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American Democracy is being attacked from within.
If criticizing Israel for its genocide In Gaza is "antisemitic," what does that say about semitism?
Russia's imperialist instincts must be crushed.
If criticizing Israel for its genocide In Gaza is "antisemitic," what does that say about semitism?
Russia's imperialist instincts must be crushed.
Good on ya, UN!
Gee, why couldn't Trump do this?
Gee, why couldn't Trump do this?
Ukraine-Russia war latest: UN brokers limited ceasefire to allow vital repairs at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Ukraine war live: UN’s limited ceasefire allows repairs at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Repairs carried out at Europe's largest nuclear facility after UN nuclear watchdog brokers local ceasefire
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Good on ya, UN!
Gee, why couldn't Trump do this?
Gee, why couldn't Trump do this?
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Federal agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota are not allowed to arrest peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause, among other items, a US district judge ruled in a preliminary injunction today. https://cnn.it/3NpkzaI
January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Federal agents working in Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota are not allowed to arrest peaceful protesters or stop people in their cars without cause, among other items, a US district judge ruled in a preliminary injunction today. https://cnn.it/3NpkzaI
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Tensions between residents and federal immigration officers continued to rise in the Twin Cities area after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Photos of tensions between federal officers and locals in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tensions between residents and federal immigration officers continued to rise in the Twin Cities area after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Tensions between residents and federal immigration officers continued to rise in the Twin Cities area after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
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Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, a U.S. judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
Judge rules feds in Minneapolis immigration operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters
Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, a U.S. judge in Minnesota ruled Fri…
trib.al
January 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Federal officers in the Minneapolis-area participating in its largest recent U.S. immigration enforcement operation can’t detain or tear gas peaceful protesters, a U.S. judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
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Two men disrupted a panel in Salt Lake City by claiming they’d had affairs with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who was sued this week by the ex-wife of a Senate bodyguard who alleged Sinema ruined her marriage.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/16/former-sen-kyrsten-sinema
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/16/former-sen-kyrsten-sinema
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Two men disrupted a panel in Salt Lake City by claiming they’d had affairs with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, who was sued this week by the ex-wife of a Senate bodyguard who alleged Sinema ruined her marriage.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/16/former-sen-kyrsten-sinema
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/16/former-sen-kyrsten-sinema
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As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure.
Interviews by The Associated Press of more than a half-dozen fired employees offer a snapshot of the toll throughout the Justice Department.
Interviews by The Associated Press of more than a half-dozen fired employees offer a snapshot of the toll throughout the Justice Department.
Inside a year of firings that have shaken the Trump Justice Department: 'A great deal of fear'
As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure.
Interviews by The Associated Press of more than a half-dozen fired employees offer a snapshot of the toll throughout the Justice Department.
Interviews by The Associated Press of more than a half-dozen fired employees offer a snapshot of the toll throughout the Justice Department.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not happy with President Donald Trump's U.S. Agency for Global Media, accusing it of backing down from giving vital information to protesters in Iran.
'What a waste': Trump ally under fire from Senate Republican as Iran lifeline cut off
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not happy with President Donald Trump's U.S. Agency for Global Media, accusing it of backing down from giving vital information to protesters in Iran.This comes as Iran's Islamic Republic regime is locked in an existential crisis, with massive protests that are threate...
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not happy with President Donald Trump's U.S. Agency for Global Media, accusing it of backing down from giving vital information to protesters in Iran.
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ICE is a reproductive justice problem. Experts warn that pregnant immigrants and their babies may suffer complications from chronic stress of ICE raids. At least two doctors say they're already seeing warning signs in patients, like high blood pressure & deteriorating mental health.
Pregnant Immigrants and Their Babies May Suffer Complications from Chronic Stress of ICE Raids, Experts Warn
At least two doctors say they're already seeing warning signs in patients, including high blood pressure and deteriorating mental health.
buff.ly
January 16, 2026 at 2:41 PM
ICE is a reproductive justice problem. Experts warn that pregnant immigrants and their babies may suffer complications from chronic stress of ICE raids. At least two doctors say they're already seeing warning signs in patients, like high blood pressure & deteriorating mental health.
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So much for a ‘final battle’ – once again the Iranian people’s peaceful and democratic demands have been silenced | Behrouz Boochani and Mehdi Jalali Tehrani
So much for a ‘final battle’ – once again the Iranian people’s peaceful and democratic demands have been silenced | Behrouz Boochani and Mehdi Jalali Tehrani
The protests were hijacked by Reza Pahlavi and notions of Persian supremacy, then brutally repressed by a violent regime
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:47 PM
So much for a ‘final battle’ – once again the Iranian people’s peaceful and democratic demands have been silenced | Behrouz Boochani and Mehdi Jalali Tehrani
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Small Minneapolis businesses hit hard by ICE crackdown, while corporations stay silent reut.rs/3Lxihpk
Small Minneapolis businesses hit hard by ICE crackdown, while corporations stay silent
Businesses have been much less outspoken about President Donald Trump's policies in his second term, due to fear of retaliation or threats of boycotts.
reut.rs
January 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Small Minneapolis businesses hit hard by ICE crackdown, while corporations stay silent reut.rs/3Lxihpk
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Republicans are trying to scare Trump back to reality as he talks about taking Greenland by any means necessary.
GOP Rep. Don Bacon predicted it would lead to impeachment and calling Trump’s Greenland obsession “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
GOP Rep. Don Bacon predicted it would lead to impeachment and calling Trump’s Greenland obsession “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
‘Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard’: Republicans amp up their resistance to Trump’s Greenland push
GOP lawmakers are stepping up their warnings and engaging in diplomacy as the president's threats escalate.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Republicans are trying to scare Trump back to reality as he talks about taking Greenland by any means necessary.
GOP Rep. Don Bacon predicted it would lead to impeachment and calling Trump’s Greenland obsession “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
GOP Rep. Don Bacon predicted it would lead to impeachment and calling Trump’s Greenland obsession “the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
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Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor is spending her retirement tending to a new puppy, and fighting to preserve the judicial branch of the United States.
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
Retired Ohio chief justice joins alliance to preserve independent judicial branch
Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor is spending her retirement tending to a new puppy, and fighting to preserve the judicial branch of the United States.The longtime Ohio judge…
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor is spending her retirement tending to a new puppy, and fighting to preserve the judicial branch of the United States.
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
via @ohiocapitaljournal.com
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OPINION: Catholics can have good-faith disagreements about the best way to have a just immigration policy. But the inhumanity and violence accompanying this administration’s immigration enforcement is not something Catholics should see very differently.
religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...
religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...
After Renee Good, are you really going to keep pretending Trump and Vance are pro-life?
(RNS) — The deeds of the Trump administration have stood in sharp contrast to the reassuring words they have offered to religious believers.
religionnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
OPINION: Catholics can have good-faith disagreements about the best way to have a just immigration policy. But the inhumanity and violence accompanying this administration’s immigration enforcement is not something Catholics should see very differently.
religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...
religionnews.com/2026/01/09/a...
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An ominous plot to paste images of ICE protesters across TV and pressure employees to fire anybody opposing the immigration agency's presence in American cities has been announced by President Donald Trump's administration.
Ominous threat reveals plot to make protesters 'famous' for identifying ICE shooter
An ominous plot to paste images of ICE protesters across TV and pressure employees to fire anybody opposing the immigration agency's presence in American cities has been announced by President Donald Trump's administration.Trump's border chief suggested Thursday that it would be in revenge for publi...
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
An ominous plot to paste images of ICE protesters across TV and pressure employees to fire anybody opposing the immigration agency's presence in American cities has been announced by President Donald Trump's administration.
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As mass protests erupted over the past week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Nicole Good, thousands of Americans hoisted signs and marched to thunderous chants of “abolish ICE”.
They couldn’t ‘Abolish ICE’ in Trump’s first term. Now more Americans are taking up the call
To longtime immigrant rights activists, the reckoning around the fatal shooting in Minnesota may feel familiar
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
As mass protests erupted over the past week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed Renee Nicole Good, thousands of Americans hoisted signs and marched to thunderous chants of “abolish ICE”.
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A new investigation by @propublica.org has found over 40 cases of immigration agents using chokeholds and other potentially fatal breathing restrictions, including during the ICE arrest of 16-year-old U.S. citizen Arnoldo Bazan in Texas.
January 16, 2026 at 3:07 PM
A new investigation by @propublica.org has found over 40 cases of immigration agents using chokeholds and other potentially fatal breathing restrictions, including during the ICE arrest of 16-year-old U.S. citizen Arnoldo Bazan in Texas.
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Five days into the New York City nurses’ strike, only one of the three hospital systems affected by the walkout had returned to the negotiating table as both sides appeared to dig in for a protracted battle.
Nurses Describe Fear on the Job as Bitter Strike Enters Fifth Day
Both sides in the labor dispute appear poised for a protracted battle, and only one of three hospitals was negotiating with the strikers.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Five days into the New York City nurses’ strike, only one of the three hospital systems affected by the walkout had returned to the negotiating table as both sides appeared to dig in for a protracted battle.
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“The enormous rise of inequality radicalised me,” said economist Gabriel Zucman “It’s very extreme that you have the wealthiest people on the planet, and next door, tens of thousands of homeless people in the Bay Area.”
Gabriel Zucman: We need a wealth tax for the super-rich
The rockstar economist on the ‘Zucman tax’—and why the UK needs one
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
“The enormous rise of inequality radicalised me,” said economist Gabriel Zucman “It’s very extreme that you have the wealthiest people on the planet, and next door, tens of thousands of homeless people in the Bay Area.”
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Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’
Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’
Moderators accuse social media firm of unfair dismissal after it fired hundreds in UK just before vote to form union
TikTok moderators have accused the social media company of “oppressive and intimidating” union busting after it fired hundreds of workers in the UK, beginning the process just before they were due to vote on forming a union.
The moderators wanted to establish a collective bargaining unit to protect themselves from the personal costs of checking extreme and violent content, and have claimed TikTok is guilty of unfair dismissal and breaching trade union laws. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’
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January 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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The 8 best spy movies of all time
Excellence in espionage didn’t begin — or end — with the Cold War
theweek.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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this american citizen & nurse in scrubs, obviously commuting from/to work, had her ID and this is what happened to her. from December 2025.
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
this american citizen & nurse in scrubs, obviously commuting from/to work, had her ID and this is what happened to her. from December 2025.
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Monsters.
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Monsters.