M S
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The Federal Reserve is the only federal agency where the Supreme Court seems interested in enforcing its legal protections. This puts them in a much stronger position.
It is very hard for other agencies to defend their legal independence with SCOTUS opposed to it.
It is very hard for other agencies to defend their legal independence with SCOTUS opposed to it.
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The Federal Reserve is the only federal agency where the Supreme Court seems interested in enforcing its legal protections. This puts them in a much stronger position.
It is very hard for other agencies to defend their legal independence with SCOTUS opposed to it.
It is very hard for other agencies to defend their legal independence with SCOTUS opposed to it.
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This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
January 13, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
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HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 PM
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
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I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
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Watching people losing their minds about Dem rhetoric on ICE and it's like people don't remember how Project 2025 played in the election just over a year ago.
I don't want my politicians lying to people but not talking about your policy goals doesn't mean you don't have those policy goals
I don't want my politicians lying to people but not talking about your policy goals doesn't mean you don't have those policy goals
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Watching people losing their minds about Dem rhetoric on ICE and it's like people don't remember how Project 2025 played in the election just over a year ago.
I don't want my politicians lying to people but not talking about your policy goals doesn't mean you don't have those policy goals
I don't want my politicians lying to people but not talking about your policy goals doesn't mean you don't have those policy goals
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Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
January 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Rep. Randy Fine on his bill to make Greenland the 51st state: "We need to make sure we assert our dominance over the Western Hemisphere ... the last thing we need is Greenland to become another Venezuela where we have huge problems we have to deal with in the future."
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In addition to Good's murder, ICE has been busy in Minneapolis causing car wrecks and traffic jams, filling the streets with tear gas and goons with loaded weapons, issuing specific threats and sewing general chaos.
This is not law enforcement to preserve order. It's an occupation to cause chaos.
This is not law enforcement to preserve order. It's an occupation to cause chaos.
Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
(vid via Ford Fischer on X)
January 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
In addition to Good's murder, ICE has been busy in Minneapolis causing car wrecks and traffic jams, filling the streets with tear gas and goons with loaded weapons, issuing specific threats and sewing general chaos.
This is not law enforcement to preserve order. It's an occupation to cause chaos.
This is not law enforcement to preserve order. It's an occupation to cause chaos.
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For what it's worth, I think that if another plaintiff filed another, identical suit, adding the facts of how these have been happening *and specifically calling them Kavanaugh Stops* ... I think they'd get an injunction sustained at SCOTUS
/5 Third: Lawsuits can be brought against specific law enforcement agencies for specific habitual practices. The very case that led Kavanaugh to endorse the disgraceful “Kavanaugh Stop” was one such case, showing how hard they are — SCOTUS is a race-profiling fan.
January 12, 2026 at 11:39 PM
For what it's worth, I think that if another plaintiff filed another, identical suit, adding the facts of how these have been happening *and specifically calling them Kavanaugh Stops* ... I think they'd get an injunction sustained at SCOTUS
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Blues Brothers is streaming on Prime.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
January 11, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Blues Brothers is streaming on Prime.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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Corporate and foreign interests that used to rely primarily on paid lobbyists to pitch their case to lawmakers and administration officials are instead pouring money into trying to get their cause promoted by a group of influencers known to be close to Trump’s staff.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Corporate and foreign interests that used to rely primarily on paid lobbyists to pitch their case to lawmakers and administration officials are instead pouring money into trying to get their cause promoted by a group of influencers known to be close to Trump’s staff.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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There's extreme paranoia about ICE tracking people using videos or whatever. People think anonymity is what keeps them safe, when in reality it's numbers.
Why are people reluctant to share them, especially since they can easily share them anonymously?
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
There's extreme paranoia about ICE tracking people using videos or whatever. People think anonymity is what keeps them safe, when in reality it's numbers.
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If people hadn't been willing to share video, for instance, the official narrative on George Floyd would have stood, and his death would have been fully covered up. It is really vital that if you have video of ICE acting aggressively, you let the public see.
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
If people hadn't been willing to share video, for instance, the official narrative on George Floyd would have stood, and his death would have been fully covered up. It is really vital that if you have video of ICE acting aggressively, you let the public see.
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I have to say, I'm a little frustrated, there are vast numbers of horrifying videos of ICE circulating privately right now, but a lot of paranoia about sharing them publicly on social media. Sharing is fairly low-risk and THE ONLY WAY the full scope of what's happening here will be understood.
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I have to say, I'm a little frustrated, there are vast numbers of horrifying videos of ICE circulating privately right now, but a lot of paranoia about sharing them publicly on social media. Sharing is fairly low-risk and THE ONLY WAY the full scope of what's happening here will be understood.
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Guys I appreciate all the support but I want to be clear that there are thousands - maybe tens of thousands - of Minnesotans doing what I'm doing right now. Most are just everyday neighbors, nice old folks, college kids, baristas, who cannot abide what they're doing to OUR CITY and OUR NEIGHBORS.
January 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Guys I appreciate all the support but I want to be clear that there are thousands - maybe tens of thousands - of Minnesotans doing what I'm doing right now. Most are just everyday neighbors, nice old folks, college kids, baristas, who cannot abide what they're doing to OUR CITY and OUR NEIGHBORS.
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OK, YOU should still absolutely not release a video talking about the charges against you. Powell gets the one-in-a-million exception because he knows what he’s doing and is resisting authoritarian trash.
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
OK, YOU should still absolutely not release a video talking about the charges against you. Powell gets the one-in-a-million exception because he knows what he’s doing and is resisting authoritarian trash.
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BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”
(via @apnews.com)
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Right wing extremist working with ICE shared shooters/murders video. Proves only one thing, he murdered her.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A new clip of the Minneapolis ICE killing was leaked to a site sympathetic to Derek Chauvin
Alpha News' top reporter is married to an infamous former police union chief.
www.motherjones.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Right wing extremist working with ICE shared shooters/murders video. Proves only one thing, he murdered her.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
what the fuck
have we tried turning the country off and back on again
what the fuck
have we tried turning the country off and back on again
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 AM
“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
what the fuck
have we tried turning the country off and back on again
what the fuck
have we tried turning the country off and back on again
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Chris Murphy: "I heard Homan say they are taking 'targeted enforcement actions against criminals.' Just not true. The vast majority of people they are rounding up are peaceful immigrants ... they are putting citizens in harm's way."
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Chris Murphy: "I heard Homan say they are taking 'targeted enforcement actions against criminals.' Just not true. The vast majority of people they are rounding up are peaceful immigrants ... they are putting citizens in harm's way."
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COACH KERR: "It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
COACH KERR: "It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
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Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
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“That’s just not true. I showed you video of officers being attacked. Trump pardoned them all. There’s clearly a different standard for Trump supporters.”
Jake Tapper plays 1/6 videos for Kristi Noem, who lies to his face and show how soulless & detached from reality she is.
Jake Tapper plays 1/6 videos for Kristi Noem, who lies to his face and show how soulless & detached from reality she is.
January 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“That’s just not true. I showed you video of officers being attacked. Trump pardoned them all. There’s clearly a different standard for Trump supporters.”
Jake Tapper plays 1/6 videos for Kristi Noem, who lies to his face and show how soulless & detached from reality she is.
Jake Tapper plays 1/6 videos for Kristi Noem, who lies to his face and show how soulless & detached from reality she is.
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FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.