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Take off their masks. End their immunities. Limit their jurisdiction. Restrain their tactics. All of this can be done through legislation without inhibiting humane immigration enforcement. If it’s done correctly, legislative reform can lead to greater accountability across the whole of government.
Opinion | ‘We Are Creating the Conditions for a Catastrophe.’ Three Columnists on Minneapolis.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Take off their masks. End their immunities. Limit their jurisdiction. Restrain their tactics. All of this can be done through legislation without inhibiting humane immigration enforcement. If it’s done correctly, legislative reform can lead to greater accountability across the whole of government.
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Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Wow! This read-along of the NYT moment-by-moment leading to the murder of Alex Pretti should shake everyone awake. He was a Good Samaritan.
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
Agents fired at least ten shots in roughly five seconds. DHS and Pam Bondi claim Pretti approached them armed and intent on a “massacre.”
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands….
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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The victim of Saturday’s fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis was identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.
Who Was Alex Pretti? Man Shot Dead By Border Patrol Agent In Minneapolis
The victim of Saturday’s fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis was identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The victim of Saturday’s fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis was identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Opinion | It’s So Hard Not to Be Consumed by Rage
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January 26, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
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Ever notice how the inner voice that says, "We are powerless. This will never work." gets louder when you feel alone?
That's because loneliness and isolation amplify despair. Community, partnership, and action are the antidote.
Hope is a group project.
That's because loneliness and isolation amplify despair. Community, partnership, and action are the antidote.
Hope is a group project.
January 26, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Ever notice how the inner voice that says, "We are powerless. This will never work." gets louder when you feel alone?
That's because loneliness and isolation amplify despair. Community, partnership, and action are the antidote.
Hope is a group project.
That's because loneliness and isolation amplify despair. Community, partnership, and action are the antidote.
Hope is a group project.
Our Foreign Policy
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Our Foreign Policy
Try not to think about it.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Our Foreign Policy
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The person who wrote the book “Toxic Empathy” wants more images of 🧊 showing compassion. Guess she wants us to have empathy for them.
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The person who wrote the book “Toxic Empathy” wants more images of 🧊 showing compassion. Guess she wants us to have empathy for them.
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How do you preserve the free world when America goes Rogue? On Tuesday, Mark Carney provided an answer.
He called Donald Trump’s bluff. Trump wants subjects, but he’s getting rivals, and the American people will pay the price. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...
He called Donald Trump’s bluff. Trump wants subjects, but he’s getting rivals, and the American people will pay the price. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...
Opinion | The Carney Doctrine
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January 23, 2026 at 4:39 AM
How do you preserve the free world when America goes Rogue? On Tuesday, Mark Carney provided an answer.
He called Donald Trump’s bluff. Trump wants subjects, but he’s getting rivals, and the American people will pay the price. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...
He called Donald Trump’s bluff. Trump wants subjects, but he’s getting rivals, and the American people will pay the price. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...
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A March on Washington in 1963 to Cash a Check Written During the Civil War 🗃️ #MLK #MLKDay open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
A March on Washington in 1963 to Cash a Check Written During the Civil War
Though not widely appreciated as such, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is deeply connected to the legacy of the American Civil War.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:04 PM
A March on Washington in 1963 to Cash a Check Written During the Civil War 🗃️ #MLK #MLKDay open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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President Trump is stress-testing American law, and the law is failing the test. The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
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January 18, 2026 at 3:15 PM
President Trump is stress-testing American law, and the law is failing the test. The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
Opinion | Something Is Rotten in the State of America
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January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
If we break our alliances, we are smaller and weaker. If we break them for pride and power and greed, then we don’t just break an alliance, we break our own character. We diminish ourselves in every way that matters, and no amount of newly sovereign frozen ground can obscure our national shame.
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That's well said. Courage should shame the cowards.
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
That's well said. Courage should shame the cowards.
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Donald Trump is putting on a clinic about how to break the United States.
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Opinion | Trump and Vance Are Fanning the Flames. Again.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Donald Trump is putting on a clinic about how to break the United States.
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Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
January 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."
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The Trump administration will send “hundreds more” federal agents to Minneapolis to support the work of ICE agents, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday, days after a federal agent shot and killed a woman there.
‘Hundreds More’ Federal Agents to be Deployed to Minneapolis After ICE Shooting
The announcement by the homeland security secretary came days after an immigration officer shot and killed a woman, Renee Good, in the city.
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January 11, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The Trump administration will send “hundreds more” federal agents to Minneapolis to support the work of ICE agents, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday, days after a federal agent shot and killed a woman there.