US politics

US politics

"not relevant to their business,"

An acceptance of violence and extremism, and the dehumanization that is integrated with that viewpoint, comes when you stop thinking that you have a shared future with other people,

"The calculus, in terms of the statute, is always for our brilliant attorneys at DOJ, who we work in conjunction with," Patel said on the Charlie Kirk Show Thursday afternoon. "We always abide by the statute of limitations and any constitutional parameters that we have." Patel explained that a judge found "probable cause" for the FBI to execute a search warrant, so law enforcement "did just that."

National anger over the crisis unfolding in Minneapolis is intense, and much of it is rightly directed at the Trump administration for its openly authoritarian approach to immigration enforcement. But another culprit is getting a pass. What is unfolding is the logical outcome of a political failure that began years earlier. Joe Biden lost control of the southern border, his party denied the consequences, and Donald Trump returned to power with an entitled sense of political permission to govern through force, which he readily embraced.

Minnesota, we've been through a lot, Klobuchar said in a video posted on X on Thursday morning, calling out political violence across the state, including the recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents dispatched to the area by Donald Trump. She continued: We cannot sugar coat how hard this is, but in these moments of enormous difficulty, we find strength in our Minnesota values of hard work, freedom and simple decency and good will.

Letting bad-faith Trump trolls (but I repeat myself twice) smear slain protester Alex Pretti as a violent psychopath in the name of debate is a line that responsible news organizations should not cross. Allow me to set the table here. I'm talking about the newly resurfaced viral video that desperate MAGA flying monkeys have seized on to try and stanch the bleeding from what America saw last Saturday.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation stands with the people of Minneapolis and with all of the communities impacted by the ongoing campaign of ICE and CBP violence. EFF will be closed Friday, Jan. 30 as part of the national shutdown in opposition to ICE and CBP and the brutality and terror they and other federal agencies continue to inflict on immigrant communities and any who stand with them. We do not make this decision lightly, but we will not remain silent.

"I think we need a law in Tennessee that would allow for capital punishment for those who commit an assault on the sanctity of life," he said in a recent conversation with Connor B., the host of the Christian Nationalist podcast Forge and Anvil. Fritts then said he thought four things would "require" capital punishment that also "aligns with scripture." "I think that anyone who would try to disfigure a child through hormones or surgery, you might be eligible to capital punishment," he said, adding, "I know that's gonna make people's ears ring, but that's a gross, great sin."

The Department of Veterans Affairs has rectified issues with its new electronic health record system and is all set to resume software deployments in just a few months, VA Secretary Doug Collins assured lawmakers on Wednesday, despite a host of unresolved recommendations from an agency watchdog on how to streamline the project. VA is preparing to restart rollouts of its new Oracle Health EHR system on April 1, following an operational pause in April 2023 that froze go-lives at most of the agency's medical facilities.

"Thank God we have a Secretary of State who knows his facts AND has the patience of Job,"

Organizers are ready to hit the Trump administration where it hurts the most - in the wallet. Activists are calling for a national general strike on Friday to protest Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across the country, but particularly in Minnesota, where nearly 3,000 federal agents have been deployed as part of an aggressive crackdown on supposed fraud.

Under Executive Order 12, according to a press statement from the city, each agency will now have five days to appoint an existing senior employee as Chief Savings Officer and grant them the relevant staff and information. This employee will have 45 days to complete a comprehensive assessment of their agency's spending, analyzing the most expensive programs to understand major drivers of cost, as well as the highest-performing programs, to try to replicate successes.

Reached by phone Wednesday, Fulton County Court Clerk Ché Alexander said a large number of federal agents were retrieving boxes of ballots from the warehouse where they were being stored. "The FBI agents are here to get the 2020 ballots," Alexander said. "They're all here-trucks, everything." A copy of the search warrant signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine Salinas and obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows investigators were seeking: All physical ballots from the 2020 General Election in Fulton County, all in-person, absentee and other ballots and absentee ballot envelopes.

Year-round E15 sales were a focus this week as U.S. President Donald Trump spoke in Iowa to a crowd of farmers and ranchers, saying he has instructed congressional leadership to move forward on approving the E15 ethanol blend. Trump said he is relying on House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to reach an agreement and stated he would sign the legislation if it reaches his desk.

do what he thinks is best for the Canadian people, not his own virtue signaling,

Many New York City restaurant, cafe, and bar owners are choosing to close in solidarity with the strike on Friday, including Williamsburg coffee shop Land to Sea. Owner Emily Shum says she decided to shut down for the day because it's her part in making an effort for the greater good. "We believe we must disrupt 'business as usual' and local commerce in order to affect change and help bring attention to the violence and injustice brought on by ICE and our federal government,"