Reveal, 01/30/26
Source: Mother Jones
“How Trumpism Is Trickling Down to Your Town.” (01/30/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Zachary Paikin
“The president doesn’t appear to understand how much leverage our good neighbors to the north have.” (01/30/26)
The New Right Openly Pines for Manifest Destiny 2.0
Source: Jacobin
by Conor Lynch
“Past conservatives devoted enormous energy to downplaying America’s history of brutal imperial expansion. But in the second Trump administration, the New Right is doing something different: it’s openly celebrating and seeking to revive it.” (01/30/26)
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/trump-maga-imperialism-colonialism-conquest/
Uganda: Army chief accuses US Embassy officials of aiding hiding opposition figure
Source: ABC News
“Uganda’s army chief accused U.S. Embassy officials of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine as he went into hiding, in an escalation of political tensions that have alarmed Ugandans days after a disputed presidential election. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s son and presumptive heir, wrote on X that ‘unimaginative bureaucrats at the Embassy’ for years have ‘undermined security ties between Uganda and Washington. Citing intelligence in X posts that he has since deleted, Kainerugaba said on Friday that Wine ‘kidnapped himself and is missing’ while ‘in coordination with the current administration at the U.S. Embassy in our country.’ The U.S. Embassy didn’t comment.” (01/30/26)
System Update, episode 572
Source: System Update
“Q&A With Glenn: On Nick Fuentes'[s] Support for Minneapolis Killings, Dems and ‘Abolish ICE,’ and Josh Shapiro’s Antisemitism Whining.” (01/30/26)
Soho Forum Debate: Will AI Benefit Everyone?
Source: Reason
“Technology authors Perry Metzger and Brian Merchant debate the resolution, ‘Artificial Intelligence will provide enormous net benefits to nearly every member of society.'” (01/30/26)
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/01/30/will-ai-benefit-everyone/
The real “civilizational erasure” is happening in America
Source: Washington Post
by Fareed Zakaria
“Donald Trump, JD Vance and other MAGA luminaries often proclaim that the grave danger facing the West is ‘civilizational erasure,’ which they claim is happening in Europe: Through its dangerously misguided approach toward identity and immigration, Europe is destroying the West’s distinctive legacy.
But the West’s defining character has not been tribal or religious solidarity — that describes most of the world. The West’s precious, almost unique, achievement has been the limitation of state power.” (01/30/26)
Will Ted Cruz Go Anti-Trump in 2028?
Source: The American Conservative
by Scott Greer
“President Donald Trump suggested this week that he may put Ted Cruz on the Supreme Court. It was not meant as a compliment, as he explained how it would be easy to get the Texas senator confirmed. ‘The Democrats will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out and the Republicans will vote for him because they want to get him the hell out, too,’ Trump said at a press conference attended by Cruz and many other GOP lawmakers. The remark was probably meant to needle Cruz. Axios reported over the weekend that the senator attacked the president and vice president in comments to donors. Cruz is building himself up for another presidential run that will pit him against J.D. Vance.” (01/30/26)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/will-ted-cruz-go-anti-trump-in-2028/
FIREHOSE FRIDAY at the Freedom Movement’s Daily Newspaper
Hey, everyone …
It’s a FIREHOSE FRIDAY at the freedom movement’s daily newspaper. We’ve got nearly 120 news stories, opinion pieces, and audio/video links (too many for a standard email edition) lined up for you here at our web edition:
But wait … now that most or all of our daily editions are “hybrid” editions with some content in email and some only on the web, why have these web-only days?
Two reasons, one of them specific to this week.
The reason specific to this week is that Steve has been out of action the last few days due to the winter storm weather taking out his power and Internet. Which means that I’ve been busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest, so I decided today to focus entirely on “lots of content” rather than spending any time on “email formatting.”
The general reason is that, outside of our annual year-end fundraiser, I limit my mentions of money to the occasional reminder — usually on “web-only” days — that we’re a reader-supported publication and that you’re a reader. Please consider a one-time donation or, better yet, become a “subscribing contributor” for as little as $1 per month! Here’s the info on that:
https://news.rationalreview.com/support-rrnd
Have a happy, healthy, and prosperous weekend — and stay warm (even here in north central Florida, we’re expecting temperatures below 20 degrees fahrenheit this weekend)! We’ll be back with the regular email / social media editions on Monday.
Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
“National Shutdown Day”: Anti-ICE general strike planned across US for Friday
Source: The New Arab [UK]
“Civil society groups and celebrities are calling for a general strike or ‘National Shutdown Day’ across the US on Friday, 30 January, to protest the government’s hardline immigration crackdown. In cities and towns across the country, people will not be going out to school, work or shopping to show solidarity with residents in Minnesota, where earlier this month Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents [murdered] two local protesters. … Some of the main organisers of Friday’s general strike are student unions and labour activists from the University of Minnesota, who advocated a similar statewide action on 23 January, the previous Friday. This time, the shutdown is set to be nationwide, with hundreds of endorsements from local, state and national organisations, and with some major names showing their support.” [editor’s note: Nice sentiment, but I don’t expect it to be the big deal it should be – TLK] (01/29/26)
https://www.newarab.com/news/anti-ice-general-strike-planned-across-us-30-january