ICE Agents Face Kidnapping Investigation, Virginia Defunds Confederate Groups, and Federal Judge Blocks Voter Suppression

Plus, a historic win for clean energy

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RENEWABLE ENERGY JUST MADE HISTORY

Energy Economist Catherine Wolfram

The regime declared a national energy emergency and did everything it could to keep natural gas on top. Despite that, in March—for the first time in history—the US generated more electricity from renewables than from natural gas for an entire month.

Natural gas has dominated American electricity production for over a decade—more than coal, more than nuclear, more than anything else. For one month, that changed, according to energy think tank Ember.

Catherine Wolfram, energy economist at MIT and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy at the US Treasury, put it plainly: “Most of the growth in renewable power we’ve seen come online in the past year reflects decisions that were made years ago.”

Every wind turbine that spun last month, every solar panel that powered a home, every record that was broken—none of it happened because of Trump. It happened despite everything he did to stop it. The people won.

MINNESOTA CALLS IT KIDNAPPING

Sheriff Bob Fletcher (Left) and prosecutor John Choi (Right) — April 13, 2026

In January, ICE agents used a battering ram to break into ChongLy “Scott” Thao’s home in St. Paul, Minnesota, at gunpoint, with no warrant. They dragged the 56-year-old Hmong American outside in subfreezing temperatures wearing only underwear and a blanket, handcuffed him, and drove him—in his own words—”to the middle of nowhere.”

Thao is a US citizen with no criminal record. ICE was looking for two completely different men—one of whom had been in a Minnesota state prison since 2024. When investigators traced the federal vehicles used during the arrest, they found the agents had switched the license plates, a violation of Minnesota law.

This week, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher announced a criminal investigation into those agents for kidnapping, burglary, and false imprisonment.

Choi was direct: “We believe there was no legitimate legal reason for the federal agents to enter that home.” Fletcher drew the line: “There is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal agents. Seizing a person out of their home who’s an American citizen—they’re not immune from that.”

If charged and convicted, those agents could face up to 20 years in prison for kidnapping alone. And because these are state charges—Trump’s pardon power would be useless.

JUDGE BLOCKS GOP’S VOTER SUPPRESSION LAW

US District Court Judge Richard Young

Indiana Republicans passed a law in 2025 banning college-issued student IDs from being used to vote. It’s the first time the state ever singled out a previously accepted form of ID, and stripped it from voters.

Student IDs had been valid at Indiana polls for nearly two decades. The GOP said the new law was about election integrity. But they knew the truth: young voters trend heavily Democratic—and that’s exactly why they passed it.

But on Tuesday, a federal judge blocked it.

US District Court Judge Richard Young ruled the law “imposes unconstitutional burdens on students and young voters.” Young found no evidence that student IDs were ever used to commit voter fraud. None. Up to 90,000 Indiana students can now use their IDs to vote in Indiana’s May primary.

VIRGINIA JUST MADE THE CONFEDERACY PAY

VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger — April 8, 2026

For 76 years, Virginia taxpayers subsidized Confederate organizations through special tax exemptions that date to 1950—the same year Virginia was fighting to keep its schools segregated.

Virginia Democrats pushed a bill to end the subsidies for years. Former GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed it twice. On Monday, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed it—on Virginia’s Day of Remembrance for Victims of Lynching.

Last week, Spanberger signed a separate bill that will stop the Virginia DMV from issuing Confederate-themed specialty license plates. Delegate Dan Helmer, who sponsored the legislation, didn’t mince words: “The Confederacy was a four-year period in which traitors hellbent on preserving slavery tried—and then failed—to divide the Union.”

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I have two questions for you today, that I’d love to hear your take on.

For people in your life who think the resistance isn’t winning, what do you tell them?

Do you believe Ramsey County officials will file charges against the ICE officers?