You know this new FAA notice from Jan 16th that appears to prohibit drone flights within 3000 feet of ICE/DHS? Well, me and a number of others have been trying for days, and we've still heard *nothing* back from official government sources who might be able to clarify what this means in practice.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons

"And that's how, after several hours, five people and a citywide network of volunteers got a 12-year-old girl her first menstrual pad." America.

WTF happened to the Epstein files? Full release was required December 19 by federal law. Today, 99% are still undisclosed. Initially, there were rolling releases. Now, nothing in weeks. REMEMBER: The DOJ said the review of these documents was complete in JULY.

Trump says sharing “fake and fraudulent” polling should be a criminal offense, then goes on to list every major news outlet, writing that “something has to be done” about them.

Take some time with Liam Ramos. He was just whisked halfway across America after being used as bait. His family was following the law. The feds say they're focused on criminals who pose a serious threat to the community. Liam is 5 years old. sahanjournal.com/education/ic...

This is Liam. He's 5. My story: sahanjournal.com/education/ic...

"'Our operations are lawful, targeted and focused on individuals who pose a serious threat to this community,' Bovino said..." Again, Liam is **five**. Five years old.

I got in late last night. First thing this morning, I saw cars following an ice vehicle down the street, honking at it. Later, we didn't drive more than three blocks before we found people defending a childcare facility. (The idea that people have to defend a childcare facility... let that sink in)

The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...

This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Who amongst us hasn't made a list of countries you want to take over and then forgotten what order you put them in

Little Rock Nine student Minnijean Brown-Trickey: "There were 20 nice kids...There were about 300 really mean kids.... there were 1700 silent witnesses who stood by & said nothing...if you're walking through terror, if somebody smiles with a genuine smile, you feel like oh, there's hope."

Lawgeeks, these 18 pages are just delicious. Judge Novak really blasts Lindsey Halligan, "miscreant," for continuing to call herself United States Attorney in violation of a court order. Says no sanctions, for now, because she's such a newb. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

I attended a Border Patrol recruitment event. By never saying “no,” I was corralled from standing near the recruitment table to having a completed application submitted on my behalf, and I received a tentative selection days later. www.cltampa.com/news/at-st-p...

Though folks quote Martin Luther King as saying “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice” they forget that what he *lived* was the work of bending it that way, a work that threatened them so much they killed him for it. The fight continues.

For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: … For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

Just a reminder that the Twin Cities are the homes of the largest population of Hmong in the United States. The Hmong fought as allies of the U.S. during the war in Vietnam and fled persecution and resettled as refugees in the 1970s and 80s. We can imagine this man’s life history.

Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo via Reuters)

Okay that's enough doomscrolling for tonight. Max loves you and wants you to charge your phone away from your bedroom.

They're investigating the victim's wife, the victim's friends, the mayor and the governor too, but no, they're not even going to glance in the direction of the murderer.

How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It’s quite likely that being called a “fucking bitch” is one of the last things a dying Renee Good ever heard. I demand leaders who are as filled with pure, diamond-hard rage over this as I am. I believe this is absolutely not asking for too much.

NEW: Trump’s DHS forces have shot 11 people since September. NBC News examined every case, revealing a pattern that policing experts called alarming: officers firing into cars, injuring and killing drivers.

I love the idea that the child was too close to the tear gas as opposed to, you know, the fucking tear gas being too close to the child.

Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out. They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?

"records suggest this is the official address of Greenland Water Bank, a boutique drinks company with a new co-owner: US billionaire Ronald Lauder. ...heir of cosmetics queen Esteé Lauder, the 81-year-old lawyer is a close confidant of Donald Trump...put the #Greenland flea in the president’s ear.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

".. when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

They flashbanged a car full of kids. A car full of fucking kids.

Homan pledged to frustrate places that resisted Trump’s immigration policies by sending in ICE. In Minnesota, ICE has had a heavy hand, including killing a protester. Now Trump cites the peaceful but hostile pushback as a rationale for bringing in troops. This, not Venezuela, is the dog-wagging.

Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

Federal officials suddenly decided a quarter of the budget for drug treatment and mental healthcare was not needed. www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/01/14/h...

America has tried to be a real multiracial democracy for just over 60 years and that attempt has been contested at every step along the way. The dinner has been held every year, without fail, since 1969. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

This is why we celebrate the Boston Substack Party, when the patriots wrote strongly worded pamphlets about tea.

Alt text, @CityOfMinneapolis on Xitter, 7:44 PM "We are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in North Minneapolis. We are working to confirm additional details."

This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.

The Trump administration reinstated on Tuesday hundreds of CDC employees who had been placed on administrative leave in April. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...

Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...

Turns out we invaded to protect indigenous communities in Venezuela. Who knew?

She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..." www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...

thank goodness that, unlike smug uppity women, white men know how to exercise restraint and slow down the “escalation chain…” they know how to respect authorities

BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday. www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...