love to see a new baby join the royal family. They filled the comment section of Flora’s post with sweet words of congratulations and encouragement. “Wow congratulations to the both of you Flora. That’s amazing news. I wish you both all the best with your new bundle of joy,” someone wrote. “Amazing news! Huge congratulations to the both of you,” another follower shared. Several people shared their excitement for the royal family, particularly Princess Alexandra and the baby, being her great-grandchild. “Congratulations Flora and Timothy so happy for you both and for all of your family’s, brillant a first great grandchild for Princess Alexandra, amazing news,” a comment reads. “Congrats Flora! How exciting for you!! And how awesome for Princess A to have a great grandchild on the way!” Another person cheered. We hope that Flora and Timothy have a wonderful pregnancy and can’t wait to hear all about their baby. This story’s featured image can be found here