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Nick Shirley’s work is shoddy, but the failure to stop fraud is what got us here minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/20/s...

Nick Shirley's work is shoddy, but the failure to stop fraud is what got us here • Minnesota Reformer

A stopped clock is right twice a day.

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January 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM

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Social Security has 'no bankruptcy or collapse in the cards,' economist says — but benefits may change

While surveys show Americans worry Social Security will run out of money, benefits will continue, one economist says.

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January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM

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Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records
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Trump’s Chilling Weaponization of Confidential Government Records

Remind me—who else in history made lists of Jewish intellectuals and people with disabilities?

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January 23, 2026 at 1:54 AM

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Old Europe. New Backbone.
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Old Europe. New Backbone.

A lesson in standing up to bullies from across the pond.

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January 22, 2026 at 11:29 PM

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Old Europe. New Backbone.
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Old Europe. New Backbone.

A lesson in standing up to bullies from across the pond.

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January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM

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apnews.com/article/fact... FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office

FACT FOCUS: Trump highlights familiar false claims as he reviews his first year back in office

A look at false and misleading claims made as President Donald Trump marks his first year back in office by highlighting accomplishments at Davos and at a White House briefing.

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January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM

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Davos Won’t Save Us
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Davos Won’t Save Us

The elites are pretending everything is still normal.

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January 21, 2026 at 2:28 AM

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apnews.com/article/minn... citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search

US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search

Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns dr...

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January 20, 2026 at 7:11 PM

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Celebrate a King, Not a Trump
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Celebrate a King, Not a Trump

We will never have a DJT day.

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January 20, 2026 at 1:28 AM

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Photos of tensions between federal officers and locals in Minneapolis FDT FDT FDT

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.

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January 18, 2026 at 6:09 PM

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Emulating the Enemy
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Emulating the Enemy

In Venezuela and Greenland, Trump’s strategy is to beat the bad guys by becoming the bad guys.

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January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM

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Right on Carl. Watch your show every day.

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January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM

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Trump Is Making China Great Again
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Trump Is Making China Great Again

America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.

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January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM

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“.. A homicide ruling from the medical examiner would almost certainly draw attention to Camp East Montana, a colossal makeshift tent encampment on the Mexican border ..”

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January 16, 2026 at 6:11 AM

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Trump's Nobel Peace Lies open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... .. Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred to another person. That was stated by the Nobel Peace Prize committee.

Trump's Nobel Peace Lies

María Corina Machado was given the choice between dictatorship and dishonor. In the end, she will get both.

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January 16, 2026 at 9:28 PM

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Why Renee Good Was, and Is, So Dangerous to Trump
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Why Renee Good Was, and Is, So Dangerous to Trump

There are many ways to define an enemy. One is someone who isn’t afraid of you.

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January 16, 2026 at 6:05 PM

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How Trump Turned a Foreign Country Into a Piggybank
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How Trump Turned a Foreign Country Into a Piggybank

And how Marco Rubio used Trump to hurt Cuba.

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January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM

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The Department of Homeland Security is refusing to release information on 3 detained Oglala Lakota tribal members who are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp for Native people, unless the tribe enters into an immigration agreement with ICE.