“The Libertarian Party of Minnesota has condemned what it regards as unconstitutional and violent conduct by federal law enforcement during an ongoing immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, calling for the withdrawal of federal agents and greater resistance to expanding federal authority. The party’s Executive Committee unanimously approved a resolution on January 19 criticizing actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement during ‘Operation Metro Surge,’ a federal enforcement initiative launched last December under the Trump administration that has expanded immigration activity across the Twin Cities metro area. Federal officials say the operation has led to 3,000 [abductions] since it began, including individuals the government has described as ‘incredibly dangerous.'” (01/21/26)
“A Pennsylvania teenager knocked an intruder unconscious after the man broke into the family home over the weekend claiming to be an ICE agent. Citing a criminal complaint, WTAE-TV and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that William Gregory, a 35-year-old Carnegie resident, climbed through a kitchen window to enter the home in the city’s Betlzhoover neighborhood Saturday night. Gregory lied that he was an ICE agent and threatened the family with a knife while demanding their immigration paperwork. … Gregory tried to steal a PlayStation console and cell phone, but the 17-year-old boy punched him the face and knocked him unconscious, which is how police officers found him when they arrived.” [editor’s note: And if he WAS an ICE gang member, he’d still have deserved that if not worse – TLK] (01/21/26)
It’s a “Hybrid Thursday” at Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily.
What does that mean? Well, we’ve got a full email and social media edition (65 items), but also 30+ “extra” news stories, opinion pieces, and audio/video links here at our web edition.
That’s starting to become a habit. Our long-time sources seem to be publishing more great content, and we always have our eyes on new sources as well. In the near future, “hybrid” may become the daily norm, with a fixed note at the top of our email editions letting people know there’s more for them on the web. We’ll see.
In the meantime, enjoy that extra content and have a great day!
Yours in liberty,
Tom Knapp
Publisher
Rational Review News Digest / Freedom News Daily
“Uganda police said on Thursday they had detained a legislator and senior official of the country’s biggest opposition party for his alleged role in election-related violence in which at least seven people were killed. The lawmaker, Muwanga Kivumbi, is vice president of the opposition National Unity Platform party headed by pop star-turned-politician, Bobi Wine, who has been in hiding since last week. Wine, whose legal name is Robert Kyagulanyi, said he fled a military raid on his house hours before veteran President Yoweri Museveni was declared the landslide winner of the January 15 presidential election. … Hundreds of NUP supporters and officials have been detained before and after the election in what the opposition says has been a campaign to intimidate them. Some have been tortured, they said.” (01/22/26)
“Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people’s homes without a judge’s warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches. The memo authorizes ICE officers to use force to enter a residence based solely on a more narrow administrative warrant to [abduct] someone with a final order of removal …. New ICE hires and those still in training are being told to follow the memo’s guidance instead of written training materials that actually contradict the memo, according to the whistleblower disclosure.” (01/21/26)
“A South Korean court has sentenced former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 23 years in prison after finding him guilty on insurrection charges related to disgraced ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law. Han was found guilty on Wednesday of abetting Yoon’s brief imposition of martial law and for failing to hold a lawful cabinet meeting, as required by South Korean law, after the decree to mobilise the military was ordered by the then-president in December 2024. … The former prime minister denied the charges against him, saying he had no prior knowledge of Yoon’s plan to impose military rule.” (01/21/26)
“The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced resolutions Wednesday to hold former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over their refusal to appear for depositions after being subpoenaed in the panel’s investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The panel voted 34-8 to advance the resolution holding Bill Clinton in contempt and 28-15 on the measure holding Hillary Clinton in contempt. Nine Democrats voted in favor of the Bill Clinton resolution …. Three voted in favor of the Hillary Clinton measure … The Oversight panel had voted on a bipartisan basis last year to subpoena the Clintons, who had personal friendships with Epstein, along with several other former government officials. But after months of negotiations with the panel, the Clintons each declined to appear for in-person depositions that Comer scheduled for last week.” (01/21/26)
“President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was canceling his planned tariff on [American buyers of goods from] U.S. allies in Europe over US control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agreed to a ‘framework of a future deal’ on Arctic security. The abrupt about-face emerged hours after Trump had insisted that he wants to ‘get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,’ but said he would not use force to do so while deriding European allies and vowing that NATO should not try to block U.S. expansionism. In an extraordinary [senile rant] at the World Economic Forum, the president said he was asking for territory that was ‘cold and poorly located.’ … ‘We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won’t do that, OK?’ Trump said, later adding, ‘I don’t have to’ and ‘I don’t want to use force.'” (01/21/25)
“Venezuela received $300 million Tuesday as part of revenues from oil sales to the United States, interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on social media. The funds represent the first tranche of a $500 million oil deal announced by President Donald Trump after the United States captured President Nicolas Maduro on Jan. 3. Rodriguez said the resources will be channeled through the national banking system and the Central Bank of Venezuela to ‘protect workers’ purchasing power’ and stabilize the foreign exchange market amid inflationary pressures.” (01/21/26)
“Five soldiers and one police officer have been killed in an ambush in northwest Nigeria, the Nigerian army said on Tuesday. The attack occurred in Zamfara state on Monday, army spokesman David Adewusi said in a statement. … Northern Nigeria has been the hardest-hit part of the country, with a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen across the northwest and north-central regions over the recent months, alongside an insurgency in the northeast. Boko Haram, Nigeria’s homegrown jihadis, took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose their radical version of Islamic law.” (01/21/26)
