Source: Politico
“Russian authorities have ordered a British diplomat in Moscow to leave the country within two weeks, accusing the person of espionage. ‘Moscow will not tolerate the activities of undeclared British intelligence officers on Russian territory,’ Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement published Thursday morning. Britain’s charge d’affaires in Russia, Danae Dholakia, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry where she was issued with a warning. ‘It was stated that Russia will continue to implement a line of zero-compromise on this issue in accordance with our country’s national interests,’ Moscow said. The statement also cautioned London against any ‘escalation of the situation,’ threatening a ‘decisive ‘mirror’ response.'” (01/15/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-expels-british-diplomat-spying-accusation
Source: Liberal Currents
“Understanding Stephen Miller.” (01/15/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/half-the-answer-59-understanding-stephen-miller/
Source: Underthrow
by Max Borders
“Our big, important job, before we can change our systems, is to figure out how to dampen dynamics that hasten humiliation or deny dignity. In other words, how do we help people keep their cool?” (01/15/26)
https://underthrow.substack.com/p/the-dangerous-desire-for-recognition
Source: OtherWords
by Farrah Hassen
“On January 7, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis—a city long enriched by immigrants and now under assault from thousands of ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents. Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother of three, was driving alongside her wife, Becca. They were observing an ICE raid in their community. ‘We stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns,’ said Becca. Sadly, at least three other people have been killed by ICE officers in the last five months, according to The Marshall Project. Among them was Silverio Villegas González, a 38-year-old father and cook originally from Mexico, who was fatally shot during a traffic stop in a Chicago suburb. Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old father of two (and, like Good, a US citizen) was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles.” (01/15/25)
https://otherwords.org/ice-puts-all-of-us-in-danger/
Source: Yahoo! News
“An appeals court reversed the lower court decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, in a major win for the Trump administration. Khalil was picked up at his Columbia University housing complex and jailed as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests. He spent about three months in a Louisiana detention center and missed the birth of his son. The administration alleges he was one of the main organizers of the Columbia University encampment. The Third Circuit, sitting in Philadelphia, ruled 2-1 that the federal district court in New Jersey had no jurisdiction to order the release of the Columbia graduate student because immigration challenges are handled differently under the law.” (01/15/26)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/appeals-court-reverses-ruling-released-155854381.html
Source: The Atlantic
“Do ICE Officers Have ‘Immunity?’” (01/15/26)
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/01/ice-shooting-minneapolis-federal-prosecution/685618/
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)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-is-a-law-breaking-law-enforcement-agency-minneapolis-minnesota-immigration-judge-brown
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)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/maga-regime-change/
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)
https://archive.is/JRmFI
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)
https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/01/15/missing-the-marque-reviving-a-forgotten-constitutional-clause/
