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Not think. Know.
Half of Americans think the United States has lost global influence over the past five years.
Americans Think The U.S. Is Losing Its Moral Authority, New Poll Shows
Half of Americans think the United States has lost global influence over the past five years.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Not think. Know.
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"The people who have power and have guns are supposed to exercise restraint, and they are doing the opposite," David Brooks says. "Once people with guns and with power began acting like thugs, well, then things are going to spiral." https://to.pbs.org/4szVxFA
Brooks and Capehart on the response to the Minnesota ICE shooting
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by an ICE agent, the removal of...
to.pbs.org
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
"The people who have power and have guns are supposed to exercise restraint, and they are doing the opposite," David Brooks says. "Once people with guns and with power began acting like thugs, well, then things are going to spiral." https://to.pbs.org/4szVxFA
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Best bet for Europe is to continue threatening the Silicon Valley tycoons and broligarchs with economic boycotts.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Best bet for Europe is to continue threatening the Silicon Valley tycoons and broligarchs with economic boycotts.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
Go after the money. Hurt their bottom line.
The only thing that might avert war.
These people still prefer the color green over white.
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Epstein “wasn’t just a frequent visitor to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The club was also sending spa employees—usually young women—to Epstein’s nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services, according to former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees.”
“… Mar-a-Lago was crucial to Epstein’s sexual predation, a fact that was well-known by Trump’s inner circle long before Epstein was charged with any crime.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise
New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.
www.thenation.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Epstein “wasn’t just a frequent visitor to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The club was also sending spa employees—usually young women—to Epstein’s nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services, according to former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees.”
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Misogyny and they get away with almost the entirety of the Epstein horrors so far…
They never arrest “the Johns” either. Old as time.
They never arrest “the Johns” either. Old as time.
I keep thinking about how a young woman DoorDash driver was charged and hauled into court for recording and posting evidence of her customer sexually harassing her, while nothing is happening to the droves of men using Grok to sexually harass women and children. The institutions are pro-perpetrator.
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Misogyny and they get away with almost the entirety of the Epstein horrors so far…
They never arrest “the Johns” either. Old as time.
They never arrest “the Johns” either. Old as time.
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To date: Less than 1% of the DoJ's collection of Epstein-related documentation and evidence has been released, despite the law requiring release of ALL of the materials, unredacted with the exception of victims, last December.
donniediddler.com/jeffreys-birthday-book
donniediddler.com/jeffreys-birthday-book
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 PM
To date: Less than 1% of the DoJ's collection of Epstein-related documentation and evidence has been released, despite the law requiring release of ALL of the materials, unredacted with the exception of victims, last December.
donniediddler.com/jeffreys-birthday-book
donniediddler.com/jeffreys-birthday-book
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"Fuckin' bitch."
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"Fuckin' bitch."
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The Department of Justice's effort to gain access to you sensitive personal information continues. DOJ wants this data to be able to suppress the vote and subvert election results next Fall. They are suing 24 states to gain access. My law firm and I are fighting them in court in every one of them.
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
The Department of Justice's effort to gain access to you sensitive personal information continues. DOJ wants this data to be able to suppress the vote and subvert election results next Fall. They are suing 24 states to gain access. My law firm and I are fighting them in court in every one of them.
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Many are arguing that they wouldn't be acting this way if they thought they were subject to free & fair elections.
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
January 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Many are arguing that they wouldn't be acting this way if they thought they were subject to free & fair elections.
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
Plausible. But another explanation is that they see the writing on the wall--generational backlash--and they're attempting increasingly desparate hail marys
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I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea.
This should not be a difficult concept.
This should not be a difficult concept.
Top Democrats decline to say if they would rein in ICE after Minnesota shooting
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries denounce the killing but offer no concrete pledges
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea.
This should not be a difficult concept.
This should not be a difficult concept.
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Donald Trump has released his plan to "run" Venezuela
Pray
Endanger all Americans
Do nothing
Own libs
Pervert the justice system
Hope for the best
Incur heavy losses
Lose the world's trust
Extort other countries
Pray
Endanger all Americans
Do nothing
Own libs
Pervert the justice system
Hope for the best
Incur heavy losses
Lose the world's trust
Extort other countries
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Donald Trump has released his plan to "run" Venezuela
Pray
Endanger all Americans
Do nothing
Own libs
Pervert the justice system
Hope for the best
Incur heavy losses
Lose the world's trust
Extort other countries
Pray
Endanger all Americans
Do nothing
Own libs
Pervert the justice system
Hope for the best
Incur heavy losses
Lose the world's trust
Extort other countries
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Oh hey MAGA, the uh, pipebomber is uh, you know, MAGA
January 7, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Oh hey MAGA, the uh, pipebomber is uh, you know, MAGA
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DANISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: “🇺🇸 had 30 bases on Greenland, why did you leave? You can resume that tomorrow without attacking a NATO ally… the rationale lacks factual foundation and doesn’t stand any logic testing.”
(Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal)
(Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal)
January 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
DANISH PARLIAMENT MEMBER: “🇺🇸 had 30 bases on Greenland, why did you leave? You can resume that tomorrow without attacking a NATO ally… the rationale lacks factual foundation and doesn’t stand any logic testing.”
(Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal)
(Unless the point is to hurt us and end NATO, a Putin/Xi goal)
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An interview with John Sipher, former CIA clandestine-service officer and expert on Russia.
An excellent and illuminating discussion on Russia, Russian intelligence, and the world.
An excellent and illuminating discussion on Russia, Russian intelligence, and the world.
Nuanced interview with @johnsipher.bsky.social on Secrets and Spies that seems especially pertinent.
He discusses Congressional oversight, China, disinformation (see also 'reflexive control'), the realities of Russian aggression, oppression, and Russia's possible futures.
youtu.be/EfRdJ98XJz8?...
He discusses Congressional oversight, China, disinformation (see also 'reflexive control'), the realities of Russian aggression, oppression, and Russia's possible futures.
youtu.be/EfRdJ98XJz8?...
How Good Are Vladimir Putin's Spies?
YouTube video by Secrets & Spies: Espionage | Global Issues
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
An interview with John Sipher, former CIA clandestine-service officer and expert on Russia.
An excellent and illuminating discussion on Russia, Russian intelligence, and the world.
An excellent and illuminating discussion on Russia, Russian intelligence, and the world.
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
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According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
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A woman is dead in Minneapolis after ICE agents opened fire.
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
They Didn’t Come to Protect Minneapolis. They Came to Provoke It.
A woman is dead after an encounter with ICE agents in Minneapolis, and the rush to justify it tells us everything about where this country is headed — toward provocation, federalized force, and invest
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
A woman is dead in Minneapolis after ICE agents opened fire.
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
I don’t need to be a use-of-force expert to say this plainly: she did not need to be shot.
And no fair investigation is coming from the same system that wanted this confrontation in the first place.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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“The move to cut Gabbard out of the meetings was so well-known that some White House aides joked that the acronym of her title, DNI, stood for “Do Not Invite.”
New: US spy chief Tulsi Gabbard was excluded from meetings on Venezuela, with aides joking her DNI title stood for "Do Not Invite."
US Spy Chief Gabbard Excluded From Maduro Plan Over Past Views
The White House excluded Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning to oust Nicolas Maduro because her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela cast doubt on her willingness to support the operation, people familiar with the matter said.
bloom.bg
January 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“The move to cut Gabbard out of the meetings was so well-known that some White House aides joked that the acronym of her title, DNI, stood for “Do Not Invite.”