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Trump’s overall approval continues to fall, and along with it the GOP’s hopes of holding the House majority. Even the Senate may be in play if current dissatisfaction levels persist.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Trump’s overall approval continues to fall, and along with it the GOP’s hopes of holding the House majority. Even the Senate may be in play if current dissatisfaction levels persist.
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
The DOJ launched an investigation into Good and her widow instead of Good’s killer. That move caused a mass exodus of lawyers from the Civil Rights Division and from the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The DOJ launched an investigation into Good and her widow instead of Good’s killer. That move caused a mass exodus of lawyers from the Civil Rights Division and from the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office
Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo
The SAVE Act doesn’t enhance election integrity. It just makes it more difficult for qualified Americans to vote. It takes on the form of a classic poll tax. Public opposition to the bill put an end to it last year. It’s time to gear up again.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 6:19 AM
The SAVE Act doesn’t enhance election integrity. It just makes it more difficult for qualified Americans to vote. It takes on the form of a classic poll tax. Public opposition to the bill put an end to it last year. It’s time to gear up again.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Because the agency is apparently counting arrests, not actual deportations, agents seem to be arresting first and only subsequently checking to see if the detainee is an American citizen or someone who is otherwise permitted to remain in the country.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Because the agency is apparently counting arrests, not actual deportations, agents seem to be arresting first and only subsequently checking to see if the detainee is an American citizen or someone who is otherwise permitted to remain in the country.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
The drive for numbers has led agents to pursue cases involving babies and grandmothers, instead of the dangerous criminals Trump has promised to get off the streets.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The drive for numbers has led agents to pursue cases involving babies and grandmothers, instead of the dangerous criminals Trump has promised to get off the streets.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
The SAVE Act doesn’t enhance election integrity. It just makes it more difficult for qualified Americans to vote. It takes on the form of a classic poll tax, forcing people who don’t have it to spend money on more expensive forms of identification as a prerequisite to exercising a right
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 AM
The SAVE Act doesn’t enhance election integrity. It just makes it more difficult for qualified Americans to vote. It takes on the form of a classic poll tax, forcing people who don’t have it to spend money on more expensive forms of identification as a prerequisite to exercising a right
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
Trump and his allies are pushing Senate Republicans to pass a new version of the SAVE Act. Marc Elias explained that although no one knows what will be in the new bill, “the idea of a bigger, more aggressive SAVE Act should concern everyone who cares about free and fair elections"
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Trump and his allies are pushing Senate Republicans to pass a new version of the SAVE Act. Marc Elias explained that although no one knows what will be in the new bill, “the idea of a bigger, more aggressive SAVE Act should concern everyone who cares about free and fair elections"
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
As of this weekend, Democrats are going on the offensive with a number of Democrats saying they will not agree to legislation that funds ICE without changes to the way that agency has been conducting itself.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 AM
As of this weekend, Democrats are going on the offensive with a number of Democrats saying they will not agree to legislation that funds ICE without changes to the way that agency has been conducting itself.
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
The government will shut down Friday, January 30, if no budget agreement is reached. The White House is, in a violation of the Hatch Act, blaming Democrats for the last shutdown, which happened because Republicans failed to pass a budget despite holding majorities in the Senate and House
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
The government will shut down Friday, January 30, if no budget agreement is reached. The White House is, in a violation of the Hatch Act, blaming Democrats for the last shutdown, which happened because Republicans failed to pass a budget despite holding majorities in the Senate and House
Joyce Vance
Joyce Vance
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Reminder: The Epstein files aren’t delayed.
A law is being broken.
We’re still missing 99%.
A law is being broken.
We’re still missing 99%.
January 24, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Reminder: The Epstein files aren’t delayed.
A law is being broken.
We’re still missing 99%.
A law is being broken.
We’re still missing 99%.
DHS has become less a law enforcement agency than a political shock force—one that now operates with an openly ideological mission, unconstrained by norms of proportionality, accountability, or civilian oversight.
George Cummings
George Cummings
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 AM
DHS has become less a law enforcement agency than a political shock force—one that now operates with an openly ideological mission, unconstrained by norms of proportionality, accountability, or civilian oversight.
George Cummings
George Cummings
Trump’s Truth Social post was inflammatory and authoritarian. Trump declared the dead man a gunman, cast ICE officers as besieged patriots, accused state officials of insurrection, fabricated a conspiracy involving Ilhan Omar’s finances, and reframed a police killing as heroic.
George Cummings
George Cummings
January 25, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Trump’s Truth Social post was inflammatory and authoritarian. Trump declared the dead man a gunman, cast ICE officers as besieged patriots, accused state officials of insurrection, fabricated a conspiracy involving Ilhan Omar’s finances, and reframed a police killing as heroic.
George Cummings
George Cummings
Trump playbook: leak selective “evidence” into the media ecosystem to poison public perception before any independent review can occur. The public was not offered context, body-camera footage, ballistic analysis, or witness testimony—only a photo and a conclusion.
George Cummings
George Cummings
January 25, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Trump playbook: leak selective “evidence” into the media ecosystem to poison public perception before any independent review can occur. The public was not offered context, body-camera footage, ballistic analysis, or witness testimony—only a photo and a conclusion.
George Cummings
George Cummings
In memory of parents and grandparents who made the supreme sacrifice — in memory of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — we must bring down this regime. The first step is a massive general strike.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 AM
In memory of parents and grandparents who made the supreme sacrifice — in memory of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — we must bring down this regime. The first step is a massive general strike.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
Across America and across the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator. The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
January 25, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Across America and across the world, people are realizing it’s not possible to appease America’s dictator. The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining together against him.
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
How rich is it that Noem is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person’s death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and the same administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
January 25, 2026 at 8:24 AM
How rich is it that Noem is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person’s death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and the same administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.
It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.
Noem, Miller, and Trump said Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist who approached CBP agents while brandishing a 9mm pistol. Agents attempted to disarm Alex, who threatened to massacre them.They feared for their lives, they shot him in the back and then pumped 9 more bullets into him
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 25, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Noem, Miller, and Trump said Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist who approached CBP agents while brandishing a 9mm pistol. Agents attempted to disarm Alex, who threatened to massacre them.They feared for their lives, they shot him in the back and then pumped 9 more bullets into him
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
Alex’s last act was one of kindness and concern. He attempted to help a woman to her feet who had been shoved to the ground by CBP agents. As he tried to lift her up, CBP agents swarmed Alex, pepper-sprayed him, beat him with a pistol stock, and then shot him 10 times.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Alex’s last act was one of kindness and concern. He attempted to help a woman to her feet who had been shoved to the ground by CBP agents. As he tried to lift her up, CBP agents swarmed Alex, pepper-sprayed him, beat him with a pistol stock, and then shot him 10 times.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
On Saturday, US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents carried out an extrajudicial execution of Alex Pretti, who was a US citizen, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital, and a patriotic American who was filming ICE and CBP as they continued their invasion of Minneapolis.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 AM
On Saturday, US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents carried out an extrajudicial execution of Alex Pretti, who was a US citizen, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital, and a patriotic American who was filming ICE and CBP as they continued their invasion of Minneapolis.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
The administration has responded to the public execution of Alex Pretti by unleashing a torrent of lies that are flatly contradicted by multiple videos of the killing.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
January 25, 2026 at 7:37 AM
The administration has responded to the public execution of Alex Pretti by unleashing a torrent of lies that are flatly contradicted by multiple videos of the killing.
Robert Hubbell
Robert Hubbell
The vice president says that federal law enforcement agents have “absolute immunity.” That’s a lie. There’s no such thing. There is something called “qualified immunity.”
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The vice president says that federal law enforcement agents have “absolute immunity.” That’s a lie. There’s no such thing. There is something called “qualified immunity.”
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter
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The facts in the Alex Pretti are even clearer, and it’s only a matter of time before Minneapolis Police arrest the killers and charge them with murder. If the killers have fled Minnesota, local police in other jurisdictions can arrest them.
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 AM
The facts in the Alex Pretti are even clearer, and it’s only a matter of time before Minneapolis Police arrest the killers and charge them with murder. If the killers have fled Minnesota, local police in other jurisdictions can arrest them.
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter