DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Vice President JD Vance told Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings on Tuesday that the Trump administration was looking into the “entire network” of organizations that support left-wing violence. President Donald Trump declared Antifa a domestic terrorist organization in a Sept. 17 post on Truth Social, a week after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University. Vance told Jennings that the administration would not just stop at those who threw bricks at United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents or who attacked conservatives. “It’s not just the people who commit the violence, Scott, I mean, look for every person who throws a brick at an ICE agent or takes a shot at a conservative commentator, there’s an entire network behind it,” Vance told Jennings. “Who brought the brick? Who paid for it? Who are the networks, the violence that actually support this stuff, that ferment this stuff? How do people get radicalized, if not for the really crazy rhetoric we see coming from some corners of the far left?” “You know, Scott, even after Charlie was shot there were people who are celebrating, who said that he deserved it,” Vance continued. “All of that is part of a network of left-wing violence. It’s not just the person who pulls the trigger, it’s all the people who support them and make it possible for them to get radicalized in the first place.” During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump survived two attempts on his life one during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the other while he was playing a round of golf in Florida. Ryan Wesley Routh, who was charged with the September 15 attempted assassination, declared his intent for Trump’s death in a letter, according to legal filings. “We have a very aggressive task force right now to try to root out this left-wing political violence, try to find out who’s funding some of this crazy stuff, try to find out who’s buying the bricks that these people are throwing at ICE agents, and I think that’s going to bear some real fruit,” Vance said. “Obviously, that stuff takes time, but I do think the American people should expect that their government is going to respond to this stuff.” ICE facilities in Chicago and Portland, Oregon, have been the site of several riots as resistance to the agency’s efforts targeting undocumented immigrants has increased during President Donald Trump’s second term. During one ICE operation in Chicago, agents were assaulted by multiple attackers who used vehicles to ram cars used by the agency. Before those events, the Department of Homeland Security stated in a Sept. 26 post on X that there had been several violent assaults on an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. In Portland, Oregon, left-wing rioters have allegedly attacked conservative reporters covering the unrest and intended to use lasers against aircraft operated by federal law enforcement agencies. Two individuals were killed during a shooting at an ICE office in Dallas on Sept. 24, with the shooter taking his own life. In Texas, there were at least two earlier cases where gunfire was aimed at ICE or Border Patrol locations in July, with ten people being charged in connection with the event in Alvarado, Texas. ICE agents have also been shot at while carrying out enforcement operations in Illinois and California. Originally published by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The post JD Vance Breaks Down the Latest on the Trump Admin’s Crackdown on Left-Wing Violence appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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A day after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth moved to censure Democratic Senator Mark Kelly (AZ) for his poke-the-bear video last year all-but-directly encouraging members of the military to refuse to orders from President Trump, Kelly ran whining Tuesday to ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS Mornings as both were more than willing to celebrate him “fighting back” and “speaking up” for what he believes in. The ABC interview even included his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords (D-AZ). Co-host Michael Strahan teased an interview by chief business, economics, and technology correspondent Rebecca Jarvis in which Kelly would “fir[e] back...after the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s censure, accusing the retired Navy captain of making seditious statements.” Jarvis fretted “these allegations, they could cost him his military rank and retirement pay, but this morning Senator Kelly and Gabby Giffords say they are fighting back.” ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ wants you to feel bad for Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly over @SecWar moving to censure him and downgrade his rank from his service in the Navy Ridiculously softball interview from chief business, economics, and tech correspondent Rebecca… pic.twitter.com/PzURtxWV7d — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 6, 2026 It began with Kelly couching his wink, wink, nudge, nudge comments seeking to purposefully sow dissension in the military as free speech: “I have a right just like every other American to say what I think, what I believe.” Jarvis framed the administration’s position as merely believing “Kelly and other lawmakers counseled members of the armed forces to refuse lawful orders.” This led into her first aired softball: “Is there anything in retrospect that you would have said or done differently over these last several months?” Kelly replied he had simply “repeated what is in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which is the law for the military.” But, as our Jorge Bonilla noted at the time, what Kelly and his colleagues did could have run counter of 18 USC § 2387 (which we summarized above). After recalling that President Trump had posted on Truth Social about the ultimate punishment for seditious treason (death), Jarvis lobbed another softball that she probably attempted to paint as a tough one: “How do you respond to critics who say your message risks being read through a partisan lens inside what should be a non-partisan military?” Kelly wasn’t pressed on his answer, which insisted the video was “not partisan” and cartoonishly claimed the President should have praised him for. “The censure will result in a demotion of Kelly’s rank and retirement benefits. Kelly, who served over 25 years in the U.S. Navy, and his wife, former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, vowing to fight the action with everything they’ve got,” Jarvis swooned. Following sound from both Giffords and Kelly insisting they won’t shirk from the kerfuffle, Jarvis concluded back live that the outcome of a censure could “result in discipline and that it could subject him to criminal prosecution or further administrative action.” CBS Mornings wasn’t an better. In fact, most of it was spent asking him predictable questions (and hearing predictable, partisan answers) about the U.S. military operations in Venezuela. Click the X post to read all their questions, including the classic “what is your response” to the Trump administration being mean to him: ‘CBS Mornings’ also spoke Tuesday with Democrat Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, sucking up to him over Venezuela and the latest move by @SecWar Here were the ‘questions’ asked of him in the taped interview... Gayle King: “[The Trump administration] say[s] it’s not a regime change,… pic.twitter.com/lI12bAur3V — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 6, 2026 What weak tea. Even though she has appeared to put the CBS Evening News back on the right track, Bari Weiss still has a lot of work to do. To see the relevant transcripts from January 6, click here (for ABC) and here (for CBS).

President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has shocked the world, but Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes that Trump’s true motive is much bigger than the speculation surrounding it.“I want to give you a completely, I think, different perspective on what happened in Venezuela. Let me just say this: It is not about the oil. It’s not about drugs. It’s not about terrorism. It’s not about China. It’s not about communism, Marxism, or socialism,” Glenn says. “It’s about all of those things.”“So, if anybody tells you that this is really all about the oil, just listen to them, because they might have a very good point on the oil thing, and go, ‘OK, well, that’s cute.’ But that’s not all it’s about,” he continues.What Glenn believes Trump is really doing with this move is “playing to win.”“And I mean win all of it. Never have I seen this before. Donald Trump has been saying, ‘America First,’ ‘America First’ his entire life. It hasn’t been a slogan. ... It’s his worldview, and it always has been,” Glenn says.“This is truly about who sets the table and the agenda for the next 100 years. Who’s it going to be? A global government, the Chinese government, AI, some technocratic government, or the American government?” he continues, pointing out that Trump’s latest move is making it much more likely that the ruler will be the last on that list.“We’re going to look back at this time, assuming that it works, and we’re going to say, ‘That was brilliant.’ Do you know that because of Venezuela, we don’t need the oil? I’m going to get into this here in a second. We don’t need the oil,” Glenn says.“Do you know that this is the first time since FDR that the world’s resources are now back under American, not control, but in friendly territory, that we’re the ones that dominate not just our oil but the resources?” he continues.“It wasn’t like that two years ago. A year ago, it wasn’t like that,” he adds.Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

While a few Republican politicians are dissenting on the issue of strikes in Venezuela, a CNN analysis found that President Donald Trump has an "iron grip" on the party.Harry Enten said that polling showed there was no "rift" in the party and that a large majority supported the president. He made the comments during a segment on CNN Tuesday.'The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue.' "Let me be very clear: There is no rift in the Republican Party!" Enten said forcefully."Yes, there are some folks like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie who are quite skeptical of this," he added. "They are very much in the minority."Enten pointed to an Ipsos poll that found 65% of Republicans supported the ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, while only 6% opposed the action. A Washington Post poll found that 74% of Republican respondents supported the action and only 10% opposed it."The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue," he added. "Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene are very much in the minority. Very few Republicans are with them."He pointed to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Republican support for the president actually increasing slightly from 84% six months ago, to 85% currently."The bottom line is this: Donald Trump has had an iron grip, an iron grip on that Republican base for a long period of time," he added.Video of Enten's comments were widely circulated on social media.RELATED: Sunny Hostin says Maduro's arrest was an act of 'piracy' and 'imperialism' — but Ana Navarro says it made her cry with joy Enten went on to say on social media that support for the Venezuelan strikes had increased among all Americans, likely because it was such a successful operation."Trump has to like the dramatic change in the polls on Maduro's ouster," Enten wrote. "Support for it is through the roof (up 16 pts) vs. pre-ouster. We saw a similar rise in support over time for the Iran strikes in mid-2025. Americans like what they deem as successful military operations."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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