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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:

January 31, 2026

February 1, 2026 at 7:50 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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When Future Historians Write About the Fall of American Economic Power, Will Trump Be the Turning Point?

Under Trump, tax giveaways to the wealthy and soaring debt replaced economic stability and sacrificing the nation’s future for short-term political gain…

January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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The Most Dangerous Moment Is When Authoritarians Seem to Compromise

Trump’s recalibration follows the same step-back, step-forward playbook used by Orbán, Putin, and every modern strongman…

January 28, 2026 at 4:42 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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Yesterday President Donald J.

January 26, 2026

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January 27, 2026 at 5:37 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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The Roy Cohn Playbook Is Failing

The Trump regime leaned hard into Roy Cohn’s playbook in Minneapolis, but the strategy is backfiring

Did We Underestimate the SECRET FORCES that Put Trump into Power? Heidi Siegmund Cuda

January 26, 2026 at 6:52 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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YouTube video by Thom Hartmann Program

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January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM

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Marc Elias

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Bondi’s letter represents a major assault on Minnesota’s sovereignty, demanding that it forfeit its ability to make and enforce its own laws and maintain its voter rolls without oversight from the executive branch, which does not have authority over elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

AG Bondi demands access to Minnesota voter rolls after fatal Border Patrol shooting

Her demand came as Minneapolis was reeling from a second fatal shooting by a federal agent this month.

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January 26, 2026 at 2:10 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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LIVE NOW: The Thom Hartmann Program Live (1/26/2026)

Thom Hartmann on Substack

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January 26, 2026 at 5:09 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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Four statements made by DHS about Alex Pretti’s shooting — and what these videos show that contradict them

Kristi Noem made public statements about Alex Pretti and details surrounding his fatal shooting. But the videos tell a dramatically different — and tragic — story.

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January 26, 2026 at 12:22 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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January 22, 2026

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🚨 Williams et al v. Board of Elections of the State of New York et al

January 23, 2026 at 6:42 AM

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Marc Elias

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🚨BREAKING: My law firm just won its lawsuit challenging New York’s 2024 congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino voters on Staten Island.

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January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM

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Trump collapses on world stage at Davos.

January 22, 2026

January 22, 2026 at 8:08 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.

January 21, 2026

January 22, 2026 at 7:47 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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Will No One Hold Trump Accountable for Handing Putin Everything He Wanted?

When future historians ask what Putin wanted from Trump, the answer may be painfully simple: “Everything America once stood for.”

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January 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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SLAVA UKRAINI: Exposing a Century of Russian Imperialism

A compilation of my reports with Ukrainian historian Tetiana Boriak to share with your pro-democracy networks

January 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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Is Having a “Fearful View of Freedom” the Key to The Trump Revolution?

This isn’t alarmism: it’s the historical pattern, repeated across dozens of countries and thousands of years. I’ve seen it, repeatedly, with my own eyes…

January 19, 2026 at 4:09 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.

January 18, 2026

Dem lawmaker issues dire warning not to fall for Trump’s trap as protesters clash

January 19, 2026 at 5:40 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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Dem lawmaker issues dire warning not to fall for Trump’s trap as protesters clash

www.rawstory.com/minneapolis/

As protests continue to erupt in Minnesota following the ICE killing of Renee Good, Rep. Illhan Omar (D-MN) issued a stark warning Saturday, urging demonstrators not to fall into what she described as...

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January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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Why Has ICE Turned Minneapolis Into a Battlefield?

Why the largest-ever ICE operation isn’t just about immigration, but about who gets to walk freely in America’s cities and who pays with their lives…

January 15, 2026 at 3:51 PM

Bettina O’Brien

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Officials in the Trump administration insist its surges of federal agents into Democratic-led cities are necessary to round up undocumented immigrants, but the agents’ mission increasingly looks as if...

January 13, 2026

January 14, 2026 at 6:41 AM

Bettina O’Brien

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Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment right...

January 12, 2026