Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

Top health official urges US public to get the measles vaccine | AP News “'Take the vaccine, please,” said  Dr. Mehmet Oz , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised  suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines . “We have a solution for our problem.”' (Read more at highlighted link above.)

Reports of immigration agents in disguise stoke fears in Minnesota | AP News

Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents — ProPublica It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law. (More at the above link.)

Statement from the Reform Movement on ICE Actions and Funding | Union for Reform Judaism

Why ICE Treats Phones Like a Deadly Threat

ICE detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond | MPR News

What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids

‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid killings - The Daily Illini

I Was A Combat Soldier In Iraq. Here's The 1 Question Everyone Should Be Asking About ICE Right Now. | HuffPost

CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting — ProPublica The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. See entire story at above headline link.

WaPo Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Reporting Two journalists, former CNN host Don Lemon and independent journalist Georgia Fort, were arrested Friday after covering a  recent protest at a Minneapolis-area church . According to the Department of Justice, Lemon’s crime was a start-to-finish livestream reporting on the protest, beginning with an organizing meeting and concluding with the protest itself at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.  See more at highlighted link above.

He Witnessed an Earlier Shooting. Feds Arrested Him at the Scene of Alex Pretti’s Killing. A man who contradicted the government narrative about a prior shooting found himself pinned to the ground and detained after Pretti’s death.  (Read more at headline link above.)

Gregory Bovino reportedly mocked US Minnesota attorney’s Jewish faith | Minnesota | The Guardian "Recently demoted border patrol official  Gregory Bovino  reportedly made mocking and sarcastic remarks about the Jewish faith of Minnesota’s US attorney, Daniel Rosen, during a phone call with prosecutors in the state earlier in January." More at above link.