It tells them that even if they effectively execute a #US #citizen who presents no threat on camera on a public street, they will face no consequences—a recipe for future tragedies. The state’s interest in finding a way to at least create some deterrence to deadly federal lawlessness is not just a matter of #justice: It is also a way of keeping its people safe moving forward.

#law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExtraJudicialKillings #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

#GiftArticle

First Comes #ICE, Then Come Lawsuits

When a direct path to #justice is blocked, #states must look for a legal work-around.

By Aziz Huq

#law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #FirstAmendment #DueProcess #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #StateSponsoredTerrorism #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…

First Comes ICE, Then Come Lawsuits

When a direct path to justice is blocked, states must look for a legal work-around.

^{Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)}

Looking into this I find myself shocked to be citing Fox Business, but they were interviewing a Republican who seriously gave the unvarnished & corrupt truth about the situation∶

Rep Thomas #Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday criticized the Trump admin for how it is using the #oil seized from #Venezuela earlier this month, saying #Trump cannot sell the oil for "his own piggy bank."

#geopolitics #law #Congress #Constitution #criminal #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
foxbusiness.com/politics/massi…

Massie blasts Trump for selling 'stolen' Venezuelan oil 'for his own piggy bank'

Rep. Thomas Massie criticized President Donald Trump's handling of seized Venezuelan oil, arguing the president cannot legally sell it for "his own piggy bank."

^{Landon Mion (Fox Business)}

Nationwide shut down

January 30

NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING

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#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
#politics #socialmedia #mastodon #fediverse #whitesupremacy #imperialism #protest #activism #resistance #unitedstates #classwar #racism #lgbtq #indigenous #poverty #Immigration #education #US #tiktok #antifa #labor #labour #unions #AlexPretti

#GiftArticle

Yes, It’s #Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many & too strong to deny.

By Jonathan Rauch

#Trump #UnitedStates #democracy #Constitution #law
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/01/…

Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

^{Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)}

"'Meaning, trying to identify them via social media, running their license plates if available, and running a criminal history check,' the official explained.

The directive is part of a sweeping, nationwide effort by U.S. immigration authorities to identify anyone and everyone trying to film their conduct."

#Trump #ICE #DHS #Maine #immigrants #MaskedThugs #Constitution #cruelty
/31

"The Department of Homeland Security has ordered immigration officers to gather identifying information about anyone filming them and to 'send that information to Intel who will do a ‘work-up’ on them,' a federal law enforcement official directly involved tells me."

~ Ken Klippenstein

#Trump #ICE #DHS #Maine #MaskedThugs #Constitution #cruelty
/30

kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-maki…

ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them

“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”

^{Ken Klippenstein}

"That threat relates back to a post I wrote two weeks ago about the risk Trump would use his NSPM-7 memo to treat citizens exercising their rights as though they were terrorists. Now it’s a reality."

#Trump #ICE #DHS #Maine #MaskedThugs #Constitution #cruelty
/29

"Today in Portland, Maine, ICE agents began videotaping people who were observing them. Apparently, they thought this was clever. When asked why they were doing it, the agent in the video below responds: 'We have a nice little database.' 'And now you’re a domestic terrorist.'”

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #ICE #DHS #Maine #MaskedThugs #Constitution #cruelty
/28

joycevance.substack.com/p/ther…

There’s ICE In Maine

Mainers have been watching Minnesota.

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

#GiftArticle

Defund #Science, Distort #Culture, Mock #Education

It’s not just about cuts to #research.
It’s about #power.

By Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum

#SevenMountainMandate #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #authoritarianism #autocracy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump
theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/…

Autocracy in America: Defund Science

It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.

^{Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)}

US Judge Rules ICE Raids Require Judicial Warrants, Contradicting Secret ICE Memo

The ruling in federal court in Minnesota lands as Immigration and Customs Enforcement faces scrutiny over an internal memo claiming judge-signed warrants aren’t needed to enter homes without consent.

wired.com/story/us-judge-rules…

#Republicans #Constitution #ICE #Trump #press

The Guardian interviews residents of the Twin Cities who are being pursued by ICE and who report that ICE is racially profiling people. Suleiman Adan states,

“It’s like you’re looking for game. It’s like you’re hunting; who can I prey on today? Right now, it’s like ‘to hell with the constitution.’"

~ Melissa Hellmann

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/22

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

‘It’s like they’re hunting’: US citizens and legal residents report increase in racial profiling by ICE

Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has led some people to take drastic measures to ensure their safety

^{Melissa Hellmann (The Guardian)}

"DHS did not contest the authenticity of the [leaked] memo [which claims that ICE has the right to invade homes without a warrant], which was signed by Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/21

morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.…

Secret Internal Memo Exposes the Scale of ICE’s Lawlessness

INSIDE: Renee Good ... Lisa Cook ... Hannah Natanson

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}

"When you think about this past year, for many Americans, it was one of just shock. The complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, individual rights, due process. ...

We have not seen this extreme escalation of activities from our law enforcement in my history."

~ Derrick Johnson, NAACP President

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/20

lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-s…

Trump's Shocking First Year | NAACP President Derrick Johnson Joins Journalist Sarah Rumpf

"When you think about this past year, for many Americans, it was one of just shock. The complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, individual rights, due process."

^{Lincoln Square}

"It suggests a conspiracy within ICE leadership to deprive people of their civil rights—all while hiding the evidence, in the form of a written departmental memo, purporting to authorize the conduct."

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/17

"Per a blockbuster report by the Associated Press, ICE agents have received actual secret instructions from their higher-ups to disregard established Fourth Amendment home protections. This is not just a violation of our cherished constitutionally guaranteed liberties."

~ Jay Kuo

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/16

statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-i…

The ICE Men Cometh… Illegally

A blockbuster whistleblower complaint reveals the secret internal ICE memo behind the brutal forced home entries we are seeing.

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

"This [i.e., ICE breaking into homes without a valid warrant] is a deeply disturbing development and one we’ll be following closely. It is such a departure from established Fourth Amendment rules that it’s perilously close to open disregard for constitutional rights."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/6

joycevance.substack.com/p/ice-…

ICE Says It Doesn't Need A Judicial Warrant

It’s been a long time since we took a night off.

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

"Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches."

~ Rebecca Santana

#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #Constitution
/5

apnews.com/article/ice-arrests…

Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.

Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.

#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

JFC

#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.

Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.

#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
cnn.com/politics/live-news/jac…

Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.

#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.

#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.

#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

The questioning by #GymJordan about #CassidyHutchinson was made-for-TV drama.

#JackSmith didn’t need to characterize whether he “thought” Hutchinson was a liar.

Her testimony was #hearsay. Hearsay does not hold up in #court. That’s all he had to say.

Unfortunately Jordan actually found a way to politicize Smith’s measured response that he hadn’t made a final decision on a witness list.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #Trump #coup #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

On #Jan6, 2021, over 140 law enforcement officers were assaulted, #JackSmith plans to tell #Congress, “a fact we should never forget.”

“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President #Trump engaged in criminal activity. If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether that President was a Republican or a Democrat.”

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #coup #democracy #Constitution

“Rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential #election, President #Trump engaged in a #criminal scheme to overturn the results & prevent the lawful transfer of power,” #JackSmith wrote in his prepared statement.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

“I am not a politician, & I have no partisan loyalties. My career has been dedicated to serving our country by upholding the rule of law,” #JackSmith says in his prepared statement.

Smith is expected to tell #Congress that his approach is to always follow the facts without fear or favor.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #Trump #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
cnn.com/politics/live-news/jac…

Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.

The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
c-span.org/event/house-committ…

Judge blocks #Trump admin from searching data seized from #WashingtonPost reporter

The seizure “chills speech, cripples reporting, & inflicts irreparable harm,” The Post said in statement.

Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Wednesday.

#law #Constitution #democracy #FreePress #FirstAmendment #journalism #FourthEstate
washingtonpost.com/national-se…