Source: ABC News
“Mexico’s security minister said Tuesday that it had sent another 37 members of Mexican drug cartels to the United States, as the Trump administration ratchets up pressure on governments to crack down on criminal networks it says are smuggling drugs across the border. Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch wrote in a social media post on X that the people transferred were ‘high impact criminals’ that ‘represented a real threat to the country’s security.’ It is the third time in less than one year that Mexico has sent detained cartel members to the U.S. as the country attempts to offset mounting threats by U.S.” (01/20/26)
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/mexico-sends-37-cartel-members-us-latest-offer-129390809
Source: Politics Politics Politics
“What the Hell is Happening with Greenland? A Pre-Midterms Congressional Vibe Check (with Kirk Bado and Juliegrace Brufke).” (01/20/26)
https://www.politicspoliticspolitics.com/p/what-the-hell-is-happening-with-greenland
Source: Reason
“Is America Really Going to War for Greenland?” (01/20/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/01/20/is-america-really-going-to-war-for-greenland/
Source: Show-Me Institute
by Patrick Tuohey
“Missouri’s Sunshine Law was a product of the Watergate era, passed in 1973 with a clear message: the public’s business should be done in public. But in the decades since, while the language has been modestly updated, the spirit of the law has too often been ignored — and in some cases, actively undermined. Across Missouri, public officials routinely delay, dodge, or deny access to information that taxpayers are entitled to. They charge outrageous fees, cite vague exemptions, lose track of requests, or hide behind non-disclosure agreements, treating transparency as a nuisance rather than a requirement.” (01/20/26)
https://showmeinstitute.org/article/state-and-local-government/missouris-sunshine-law-needs-more-than-good-intentions/
Source: Expression
by helloiamcarrie
“For more than 80 years, the law has been clear. The government can’t force public school children to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. One Tennessee school was either oblivious to this settled First Amendment principle or chose to ignore it. But thanks to a letter from FIRE, the school district has stepped in and promised to investigate.” (01/20/26)
https://expression.fire.org/p/no-you-cant-make-students-stand-for
Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The European Parliament is planning to suspend approval of the US trade deal agreed in July, according to sources close to its international trade committee. The suspension is set to be announced in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday. The move would mark another escalation in tensions between the US and Europe, as Donald Trump ratchets up his efforts to acquire Greenland, threatening new tariffs over the issue on the weekend. The stand-off has rattled financial markets, reviving talk of a trade war and the possibility of retaliation against the US for its trade measures. Shares on both sides of the Atlantic were lower on Tuesday, with European stock markets seeing a second day of losses. In the US, the Dow Jones slid more than 1.7%, while the S&P 500 dropped more than 2% and the Nasdaq closed about 2.4% lower.” (01/21/26)
https://archive.is/OFxx4
Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“In my opinion, if I pay to own something, I’ve paid to own all the things it can do … assuming I can figure out how to make it do those things. The manufacturers of ”owned,’ but with subscription-only features’ goods, though, frown on homebrew tinkerers jail-breaking those products instead of forking over cash in perpetuity. And they’ve got ‘intellectual property’ law on their side. They don’t have to care about your happiness.” (01/20/26)
https://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/20278
Source: Niskanen Center
“Reevaluating the New Liberals, with Henry Tonks.” (01/20/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/reevaluating-the-new-liberals-with-henry-tonks
Source: United Press International
“The U.S. Department of Justice served subpoenas to several Minnesota officials Tuesday, including Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and others for an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration officers. Two Minnesota prosecutors, Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, were sent similar subpoenas. U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche recently accused Frey and Walz of ‘encouraging violence against law enforcement’ and called their actions ‘terrorism.’ But he provided no evidence of his claims. … The Justice Department investigation comes after it indicated it will not file charges against Jonathan Ross, an ICE [gang member] who [murdered] Renee Nicole Good as she was in her car and amid a convoy of [ICE gang thugs].” (01/20/26)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/01/20/department-justice-minneapolis-subpoena-tim-walz-jacob-frey-kaohly-her/3581768950296/
Source: Libertarian Institute
by Patrick Carroll
“One of the positions that conservatives pride themselves on most is their dedication to free markets. They extol the virtues of the free market in pamphlets and speeches, and they regularly denounce the idea of government control. … Certainly, American conservatism has long been defined by the rhetoric of free markets. But a quick glance at conservative policy positions is all that is needed to call the sincerity of this rhetoric into question. Indeed, the policies conservatives advocate very often go against the free-market principles that they claim to hold. Perhaps the most glaring example of this contradiction is the conservative position on free trade.” (01/20/26)
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/conservatives-dont-believe-in-free-markets
