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The fact that CBS didn’t report this incident tells you everything.
NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The fact that CBS didn’t report this incident tells you everything.
RFK Jr blames flu vaccine for causing his spasmodic dysphonia instead of researching “spasmodic dysphonia caused by heroin, cocaine and DMT drug abuse”
RFK Jr. Wonders If Flu Shot Is 'Why My Voice Is So Screwed Up'
www.huffpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
RFK Jr blames flu vaccine for causing his spasmodic dysphonia instead of researching “spasmodic dysphonia caused by heroin, cocaine and DMT drug abuse”
Cue EU wide boycott on American products
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 6:47 PM
Cue EU wide boycott on American products
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Here we see him in the middle of his famous 5-point cut, which influenced fashion for decades, popularized by icons like Twiggy. Today it might just look like a haircut, but at the time it was considered mildly scandalous for a woman to sport a haircut this short and geometrical.
#OtD 17 Jan 1928 Vidal Sassoon, anti-fascist hairdresser born. Aged 17 he joined the 43 Group, formed by Jewish ex-servicemen, which smashed Oswald Mosley's fascists off the streets of London. Sassoon's weapon of choice? A pair of scissors. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...
January 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Here we see him in the middle of his famous 5-point cut, which influenced fashion for decades, popularized by icons like Twiggy. Today it might just look like a haircut, but at the time it was considered mildly scandalous for a woman to sport a haircut this short and geometrical.
Impeach Donald Trump
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz on Greenland: "Denmark just doesn't have the resources or capacity to do what needs to be done in the northern region. And to the Democrats who say 'they're giving you full access,' everybody knows if you're renting a place you treat it differently than if you own it."
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Impeach Donald Trump
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I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
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This is a shakedown.
He’s a Mob boss, not a president.
He’s a Mob boss, not a president.
Trump: "I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security"
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
This is a shakedown.
He’s a Mob boss, not a president.
He’s a Mob boss, not a president.
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Peter Yazzie, a Navajo man, was asked by ICE agents to prove he was a US citizen. He produced both US and Navajo IDs. They didn't care. www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
January 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Protests against Donald Trump spread to Greenland and Denmark www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Protests against Donald Trump spread to Greenland and Denmark www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Donald Trump commissioning a ship that copied the design for its sewage system from commercial cruise ships, which now breaks down multiple times per day because it is literally full of sh*t is the perfect metaphor for his godawful administration.
The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier. n.pr/49I56d4
Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela
The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.
n.pr
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Donald Trump commissioning a ship that copied the design for its sewage system from commercial cruise ships, which now breaks down multiple times per day because it is literally full of sh*t is the perfect metaphor for his godawful administration.
Pig Hegseth requires Stars and Stripes job applicants to be asked if they back Trump policies. People seeking jobs at the newspaper, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked by the Pentagon how they would support Donald Trump’s policies www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 17, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Pig Hegseth requires Stars and Stripes job applicants to be asked if they back Trump policies. People seeking jobs at the newspaper, which Congress guaranteed editorial independence, are being asked by the Pentagon how they would support Donald Trump’s policies www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
Donald Trump is such a loser.
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Donald Trump is such a loser.
It’s no accident that the Donald Trump administration is doing this to people of color
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study. The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies in west Africa newrepublic.com/post/205330/... via @newrepublic.com
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study. The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies in west Africa newrepublic.com/post/205330/... via @newrepublic.com
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study
The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:26 AM
It’s no accident that the Donald Trump administration is doing this to people of color
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study. The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies in west Africa newrepublic.com/post/205330/... via @newrepublic.com
“Another Tuskegee”: Leaked Docs Reveal CDC Is Funding Deadly Study. The CDC is funding a horrific hepatitis experiment on babies in west Africa newrepublic.com/post/205330/... via @newrepublic.com
AI is quietly being weaponized to use against noncitizens.
They will use it against citizens next.
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid newrepublic.com/post/205333/... via @newrepublic.com
They will use it against citizens next.
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid newrepublic.com/post/205333/... via @newrepublic.com
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid
The app shows potential deportation targets on a map.
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
AI is quietly being weaponized to use against noncitizens.
They will use it against citizens next.
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid newrepublic.com/post/205333/... via @newrepublic.com
They will use it against citizens next.
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid newrepublic.com/post/205333/... via @newrepublic.com
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid newrepublic.com/post/205333/...
Peter Thiel has been all in with ICE since 2013
ICE is using ImmigrationOS, a New AI system developed by Peter Thiel’s Palantir, to Track Immigrants’ Movements www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-imm...
ICE is using ImmigrationOS, a New AI system developed by Peter Thiel’s Palantir, to Track Immigrants’ Movements www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-imm...
January 16, 2026 at 8:10 AM
ICE Is Using a Terrifying Palantir App to Determine Where to Raid newrepublic.com/post/205333/...
Peter Thiel has been all in with ICE since 2013
ICE is using ImmigrationOS, a New AI system developed by Peter Thiel’s Palantir, to Track Immigrants’ Movements www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-imm...
ICE is using ImmigrationOS, a New AI system developed by Peter Thiel’s Palantir, to Track Immigrants’ Movements www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-imm...
January 16, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Peter Thiel has been all in with ICE since 2013
ICE is using ImmigrationOS, a New AI system developed by Peter Thiel’s Palantir, to Track Immigrants’ Movements www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-imm...
ICE is using ImmigrationOS, a New AI system developed by Peter Thiel’s Palantir, to Track Immigrants’ Movements www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-imm...
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From Tuesday: When the Observer opened the door to the courtroom, James Rodden was sitting at the prosecutors’ desk. A court clerk said the Observer was not allowed to sit in on the hearings.
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, identified by the Observer last year as the operator of an account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
From Tuesday: When the Observer opened the door to the courtroom, James Rodden was sitting at the prosecutors’ desk. A court clerk said the Observer was not allowed to sit in on the hearings.
Allies of Donald Trump cashing in on his shakedowns
Michael Flynn’s brother Joe & Jesse Binnall, who both tried to overturn the 2020 election, lead talks on $200m European pipeline contract. After Donald Trump took office last year, the Bosnian authorities agreed that US companies would build and run the pipeline www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Allies of Donald Trump cashing in on his shakedowns
Michael Flynn’s brother Joe & Jesse Binnall, who both tried to overturn the 2020 election, lead talks on $200m European pipeline contract. After Donald Trump took office last year, the Bosnian authorities agreed that US companies would build and run the pipeline www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 16, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Michael Flynn’s brother Joe & Jesse Binnall, who both tried to overturn the 2020 election, lead talks on $200m European pipeline contract. After Donald Trump took office last year, the Bosnian authorities agreed that US companies would build and run the pipeline www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Renee Good was found with gunshot wounds to the chest, arm and head after a federal immigration officer shot her the morning of Jan. 7, according to the Minneapolis Fire Department’s incident report.
Renee Good had four gunshot wounds, fire department report reveals
Newly acquired documents describe Good’s injuries after she was shot by an ICE agent Jan. 7.
bit.ly
January 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Renee Good was found with gunshot wounds to the chest, arm and head after a federal immigration officer shot her the morning of Jan. 7, according to the Minneapolis Fire Department’s incident report.
ICE Agents enter Target with no warrant and violently tackle two American citizen employees, evidently because they didn't "look American" enough. (DHS refused to explain their rationale, so we have to guess.)
The injured Americans were later dumped in parking lots miles away in sub-zero weather.
The injured Americans were later dumped in parking lots miles away in sub-zero weather.
‘Madness’: two US citizens violently detained by ICE in Minnesota, officials say
Two Target employees forced to the ground, then into SUV, then dumped in different parking lot
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:19 AM