Michael Derby

if you're looking to learn about what are some of the lowest-hanging fruits in terms of local elections in places that directly help ICE, this is for you:

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Japan Bond Crash Unleashes a $7 Trillion Risk for Global Markets As the country hurtles towards the snap election called by Prime Minister Takaichi, more unpredictable and violent price swings are expected

“If the yen slides hard, Japan has to defend it, and the fastest lever is selling reserves, including Treasuries. That’s how a Japan problem turns into higher US yields at exactly the wrong moment.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

It's the Umberto Eco thesis about fascists. They think the left is both too weak and too strong. The left are low t soy boys that wear dresses, but they're also gangster ass Marxist sleeper cells with sophisticated planning, coordination, and funding.

A stark moment in this morning's hearing in Minnesota when an attorney for the state is staying this:

Growth resumes in Texas manufacturing Texas factory activity expanded solidly in January after contracting in December, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.

A call for a return of real capitalism in the latest Dallas Fed factory survey, amid Trump's increasingly heavy state capitalism and protectionism: "Let the market pick winners and losers."

I watched the Geese SNL performances and thought they were great and as always, seeing a band play for real is better than watching someone playing to recordings.

John Roberts struck down the ACA’s Medicaid expansion as a 10A violation because the law was, as he called it, a “gun to the head” of the states who did not want to help their residents.

Now Trump’s putting *literal* guns to the heads of Minnesota’s residents to force their gov’t to betray them.

"I don't want anyone to die, but"

A Statement From Tom — 1/26/26 "I failed to view the DHS funding vote as a referendum on the illegal and immoral conduct of ICE in Minneapolis. I hear the anger from many of my constituents, and I take responsibility for that. I have long been critical of ICE's unlawful behavior and I must do a better job demonstrating that. The senseless and tragic murder of Alex Pretti underscores what happens when untrained federal agents operate without accountability. President Trump must immediately end "Operation Metro Surge" and ICE's occupation of Minneapolis that has sown chaos, led to tragedy, and undermined experienced local law enforcement." —Congressman Tom Suozzi (NY-3)

Rep. Tom Suozzi(D-NY), getting raked over the coals for his vote for more ICE funding, says in a campaign email that he didn’t understand what he was doing

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From Judge Ellis:

"Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters."

Tacit acknowledgement they've lost control of the narrative plus saving face via lawfare

This exchange in Ben Terris’s story on Trump’s health, his view on mortality and legacy, and his Cabinet’s contest to say the most over-the-top thing about his physical prowess. nymag.com/intelligence...

Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.

DHS is using explosives on people’s homes???

“Bovino has often used the phrase “turn and burn” to describe Border Patrol operations, a reference to actions like smashing windshields, using explosives to blow down the doors of homes and engaging in car chases.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:

"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

We need to get it broadly understood that Stephen Miller's ethnic cleansing will result in a permanent metastasized immigrant carceral state and paramilitary warfare on US streets that goes on *for years.*

The internal logic of his agenda dictates this of necessity.

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Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....

NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.

“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”

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How Trump’s Ally at the Fed Is Remaking Bank Oversight Michelle Bowman, the central bank’s vice chair for supervision, is slashing staff, changing rules and adding to the tension at the Fed in the process.

What Miki Bowman is doing to the bank supervision & regulation operation at the Fed: slashing staff, rolling back regulation, restraining supervisors. By @nicktimiraos.bsky.social & Dylan Tokar of @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

I’m in upstate NY right now and we got—are still getting—so much snow. Because it is also so frigid, what is on the ground is pure powder, it flows, it’s almost like sand. I guess the skiers are going to have to a good time.

Bovino confirms that the agents involved in the shooting of Alex Pretti are no longer in Minneapolis.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ NEW: Since yesterday's deadly shooting in MN, I've talked to more than half a dozen federal sources involved immigration enforcement, including several in senior positions, who all tell me they have grown increasingly uneasy & frustrated w/ some of the claims & narratives DHS pushed in the aftermath of the shooting. Specifically, I'm told there is extreme frustration with DHS officials going on TV and putting out statements claiming that Alex Pretti was intending to conduct a "massacre" of federal agents or wanted to carry out "maximum damage", even after numerous videos appeared to show those claims were inaccurate. While they say it was a terrible decision to show up with a gun and inject himself into a federal law enforcement operation, there is no indication Pretti was there to murder law enforcement, as videos appear to show he never drew his holstered firearm. These sources say this messaging from DHS officials has been catastrophic from a PR and morale perspective, as it is eroding trust and credibility - comparing it to when Democrats falsely claimed the border was closed or that Haitians were being whipped at the border. Some of these sources have described DHS’ response to the shooting as “a case study on how not to do crisis PR”, one said they are so “fed up” that they wish they could retire, another said “DHS is making the situation worse”, and another added that “DHS is wrong” and “we are losing this war, we are losing the base and the narrative." These sources all believe this is going to end up being what they call a “bad shoot”, a “shitty” situation that happened in seconds where agents likely heard “gun!”, then the disarmed firearm may have had an accidental discharge that spooked the agents, and they shot. The agents do not have the luxury of multiple slow motion angles - and had to make split second decisions. All of the sources support the mass deportation agenda, but have serious hesitations about the way it is …

Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.

Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."

Trump's message to legal gun owners.

A tragic outcome Bezos could stop in a second.

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

In a five-minute telephone interview with The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Trump didn’t directly answer when asked twice whether the officer who shot Alex Pretti had done the right thing. Pressed further, the president said, “We’re looking, we’re reviewing everything and will come out with a determination.” Administration officials have publicly defended the officer. The president criticized Pretti—the 37-year-old who was killed by a federal Border Patrol agent Saturday morning on a Minneapolis street—for carrying a gun during protest activity. “I don’t like any shooting. I don’t like it,” Trump added. “But I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun with two magazines loaded up with bullets also. That doesn’t play good either.” Trump also signaled a willingness to eventually withdraw immigration enforcement officials from the Minneapolis area.

Trump knows he's losing?
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Believe Your Eyes People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.

Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Gold rushes to record high above $5,000/oz Rising friction ‌between U.S. and NATO ​over Greenland has further fueled gold's run this year.

Gold on a tear as Trump takes aims at allies and increases risk of destabilizing global trading system. Via Reuters

Weird that actual soldiers have to change their gear not to look like cops rather than the other way around.

Prince’s run through the 80s was incredible. Got to see him play once and he had to get through so many hits he crammed like 10 of them into a mid-show acoustic medley.