Source: US News & World Report
“A man was arrested after repeatedly crashing his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in New York City on Wednesday night while people were gathered for prayer at the deeply revered Hasidic Jewish site. No one was injured when the driver struck a door of a building in the complex before reversing and striking it several more times. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that while it was too early in the investigation to speculate on the driver’s motives, the incident was being investigated as a possible hate crime.” (01/28/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2026-01-28/car-rams-into-chabad-headquarters-in-new-york-city-damaging-doors
Source: Wired
by John Publius
“As a veteran of the war on terror, I have spent the past year watching Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers expand their operations across the country on a heretofore unprecedented scale and with a new faux-military bearing. From equipment to weapons to tactics, ICE and other immigration enforcement bodies want to be seen as combat forces carrying out their missions. Witness on Thursday, when White House border czar Tom Homan talked about Minneapolis as a ‘theater’ for his agents. Overlooking that ICE is not, in fact, part of the armed services of the US — it’s a civilian law enforcement agency — it is useful to break down their operations through a military lens to find the strategic implications. Because if an agency wants to cosplay as a military force, it deserves to be evaluated as one.” (01/29/26)
https://archive.is/FugIZ
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“Our Immigration Police State.” (01/28/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJE-Jq8dZ7M
Source: spiked
by Tom Bailey
“The price of gold has been surging in recent years. On Monday, it broke through a new milestone of $5,000 per ounce, just three months after the yellow metal hit $4,000 per ounce. For perspective, two years ago, the price of gold was only $2,000 per ounce. Indeed, since the start of this decade, the price of gold has delivered a better return than the Nasdaq 100 – an index of large, mostly tech, US companies. This isn’t normal.” (01/28/26)
https://archive.is/XKo9I
Source: Niskanen Center
by Michele Evermore & Will Raderman
“When it comes to better understanding present labor market trends or catching unemployment benefit fraudsters, the devil is in the details. States collect quarterly unemployment insurance (UI) wage records from employers that can be applied for these analyses. However, most states do not request key categories of information — such as occupational details, work location, or hours worked — to make more comprehensive assessments possible. This dynamic is starting to change. A growing number of states are beginning to collect or expand use of enhanced wage records (EWRs), which include additional categories of data as part of employers’ quarterly UI wage record submissions.” (01/29/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-case-for-enhanced-wage-records-lessons-from-states/
Source: New York Post
by the editorial board
“Why, oh why, is the city’s political elite obsessed with micromanaging food-delivery apps? So much so that it waxes indignant even when it’s simply reversing its own diktats to the (minor) industry. A new law now going into effect forces the apps to put the ‘option’ to tip your deliveryman before checkout. At least two main apps — UberEats and DoorDash — presented the gratuity screen after you got your food, a practice they adopted to comply with previous guidance from City Hall. (Not to mention: Tipping the delivery guy when he delivers worked just fine for decades.) And of course this follows years of City Council laws imposing a hefty minimum wage on this casual work.” (01/28/27)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/28/opinion/heres-one-silver-lining-to-the-citys-moronic-micromanaging-of-delivery-apps/
Source: Fox News
“The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday that a California policy allowing school districts to keep students’ gender transition from their parents violates federal law. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said a federal investigation found that California education officials ‘egregiously abused’ their authority by pressuring school districts to withhold information about students’ gender transitions from their parents. … The findings of the federal investigation could put at risk the nearly $8 billion in education funding the federal government gives the state each year if state officials do not work with the Trump administration to resolve the violations.” (01/29/26)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-finds-california-ban-notifying-parents-gender-transitions-violated-federal-law
Source: National Review
“Access and Influence.” (01/29/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/the-charles-c-w-cooke-podcast/access-and-influence/
Source: National Public Radio [US state media]
“Internal review contradicts Trump administration on Alex Pretti shooting.” (01/28/26)
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/28/nx-s1-5691539/internal-review-contradicts-trump-administration-on-alex-pretti-shooting
Source: Orange County Register
by Cristine Soto DeBerry
“Federal agents have tear gassed peaceful protestors, detained individuals – including U.S. citizens – in horrific conditions, arrested children, assaulted the elderly, and threatened bystanders exercising basic First Amendment rights. According to recent reports, some ICE agents were even being trained to forcibly enter homes without warrants signed by judges – a blatant violation of the Fourth Amendment. If it feels like some of these federal agents act like the Constitution doesn’t apply to them, it’s because, in most cases, it doesn’t – at least not in a way that allows victims meaningful recourse. We’re fighting to fix that dangerous loophole in California by passing the No Kings Act (Senate Bill 747), authored by State Senator Scott Wiener.” (01/29/26)
https://archive.is/ATvVr
