In light of today’s national shutdown, a few links pertaining to strikes, protests, and helping one another. We’ll see you on Monday with the regular edition. Stay safe out there. Hundreds of events are planned across the United States today and tomorrow. / The Guardian “We’ve voted, we’
“I’ve learned to be extremely wary of anyone whose eyes show panic and fear when they’re holding a gun.” Staring down agents at a Home 2 Suites in Minneapolis. / Welcome to Hell World Watch: A Marine explains the battlefield tech spotted in Minneapolis, including gear that he wasn’
Since July, at least 10 people have been shot by Dept. of Homeland Security officers, and three people have been killed. / The Washington Post [$] Numerous ICE and Border Protection employees have sexual and violent criminal histories, including 20 involving underage victims. / The New Republic Spencer Ackerman: Minnesota is showing the
Across subreddits, social platforms, and YouTube, anger at ICE has entered typically apolitical spaces. / The Washington Post [$] Kristi Noem wants to criminalize revealing ICE agents’ identities—if only she could get agents to stop doxing themselves on LinkedIn. / Wired Trump’s current approval ratings show him underwater in most states,
Minnesota leaders successfully sue the Trump administration to force it to preserve evidence from the killing of Alex Pretti. / The Minnesota Star Tribune White House officials continue to spread lies and misinformation about Pretti and his death. / The Guardian Bills are pending in at least 15 states to stop ICE
Japan’s Prime Minister calls for snap elections, hoping to increase her bloc’s power. / The Japan Times Was the Canadian Prime Minister’s speech just bluster? Unless Canada and Europe unite on policy, probably. / IPS Accounting for a year of anarchy under President Trump. / Foreign Affairs Ruth Ben-Ghiat:
President Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” would have him serve as chairman for life. / The New York Times [$] Deducing what the US is now, exactly—a kakistocracy, a kleptocracy, or a fascist state—one thing’s for certain, Trump can only be a dictator if you let him. / The
Canada’s Prime Minister receives a rare standing ovation at the World Economic Forum for criticizing leaders who kowtow to President Trump. / The Independent Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron grabs attention for wearing sunglasses indoors. / Euronews Under Trump 2.0, the Environmental Protection Agency will no longer calculate the health benefits of
Lydia Polgreen: “It might not yet be a civil war, but what the White House has called Operation Metro Surge is definitely not just—or even primarily—an immigration enforcement operation.” / The New York Times [$] Coinbase pretty much runs the Senate now, and isn’t hiding how much control it
We’ll be off Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and will see you again on Tuesday. More than two dozen times over the past year, ICE agents have drawn or pointed their guns at people, almost all of them US citizens. / Jacobin See also: A sourced
