Patrick Osgood
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“The entire land mass of Delaware is 1.2 million acres. Mr. Kroenke’s holdings are over twice that size.”
Stan Kroenke, the rancher and billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets and other major sports teams, is now the largest private landowner in the U.S., according to The Land Report, which tracks private land holdings.
L.A. Rams Owner Stan Kroenke Becomes Largest Private Landowner in the U.S.
A December purchase of 937,000 acres of land brought Mr. Kroenke’s total holdings to 2.7 million acres, according to a new report.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 1:23 AM
“The entire land mass of Delaware is 1.2 million acres. Mr. Kroenke’s holdings are over twice that size.”
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Witnesses in Iran comparing (in private coms to diaspora analysts) the violence now against past protest suppression. Said in past used batons, even armed units fired cautiously. This time sustained and constant fire at full volume against crowds, including with machine guns.
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Witnesses in Iran comparing (in private coms to diaspora analysts) the violence now against past protest suppression. Said in past used batons, even armed units fired cautiously. This time sustained and constant fire at full volume against crowds, including with machine guns.
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UPDATE from @nytimes.com: Trump is building up forces near Iran. The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and escort ships are heading there from the South China Sea — a two-week trip. And the Pentagon is sending more warplanes, many from Europe. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 PM
UPDATE from @nytimes.com: Trump is building up forces near Iran. The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and escort ships are heading there from the South China Sea — a two-week trip. And the Pentagon is sending more warplanes, many from Europe. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Another critical piece of missing context in this story: tax dollars flow from the MSP metro to rural Minnesota. People in the city subsidize the lifestyles of people living in the country minnesotareformer.com/2023/12/04/t...
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Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Some of the stories in here are absolutely chilling. One US citizen of Somali descent was just riding an elevator with ICE agents and then they detained him for almost half an hour in the freezing cold despite him showing agents his passport card. They only let him go once protestors showed up.
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"It seems ridiculous that we even have to say this, but Democrats shouldn’t affirmatively fund a government that’s terrorizing their constituents with a secret police force."
New in PN: Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
"Democrats should reject any pretense of political normalcy while Trump’s goons wage an ongoing terror campaign against their own constituents. With government funding running out soon, the time to take a stand is now."
"Democrats should reject any pretense of political normalcy while Trump’s goons wage an ongoing terror campaign against their own constituents. With government funding running out soon, the time to take a stand is now."
Democrats need to shut down Trump's terrorist government
Funding the war on their own constituents would be a grave betrayal.
www.publicnotice.co
January 16, 2026 at 12:32 AM
"It seems ridiculous that we even have to say this, but Democrats shouldn’t affirmatively fund a government that’s terrorizing their constituents with a secret police force."
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I didn’t realize cassian andor was a real person bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I didn’t realize cassian andor was a real person bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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This, but with Machado being the one who did the work.
Here's how Vladimir Putin stole a Super Bowl ring from the Patriots' Robert Kraft
The Patriots owner only has three of his four Super Bowl rings. Putin has the other one
www.cbssports.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
This, but with Machado being the one who did the work.
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"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car"
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
"His wife, Destiny Jackson, told FOX 9 their 6-month-old infant stopped breathing and lost consciousness. She then performed CPR on her baby."
Time to stop awarding these things at all
#BREAKING: Venezuela's Machado says she 'presented' her Nobel Prize to Trump
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Time to stop awarding these things at all
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"A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3."
SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3."
if you try to focus on Trump’s authoritarianism, Schumer will deflect and say people want us to focus on affordability. but when Zohran Mamdani made affordability the heart of his campaign Schumer refused to endorse him because they disagree about Israel. it’s all mealy mouthed bullshit.
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
typical ai use case
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American dipshits are going to send their kids to die for this man
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
American dipshits are going to send their kids to die for this man
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
Just so people outside of MN know - a lot of the US citizens getting “arrested” by ICE never get processed at Whipple. They are roughed up during the arrest and then often dropped off miles from where they were picked up. It means we don’t know the true scale of what ICE is doing based on ICE stats
January 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
This is important and, also, not not new. There were reports of this in LA, Portland, and Chicago, at least, as well.
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and frequently in the past when such charges have been filed they've been later dismissed because they were made up bsky.app/profile/step...
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
and frequently in the past when such charges have been filed they've been later dismissed because they were made up bsky.app/profile/step...
Jenrick is such a consummate shit
Robert Jenrick asked why he lied last week when he told the Telegraph that he would "never, ever" defect to Reform.
Jenrick replies that joining Reform was "the most honest thing" he could have done.
Jenrick replies that joining Reform was "the most honest thing" he could have done.
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Jenrick is such a consummate shit
Learned helplessness here. City needs better than this
This seems like misdirection. People want their laws enforced, including laws against assault and murder- laws that are being violated by these federal goons. What he's really saying is the state and local authorities can't do that, which is the real problem
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Learned helplessness here. City needs better than this
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
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Miller Lite stat o’ the day
88
The percentage of songs demonetized by Spotify in 2025 after its latest changes to screw the actual music makers.
88
The percentage of songs demonetized by Spotify in 2025 after its latest changes to screw the actual music makers.
January 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Miller Lite stat o’ the day
88
The percentage of songs demonetized by Spotify in 2025 after its latest changes to screw the actual music makers.
88
The percentage of songs demonetized by Spotify in 2025 after its latest changes to screw the actual music makers.
I’m guessing the calculus here - if there’s more to it than incompetence, fear and inertia - is that they can bank on MN etc anyway and the US is a big place where such outrages are essentially still background noise. Even so, it stinks!
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
I’m guessing the calculus here - if there’s more to it than incompetence, fear and inertia - is that they can bank on MN etc anyway and the US is a big place where such outrages are essentially still background noise. Even so, it stinks!