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Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Looks like the whole broadcast had trouble: variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed
Tony Dokoupil tripped up over transitions and bulldozed a health expert over vaccines
variety.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Looks like the whole broadcast had trouble: variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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hoo boy
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 AM
hoo boy
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Next pics of Putin and Xi respectively?
January 6, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Next pics of Putin and Xi respectively?
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🚨 We wondered about this when RFK changed the covid vax guidance: seniors & immunocompromised folks, boost again at 6 months!
🔹️"As it turns out, the [CDC] not only permits a second dose but recommends it. The agency quietly updated its guidance...to...
1/3
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🔹️"As it turns out, the [CDC] not only permits a second dose but recommends it. The agency quietly updated its guidance...to...
1/3
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The CDC quietly recommends a second covid booster for vulnerable adults
Careful, evidence-based vaccine guidance now arrives with little fanfare.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:45 AM
🚨 We wondered about this when RFK changed the covid vax guidance: seniors & immunocompromised folks, boost again at 6 months!
🔹️"As it turns out, the [CDC] not only permits a second dose but recommends it. The agency quietly updated its guidance...to...
1/3
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
🔹️"As it turns out, the [CDC] not only permits a second dose but recommends it. The agency quietly updated its guidance...to...
1/3
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
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subscribe to 404 Media if you want to see a few people do the news half a year before corporate media reports it
January 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
subscribe to 404 Media if you want to see a few people do the news half a year before corporate media reports it
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somehow, Defence Scheme No. 1 returned
🚨 "Canada, for several months now, has been developing a military strategy for how they will respond if there is an incursion over their southern border...that is now a real thing that the Canadian military is thinking about. Didn't use to be."
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
– @economist.com's Hal Hodson
(Sorry, no 🎁🔗 avail.)
Donald Trump says America will “run” Venezuela. What happens now? | The Economist Insider
Donald Trump says Venezuela’s people are “free again”, now that its dictator has been removed. But freedom remains far from certain. Join Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Edward Carr, deputy...
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:21 AM
somehow, Defence Scheme No. 1 returned
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Still incredible this man wrote an entire ass book about how American generals have a personal and professional obligation to speak publicly and forcefully if the president and civilians were doing things against the public interest and he’s doing *handwaves* whatever this is
H. R. McMaster to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social: Donald Trump “is a bit different now.”
“He has a deeper sense of aggrievement, some of which is justified ... and I think he has been convinced, really, by some of the people around him, that his own staff was kind of the deep state.” bit.ly/46a5DUE
“He has a deeper sense of aggrievement, some of which is justified ... and I think he has been convinced, really, by some of the people around him, that his own staff was kind of the deep state.” bit.ly/46a5DUE
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Still incredible this man wrote an entire ass book about how American generals have a personal and professional obligation to speak publicly and forcefully if the president and civilians were doing things against the public interest and he’s doing *handwaves* whatever this is
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I'm saying that after 3+ years of investigations, there has been no link between the fraudsters and Walz. At worst, his admin was slow to act on it. And that's comparable to lots of PPP money flying out the door to people who didn't need it; nobody says Trump is liable for that
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I'm saying that after 3+ years of investigations, there has been no link between the fraudsters and Walz. At worst, his admin was slow to act on it. And that's comparable to lots of PPP money flying out the door to people who didn't need it; nobody says Trump is liable for that
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Parent and pediatrician here.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Parent and pediatrician here.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
All vaccines are still available & recommended. Talk to your pediatrician for more info.
Know this: Even as our government shifts its recommendation language, I would never forgo the RSV, hepatitis A & B, or meningitis vaccines for my own kids.
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The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
Rotavirus
Hepatitis A & B
Meningitis
Influenza
RSV
I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis.
We all are going to be caring for a lot more now.
In our already overflowing hospitals
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Trump is threatening to take Greenland. A U.S. move would implode NATO from within and hand Russia a strategic victory without firing a shot. Something Moscow recognized and tried to exploit years ago.
Trump’s Greenland Threats Push NATO Toward an Unprecedented Crisis
If the United States were to use military power against allied territory, it would bring the post–WW II security order to an end, collapse NATO from within, and hand Russia the biggest geopolitical vi...
olgalautman.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Trump is threatening to take Greenland. A U.S. move would implode NATO from within and hand Russia a strategic victory without firing a shot. Something Moscow recognized and tried to exploit years ago.
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
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My sense is that China is using this oldie but goodie @rockymountviews.bsky.social playbook to destroy global oil demand. With subsidized EV technology, China can help 50+ emerging markets destroy 3-4 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.
Winning the Oil Endgame - RMI
This independent, peer-reviewed synthesis for American business and military leaders charts a roadmap for getting the United States completely, attractively, and profitably off oil. Our strategy integ...
rmi.org
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 AM
My sense is that China is using this oldie but goodie @rockymountviews.bsky.social playbook to destroy global oil demand. With subsidized EV technology, China can help 50+ emerging markets destroy 3-4 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.
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More Miller on national TV, someone please make sure the regime understands that the path to a 2026 red wave travels through all eligible voters getting yelled at through a screen by an irate Stephen Miller
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
More Miller on national TV, someone please make sure the regime understands that the path to a 2026 red wave travels through all eligible voters getting yelled at through a screen by an irate Stephen Miller
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An 6.2 earthquake just hit Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01...
Magnitude 6.2 quake hits Shimane Prefecture
The quake, which measured a strong 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, did not prompt a tsunami warning.
www.japantimes.co.jp
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
An 6.2 earthquake just hit Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01...
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At some point, I would love to see an interviewer ask someone from the Trump administration which specific portion of Article II they are relying on.
Pam Bondi: "This was well within the president's Article 2 powers. It was a law enforcement function to arrest indicted individuals in Venezuela."
January 6, 2026 at 2:28 AM
At some point, I would love to see an interviewer ask someone from the Trump administration which specific portion of Article II they are relying on.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
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Hard to tell what’s more alarming: getting added to a Russian travel ban list or the fact that not a single Canadian news outlet has reported that 28 Canadians were sanctioned. We had to find out from a Belarusian news site. #cdnpoli #canadianmediafail
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Hard to tell what’s more alarming: getting added to a Russian travel ban list or the fact that not a single Canadian news outlet has reported that 28 Canadians were sanctioned. We had to find out from a Belarusian news site. #cdnpoli #canadianmediafail
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Didn’t have this on our bingo card. Russia has announced sanctions against 28 Canadians it claims promote “neo-Nazism,” targeting people it links to anti-Russian activism, including our lab’s researchers @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com. You can see the complete list here news.zerkalo.io/world/117383...
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Didn’t have this on our bingo card. Russia has announced sanctions against 28 Canadians it claims promote “neo-Nazism,” targeting people it links to anti-Russian activism, including our lab’s researchers @gruzd.ca and @philipmai.com. You can see the complete list here news.zerkalo.io/world/117383...
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So now would probably be a good time for the EU to put like a lot of air defense systems in greenland
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
So now would probably be a good time for the EU to put like a lot of air defense systems in greenland
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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“If the kidnapping of a head of state and bombing are tolerated or downplayed, the message sent to the world is a devastating one, mainly that the law is optional and force is the true arbiter of international order,” said Mr. Moncada, Venezuela's UN. Ambassador.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
At the U.N., Even Allies Condemn U.S. Action in Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
“If the kidnapping of a head of state and bombing are tolerated or downplayed, the message sent to the world is a devastating one, mainly that the law is optional and force is the true arbiter of international order,” said Mr. Moncada, Venezuela's UN. Ambassador.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...