No one has ever accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of being a constitutional scholar. Still, his take on an essential law regarding protecting the right to assemble peacefully is exceptionally brain-dead.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, radical anti-ICE agitators stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, interrupting Christians in the middle of worship.

Instead of condemning the mob’s conduct or defending the constitutional right to religious assembly, far-left ‘reporter’ Lemon inserted himself into the chaos—live-streaming the scene and aggressively confronting congregants who were already shaken by the intrusion.

This is the beginning of what’s going to happen here,” Lemon said as anti-ICE protestors shouted down the pastor and harassed parishioners.

Lemon later rushed to the church altar and tried to lecture a pastor about the First Amendment. This just further incited the wicked mob of demons.

Due to the actions of Lemon and the rioters, the Trump Administration has vowed to prosecute all involved. One of the laws they will use against the lawbreakers is the FACE Act.

The FACE Act, which was passed in 1994, prohibits private individuals from physically preventing others from seeking abortions. However, it also prevents others from harassing those who want to worship peacefully.

From the DOJ website:

This Act prohibits the use or threat of force and physical obstruction that injures, intimidates, or interferes with a person seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services or to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.

Ellison, though, argued that the FACE Act was only designed to safeguard women who are seeking abortions because right-wing ‘crazies’ had been breaking into “reproductive health centers.”

He next expressed puzzlement that the Trump Administration would use the law to go after people disrupting a church service.

WATCH:

MN Attorney General Keith Ellison: “The FACE Act is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights… How they are stretching these laws to people protesting in a church is beyond me.”

The FACE Act specifically says that you can’t use intimidation to… pic.twitter.com/auEJvZcOQX

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 19, 2026

ELLISON: The FACE Act, by the way, is designed to protect the rights of people seeking reproductive rights, so people cannot just use religion to break into women’s reproductive health centers.

How they are stretching these laws to people protesting in a church is beyond me.

Social media users quickly put Lemon on blast for his complete ignorance:

Keith Ellison is stupid. The FACE Act specifically protects houses of worship. https://t.co/vlYDYmdYXh

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 20, 2026

Attorney General Ellison defends the mob that stopped church services in Minneapolis by asking how the FACE Act can be “stretched” to prosecute people who interrupt church services. Turns out “physical obstruction” to “interfere” with “any person” seeking to “worship” is covered https://t.co/IgS5I3H22X pic.twitter.com/FcgWafQ0NJ

— Eric W. (@EWess92) January 20, 2026

Ellison is just making excuses for clearly criminal behavior and confusing it with a speech issue. He also got basic facts wrong about the FACE Act during this interview.

The AG has a responsibility to enforce the law and protect people who are trying to peacefully worship.… https://t.co/xgyyB13tol

— AG (@AGHamilton29) January 20, 2026

Minnesota AG Keith Ellison says that the leftist mob was legally allowed to shut down the church by protesting them.

This is patently absurd.

You can’t use free speech to censor free speech.

And there’s the FACE Act that protects worshippers at church.pic.twitter.com/hcFHfBw7A8

— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) January 19, 2026

MN AG Keith Ellison: “FACE Act protects abortion access… how are they stretching it to church protests?!”

Read the damn law, Keith.

18 U.S.C. § 248 **explicitly** protects religious freedom in places of worship from intimidation & obstruction — same exact protection given… pic.twitter.com/CDkL9lJP64

— Reverend Jordan Wells (@WellsJorda89710) January 20, 2026

The Face Act definitely protects churches. Anyone that is an Attorney General knows that. Either Ellison is one of the dumbest AGs in the country or he is lying. Probably both statements are true. https://t.co/bSpyRKP9Eu

— Robert Woodruff (@RobertWxet2) January 20, 2026

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French President Emmanuel Macron learned the hard way on Tuesday after trash-talking President Trump over Greenland: Trump not only gets revenge, but keeps his receipts as well.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, France’s lame duck, globalist President issued a ‘sharp warning’ last week over Washington’s renewed push to bring Greenland under US control, claiming the idea is a direct threat to European sovereignty.

Remarks from Macron, widely despised in France and hardly taken seriously abroad, reflect growing unease in Europe over how utterly dependent the continent has become on American military power—and how little leverage it has when Europe’s interests diverge from US interests.

Macron told his cabinet that any violation of a European ally’s sovereignty would trigger consequences without precedent. France, he said, would stand in full solidarity with Denmark, even as the episode exposes Europe’s strategic weakness.

Trump argues that America needs Greenland for national security purposes to prevent Russia and China from seizing control of the Danish-controlled island. He pushed Denmark to sell the island on several occasions and has refused to rule out military action should they refuse.

Early Tuesday morning, Trump decided he would deliver a bit of payback by posting a text message from the French President on his Truth Social account that is quite different.

In the message, Macron grovels to Trump. The French President tells him that, while he can’t understand his view on Greenland, he is totally in line with him on other foreign policy issues, such as Syria and Iran.

Macron goes on to offer to set up a G7 meeting in Davos on Thursday between him, Trump, the Danes, the Russians, the Ukrainians, and the Syrians. He then closes by inviting Trump to dinner in Paris that same night, before the president returns to America.

Here is the text message in full:

My friend,

We are totally in line on Syria.

We can do great things on Iran.

I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.

Let us try to build great things.

1. I can set up a G7 meeting after Davos in Paris on Thursday afternoon. I can invite the Ukrainians, the Danish, the Syrians, and the Russians in the margins.

2. Let us have a dinner together in Paris on Thursday before you get back to the US.

Emmanuel

It turns out that while Macron can talk tough in public, he panders like crazy to the more powerful man behind closed doors. What a fraud.

No wonder the French people hold him in such low regard.

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Yesterday, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ X account released a statement that alleged she had been attacked and defended herself in La Vista prison while moving a water unit into a closet.  According to the statement, Peters was told that she would be charged with felony assault and “locked down completely for 24-72 hours.”

JUST IN: Political Prisoner Tina Peters Put in Solitary Confinement; Reportedly to be Charged With Felony Assault

According to a statement emailed to Denver 7 from the prison, "La Vista Correctional Facility does not utilize solitary confinement.  Conducting an investigation and moving one or more of the involved inmates to different housing areas pending the investigation is standard safety and security procedures for any incarcerated person involved in an incident, pending investigation results."

The statement also said they could not confirm any additional charges as the internal investigation is being conducted.

Released security camera footage showed the end of the altercation but had no visibility of what took place inside the closet.

In the video, Peters can be seen wheeling a large object into a closet with two other inmates visible but censored in the foreground and a few others walking around.

As Peters backed into the closet wheeling the object inside, another inmate approaches the right side of the closet opening holding what appears to be a spray bottle.  That inmate is allegedly 20 year old, significantly younger than the 70 years old Peters.

That inmate reaches into the closet with the view blocked by door the door.  The object is moved out of the way and Peters is seen immediately moving towards the inmate holding that inmate's right arm that reached inside the closet and her neck.

Peters drives the inmate back and releases her.  A man in a white shirt, shorts, and sandals intervenes and the parties go their separate ways.

VIDEO: Tina Peters in prison scuffle.
Peters says she was assaulted first. pic.twitter.com/0fiPg3wEMz

— Jeff Hunt (@jeffhunt) January 20, 2026

In Colorado, felony assault (CRS 183-3-202) requires "serious bodily injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon," "intent to disfigure another person seriously and permanently" or other "with the intent to cause serious bodily injury, she applies sufficient pressure to impede or restrict breathing or circulation of the blood...by applying pressure to the neck or by blocking the nose or mouth...thereby causing serious bodily injury."

Even CRS 18-3-204, Assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, requires "bodily injury."  Even if Peters was not assaulted in the closet, which she claims she was, there was no apparent serious bodily injury following the altercation.

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Another day, another mask-off moment for the Left.

During a heated on-air exchange, conservative commentator Scott Jennings absolutely shut down Parkland activist Cameron Kasky after Kasky attempted to police Jennings’ language and dictate what words he is “allowed” to use.

A Democrat activist openly told a panelist what words he may and may not say on live TV.

And Scott Jennings wasn’t having it.

The exchange began when Kasky smugly informed Jennings:

Cameron Kasky: “You don’t get to say the word illegals anymore.”

Jennings, visibly incredulous, fired right back:

Scott Jennings: “I don’t?”

Kasky tried to pivot into talking points, but Jennings cut through the nonsense instantly:

Scott Jennings: “Who are you to tell me what I can and can’t say? I’ve never met you, brother. I can say whatever I want. They’re illegal aliens — and that’s what the law calls them. Illegal aliens. That’s what I’m going to call them.”

Kasky then claimed that the word “illegals” can’t be used because ICE is supposedly “targeting legal citizens,” a claim Jennings flatly rejected.

But the real mic drop moment came when Jennings asked the question Democrats never want to answer:

Scott Jennings: “How are you going to enforce your edict on me, just out of curiosity?”

Kasky responded with personal insults, a classic leftist move when the argument collapses, accusing Jennings of being “demented” and claiming he was “doing this on purpose.”

Following the interview, Jennings wrote on X:

“How are you going to enforce your edict on me, just out of curiosity?” That’s the thing about the left – deep down, they believe they should decide who gets to speak and what everyone can and cannot say. F**k. That.”

WATCH:

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