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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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ROGERS: Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage?
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ROGERS: Do you see any checks on your power on the world stage?
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
TRUMP: Yeah. There's one thing. My own morality. My own mind. That's the only thing that can stop me.
KANNO-YOUNGS: Not international law?
TRUMP: I don't need international law. I'm not looking to hurt people.
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BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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Lib Dems call on Reform MPs to donate income from X to charity amid Grok row
Lib Dems call on Reform MPs to donate income from X to charity amid Grok row
Exclusive: Party says Nigel Farage and colleagues receiving ‘tainted money’ for their posts on Elon Musk’s platform
The Liberal Democrats have urged Reform UK MPs who receive payment from X for their posts to donate the money to charities working to combat sexual exploitation, after the site was flooded with AI-generated sexualised images of women and children.
The Lib Dem spokesperson for science, innovation and technology, Victoria Collins, said Nigel Farage and other MPs paid by the Elon Musk-owned site were receiving “tainted money”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Lib Dems call on Reform MPs to donate income from X to charity amid Grok row
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X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
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How would the 20-point peace plan impact the millions of Ukrainians living under Russian occupation? Meduza asks analyst Karolina Hird from the Institute for the Study War. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Behind the contact line How would the 20-point peace plan impact the millions of Ukrainians living under Russian occupation? — Meduza
President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called territorial control the “most difficult” of the 20 points in the new peace plan drafted by Ukraine and the United States. For the agreement to take…
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January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
How would the 20-point peace plan impact the millions of Ukrainians living under Russian occupation? Meduza asks analyst Karolina Hird from the Institute for the Study War. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
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X is literally making child porn as a service so there really shouldn't be a question to whether or not MPs leave. Bellingcat has.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
X is literally making child porn as a service so there really shouldn't be a question to whether or not MPs leave. Bellingcat has.
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After Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”
Anne Arundel County Police dispute ICE’s account of Glen Burnie shooting
A deadly shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis on Wednesday renewed scrutiny of a violent Christmas Eve incident involving ICE agents in Glen Burnie, with Anne Arundel County ...
www.thebanner.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
After Minneapolis, now the ICE shooting on Christmas Eve in Maryland is getting some scrutiny from local police: “…county police confirmed The Banner’s reporting that the second person injured in the encounter was already in ICE custody, in one of the agency’s vehicles, when he was hurt.”
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So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
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Philadelphia in candlelight.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Philadelphia in candlelight.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
A city paused.
Love showed up for Renee Nicole Good.
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(The point is, as some of us have been saying for months, Labour doesn't even have to take the big scary step of quitting X. It could choose to be platform-neutral, and post everywhere.)
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
(The point is, as some of us have been saying for months, Labour doesn't even have to take the big scary step of quitting X. It could choose to be platform-neutral, and post everywhere.)
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Their lawyers are saying it was a "law enforcement operation" to execute and arrest warrant.
But Trump admits it was an attack to "take over" a whole country.
The level of lying to Congress here puts Iraqi WMD to shame.
But Trump admits it was an attack to "take over" a whole country.
The level of lying to Congress here puts Iraqi WMD to shame.
Trump on Venezuela: "That was a perfect attack. We've taken over a whole country. We've taken $4 billion of oil in one day. That will increase."
January 9, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Their lawyers are saying it was a "law enforcement operation" to execute and arrest warrant.
But Trump admits it was an attack to "take over" a whole country.
The level of lying to Congress here puts Iraqi WMD to shame.
But Trump admits it was an attack to "take over" a whole country.
The level of lying to Congress here puts Iraqi WMD to shame.
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‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
Donald Trump has said ‘I don’t need international law” and that his power is limited only by his “own morality”.
In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
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Oreshnik ballistic missile fired in fresh strikes on Ukraine, Russia says
Oreshnik ballistic missile fired in fresh strikes on Ukraine, Russia says
Four people were killed in Kyiv, where booms could be heard for several hours overnight, setting the sky alight with explosions.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Oreshnik ballistic missile fired in fresh strikes on Ukraine, Russia says
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More executive “editing”
Scoop: Inside "60 Minutes," it's not just the CECOT story that Bari Weiss has sent back with notes. I'm told an Anderson Cooper piece on South African refugees, in the works for months, has also been subjected to extensive editorial feedback. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
The Shadow Over ‘60’
As Sharyn Alfonsi's “60 Minutes” report remains shelved, Status has learned that an Anderson Cooper piece is also caught in a prolonged editorial review process, frustrating the veteran producer attac...
www.status.news
January 9, 2026 at 7:48 AM
More executive “editing”
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Russia's Defense Ministry confirms today's Oreshnik strike against Lviv, describing it as retaliation for Ukraine's supposed mass drone attack against Putin's Valdai residence — the same drone attack that probably didn't even happen & was claimed to derail recent diplomacy. t.me/mod_russia/6...
Минобороны России
🎖🎖 Сегодня ночью в ответ на террористическую атаку киевского режима по резиденции Президента Российской Федерации в Новгородской области, предпринятую в ночь на 29 декабря 2025 г., Вооруженными Силами...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Russia's Defense Ministry confirms today's Oreshnik strike against Lviv, describing it as retaliation for Ukraine's supposed mass drone attack against Putin's Valdai residence — the same drone attack that probably didn't even happen & was claimed to derail recent diplomacy. t.me/mod_russia/6...
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Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova making crystal clear that Russia opposes the peace deal Ukraine, the US, and Europe have been talking about for months. 2 observations: 1/3
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January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova making crystal clear that Russia opposes the peace deal Ukraine, the US, and Europe have been talking about for months. 2 observations: 1/3
mid.ru/ru/press_ser...
mid.ru/ru/press_ser...
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As Zelensky’s new chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov is stepping in to lead Kyiv’s negotiating team in the middle of the Trump administration’s latest push to end the war. Meduza looks back on his military career and experience negotiating with Moscow.
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From master spy to lead negotiator What does Zelensky’s new chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, bring to the peace talks? — Meduza
Kyrylo Budanov’s predecessor as President Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was known as the second-most powerful person in Ukraine. However, he was far less successful in the diplomatic…
meduza.io
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
As Zelensky’s new chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov is stepping in to lead Kyiv’s negotiating team in the middle of the Trump administration’s latest push to end the war. Meduza looks back on his military career and experience negotiating with Moscow.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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The US government murdered a US citizen. Investigate it, using all the available visual and physical evidence. Do it properly and normally, without lies and political interference. It’s how the law works, and it’s what our citizens truly want and deserve.
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The US government murdered a US citizen. Investigate it, using all the available visual and physical evidence. Do it properly and normally, without lies and political interference. It’s how the law works, and it’s what our citizens truly want and deserve.