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Once Trump is gone front office, how do Democrats move forward without having to constantly look back to the way things were? Every delay has consequences. Trump won't be in office forever, but his effects on US politics and foreign affairs will be long lasting. As the question asks, how do you move on from that? Can you repair the damage while ar the same time charting a new course without retreating to what you did in the past?

Stephen Miller accuses Democrats of siding with 'terrorists' after Minneapolis Border Patrol-involved shooting This affects the entire country. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller slammed Democrats for calling on federal immigration agents to leave Minnesota, accusing them of siding with "terrorists" after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed U.S. citizen during a confrontation Saturday in Minneapolis. The 37-year-old man allegedly approached agents during an apparent operation and then "violently resisted," while armed with a 9mm pistol and two magazines, leading to the shooting. "A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists," Miller wrote in an X post. He later responded to a social media post from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to leave Minneapolis and for Congress to cut its funding. TRUMP SAYS MEDIA FOCUSES TOO MUCH ON MINNESOTA ICE COVERAGE, NOT ENOUGH ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS "An assassin tried to murder federal agents and this is your response," Miller replied. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the man, whose name has not yet been released, held a lawful permit to carry (PTC). In a letter penned to Walz on Saturday, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Minnesota has "refused" to enforce the law, saying the "consequences are heartbreaking." FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY ANTI-ICE AGITATORS 'GOING AFTER THE DOGS' FOLLOWING MINNEAPOLIS KENNEL INCIDENT "… Unfortunately, you and other Minnesota officials have refused to support the men and women risking their lives to protect Americans and uphold the rule of law," Bondi wrote.  "Because Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul have chosen to ignore federal immigration law by enacting sanctuary laws and policies, the federal agents led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have operated alone," she added. "And politicians in your state are not just refusing to help these agents, they are putting federal agents in danger." Bondi also called out Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for saying, "ICE: Get the f--- out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here," and Walz for referring to federal immigration enforcement agents as "Trump’s modern-day Gestapo." "The results of your state’s policies and politicians’ anti-law enforcement rhetoric are a national tragedy. Violence against ICE officers and agents has increased approximately 1,300 percent," she wrote. "Vehicular attacks against ICE officers have increased 3,200%. … You and your office must restore the rule of law, support ICE officers, and bring an end to the chaos in Minnesota."

House Members Hail Return to ‘Regular Order’ in Funding What's the endgame here? On Thursday, Congress could take a step toward restoring a now old-fashioned way of funding the government while eliminating a spending policy from President Joe Biden’s administration. The House will consider its final batch of appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026 to fund several federal agencies. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on Wednesday said the spending process has been restored to a “committee-led, member-driven approach.” “It will spend less than another continuing resolution and it will continue to advance our ‘America First’ agenda,” Johnson said of the package. “Once we pass the final batch this week, Republicans will have finally replaced the last of any Biden-era spending levels with Trump-era spending levels.” Johnson has promised to restore the practice of passing individual spending bills each year. This approach, known as “regular order,” is an alternative to the chamber’s more recent habit of funding the government through continuing resolutions, which simply extend previous funding, or omnibus bills, which jam together many different spending bills for one vote. ‘Regular Order’ or Not? Upon passage, the House will then send the four bills to the Senate, combined with two bills passed last week to fund the State Department and financial regulators. The Senate will have time to pass the package before the Jan. 30 deadline to fund the government. Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, who has long advocated for considering individual appropriations bills, told The Daily Signal that he views the current process as a marginal improvement from the previous funding approach. “We’re at least getting a vote on every appropriations bill in the House. Not as stand-alone bills, which would be nicer, and not subject to amendment—which is essentially the definition of regular order,” he told The Daily Signal.  “So it clearly isn’t regular order yet,” he said, adding that “minibuses are at least progress to break it into smaller chunks.” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told The Daily Signal that he views splitting up votes on bills as a step towards regular order but still desires individual bills in the future. “I wish you’d say every spending bill is less than a paragraph. That’s the way we do it in Tennessee, and we’ve got a balanced budget, because nobody can hide behind a thousand-page bill in the Tennessee Legislature,” Burchett said. In the House Rules Committee on Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said the current process is “barely a toe in the water to regular order,” but nevertheless, “a trajectory towards regular order, and that is a good thing.” Roy called the House’s work to modestly cut discretionary spending “an important signal to the markets” and an “understanding of where we are in terms of our overall debt load in this country that we’re trying to constrain.” Homeland Security Democrats will likely show their fiercest opposition to the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security—particularly funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement—after the death of Renee Good in an ICE-involved shooting.  The homeland security section will be considered independently from the other three bills on the …

‘The invisible man’: Joe Biden has disappeared in almost every way – except in Trump’s daily commentary Who's accountable for the results? The article portrays Joe Biden's legacy as largely erased and overshadowed in Donald Trump's second term. Biden assumed the presidency unable to keep up with the demands of the office, but supporters and media spent years ignoring his physical and mental decline anyway, which led to his "ill-starred 11th-hour abdication" after a disastrous debate performance against Trump. His withdrawal from re-election was followed quickly by Kamala Harris's defeat. Now largely "the invisible man," Biden has faded from public view with few appearances. Theoretically, he's focusing on a memoir and library plans amid complete disinterest from donors and the reading public. Trump relentlessly blames him as a foil for national woes, mocking him daily as "Crooked Joe" or "Sleepy Joe," while dismantling Biden-era policies on climate, immigration, DEI, and more. Despite early legislative successes, like the largest climate spending bill in history and building eight EV chargers with $7.5 billion, his tenure is remembered more for its chaotic end. Democrats blame him for clinging to power too long, staining what could have been a consequential record and ignoring their own role in propping him up. What would our nation look like now if Joe Biden had simply avoided that June 27, 2024 debate? Was President Trump 47 inevitable regardless? Should Joe Biden be stepping out more to remind the country of his presidency?

A Father’s Quest for Justice Finds Resolution After 13 Years Ask who never gets charged. The quest for justice dominated his life.  He gathered police reports, witness statements and other evidence in the Dec. 14, 2012, fatal incident inside a Milwaukee-area convenience store. The youth had tried to shoplift $12 worth of flavored malt beverages at the shop before abandoning the items and turning to leave. That’s when three men wrestled him to the ground to hold him for the police.  The medical examiner determined that he died of a brain injury from asphyxiation after a “violent struggle with multiple individuals.” The manner of death: homicide.  When prosecutors chose not to charge anyone, Stingley waged a legal campaign of his own that forced the case to be reexamined. A 2023 ProPublica investigation pieced together a detailed timeline of what happened inside the store, recounted what witnesses saw and examined the backgrounds of the three customers involved in the altercation. Finally, this week, in an extraordinary turn of events, Stingley will see a measure of accountability. On Monday, a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court charged the surviving patrons — Robert W. Beringer and Jesse R. Cole — with felony murder. The defendants are set to appear in court on Thursday.  Beringer’s attorney, Tony Cotton, described the broad outlines of a deferred prosecution agreement that can lead to the charges being dismissed after the two men plead guilty or no contest. The men may be required by the court to make a contribution to a charity in honor of Corey Stingley and to perform community service, avoiding prison time, according to Cotton and Craig Stingley. In Wisconsin, felony murder is a special category for incidents in which the commission of a serious crime — in this case, false imprisonment — causes the death of another person. The prosecutor’s office in Dane County, which is handling the matter, declined to comment. Cole’s attorney said his client had no comment. Previously, the three men have argued that their actions were justified, citing self-defense and their need to respond to an emergency.  For Stingley, a key part of the accountability process already has taken place. Last year, as part of a restorative justice program and under the supervision of a retired judge, Stingley and the two men interacted face to face in separate meetings. There, inside an office on a Milwaukee college campus, they confronted the traumatic events that led to Corey Stingley’s death and the still-roiling feelings of resentment, sorrow and pain.  Craig Stingley said he felt that, after years of downplaying their role, the men showed regret and a deeper understanding of what had happened. For instance, Stingley said, he and Cole aired out their different perspectives on what occurred and even reviewed store surveillance video together.  “I have never been able to breathe as clearly and as deeply and feel as free as I have after that meeting was over,” Stingley said.  Restorative justice programs bring together survivors and offenders — via meetings or letters or through community panels — to try to deepen understanding, promote healing and discuss how best to make amends for a wide range of harms. The approach has …

Justice for Keith Porter This isn't complicated—it's willpower. Petition to demand justice for Keith Porter, murdered by ICE on New Years Eve I just signed this petition on OrganizeFor with @ColorOfChange. Will you join me? #O4

Cruz back in Texas after photo of him boarding plane sparks backlash ahead of winter storm This framing isn't accidental. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, returned to the Lone Star State Friday after a photo went viral on social media of him boarding a plane as the state prepares for a potentially historic winter storm. The senator appeared to poke fun at himself on Friday as online chatter swirled over the past few days about whether he would once again be absent as his constituents hunkered down during a major weather event. "I’ve returned home from my work trip. It’s 66 degrees & beautiful. A storm is expected tomorrow night," Cruz wrote in an X post Friday. "But I am reliably informed by Twitter that if I simply raise up my hand on Texas soil, the storm will turn around & sunshine, rainbows & unicorns will emerge. Let it be," he continued. TRUMP MOCKS 'ENVIRONMENTAL INSURRECTIONISTS' AS AMERICANS BRACE FOR MASSIVE WINTER STORMS: 'GLOBAL WARMING?' In 2021, Cruz was slammed for traveling to Cancun, Mexico, with his family the same week that Texas dealt with a winter storm that left millions of people without power and ultimately caused 246 deaths, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. Cruz later admitted that the decision was "obviously a mistake." His comments Friday came after a photo was posted on X on Tuesday showing Cruz aboard a plane that was reportedly heading to Laguna Beach, California. FOX WEATHER TO PROVIDE EXTENDED LIVE COVERAGE OF WINTER STORM IMPACTING THE NATION The post quickly went viral, gaining more than 9 million views, with users both defending and blasting the senator. "I’m noticing a pattern," one person responded. A spokesperson for Cruz confirmed to FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth that the senator had left Tuesday on a pre-planned trip, vowing that the senator would return ahead of the inclement weather. The winter storm is expected to impact 235 million Americans across 40 states this weekend, according to FOX Weather, and many areas will experience life-threatening cold weather, heavy snow and crippling ice.

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Woke educators, radical school counselors, gender queer-promoting librarians, meddling school-based health clinic staffers, Big Pharma drug and jab peddlers, and medical establishment “experts” like the ones at the American Medical Association, who, as investigative researcher and City Journal writer Christopher Rufo reported this week, are “asking Big Tech and the Department of Justice to censor, deplatform, investigate, and prosecute journalists who question the orthodoxy of radical gender surgeries for minors, arguing that public criticism is ‘disinformation.'” It’s not just journalists that the AMA is targeting, but outspoken parents on social media who dare to question State Science and who fearlessly assert and defend their family sovereignty. As usual, questioning the authority …

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With Is this competence or optics? The Trump administration is directing employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate foreign scientists who collaborate with the agency on research papers for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” The new directive, part of a broader effort to increase scrutiny of research done with foreign partners, asks workers in the agency’s research arm to use Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its scientists. The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ProPublica. At a meeting last month, USDA supervisors pushed back against the instructions, with one calling it “dystopic” and others expressing shock and confusion, according to an audio recording reviewed by ProPublica. The USDA frequently collaborates with scientists based at universities in the U.S. and abroad. Some agency workers told ProPublica they were uncomfortable with the new requirement because they felt it could put those scientists in the crosshairs of the administration. Students and postdocs are particularly vulnerable as many are in the U.S. on temporary visas and green cards, the employees said. Jennifer Jones, director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, called the directive a “throwback to McCarthyism” that could encourage scientists to avoid working with the “best and brightest” researchers from around the world. “Asking scientists to spy on and report on their fellow co-authors” is a “classic hallmark of authoritarianism,” Jones said. The Union of Concerned Scientists is an organization that advocates for scientific integrity. Jones, who hadn’t heard of the instructions until contacted by ProPublica, said she had never witnessed policies so extreme during prior administrations or in her former career as an academic scientist. The new policy applies to pending scientific publications co-authored by employees in the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, which conducts research on crop yields, invasive species, plant genetics and other agricultural issues. The USDA instructed employees to stop agency researchers from collaborating on or publishing papers with scientists from “countries of concern,” including China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. But the agency is also vetting scientists from nations not considered “countries of concern” before deciding whether USDA researchers can publish papers with them. Employees are including the names of foreign co-authors from nations such as Canada and Germany on lists shared with the department’s Office of Homeland Security, according to records reviewed by ProPublica. That office leads the USDA’s security initiatives and includes a division that works with federal intelligence agencies. The records don’t say what the office plans to do with the lists of names. Asked about the changes, the USDA sent a statement noting that in his first term, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum designed to strengthen protections of U.S.-funded research across the federal government against foreign government interference. “USDA under the Biden …

Alaska Lawmaker Calls for Hiring More Prosecutors, Public Defenders to Reduce Extreme Delay in Criminal Cases This looks less like justice and more like strategy. A top Alaska lawmaker said the state needs to hire twice as many prosecutors and public defenders if it wants to end the kind of extreme courtroom delays that the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica exposed over the past year. Rep. Andrew Gray, chair of a legislative committee that holds jurisdiction over the Alaska court system, prosecutors and public defenders, said the news organizations’ stories of criminal cases delayed for years “stab my heart.” The time it takes to resolve Alaska’s most serious felony cases is three years, or more than twice as long as in 2015. “I hate how slow this system is. It kills me,” Gray said. The blame, he said, should not fall on the front-line attorneys but on the state of Alaska for failing to hire enough prosecutors and public defenders. Gray is the latest official to respond to stories in the Daily News and ProPublica revealing how delays can harm criminal defendants and crime victims alike. Susan M. Carney, chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, said in February that the system was “not meeting expectations — our own or Alaskans’” when it comes to the swift execution of justice. The next month, the court ordered new restrictions on pretrial continuances. But Gray said that beyond the court order, it will take new resources to meet the goal of resolving more cases quickly. The court system’s own standard for speedy trials sets a 120-day deadline, which is rarely met. (Gray, in an interview, and Carney, in her speech to the Legislature, both noted that the median time to resolve less serious charges is far faster than for the most serious felonies: Class B misdemeanors — crimes such as criminal mischief or shoplifting — are closed within a median of about four months, Carney said.) Victim advocates, attorneys and judges told the newsrooms that Alaska has grappled with increasing delays for decades. Gray said lawmakers, who write the state spending plan and started a new legislative session on Tuesday, should include additional funding to reduce the caseloads carried by prosecutors and public defenders. “I don’t know exactly what the number is, but it will be a big one,” Gray said. “And yes, I would absolutely advocate for that.” 120 Days Alaska’s speedy-trial deadline. 1,124 Days The median time it took for the most serious category of felony cases to be resolved in Alaska in 2025. That’s more than twice as long as in 2015.  Retired Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Niesje Steinkruger, who worked as a public defender and assistant attorney general, agreed that inadequate staffing places a strain on attorneys on both sides who are being pushed to resolve cases faster. “It puts those lawyers in just an awful position. They are type A personalities: They want to do the best that they can.” Jacqueline Shepherd, an attorney who has tracked pretrial delays and does pro bono work for the ACLU of Alaska, agreed about the need for more front-line attorneys. According to a 1998 audit for the Legislature, public defenders can “ethically” handle no more than 59 cases at a time. Shepherd said some public defenders in Anchorage are asked to juggle 140 to 170. “Obviously, they are overloaded,” she …