Aaron GT
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Putin hat Trump schon viel versprochen. Nur spüren die Menschen in der Ukraine gar nichts davon. Im Gegenteil: Sie müssen in Dunkelheit frieren, weil die Folgen der russischen Angriffe verheerend sind. Journalismus sollte sich auf Fakten konzentrieren, nicht auf Ankündigungen.
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Putin hat Trump schon viel versprochen. Nur spüren die Menschen in der Ukraine gar nichts davon. Im Gegenteil: Sie müssen in Dunkelheit frieren, weil die Folgen der russischen Angriffe verheerend sind. Journalismus sollte sich auf Fakten konzentrieren, nicht auf Ankündigungen.
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Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump admin this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere… A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump’s 2024 election. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
The Trump administration awarded $500 million in contracts for Venezuelan oil sales to two firms with a history of bribery and corruption.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump admin this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere… A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump’s 2024 election. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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By analyzing $4 trillion of shipments between January 2024 and November 2025, researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
By analyzing $4 trillion of shipments between January 2024 and November 2025, researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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Compare this to how careful the EU was during the Brexit negotiations to not do anything to encourage Scottish separatism, outside of a few fringe voices. And it would have rightly been seen as heavy outside intervention, if EU leaders had made offers to the Scottish independence movement.
Hybrid US warfare against it’s neighbour evolving…
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
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Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
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Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney
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January 29, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Compare this to how careful the EU was during the Brexit negotiations to not do anything to encourage Scottish separatism, outside of a few fringe voices. And it would have rightly been seen as heavy outside intervention, if EU leaders had made offers to the Scottish independence movement.
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There is a strange misconception in the U.S. government that the war in Ukraine is about the territory of Donbas. They believe it because... putin said so? They just cant stop repeating nonsense about giving up Donbas, right?
It is not a war for Donbas. It is a war to destroy Ukraine as a state,
It is not a war for Donbas. It is a war to destroy Ukraine as a state,
January 28, 2026 at 11:28 PM
There is a strange misconception in the U.S. government that the war in Ukraine is about the territory of Donbas. They believe it because... putin said so? They just cant stop repeating nonsense about giving up Donbas, right?
It is not a war for Donbas. It is a war to destroy Ukraine as a state,
It is not a war for Donbas. It is a war to destroy Ukraine as a state,
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Don’t Fall for the Bogus Claims That the Feds Are Probing the Pretti Shooting talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
Don’t Fall for the Bogus Claims That the Feds Are Probing the Pretti Shooting
Morning Memo Live! A small number of tickets are still available for...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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This needs to happen at the very least
January 28, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This needs to happen at the very least
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Since the Trump admin abandoned its initial false claims about Alex Pretti—reportedly authored by Stephen Miller—it has repeatedly fallen back on the position that it cannot comment on the fatal shooting by 2 CBP agents because there is an ongoing investigation.
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Don’t Fall for the Bogus Claims That the Feds Are Probing the Pretti Shooting
Morning Memo Live! A small number of tickets are still available for...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Since the Trump admin abandoned its initial false claims about Alex Pretti—reportedly authored by Stephen Miller—it has repeatedly fallen back on the position that it cannot comment on the fatal shooting by 2 CBP agents because there is an ongoing investigation.
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C. n.pr/4pZMM5h
Trump admin rewrites nuclear safety rules. And, NTSB releases findings on D.C. crash
NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
NPR obtains documents showing the Trump administration secretly cut nuclear safety rules to fast-track new reactors. And, investigators blame systemic failures for a deadly midair crash near D.C. n.pr/4pZMM5h
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The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
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SCOOP: Nursing home companies donated $4.8M to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept.
Their executives landed a lunch in Aug. with Trump at his NoVa golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect.
His administration revoked the rule a few months later.
Their executives landed a lunch in Aug. with Trump at his NoVa golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect.
His administration revoked the rule a few months later.
After Donations, Trump Administration Revoked Rule Requiring More Nursing Home Staff
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:37 PM
SCOOP: Nursing home companies donated $4.8M to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept.
Their executives landed a lunch in Aug. with Trump at his NoVa golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect.
His administration revoked the rule a few months later.
Their executives landed a lunch in Aug. with Trump at his NoVa golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect.
His administration revoked the rule a few months later.
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
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After Saturday’s convulsion of state violence in Minneapolis, the Trump administration immediately began churning out a stream of propaganda that was full of lies, exaggerations, disinformation, and scurrilous attacks.
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When the Propagandists Are Armed and Dangerous
Morning Memo Live! Details and tickets here for the Thursday evening event...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
After Saturday’s convulsion of state violence in Minneapolis, the Trump administration immediately began churning out a stream of propaganda that was full of lies, exaggerations, disinformation, and scurrilous attacks.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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1000% tarrifs 🙄
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM
1000% tarrifs 🙄
No Kings
To my dear friends who are not informed about Pahlavi’s political nature and think that today’s problem is the lack of unity within the opposition, I say: just take one minute and watch this video. #No2ShahNo2Mullahs this is the demand of pple of Iran
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM
No Kings
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New: Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:37 PM
New: Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Schumer told Dems the caucus unified and message is “restrain, reform and restrict ICE,” per sources.
They want DHS bill stripped.
Inside the Dem call + what’s next: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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January 25, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
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More evidence that the US government are lying liars who will lie about anything, this footage of ICE killing Alex Pretti supports the claim he was protecting a woman from violent ICE agents. The only thing he was brandishing was a phone.
January 25, 2026 at 8:58 AM
More evidence that the US government are lying liars who will lie about anything, this footage of ICE killing Alex Pretti supports the claim he was protecting a woman from violent ICE agents. The only thing he was brandishing was a phone.
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holy shit they are still asking Democrats if they will tone down the rhetoric
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
holy shit they are still asking Democrats if they will tone down the rhetoric
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The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect.
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One thing authoritarian regimes do is establish impunity for government officials who break the law on their behalf
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 PM
One thing authoritarian regimes do is establish impunity for government officials who break the law on their behalf