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MPR on how "federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota": www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Privacy advocates: ICE using private data to intimidate observers and activists
MPR News has looked into reports that federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota in December. Privacy advo...
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
MPR on how "federal agents have accessed private data to track and intimidate anti-ICE activists since the immigration crackdown surged in Minnesota": www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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I've always taken quality and accuracy of US data for granted, but I'm afraid that may have gone out the window. It looks like there's a structural break in the CPI data after the missing month of October 2025. Has inflation really slowed? I'm not sure...
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January 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I've always taken quality and accuracy of US data for granted, but I'm afraid that may have gone out the window. It looks like there's a structural break in the CPI data after the missing month of October 2025. Has inflation really slowed? I'm not sure...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/banana-rep...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/banana-rep...
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Israeli Channel 13 reports that an estimated 500 regime forces have been killed in clashes with protesters across Iran. Officials believing the current protests may have real potential to bring down the Iranian regime.
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Israeli Channel 13 reports that an estimated 500 regime forces have been killed in clashes with protesters across Iran. Officials believing the current protests may have real potential to bring down the Iranian regime.
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Multiple Minneapolis schools on lockdown because of federal harassment
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Multiple Minneapolis schools on lockdown because of federal harassment
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This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
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Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'
A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach fo...
www.rawstory.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Someone inside DHS leaked the names of 4,500 ICE and CBP officers to a nonprofit that tracks ICE. About 80 percent of those name are active.
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
www.rawstory.com/ice-agents-d...
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They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.
New video shows ICE agents detaining a US citizen legal observer in Minneapolis.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
The agents smashed his car window, dragged him out, and placed a knee on his neck.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
They are unlawfully detaining people for First Amendment protected activities, as far as I can tell. Dragging people out of their vehicles absent witnessing a crime and without a judicial warrant is repugnant to our constitutional order.
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NEW: Republican election officials in North Carolina denied Black students' request for an early voting location at a major HBCU in the state. The move marks the latest from the GOP-controlled state election board to restrict voting in the state.
North Carolina election board rejects early voting site at country’s largest Black university
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM
NEW: Republican election officials in North Carolina denied Black students' request for an early voting location at a major HBCU in the state. The move marks the latest from the GOP-controlled state election board to restrict voting in the state.
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
We're still waiting for the Epstein Files to be released.
What is Trump hiding? This is not making America great.
What is Trump hiding? This is not making America great.
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We're still waiting for the Epstein Files to be released.
What is Trump hiding? This is not making America great.
What is Trump hiding? This is not making America great.
[T]he laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM
[T]he laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called “perfidy.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda...
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President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda...
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Exclusive | Trump Has Complained About Pam Bondi Repeatedly to Aides
The president has privately criticized his attorney general as weak and ineffective in recent weeks.
www.wsj.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda...
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President Trump has complained to aides repeatedly in recent weeks about Attorney General Pam Bondi, describing her as weak and an ineffective enforcer of his agenda...
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[T]his effectively creates a backdoor way for the executive branch of government to circumvent the Federal Reserve.
[T]his effectively creates a backdoor way for the executive branch of government to circumvent the Federal Reserve.
January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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[T]his effectively creates a backdoor way for the executive branch of government to circumvent the Federal Reserve.
[T]his effectively creates a backdoor way for the executive branch of government to circumvent the Federal Reserve.
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/t...
President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability.
President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability.
Trump declares national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil cash
Trump said in the order signed late Friday that losing control of these funds would "materially harm" national security and foreign policy.
www.axios.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
www.axios.com/2026/01/10/t...
President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability.
President Trump declared a national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil revenue held by the U.S. government from seizure by private creditors, framing it as critical to U.S. national security and regional stability.
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
www.barrons.com/articles/fed...
Powell said, “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”
Powell said, “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”
The Fed Receives Grand Jury Subpeona. Powell Says It’s Really About This.
In a statement Sunday evening, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the subpoenas from the Justice Department should be seen in a broader context.
www.barrons.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
www.barrons.com/articles/fed...
Powell said, “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”
Powell said, “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”