"License plate readers and personal data from car registrations are only supposed to be accessed for an active criminal investigation... “Following or observing or reporting on federal agencies is not a criminal activity — it's protected 1st Amendment activity...” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

As armed federal agents attack people on Minneapolis streets under the guise of law enforcement, wealthy convicted criminals buy pardons from Trump. Corruption from one end to the other under a Republican President. Link via @jeisinger.bsky.social

She’s five years old. She’s a citizen. She’s just been deported. www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/...

Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

Trump announces another new trade war, and another new tax increase imposed from the White House as Republican majorities in Congress look on. It’s another Trump tantrum, this one directed at European countries reported to have sent soldiers to Greenland. Via @justinwolfers.bsky.social

Weekend listen, 1: Dexter Filkins talks about his profile of Secretary of State Rubio with @tonyamosley.bsky.social. Rubio’s evolution into a Trump henchman surprised Democratic Senators; it was less shocking to many who knew him. On @nprfreshair.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Thread. The Trump administration’s assault on Minneapolis, by @mprnews.org reporter @jcollins.bsky.social. It’s clearly motivated by hostility to dark-skinned immigrants, but also by impunity conferred by a President demanding that citizens who don’t love him be punished and abused.

Injunctions aren’t magic spells, but they add up. Once again the lower courts show themselves the most stalwart of American institutions in standing up to Trump & his goons. Via @joshgerstein.bsky.social

As armed federal agents attack people on Minneapolis streets under the guise of law enforcement, wealthy convicted criminals buy pardons from Trump. Corruption from one end to the other under a Republican President. Link via @jeisinger.bsky.social

American Immigration Council’s @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social generally provides a reality check on immigration law and how it’s applied. With @gregsargent.bsky.social, he points out the immense size of the Trump administration’s planned prison system for migrants. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Thread. The Trump administration’s assault on Minneapolis, by @mprnews.org reporter @jcollins.bsky.social. It’s clearly motivated by hostility to dark-skinned immigrants, but also by impunity conferred by a President demanding that citizens who don’t love him be punished and abused.

For no particular reason, I’m reupping @hannahnatanson.bsky.social’s Washington Post Op-Ed from last month. Natanson is the reporter whose house was searched by FBI agents this week, for reasons still obscure; this is what she had been working on. [gift link] wapo.st/4qn7WLA

Trump Cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says wapo.st/4qjwsxj (gift link)

American Immigration Council’s @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social generally provides a reality check on immigration law and how it’s applied. With @gregsargent.bsky.social, he points out the immense size of the Trump administration’s planned prison system for migrants. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

This is indeed a major development. Chinese-made electric cars are indeed far less expensive than those made in Nortb America; their technology and features are at least comparable. @apnews.com report via @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social 1/2

As Senate negotiations to restore health insurance premium subsidies in Obamacare collapse, I’ll point out the obvious: Republican charges that Sen. Schumer is unwilling to compromise are not credible. Democrats across the country complain compromise is all he does. By @sahilkapur.bsky.social

This behavior probably merits Medals of Freedom from the current administration. Maybe one of the agents can present his medal to Trump. From @startribune.com via @michaelsderby.bsky.social

Sigh. Shutting down the National Center for Atmospheric Research will make the world a more dangerous place for all of us.

As Senate negotiations to restore health insurance premium subsidies in Obamacare collapse, I’ll point out the obvious: Republican charges that Sen. Schumer is unwilling to compromise are not credible. Democrats across the country complain compromise is all he does. By @sahilkapur.bsky.social

Makes sense: “Until now, the ocean was largely overlooked in the standard accounting of the social cost of carbon even though the degradation of coral reef ecosystems, economic losses from fisheries impacts and damage to coastal infrastructure are well documented and adversely impact millions.”

The latest move in Trump’s White America immigration policy, via @cfr.org. There must not be many soccer fans in among Trump Republicans; this will complicate next summer’s World Cup.

Important reporting by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, who checked with former ICE officials to get their perspective on the agency’s rampage through Minneapolis. Whether part of a conscious strategy to provoke violence or a more ramshackle program to meet arrest quotas, ICE is attacking a major city.

"Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota. Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live."

Thread. Here we go again. Via @austinkocher.com

On one level, what @jamesrball.com describes is unsurprising. Federal legislators derive their authority from their institution; the less powerful Congress is, the less weight their voices have. Republicans in Congress have worked to weaken Congress for many years now.

Important reporting by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, who checked with former ICE officials to get their perspective on the agency’s rampage through Minneapolis. Whether part of a conscious strategy to provoke violence or a more ramshackle program to meet arrest quotas, ICE is attacking a major city.

The latest move in Trump’s White America immigration policy, via @cfr.org. There must not be many soccer fans in among Trump Republicans; this will complicate next summer’s World Cup.

Interesting essay by @abuaardvark.bsky.social, who has seen a lot in the Middle East. Trump’s pattern has been to seek out opportunities for lethal military strikes that generate immediate publicity with minimal risk of American casualties. The ideal target is one that can’t shoot back.

Thread. Tren de Aragua is a real thing, in criminal activity within Venezuela. The Trump administration has used it to justify renditions to El Salvador and lethal air strikes on the high seas — all in insistent bad faith. @dell.bsky.social summarizes new @wired.com reporting.

Again, I’m going to keep banging the lonely drum that this is a gross violation of both our UN & NATO treaty obligations, it poses a massive threat to US national security & international order, &, as it would have done for any other presidency since WWII, it should immediately end this one.

Trump lies from today’s speech in Michigan: some of them he was telling early in his first term, before @ddale8.bsky.social had moved to CNN from the Toronto Star. Most American journalists treat old lies as old news. Via @carlquintanilla.bsky.social

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social is the junior Senator from Connecticut. Senate Democrats who disagree with Murphy see Trump getting more unpopular, giving Democrats running for House and Senate an advantage that fights over appropriations (let alone impeachment resolutions) could put at risk. [short 🧵]

ICE agents are even more dangerous to people in detention than they are to people on public streets. This account of a Minneapolis detention facility via @sahanjournal.bsky.social

ICE seems to have a thing for attacking women. Maybe it’s policy; maybe it’s what ICE employees do off duty. Either way, it’s not desirable in anyone doing any kind of law enforcement. Via @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social

It may seem a small thing as we face deadly force, but the regime threatening the Smithsonian matters. NPR, like other media, fails to clearly label the threat to withhold congressionally appropriated funds as illegal. We need to write and call Congress members to urge them to support the museum.

Thread. After years of progress reducing economy-wide emissions of carbon dioxide & other climate -altering gases, the United States is again heading in the wrong direction. The speculative boom in data centers is the main reason why. Energy analyst @ketanjoshi.co summarizes a @rhg.com study.

People who aren't in Minnesota might not know that if you drive or walk past pretty much any school, there's going to be a group of people, parents and childless, standing guard to make sure the kids are safe from feds. It's pretty remarkable. And very disturbing. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Reporting by veterans @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social. Four Justice Departnent attorneys leave after former Trump lawyer Dhillon refuses to investigate Renee Good killing by ICE agent in Minneapolis. www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...

Reporting by veterans @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social. Four Justice Departnent attorneys leave after former Trump lawyer Dhillon refuses to investigate Renee Good killing by ICE agent in Minneapolis. www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...

"In democratic societies, the use of lawful force depends on legitimacy. Legitimacy depends on accountability. And accountability begins with identification." www.thebulwark.com/p/take-the-m...

Thread. There is no bottom. By @bcfinucane.bsky.social

Short, to the point: @ag.state.mn.us Keith Ellison on the bad faith behind Trump actions in Minnesota: the ICE riots, of course, but not only those. Bad faith pervades the whole Trump administration, from Venezuela to vaccines to bogus prosecutions. It’s been hard for some to accept this.

Always important to remind ourselves that the entire Venezuelan adventure, with its grand schemes to multiply that country’s oil production several fold, takes place in a happy-happy-fantasy playtime world in which climate change isn’t happening. Because it just can’t. Via @bryangodbe.bsky.social

Attacking Greenland is the dumbest and worst of Trump’s impulses, writes @jfallows.bsky.social, who also sees people in Trump’s circle manipulating him and using him to advance their own agendas, from vaccines to South America. And Trump is going gah-gah, which we can see for ourselves.

It can’t be said too often: Trump administration messaging targets his most fervent supporters, who will believe anything he says. They love White House messaging about Trump being “Acting President of Venezuela.” That it infuriates Venezuela hardly matters. By @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

This short statement by Jerome Powell deserves attention. He’s accusing the Trump administration of attempting to use a bogus criminal prosecution to extort compliance with White House demands to lower interest rates. Via @annabower.bsky.social

These DHS people. They don’t try to control crowds, or think about controlling crowds. They just attack people. It’s reckless, including in ways they clearly don’t believe can happen to them.

Protests that began around last December 28 have expanded to cities across Iran; Islamic State security forces are said have responded murderously. But they have also shut down the Internet inside Iran, so firsthand information is hard to obtain. [gift link] wapo.st/4sB8Sxo

Thread. Does a Border Patrol report over a decade old qualify as “breaking news”? This one just might, seeing as how ICE as well as CBP appear to be using deadly force more often in their operations, ICE within the last couple of years. Via @rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Weekend listen: @sykescharlie.bsky.social interviewing someone interesting for the first time is one of the better listens in the podcast universe. Here, he talks with “Furious Minds” author @lkatfield.bsky.social about the intellectuals behind Trumpism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...