DOJ to Pelosi: “Stand Down — or Face Prosecution”
Trump’s Justice Department warns California Democrats after Pelosi threatened to arrest ICE agents.
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Washington’s drawing battle lines — again. The DOJ just warned Nancy Pelosi and her California allies to “stand down” after she threatened to have ICE agents arrested for enforcing federal law. Meanwhile, Trump’s eyeing Venezuelan drug labs, DHS is scrubbing Biden-era visas for Hamas ties, and Kash Patel just cleaned up America’s worst drug zone.
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DOJ to Pelosi: “Stand Down — or Face Prosecution”
Trump’s Justice Department warns California Democrats after Pelosi’s threat to arrest ICE agents.
What You Need to Know:
Nancy Pelosi and her California crew thought they could threaten federal ICE agents — until the DOJ stepped in. Deputy AG Todd Blanche sent a blistering letter warning Pelosi, Gov. Gavin Newsom, and AG Rob Bonta that any attempt to detain federal officers will trigger criminal prosecution.
Why It Matters:
Pelosi publicly said local police could arrest ICE agents who “violate state law.”
DOJ fired back, calling that idea “illegal and futile.”
Blanche invoked the Supremacy Clause — the constitutional reminder that federal law beats Sacramento’s sanctuary fantasies.
The Real Story:
Pelosi’s stunt came as Trump’s immigration crackdown ramps up — raids, deportations, and federal sweeps in sanctuary cities are back in full swing. Her warning that “the President’s agents could be arrested” wasn’t a slip of the tongue — it was a direct challenge to federal authority.
Blanche’s letter wasn’t polite. He accused California officials of a potential criminal conspiracy to obstruct law enforcement and told them to “preserve all communications” for an inevitable investigation. Translation: the DOJ is ready to pounce.
Pelosi and Rep. Kevin Mullin doubled down, claiming “California law protects communities” and vowing to jail federal officers who “break state law.” In other words, they’d rather side with illegal immigrants than the people sworn to protect them.
And just in case the message wasn’t clear, Blanche dropped the hammer on X:
“Stand down or face prosecution. No one threatens our agents. No one will stop us from Making America Safe Again.”
What They Don’t Want You To See:
Pelosi’s quote: “Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them.”
Bottom Line:
Pelosi tried to flex against federal law enforcement — and Trump’s DOJ just reminded her who’s boss. The days of sanctuary cities running the show are over. Washington isn’t asking California to cooperate anymore. It’s giving orders.
Trump Eyes Venezuela Strike: “We’re Already in a War”
U.S. forces surge in the Caribbean as the President targets drug cartels like terrorists.
President Trump is weighing military strikes on Venezuela’s cocaine labs — a bold escalation in his war on the cartels. Three senior U.S. officials confirmed the option is on the table but not yet approved. Trump’s message is clear: stop the poison, or get smoked.
The Setup:
Two carrier strike groups — led by the USS Gerald R. Ford — now patrol Caribbean smuggling lanes.
It’s the biggest U.S. naval presence in the region in decades.
The White House also dropped sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, freezing his assets and calling him out for turning a blind eye to drug exports.
Trump’s framing is no longer law enforcement — it’s war. “We’re already in one,” he said. “We’re going to kill people bringing drugs into our country.”
Regional leaders are rattled. Brazil’s Lula da Silva blasted the move, warning it could “ignite the region.” But Trump’s team insists the cartels have effectively become enemy combatants — and that Venezuela’s Maduro regime is sheltering them.
The Twist:
While critics scream “war powers violation,” the administration points to years of fentanyl deaths and cartel violence as justification. For Trump, this isn’t foreign policy — it’s self-defense.
Bottom Line:
Trump’s turning the War on Drugs into an actual war — and Latin America just realized the era of polite diplomacy is over.
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Biden-Era Visa Scandal Blows Back: “Re-Vet Them All”
A Hamas-linked operative got into the U.S. on Biden’s watch. Now, DHS under Trump is being pushed to scrub every visa from ‘high-risk regions.’
Sen. Tom Cotton just dropped a live grenade in Kristi Noem’s lap. He’s demanding that DHS audit every visa approved since 2021 for immigrants from high-risk regions — after federal prosecutors arrested Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, a 33-year-old Gazan national who legally entered the U.S. and is now accused of involvement in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.
Here’s the problem:
Al-Muhtadi allegedly armed himself and crossed into Israel to aid the terror attacks.
Less than a year later, in 2024, he sat for a U.S. consular interview in Cairo, denied ties to Hamas or the National Resistance Brigades (a militant wing tied to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine), and still got approved.
He legally entered the U.S. through Dallas-Fort Worth on September 12, 2024, got a driver’s license in Oklahoma, and then moved to Louisiana like any normal new arrival.
Cotton’s demand to Noem:
Audit every visa issued under Biden from Gaza and other “high-risk regions” starting in 2021.
Force DHS to run real-time FBI watchlist checks.
Start screening social media like it actually matters.
Why this matters: this isn’t an “open border” argument about illegal crossings. This is about legal immigration. The Biden team allegedly admitted someone tied to a designated terror group — then let him disappear into Tulsa and Lafayette until DOJ picked him up.
The Trump side is already framing this as national self-defense, not paperwork cleanup. Noem — now running DHS for President Trump — is under pressure to prove that Biden’s vetting failures weren’t just porous, they were dangerous.
The twist:
For decades, D.C. sold “legal immigration” as the safe, controlled alternative. Now we’ve got an alleged October 7 participant living, working, and getting a state ID. That blows up the narrative. It also hands Trump the exact justification for extreme vetting, travel bans 2.0, watchlist sweeps, you name it.
Bottom Line:
The Biden crowd let in a guy feds now say was tied to Hamas. Republicans are done pretending this is a bureaucratic oops. Cotton wants a full scrub of every high-risk visa Biden’s DHS ever touched — and under Trump, DHS might actually do it.
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The Supremacy Clause Just Woke Up
Pelosi tried to turn California into a sanctuary battlefield.
Trump’s DOJ fired back — with indictments waiting in the wings.
Blanche’s message was simple:
“Stand down — or face prosecution.”
The days of bureaucrats threatening federal law enforcement are over.
Exactly what The Ledger has been documenting:
The return of the rule of law — and the quiet demolition of the parallel regime.
👉 Upgrade and see how federal power got its backbone back.
Pelosi’s meltdown over federal authority is the perfect symbol of 2025: the old guard still thinks they run the show, but Trump’s DOJ is done asking for permission. From California to Caracas, the message is simple — the law means something again.
If you feel like the ground’s shifting under the political class, you’re right. The swamp’s finally learning that “accountability” isn’t just a campaign slogan — it’s federal law.
When the empire of excuses collapses, truth sounds like rebellion.
~ Scott 🇺🇸
P.S. Here’s my take: Pelosi’s threat wasn’t a bluff — it was a test. And the DOJ just called her hand. This showdown isn’t about ICE; it’s about control. If the feds back down here, every blue state governor will try the same stunt.
What do you think — should the DOJ actually prosecute state officials who interfere with federal law enforcement? Hit reply and tell me where you stand.
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Pelosi should be cuffed and perp walked to jail with a hearing date for some time next month, and deprived of all her electronic devices while she is in custody like ordinary citizens are.
DOJ had damn well better prosecute those people, or this will have a disastrous end.