Damon Darlin 🦞 🖋️
@damondarlin.bsky.social
Journalist, now happily retired. Past life: WSJ, NYT, KFF Health News.
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"The question we face is whether the sovereign states will use their constitutional authority to protect the rights of citizens against a tyrannical federal regime, including by holding federal officers responsible for their crimes."
Good @davidrlurie.com overview of this at @atrupar.com's place:
Good @davidrlurie.com overview of this at @atrupar.com's place:
Minnesota exemplifies how the States can use their constitutional authority to challenge the tyranny of the Trump Regime, as I discuss in Public Notice.
January 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"The question we face is whether the sovereign states will use their constitutional authority to protect the rights of citizens against a tyrannical federal regime, including by holding federal officers responsible for their crimes."
Good @davidrlurie.com overview of this at @atrupar.com's place:
Good @davidrlurie.com overview of this at @atrupar.com's place:
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It’s crucial that networks with Sunday morning shows not let Republicans lie about what happened today. Interrupt them, cut their mics, cut away. It’s reckless and inaccurate to let them spin a murder. The video is clear. I don’t expect this to happen, but the journalistic imperative is clear.
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 AM
It’s crucial that networks with Sunday morning shows not let Republicans lie about what happened today. Interrupt them, cut their mics, cut away. It’s reckless and inaccurate to let them spin a murder. The video is clear. I don’t expect this to happen, but the journalistic imperative is clear.
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Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
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It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
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The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief says
A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
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No more passive voice and no more headlines with “[Insert Blatant Lie Here], ICE says”
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
No more passive voice and no more headlines with “[Insert Blatant Lie Here], ICE says”
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Minnesota is the best of us.
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Minnesota is the best of us.
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Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
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SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
January 22, 2026 at 4:44 AM
SEEING IS BELIEVING
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
DHS claims the car being chased rammed the ICE vehicle. The video shows the opposite.
📌 A father and son, a US citizen, are chased. The teen is beaten and seriously injured. The father is deported.
DHS lied. The video tells the truth. Excellent reporting by Antonia Hylton.
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Please watch PM Carney's speech. Powerful, and in my view as a political scholar, 100% accurate. We must stop living within the lie.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5f...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5f...
Canadian PM Mark Carney Declares the End of US Empire and Old Global Rules at WEF 2026 | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
m.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Please watch PM Carney's speech. Powerful, and in my view as a political scholar, 100% accurate. We must stop living within the lie.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5f...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=fV5f...
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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He didn't "seem to" do it. He did it, repeatedly.
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
He didn't "seem to" do it. He did it, repeatedly.
Will his mental acuity be noted?
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Will his mental acuity be noted?
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The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
If you watched Trump’s media briefing yesterday, is this how you’d characterize it?
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM
If you watched Trump’s media briefing yesterday, is this how you’d characterize it?
A must read for Americans.
Canadians are so lucky to have Carney in charge at this very moment, and the wild twist is that they only have Trump to thank for that...
My latest: Mark Carney just delivered the most important speech in recent Canadian history. Now, we wait for the fallout. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/20/o...
January 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM
A must read for Americans.
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how many homes do the average American have, Michael? ten?
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 6:54 PM
how many homes do the average American have, Michael? ten?
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January 19, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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So what if SCOTUS strikes down Trump's tariffs and he leaves them in place while he conjures up another rationale for them? Would that count as defying the Supreme Court? Asking for a bunch of spineless Republicans who once claimed that was their red line.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
Trump’s Trade Negotiator Says Response to Court Loss Would Be Immediate
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
So what if SCOTUS strikes down Trump's tariffs and he leaves them in place while he conjures up another rationale for them? Would that count as defying the Supreme Court? Asking for a bunch of spineless Republicans who once claimed that was their red line.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
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This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.