The Watchlist with Jayar Jackson: January 26, 2026

Louisiana Senate candidate Kenn Barnes calmly breaks down how the state of Louisiana has been extracting wealth from New Orleans—taking in Superdome, Convention Center, and Smoothie King revenue while leaving the city stuck with the public safety bill—exposing a rigged money pipeline that keeps the state rich and the people paying twice.
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Trump just torched Bill Cassidy in Louisiana by backing Julia Letlow, exposing how MAGA loyalty is never enough as GOP power brokers fall in line, and how RFK Jr.’s anti-vax chaos gets laundered into “America First” politics while real public health collapses.
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  • 12 minutes
A chilling new angle shows ICE agents gunning down Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti after ripping his legally owned firearm off his back, while Trump’s DHS machine and GOP mouthpieces spin the killing, Fox News shrugs, the NRA goes silent, and Americans watch a police-state crackdown unfold in real time.
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A Fox Business segment blows a hole in MAGA’s ICE propaganda when Maria Bartiromo—of all people—refuses to swallow the official story on the Minneapolis Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti, forcing the Trump machine’s spin to unravel in real time.
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  • 12 minutes
A CNN segment just blew up the Trump administration’s Border Patrol narrative as Dana Bash corners Greg Bovino on video that shows a gun being removed before the ICE shooting, exposing how MAGA operatives dodge basic questions, push propaganda, and try to gaslight the public into ignoring what the footage plainly shows.
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Democrats are done playing nice: after ICE agents shot VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, officials are demanding DEFUND ICE and prosecutions—because Trump’s crackdown is starting to look like state violence with a budget line.
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