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“The idea that federal officials would seize ballots in an attempt to prove fraud is especially dangerous in this context when we know … the Georgia 2020 election has been extensively counted, recounted and investigated,” one expert said.

By @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social
FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center Is “Dangerous,” Experts Warn
The search warrant, which sought 2020 election ballots, tabulator tapes, digital data and voter rolls from Fulton County, marked what experts described as a significant escalation in President Donald ...
www.propublica.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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They tried intimidation. Minnesota answered with people.
January 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

U.S. elections remain both commonplace and miraculous, the editorial board writes. “This country should be proud that it can feel so routine for a citizen to drop a ballot in the mailbox or walk down the street to cast a vote. In 2026, we should guard that tradition.”
Opinion | Trump Could Interfere With the Midterm Elections. Here’s How to Help.
The sanctity of the 2026 vote is indeed under threat.
nyti.ms
January 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Jeffrey Epstein files: don’t be fooled. Millions of files are still unreleased | Moira Donegan
Jeffrey Epstein files: don’t be fooled. Millions of files are still unreleased | Moira Donegan
Federal prosecutors had identified 6 million files that were ‘potentially responsive’ to the law, but only released 3.5. Why?
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Snow. Amster Yard. Noted by a flaneur in New York. #nyflaneur
January 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Love radiant heat, but am not sure about modeling an open space after Union Square.
Inside the Huge New Terminal That Will Transform J.F.K. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
Inside the Huge New Terminal That Will Transform J.F.K.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Not mutually exclusive.
Free Buses? How About Expanding the Subway by 41 Miles Instead? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
Free Buses? How About Expanding the Subway by 41 Miles Instead?
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM
It's holdings of Tibetan art is legendary, but, alas, most of it is in the reserve.
Newark Museum of Art Names a New Leader www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/a...
Newark Museum of Art Names a New Leader
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 PM
You won't be able to unsee it.
See How Trump Refashioned the ‘People’s House’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See How Trump Refashioned the ‘People’s House’
In a year, the president has altered 10 spaces in the White House.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
And yet it's sometimes difficult to get a table for one.
Freedom With a Side of Guilt: How Food Delivery Is Reshaping Mealtime www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d...
Freedom With a Side of Guilt: How Food Delivery Is Reshaping Mealtime
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Lord help us. That moral rot was apparent 25 years ago. To think that MAGA only "just" exposed it in Minneapolis is the height of stupidity.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA’s War on Empathy
This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.
www.theatlantic.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Ashland, Virginia:

"Despite widespread hazardous road conditions and icy weather from the recent winter storm, more than a thousand residents from across Greater Richmond made their opposition clear..."

www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...
Hanover County supervisors oppose proposed ICE facility
The locality’s ability to deter the purchase is extremely limited, though.
www.vpm.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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The national Press Club released the following statement on the arrest of Don Lemon:

"The world is watching closely, and the implications of this case extend far beyond any one reporter."
January 30, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Current and ex-VOA staff say a recent VOA interview by Kari Lake, who is calling herself USAGM deputy CEO, tramples on the firewall between the two agencies (David Folkenflik/NPR)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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They aren’t *only* journalists. They are Black journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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The murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota once again show the power of cellphone footage in combating official lies.

Recording police or ICE agents is an act of journalism, no matter who does it.
Alex Pretti’s murder was an attack on press freedom
Officials’ anti-recording playbook is an update of the old anti-whistleblowing one
freedom.press
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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The success of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s. rallying cry to eat “real food” hinges on an overlooked part of the food landscape: mini-marts, Nick Florko reports.
America’s Convenience-Store Conundrum
The Trump administration’s “real food” campaign will go only so far as the offerings at your local mini-mart.
bit.ly
January 30, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Following in a long American tradition of identifying fascists, a network of leftists has set out to name and shame Trump’s immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Zelenskyy says the obvious: Europe has failed the Ukrainians on air defense. www.ft.com/content/031e...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy blames European states for Ukraine air defence gaps
Delayed western payments keep country’s air defences ‘simply empty’ allowing Russia to knock out power, says president
www.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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When I buy anything from the grocery store, I look for Product of Canada, this means it is entirely, or almost entirely, Canadian content (98% or more). I also buy locally made products, products from the UK, Australia, Scotland etc. #Canada

Read the labels carefully.

www.cbc.ca/news/marketp...
Think you're buying Canadian? That grocery item may actually be from the U.S. | CBC News
The push to buy Canadian is loud and clear, but are those local-looking products the real deal? CBC Marketplace exposes how some popular foods that seem Canadian are actually made in the U.S. Experts ...
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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ICE is using surveillance tech it has developed with the help of Peter Thiel/Palantir for a sweeping violation of the civil rights of Americans strongly redolent of the Big Brother tech used by the Communist Party in China. US media is ignoring all of this www.techpolicy.press/does-ice-dat...
Does ICE Data Surveillance Violate Human Rights Law? The Answer is Yes, and It's Not Even Close
Such comprehensive surveillance is not explainable in terms of any specific law enforcement purpose, say Hinako Sugiyama and Emily Tucker.
www.techpolicy.press
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.

Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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The Pattison sale to ICE isn't a done deal yet. Keep up the pressure.

#bcpoli #cdnpoli #fuckice

vancouversun.com/news/jim-pat...
Jim Pattison Developments says sale of warehouse to ICE 'still subject to certain approvals'
Green Leader Emily Lowan has called for a boycott over a deal to sell a building Pattison owns in Virginia to be used by ICE
vancouversun.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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From the Tech Policy piece on illegal ICE surveillance tech
January 30, 2026 at 3:28 PM