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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow — Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups.
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim's Widow — Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman's supposed ties to activist groups.
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Media Matters for America, ABC17NEWS, Talking Points Memo, GV Wire, PBS NewsHour, NewsMax.com, The Hill, WTTG-TV, Axios and KARE-TV
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak — The president criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a photo shoot, a day before Federal Reserve subpoenas — WASHINGTON—President Trump criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a White House event last week …
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The Hill, Paul Krugman, Raw Story, The Mahablog, Bloomberg, Townhall and VTDigger
New York Times:
Videos Show Increasingly Aggressive Federal Crackdown in Minneapolis
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Associated Press, Scripps News and New York Post
Associated Press:
Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says
Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says
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Raw Story, Associated Press, NBC News, CBS News, DEEPER LOOK … and Scripps News
Matt Sepic / MPR News:
Minn. fraud prosecutor quits over ICE shooting probe
Minn. fraud prosecutor quits over ICE shooting probe
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Axios, Washington Post, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, WNYW-TV, CBS News, WJBK-TV, Straight Arrow News, WTTG-TV, NewsMax.com, New Republic and Raw Story
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
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The Independent, Associated Press, Reuters, The Daily Wire, LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story and RedState
TMZ.com:
President Trump Filmed Flipping Off Ford Worker Who Yells ‘Pedophile Protector’ at Him — PRESIDENT TRUMP HEY, F*** YOU, BUB, FOR THAT PEDO DISS!!! … Donald Trump turned into Donald Grump during a Tuesday appearance at a Ford plant ... launching into an F-bomb attack on a worker who appeared to yell …
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler — A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f— you” and raising his middle finger toward someone shouting at him inside the auto factory. — President Donald Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger …
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New York Times:
Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell — Trump allies fear that the inquiry into the Fed chair could complicate the process of replacing him this year. — The investigation of Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, has prompted fierce blowback from Republicans …
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RedState, European Central Bank, Politico, The Independent, Modern Diplomacy and Mediaite
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Makes Obscene Gesture at Heckler in Ford Factory Tour
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New York Post
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:
Trump gives middle finger to worker shouting ‘pedophile protector’
Nicole Charky-Chami / Raw Story:
Whistleblower drops ‘largest ever’ ICE leak to unmask agents: ‘The last straw’ — A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach — INTERNAL REVOLT — A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good. — EXCLUSIVE — Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE …
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RedState and The Independent
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgue — Information trickling out of Iran on Tuesday suggests that a crackdown by authorities to end more than two weeks of widespread anti-government protests has likely been far more deadly than activists outside the country have reported.
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Supports the Protesters, Except Those Protesting Him
Trump Supports the Protesters, Except Those Protesting Him
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
The scariest thing about Iran's crackdown
The scariest thing about Iran's crackdown
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Laura Jedeed / Slate:
You've Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I'm the Proof. — What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out. — The plan was never to become an ICE agent.
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Jacobin
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy — Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Inflation Economy — Inflation hasn't “stopped.” Consumer prices are up during this presidential term, not “down.” Grocery prices are rising, not starting to fall “rapidly.”
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The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry — The couple escalated their battle with Representative James R. Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, who said he would move to hold them in contempt of Congress. — Bill and Hillary Clinton refused on Tuesday …
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New York Times:
In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump's Stolen Election Claims — The testimony, part of the derailed Georgia election interference case, makes clear how dismissive some senior Republicans were of claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. — Senator Lindsey Graham …
The Atlantic:
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This — If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists. — Will Elon Musk face any consequences for his despicable sexual-harassment bot? — For more than a week, beginning late last month, anyone could go online and use …
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Raphael Satter / Reuters:
US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualized AI images of children
US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualized AI images of children
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RTÉ
Los Angeles Times:
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says — 7 min Click here to listen to this article — A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round …
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Raw Story
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Democrats Appear Ready to Duck a Key Fight on ICE — Thin blue line — During the last battle over government funding, which resulted in a record 43-day shutdown, Democrats showed that they had it in them to hold firm—at least for a long while—in an effort to push their policy priorities to the forefront of political debate.
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New York Times and NewsMax.com
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Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Virginia Democrats look to decimate GOP seats in redistricting effort … “[Democrats] basically have voting rights act seats in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana,” he said. “They could all be gone, right? So that's a great concern.
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Washington Post and The Hill
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Voters Think Fatal Shooting Of Minneapolis Woman By ICE Agent Was Not Justified, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 57% Of Voters Disapprove Of The Way ICE Is Enforcing Immigration Laws — mail_outline — Days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Memo Said Trump Could Send Troops Into Venezuela Unilaterally — The memo offers a detailed look into the administration's legal justification for the military incursion into Venezuelan territory in early January. — A Justice Department memo made public Tuesday concluded …
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The Contrarian and Lawfare
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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Terrorist Designations of Muslim Brotherhood Chapters — Today, as a first step in support of President Trump's commitment to eliminate the capabilities and operations of Muslim Brotherhood chapters that pose a threat to the United States as described in Executive Order 14362 …
New York Times:
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss's Bumpy Revamp at CBS — Her reimagining of “CBS Evening News” is under heavy scrutiny, and even became a punchline on her own network on Sunday at the Golden Globes. — Bari Weiss's message to the “CBS Evening News” team was blunt.
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Alice Speri / The Guardian:
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration's demand for ‘lists of Jews’ — Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights — Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump administration's efforts to obtain information …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error — A handful of police departments that use Flock have unwittingly leaked details of millions of surveillance targets and a large number of active police investigations around the country because they have failed …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump has been texting with Mamdani — President Trump has a surprising phone pal: He and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have texted back and forth recently, two sources familiar with their conversations tell Axios. … - It also suggests that the good vibes …
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
An unraveling Justice Department appears to be coming apart at the seams — In 2025, the DOJ struggled with everything from purges to incompetence to weaponization. In 2026, its collapse seems to be accelerating. — As Attorney General Pam Bondi's tenure approaches the one-year mark …
Mike Snider / USA Today:
‘When did I do that?’ Trump says about $2,000 tariff dividend checks — Those $2,000 dividend checks President Donald Trump has been talking about for months seemed to have slipped his mind during a recent interview with The New York Times. And the payment date appears to have shifted, too.
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HuffPost and New York Magazine
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Over 50 House Dems sign onto Kristi Noem impeachment articles — Over 50 House Democrats have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned. … - Reps. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), Al Green (D-Texas) and Haley Stevens …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Resistance Libs Were Right — For the last decade there's been a debate, among people who don't like Donald Trump, about whether he's a fascist. — The argument that he isn't often hinges on two things. First, when Trump first came to power, he lacked a street-fighting force …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
White House to end funding to sanctuary cities and states on Feb. 1 … Sanctuary cities often have policies limiting local law enforcement's ability to cooperate with federal immigration officers. — The Department of Justice has identified 11 states as sanctuary jurisdictions, including California, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.

