"She told us to tag along to see one of the underreported stories from a state besieged by DHS: a Native American prayer camp that had recently been set up a mile or so away from the Whipple Building."
How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:
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'She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”'
#ICE
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If applying for a UK passport as a dual national, send the Home Office a colour photocopy of every page of your other passport rather than the original. Then you can still travel in an emergency.
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
smiling, good looking couple seated on a porch (soft focus garden behind them) elegantly dressed, the lady in a sleeveless dress, patterned top, banded at the waist with a softly pleated long white skirt, the man wearing a light colored suit with white shirt and striped tie - body language relaxed and intimate
Portrait of Michelle
and Barack Obama
former First Lady and
President of the US
📷 Pete Souza
“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” Ian Fleming. Today’s quiz question, in which book did that aphorism appear?
Johnny Carson once said the fastest measurable unit of time is that which elapses between when a light turns green in NY and someone honks their horn. But the speed with which Trump's name will be torn off his monuments to himself when he's gone will be greater. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
Excellent solution
There's a lot happening in the courts that's coming out of Operation Metro Surge. I have your report at Law Dork on a nonstop 36 hours: www.lawdork.com/p/minnesota-...
‘When asked recently why he had abandoned his former restraint, Trump told the Times that he had discovered “nobody cared.” Is the public really so nonchalant?’
Not the public, I think, so much as the supposed guardrails of democracy. Congress: do your job.
Bruce Springsteen and What Protest Songs Sound Like to Soldiers
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He doesn’t think about her? So why mention her in his speech yesterday (and on many other days)?
He hasn’t really walked anything back, has he? And to claim not to have heard what his top officials vented to the press strains credulity.
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
Not many takers in the UK either, it seems
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“Without money and identification, they had to make it home.” More outrageous behaviour and lawless conduct. Flying people hundreds of miles for “revetting” and keeping their personal property.
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The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
Picture of the a plaque at the German Resistance Memorial in Berlin.
You did not bear the shame.
You resisted.
You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour.
— The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026:
We are ALL residents of Minnesota.
We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊
Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔
The good news: The beginning of the end of Trump. The bad news: The end of the Atlantic alliance, American leadership, and the last remaining shreds of goodwill toward this country. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
So the good news is that Donald Trump says he won't invade Greenland.
The bad news is that he also doesn't seem to know what it's called or where he is
The irony of ICE detaining and disappearing the original Americans should stop everyone cold.
As a Lakota proverb says, when you discover you’re riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. This system isn’t broken. It’s dead.
