Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by Greg Lukianoff
“Governments are always tempted to blame words for violence they can’t control. If “heated rhetoric” were enough, dissent would disappear whenever officials felt threatened — which, of course, would end up being all the time. The speech that federal officials have criticized in Minnesota seems like protected political dissent, not obstruction or conspiracy. That raises the discouraging possibility that the point of the Justice investigation isn’t to bring charges that will stick. Rather, it may be to use the threat of prosecution to chill speech. That’s not law enforcement. It’s ideology enforcement, backed by mob-like bully tactics.” (01/27/26)
https://www.thefire.org/news/campaign-crush-free-speech-minnesota
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
by Lusi F Carrasco
“Before Alex Pretti was shot and killed Saturday by federal forces, he was defending two women who were being violently shoved after challenging Border Patrol agents. The minute that agent started pushing those women with little provocation beyond whatever words were exchanged, Border Patrol relinquished control of the situation. The scrum that followed — as multiple agents pounded Pretti on the ground — was chaos. Chaos that eventually turned deadly, as agents saw that Pretti was carrying a gun. Much as they did after Good’s death, administration officials tried to control the narrative of what happened, blaming the victim.” (01/27/26)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/alex-pretti-killing-border-patrol-minneapolis-trump-20260127.html
Source: The Hill
“Send in Tom Homan! Trump ready to fix Minnesota ICE mess: Robby Soave.” (01/27/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/5706919-rising-january-27-2026/
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Americans are strongly united against people being gunned down on our streets by federal agents. … Republicans at the White House, in Congress and across the country know the voters will crush them if this continues through the fall elections. Now if voters can only unite on reform beyond merely stopping the shooting.” (01/27/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/01/27/ice-melt-in-minnesota/
Source: Wired
“Meta has started blocking its users from sharing links to ICE List, a website that has compiled the names of what it claims are Department of Homeland Security employees, a project the creators say is designed to hold those employees accountable. … As agents from Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which are under DHS, have continued to terrorize immigrant communities and kill US citizens, activists have sought to track and record their activity online in a bid to hold them accountable. But as well as threatening to prosecute those they claim are ‘doxing’ ICE agents, the Trump administration has pressured tech companies to block any efforts at crowdsourcing the location and activities of those agents.” (01/27/26)
https://archive.is/3xklj
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Daniel J Mitchell
“For years, China’s control of the 5G and AI future seemed unstoppable. Backed by the Chinese state, Huawei — which is labeled a Chinese military company by the Department of Defense — embedded itself across global telecommunications networks, undercut competitors with pricing subsidized by China’s government, and expanded its footprint in everything from 5G infrastructure to enterprise networking equipment. Western governments warned about the security risks, but many markets ignored them. However, something unexpected is now happening, even inside China. Chinese consumers, once encouraged to buy Huawei products as a patriotic duty, are becoming increasingly skeptical of the company.” (01/27/26)
https://fee.org/articles/international-techs-tug-of-war/
Source: Caitlin Johnstone
by Caitlin Johnstone
“We live in a civilization that was built on lies, is made of lies, and is sustained by lies. As soon as the lies stop, the whole thing comes tumbling down.” (01/27/26)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2026/01/27/the-lies-get-so-tedious/
Source: New York Times
“Relatives of two Trinidadian men the U.S. military apparently [murdered] in a boat strike filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Tuesday, bringing the first legal challenge in an American court to President Trump’s policy of targeting vessels suspected of smuggling drugs at sea. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in Boston by the mother of one of the men, Chad Joseph, and the sister of the other, Rishi Samaroo. It said they vanished after telling their families they were about to take a boat home from Venezuela in mid-October. Mr. Trump announced on Oct. 14 that the military had attacked such a boat and [murdered] six people. … The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights, names the U.S. government as a defendant, rather than trying to hold any particular official accountable as an individual.” (01/27/26)
https://archive.is/EWVg2
Source: Hoover Institution
“Thomas Sowell on School Choice and the Price Our Children Pay for Bad Ideas.” (01/27/26)
https://www.hoover.org/research/thomas-sowell-school-choice-and-price-our-children-pay-bad-ideas
Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“Until Alex Pretti was murdered, the biggest story of the weekend was Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on Canada. Obviously Pretti and the backlash that followed were far more important than trade policy. But while the murder of Pretti and its consquences are the most important issue for America right now, we shouldn’t let the attack on Canada slide. We are, after all, talking about a destructive rupture with a neighbor that was, until Trump returned to power, one of our closest allies and remains our second most important trading partner. And Trump and his minions are lying about the reasons for that rupture.” (01/27/26)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-canada-became-an-enemy
