Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated
• Breaking: Federal Agents Shot and Killed a Man in Minneapolis This Morning
• Minnesotans mourn Alex Pretti, man killed by Border Patrol agents
• January 24, 2026
• By Lying about Alex Pretti’s Murder, Kristi Noem Makes Herself a Co-Conspirator In It
• Gun rights groups challenge shooting of legally armed Minneapolis man
• Nurses Union Calls ICE Agents “Public Health Threat” After Alex Pretti Killing
• Believe Our Own Eyes And Counter Their Lies

Decline of the United States​

• Watching A Superpower Die By Suicide
• Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
• In Indictment of Aurelio Perez-Lugones, DOJ Proves It Didn’t Need to Search Hannah Natanson’s Home
• FEMA faces trial by ice as winter storm nears after Trump's staffing cuts
• America’s Reading Crisis That No One Wants to Talk About
• They Want to Tell You a Kid With a Spider-Man Backpack Is Evil
• Documents Prove The Trump Administration Arrested Students for Criticizing Israel
• What’s the Deal With That Scary-Looking Green Gas ICE Is Using in Minneapolis?

Trans Rights​

• Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills
• How Sports Became a Battleground Over Trans Rights

Pennsylvania Local​

• Pa. Supreme Court blocks Chester from selling water authority | PhillyVoice
• Towamencin residents raise questions about solicitor RFP
• Bucks County Beacon Selected as Report for America Host Newsroom; Corps Member Will Bolster Education Coverage
• Chester County pollbook mishap resulted from human error and flawed systems, report finds
• Mistake by ‘inexperienced’ staff forced 1000s to cast provisional ballots in Chester County, review finds
• Philadelphia sues Trump admin over removal of slavery exhibit at former George Washington residence
• ‘It’s a line that has been crossed’: Philadelphia reacts to the removal of the President’s House site slavery exhibit
• Philadelphia Sues Over Trump Administration’s Removal of Slavery Exhibit at Independence National Historical Park
• PA House Dems want Human Relations Commission to police ICE

Health Care​

• Pennsylvania: More ugly ACA data caused by expiration of enhanced subsidies
• Medicaid cuts ahead: ‘It’s going to affect everyone,’ Philly health care workers warn

Minneapolis vs. ICE​

• Meet the Minneapolis Neighbors Standing Up to ICE by the Thousands
• This Minneapolis Church is Feeding Thousands of Families Fearing ICE
• January 23, 2026

Pennslyvania Election​

• EMILYs List Invests in Keeping Harrisburg Out of the GOP’s Hands
• When ‘Electability’ Is the Excuse - by Jaime Harrison

Software Development​

• The Five Levels: from Spicy Autocomplete to the Software Factory
• Notable links: Jan 24, 2026

Staying Strong​

• Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss

• Lawmakers move to close meeting notice loophole after ruling weakens Pa. transparency law
• ICE's detention of 5-year-old child puts new focus on Trump team's tactics
• Evidence at Odds With DHS Accounts of ICE Immigration Enforcement and Use of Force Incidents
• Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them. - Ars Technica
• blader/humanizer: Claude Code skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text
• Arrival of Right-Wing Activists in Baltimore Prompts Meeting Cancellations, Local Warnings
• Escaping George Washington: Oney Judge's 'amazing story' of courage | PhillyVoice
• UPDATE: ICE Agent Shot and Killed ICU Nurse in Minneapolis Amid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
• What Is DOJ Really After in Raiding Hannah Natanson?
• Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated
• Man Feds Killed in Minneapolis Was an Observer, Eyewitnesses Say
• Video Contradicts Trump Administration Account of Minneapolis Killing
• Google’s AI Detection Tool Can’t Decide if Its Own AI Made Doctored Photo of Crying Activist
• Minnesota Gov. Walz vows state investigation into DHS "lies" about shooting
• After federal immigration agents kill U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, Shapiro, Philly-area Dems decry ICE’s ‘abuses of power’
• “It’s a Horror Show”: Anguish Sweeps Minneapolis After Federal Agents Kill Another Neighbor
• A man fatally shot by a federal officer in Minnesota worked as an ICU nurse, his parents say
• We Should Talk About The Morality of Political Violence
• The Killing of Alex Pretti
• We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How

• Supply-chain risk of agentic AI - infecting infrastructures via skill worms
• How Fast Can You Read? - Speed Reading Challenge - YouTube
• White House shares altered image of arrest of civil rights attorney
• While Threatening Greenland, Trump Also Threatens Iceland
• Don’t forget pets when preparing for winter’s cold. Here’s what experts recommend
• Under Armour says it’s ‘aware’ of data breach claims after 72M customer records were posted online
• The Justices Undermined the Federal Reserve’s Independence. Now They Want Backsies.
• Judge dismisses Texas lawsuit over ballot numbering, threat to secrecy
• The List of Impeachable Offenses Keeps Growing
• The ICE Men Cometh… Illegally
• ICE Detained a 5-Year-Old Minnesota Boy and Used Him As “Bait”
• Guinea-Bissau suspends Trump-backed hepatitis B vaccine study for ethical review
• Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles
• Utility and AI interests are spending millions lobbying Congress, Trump to support data center boom
• Trump’s War on the Environment: Year One
• Pa. Supreme Court rules Chester does not have unilateral power to seize Chester Water Authority
• White House Doctored Photo With Google AI to Make It Look Like an Activist Was Sobbing During Perp Walk
• US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization
• Johnson Stalled for Tardy GOP Rep to Cast Deciding Vote Against Bill to Block War on Venezuela
• Lessons from a Springdale AI data center development
• Uvalde Trial Raises Question of Whether Police Stop School Shootings

• If ICE killed a mother at Third and Forster, would we stay silent? | Opinion - pennlive.com
• Norristown residents demand answers amid ICE activity - WHYY
• Wikipedia’s 25th birthday proves the power of free speech
• Trump Regrets Not Calling up Troops to Seize Voting Machines After the 2020 Election. What Stops Him in 2026?
• RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement has picked up steam in statehouses. Here’s what to expect in 2026
• "We will be ungovernable": Resistance 2.0 pivots to disruption
• ‘Love thy neighbor’: Invoking King, Philly protesters decry ICE raids and custody deaths
• 12 Ways the Trump Administration Dismantled Civil Rights Law and the Foundations of Inclusive Democracy This Past Year
• What Trump’s First Year Revealed About Power, Accountability and Our Responsibility
• January 19, 2026
• As Long as We Have the Vote, We Have Hope
• US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
• Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it
• Voters say signature gatherers often misrepresent what proposals will do. Nothing has changed.
• Newsom at Davos: Western alliance is "dormant, not dead"
• The Truth of Dead Exceptionalism
• As ICE activity rises, Norristown residents are demanding answers over police coordination: ‘This community is under siege’
• If ICE killed a mother at Third and Forster, would we stay silent? | Opinion
• FBI’s Washington Post Investigation Shows How Your Printer Can Snitch on You
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told You So, Social Security Edition
• HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
• Is The Trump Administration Attempting A Backdoor Gun Ban For Trans Americans?
• Trump Admin “Deliberately” Tanking Morale to Get Parks Staff to Quit, Official Says in Leaked Tape
• EMILYs List Targets Pennsylvania In Its 2026 State Power Plan
• Funding Open Source for Digital Sovereignty
• INTERVIEW: New Bucks County Sheriff Danny Ceisler Looks to Refocus His Department Back to Its ‘Core Mission’
• State Rep. Lindsay Powell: Why Pennsylvania Needs Its Own FACE Act
• Rothman Voids Washington County GOP Vote of No Confidence in Sen. Bartolotta
• Protests Erupt in Chicago After Lurie Children’s Rolls Back Trans Youth Care

• PA schools will be required to use evidence-based reading curriculum - North Penn Now
• St. Luke's Grand View to pause labor and delivery services
• Open Source Power
• We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
• What did Trump know about Epstein? - by Judd Legum
• The Unicorn of American Politics: The State Party
• FOIA FRIDAY: The case of the missing and destroyed Flock Cameras.
• Revisiting the Black Sunday Hack
• They Broke With the Democratic Party on Trans Rights. Now, They’re Trying to Walk it Back.
• Banning Phones in Schools Is Drastically Changing the Behavior of Kids
• Qilin ransomware abuses WSL to run Linux encryptors in Windows
• Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics - Ars Technica
• Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel snub as Europe eyes tariff retaliation
• Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says new evidence against Trump autism claims
• America's own goal: Americans pay almost entirely for Trump’s tariffs - Kiel Institute
• Big Business Should End Its Faustian Bargain With Trump
• AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
• ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
• Is Public Opinion Finally Turning Against ICE? - YouTube
• Trumps Edges Closer to War With Europe, Saly Comes Home, It's All About Courage Now

• Trump regrets not calling up troops after the 2020 election. What stops him in 2026?
• Seth Higgins: Fixing Pennsylvania’s local government patchwork starts with fixing the law
• DOGE Cuts “Unexpectedly and Significantly Impacted” Critical Pentagon Unit
• Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race
• Time to Unplug the American Century and Restart the Machine
• AI’s thirst threatens Pennsylvania’s wells | PennLive letters
• DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
• ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
• OPINION: Under the Trump Administration, We Are All Domestic Terrorists Now
• Trump Says Greenland Threats Linked to Nobel Prize Snub in Leaked Text Messages
• Souderton School Board considers two new high school courses

• I love elections, but they’re under threat. That’s why I joined Votebeat.
• Big Tech’s Fast-Expanding Plans for Data Centers Are Running Into Stiff Community Opposition
• Democratic Senators on the Armed Services Committee Condemn Trump’s Capture of Venezuela’s President
• Hilton Hotel That Refused DHS Reservations Backpedals
• Albert Eisenberg: An independent path forward for Pennsylvania’s maverick senator
• US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing
• [Ilya Somin] Barring Institutional Investors From Buying Homes Won't Make Housing More Affordable - and Would Likely Make Things Worse
• Fetterman Votes For War Powers Resolution As McCormick Opposes
• Illinois health department exposed over 700,000 residents’ personal data for years
• Managing Energy Not Time: The Science-Backed System High-Achievers Use to Escape Burnout
• Trust What You Can See With Your Own Eyes
• 25 vulnerable House Republicans just voted to increase your premiums by up to 800%.
• Trump’s War Against Jerome Powell Enters a Dark New Chapter
• Garrity: “Josh Shapiro Has Made Pennsylvania Mediocre”
• ICE concerns prompt Lycoming County residents to form aid networks for immigrant neighbors
• ‘Going to make my life much better’: SEPTA trolley riders react to tunnel reopening
• Fewer Americans sign up for Affordable Care Act health insurance as costs spike
• How The New York Times is scaling Unit Test Coverage using AI Tools
• New federal ruling is latest defeat to Trump administration’s election agenda
• The Zurich protocol
• Montco’s Office of Innovation, Strategy, and Performance has helped save $14M, The Inquirer reported
• Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows
• New Jersey Remains Among Last Blue States Without Trans Shield Law As Democrats Punt To Next Session
• U.S. suspending immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance
• Bucks County Withdraws From ICE Partnership
• In crowded Bucks congressional race, these candidates are trying to separate themselves from Harvie, Fitzpatrick
• Democrats say Trump administration is investigating them over video message to troops
• Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers
• Top Trump Official Says FBI Won’t Investigate Killing by ICE Agent
• More Immigrants Detained by ICE Recount Harsh and Cruel Treatment

• Rally held in Harleysville following fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
• Plane used in boat strike off Venezuela was painted to look like a civilian aircraft, AP sources say
• Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated
• Mother Jones Sues the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell Records
• Why Personal Development Programs Fail (And What Actually Works)
• Many Pa. residents don’t want data centers in their communities. State leaders are welcoming them.
• New Bucks County Sheriff Puts Community Safety First by Ending ICE ‘Task Force Model’ Partnership
• ‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
• Election officials say trust with CISA is broken — and may not come back
• [Josh Blackman] Can You Waive A Substantive Canon?
• FBI Raid on WaPo Reporter’s Home Was Based on Sham Pretext
• "No Investigation Will Stop Us From Taking Care Of Our Kids": School Districts Respond To Latest Anti-Trans Threats From Trump Admin
• When protections outlive their purpose: A lesson on managing defense systems at scale
• Despite Court Ruling, ICE Can’t Detain Mahmoud Khalil — For Now
• [Stephen E. Sachs] When Is a Corporation Also New Jersey?
• Even Barrett Seemed Alarmed by the Implications of Anti-Trans Arguments at SCOTUS
• Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail
• Remarks on the Federal Government’s Ongoing Presence in Minnesota
• New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill lists lower utility rates, children’s online safety and government accountability as top priorities
• ‘Like a father figure’: Family mourns Parady La, Upper Darby man who died in ICE custody
• U.S. Rep. Fitzpatrick pushed a health care subsidy extension. Here’s what voters in his Bucks County swing district think
• “Epstein Is Dead:” Pam Bondi Is Neglecting Live Sex Trafficking Prosecutions to Criminalize Democrats
• All about the ‘chain of custody,’ the process that keeps elections secure
• ICE Agents Are Even Worse At Being Cops Than You Think
• Shapiro pick for Board of Pardons vacancy opposed by clemency advocates
• Shapiro backs plan with Trump admin to slow rising electricity prices amid data center surge
• ICE’s Tear Gas Sent a 6-Month-Old to the Hospital, the Latest in an Alarming Pattern
• Michigan clerk claims he found 15 noncitizens registered to vote — but his data may not be reliable
• Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump
• Advocacy groups offer guidance on your rights for documenting, interacting with ICE
• Trump makes a political power play on data centers
• [Ilya Somin] How to Abolish ICE
• Temple researchers hope to remove PFAS, microplastics with sustainable treatment method
• “Abolish ICE” Is More Popular Than Ever. How Will Democrats Drop the Ball This Time?
• Greenland & the Need for a New Internationalism
• Moxie Marlinspike has a privacy-conscious alternative to ChatGPT

• Renee Good had 4 gunshot wounds, Fire Department report reveals
• Trump’s USDA Is Hiding the Data on Food Stamp Cuts
• Trump quietly appoints 4 members to commission that will review his White House ballroom plan
• State lawsuit claims New Jersey town’s former mayor directed police to keep minorities out
• New research bolsters evidence that Tylenol doesn’t raise the risk of autism despite Trump’s claims
• Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
• The sorting
• Minnesota US Attorney’s Office Is Bracing for a New Wave of Resignations
• Trump Is Worth $2.3 Billion More Than When He Was Re-Elected
• Limerick/Royersford Residents: There’s going to be a hearing open to the public about a data center proposal CU 25-04 MCD 7 LLC
• Scientists Make Stunning Find Inside Prehistoric Wolf’s Stomach
• A Dictator Deposed—What Now for Venezuela?
• How Abortion Could Prevent a Congressional Deal on ACA Health Care Subsidies
• Food companies are targeting users of weight-loss drugs with ‘GLP-1 Friendly’ labels
• There is no intelligence in AI – and no path to any
• Trump’s Frantic Attack on Minnesota Hits Obstacles in the Streets—and the Courts
• Trump announces tariffs on 8 NATO allies in latest push to acquire Greenland
• Trump says he’ll charge 8 European countries a 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland
• “Utter Buffoonery”: Trump Slaps NATO Allies With Tariffs over Greenland, Even as More Republicans Revolt
• A Wave of New Polls Shows Trump’s Support Cratering Across the Board
• Voiding International Agreements Can Have Awkward Consequences

• Why are all the Towson Square restaurants closing? - The Baltimore Banner
• "Racist, Dehumanizing": Chat Images Show Portland Power Players Disparaging Councilors of Color  - Portland Mercury
• Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
• UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’ | Pennsylvania | The Guardian
• Wondering About the 6 Rays Coming out of JWST's Test Image? Here's why They Happen - Universe Today
• Judge Rebukes Conservative Law Firm for Error-Filled Brief in Case Seeking to Roll Back LGBTQ Protections in Pennsylvania Public Schools
• Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Joins 16 Other Republicans to Help Democrats Pass ACA Subsidies Extension
• Supreme Court Battle Over Trans Athletes Is About So Much More Than Sports
• OPINION: Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home
• Why Donald Trump Is Telling Such Obvious Lies on the ICE Minneapolis Killing
• Accused double voter in 2020 isn’t covered by broad Trump pardon, judge rules
• Trump’s 2020 election pardon doesn’t apply to Pennsylvania man charged with double voting, judge says
• Fetterman open to armed US intervention in Iran, while GOP defers to Trump
• US House Republicans push back against Trump’s Venezuela plans behind closed doors
• The Jerome Powell Clusterfuck Is a Clusterfuck of Pam Bondi’s Own Making
• In Pennsylvania, the ACA Is a Lifeline for Disabled Freelancers Like Me. Now I Could Lose My Health Care
• Danish Forces Are Mandated to Fire Back if U.S. Attacks Greenland
• Congressional Republicans don’t agree on an affordability platform — or on how to pass one
• Verizon outage disrupts calling and data services for wireless customers across the U.S.
• Federal Agents Keep Invoking Killing of Renee Good to Threaten Protesters in Minnesota