Saturday, January 31, 2026

Trump's Roundup

Please visit my friend and colleague Mark Fiore’s Substack page. Here is part of his latest work, “Attacking press freedom."



Trump is arresting independent journalists in an attempt to crack down on those covering anti-ICE protests.

But resistance to ICE tactics is growing across the nation and the coverage will continue.

HEADLINES:

  • The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis (New Yorker)

  • Bay Area residents and businesses join in nationwide protests against ICE (SFC)

  • Berkeley businesses close, students protest as city joins ‘ICE Out’ national strike (Berkeleyside)

  • Bruce Springsteen sings ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ in Minneapolis as protest song hits No. 1 (NBC)

  • Noem says her response to Pretti shooting may have been wrong (Politico)

  • Justice Department says it opened civil rights investigation into Pretti’s shooting (WP)

  • ‘It’s All Just Going Down the Toilet’: Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics (NYT)

  • ICE detainee’s death ruled a homicide by medical examiner (NBC)

  • Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US (AP)

  • Journalist Don Lemon released from custody following his arrest in connection to Minnesota church protest (CNN)

  • Fulton County official slams 2020 ballot seizure as FBI director says there was ‘probable cause’ (ABC)

  • Warner: ‘Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?’ (The Hill)

  • Senate Passes Spending Package but Partial Shutdown Looms (NYT)

  • US government partially shuts down despite last minute funding deal (BBC)

  • Trump names Kevin Warsh as his pick to replace Jerome Powell at the Federal Reserve (CNN)

  • Rise of the Trump Loyalist (Atlantic)

  • Justice Department is releasing millions of pages of documents in Epstein investigation (CNN)

  • Trump threatens Canada with aircraft tariffs, decertification over Gulfstream approvals (CNBC)

  • Trump tightens screws on Cuba, threatening tariffs on oil suppliers (WP)

  • Map shows what would happen to Gaza under the US ‘master plan’ (Al Jazeera)

  • US military action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global nuclear cascade (The Conversation)

  • Cut off from most communication, Iranian protesters share rare stories of determination and dissent (AP)

  • MAGA’s War on Empathy (Atlantic)

  • Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom (NYT)

  • In this US county, measles starts to feel like next pandemic (BBC)

  • White House Melts Down Over Bruce Springsteen’s Anti-ICE Song (Daily Beast)

  • Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age (NYT)

  • Scientists Enter a Mysterious Remote New Zealand Cave, What They Found Dates Back 1 Million Years (Daily Galaxy)

  • What technology takes from us – and how to take it back (Guardian)

  • Moltbot Gets Another New Name, OpenClaw, And Triggers Security Fears And Scams (Forbes)

  • How big a threat is AI to entry-level jobs? (Economist)

  • How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC (NYT)

  • Culinary Students Given Live Baby To Learn How To Care For Bag Of Flour (Onion)

LISTEN: 

Bruce Springsteen performs ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ at First Avenue solidarity show

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