BBC.COM • 2026-01-23

Minnesota holds economic strike to protest ICE presence

Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota shut their doors on Friday as part of an economic protest against the immigration crackdown in their state.

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PBS.ORG • 2026-01-22

Immigration officers claim sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says

Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press, marking a sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional limits on government searches.


Writs of Assistance were broad search warrants that allowed British customs officials to search property without a court order and force law enforcement officials to help them. In 1761, James Otis challenged the Writs in court, leading John Adams to say, "American Independence was then and there born."

James Otis and the Birth of the American Revolution

The most significant event associated with American resistance to British policies is the 1761 Massachusetts court case of Paxton v. Gray. Following the death of King George II, new Writs of Assistance — search warrants — needed to be issued to British customs officials under the name of King George III.

A group of merchants in Boston believed Writs of Assistance were illegal and filed a lawsuit. They were represented in court by James Otis and Oxenbridge Thacher, who argued the Writs were illegal and infringed on the rights of the merchants.

During the proceedings, Otis delivered a fiery speech that lasted anywhere from four to five hours. One of the key points he made was that homes should be protected from being searched by British customs officials on a whim. He said, "...one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle..."

PBS.ORG • 2026-01-22

Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia, autopsy finds

A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down and he stopped breathing, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.

The Hosers from the Great White North are no longer invited to Trumpolini's Board of Peace WAR since PM Mark Carney had the temerity to chastise The Donald for his Hitler impersonation in front of the Davos movers & shakers.  Which just about guarantees His Trumpness will now start jawboning an invasion of Canada. "All your Oil now belongz to ME!"

Will Bob & Doug Mackenzie rise to the threat to indigenous Moose Head breweries and Seagrem's distilleries?  Are doughnut shortages coming?

Will they tell Trumpolini to TAKE  OFF!?


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/22/donald-trump-greenland-tariffs-ice-democrats-funding-bill-us-politics-live-news-updates?filterKeyEvents=false#maincontent

Trump to Canada's Mark Carney: you are uninvited to my 'board of peace' – as it happened

RE

Don't know about that, but I have been here.



Smokey Bear Park

Quote from: K-Dog on Jan 21, 2026, 07:40 PMThe drive along the lake edge is something I'll never forget.  Been from Duluth to Grand Portage a few times.  Family trips growing up.  Before I saw the real thing, Lake Superior was the ocean.  Water under a full moon as far as the eye can see.  Mostly flat yes, but there is a point miles north of Duluth where the road rises on cliffs high enough where my young eyes could see the curvature of the earth.

I love the UP of Michigan. I discovered that a decade before I began roaming around any part of Minnesota. Stopped when I got to Eagle River....liked it so much I took my mother through it on a visit to see her stepson in Duluth.  I ended up in Minnesota the first time leaving from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and running the US/Canadian border to International Falls. I liked its woods. Isn't there a Jolly Green Giant statue down in the southern end of the state along a big road? I thought that was cool when I found it randomly.

President Miller speaks.

HUFFPOST.COM • 2026-01-19

Stephen Miller Claims Minnesota Authorities Ordered To 'Stand Down And Surrender' Amid Ongoing ICE Protests

The White House deputy chief of staff's bizarre claim came after a New York Post columnist wrote that "local cops have gone AWOL."

NEVADACURRENT.COM • 2026-01-22

As Smith testifies to House panel, Trump attacks him on Truth Social

Midway through the five-hour hearing, Trump posted to Truth Social his analysis of the meeting and a veiled threat against Smith.

THEGLOBEANDMAIL.COM • 2026-01-22

U.S. House fails to pass resolution reining in Trump's Venezuela war powers

U.S. House of Representatives Republicans narrowly defeated a resolution on Thursday that would have barred President Donald Trump from further military action in Venezuela without the authorization of Congress.


Fuck Congress

MORBIDSYMPTOM.SUBSTACK.COM • 2026-01-21

When Chavismo Hits Political Economy

The question facing Delcy Rodriguez is not ideological purity versus betrayal, but strategic survival under conditions of asymmetrical power. Faced with prolonged sanctions, infrastructural decay, and social and material exhaustion, there are no great options, only least-worst ones. Such as extracting the best deal possible from the US led protection racket.