Richard Bellikoff
@bellikoff.bsky.social
Writer, singer & guitarist; Swimmer, skier & mountain hiker; Boxing, tennis, football & hockey fan; Sinatra, Steely Dan & Mahler fan
Tonight, there's no "60 Minutes" show for Bari Weiss to censor. It's been pre-empted by the Golden Globes.
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Tonight, there's no "60 Minutes" show for Bari Weiss to censor. It's been pre-empted by the Golden Globes.
"I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv...
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January 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonopah"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNqv...
An appropriate location, just south of Trump Tower.
Anti-ICE demonstrators at 5th Avenue and 54th street, stretching back several blocks.
January 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
An appropriate location, just south of Trump Tower.
"If he’s losing the middle, he’s losing America. Unless, of course, Trump goes full banana republic dictator and decides his regime isn’t leaving office — no matter what. And honestly, would you be shocked if this administration tried to make its wet dream a reality?" www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: Citizens are finally getting it: No one's safe from Trump's deportation ambitions
The shooting deaths of U.S. citizens Keith Porter Jr. in Northridge and Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis shows even those in the United States legally are targets for trigger-happy la migra.
www.latimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"If he’s losing the middle, he’s losing America. Unless, of course, Trump goes full banana republic dictator and decides his regime isn’t leaving office — no matter what. And honestly, would you be shocked if this administration tried to make its wet dream a reality?" www.latimes.com/california/s...
"Sacks signaled he was leaving California by posting an image of the Texas flag on Dec. 31 on X and writing: “God bless Texas.”" www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Commentary: California made them rich. Now billionaires flee when the state asks for a little something back.
A small tax spooks billionaires out of California
www.latimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"Sacks signaled he was leaving California by posting an image of the Texas flag on Dec. 31 on X and writing: “God bless Texas.”" www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
"Even Venezuelans thrilled to see Maduro gone have reason to be unnerved. It’s as if China had bombed Quantico, placed Trump in shackles, and whisked him to Shanghai for trial."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Donald Trump Was Never an Isolationist
He once defied the G.O.P. by blasting military interventions. But what looked like anti-interventionism is really a preference for power freed from the pretense of principle.
www.newyorker.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
"Even Venezuelans thrilled to see Maduro gone have reason to be unnerved. It’s as if China had bombed Quantico, placed Trump in shackles, and whisked him to Shanghai for trial."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Noem also warned the public to avoid locations where the exceedingly nurturing individuals were known to congregate, like the school pickup line around 3 p.m." theonion.com/dhs-releases...
DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars
WASHINGTON—Circulating a new advisory that highlighted what it called the “worst of the worst,” the Department of Homeland Security released a watchlist Friday warning Americans about the presence of ...
theonion.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
"Noem also warned the public to avoid locations where the exceedingly nurturing individuals were known to congregate, like the school pickup line around 3 p.m." theonion.com/dhs-releases...
"During the first Trump administration, left-wing activists demanded that the nation abolish ICE. They were right then, and they are right now." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | America Doesn’t Need ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
"During the first Trump administration, left-wing activists demanded that the nation abolish ICE. They were right then, and they are right now." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
"The Onion : How do you approach immigration policy?
Miller: Erect.
In 2025, 32 people died in ICE custody. How does that make you feel?
Heartbroken over the thousands still breathing.
What would you say to those who call you a white supremacist?
Thank you." theonion.com/the-onions-e...
Miller: Erect.
In 2025, 32 people died in ICE custody. How does that make you feel?
Heartbroken over the thousands still breathing.
What would you say to those who call you a white supremacist?
Thank you." theonion.com/the-onions-e...
The Onion's Exclusive Interview With Stephen Miller
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller has been the force behind many of President Trump’s hard-line policies, including a “zero tolerance” immigration system, the Muslim ban, and, most rece...
theonion.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"The Onion : How do you approach immigration policy?
Miller: Erect.
In 2025, 32 people died in ICE custody. How does that make you feel?
Heartbroken over the thousands still breathing.
What would you say to those who call you a white supremacist?
Thank you." theonion.com/the-onions-e...
Miller: Erect.
In 2025, 32 people died in ICE custody. How does that make you feel?
Heartbroken over the thousands still breathing.
What would you say to those who call you a white supremacist?
Thank you." theonion.com/the-onions-e...
"Homeland Security’s social media feed is an unending stream of demented propaganda and bellicose Christian nationalism. An image posted on New Year’s Eve shows a classic car on an idyllic beach with the slogan, “America after 100 million deportations.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
"Homeland Security’s social media feed is an unending stream of demented propaganda and bellicose Christian nationalism. An image posted on New Year’s Eve shows a classic car on an idyllic beach with the slogan, “America after 100 million deportations.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
"Sending armed, poorly trained, masked and out-of-control armed thugs into blue cities is, in effect, a war on Americans, just as January 6th was a war on American institutions." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-mad-ki...
The Mad King’s Madness Deepens
Trump wants war, war and more war – even against Americans
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Sending armed, poorly trained, masked and out-of-control armed thugs into blue cities is, in effect, a war on Americans, just as January 6th was a war on American institutions." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-mad-ki...
"“In recent days, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller have been advocating a muscular return to colonialism,” the monarch said. “I couldn’t agree more with those chaps.”"
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King Restores British Rule Over U.S.
“We lost the colonies because our King went insane,” Charles added. “But now the shoe’s on the other bloody foot, isn’t it?”
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"“In recent days, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller have been advocating a muscular return to colonialism,” the monarch said. “I couldn’t agree more with those chaps.”"
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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January 9, 2026 at 11:44 AM
"“Make no mistake: Anything and everything Americans do, from the second they wake up to the second they fall asleep, will be treated as a national security threat and dealt with accordingly,” said Noem." theonion.com/dhs-warns-an...
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
WASHINGTON—Claiming that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Renee Good as she drove away from him was “fully justified,” Homeland Security ...
theonion.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"“Make no mistake: Anything and everything Americans do, from the second they wake up to the second they fall asleep, will be treated as a national security threat and dealt with accordingly,” said Noem." theonion.com/dhs-warns-an...
". . the cartoonist Barry Blitt decided that his image for the cover of the January 19, 2026, issue could hark back to Gilded Age political cartoons that skewered the oil barons and petty tyrants of the era.” www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
Barry Blitt’s “Guzzler”
Trump’s thirst for Venezuela.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
". . the cartoonist Barry Blitt decided that his image for the cover of the January 19, 2026, issue could hark back to Gilded Age political cartoons that skewered the oil barons and petty tyrants of the era.” www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
They're running TV promos for this. They couldn't pay me to see it. Broligarch Trump fellator Jeff Bezos contributed $40 to its budget.
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM
They're running TV promos for this. They couldn't pay me to see it. Broligarch Trump fellator Jeff Bezos contributed $40 to its budget.
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of Jan 6. Today is the first anniversary of the L.A. wildfires. I spent a week as an evacuee, not knowing whether my house had burned in the Eaton fire. It survived, but others in my neighborhood did not.
January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of Jan 6. Today is the first anniversary of the L.A. wildfires. I spent a week as an evacuee, not knowing whether my house had burned in the Eaton fire. It survived, but others in my neighborhood did not.
I should have kept my old sign from a 2003 anti-Iraq war demonstration.
January 7, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I should have kept my old sign from a 2003 anti-Iraq war demonstration.
". . to many family members of detainees—it is an imperative need. “Only then will it become clear that we are headed toward a transition where individual freedoms can be respected,” she said. “Until such time, the dictatorship in Venezuela will be left intact.”" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
What Will Become of Venezuela’s Political Prisoners?
Jésus Armas, a prominent opposition leader, has been in prison in Caracas for the past year. With the country in turmoil, his mother worries about his fate.
www.newyorker.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
". . to many family members of detainees—it is an imperative need. “Only then will it become clear that we are headed toward a transition where individual freedoms can be respected,” she said. “Until such time, the dictatorship in Venezuela will be left intact.”" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
"Over the past several days, security forces have interrogated people at checkpoints, boarded public buses and searched passengers’ phones, looking for evidence that they approved of Mr. Maduro’s removal . . " www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM
"Over the past several days, security forces have interrogated people at checkpoints, boarded public buses and searched passengers’ phones, looking for evidence that they approved of Mr. Maduro’s removal . . " www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
"Trump suggested that he might reimburse oil companies for investment in the nation he claims — with no basis in reality — to control, reimbursing them for their outlays there." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...
The Emperor’s New Oil Wealth
The truth behind Trump’s black, sticky fantasy
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
"Trump suggested that he might reimburse oil companies for investment in the nation he claims — with no basis in reality — to control, reimbursing them for their outlays there." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-empero...
"“At first, when I saw how much fun people had ransacking the halls of Congress and threatening to kill the vice president, I was upset I didn’t go to D.C., but upon further reflection, attending Henry’s wedding that day was the right move,” said Karpinsky." theonion.com/man-ultimate...
Man Ultimately Grateful He Chose To Go To Friend’s Wedding Instead Of Capitol Riot
WESTERVILLE, OH—Saying he would always wish he could have been in two places at once on Jan. 6, 2021, local man Dennis Karpinsky told reporters Tuesday he was ultimately grateful he chose to go to his...
theonion.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
"“At first, when I saw how much fun people had ransacking the halls of Congress and threatening to kill the vice president, I was upset I didn’t go to D.C., but upon further reflection, attending Henry’s wedding that day was the right move,” said Karpinsky." theonion.com/man-ultimate...
"The scale of the fear is evident in the fact that few of them took party, age, or even gender into account, so desperate were these members of Congress to experience one last moment of erotic bliss before the slaughter." theonion.com/jan-6-panel-...
Jan. 6 Panel Finds Over 200 Congresspeople Hooked Up Believing They Were About To Die
WASHINGTON—As evidence continues to emerge regarding the actions of U.S. lawmakers during the 2021 attack on the Capitol, the House Jan. 6 committee unveiled Friday new findings that confirm more than...
theonion.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"The scale of the fear is evident in the fact that few of them took party, age, or even gender into account, so desperate were these members of Congress to experience one last moment of erotic bliss before the slaughter." theonion.com/jan-6-panel-...