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Attorney specialist in clean energy and climate.
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this is real, from the bbc news website www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
this is real, from the bbc news website www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
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Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
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National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
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It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 6:24 PM
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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From MS Now Opinion:
"I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.
Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence."
Read on: www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
"I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.
Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence."
Read on: www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
buff.ly
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
From MS Now Opinion:
"I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.
Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence."
Read on: www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
"I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.
Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence."
Read on: www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
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New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
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I'll say this very satisfying to watch.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL work here:
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
ice.0x0.boo
It's a tracker for the number of blocks. They're averaging about 200/minute right now. 🤣
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I'll say this very satisfying to watch.
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Fed’l judge tells the administration to stop violating the rights of people in Minnesota www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Fed’l judge tells the administration to stop violating the rights of people in Minnesota www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Greenland's foreign minister is fighting tears on television while talking about the last days and the immense pressure from the US.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
January 16, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Greenland's foreign minister is fighting tears on television while talking about the last days and the immense pressure from the US.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
You are shattering immense political capital, America. Your soft power is eroding in irreparable ways.
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The #SellAmerica trade 🇺🇸
FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's 'unpredictable' policies have prompted bond giant Pimco to diversify away from US assets. ft.trib.al/rPIo7ND
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The #SellAmerica trade 🇺🇸
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He really is doing all of it.
January 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
He really is doing all of it.
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Trump setting up off shore accounts to facilitate his corruption.
Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Trump setting up off shore accounts to facilitate his corruption.
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A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece:
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
January 14, 2026 at 11:55 PM
A big thing that was intensely evident while I was reporting this piece:
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
In parts of Minneapolis, DHS/ICE is everywhere.
And so, too, are the volunteers pushing back against them — standing on virtually every street corner.
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Trump, Vance, Miller and the rest of those sociopaths thought that we would hate our Somali neighbors as much as they do. Guess what. We don't. They thought that we would be as offended as they are by hearing Spanish or Hmong. They thought we were as broken as they are. Nope. They're wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Trump, Vance, Miller and the rest of those sociopaths thought that we would hate our Somali neighbors as much as they do. Guess what. We don't. They thought that we would be as offended as they are by hearing Spanish or Hmong. They thought we were as broken as they are. Nope. They're wrong.
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Local pizza joint leads insurgency against federal paramilitary forces.
Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...
Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Local pizza joint leads insurgency against federal paramilitary forces.
Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...
Wrecktangle Pizza co-owner: "You can see from that video exactly what happens when they try to fuck with us."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQUo...
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Senior Minnesota US attorneys quit over DOJ demand they ‘investigate’ widow of motorist shot dead by ICE agent
Top prosecutors in Minnesota resign over DOJ investigation into Renee Good’s widow
Several career prosecutors including Trump-appointed former US attorney reportedly resign in face of DOJ demands
www.independent.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Senior Minnesota US attorneys quit over DOJ demand they ‘investigate’ widow of motorist shot dead by ICE agent
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UPDATE: A federal judge in NY has ordered the Trump DOJ to respond by Friday, January 16th, to the request by Rep. @khanna.house.gov and Rep. Thomas Massie for the appointment of a Special Master to get the DOJ to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM
UPDATE: A federal judge in NY has ordered the Trump DOJ to respond by Friday, January 16th, to the request by Rep. @khanna.house.gov and Rep. Thomas Massie for the appointment of a Special Master to get the DOJ to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
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“.. I can’t believe in the year 2026 in our country, we have two workers — they’re U.S. citizens — violently arrested and hauled away. It’s madness.”
@startribune.com $TGT
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January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
“.. I can’t believe in the year 2026 in our country, we have two workers — they’re U.S. citizens — violently arrested and hauled away. It’s madness.”
@startribune.com $TGT
www.startribune.com/target-emplo...
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www.startribune.com/target-emplo...
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(MS NOW) - At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest .. after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good ..”
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
(MS NOW) - At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest .. after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good ..”
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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Keith Ellison: "These poorly trained, aggressive, and armed agents of the federal state have terrorized Minnesota with widespread unlawful conduct. They're making unconstitutional arrests and using excessive force ... this has to stop."
January 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Keith Ellison: "These poorly trained, aggressive, and armed agents of the federal state have terrorized Minnesota with widespread unlawful conduct. They're making unconstitutional arrests and using excessive force ... this has to stop."
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If you weren't boycotting Target already, now is absolutely the time to start.
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If you weren't boycotting Target already, now is absolutely the time to start.