Minneapolis shooting
The killing of a second U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by the Trump administration’s federal immigration agents is deepening the outrage over the administration’s use of armed masked agents on the streets of U.S. cities. Numerous public officials have spoken out and Rupert Murdoch’s conservative newspaper The Wall Street Journal editorialized today against Trump administration immigration policy and its architect White House aide Stephen Miller. Two federal court hearings are set to take place today, including one on whether to temporarily halt the crackdown in Minnesota. Federal officials have yet to provide evidence substantiating their claim that an agent shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti in self-defense. Videos do provide evidence that federal officials including Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump are not telling the truth about what happened.
Gun advocates criticize Trump administration
Claims by Trump administration officials that the man killed by federal agents in Minneapolis lacked a right to possess a firearm and that his killing was justified are being dismissed by legal experts and assailed by gun rights groups ordinarily aligned with Republicans. For example, FBI director Kash Patel says Alex Pretti had no right to be carrying a gun to where federal agents were on a Minneapolis street event though he was fully licensed to do so. Patel said that Pretti carrying a gun shows he did not want to be peaceful. The NRA criticized comments like that. “It’s pretty shocking to me to see them now use an example of a lawful gun owner as justification for force,” said Megan Walsh, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School who specializes in the Second Amendment. “He was lawfully carrying a firearm.”
Partial government shutdown possible
Thne chance of a partial shutdown of the federal government is growing as Senate Democrats fall in line behind a commitment to reject a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Hours after the latest deadly shooting by a federal officer in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Democrats won’t provide a key package the 60 votes it needs to advance if it includes the current DHS funding measure, which he called “woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement).” ICE is part of DHS. The deadline to fund the federal government is midnight on Friday.
Impact of the winter storm
The impact of this weekend’s winter storm will be felt for quite some time as millions of Americans just begin to dig out and recover. Nearly 90 million people are under extreme cold watches or warnings, raising fears for those without shelter or power for days. The storm dumped snow and ice across a wide swath of the U.S., knocking out power and killing at least 11 people. More than 800,000 people are still without power. Sunday was the worst day for flight cancellations since the pandemic. Over 19,000 flights were canceled and schools in major cities have canceled classes or moved to remote learning today.
Europeans launch investigation into Musk’s chatbox
The European Union (EU) has launched a wide-reaching investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot, which can be accessed on what formerly was Twitter but now has been taken over by Musk and is called X. There has been outrage over Grok chatbox’s ability to generate sexually explicit images, including of children. The scandal erupted at the end of last year. Musk’s site X announced that the tool would be limited to paying subscribers, but then expanded its limitations. The EU intends to determine whether Musk’s company has met its legal obligations. The EU hit Musk’s social media platform with a fine of around $140 million in December for “deceptive design.”
Super Bowl particpants determined
The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will meet up in the Super Bowl once again after winning their conference title games on Sunday. The Seahawks survived a last-gasp effort from the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC conference title game. And the Patriots made the plays they needed in snowy and windy conditions to defeat the Denver Broncos. Super Bowl LX kicks off in Santa Clara, California on Sunday, February 8.
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