Free Chat Friday and ICYMI: January 30, 2026

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Anyway, enjoy the day, the weekend, and be safe!

Maybe, Just Maybe, Sensible Gun Legislate Will Happen? Nah…

NRA pushes back on Trump, Patel saying people who attend protests shouldn’t have guns

Children Living in Trumpland:

Updates:

the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-30T15:10:13.955Z

Q: “Should we expect any sort of organized response from Democrats to the arrest of Don Lemon this morning?” Jeffries: “The Trump administration has systematically targeted the free and fair press, because they want to intimidate America.”

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM

The Gestapo:

Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders

A federal judge said ICE had disobeyed more judicial directives this month than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday, saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders stemming from its aggressive crackdown in the state and had disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than “some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

The extraordinary broadside by the judge, Patrick J. Schiltz, came in a ruling in which he temporarily rescinded an order he had issued on Tuesday, summoning Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, to appear in front of him to explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating so many orders arising from the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration actions in Minnesota.

While Judge Schiltz, a conservative jurist appointed by President George W. Bush, let Mr. Lyons off the hook for the moment, he cautioned that he might change his mind and order him to appear again to answer questions if ICE continues to violate court orders.

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T11:55:57.845Z

Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

ICE detainee’s death ruled a homicide by medical examiner

The autopsy report for Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, originally from Cuba, who died Jan. 3 at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss, found the cause of death to be asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.

The death of an immigrant detainee at an El Paso facility has been ruled a homicide, according to the final autopsy report obtained Thursday by NBC News.

Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, originally from Cuba, died Jan. 3 at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Camp East Montana facility at Fort Bliss.

The Fascist Felon and His Brownshirts:

Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.

Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) 2026-01-30T12:59:26.843Z

Blanche says that any Epstein document that "would jeopardize an active federal investigation" is not being released by the DOJ

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2026 at 8:12 AM

Fuck Off! Signed, California:

Some people want California to roll over — what law firms, universities, and media companies have done. California will stand on principle — the rule of law — not the rule of don.

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— Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov) January 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM