Jan McVicker
@jmcvicker.bsky.social
Professor, SUNY (English, INDS) focusing on lit/theory/culture/media. Virginia Woolf studies/modernism. Opinions my own.
more killing during the "ceasefire"
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said
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Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said
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Israeli fire strikes journalists and children on one of Gaza's deadliest days since ceasefire
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:23 AM
more killing during the "ceasefire"
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said
www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
3 things to know ahead of Jack Smith's testimony 1-22
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3 things to know ahead of Jack Smith’s testimony
It's an opportunity for the former Justice Department special counsel to offer his inside perspective on the investigations into President Donald Trump.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:21 AM
3 things to know ahead of Jack Smith's testimony 1-22
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St. Paul mayor responds to unrest triggered by federal immigration raids
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St. Paul mayor responds to unrest triggered by federal immigration raids
The Trump Administration’s surge of ICE agents has arrived in the state of Maine, where at least 50 people have been detained. In Minnesota, the surge is now in its third week, and state and local off...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
St. Paul mayor responds to unrest triggered by federal immigration raids
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Anne Applebaum on what's next for U.S. and allies after Trump's Greenland demands
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Anne Applebaum on what's next for U.S. and allies after Trump's Greenland demands
For a deeper look at President Trump’s speech in Davos and what it signals to the rest of the world, we return to our On Democracy series. It explores the laws, institutions and norms that have shaped...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Anne Applebaum on what's next for U.S. and allies after Trump's Greenland demands
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Jessica Grose - The Heritage Foundation Wants to Send American Women Back Half a Century
The think tank behind Project 2025 wants to take a time machine back to when women were financially dependent on men, and gay marriage was illegal, but can't decide how far back
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
The think tank behind Project 2025 wants to take a time machine back to when women were financially dependent on men, and gay marriage was illegal, but can't decide how far back
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | The Heritage Foundation Wants to Send American Women Back Half a Century
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January 21, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Jessica Grose - The Heritage Foundation Wants to Send American Women Back Half a Century
The think tank behind Project 2025 wants to take a time machine back to when women were financially dependent on men, and gay marriage was illegal, but can't decide how far back
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
The think tank behind Project 2025 wants to take a time machine back to when women were financially dependent on men, and gay marriage was illegal, but can't decide how far back
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Time for us to apply pressure:
Call your member of Congress.
Congress is working on funding bills today.
Tell them to defund Trump/Miller's brutal state police
Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
Call your member of Congress.
Congress is working on funding bills today.
Tell them to defund Trump/Miller's brutal state police
Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
This is why you apply pressure.
Hakeem Jeffries comes out against the bill funding ICE and DHS. This seems like quite a big deal.
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Time for us to apply pressure:
Call your member of Congress.
Congress is working on funding bills today.
Tell them to defund Trump/Miller's brutal state police
Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
Call your member of Congress.
Congress is working on funding bills today.
Tell them to defund Trump/Miller's brutal state police
Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
tentatively good news....
The Trump administration backed down from appealing a D.E.I. schools lawsuit.
It has abandoned one of its major efforts to restrict diversity and equity programs in schools and colleges.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
The Trump administration backed down from appealing a D.E.I. schools lawsuit.
It has abandoned one of its major efforts to restrict diversity and equity programs in schools and colleges.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Trump Administration Drops Appeal in School D.E.I. Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
tentatively good news....
The Trump administration backed down from appealing a D.E.I. schools lawsuit.
It has abandoned one of its major efforts to restrict diversity and equity programs in schools and colleges.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
The Trump administration backed down from appealing a D.E.I. schools lawsuit.
It has abandoned one of its major efforts to restrict diversity and equity programs in schools and colleges.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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The Trump administration started an immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, targeting a state that is home to several refugee communities, including Somalis reut.rs/4jOE08M
Trump administration starts immigration operation in Maine
The Trump administration has started an immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday, targeting a state that is home to several refugee commun...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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lol is the “deal” that the United States gets what it currently gets, but everyone gives Trump a shiny object so that he’ll be distracted?
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 7:43 PM
lol is the “deal” that the United States gets what it currently gets, but everyone gives Trump a shiny object so that he’ll be distracted?
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Just got an email from my kid’s basketball coach outlining the safety precautions the host school has put in place, including when and how they’ll go into lockdown if the federal secret police show up. Again, schools making plans to protect children from their own government.
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Just got an email from my kid’s basketball coach outlining the safety precautions the host school has put in place, including when and how they’ll go into lockdown if the federal secret police show up. Again, schools making plans to protect children from their own government.
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Breaking News: President Trump dropped his threat to impose tariffs on European allies as part of a pressure campaign to gain control of Greenland.
Live Updates: Trump Drops European Tariff Threat Over Greenland After NATO Meeting
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January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Breaking News: President Trump dropped his threat to impose tariffs on European allies as part of a pressure campaign to gain control of Greenland.
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JUST IN: US judge temporarily blocks review of material seized from Washington Post reporter reut.rs/4jUthK4
January 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM
JUST IN: US judge temporarily blocks review of material seized from Washington Post reporter reut.rs/4jUthK4
Dan Froomkin - Minnesota rising open.substack.com/pub/headsupn...
Minnesota rising
A massive statewide strike and economic boycott is set for Friday
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January 21, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Dan Froomkin - Minnesota rising open.substack.com/pub/headsupn...
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He didn't "seem to" do it. He did it, repeatedly.
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
He didn't "seem to" do it. He did it, repeatedly.
an in the weeds, but good explainer
Garrett Graff: "ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
'ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America'
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
Garrett Graff: "ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
'ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America'
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 21, 2026 at 5:48 PM
an in the weeds, but good explainer
Garrett Graff: "ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
'ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America'
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
Garrett Graff: "ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
'ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America'
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
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Hakeem Jeffries comes out against the bill funding ICE and DHS. This seems like quite a big deal.
Scoop: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposes bill funding DHS and ICE
Democrats are lining up against the bill.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Takeaways:
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Investigations and a Billion-Dollar ‘Shakedown’: How Trump Targeted Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Takeaways:
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
-2nd compact on the way
-signed agreements from Brown, Columbia, Cornell Northwestern, Penn, and UVA have emboldened the admin (thanks y'all!)
-Vanderbilt's committed to cosplaying as the "reasonable adult" while aiding authoritarians
Gift link
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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How do you think you’ll feel when the paramilitary drives by your kid’s elementary school in a show of force? I hope you never have to find out.
January 21, 2026 at 3:37 PM
How do you think you’ll feel when the paramilitary drives by your kid’s elementary school in a show of force? I hope you never have to find out.
ICYMI: HCR's critical overview of the stakes playing out globally. You can criticize the 'rules based order' and point to its many failings, but what's coming from DJT is pure global mayhem.... January 19, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
ICYMI: HCR's critical overview of the stakes playing out globally. You can criticize the 'rules based order' and point to its many failings, but what's coming from DJT is pure global mayhem.... January 19, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Rebecca Solnit - One Long Year Later: It's Not Over, and We Haven't Surrendered
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/one-long-yea...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/one-long-yea...
One Long Year Later: It's Not Over, and We Haven't Surrendered
I wrote an essay in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election, an essay to encourage people to not give up and not assume that the Trumpists had won. It follows, after this prelude about where we a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Rebecca Solnit - One Long Year Later: It's Not Over, and We Haven't Surrendered
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/one-long-yea...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/one-long-yea...
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Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.
Isaac Chotiner - How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperialism
The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
'This is a turning point in how Europe views the American Administration'
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The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
'This is a turning point in how Europe views the American Administration'
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Isaac Chotiner - How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperialism
The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
'This is a turning point in how Europe views the American Administration'
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
'This is a turning point in how Europe views the American Administration'
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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DOGE employees who were detailed to the Social Security Administration last March shared sensitive data through a nonsecure server, the Justice Department disclosed.
DOGE Employees Shared Social Security Data, Court Filing Shows
Employees detailed to the Social Security Administration shared sensitive data through a nonsecure server, the Justice Department disclosed.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:25 PM
DOGE employees who were detailed to the Social Security Administration last March shared sensitive data through a nonsecure server, the Justice Department disclosed.