Asha Rangappa

I mean we are basically living a Choose Your Own Adventure right now so…yeah possible

Amd in case you need a refresher diagram on where fhe Italian satellites and Hugo Chavez fit in (I forgot Chinese bamboo, too)

So my connect the dots here is that there will be some allegation that there was foreign interference in the voting — Hugo Chavez, Italian satellites, etc. — (hence why DNI is involved), making it a nat sec issue that they will use to justify doing something crazy/illegal in Nov

I cannot stress how completely bizarre & unheard of it is for the DNI to be personally present for a search warrant execution, never mind this one.

'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.

Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...

I remember viewing Watchmen & thinking

wow

this is so UNREALISTIC

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.

"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."

"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."

ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Richard Epstein is famous for thinking he's an expert on everything. In 2020 he was an expert on why COVID would only kill 500 Americans. Now he's telling SCOTUS why the Natural Born Citizen Clause does not apply to natural born citizens.
This brief is a joke.

We do have a stop in Canada (I thought)!

Justice Dept. sends Congress Jack Smith's report on Trump's effort to overturn 2020 election The special counsel's report concludes the criminal investigation that brought charges against a former president for the first time.

Jack Smith’s January 6th report is out (link below).

Check out his cover letter defending his work as well as a letter from Trump’s lawyers, and Smith’s response, at the end.

Smith also sets forth in detail the reasons why he believed a prosecution was warranted. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Justice or Politics? Examining the DOJ The U.S. judicial system is rooted in the Constitution and is central to the health of our democracy. For generations, the rule of law has served as the foundation for how justice is defined and admin...

Excited to be joining the Network for Responsible Public Policy and my colleages Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord to discuss the current state of the rule of law at DOJ/FBI. This event is on Zoom at 7 p.m. on February 19, so please join! www.nfrpp.org/event/justic...

It's Complicated Cruise 2026 This cruise will be memorable… especially if we all get kicked off in Alaska and have to rent an old school bus to get home.”  Ding Dong!

I know not everyone follows me on Substack and/or Insta but a quick note that @renatomariotti.bsky.social and I are doing a happy hour in a couple of weeks to talk about our It's Complicated democracy cruise to Alaska next July! Find out more and RSVP here www.travelstore.com/group-travel...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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

FBI executing search warrant at Georgia election office related to 2020 vote, law enforcement official says The Federal Bureau of Investigation is executing a search warrant at a Fulton County election office in Georgia related to the 2020 election, a law enforcement official familiar with the matter said o...

FBI searching Fulton County elections office, per Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...

‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'

Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”

Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.

www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.

In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism As communities organize against Trump's federal crackdown, a network of pundits is building an "insurrectionist" narrative against them.

In Minneapolis, far-right influencers posing as journalists are casting themselves as victims and labeling ICE-watch groups “terrorists.” Their big new evidence—“infiltrated” Signal chats—isn’t a secret, had no calls for violence and urged people to witness, not interfere.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...

Good morning from Mineapolis & the Alex Pretti memorial--a holy site in our fight against autocracy

I'm here to meet with civil rights, community & government leaders for @democracydefendersaction.org @contrariannews.org

And to bear witness

This is what letting RFK jr go wild on health looks like

I know someone who went to law school with her. She was fully baked by then, apparently. So the transformation must have happened at Dartmouth

Ed Whelan @EdWhelanEPPC •1h Do you know what a non sequitur is? I can't conceive how your question has any bearing on the official ethics advice that I quoted. To answer your question: I have spent the last two decades promoting originalism and textualism, working to transform the courts, and promoting conservative legal causes. • 20 {71 90 ıll 5.4K 凸 Harmeet K. Dhillon • @HarmeetK... 1h O ... I majored in Ancient Greek and Latin at Dartmouth. Your pretentiousness merely underscores your utter lack of street cred. • 20 セ9 O 184 th| 5.3K 贝 企 t7 Stephen Richer reposted Ed Whelan • @EdWhelanEPPC X.com Are you drunk? 11:18 PM • 1/27/26 • 3K Views 8 17 4 Relevant v 0 99 口 2 View quotes > Ed Whelan • @EdWhelanEPPC • 51m But, hey, glad you liked my tweet. Maybe you need some rest.

In which Ed Whelan inquires of Harmeet Dhillon: “Are you drunk?”

Just a reminder that hundreds of people were literally fired from their jobs for not grieving appropriately after the death of Charlie Kirk

"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Nope. Son of Holocaust survivor. My father was 11 when the Nazis invaded his hometown in eastern Poland. He survived only by fleeing to a different city with a false baptismal certificate. The comparison is apt. Carry on.

Must be a coincidence that they keep ripping off Nazi phrases

I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.

Just over the past 72 days, two non-white Democratic members of Congress have been attacked, one of them by a Trump supporter who threatened him with deportation.

Does JD Vance have anything to say? After all, the GOP VP is always so keen to attack "left-wing" political violence.

Yes! But Lindsey thinks no one knows I guess

So basically Stephen Miller knows Lindsey's secret is what I am gathering from this

When you said the Nazi Bar I suddenly had an image of the bar of weirdos from Star Wars