The Daily, 01/26/26
Source: New York Times
“10 Shots: Federal Agents Kill Another Person in Minnesota.” (01/26/26)
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Immigration: The Federal Solution
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“The conflict over immigration has become something close to a civil war, with the federal government blocking state action against federal agents arguably guilty of murder. The immediate source of the conflict is a sharp difference in attitudes to illegal immigration between the inhabitants of Minneapolis, possibly of Minnesota, and the executive arm of the federal government. The less immediate source is a broader political split between left and right, blue tribe and red tribe. The accepted way to deal with that situation is through the electoral system. … A better solution is federalism. For the current conflict, that means deporting illegal immigrants from Florida, where the state government supports doing so, ignoring them in Minnesota and California, where the state government and, I suspect, a substantial majority of the population, do not.” (01/25/26)
https://daviddfriedman.substack.com/p/immigration-the-federal-solution
KY’s flawed property tax system allows silent increases
Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Levi Anderson & Caleb O Brown
“Kentucky can continue down the path of silent tax increases, temporary relief measures and growing taxpayer frustration or it can adopt a property tax system that works for everyone.” (01/26/26)
https://www.bluegrassinstitute.org/kys-flawed-property-tax-system-allows-silent-increases/
Trump Is Making an Enemy of the Gun Lobby
Source: The Intercept
by Alain Stephens
“With Minneapolis, the Trump administration is creating an existential threat for legal gun owners and Second Amendment advocates.” (01/25/26)
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-minneapolis-trump-guns-second-amendment/
USA Rare Earth shares jump 20% on Trump regime’s socialist nationalization scheme
Source: CNBC
“USA Rare Earth shares rallied on Monday after the critical minerals startup announced that the Department of Commerce will take an equity stake. Commerce has issued a letter of intent that would provide USA Rare Earth with a $1.3 billion loan and $277 million in federal funding. USA Rare Earth will issue Commerce 16.1 million shares of common stock and 17.6 million in warrants. The U.S. government will have an 8% to 16% stake in the company depending on whether the warrants are exercised, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.” (01/26/26)
The Chris Spangle Show, 01/25/26
Source: We Are Libertarians
“ICE, State Power and the Imago Dei.” (01/25/26)
https://www.chrisspangle.com/p/ice-state-power-and-the-imago-dei
Radically Confronting America’s Federal Gang War Will Require Civilian Militias
Source: exile in happy valley
by Nicky Reid
“America is in the grips of an epic gang war the likes of which it has never seen before. Masked and heavily armed thugs stock the streets of some of America’s biggest cities with total impunity, thousands of them, tossing houses door to door, dragging unarmed civilians screaming from their vehicles before shoving them into unmarked vans, lighting up anyone who dares to resist and straight up murdering people on camera before sauntering off from the scene of the crime like swaggering cowboys and daring shocked bystanders to do something about it … The gangs I’m talking about are not the Crips or the Bloods or MS-13. The gangs I’m talking about are far worse.” (01/25/26)
https://exileinhappyvalley.blogspot.com/2026/01/radically-confronting-americas-federal.html
Team Trump moves to ban traffic cameras in DC — as NYC’s set to quadruple the dangerous devices
Source: New York Post
by James Bovard
“The Trump administration may soon reduce highway robbery by 95% in Washington, DC. The Big Apple needs the same silver bullet because the city’s drivers could speedily be victimized by the biggest bureaucratic looting spree of the century. Trump’s Transportation Department proposes to ‘prohibit the operation of automated traffic camera enforcement in the District of Columbia,’ which would ban red-light, speed and stop-sign cameras. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) is attaching a similar provision to congressional transportation legislation. The dispute over red-light and speed cameras goes to the heart of the question of how much harm politicians are entitled to inflict while they shake money out of citizens’ pockets.” (01/26/26)
Sydney Sweeney sparks backlash after scaling Hollywood sign for after-dark photo shoot
Source: Fox News
“It seems Sydney Sweeney will do almost anything to promote her upcoming lingerie line. In a video obtained by TMZ, the ‘Euphoria’ actress appeared to climb the iconic Hollywood sign in the dead of night in an effort to share a message ahead of the upcoming launch. Sweeney — wearing black cargo pants, a black hoodie and a black hat — hung a clothesline of bras over the sign all while being filmed. According to TMZ, Sweeney and her team received a permit from FilmLA to shoot near the Hollywood sign. However, they did not have permission to climb or touch the sign. In an email sent to TMZ, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce — which owns the intellectual property rights to use the image of the Hollywood sign — confirmed that Sweeney did not have clearance to go that far.” (01/26/26)
Year Zero with Tommy Salmons, 01/25/26
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Lose/Lose Situation.” (01/25/26)