Greg Halling
@ghalling.bsky.social
Nacho’s pal. Executive editor of the Yakima Herald-Republic. Widely considered the J.J. Cale of journalists.
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on a Magnus Coneflower, Yakima, Washington (July 2024). #bees #coneflowers
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on a Magnus Coneflower, Yakima, Washington (July 2024). #bees #coneflowers
TRUMP, discussing Denmark's defenses in Greenland: "You know what their defense is? Two dog sleds."
THE FACTS: The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish naval unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness, is stationed in Greenland. (AP)
THE FACTS: The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish naval unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness, is stationed in Greenland. (AP)
FACT FOCUS: Trump repeats false claims when discussing Greenland's security in the Arctic
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House. He has called it a national security priority while
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January 14, 2026 at 4:00 AM
TRUMP, discussing Denmark's defenses in Greenland: "You know what their defense is? Two dog sleds."
THE FACTS: The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish naval unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness, is stationed in Greenland. (AP)
THE FACTS: The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, an elite Danish naval unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance and enforces Danish sovereignty in the Arctic wilderness, is stationed in Greenland. (AP)
The U.S. Senate is moving forward with the remaining appropriations bills for Congress to avoid a partial shutdown by a Jan. 30 deadline, and negotiations continue over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. (Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom)
Progressives in Congress vow to oppose immigration enforcement funding • Washington State Standard
WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus announced Tuesday they will oppose any federal funding for immigration enforcement following the deadly shooting of a woman by an…
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January 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
The U.S. Senate is moving forward with the remaining appropriations bills for Congress to avoid a partial shutdown by a Jan. 30 deadline, and negotiations continue over funding for the Department of Homeland Security. (Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom)
NCAA president Charlie Baker told Congress in 2024 that he was aware of only 10 transgender athletes out of more than a half-million students on college teams. But despite the small numbers, the issue has taken on outsize importance. (Mark Sherman / AP)
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports
The Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams. Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes in Idaho and
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January 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
NCAA president Charlie Baker told Congress in 2024 that he was aware of only 10 transgender athletes out of more than a half-million students on college teams. But despite the small numbers, the issue has taken on outsize importance. (Mark Sherman / AP)
Pity, that.
"Overall viewership for the first five days of Dokoupil’s official run on the venerable CBS News program was off 23% from what the program captured a year ago"
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‘CBS Evening News’ Viewership Slips in First Week Under Tony Dokoupil
CBS Evening News' Viewership Slips in First Week Under Tony Dokoupil
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January 14, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Pity, that.
TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Washington Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation. (Natalie Allison & Dan Merica / Washington Post)
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
Out of frame in the video, a person can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” just before Trump mouthed the insult.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Washington Post that he was the one shouting at Trump. He said he has been suspended from work pending an investigation. (Natalie Allison & Dan Merica / Washington Post)
The bill’s prime sponsor, Sen. Javier Valdez, D-Seattle, said he thinks “it will make our marginalized immigrant communities feel safer” and build trust between the public and police. (Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard)
Proposed ban on police face coverings gains momentum in WA Legislature • Washington State Standard
A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The bill’s prime sponsor, Sen. Javier Valdez, D-Seattle, said he thinks “it will make our marginalized immigrant communities feel safer” and build trust between the public and police. (Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard)
Federal officials have said that the officer acted in self-defense and that the driver of the Honda was engaging in “an act of domestic terrorism” when she pulled forward toward him. (Alanna Durkin Richer & Eric Tucker / AP)
Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and
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January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Federal officials have said that the officer acted in self-defense and that the driver of the Honda was engaging in “an act of domestic terrorism” when she pulled forward toward him. (Alanna Durkin Richer & Eric Tucker / AP)
The beginning of 2026 now shows even those in the United States legally are targets for the too often Keystone Kops-like, eager beaver, trigger-happy federal immigration enforcement force I like to call la migra. The latest commentary from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social at the Los Angeles Times
Citizens now realize no one's safe from Trump's deportation ambitions
The Fourth Amendment bans the government from subjecting Americans to "unreasonable searches and seizures," yet they're forthcoming across the country.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The beginning of 2026 now shows even those in the United States legally are targets for the too often Keystone Kops-like, eager beaver, trigger-happy federal immigration enforcement force I like to call la migra. The latest commentary from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social at the Los Angeles Times
Fresh ink from David Horsey.
The cosplay cops of Trump’s ICE leave chaos in their wake
Poorly trained agents are the furthest thing from the real officers who police communities with restraint, discipline and a knowledge of the law.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Fresh ink from David Horsey.
With just several hundred people in the community, it has never been particularly easy being Jewish in Mississippi’s capital city, but members of Beth Israel have taken special pride in keeping their traditions alive in the heart of the Deep South. (Associated Press)
FBI says arson suspect targeted Mississippi synagogue because it's a Jewish house of worship
The FBI says that an arson suspect admitted to targeting a historic Mississippi synagogue because it's a Jewish house of worship. Stephen Pittman was charged Monday with maliciously damaging or
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January 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
With just several hundred people in the community, it has never been particularly easy being Jewish in Mississippi’s capital city, but members of Beth Israel have taken special pride in keeping their traditions alive in the heart of the Deep South. (Associated Press)
As the Trump administration deploys thousands of federal immigration officers and agents around the nation, a loose-knit but increasingly organized network of activists is tracking their whereabouts and documenting arrests. (Washington Post)
They say they’re monitoring ICE arrests. Feds say they’re breaking the law.
Volunteer efforts to track and protest federal immigration enforcement are in the spotlight after the killing of Renée Good in Minneapolis last week.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
As the Trump administration deploys thousands of federal immigration officers and agents around the nation, a loose-knit but increasingly organized network of activists is tracking their whereabouts and documenting arrests. (Washington Post)
“This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and it must stop,” state Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference. (Associated Press)
Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are suing the federal government to stop an enforcement surge by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the
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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
“This is, in essence, a federal invasion of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and it must stop,” state Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference. (Associated Press)
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Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS is just a straight up Nazi slogan
"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call them Nazis….not even hiding it
"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call them Nazis….not even hiding it
January 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Kristi Noem’s podium at DHS is just a straight up Nazi slogan
"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call them Nazis….not even hiding it
"One of ours, all of yours" was a Nazi policy made when an SS officer was killed in a Czech Village and then the Nazis killed every single resident of that village in response…..but don’t you dare call them Nazis….not even hiding it
The shooting, which came one day after a federal agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis, prompted protests over federal agents’ aggressive tactics during immigration enforcement operations. (Claire Rush & Gene Johnson / AP)
FBI says it has found no video of Border Patrol agent shooting 2 people in Oregon
The FBI says in a court document that it has found no surveillance or other video of a Border Patrol agent shooting and wounding two people in a pickup truck
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January 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The shooting, which came one day after a federal agent shot and killed a driver in Minneapolis, prompted protests over federal agents’ aggressive tactics during immigration enforcement operations. (Claire Rush & Gene Johnson / AP)
The reservoir levels right now are the 14th highest in the 55-year record. Coverage from Questen Inghram at the Yakima Herald-Republic.
Yakima Basin reservoirs see big boost, but snowpack remains low
The reservoirs that feed the Yakima River basin have seen a boost from precipitation in the past month, but snowpack remains low.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The reservoir levels right now are the 14th highest in the 55-year record. Coverage from Questen Inghram at the Yakima Herald-Republic.
The extent to which the Trump administration is trying to pretend away what one former federal prosecutor called “the most documented crime in American history” is shameful. Commentary from @rabcarian.bsky.social at the Los Angeles Times.
Column: ICE shooting shows how those who serve Trump feel they're above the law
You can draw a direct line between Wednesday’s killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and the infamous Jan. 6 riot.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
The extent to which the Trump administration is trying to pretend away what one former federal prosecutor called “the most documented crime in American history” is shameful. Commentary from @rabcarian.bsky.social at the Los Angeles Times.
Fresh ink from Nick Anderson.
Nick Anderson - political cartoonist (@andertoon.bsky.social)
Orphaned #ICE Follow my work on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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January 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Fresh ink from Nick Anderson.
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on butterfly weed, Yakima, Washington (August 2024). #bees #wildflowers
January 12, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Something beautiful for this day: Honeybee on butterfly weed, Yakima, Washington (August 2024). #bees #wildflowers
Ulla died six years ago today. I still remember the feel of her silky ears, the clean smell of her coat when I buried my face in her neck, the ice blue of her left eye. I thought my life was over when she died, but Nacho had other ideas. Now after five short years, he’s gone too. 1/2
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Ulla died six years ago today. I still remember the feel of her silky ears, the clean smell of her coat when I buried my face in her neck, the ice blue of her left eye. I thought my life was over when she died, but Nacho had other ideas. Now after five short years, he’s gone too. 1/2
We’re at that awkward stage where one ear stands up and the other doesn’t. #aussie #bordercolle #rescuedog
January 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
We’re at that awkward stage where one ear stands up and the other doesn’t. #aussie #bordercolle #rescuedog
“You know what? If there is a God, he’s got a shitload of explaining to do.”
— Tommy Gavin, “Rescue Me”
(Season 1, Episode 1, “Guts”)
— Tommy Gavin, “Rescue Me”
(Season 1, Episode 1, “Guts”)
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
“You know what? If there is a God, he’s got a shitload of explaining to do.”
— Tommy Gavin, “Rescue Me”
(Season 1, Episode 1, “Guts”)
— Tommy Gavin, “Rescue Me”
(Season 1, Episode 1, “Guts”)
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Club El Mundo Elegante. It gives me great personal pride and pleasure in presenting to you — umm, the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces!
RY COODER - Get Rhythm (1988)
YouTube video by Remember The 80s
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January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Club El Mundo Elegante. It gives me great personal pride and pleasure in presenting to you — umm, the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces!
