Rep. Lieu: “Greg Bovino last night made a post that essentially called protesters, ‘cannon fodder.’ He needs to delete that post, or he needs to resign…If Greg Bovino and the administration doesn't turn down the rhetoric, it's going to cause more people to get killed.”

More resignations in the DOJ--these from career officials in Minnesota office objecting to DOJ's push to investigate the widow of Renee Good and reluctance to investigate the shooter, Ross. A seismic scandal - This is the biggest politicized mess of a case in memory and it's not going away.

The Minnesota shooting case is now metastasizing unlike any i've ever seen. The successive resignations of heads of the crim section at CRD and 3 top career prosecutors in Minn -- who had hung in all this year n/w/stg multiple outrages-- means the Department is in open revolt in DC and the field.

"Many of ICE’s critics worry that the agency is hoovering up pro-Trump thugs... for a domestic security force loyal to the president. The truth, my experience suggests, is perhaps even scarier: ICE’s recruitment push is so sloppy that the administration effectively has no idea who’s joining."

Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said Tuesday, aiming again at the power grid amid freezing temperatures in an apparent snub to U.S.-led peace efforts. https://to.pbs.org/49zdA6l

HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.

Obviously, Johnson is lying about what happened. But what’s even more concerning is that he mentions Good was “taunting ICE officers” as if that’s any kind of justification for murder.

It has been proven that communities of color are disproportionately affected by air pollution spewing from power plants and industrial sites. So not only is this decision anti-logic and anti-health, but you could also pretty easily argue that it's racist.

"Trump’s effort to ease voters’ concern over the AI build-out comes as the politics of data centers is rapidly shifting against Silicon Valley and lawmakers who support its push to quickly build hulking structures ... that can consume more electricity than entire cities." wapo.st/4qnbEVM

Moderates support abolishing ICE, 45-35. 15% of Trump 2024 voters support abolishing ICE as well.

Lancaster County leaders on Monday approved the elimination of 16 positions, including five at the Office of Aging and four part-time roles at the Department of General Services. Eliminating the positions is projected to result in savings of $978,000 this… lanc.news/3NjwgiW

Starting today, masking is mandated for staff working in all Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health facilities who interact with patients. lanc.news/49lRzJr

Lancaster County reader letter: "Diverting from domestic economic failures by engaging in military adventures in order to rally nationalist sentiment is nothing new. It comes from the playbook of dictators." lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

Word of the day: Perfidy Used in a sentence: Perfidy goes against the Geneva Conventions. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/p... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidy

We are now 25 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files

… You know why perfidy is considered a war crime? Because otherwise your enemies feel obligated to fire upon apparent civilian craft, surrendering units, etc. It’s to protect the innocent.

Protests in Iran continue to grow and security forces are now estimated to have killed at least 500 protesters. https://to.pbs.org/49sRow1

The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that the county’s Human Trafficking Task Force made 41 arrests during eight different details in 2025. lanc.news/3YBRNpy

President Trump's repeated threats to seize control of Greenland are straining relations with U.S. allies in NATO and have sparked a warning that doing so by force could spell the end of the world's biggest security alliance. https://to.pbs.org/3YBOkY1

Students at Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis are walking out to protest ICE days after a clash between U.S. Border Patrol agents and protesters at the school. 📸: Jerry Holt

It has been proven that communities of color are disproportionately affected by air pollution spewing from power plants and industrial sites. So not only is this decision anti-logic and anti-health, but you could also pretty easily argue that it's racist.

The official explanation they’re apparently going with here is that they aren’t 100% convinced that breathing soot and ozone is actually bad for you.

Lancaster County letter writer: "ICE and those who cooperate with ICE have eroded trust with the police and the courts, have denied people their civil rights and have created a fearful community." lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

FOX NEWS: The officer involved in the Minneapolis shooting -- does the president stand fully behind him? Does he think his action were justified? LEAVITT: Absolutely. President Trump was right about this all along. This deranged lunatic woman was trying to ram him over with her vehicle.

Stranded assets/costs are a huge concern, not just in Wisconsin, but in many other states. They can be caused not only by over-betting on coal, but by over-betting on nuclear as well. pbswisconsin.org/news-item/as...

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

The real issue is whether or not AI data centers are economically viable, socially appropriate, environmentally sustainable, and actually serve the public interest.

From the Editorial Board: Data centers are coming. Existing homes and businesses cannot be made to suffer for power hogs.

Party of "the free market"! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Thom Tillis says he would oppose any nominee, including upcoming chair vacancy, ‘until legal matter is fully resolved’

As President Donald Trump’s administration presses for more arrests and deportations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Philly’s public defender is expanding its services for immigrant clients.

"Trump has already ignored those constraints (surrounding state-level control of election) and signaled he will continue to do so, which means courts will likely have to determine what rules are in place for the midterm elections." wapo.st/4syrYUW

Legions of suburbanites decried federal ICE actions on Sunday in a series of vigils and protests across the Philadelphia area, signaling the breadth of opposition to a central part of President Donald Trump’s agenda. 🔗 www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.

Maryland health officials are investigating possible measles exposures after a person with a confirmed case traveled through the region on an Amtrak train. buff.ly/u1s9SQP

Check out all of the new Lancaster County letters to the editor (there were a dozen new ones yesterday). ... One letter today states: "What is happening in America today feels so wrong to me. Look to your moral compass." lancasteronline.com/opinion/lett...

ICYMI, the Sunday editorial

Disagreements over the types of books and programs Lancaster County libraries offer to the public led local governments to significantly cut spending for libraries in 2025. Lancaster Public Library and Quarryville Library Center lost out on more than $35,000 and… lanc.news/3YyZBbI

The base is cracking. Between the Senate vote last week, the ACA subsidy vote and now this, it’s on.

Trump posts that he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”

BREAKING Fed chair Jerome Powell revealed Sunday that the Justice Department has subpoenaed the US central bank, blasting the move as part of President Donald Trump's pressure campaign

Constitution calls to provide for good health for all [column] lanc.news/3LtDiB2

What fresh hell is this? 2026 is shaping up to be a doozy [column] lanc.news/4qcKS25

Vivian Gornick really nailing one of the main reasons one reads

The sign on Kristi Noem's podium reads "One of ours, all of yours." The reader will recall that this was a fascist rallying cry in the Spanish Civil War. What it means is that one of "our" people is worth all of "your" people.

Maureen Powers was gutsy and steadfast champion of women in Lancaster County [editorial] lanc.news/49dRjMs

Local faith leaders express concern about violence targeting religious institutions [column] lanc.news/49PPQfu

"Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables, at half the cost of fossil fuels... creating 50,000 jobs, and protecting the economy from price shocks."

Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."

"So, about all that Venezuelan oil..." This is such a helpful article in understanding the whole situation. Rogé Karma's latest: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...