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LetMyPeopleVote's Journal'Cancel your tickets': Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin
The World Cup needs to be cancelled or moved. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”
‘Cancel your tickets’: Calls grow to boycott US-hosted FIFA World Cup over Trump admin
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“I had to cancel my World Cup plans,” wrote Ramy Abdu, a Palestinian academic and assistant professor of law and finance, in a social media post on X Friday. “Visiting the United States simply isn’t safe.”.....
However, in the wake of the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good – the Minnesota woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday – and Trump’s subsequent deployment of over 100 more agents to the state, critics have increased calls for sports fans worldwide to boycott the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst with a focus on propaganda and disinformation, in a social media post on X Friday. “If the answer is no, it’s time to cancel your US World Cup tickets.”
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Rubio rejects judge's options for Venezuelans illegally deported from US
He said the United States doesn't want to complicate issues with the new leadership.
Rubio rejects judge’s options for Venezuelans illegally deported from US - POLITICO
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Those men were subsequently sent to their native Venezuela in a prisoner swap last July. And the United States’ decision to surgically remove Nicolas Maduro from power earlier this month has left relations between the two countries in a “delicate” state of flux, the top U.S. diplomat wrote in a two-page legal declaration.
Rubio said any effort to inject the fate of the 137 men into nascent negotiations with Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodriguez, would “risk material damage to U.S. foreign policy interests.”
“The United States remains involved to see changes in Venezuela that are beneficial to the United States and that it also expects will be beneficial for the people of Venezuela, who have suffered tremendously. These efforts entail ongoing, intensive, and extraordinarily delicate engagement with elements within the regime of Maduro’s successor, so-called Acting President Delcy Rodríguez,” Rubio wrote, without offering further detail on how U.S. interests were likely to be undercut by negotiating over the deportees.
The secretary’s characterization of the fraught relationship between Venezuela and the United States came in response to an inquiry from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ruled last year that the abrupt deportation of the 137 men violated their due process rights and defied his own order to keep them in U.S. custody. Boasberg has ruled that despite the men’s return to Venezuela, they must be afforded the due process they were denied last year.
Rubio rejects judge's options for Venezuelans illegally deported from US
Source: Politico
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that it is impossible for the United States to retrieve 137 Venezuelan men who were illegally deported in March after President Donald Trump invoked wartime powers to deliver them abruptly to El Salvador.
Those men were subsequently sent to their native Venezuela in a prisoner swap last July. And the United States’ decision to surgically remove Nicolas Maduro from power earlier this month has left relations between the two countries in a “delicate” state of flux, the top U.S. diplomat wrote in a two-page legal declaration.
Rubio said any effort to inject the fate of the 137 men into nascent negotiations with Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodriguez, would “risk material damage to U.S. foreign policy interests.”
“The United States remains involved to see changes in Venezuela that are beneficial to the United States and that it also expects will be beneficial for the people of Venezuela, who have suffered tremendously. These efforts entail ongoing, intensive, and extraordinarily delicate engagement with elements within the regime of Maduro’s successor, so-called Acting President Delcy Rodríguez,” Rubio wrote, without offering further detail on how U.S. interests were likely to be undercut by negotiating over the deportees.
The secretary’s characterization of the fraught relationship between Venezuela and the United States came in response to an inquiry from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, who ruled last year that the abrupt deportation of the 137 men violated their due process rights and defied his own order to keep them in U.S. custody. Boasberg has ruled that despite the men’s return to Venezuela, they must be afforded the due process they were denied last year.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/rubio-venezeula-deported-boasberg-00724060?utm_content=topic/news/&utm_source=flipboard
Rubio rejects judge’s options for Venezuelans illegally deported from US - POLITICO
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Fed's fight with DOJ could hurt prospects for more interest rate cuts
The Federal Reserve is less likely to make cuts this year as it grapples with a criminal probe, analysts say. That could undermine one of Trump's goals.
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The legal showdown makes it less likely that the Fed will lower interest rates this year, according to several analysts. Lower rates could translate into lower borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, helping support economic growth and the labor market.
Powell’s term as chair ends in May. But Friday’s subpoenas to the Fed make it “more likely that Powell will stay on as a governor to help protect the Fed after his term as chair ends,” Krishna Guha, vice chairman at financial firm Evercore ISI, wrote in a note Sunday.
Powell could potentially remain chair for longer than expected, too, as Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., both said the Senate Banking Committee should block votes on any Trump administration nominees to the Fed as the investigation plays out.
It’s also more likely that a few other members of the board who were appointed during the Biden administration will remain, too. If this happens, the eventual makeup of the committee that sets interests, Guha wrote, “will almost certainly result in fewer cuts than would otherwise have been the case.”
Analysts with JPMorgan went further. "We now expect the Fed to stay on hold throughout 2026," they wrote in a note to investors Monday.
MaddowBlog-After Trump rant, Nobel Prize committee issues reminder: Honors are nontransferable
One observer summarized the circumstances this way: “It’s hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become.”
https://x.com/Jonesls/status/2010859959261724882
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-trump-rant-nobel-prize-committee-issues-reminder-honors-are-non-transferable
It was at that point that the officials responsible for the award apparently felt the need to issue a clarification of sorts. The Associated Press reported:
The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize is throwing cold water on talk of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado giving her recent award to President Donald Trump.
Once the Nobel Peace Prize is announced, it can’t be revoked, transferred or shared with others, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said in a short statement on Friday.
“The decision is final and stands for all time,” the institute explained in a written statement.
It was, as best as I can tell, the first time in the 125-year history of the award that the Nobel Prize committee found it necessary to issue such a clarification. It also led The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum to note, summarizing the circumstances, “It’s hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become.”
Kristi Noem's podium at DHS is just a straight up Nazi slogan
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Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
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Top leaders of the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division have left their jobs to register their frustration with the department after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good last week. The criminal section of the division would normally investigate any fatal shooting by a law enforcement officer and specializes in probing potential or alleged abuse or improper use of force by law enforcement.
The departures – including that of the chief of the section, as well as the principal deputy chief, deputy chief and acting deputy chief – represent the most significant mass resignation at the Justice Department since February. At that time, five leaders and supervisors of the department’s Public Integrity Section, which investigates public officials for possible corruption, resigned rather than comply with an appointee of President Donald Trump’s orders to dismiss the bribery case against then-New York mayor Eric Adams.
One source briefed on the reasoning for the resignations said the handling of the ICE shooting was not the only concern for the unit leaders and that some were concerned about other decisions by division leadership.,,,,
Good’s shooting on Jan. 7 has galvanized Democrats and civil libertarians but also frustrated Minnesota politicians and state police investigators. On Jan. 10, the FBI announced it would be handling the investigation of Good’s shooting on its own and blocked Minnesota authorities from their typical role in reviewing evidence and investigating the shooting themselves. On Tuesday night, the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul filed a lawsuit attempting to block the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement actions there, which Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced would grow following Good’s death.
Minnesota sues DHS, ICE over immigration enforcement
The state, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, allege the Trump administration’s decision to surge ICE agents into the area violates federal and state laws.
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/2010847638669709687
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/12/minnesota-immigration-lawsuit-ice-dhs
In their suit, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are asking a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop or limit the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Metro Surge.”
The Minnesota officials allege that “thousands of armed and masked DHS agents have stormed the Twin Cities to conduct militarized raids” at sites including schools and hospitals. DHS said last week that its Minnesota effort would be the agency’s largest immigration enforcement operation ever, with 2,000 federal agents and officers involved.
“This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities and Minnesota, and it must stop,” Ellison told reporters Monday afternoon. “DHS agents have sown chaos and terror across the metropolitan area and in cities across the state of Minnesota.”,,,,,
The lawsuit accuses agents of “unlawful and dangerous” tactics such as swapping and altering license plates, using tear gas and other chemical weapons on bystanders, and arresting people without warrants or probable cause.
Minnesota and Illinois join other state and local governments that have filed immigration-related lawsuits against the Trump administration, including cases aimed at halting the federal government’s attempts to withhold federal funding to “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit local cooperation on immigration enforcement and the administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship.
Minnesota sues DHS, ICE over immigration enforcement
The state, along with the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, allege the Trump administration’s decision to surge ICE agents into the area violates federal and state laws.
https://x.com/washingtonpost/status/2010847638669709687
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/12/minnesota-immigration-lawsuit-ice-dhs
In their suit, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are asking a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order to stop or limit the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Metro Surge.”
The Minnesota officials allege that “thousands of armed and masked DHS agents have stormed the Twin Cities to conduct militarized raids” at sites including schools and hospitals. DHS said last week that its Minnesota effort would be the agency’s largest immigration enforcement operation ever, with 2,000 federal agents and officers involved.
“This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities and Minnesota, and it must stop,” Ellison told reporters Monday afternoon. “DHS agents have sown chaos and terror across the metropolitan area and in cities across the state of Minnesota.”,,,,,
The lawsuit accuses agents of “unlawful and dangerous” tactics such as swapping and altering license plates, using tear gas and other chemical weapons on bystanders, and arresting people without warrants or probable cause.
Minnesota and Illinois join other state and local governments that have filed immigration-related lawsuits against the Trump administration, including cases aimed at halting the federal government’s attempts to withhold federal funding to “sanctuary” jurisdictions that limit local cooperation on immigration enforcement and the administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship.
Golden Globes-Andor was robbed
I am very disappointed that Andor did not win any awards lost night
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