Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Adam Schwartz
“Federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So are the intrusions on digital rights. For example, we have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police, including ICE and CBP, but federal agents are violating this right. Indeed, Alex Pretti was exercising this right shortly before federal agents shot and killed him. So were the many people who filmed agents shooting and killing Pretti and Renee Good – thereby creating valuable evidence that contradicts false claims by government leaders. To protect our digital rights, we need the rule of law.” (02/04/26)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/protecting-our-right-sue-federal-agents-who-violate-constitution
Source: Reason
by Jack Nicastro
“Polymarket’s pop-up grocery and Kalshi’s food money giveaways are the latest examples in New York’s decades-long history of food charity.” (02/04/26)
https://reason.com/2026/02/04/the-private-sector-handles-hunger-better-than-mamdani-could/
Source: SFGate
“The U.S. and Russia agreed on Thursday to reestablish high level military-to-military dialogue following a meeting between senior Russian and American military officials in Abu Dhabi, the United States European Command said in a statement. The agreement was reached following meetings between Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the Commander of U.S. European Command — who is also NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe — and senior Russian and Ukrainian military officials, the statement said. The channel ‘will provide a consistent military-to-military contact as the parties continue to work towards a lasting peace,’ the statement said. High level military communication was suspended in 2021, just before Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Grynkewich was in the capital of the United Arab Emirates where talks between American, Russian and Ukrainian officials on ending the war in Ukraine entered a second day and as Moscow escalated its attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.” (02/05/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/russia-and-ukraine-hold-a-second-day-of-21335035.php
Source: US News & World Report
“A man accused of killing two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., last year was indicted on four additional counts of terrorism, in a new indictment that was unsealed on Wednesday. The new indictment includes nine charges, including hate crimes, filed earlier. Several of the charges carry a maximum penalty of death or life imprisonment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said. … Prosecutors accuse Elias Rodriguez, 31, of opening fire on people leaving an event for young professionals and diplomats hosted by the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group that fights antisemitism and supports Israel.” (02/04/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-02-04/us-charges-suspect-with-terrorism-in-killing-of-two-israeli-diplomats
Source: The Bulwark
“GOP Scrambles After MASSIVE Minneapolis Blowback.” (02/04/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4m6Y80R84Y
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Carlos Boix
“With the idea of banning large investors from buying real estate, President Trump has brought to the forefront the issue of real estate. This has been recently at the top of popular discourse, and politicians and pundits of all colors have grabbed the opportunity to push their own agendas. And one of the ways to sway public opinion towards one’s goals is semantics. If we can rename something to our advantage, half the job of convincing people is done. It is a lot more important than most people think.” 902/04/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/cost-living-problem-isnt-too-little-credit-too-much
Source: In These Times
by Alessandra Bajec
“The 2022 ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests erupted in Iran following the shocking death of 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini, in police custody. Like many Iranians in the diaspora, illustrator Roshi Rouzbehani was filled with grief, rage and a profound duty to speak out. She felt compelled to create art that echoed what so many were experiencing, and to share the images online to help bring global attention to her people’s struggle. ‘Art became both a personal coping mechanism and a form of activism for me,’ Rouzbehani tells In These Times. Now based in the UK, she left Iran in 2011 to seek safety from political pressures. In the year of the women-led uprising, the Iranian regime’s security forces killed hundreds of protesters and threatened the lives of numerous journalists, and detained, tortured and persecuted thousands more.” (02/03/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/iranian-artists-woman-life-freedom-us-hands-off-middle-east
Source: The New Arab [UK]
“Sudanese paramilitary forces have advanced on army positions near the southeastern border with Ethiopia, according to the group and an eyewitness who spoke to AFP on Wednesday. Control over Sudan’s southeastern Blue Nile State, bordering both Ethiopia and South Sudan, is split between the army and a faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North, allies of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. In a statement released Tuesday, the SPLM-N, led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, said they had ‘liberated the strategic city of Deim Mansour and areas of Bashir Nuqu and Khor al-Budi.'” (02/04/26)
https://www.newarab.com/news/sudan-paramilitary-advances-near-ethiopia-border
Source: Freedom’s Phoenix
“Karen Kwiatkowski (Retired Lt Colonel U.S. Air Force) comes on the show to discuss our foreign policy, Iran, Russia/Ukraine, Greenland, Venezuela, China, economy, Trump, etc.” (02/04/26)
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Media/390864-2026-02-03-2026-02-04-ernest-hancock-interviews-karen-kwiatkowski-mp3-4.htm
Source: Liberal Currents
by Audrey Lee
“In Portland, members of the community have been standing up to ICE for most of Trump’s second term so far.” (02/04/26)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-really-like-a-first-hand-account-of-the-portland-ice-facility-occupation/
