Rosella Melanson

Quick reminder: Epstein.

Re: In Re: United States of America No. 26-1135 Dear Chief Judge Colloton, I apologize for addressing this letter to you, but, for reasons I will describe, I do not have any other option. I am working from home today, as the program that my mentally disabled adult son attends each day is closed because of the extreme cold At 11:34 am, I received an email regarding Case No. 26-1135, entitled "In re: United States of America." The order in its entirety read: The motion of the United States to seal is granted. The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota is invited to file a response, at his discretion, to the petition for writ of mandamus. Any response is due by 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 23. This is the first that I have heard of any petition for a writ of mandamus. The United States did not have the courtesy to tell me that they would be filing such a petition, nor did the United States serve the petition on me. I am unable to access any documents in Case No. 26-1135 because, at the request of the United States, the case is sealed-apparently even from me. So I have been given about two-and-one-half hours to respond to a mandamus petition that I have not read and cannot read. Apparently I am supposed to guess what the petition is about and guess what the mandamus petition says and then respond. I will do so.

The Honorable Steven M. Colloton January 23, 2026 Page 2 On the evening of Tuesday, January 20, the United States presented an application for eight arrest warrants to Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko in connection with the disruption of a religious service at Cities Church on Sunday, January 18. Judge Micko was the magistrate judge who was on duty at the time. Judge Micko found there was probable cause to issue warrants with respect to three of the suspects but not with respect to the other five. Minutes after Judge Micko signed three arrest warrants, the U.S. Attorney notified me that his office wanted a district judge to review Judge Micko's decision -either by hearing an appeal of that decision or by considering the application de novo. The first thing I did is ask our Clerk's Office to randomly assign a district judge to consider the government's request. I was the judge who was randomly assigned. It is important to emphasize that what the U.S. Attorney requested is unheard of in our district or, as best as I can tell, any other district in the Eighth Circuit. I have surveyed all of our judges — some of whom have been judges in our District for over 40 years —and no one can remember the government asking a district judge to review a magistrate judge's denial of an arrest warrant. I have also surveyed the chief judges of all of the districts in the Eighth Circuit. I have heard back from almost all of them, and all of those responding have said that, to their knowledge, no district judge has ever reviewed the decision of a magistrate judge to deny an arrest warrant. The reason why this never happens is likely that, if the government does not like the magistrate judge's decision, it can either improve the affidavit and present it again to the same magistrate judge or it can present its case to a grand jury and seek an indictment. On Wednesday, January 21, I informed the U.S. Attorney that because he was asking me to do something that was unprecedented, and because m…

A magistrate judge found no probable cause to support arrest warrants for 5 people involved in the St. Paul church protest.

DOJ appealed to the 8th Cir.

That appeal led to this remarkable letter from the Chief Judge of the Minnesota district court…

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
timesofoman.com/article/1691...

I will say we deserve a public space without.

We are not at war with Iran, although we have been for the last 50 years.

A bill to criminalize promotion of hatred /religious &ethnic groups, is opposed by religious /ethnic groups?
Yes, cause it also removes a religious exemption allowing using a religious text to escape prosecution for hate speech ex. re women, homosexuals, racial abuse...

Canada's Mark Carney tries to strike a balance on Iran The Iran war is posing a test for the Canadian prime minister's "pragmatic but principled" approach to world affairs.

My Globe and Mail op-ed today quoted by the BBC:

"Thomas Juneau, a professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, argued that Carney's stance is likely driven by his need to manage relations with Trump."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Iran War: Reaction from Sana’a Center Experts - Sana'a Center For Strategic Studies The war against Iran by the US and Israel is unleashing chaos across the region. Since the launch of the joint military offensive in the early hours of February 28, Iran’s death toll has reached the t...

My new article for the @SanaaCenter:

"The Axis of Resistance... has failed. While the Axis is not defeated and retains some capabilities, it has clearly shown its severe limits."

sanaacenter.org/publications...

"Critics are therefore not wrong to say that Canada has nothing to gain from endorsing his war... but they miss the reality that Canada has much to lose."

Canada has some of the fucking coolest indigenous musicians, my life would be far less interesting if I’d never heard Tanya Tagaq, Jeremy Dutcher, Piqsiq, Elisapie, Zoon, Cris Derksen, Halluci Nation, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and others.

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someone will say, we don't deserve dogs.

The Daily Show: #johnfugelsang #SeparationofChurchandHate

Girl, you can't say that about women-only gatherings. It's ambient.

Even NPR slinging (imputed) obscenities now

If someone in your life talked like this, you would research involuntary commitment

23 year old Ruben Ray Martinez’s last words? “I’m sorry sir”.

ICE shot him 3 times and killed him.

Renee Good’s last words? “It’s ok I’m not mad”.

Alex Pretti’s last words? “Are you ok?”

These are the people DHS calls domestic terrorists. Threats. Aggressors.

Abolish ICE

Alberta Federation of Labour calls for oil windfall tax to avoid profiteering amid war in Iran When oil prices surge, profits often get sent abroad. Which is why the Alberta Federation of Labour is calling for a windfall tax.

«Alberta Fed. of Labour calls for a windfall profit tax to protect from profiteering amid war in Iran. Economist JimStanford says increasing oil price is policy choice. Given history of conflicts creating profit captured by cos, AFL wants a tax that gives subsidies for taxpayers who face inflation»

Trump's war on Iran hasn't altered Canada's cost of making gas — at all. So why are we being hosed at the pumps? Policy choices, not market forces of a war halfway around the world, explain the spike in prices, writes Jim Stanford, leading to unnecessary economy-wide inflation and higher interest rates.

The gas in those pumps was refined weeks ago, from oil extracted months ago, none of which came through the Straits of Hormuz. So why does it cost 15c more per litre than it did LAST Friday? I ask why, in
@thestar.com: thestar.com/business/opi.... #canlab /2

surpris ET en colère

Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump given life sentence for molesting two children — Guardian US Andrew Paul Johnson, 45, of Florida among several January 6 defendants charged with new crimes

apple.news/AMunZBIAhSjS... no words

Nationalistes blancs parés au combat: une menace réelle au N.‑B. Des suprémacistes blancs qui s'entraînent aux sports de combat afin de se préparer à une confrontation: il s’agit aujourd’hui d’une menace réelle, de

«Ce qui est beaucoup plus probable, c’est des actions de plus petite échelle, comme un groupe qui tabasse qq’un»
«Il pourrait y avoir de la confrontation avec des groupes de gauche, mais ceux-ci sont peu présents ds Maritimes».
«Ce qu’ils peuvent obtenir, c’est la normalisation de certains discours»

in a bush bath, and soaked her until the sin, & the stain, & the mistake, came out in the form of blood. Yes!
It take 3 days & 3 nights, with Ma’s gran-mother sitting sleepless in a upright chair, for Ma to regain her salvation, have release from the thing that Mr. Bellfeels sowed inside her.»

that Gran boiled thick-thick until it came like tar; bitter and black; and that poor little girl, my ma, no more than 17, or 16m was made to drink that tar-tea every morning at 5o’clock, until Mr. Bellfeels wim was worked out of her system. And at every 6 o’clock every evening, Gran put Ma

stem inside her mouth &chew on it, to test it; & then spitting it out;... picking a twig from this bush, a twig from the next; and putting all of them in her apron... sersey bush, Christmas bush, miraculous bush, lignum-vitae bush… But I know that the sersey bush is what did the trick. Sersey bush

witchcraft, that saved Ma. Ma say that Gran brought this knowledge with her from Almina, in Africa. My great-gran. Yes.
I would see her, my great-gran-gran-mother, just before she pass-away, bent almost in half; her face scenting the bushes; picking and picking; putting a leaf or a twig or a

About getting rid of the Master's "vim":

«Ma lost the baby conceived in rape...“My God, the blood.” That is all Ma said. That is all she remember. It was my great-gran, Ma’s gran-mother, with her knowledge of bushes and vines and leaves used for medicines; and cures; plus a lil touch of obeah and

Good piece about a transnational trend in reactionary politics

Following in Murdoch's footsteps, we have seen countless reactionary billionaires building media empires, almost always at a huge loss

Profit is not the point, power is and weakened democratic institutions are unable to resist

Canada created more jobs in 2025 (! year of the economic attack!) than the U.S., tho the U.S. job market is 7.5 times bigger.

"Health" generated 41% of the new jobs. "Care" (incl educ) almost 1/2.
Demographics guarantees that this job juggernaut will continue to dominate. Demand>supply everywhere.

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP — Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report: