A young prosecutor tells a judge what’s really going on joycevance.substack.com/p/today-in-c...

This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.

Award-winning poet, author, translator and educator X.J. Kennedy has died. He was 96.

A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.

3 February 1883 | A German Jewish woman, Adele Jordan, was born in Einbeck. During the war she lived in Belgium. She was deported from Mechelen to #Auschwitz in September 1942. She did not survive. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

The idea that the Court should operate entirely in secret is a modern phenomenon. The idea that the Court should be separated from the public is a modern phenomenon. Earlier generations did not accept a powerful, isolated & secretive Court and we shouldn't either 1/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Elizabeth Tsurkov was conducting research in Baghdad in 2023 when she was kidnapped by an Iran-linked militia and held in captivity for more than 900 days. Amna Nawaz speaks with Tsurkov for her first American television interview since her release last September. https://to.pbs.org/4kcbGgZ

The repugs are at it again. They did this to Katie Porter too. www.mediaite.com/politics/tex...

Too little. Too late. 😠

“I cannot, of course, deny that these men are surprised that this is the law; they really are surprised that there is any such thing as law.” - Prosecutor Robert H Jackson, Nuremberg opening address. Child sex trafficking rings have always been illegal. These people have no idea what’s coming.

Important ways to support democracy in the upcoming elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

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“A review of 47 victims’ full names on Sunday found that 43 of them were left unredacted in files that were made public by the government on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Several women’s full names appeared more than 100 times in the files. “ www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.

1 February 1896 | A Czech Jew, Josef Guttmann, was born in Čáslav. He was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 23 January 1943. He did not survive.

Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck of murder. https://to.pbs.org/3ZA2HfU

I am introducing the Cut It Out And This Time I Really Mean It bill. It provides an additional $57 billion to the murder goons but they will agree to wear business casual Monday through Thursday and if they do any murders they have to put a dollar in this jar.

Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility. He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week. The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral. ICE reportedly denied the request. Unimaginable cruelty.

RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!

🚨BREAKING: Outrage and grave concern about the midterm elections followed in the wake of the FBI’s court-authorized raid of the Fulton County, Georgia elections office Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Thanks for making an excellent point, Sen. Murphy.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

As we resist Trump’s tyranny, America gains solidarity. As we gain solidarity, we feel more courageous. As we feel courageous and stand up to Trump, we weaken him and his regime. As we weaken Trump and his regime, we have less to fear.

What happens next is, in large part, up to us.

Airlines will not show this to prevent walkouts.

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

🚨BREAKING: Hours after holding a hearing about DOJ letter threatening Minnesota, Federal judge in Oregon DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to access state voter rolls. Another win for our clients and voters. Another loss for Trump and Bondi. www.democracydocket.com/cases/oregon...

Alex Vindman, who became a key player along with his twin brother in President Donald Trump's first impeachment, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in Florida. https://to.pbs.org/4rjS50x

Family members of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. military boat strike have SUED the Trump administration, accusing it of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings. Their families say they were fishermen and farm workers simply returning home. (via NBC News. Link in reply.)

As recommended by Sherrilyn Ifill, read this whole thread.

Goodnight. I took a baptismal vow to resist evil & what I saw in Minnesota is evil. I saw an execution by ICE, authorized by our own government. We must resist this lawlessness. Public courage is contagious. They can’t kill us all. Tell the truth. The Big Lie is a lie. The Lord bless you & keep you!

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Oregon said Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent letter to Minnesota reinforced unease about how the Justice Department is wielding its authority in its nationwide push for state voter rolls, suggesting the administration’s campaign may be driven by improper motives.

This you?

“Pity the Nation”

The rule Donald Trump revoked would have saved 13,000 lives per year.

Who you gonna believe? The government, or your lying eyes? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

26 January 1917 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Pejsakowicz, was born in Radom. A locksmith. In #Auschwitz from 20 February 1942. No. 23097 He perished in the camp on March 17, 1942. --- 🎧 Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

Goodnight. "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" was spoken by Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 hearings that turned the country against McCarthy. I'm waiting for such a moment against this administration. McCarthy ruined lives, but never murdered anyone. The Lord bless you &keep you!

On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”

NYC standing in solidarity with MN. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social

A must read👇 After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The greatest legal mind of our time @tribelaw.bsky.social on why the Constitution isn't dead and the richness/centrality of the 9th Amendment. As rightwing researched (but fraudulently) the 2nd A, it is time for progressives to mine the rich vein of the 9thA www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

TODAY, Friday January 23rd, 2026: We are ALL residents of Minnesota. We ALL want #ICE_OutForGOOD 🚫 🧊 Also: #ICE_OUT4ReneeGood 💔

The Op-Ed Arrest: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/the-op-ed-...

For the first time in 25 years the United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status due to misinformation about vaccines from RFK Jr.. Measles weakens the immune system and opens doors for other illnesses that can become deadly. #RemoveRFKJr, Save Lives.

Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

🚨BREAKING: Federal court DISMISSES Department of Justice's lawsuit to obtain Georgia's full voter file information for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Essentially, the geniuses at DOJ filed in the wrong court. Dhillon and DOJ are now 0-3 in these cases. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...

I want to share with you a piece from a German documentarian on the chilling parallels between ICE and Hitler’s Brown Shirts (reproduced with his permission). Please read and share. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-ice-and-hitlers-brown-shirts