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<\/a><\/p>\nContrarian and Indivisible Project: NO KINGS Coalition Responds to Escalating Brutality and Authoritarianism<\/a><\/h2>\nNo Kings Coalition Announces Immediate Efforts and Builds Towards Next National Mass Mobilization on March 28
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\n(Contrarian and Indivisible Project more…)<\/a><\/p>\nPaul Krugman: Minnesota is the Beginning of an American Color Revolution<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nA little background: a \u201ccolor revolution\u201d is a widely used term for the nonviolent uprisings that overthrew some of the autocratic regimes that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The most famous of these uprisings was the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought democracy to Ukraine. Ukrainian democracy has had its ups and downs since then, but it\u2019s still standing \u2014 and still standing up to Russia\u2019s brutal attempts at conquest.
\n(Paul Krugman more…)<\/a><\/p>\nCharlie Sykes: The Little Platoons That Humbled Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nFrom long experience, we\u2019ve learned that skepticism is always in order \u2014 and because Trump hateshateshates looking weak, the whole \u201cnew tone\u201d could unravel within hours<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nBut we should also take a moment to celebrate a rather extraordinary victory, even if it is only a temporary one.<\/em>
\n(Charlie Sykes more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSteward Beckham: What Happened to Ilhan Omar Was Inevitable<\/a><\/h2>\nHow racism becomes the harbinger of a superpower choosing to decline.<\/p>\n
zeteo: Trump and His Party Have Put Ilhan Omar in Danger for Years<\/a><\/h2>\nMarisa Kabas: Crackdown<\/a><\/h2>\nThe people of Minnesota, the rest of the country has learned these past few weeks, just keep coming back. Their relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives somewhere new to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won\u2019t be passing any down. <\/p>\n
Headlines call it a \u201ccrackdown\u201d on immigration and a \u201cclash\u201d between the government and \u201cprotesters,\u201d when in reality it\u2019s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence.<\/p>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 28, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nFederal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities including Portland and Lewiston, Maine. That violence has made it crystal clear that the goal of attacking immigrants is not simply to create a white nation; it is also to terrorize Americans into accepting the domination of MAGA Republicans.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jennifer Rubin: Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti\u2019s Murder Counted More<\/a><\/h2>\nWe must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves
\n…
\nWhy only now is the status quo teetering?<\/em><\/p>\nThere are both benign and not-so-benign reasons.<\/p>\n
As to the former, the multiplicity of murders (followed by the same old lies and transparent efforts to cover up misconduct) have eroded what remains of the regime\u2019s credibility. …<\/p>\n
Sadly, a larger swath of Americans \u2014 white men and gun-owners, for example \u2014 might only have been stirred when the victim turned out to be someone who closely resembled themselves and people they know.
\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Brian Beutler: Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity<\/a><\/h2>\nIf you’d rather be like them than like him, it’s time to take a look in the mirror…
\n…<\/p>\n
But to the extent that anyone who aligned with MAGA after 2020 is still persuadable, I hope they\u2019ll stop and think about whom they\u2019ve chosen as their avatars, and then contrast those people with Pretti.
\n(Brian Beutler more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: The Height of Close-Combat Weaponry Is on This Woman\u2019s Doorstep<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nImages of the immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis and across the United States have been likened to those from the country\u2019s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The helmets, camouflage and tactical gear all look straight from the battlefield.<\/p>\nNowhere is that more apparent than in a single photo taken on Jan. 11 by John Locher of The Associated Press. It captures a line of federal agents on the doorstep of a woman\u2019s home, rifles in hand.<\/p>\n
Upon closer inspection, the agents\u2019 equipment tells its own story. Their gear is the physical manifestation of decades of war, fine-tuned and perfected for close-quarters killing over myriad operations in faraway lands but now wielded in broad daylight in American cities. This type of equipment is often reserved for SWAT and hostage rescue units.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: How many pardoned Jan. 6 criminals did ICE hire? I want an answer to this question! NOW.<\/a><\/h2>\nJ.D. Vance dog-whistled the Manosphere in the run-up to the election. In prison, they all knew they’d be pardoned if Trump won. Racist and misogynist, the Proud Boys et al. may have found a new home.
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Joyce Vance: Minnesota and Elsewhere<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\n\u201cAttached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE\u2019s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted. This list should give pause to anyone\u2014no matter his or her political beliefs\u2014who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence\u2026ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated.\u201d
\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ken Klippenstein: ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nTwo senior national security officials tell me that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), \u201cAntifa,\u201d and others who are promiscuously labeled \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d
\n…<\/p>\n
As part of its new effort to support its operations in places like Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the Homeland Security Department, working with the Justice Department, has started more methodically tracking what it calls \u201caggressive protesters.\u201d According to one senior official, this is a new designation the agency uses to describe the supposed threat posed by people on the streets.<\/p>\n
Both Good and Pretti were considered aggressive protesters; in Good\u2019s case, for criticizing ICE officers while operating a vehicle; and in Pretti\u2019s case, getting up close to immigration officers while filming them.
\n(Ken Klippenstein more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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People’s World: Nurses lead nationwide demands to abolish ICE<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Texas Tribune: Lawmakers, protesters demand release of 5-year-old held at Texas immigration detention center<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Al Jazeera: Trump\u2019s troop deployment in US cities cost almost $500m in 2025<\/a><\/h2>\nUnited States President Donald Trump\u2019s deployment of troops in major US cities in 2025 cost nearly $500m, according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).<\/p>\n
Trump last year activated more than 10,000 National Guard soldiers and active-duty marines and sent them to Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Memphis, Portland, Chicago and New Orleans in what the president claimed was an effort to deter crime and protect federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n
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Register: Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA<\/a><\/h2>\nHow a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy<\/p>\n
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NPR: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.
\n…<\/p>\n
NPR obtained copies of over a dozen of the new orders, none of which is publicly available. The orders slash hundreds of pages of requirements for security at the reactors. They also loosen protections for groundwater and the environment and eliminate at least one key safety role. The new orders cut back on requirements for keeping records, and they raise the amount of radiation a worker can be exposed to before an official accident investigation is triggered.<\/p>\n
Over 750 pages were cut from the earlier versions of the same orders, according to NPR’s analysis, leaving only about one-third of the number of pages in the original documents.
\n(NPR more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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James Eagle: China\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is becoming entrenched<\/a><\/h2>\nChina\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is no longer a temporary distortion caused by the pandemic or supply chain disruption. It is becoming a structural feature of the global economy.
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Liz Dye: The investigation is the coverup<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump’s “pivot” on Pretti is just a head fake.<\/p>\n
Judd Legum and Noel Sims: How legacy media fell for Trump\u2019s fake \u201cpivot\u201d in Minnesota<\/a><\/h2>\nThom Hartmann: The Most Dangerous Moment Is When Authoritarians Seem to Compromise<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump\u2019s recalibration follows the same step-back, step-forward playbook used by Orb\u00e1n, Putin, and every modern strongman\u2026<\/p>\n
Bulwark: Trump Can\u2019t Stop Backing Down<\/a><\/h2>\nWhere the bully encounters strength, he withdraws. Constantly.<\/p>\n
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Rebecca Solnit: “Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results”: On Immigration and Assumptions<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nOne of the axes I grind regularly is about and against habits of thought and unquestioned assumptions that interfere with clear perception. One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady.
\n(Rebecca Solnit more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay<\/a><\/h2>\nThe measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Your Local Epidemiologist: Shared decision-making, informed consent, and the rhetoric of false empowerment<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat these medical terms mean and how they\u2019re fueling confusion about vaccines<\/p>\n
National Memo: At Kennedy’s CDC, Measles Fatalities Are Now Just ‘A Cost Of Doing Business’<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Ellie Leonard: Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Real Lawyer Was Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n- January 24: Alex Pretti<\/a>\n
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez<\/a>\n
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz<\/a>\n
- January 9: Parady La<\/a>\n
- January 7: Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a>\n
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz<\/a>\n
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres<\/a>\n
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos<\/a>\n
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience<\/a><\/h2>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\nAccountability Initiative ICE List<\/a><\/h2>\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
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\n(Contrarian and Indivisible Project more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
Paul Krugman: Minnesota is the Beginning of an American Color Revolution<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nA little background: a \u201ccolor revolution\u201d is a widely used term for the nonviolent uprisings that overthrew some of the autocratic regimes that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The most famous of these uprisings was the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought democracy to Ukraine. Ukrainian democracy has had its ups and downs since then, but it\u2019s still standing \u2014 and still standing up to Russia\u2019s brutal attempts at conquest.
\n(Paul Krugman more…)<\/a><\/p>\nCharlie Sykes: The Little Platoons That Humbled Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nFrom long experience, we\u2019ve learned that skepticism is always in order \u2014 and because Trump hateshateshates looking weak, the whole \u201cnew tone\u201d could unravel within hours<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nBut we should also take a moment to celebrate a rather extraordinary victory, even if it is only a temporary one.<\/em>
\n(Charlie Sykes more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSteward Beckham: What Happened to Ilhan Omar Was Inevitable<\/a><\/h2>\nHow racism becomes the harbinger of a superpower choosing to decline.<\/p>\n
zeteo: Trump and His Party Have Put Ilhan Omar in Danger for Years<\/a><\/h2>\nMarisa Kabas: Crackdown<\/a><\/h2>\nThe people of Minnesota, the rest of the country has learned these past few weeks, just keep coming back. Their relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives somewhere new to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won\u2019t be passing any down. <\/p>\n
Headlines call it a \u201ccrackdown\u201d on immigration and a \u201cclash\u201d between the government and \u201cprotesters,\u201d when in reality it\u2019s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence.<\/p>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 28, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nFederal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities including Portland and Lewiston, Maine. That violence has made it crystal clear that the goal of attacking immigrants is not simply to create a white nation; it is also to terrorize Americans into accepting the domination of MAGA Republicans.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jennifer Rubin: Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti\u2019s Murder Counted More<\/a><\/h2>\nWe must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves
\n…
\nWhy only now is the status quo teetering?<\/em><\/p>\nThere are both benign and not-so-benign reasons.<\/p>\n
As to the former, the multiplicity of murders (followed by the same old lies and transparent efforts to cover up misconduct) have eroded what remains of the regime\u2019s credibility. …<\/p>\n
Sadly, a larger swath of Americans \u2014 white men and gun-owners, for example \u2014 might only have been stirred when the victim turned out to be someone who closely resembled themselves and people they know.
\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Brian Beutler: Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity<\/a><\/h2>\nIf you’d rather be like them than like him, it’s time to take a look in the mirror…
\n…<\/p>\n
But to the extent that anyone who aligned with MAGA after 2020 is still persuadable, I hope they\u2019ll stop and think about whom they\u2019ve chosen as their avatars, and then contrast those people with Pretti.
\n(Brian Beutler more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: The Height of Close-Combat Weaponry Is on This Woman\u2019s Doorstep<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nImages of the immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis and across the United States have been likened to those from the country\u2019s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The helmets, camouflage and tactical gear all look straight from the battlefield.<\/p>\nNowhere is that more apparent than in a single photo taken on Jan. 11 by John Locher of The Associated Press. It captures a line of federal agents on the doorstep of a woman\u2019s home, rifles in hand.<\/p>\n
Upon closer inspection, the agents\u2019 equipment tells its own story. Their gear is the physical manifestation of decades of war, fine-tuned and perfected for close-quarters killing over myriad operations in faraway lands but now wielded in broad daylight in American cities. This type of equipment is often reserved for SWAT and hostage rescue units.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: How many pardoned Jan. 6 criminals did ICE hire? I want an answer to this question! NOW.<\/a><\/h2>\nJ.D. Vance dog-whistled the Manosphere in the run-up to the election. In prison, they all knew they’d be pardoned if Trump won. Racist and misogynist, the Proud Boys et al. may have found a new home.
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\n(Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D. more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Joyce Vance: Minnesota and Elsewhere<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\n\u201cAttached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE\u2019s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted. This list should give pause to anyone\u2014no matter his or her political beliefs\u2014who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence\u2026ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated.\u201d
\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Ken Klippenstein: ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nTwo senior national security officials tell me that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), \u201cAntifa,\u201d and others who are promiscuously labeled \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d
\n…<\/p>\n
As part of its new effort to support its operations in places like Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the Homeland Security Department, working with the Justice Department, has started more methodically tracking what it calls \u201caggressive protesters.\u201d According to one senior official, this is a new designation the agency uses to describe the supposed threat posed by people on the streets.<\/p>\n
Both Good and Pretti were considered aggressive protesters; in Good\u2019s case, for criticizing ICE officers while operating a vehicle; and in Pretti\u2019s case, getting up close to immigration officers while filming them.
\n(Ken Klippenstein more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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People’s World: Nurses lead nationwide demands to abolish ICE<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Texas Tribune: Lawmakers, protesters demand release of 5-year-old held at Texas immigration detention center<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Al Jazeera: Trump\u2019s troop deployment in US cities cost almost $500m in 2025<\/a><\/h2>\nUnited States President Donald Trump\u2019s deployment of troops in major US cities in 2025 cost nearly $500m, according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).<\/p>\n
Trump last year activated more than 10,000 National Guard soldiers and active-duty marines and sent them to Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Memphis, Portland, Chicago and New Orleans in what the president claimed was an effort to deter crime and protect federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n
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Register: Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA<\/a><\/h2>\nHow a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
NPR: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.
\n…<\/p>\n
NPR obtained copies of over a dozen of the new orders, none of which is publicly available. The orders slash hundreds of pages of requirements for security at the reactors. They also loosen protections for groundwater and the environment and eliminate at least one key safety role. The new orders cut back on requirements for keeping records, and they raise the amount of radiation a worker can be exposed to before an official accident investigation is triggered.<\/p>\n
Over 750 pages were cut from the earlier versions of the same orders, according to NPR’s analysis, leaving only about one-third of the number of pages in the original documents.
\n(NPR more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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James Eagle: China\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is becoming entrenched<\/a><\/h2>\nChina\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is no longer a temporary distortion caused by the pandemic or supply chain disruption. It is becoming a structural feature of the global economy.
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Liz Dye: The investigation is the coverup<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump’s “pivot” on Pretti is just a head fake.<\/p>\n
Judd Legum and Noel Sims: How legacy media fell for Trump\u2019s fake \u201cpivot\u201d in Minnesota<\/a><\/h2>\nThom Hartmann: The Most Dangerous Moment Is When Authoritarians Seem to Compromise<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump\u2019s recalibration follows the same step-back, step-forward playbook used by Orb\u00e1n, Putin, and every modern strongman\u2026<\/p>\n
Bulwark: Trump Can\u2019t Stop Backing Down<\/a><\/h2>\nWhere the bully encounters strength, he withdraws. Constantly.<\/p>\n
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Rebecca Solnit: “Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results”: On Immigration and Assumptions<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nOne of the axes I grind regularly is about and against habits of thought and unquestioned assumptions that interfere with clear perception. One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady.
\n(Rebecca Solnit more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay<\/a><\/h2>\nThe measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Your Local Epidemiologist: Shared decision-making, informed consent, and the rhetoric of false empowerment<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat these medical terms mean and how they\u2019re fueling confusion about vaccines<\/p>\n
National Memo: At Kennedy’s CDC, Measles Fatalities Are Now Just ‘A Cost Of Doing Business’<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Ellie Leonard: Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Real Lawyer Was Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\nICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n- January 24: Alex Pretti<\/a>\n
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez<\/a>\n
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz<\/a>\n
- January 9: Parady La<\/a>\n
- January 7: Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a>\n
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz<\/a>\n
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres<\/a>\n
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos<\/a>\n
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience<\/a><\/h2>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\nAccountability Initiative ICE List<\/a><\/h2>\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"curated news excerpts & citations Contrarian and Indivisible Project: NO KINGS Coalition Responds to Escalating Brutality and Authoritarianism No Kings Coalition Announces Immediate Efforts and Builds Towards Next National Mass Mobilization on March 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8341,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions\/8341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nA little background: a \u201ccolor revolution\u201d is a widely used term for the nonviolent uprisings that overthrew some of the autocratic regimes that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The most famous of these uprisings was the 2004 Orange Revolution that brought democracy to Ukraine. Ukrainian democracy has had its ups and downs since then, but it\u2019s still standing \u2014 and still standing up to Russia\u2019s brutal attempts at conquest.
\n(Paul Krugman more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
Charlie Sykes: The Little Platoons That Humbled Trump<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nFrom long experience, we\u2019ve learned that skepticism is always in order \u2014 and because Trump hateshateshates looking weak, the whole \u201cnew tone\u201d could unravel within hours<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\nBut we should also take a moment to celebrate a rather extraordinary victory, even if it is only a temporary one.<\/em>
\n(Charlie Sykes more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSteward Beckham: What Happened to Ilhan Omar Was Inevitable<\/a><\/h2>\nHow racism becomes the harbinger of a superpower choosing to decline.<\/p>\n
zeteo: Trump and His Party Have Put Ilhan Omar in Danger for Years<\/a><\/h2>\nMarisa Kabas: Crackdown<\/a><\/h2>\nThe people of Minnesota, the rest of the country has learned these past few weeks, just keep coming back. Their relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives somewhere new to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won\u2019t be passing any down. <\/p>\n
Headlines call it a \u201ccrackdown\u201d on immigration and a \u201cclash\u201d between the government and \u201cprotesters,\u201d when in reality it\u2019s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence.<\/p>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 28, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\nFederal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities including Portland and Lewiston, Maine. That violence has made it crystal clear that the goal of attacking immigrants is not simply to create a white nation; it is also to terrorize Americans into accepting the domination of MAGA Republicans.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Jennifer Rubin: Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti\u2019s Murder Counted More<\/a><\/h2>\nWe must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves
\n…
\nWhy only now is the status quo teetering?<\/em><\/p>\nThere are both benign and not-so-benign reasons.<\/p>\n
As to the former, the multiplicity of murders (followed by the same old lies and transparent efforts to cover up misconduct) have eroded what remains of the regime\u2019s credibility. …<\/p>\n
Sadly, a larger swath of Americans \u2014 white men and gun-owners, for example \u2014 might only have been stirred when the victim turned out to be someone who closely resembled themselves and people they know.
\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Brian Beutler: Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity<\/a><\/h2>\nIf you’d rather be like them than like him, it’s time to take a look in the mirror…
\n…<\/p>\n
But to the extent that anyone who aligned with MAGA after 2020 is still persuadable, I hope they\u2019ll stop and think about whom they\u2019ve chosen as their avatars, and then contrast those people with Pretti.
\n(Brian Beutler more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: The Height of Close-Combat Weaponry Is on This Woman\u2019s Doorstep<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nImages of the immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis and across the United States have been likened to those from the country\u2019s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The helmets, camouflage and tactical gear all look straight from the battlefield.<\/p>\nNowhere is that more apparent than in a single photo taken on Jan. 11 by John Locher of The Associated Press. It captures a line of federal agents on the doorstep of a woman\u2019s home, rifles in hand.<\/p>\n
Upon closer inspection, the agents\u2019 equipment tells its own story. Their gear is the physical manifestation of decades of war, fine-tuned and perfected for close-quarters killing over myriad operations in faraway lands but now wielded in broad daylight in American cities. This type of equipment is often reserved for SWAT and hostage rescue units.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: How many pardoned Jan. 6 criminals did ICE hire? I want an answer to this question! NOW.<\/a><\/h2>\nJ.D. Vance dog-whistled the Manosphere in the run-up to the election. In prison, they all knew they’d be pardoned if Trump won. Racist and misogynist, the Proud Boys et al. may have found a new home.
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\n(Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D. more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Joyce Vance: Minnesota and Elsewhere<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\n\u201cAttached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE\u2019s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted. This list should give pause to anyone\u2014no matter his or her political beliefs\u2014who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence\u2026ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated.\u201d
\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
Ken Klippenstein: ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nTwo senior national security officials tell me that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), \u201cAntifa,\u201d and others who are promiscuously labeled \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d
\n…<\/p>\n
As part of its new effort to support its operations in places like Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the Homeland Security Department, working with the Justice Department, has started more methodically tracking what it calls \u201caggressive protesters.\u201d According to one senior official, this is a new designation the agency uses to describe the supposed threat posed by people on the streets.<\/p>\n
Both Good and Pretti were considered aggressive protesters; in Good\u2019s case, for criticizing ICE officers while operating a vehicle; and in Pretti\u2019s case, getting up close to immigration officers while filming them.
\n(Ken Klippenstein more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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People’s World: Nurses lead nationwide demands to abolish ICE<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Texas Tribune: Lawmakers, protesters demand release of 5-year-old held at Texas immigration detention center<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n- \n
Al Jazeera: Trump\u2019s troop deployment in US cities cost almost $500m in 2025<\/a><\/h2>\nUnited States President Donald Trump\u2019s deployment of troops in major US cities in 2025 cost nearly $500m, according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).<\/p>\n
Trump last year activated more than 10,000 National Guard soldiers and active-duty marines and sent them to Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Memphis, Portland, Chicago and New Orleans in what the president claimed was an effort to deter crime and protect federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Register: Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA<\/a><\/h2>\nHow a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
NPR: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules<\/a><\/h2>\nThe Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR.
\n…<\/p>\n
NPR obtained copies of over a dozen of the new orders, none of which is publicly available. The orders slash hundreds of pages of requirements for security at the reactors. They also loosen protections for groundwater and the environment and eliminate at least one key safety role. The new orders cut back on requirements for keeping records, and they raise the amount of radiation a worker can be exposed to before an official accident investigation is triggered.<\/p>\n
Over 750 pages were cut from the earlier versions of the same orders, according to NPR’s analysis, leaving only about one-third of the number of pages in the original documents.
\n(NPR more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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James Eagle: China\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is becoming entrenched<\/a><\/h2>\nChina\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is no longer a temporary distortion caused by the pandemic or supply chain disruption. It is becoming a structural feature of the global economy.
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\n(James Eagle more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Liz Dye: The investigation is the coverup<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump’s “pivot” on Pretti is just a head fake.<\/p>\n
Judd Legum and Noel Sims: How legacy media fell for Trump\u2019s fake \u201cpivot\u201d in Minnesota<\/a><\/h2>\nThom Hartmann: The Most Dangerous Moment Is When Authoritarians Seem to Compromise<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump\u2019s recalibration follows the same step-back, step-forward playbook used by Orb\u00e1n, Putin, and every modern strongman\u2026<\/p>\n
Bulwark: Trump Can\u2019t Stop Backing Down<\/a><\/h2>\nWhere the bully encounters strength, he withdraws. Constantly.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n- \n
Rebecca Solnit: “Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results”: On Immigration and Assumptions<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nOne of the axes I grind regularly is about and against habits of thought and unquestioned assumptions that interfere with clear perception. One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady.
\n(Rebecca Solnit more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay<\/a><\/h2>\nThe measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n- \n
Your Local Epidemiologist: Shared decision-making, informed consent, and the rhetoric of false empowerment<\/a><\/h2>\nWhat these medical terms mean and how they\u2019re fueling confusion about vaccines<\/p>\n
National Memo: At Kennedy’s CDC, Measles Fatalities Are Now Just ‘A Cost Of Doing Business’<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Ellie Leonard: Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Real Lawyer Was Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n
\n
\n<\/center><\/p>\n
\nICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n- January 24: Alex Pretti<\/a>\n
- January 14: Heber Sanchaz Dominguez<\/a>\n
- January 14: Victor Manuel Diaz<\/a>\n
- January 9: Parady La<\/a>\n
- January 7: Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a>\n
- January 6: Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz<\/a>\n
- January 5: Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres<\/a>\n
- January 3: Geraldo Lunas Campos<\/a>\n
- December 31, 2025: Keith Porter<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience<\/a><\/h2>\nNPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\nAccountability Initiative ICE List<\/a><\/h2>\nGriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nTimeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\nTracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\nTrump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\nProject 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nDOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\nProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\nWired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n\n- The Impact Map<\/a>\n
- United States Disappeared Tracke<\/a>r\n
- ICE Flight Tracking<\/a>\n
- Regulatory Changes Tracker<\/a>\n
- Trump Administration Litigation Trackers<\/a>\n
- Far Right Groups Targeting Pride Month<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"curated news excerpts & citations Contrarian and Indivisible Project: NO KINGS Coalition Responds to Escalating Brutality and Authoritarianism No Kings Coalition Announces Immediate Efforts and Builds Towards Next National Mass Mobilization on March 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8341,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions\/8341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFrom long experience, we\u2019ve learned that skepticism is always in order \u2014 and because Trump hateshateshates looking weak, the whole \u201cnew tone\u201d could unravel within hours<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
But we should also take a moment to celebrate a rather extraordinary victory, even if it is only a temporary one.<\/em> How racism becomes the harbinger of a superpower choosing to decline.<\/p>\n The people of Minnesota, the rest of the country has learned these past few weeks, just keep coming back. Their relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives somewhere new to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won\u2019t be passing any down. <\/p>\n Headlines call it a \u201ccrackdown\u201d on immigration and a \u201cclash\u201d between the government and \u201cprotesters,\u201d when in reality it\u2019s murderous occupying forces being confronted by people who just want to live free of their violence.<\/p>\n Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S. cities including Portland and Lewiston, Maine. That violence has made it crystal clear that the goal of attacking immigrants is not simply to create a white nation; it is also to terrorize Americans into accepting the domination of MAGA Republicans. We must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves There are both benign and not-so-benign reasons.<\/p>\n As to the former, the multiplicity of murders (followed by the same old lies and transparent efforts to cover up misconduct) have eroded what remains of the regime\u2019s credibility. …<\/p>\n Sadly, a larger swath of Americans \u2014 white men and gun-owners, for example \u2014 might only have been stirred when the victim turned out to be someone who closely resembled themselves and people they know. If you’d rather be like them than like him, it’s time to take a look in the mirror… But to the extent that anyone who aligned with MAGA after 2020 is still persuadable, I hope they\u2019ll stop and think about whom they\u2019ve chosen as their avatars, and then contrast those people with Pretti. Nowhere is that more apparent than in a single photo taken on Jan. 11 by John Locher of The Associated Press. It captures a line of federal agents on the doorstep of a woman\u2019s home, rifles in hand.<\/p>\n Upon closer inspection, the agents\u2019 equipment tells its own story. Their gear is the physical manifestation of decades of war, fine-tuned and perfected for close-quarters killing over myriad operations in faraway lands but now wielded in broad daylight in American cities. This type of equipment is often reserved for SWAT and hostage rescue units. J.D. Vance dog-whistled the Manosphere in the run-up to the election. In prison, they all knew they’d be pardoned if Trump won. Racist and misogynist, the Proud Boys et al. may have found a new home. … … As part of its new effort to support its operations in places like Minneapolis and Los Angeles, the Homeland Security Department, working with the Justice Department, has started more methodically tracking what it calls \u201caggressive protesters.\u201d According to one senior official, this is a new designation the agency uses to describe the supposed threat posed by people on the streets.<\/p>\n Both Good and Pretti were considered aggressive protesters; in Good\u2019s case, for criticizing ICE officers while operating a vehicle; and in Pretti\u2019s case, getting up close to immigration officers while filming them. United States President Donald Trump\u2019s deployment of troops in major US cities in 2025 cost nearly $500m, according to the latest estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).<\/p>\n Trump last year activated more than 10,000 National Guard soldiers and active-duty marines and sent them to Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Memphis, Portland, Chicago and New Orleans in what the president claimed was an effort to deter crime and protect federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy<\/p>\n The Trump administration has overhauled a set of nuclear safety directives and shared them with the companies it is charged with regulating, without making the new rules available to the public, according to documents obtained exclusively by NPR. NPR obtained copies of over a dozen of the new orders, none of which is publicly available. The orders slash hundreds of pages of requirements for security at the reactors. They also loosen protections for groundwater and the environment and eliminate at least one key safety role. The new orders cut back on requirements for keeping records, and they raise the amount of radiation a worker can be exposed to before an official accident investigation is triggered.<\/p>\n Over 750 pages were cut from the earlier versions of the same orders, according to NPR’s analysis, leaving only about one-third of the number of pages in the original documents. China\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is no longer a temporary distortion caused by the pandemic or supply chain disruption. It is becoming a structural feature of the global economy. Trump’s “pivot” on Pretti is just a head fake.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s recalibration follows the same step-back, step-forward playbook used by Orb\u00e1n, Putin, and every modern strongman\u2026<\/p>\n Where the bully encounters strength, he withdraws. Constantly.<\/p>\n … The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration. What these medical terms mean and how they\u2019re fueling confusion about vaccines<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" curated news excerpts & citations Contrarian and Indivisible Project: NO KINGS Coalition Responds to Escalating Brutality and Authoritarianism No Kings Coalition Announces Immediate Efforts and Builds Towards Next National Mass Mobilization on March 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8341,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions\/8341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kewus.net\/yesterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(Charlie Sykes more…)<\/a><\/p>\nSteward Beckham: What Happened to Ilhan Omar Was Inevitable<\/a><\/h2>\n
zeteo: Trump and His Party Have Put Ilhan Omar in Danger for Years<\/a><\/h2>\n
Marisa Kabas: Crackdown<\/a><\/h2>\n
Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 28, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\n
<\/a><\/p>\nJennifer Rubin: Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti\u2019s Murder Counted More<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n…
\nWhy only now is the status quo teetering?<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Jennifer Rubin more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nBrian Beutler: Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Brian Beutler more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNY Times: The Height of Close-Combat Weaponry Is on This Woman\u2019s Doorstep<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nMorgaan Sinclair, Ph.D.: How many pardoned Jan. 6 criminals did ICE hire? I want an answer to this question! NOW.<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Morgaan Sinclair, Ph.D. more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: Minnesota and Elsewhere<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n\u201cAttached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. The extent of ICE\u2019s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated. This list is confined to orders issued since January 1, 2026, and the list was hurriedly compiled by extraordinarily busy judges. Undoubtedly, mistakes were made, and orders that should have appeared on this list were omitted. This list should give pause to anyone\u2014no matter his or her political beliefs\u2014who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence\u2026ICE is not a law unto itself. ICE has every right to challenge the orders of this Court, but, like any litigant, ICE must follow those orders unless and until they are overturned or vacated.\u201d
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\nKen Klippenstein: ICE’s Secret Watchlists of Americans<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nTwo senior national security officials tell me that there are more than a dozen secret and obscure watchlists that homeland security and the FBI are using to track protesters (both anti-ICE and pro-Palestinian), \u201cAntifa,\u201d and others who are promiscuously labeled \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d
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\nPeople’s World: Nurses lead nationwide demands to abolish ICE<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nTexas Tribune: Lawmakers, protesters demand release of 5-year-old held at Texas immigration detention center<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nAl Jazeera: Trump\u2019s troop deployment in US cities cost almost $500m in 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nRegister: Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNPR: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nJames Eagle: China\u2019s trade surplus with Europe is becoming entrenched<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nLiz Dye: The investigation is the coverup<\/a><\/h2>\n
Judd Legum and Noel Sims: How legacy media fell for Trump\u2019s fake \u201cpivot\u201d in Minnesota<\/a><\/h2>\n
Thom Hartmann: The Most Dangerous Moment Is When Authoritarians Seem to Compromise<\/a><\/h2>\n
Bulwark: Trump Can\u2019t Stop Backing Down<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nRebecca Solnit: “Past Performance Is Not Indicative of Future Results”: On Immigration and Assumptions<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nOne of the axes I grind regularly is about and against habits of thought and unquestioned assumptions that interfere with clear perception. One habit I see all too often is the assumption that the future will be an extension of some obvious force in the present: that force will continue to enlarge in power and impact or just stay steady.
\n(Rebecca Solnit more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nNY Times: Bucking a Global Trend, Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nYour Local Epidemiologist: Shared decision-making, informed consent, and the rhetoric of false empowerment<\/a><\/h2>\n
National Memo: At Kennedy’s CDC, Measles Fatalities Are Now Just ‘A Cost Of Doing Business’<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nEllie Leonard: Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Real Lawyer Was Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nICE deaths 2026 – They deserve remembrance and justice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n
Margaret Chase Smith: Declaration of Conscience<\/a><\/h2>\n
NPR: January 6, 2021: A visual archive<\/a><\/h2>\n
Accountability Initiative ICE List<\/a><\/h2>\n
GriftMatrix<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Action Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department\u2019s Anti-Voting Shift<\/a><\/h2>\n
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump\u2019s Agenda<\/a><\/h2>\n
Trump Pardons Database<\/a><\/h2>\n
Project 2025 Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
DOGE Tracker<\/a><\/h2>\n
ProPublica: Elon Musk\u2019s Demolition Crew<\/a><\/h2>\n
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration\u2019s Attacks on Civil Liberties<\/a><\/h2>\n
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