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For: Dog. Cello. France and Ireland and Europe. Hoping for better, but things don't look good.
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The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.

"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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January 29, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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More and more Americans are voicing their outrage at the tactics being deployed by federal agents in Minnesota. But it’s important to understand the broader implications of what this administration is doing, and the threat it poses to the basic freedoms of every American.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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‘We are not at all in the same situation as the United States, assesses magistrate Magali Lafourcade (SG French HR Commission), but we can see what could happen to us tomorrow. Attacks on the justice system are merely a symptom of a broader attack on the rule of law and an attempt to seize power.’
"On n'est plus tout à fait dans l'État de droit" en France, alerte la magistrate @magalilafourcade.bsky.social sur @franceinter.fr

"On n'en est pas du tout à la situation américaine mais on voit tout à fait ce qui peut nous arriver demain."
January 28, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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"On n'est plus tout à fait dans l'État de droit" en France, alerte la magistrate @magalilafourcade.bsky.social sur @franceinter.fr

"On n'en est pas du tout à la situation américaine mais on voit tout à fait ce qui peut nous arriver demain."
January 28, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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Wow.

The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH
Ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter joins those calling for boycott of World Cup in U.S.
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad.
n.pr
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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"My poll numbers have never been hotter!"
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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New Second Amendment doctrine just dropped.
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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A leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald Trump. @edgeofsports.bsky.social writes about a growing movement to skip the World Cup partially hosted by the US. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup
As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup.
www.thenation.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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TW ⚠️

The stabilized version is brutal.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 AM
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate conflict. These guys seem to be doing the exact opposite.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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ANOTHER ANGLE: the original video was deleted but I screen capped it. Here it is.
January 24, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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Boycott the World Cup

Not a foot should be set in that country until the madness stops
January 25, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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AOC: "How rich is it that she is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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January 25, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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De Wever: “The United States is by far the strongest power within NATO.

“But our dignity is not for sale. We are not slaves.”
January 23, 2026 at 9:54 PM