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January 16, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
ICE just tried to deport this woman, but there was just one problem — she was Native American.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2025/11/13/native-american-nearly-deported-on-mistaken-polk-county-ice-detainer-leticia-jacobo/87248332007/
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Trump threatens to deploy US military against Minneapolis protesters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-minnesota-2026-01-15/
ICE Shoots Man in Minneapolis After Gov. Walz Decries Federal “Campaign of Organized Brutality”
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/15/headlines/ice_shoots_man_in_minneapolis_after_gov_walz_decries_federal_campaign_of_organized_brutality
“I CAN’T BREATHE” — Medical examiner confirms ICE detainee’s death likely a HOMICIDE by guards at Texas facility. ICE tried to keep it vague. Now the truth is forcing its way out.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/15/ice-detention-death-homicide/#:~:text=Flores%20said%20he%20saw%20guards%20choking%20Lunas,respirar%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20Spanish%20for%20%E2%80%9CI%20can’t%20breathe
CNN viewers slam ICE as ‘absolutely pathetic’ as agents seen shooting at fleeing people
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cnn-viewers-slam-ice-as-absolutely-pathetic-as-agents-seen-shooting-at-fleeing-people/ar-AA1UgGcR?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1
CNN crew in Minneapolis hit with flashbangs and tear gas amid ICE protests. CNN’s Whitney Wild and her crew were hit with flashbangs and tear gas as protests erupted in Minneapolis following a shooting involving a federal officer, according to the DHS. Wild says at one point it became so foggy she was separated from her photographer.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/politics/video/cnn-crew-in-minneapolis-hit-with-flashbangs-and-tear-gas-amid-ice-protests
‘They Were Trying to Stop an Arrest’: CNN Details How Protesters Are ‘Physically’ Interfering With ICE in Minneapolis.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/were-trying-stop-arrest-cnn-175251006.html
Horrific video shows Border Patrol agents dragging limp body out of vehicle in Minnesota. The viral social media video shows dozens of masked agents surrounding a Speedway gas station in St. Paul, Minnesota, during an immigration enforcement operation.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4442617701594-horrific-video-shows-border-patrol-agents-dragging-limp-body-out-of-vehicle-in-minnesota?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Njg1MjUwMjYzMzY%3D
House Democrats Swalwell, Goldman Announce Bill to Strip ICE Agents of Qualified Immunity After Minneapolis Shooting
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5681208-swalwell-goldman-ice-legislation/
‘An ongoing pattern and practice’: Trump admin violating FOIA by refusing to release new ICE policy memo about ‘blanket’ surveillance program, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/an-ongoing-pattern-and-practice-trump-admin-violating-foia-by-refusing-to-release-new-ice-policy-memo-about-blanket-surveillance-program-lawsuit-says/
ICE ‘throw flash-bang at family car’ as 6 kids hospitalized including a 6-month-old baby: A family of eight traveling in their car was caught in the crossfire between protestors and ICE agents in northern Minneapolis, and it led to three of their six children — including a six-month-old baby — being hospitalized.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2077210/ice-throws-flash-bang-at-family-car-minneapolis/
Federal Agent Shoots Second Person, Days After Miller Claims Agents Have “Immunity.” Stephen Miller lied to ICE agents, saying, “Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you … is committing a felony.”
https://truthout.org/articles/fed-agent-shoots-second-person-days-after-miller-claims-agents-have-immunity/
After fatal shooting, states move to allow suits against ICE agents. Democratic lawmakers say bills may provide the only avenue for accountability as the Justice Department refuses to prosecute agents.
https://www.ms.now/news/ice-agents-oversight-lawsuits
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump ends federal investigation into one of the biggest welfare fraud scandals of ALL TIME… because his rich buddy Brett Favre was behind it!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/minnesota-welfare-fraud-trump-hhs-blue-states_n_69655c91e4b0365ff4dfc607
Trump Is Reportedly Funneling Money From Venezuelan Oil Sales To a Bank Account in Qatar. The Trump administration’s first sale of Venezuelan oil was valued at $500 million, and the money is being held in multiple bank accounts, the biggest of which is in Qatar:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-reportedly-funneling-money-venezuelan-041430420.html
US faces China’s wrath after agreeing $500 billion deal with invasion-fearing Taiwan
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/196218/us-china-ww3-taiwan-deal
House to vote on two more govt funding bills costing $76 billion. If the minibus becomes law, the departments of State and Treasury, the IRS, the Executive and Judiciary branches, and related agencies will be fully funded until October.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3701d229-9653-4a83-8182-6bcf0165ef26.html
# Education / Schools
St. Paul students marked absent after protests against ICE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/st-paul-students-marked-absent-233000983.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions / Business / Industry / Corporations
Bill Gates foundation announces plans to lay off up to 500 staff after $8bn to ex-wife Melinda who divorced tycoon over Jeffrey Epstein links
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15464665/Bill-Gates-foundation-lay-500-staff-melinda-billions.html
Judge: TSA ‘plainly’ violated court order with renewed union busting push
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/01/judge-tsa-plainly-violated-court-order-renewed-union-busting-push/410739/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump Admin Reportedly Preparing To Send Private Military Contractors To Venezuela To Protect Oil Assets. Several private security companies are looking to be chosen by the administration should it decide to move forward with the decision
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-reportedly-preparing-send-private-military-contractors-venezuela-protect-oil-assets-593579
Trump is threatening to attack a country that produces three times more oil than Venezuela. Donald Trump could create his own nightmare − soaring oil prices − by attacking Iran
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/15/business/oil-reserves-trump-iran?Date=20260115&Profile=CNN&utm_content=1768508678&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Author Andrew Lownie doubles down on ‘reliable’ source’s claim Jeffrey Epstein introduced Donald Trump to wife Melania. “My source has proved to be reliable on everything he gave me, so I wouldn’t have put it in if I didn’t think it was true,” Lownie explained. “Everything was double-checked.”
https://www.aol.com/articles/exclusive-author-andrew-lownie-defends-201354625.html
# Gov / Politics
Trump declares that we “shouldn’t even have” midterm elections in terrifying show of authoritarian delusion!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/delusional-trump-79-gives-unhinged-reason-for-why-midterms-shouldnt-happen/
Governor Tim Walz takes a defiant stand for the people of Minnesota against the “organized brutality” being carried out by Trump’s ICE agents: “End this occupation!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKknvYaFmH0
How many Jan. 6 rioters work in the federal government? Raskin wants to know. The Maryland Democrat also criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for wearing masks in a letter to the Trump administration that the Homeland Security Department called “reckless, disgusting and unhinged.”
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/01/how-many-jan-6-rioters-work-federal-government-raskin-wants-find-out/410725/
Somali Subpoenas: Congress moving quickly to investigate cash-in-luggage exodus from U.S. airports. Sen. Rand Paul also revealed that federal agents are probing the massive cash transfers that move through a network centered in the Minneapolis airport.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/somali-subpoenas-congress-moving-quickly-investigate-cash-luggage-exodus-us
Expert alarmed as Trump now taking a page from ISIS: ‘Never seen anything like this’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674900040/
Mitch McConnell: Remarks regarding NATO, Greenland, credibility of U.S. alliances: Several private security companies are looking to be chosen by the administration if it decides to move forward with the decision, considering the U.S. spent about $138 billion on private contractors during the Iraq War, CNN detailed in a new report.
https://nkytribune.com/2026/01/opinion-mitch-mcconnell-remarks-regarding-nato-greenland-credibility-of-u-s-alliances/
The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes in the law banning the use of the US military domestically. Is Trump’s warning just bluster? Does the president have the authority to send the military into American cities? The answer to this question involves a web of legal provisions that help define the president’s constitutional roles
https://theconversation.com/the-insurrection-act-is-one-of-at-least-26-legal-loopholes-in-the-law-banning-the-use-of-the-us-military-domestically-273649
Trump ‘engaged in a criminal scheme’ aimed at overturning the 2020 election, Special Counsel Jack Smith told the House Judiciary Committee
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jack-smith-historical-analog-trumps-actions-2020-election/story?id=128819035
‘It would end his presidency’: Republican threatens obsessed Trump with impeachment
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-greenland-2674899476/
House Democrat Calls Out GOP Colleagues for Giving the Founder of the Oath Keepers a Reserved Seat at Hearing
https://www.aol.com/articles/house-democrat-pounces-gop-giving-044224194.html
‘No, The American People Do Not Want Trump’s Domestic Army.’ He’s barreling forward anyway.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/politics/trump-troops-crime-crackdown-polls
# Gov / Politics / Global
Macron Announces Deployment of Troops to Greenland Following Uneasy US Meeting — Trump Maintains Claim on Island. In a first for NATO, America’s closest allies are using their troops to thwart possible U.S. action
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0ydjvxpejo
Claudia Sheinbaum Rejects U.S. Sending Troops Into The Country: ‘Last Time There Was An Intervention They Took Half Of Mexico’s Territory.’ “More than war, Mexico is a free, independent and sovereign country. And it has cost Mexico enough to guarantee its freedom and independence,” she added.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4441654632988-claudia-sheinbaum-rejects-us-sending-troops-into-the-country-last-time-there-was-an-intervention-they-took-half-of-mexicos-territory?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Njg1MjIzODE3NzI%3D
Macron Warns of ‘Unprecedented Cascading Consequences’ if US Seizes Greenland, Government Spokeswoman Says. France following situation ‘with greatest attention’ and would act ‘in full solidarity with Denmark and its sovereignty,’ says government spokesperson
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/macron-warns-violation-of-greenlands-sovereignty-to-trigger-unprecedented-cascading-consequences/3799145
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
‘New Racist’ Judge Officially Resigns After Investigation Reveals Disturbing Recordings About Black People, LGBTQ+ Community
https://www.jdjournal.com/2026/01/10/michigan-judge-resigns-after-racist-remarks-investigation/
Klobuchar: Prosecutors who resigned over handling of Good shooting ‘incredible public servants’
https://www.jdjournal.com/2026/01/10/michigan-judge-resigns-after-racist-remarks-investigation/
Lindsey Halligan rips judge’s ‘gross abuse of power’ for trying to do away with her ‘US attorney’ title
https://www.newsbreak.com/tmj4-news-563676/4444528936366-we-asked-two-people-in-milwaukee-about-the-insurrection-act-here-s-what-they-told-us
Ketanji Brown Jackson Sounds the Alarm: New Study’s Data Shows Supreme Court Increasingly Favors The Rich. A study by economists at Columbia and Yale determined the court has become more polarized in recent decades.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-study-supreme-court-increasingly-favors-rich_n_695c0df8e4b0c1bd90c4b768
‘Two cabinet secretaries conspired’: Judge reads shocking ruling against Trump admin
https://www.rawstory.com/noem-rubio-conspired/
‘Contrary to everything you’re taught’: Expert stunned over DOJ move he has ‘never’ seen
https://www.alternet.org/department-of-justice-2674892240/
# Marijuana / Hemp
Oklahoma Legalized Medical Marijuana, Then Came the Chinese Organized Crime: Gangsters, Money and Murder: How Chinese Organized Crime Is Dominating America’s Illegal Marijuana Market
https://www.propublica.org/article/chinese-organized-crime-us-marijuana-market
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing
CDC Confirms 9-State Outbreak. At least 171 measles cases confirmed in 9 states, CDC data shows. Cases have been confirmed in nine states, including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
https://www.aol.com/articles/least-171-measles-cases-confirmed-231519061.html
# Military / War Department
War Department announces ‘Stars & Stripes’ overhaul. The paper, which traces its roots back to the Civil War, receives some funding from the Pentagon and its staff is Defense Department employees.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/defense-department-stars-and-stripes-00731492
Hegseth just sent ‘a chilling message’ to the military: Tur asked Rubin if other veterans who disagree with the Trump administration’s policies could voice their concerns or if they could be in trouble over speaking out.
https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-military-threats/
# NATO
Trump Jeopardizes NATO Over a Lie, Even some Republican lawmakers are in direct opposition. Some GOP senators criticized the Trump administration’s actions toward Greenland on Wednesday.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trump-jeopardizes-nato-over-a-lie/
NATO long warned of Russian, Chinese threats to Greenland, now rejects Trump’s ownership solution. NATO members have suggested that Trump might break the alliance as he seeks to acquire Greenland to defend against Russia and China.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/nato-long-warned-russian-and-chinese-threats-greenland-now-rejects-trumps
# Other Interestimg Stuff / Archaeology
Scientists rediscover creature thought to be extinct for more than 20 years: ‘It is something special’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/scientists-rediscover-creature-thought-extinct-140000159.html
A never-before-seen creature has been found in the Great Salt Lake. A mysterious new worm found in the Great Salt Lake could hold vital clues to the lake’s past—and its future.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260110211227.htm
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute. Safeguarding American aerospace… with Chinese tech.
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/homeland-security-drone-china
# Social Services / Programs
HHS Freezes Child Care and Family Assistance Grants in Five States for Fraud Concerns. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services froze access to certain federal child care and family assistance funds for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York following serious concerns about widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars in state-administered programs.
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-freezes-child-care-family-assistance-grants-five-states-fraud-concerns.html
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