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EU warns of downward spiral after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland reut.rs/4qQE6Pq
EU warns of downward spiral after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland
Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 countries will convene for an emergency meeting.
reut.rs
January 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
EU warns of downward spiral after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland reut.rs/4qQE6Pq
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Trump’s foreign policy is all about enriching his family & rich friends. It was his billionaire donor Ron Lauder, who has investments in Greenland, who told him to buy it.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
January 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Trump’s foreign policy is all about enriching his family & rich friends. It was his billionaire donor Ron Lauder, who has investments in Greenland, who told him to buy it.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
Now Trump risks the NATO alliance & war with Europe to pad his friend’s pockets.
We can’t let that happen.
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knock me over with a feather
About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty:
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...
www.latimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
knock me over with a feather
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The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
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USFS is weighing whether to extend a temporary 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot.
The ban followed decades of advocacy by Native nations motivated by significant harms to berry habitat, gatherer safety and treaty-reserved rights.
www.columbian.com/news/2026/ja...
The ban followed decades of advocacy by Native nations motivated by significant harms to berry habitat, gatherer safety and treaty-reserved rights.
www.columbian.com/news/2026/ja...
Forest Service seeks feedback on Gifford Pinchot commercial huckleberry harvest
The U.S. Forest Service announced a new public survey Wednesday to investigate the impacts of its 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
www.columbian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
USFS is weighing whether to extend a temporary 2025 ban on commercial huckleberry harvests in Gifford Pinchot.
The ban followed decades of advocacy by Native nations motivated by significant harms to berry habitat, gatherer safety and treaty-reserved rights.
www.columbian.com/news/2026/ja...
The ban followed decades of advocacy by Native nations motivated by significant harms to berry habitat, gatherer safety and treaty-reserved rights.
www.columbian.com/news/2026/ja...
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You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
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Minnesotans are waving American flags.
The head of ICE dresses like a Nazi.
The head of ICE dresses like a Nazi.
Greg Bovino was seen earlier today at the Minneapolis ICE facility dressed in a very nazi-inspired outfit. They don’t even hide anymore.
January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Minnesotans are waving American flags.
The head of ICE dresses like a Nazi.
The head of ICE dresses like a Nazi.
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"[A]udit from the Department of Labor in what the [Chicago Teachers Union] sees as an attack fueled by conservative dark-money groups aligned with" Trump.
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union's finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"[A]udit from the Department of Labor in what the [Chicago Teachers Union] sees as an attack fueled by conservative dark-money groups aligned with" Trump.
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
"[T]arget for right-wing entities looking to damage the labor movement and public education in one big blow."
#Illinois #USA #Education #Labour
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Why are ICE Agents taking their children to work?
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Why are ICE Agents taking their children to work?
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Remember when Trump said he’d make America respected again? When does that happen?
Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, today: a massive protest outside the U.S. embassy against the sale/occupation of Greenland by the United States
January 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Remember when Trump said he’d make America respected again? When does that happen?
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Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was intentionally trying to destroy the United States, how could you tell the difference?
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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Even without co-operation from federal prosecutors, Minnesota investigators may already have enough evidence in the public record, including from multiple video recordings, to bring charges
The ICE officer who killed Renee Good may yet be charged
What the “supremacy clause” does and does not say
econ.st
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Even without co-operation from federal prosecutors, Minnesota investigators may already have enough evidence in the public record, including from multiple video recordings, to bring charges
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So when republicans do crimes it doesn’t count?
June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.
arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
So when republicans do crimes it doesn’t count?
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Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
January 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Running Nazis out of town and then whimsical cardboard sleds at Powderhorn - you just have to love Minneapolis.
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A remarkable story of courage, ethics, and solidarity.
'...Each new arrival was given a #Leica camera. The refugees were paid a stipend until they could find work. Out of this migration came designers, repair technicians, salespeople, marketers and writers for the photographic press.'
#Refugees
'...Each new arrival was given a #Leica camera. The refugees were paid a stipend until they could find work. Out of this migration came designers, repair technicians, salespeople, marketers and writers for the photographic press.'
#Refugees
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Last month observed unusually low sea ice around much of the outer edge of the #Arctic Ocean. The largest departures were across the Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, and Barents Sea.
+ Concentration = fraction of sea ice
+ Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ Concentration = fraction of sea ice
+ Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Last month observed unusually low sea ice around much of the outer edge of the #Arctic Ocean. The largest departures were across the Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, and Barents Sea.
+ Concentration = fraction of sea ice
+ Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ Concentration = fraction of sea ice
+ Graphic from zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
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impressed by Spanberger thus far, ngl
January 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
impressed by Spanberger thus far, ngl
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I'm also going to keep banging the drum that in Washington could end almost all of this immediately, by fulfilling their oaths & caucusing with the Democrats, & we should stop giving them every day & laser focus on that:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I'm also going to keep banging the drum that in Washington could end almost all of this immediately, by fulfilling their oaths & caucusing with the Democrats, & we should stop giving them every day & laser focus on that:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming
Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming