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A woman of no importance.
Love it. May it feel like the longest movie you’ve ever watched in your lives and may it include the longest trailer in film history.
On tonight’s White House agenda:

Trump and guests will get a private screening of MELANIA, the documentary about the First Lady, @thr.com reports.

Attendees include Apple CEO Tim Cook, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Mike Tyson, per the article.
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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The govt lying about the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of the state, is by itself, a front page a story, worthy of drumbeat coverage, resignations, and impeachments.
January 25, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The worst negotiators. It’s one demand.

Lesson 1: Ask for everything. Include demands you’re willing to give up during negotiations. End result: more than you could have dreamed.
Something important to take note of is that zero senate democrats to my knowledge are actually calling for the abolition of ICE.

So they are signaling their demands will be very weak to keep funding them.
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Pete Hegseth was born and raised in Minnesota.
This is an actual post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: Praising ICE after Alex Pretti was killed, blaming the Democratic leadership of Minnesota, and writing that ICE is greater/better than Minnesota.

He is actively demeaning the people of Minnesota just hours after Pretti was murdered.
January 24, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.

Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.

Name them, record them, and make it public.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
She’s on BlueSky.

Give her a follow:
@francescahongwi.bsky.social
Francesca Hong is running for WI governor, and this is exactly the energy we need. And she's the only one bringing it.
January 24, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Another pathetic response by the Minority Leader and another pathetic slogan that tries to find a middle ground.

The extremist take is to continue funding these murderous thugs and suggest they move on to another state.

Please resign. Your failed leadership cost us our allies.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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US House Homeland Security top Dem Bennie Thompson calls for the immediate impeachment of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem following the Minneapolis shooting and a Senate vote against the DHS funding bill
January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM
In 3 days, ICE has abducted a 5 year old and a toddler, pinned a man down and pepper-sprayed him in the face, and murdered a man.
January 24, 2026 at 8:18 PM
With so many advocating international soccer fans not attend the World Cup, this is a good article that makes clear how important the World Cup, Olympics and major sporting events (UFC) are to this administration.

Cup games have only been hosted in the U.S. once for men and twice for women.
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 PM
I’m not going to be able to watch the video that’s now circulating. Just can’t do graphic videos of murder, violence and people harming others.

Know your limits. Protect yourselves and your sense of humanity.
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Yes, this is what happened.
Nearly half a dozen agents wrestling one individual to the ground and then one of them just starts shooting in the dog pile, steps back and unloads on the guy on the street.
January 24, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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You should assume that X is secretly run by the CIA, and that Musk is their little bitch.

Same for Palantir, and Thiel.
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Your government murdered another citizen today.
Initial report is that two observers got into a shoving match with eight agents, one observer was wrestled to the ground, and then an ICE agent pulled out a sidearm and shot the man on the ground five times.
January 24, 2026 at 3:24 PM
My city worked for years to be awarded the honor of Host City for World Cup games.

Messi is coming.

But some things are bigger than sports.
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 AM
“Abed Shaat filed regularly for CBS News from the city of Khan Yunis during the war in Gaza, even sending video from the back of an ambulance on one occasion when he was wounded.

He was 30 years old and had gotten married just two weeks ago.”
3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News
An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defense agency said. One of those killed, Abed Shaat, had worked for years as a cameraman for CBS News and oth...
www.cbsnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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A producer in the London bureau is the *only* CBS person quoted in their story about Israel killing its longtime freelance cameramen in Gaza—someone who once filed dispatches for them from an ambulance, while wounded.

Not quoted: The network’s editor in chief.

www.cbsnews.com/news/journal...
3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News
An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defense agency said. One of those killed, Abed Shaat, had worked for years as a cameraman for CBS News and oth...
www.cbsnews.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Well done, Minnesota.

I hear you, the whole world hears you, and when we find these people who knocked our children down, they'll hear all of us soon.
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 AM
There is no hell hot enough for Stephen Miller.
In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.

He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.

At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.

Wael died on Friday at age 30.

ICE caused his death.

They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
www.wfaa.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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One of the funniest things of 2025 was when twitter introduced the location feature, and we found out that all "Alberta Independence" and "Alberta join the U.S.A" accounts, were actually Americans pretending to be Canadians.
Bessent: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Hope those religious zealots on the Supreme Court are enjoying their state sanctioned religion.
Arrests calmly ongoing.

This is going to take a while. There are a lot of clergy risking arrest.
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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NEW: Docs unsealed tonight show the official reasoning DHS sent to the State Dept. recommending that Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, Mohsen Mahdawi, Badar Khan Suri and Yunseo Chung be deported.

Marco Rubio signed off, despite warnings by DHS that their findings looked like protected speech.
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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Spanish judge closes probe into NSO in wake of Pegasus hack of several govt officials, incl the PM. Court says Israel ignored five requests for information and probe can't proceed as a result. NSO has historically been shielded from accountability by the Israeli govt
therecord.media/spanish-judg...
Spanish judge closes NSO Group spyware probe due to lack of cooperation from Israel
The case dates to May 2022, when the court launched a probe into the alleged spying on devices belonging to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Defence Minister Margarita Robles.
therecord.media
January 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM