President Donald Trump taught Colombian President Gustavo Petro why America is to be respected after deportation flight controversy, Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as the Secretary of Defense and then took the media to task this weekend over the idea that illegal immigrants have been properly vetted, Immigration & Customs Enforcement deportation raids have ramped up across the country, and more!

JD VANCE

• United States of America V. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi
• Afghan national charged with planning Election Day attack previously worked for CIA in Afghanistan

HEGSETH CONFIRMED: LEFT FREAKS OUT

• On the Nomination (Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense )
• "It's a sad day for America..."
• "Absolutely ludicrous to confirm a..."
• "Hegseth has defended war criminals & rejected..."
• Hearing to consider the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Tulsi Gabbard gets Jan. 30 Intelligence hearing

COLOMBIA OR COLUMBIA

• Trump ramps up dramatic daybreak immigration raids in sanctuary city LA
• ICE conducts enforcement operations in the Austin area
• ICE detains over 40 after DEA raid of ‘makeshift nightclub’ associated with TdA gang
• Colombia’s president says he will deny entry of US deportation flights
• Colombian president Gustavo Petro denies deportation flights.
• Trump announces a series of punishing actions on Colombia X
• Trump posted this photo to his Truth Social.
• Petro issues long winded statement and issues retaliatory tariffs. X
• Petro backed down and acquiesced to all of Trump’s demands.

PETRO’S RIDICULOUS CLAIMS

• United States / Columbia
• Refined Petroleum in Columbia
• Colombia Free Trade Agreement
• U.S. Foreign Assistance By Country
• The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home
• Inequality, Poverty and Social Policy: Recent Trends in Chile
• The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties
• Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know
• Gustavo Petro is the new president of Colombia
• Colombia’s Descent to Socialism: Assessing Gustavo Petro’s Presidency
• Colombia: Implications of Domestic Economic and Security Policy
• Petro’s Government One Year In
• Colombia Faces Its Hour of Danger under Petro
• Colombia's new president was once part of a guerrilla group with a wild history. Now he promises social change
• The Medellin Cartel / M-19 gang
• 50th anniversary of Simón Bolívar’s pilfered sword: “A vindication of peace”