Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Source: The Atlantic
by Alexandra Petri

“The terrorists are the ones without masks. They’re the ones yelling ‘No!’ or ‘Stop!’ or ‘Shame!’ or blowing whistles. Sometimes they brandish cameras at federal agents. Sometimes they wantonly swallow whole canisters of pepper spray. These are just some of their diabolical tactics. The terrorists are the ones who call this place home (that’s what makes it domestic terror). The terrorists are the ones who are dressed as clergy. Some of them, confusingly, are even ordained as clergy. As you look, ask yourself: Is that a Minnesota nice person (not even guaranteed to be ‘nice!’) or a Minnesota ICE person? (The former is a terrorist; the latter basically has total immunity.) Is he a nurse who works for the VA, or a masked man shooting him in the back? Remember, the terrorist is the one trying to protect his neighbor.” (01/28/26)

https://archive.is/kIxK9

Source: Liberal Currents
by Justin Briley

“Our nation never called him a hero. He didn’t serve himself, he served those who served. But I think that you can learn a lot about someone through a study of their enemies: First, a preening octogenarian dilettante in clownface with little more than the skill to keep talking, just keep talking, when shame would’ve already killed better men. It turns out that in this nation of broken heroes you can rise quite high with so little, provided you have a sufficient amount of money to start. Then, the incarnation of daddy issues as a concept, soft at the jowls and so ashamed of where he’s from that he’s also ashamed of where he pretends to be from. … Next, a worm who never should have been born and whose every day spent breathing is an insult to the universal commonwealth of all humanity.” (01/28/26)

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/he-served-those-who-served-portrait-of-a-man-named-pretti/

Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen

“Democrats are succeeding in getting a showdown on new rules for immigration enforcement. But will those rules amount to anything?” (01/29/26)

https://prospect.org/2026/01/29/congress-democrats-determined-squander-advantage-dhs-funding/

Source: The New Republic
by Edith Olmsted

“The attorney general is posting photos of people in Minnesota who have been arrested but not convicted.” (01/28/26)

https://newrepublic.com/post/205842/pam-bondi-minnesota-protester-arrest-photos

Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Jacob Gaba

“For months, the Trump administration has tried to justify its targeting of prominent pro-Palestinian activists like Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and Moshen Mahdawi by insinuating that the reasons for their pending deportation went beyond mere speech. But newly unsealed records confirm the Trump administration’s legal basis for targeting these individuals was never unlawful conduct. Instead, the administration targeted them solely for protected speech — and expected a First Amendment fight from the start.” (01/28/26)

https://www.thefire.org/news/unsealed-records-reveal-officials-targeted-khalil-ozturk-mahdawi-solely-protected-speech