They’re Not “Interfering With Law Enforcement.” They’re Responding to Constitutional Violations.

In “Why are Americans interfering with law enforcement?”, Joe Palaggi argues that protests, filming federal agents, and civilian engagement with police activity amount to harmful interference that substitutes activism for formal reform. The Hill published this opinion on February 12, 2026. But this framing misses the root cause of the unrest. Americans aren’t inconvenienced spectators. […]
When the Video Disagrees, Call It Terrorism

On January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot and killed U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good during a street confrontation that was captured on multiple videos. The White House and DHS framed it as “self-defense” and “domestic terrorism” anyway, then reposted footage to sell the story. (Reuters) The thing about lies from the […]
Deportation, Delivered With a Side of Requests

The Trump White House insisted foreign policy was finally being run like a business. No more freeloaders. No more favors. Everything would be transactional, efficient, and hard-nosed. Which is why it is useful to read the paperwork and see just how flexible those principles became once deportations were on the table. According to internal U.S. […]
ICE Clarifies That Safety Sometimes Looks Like Shooting the Wrong Person

Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it is protecting Americans. This assurance arrived again last week, right on schedule, as federal agents expanded their presence in Minneapolis under the familiar explanation that they are hunting violent criminals. Murderers. Rapists. The usual collection of people who are never present at the actual arrest. On Saturday, federal agents […]
The White House Tried Editing the Vibes. They Edited the Evidence Instead.

This week, the White House did something rare. It took a real photograph of a real woman being arrested at a real protest and decided reality needed a rewrite. Not a crop. Not a brightness tweak. A facial expression transplant. Stern became terrified. Composed became crying. A human face was digitally remodeled to better sell […]
HUD, the Deep State, and the Case of the Missing Political Targets

According to Scott Turner, the Biden administration has perfected a new form of political repression. Not the loud kind with indictments, subpoenas, or leaked tax returns. This version is subtler, quieter, and far more devious. It involves housing regulations, academic theories, and a civil rights doctrine so obscure that even most lawyers need a footnote […]
King Trump, Meet the Guy Who Quit

Donald Trump has never claimed to want a crown. He has simply described the presidency as if it came with one. “I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president,” Trump said in 2019, during an interview meant to reassure the public that everything was under control. […]
ICE Agent’s iPhone Takes Center Stage in Renee Good Shooting — Because When the World Is Burning, Someone’s Gotta Get Good Lighting

In Minneapolis this week, federal immigration agent Jonathan Ross somehow managed to turn what should have been a serious law-enforcement encounter into the nation’s weirdest attempt at TikTokCop. As protests roiled after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, the centerpiece of the controversy wasn’t just the use of force — it was the fact […]
Stand Your Ground, Directly in Front of the Car

Once upon a time, in 2013, an independent review of Customs and Border Protection took a hard look at how agents used deadly force and accidentally reinvented the concept of irony. The review found a pattern in which agents placed themselves directly in front of moving vehicles and then treated the vehicle’s movement as justification […]
The Founding Fathers Didn’t Envision This — They Envisioned Congress Doing Its Job

Ask most Americans what the Founding Fathers wanted, and you will hear something about freedom, liberty, and a strong president who can take charge when things get messy. That story feels comforting. It is also a modern rewrite. The system the Founders designed put power where arguments live. In Congress. War, spending, trade, domestic force, […]