Radio Atlantic, 01/15/26
Source: The Atlantic
“Do ICE Officers Have ‘Immunity?’” (01/15/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/ice-shooting-minneapolis-federal-prosecution/685618/
ICE Is a Law-Breaking “Law Enforcement” Agency
Source: The Bulwark
by Mona Charen
“We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their car windows, shooting pastors with pepper balls, shoving women to the ground, separating mothers from their children, and killing an unarmed American citizen as she attempted to maneuver her car away, dog in the backseat and glove compartment overflowing with colorful stuffed animals. This is not just excessive anti-immigrant zeal. This is certainly not the normal push and pull between political philosophies or parties. This is the Republican party’s attempt to tyrannize the American people and transform our carefully balanced, rights-honoring republic into a thugocracy.” (01/15/26)
Does MAGA want Trump to “make regime change great again?”
Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Jack Hunter
“The president went from praising ‘the wars we never get into’ to seeing how many the US can get into, and prominent members of his base are eating it up.” (01/15/26)
UK: Citing Secret Plot, Conservative Party Fires Senior Lawmaker
Source: New York Times
“A senior lawmaker for Britain’s Conservative Party was accused on Thursday of ‘plotting’ to defect to a rival party and was ousted, highlighting the fierce competition that is underway for the future of the country’s political right. Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservatives, said on social media that she had fired Robert Jenrick, one of the party’s leading lawmakers, after being ‘presented with clear, irrefutable evidence’ that he wanted to leave in a way that would cause maximum damage to his longtime party. Ms. Badenoch did not name the party, but Mr. Jenrick, who has hard-right views, had been rumored to be considering defecting to Reform U.K., the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage. Mr. Jenrick did not respond to a request for comment.” (01/15/26)
Missing the Marque: Reviving a Forgotten Constitutional Clause
Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Joe Wolverton, II
“Fortunately, there is a means of exposing suspected terrorists to justice, even when they are hiding out in nations that refuse to extradite them to the United States for that purpose. Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution authorizes Congress to ‘grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal.’ This is a power that is rarely discussed and almost never exercised.” (01/15/26)
The Libertarian Angle, 01/15/26
Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
“The Criminal Investigation of Jerome Powell.” (01/15/26)
Are Institutions Buying Up Single-Family Homes?
Source: The Daily Economy
by Jason Sorens
“Institutional investors own less than one percent of single-family homes, and their impact on prices is modest. New evidence suggests their presence may reduce rents.” (01/15/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/are-institutions-buying-up-single-family-homes/
Ban government insiders from prediction markets
Source: Washington Post
by US Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
“A bet on government action by a government actor is always a bet against the public interest.” (01/15/26)
US-based pirates seize sixth oil tanker
Source: France 24 [French state media]
“US [regime-employed pirates] in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, coming as part of a broader US effort to take control of the South American country’s oil. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote Thursday on social media, ‘Motor Tanker Veronica had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.’ A social media post from US Southern Command on the capture said that Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to make the capture while Noem’s post noted that, as in previous raids, a US Coast Guard tactical team conducted the boarding and seizure.” (01/15/26)
Capital Record, episode 280
Source: National Review
“Credit Card Cockamamie.” (01/15/26)
https://www.nationalreview.com/podcasts/capital-record/credit-card-cockamamie/