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Written before today’s wild Trump tweets, @Peggynoonannyc notes the iconic three iconic Corleone brothers - “fiery Sonny, cool and methodical Michael, incapable Fredo” and asserts Trump’s inner Fredo is more than a third of his behavior.
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Opinion | What’s New in Trump Two
His policies are the same, but he is less restrained, is more hardened, and acts as if he sees no boundaries.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Written before today’s wild Trump tweets, @Peggynoonannyc notes the iconic three iconic Corleone brothers - “fiery Sonny, cool and methodical Michael, incapable Fredo” and asserts Trump’s inner Fredo is more than a third of his behavior.
www.wsj.com/opinion/what...
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Rep Don Bacon, R-NE, texts: “I and most Americans disagree with the President’s heavy handedness. He is threatening NATO members, which is shameful. The fact that Greenland is part of NATO’s umbrella gives the President all he needs to put more bases there…
Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Rep Don Bacon, R-NE, texts: “I and most Americans disagree with the President’s heavy handedness. He is threatening NATO members, which is shameful. The fact that Greenland is part of NATO’s umbrella gives the President all he needs to put more bases there…
Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
DHS blames Minnesota family driving home from kids’ athletic event for their family (including 6-month old baby) being tear-gassed, then deletes tweet.
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2 children, including infant, hospitalized after federal agents deployed tear gas in Minneapolis
Follow for live updates on President Donald Trump’s administration, including unrest in Minnesota over ICE operations.
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January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
DHS blames Minnesota family driving home from kids’ athletic event for their family (including 6-month old baby) being tear-gassed, then deletes tweet.
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Our look at the Trump administration memes, words, and imagery experts find disturbingly evocative
Part one:
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Part one:
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jaketapper on Instagram: "Part 1 of our look into some of the Trump administration memes and imagery being criticized as disturbing"
Part 1 of our look into some of the Trump administration memes and imagery being criticized as disturbing
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January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Our look at the Trump administration memes, words, and imagery experts find disturbingly evocative
Part one:
www.instagram.com/reel/DTktaXe...
Part one:
www.instagram.com/reel/DTktaXe...
As we covered on The Lead, Epstein survivors requested DOJ IG review the flawed release/non-release of documents including where “names of individuals alleged to have participated in or facilitated abuse appear to have been redacted.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 AM
As we covered on The Lead, Epstein survivors requested DOJ IG review the flawed release/non-release of documents including where “names of individuals alleged to have participated in or facilitated abuse appear to have been redacted.”
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
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January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/b...
His response below:
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His response below:
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/b...
His response below:
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/11/b...
His response below:
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
A special two hour State of the Union this Sunday starting at 8 am ET on CNN
January 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
A special two hour State of the Union this Sunday starting at 8 am ET on CNN
Common Sense by Thomas Paine, published anonymously on this day 250 years ago.
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Common Sense by Thomas Paine, published anonymously on this day 250 years ago.
House Republicans released Jack Smith’s testimony about his Jan 6 case against Trump on New Year’s Eve, presumably to try to bury it. It didn’t work; here’s what he said:
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January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
House Republicans released Jack Smith’s testimony about his Jan 6 case against Trump on New Year’s Eve, presumably to try to bury it. It didn’t work; here’s what he said:
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Artist: Christine Cornell
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Artist: Christine Cornell
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
On the lack of congressional notification before the operation:
Rubio: “This is not the kind of mission you can pre-notify”
Trump: “Congress has a tendency to leak.”
Rubio: “This is not the kind of mission you can pre-notify”
Trump: “Congress has a tendency to leak.”
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
On the lack of congressional notification before the operation:
Rubio: “This is not the kind of mission you can pre-notify”
Trump: “Congress has a tendency to leak.”
Rubio: “This is not the kind of mission you can pre-notify”
Trump: “Congress has a tendency to leak.”
Earlier this morning, the Venezeulan Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, called into Venezuelan state TV, decrying the US's "brutal attack" saying she had no idea of the whereabouts of President Maduro and the First Lady, & demanding the US provide "proof of life."
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Earlier this morning, the Venezeulan Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, called into Venezuelan state TV, decrying the US's "brutal attack" saying she had no idea of the whereabouts of President Maduro and the First Lady, & demanding the US provide "proof of life."
The SDNY indictment of:
*President Nicolás Maduro
* first lady/former president of the National Assembly Cilia Flores
* assemblyman/Maduro son Nicolás Maduro Guerra
* Minister of Interior, Justice & Peace Diosdado Cabello…
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
*President Nicolás Maduro
* first lady/former president of the National Assembly Cilia Flores
* assemblyman/Maduro son Nicolás Maduro Guerra
* Minister of Interior, Justice & Peace Diosdado Cabello…
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
www.justice.gov
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The SDNY indictment of:
*President Nicolás Maduro
* first lady/former president of the National Assembly Cilia Flores
* assemblyman/Maduro son Nicolás Maduro Guerra
* Minister of Interior, Justice & Peace Diosdado Cabello…
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
*President Nicolás Maduro
* first lady/former president of the National Assembly Cilia Flores
* assemblyman/Maduro son Nicolás Maduro Guerra
* Minister of Interior, Justice & Peace Diosdado Cabello…
www.justice.gov/opa/media/14...
Latest Measles outbreak in Kentucky.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
January 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Latest Measles outbreak in Kentucky.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
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Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free…”
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
January 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free…”
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!