MAJOR WIN! Landmark judgment challenges the government’s sweeping surveillance powers, redefining the limits of Fourth Amendment protections.

The court determined that backdoor searches of vast databases containing Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 require a warrant. This judgment comes after more than a decade of legal battles and follows the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2019 finding that such searches constitute “separate Fourth Amendment events,” leaving it to the lower court to address the warrant requirement. That question has now been resolved.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) grants the intelligence community the authority to collect communications between FOREIGN TARGETS, ostensibly for national security purposes.

https://reclaimthenet.org/federal-court-rules-warrant-required-for-section-702-backdoor-searches

Trump has the perfect opportunity to restore America's national sovereignty.

The American founders faced an imperial authority whose ambitions clashed with the rights and interests of its own people. As a matter of natural right and political necessity, they asserted their sovereignty as a free nation against this imperial abuse. Casey Wheatland observes clear parallels between the British Empire of the founding era and the new regime that has risen to power in America.

Donald J. Trump’s 2024 electoral victory was so decisive that, for the first time since 1988, congressional Democrats did not challenge the certification of a Republican presidential victory. Trump won the popular vote, swept the swing states, and ran ahead of down ballot Republicans. Unquestionably, he has a mandate to govern. That mandate belongs to the MAGA agenda, not to conventional Republican priorities.

https://tomklingenstein.com/trumps-mandate-restore-national-sovereignty/

Lawsuit: Minnesota State board released names of 250+ undercover officers.

The lawsuit explains that the breach of confidentiality could put the officers at "significant risk of harm or retaliation from criminal organizations or individuals they are investigating."

“[I]n responding to a Minnesota Government Data Practices Act Request in 2024, the POST Board released the names and dates of birth of at least 257 Minnesota undercover police officers to, without limitation, the ‘Invisible Institute,’ a nonprofit organization based in Illinois,” says the lawsuit, filed by attorney Chris Madel on behalf of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association.

“Upon information and belief, this same private data was released to numerous media outlets in Minnesota,” it adds.

https://alphanews.org/lawsuit-state-board-released-names-of-250-undercover-officers/

Minnesota Democrats praise Biden’s last-second commutation of man convicted of killing FBI agents.

Left-wing public figures celebrated Biden’s commutation for Peltier. Minnesota Democrats, including Sen. Tina Smith, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, and Rep. Ilhan Omar, were among those who praised Biden’s decision to commute Peltier’s criminal sentence.

“I am moved and grateful that President Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier,” said Sen. Smith. “This is a measure of justice and mercy for an old man.”

“Thank you, President Biden, for this final act of compassion in office to release Leonard Peltier after nearly 50 years in prison,” said Lt. Gov. Flanagan.

“Wonderful,” said Rep. Omar. “After decades of unjust incarceration, I am glad to see Leonard Peltier finally be granted clemency. This is something I’ve been calling for and I’m thrilled Mr. Peltier will get to return home.”

Alpha News reached out to all three of the aforementioned Minnesota officials, but none of them responded to media inquiries.

https://alphanews.org/minnesota-democrats-praise-bidens-last-second-commutation-of-man-convicted-of-killing-fbi-agents/

TRICARE Online Patient Portal Decommissioning: Download Your Health Records Now.

On April 1, the TRICARE Online Patient Portal will no longer be available. The Department of Defense’s new electronic health record—MHS GENESIS—has replaced the TOL Patient Portal. If you want to keep a copy of your legacy health records for personal use, you must download them from the TOL Patient Portal before April 1.

https://newsroom.tricare.mil/News/TRICARE-News/Article/4036730/tricare-online-patient-portal-decommissioning-download-your-health-records-now

Jamie Dimon Does A 180 On Tariffs at Davos.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has changed his tune on tariffs, saying Wednesday that they're a valuable economic tool.

"They're an economic weapon, you know, depending how you use it why you use it, stuff like that," Dimon told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/jamie-dimon-does-a-180-on-tariffs-at-davos/ar-AA1xGpNI

Denver hasn't paid a cent of the $14 million a federal jury awarded in damages to George Floyd protesters — and Mayor Mike Johnston intends to keep it that way.

The big picture: Denver is seeking to reverse the verdict paying 12 protestors millions after jurors in 2022 found police violated the demonstrator's civil rights during the 2020 protests.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/denver-appeals-14m-george-floyd-protest-verdict/ar-AA1xJ995Denver hasn't paid a cent of the $14 million a federal jury awarded in damages to George Floyd protesters — and Mayor Mike Johnston intends to keep it that way.

The big picture: Denver is seeking to reverse the verdict paying 12 protestors millions after jurors in 2022 found police violated the demonstrator's civil rights during the 2020 protests.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/denver-appeals-14m-george-floyd-protest-verdict/ar-AA1xJ995

Senate confirms John Ratcliffe to be Trump's CIA director.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-confirms-john-ratcliffe-to-be-trump-s-cia-director/ar-AA1xKb1m