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🚨NEW: Federal officers like ICE agents have been routinely prosecuted by states for violating state laws, up to and including murder, since the 1800s.
Minnesota has every ability to do this with today's killing of a motorist by an ICE agent.
prospect.org/2026/01/07/i...
ICE Agents Can Be Charged With Murder - The American Prospect
As a killing in Minneapolis is documented, the law clearly stipulates that federal agents do not have universal immunity.
prospect.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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We are the world's bad guys.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...
We Are the Bad Guys
The swaggering threat to global stability is us.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Wrote for @discourseblog.com about why it's important that we call what Trump has done in Venezuela by its proper name—a coup—and why (surprise surprise) our major media outlets have universally failed to do so www.discourseblog.com/p/the-word-f...
The Word For This Is 'Coup'
Call what Donald Trump just did in Venezuela by its proper name.
www.discourseblog.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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"When Congress neglected to do its duty – declining to begin impeachment proceedings after the first unconstitutional act of war – it was an implicit invitation to the Trump administration," @rikleen.bsky.social writes. "The Trump administration accepted the invitation."
The logical consequences
Congress gave Trump a free pass for bombing Iran – his attack on Venezuela is the logical consequence  by Alex Rikleen As a teacher, part of my job was responding when a student answered a phone cal...
www.welcometohellworld.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM