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It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
It’s time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs, father children out of wedlock, and steal from the government.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
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“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do” played over video of ICE engaging in acts of violence should be the wall to wall DNC media strategy right now
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A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
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Here's an 8-min video on (initially-secret) Customs & Border Patrol report, which found: in many vehicle shooting cases, agents intentionally put themselves in exit path of vehicle, thereby creating justification for the use of deadly force.
youtu.be/izonttr5Tp4?...
youtu.be/izonttr5Tp4?...
Initially-Secret Report: Customs&Border Patrol Agents Got in Way of Vehicles, Then Used Deadly Force
YouTube video by Ryan Goodman
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Here's an 8-min video on (initially-secret) Customs & Border Patrol report, which found: in many vehicle shooting cases, agents intentionally put themselves in exit path of vehicle, thereby creating justification for the use of deadly force.
youtu.be/izonttr5Tp4?...
youtu.be/izonttr5Tp4?...
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The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:
Gross.
Fox News' Will Cain: “There's a weird kind of smugness... in the way that some of these liberal white women interact with authority”
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Gross.
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SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Change a few words and this could have been the statement every university president had the opportunity to make last year.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
www.federalreserve.gov
January 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Change a few words and this could have been the statement every university president had the opportunity to make last year.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Why don’t I feel this is the whole truth?
President Trump said today Tehran has proposed to negotiate a nuclear deal, as the U.S. military look at "very strong options" in response to a crackdown on protests in Iran.
Trump says Iran proposed nuclear deal talks, as U.S. considers military action over protests
A "meeting is being set up," Trump told reporters today.
www.axios.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Why don’t I feel this is the whole truth?
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Antisemitism is terrible. So weakening its currency with ridiculous arguments that criticizing Israeli crimes against humanity is antisemitic, and engaging in anti-democratic political sabotage behind that claim as AIPAC does, is dangerous and sick. It has to stop.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Once Again, Oldest Mississippi Synagogue is Attacked With Fire
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Antisemitism is terrible. So weakening its currency with ridiculous arguments that criticizing Israeli crimes against humanity is antisemitic, and engaging in anti-democratic political sabotage behind that claim as AIPAC does, is dangerous and sick. It has to stop.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
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I would be more inclined to believe that Netanyahu cares about anti-semitism on American campuses if he wasn't endorsing anti-semitic government leaders elsewhere www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
Yesterday, Netanyahu joined Hungarian extremist PM Viktor Orbán's re-election launch via video, alongside German & Austrian far-right parties AfD & FPÖ, which are officially boycotted by Israel over their antisemitism
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu joins Germany's AfD, far-right Europeans in backing Orbán as campaign begins
The AfD and Austria's FPÖ Are Boycotted by Israel Over Their Antisemitic Roots and Members. Launching an Uphill Re-election Bid, Orbán Invited International Far-right Allies to His Illiberal Fidesz Pa...
www.haaretz.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I would be more inclined to believe that Netanyahu cares about anti-semitism on American campuses if he wasn't endorsing anti-semitic government leaders elsewhere www.theguardian.com/world/2023/n...
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Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.
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Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
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I just learned that many Iranian people refer to themselves as "Persians". Here's what I think will happen next with the protests in Tehran...(1/23)
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
I just learned that many Iranian people refer to themselves as "Persians". Here's what I think will happen next with the protests in Tehran...(1/23)
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Now wait just a minute! Are you seriously suggesting that the EU should kidnap the President of a sovereign nation and force him to stand trial? That’s unheard of! It…
Oh yeah - I forgot… we do that now, don’t we?
Okay, sure. That seems like a good idea, actually
Oh yeah - I forgot… we do that now, don’t we?
Okay, sure. That seems like a good idea, actually
January 11, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Now wait just a minute! Are you seriously suggesting that the EU should kidnap the President of a sovereign nation and force him to stand trial? That’s unheard of! It…
Oh yeah - I forgot… we do that now, don’t we?
Okay, sure. That seems like a good idea, actually
Oh yeah - I forgot… we do that now, don’t we?
Okay, sure. That seems like a good idea, actually
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What on Earth makes you believe that a win in the mid-terms followed even perhaps by a Democrat president in 2028 means the slide towards fascism will stop?
What on Earth makes you think this is going to fix itself with regular political action?
Oh-- you're with The Atlantic.
Of course.
What on Earth makes you think this is going to fix itself with regular political action?
Oh-- you're with The Atlantic.
Of course.
January 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
What on Earth makes you believe that a win in the mid-terms followed even perhaps by a Democrat president in 2028 means the slide towards fascism will stop?
What on Earth makes you think this is going to fix itself with regular political action?
Oh-- you're with The Atlantic.
Of course.
What on Earth makes you think this is going to fix itself with regular political action?
Oh-- you're with The Atlantic.
Of course.
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Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
January 10, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
K better be a warrior on this - and blue line hogwash and her career is over. Prepared for disappointment.
Why does the mainstream Democratic response to authoritarian violence always have to be abstracted like this? defector.com/how-hard-is-...
How Hard Is It To Oppose Murder? | Defector
By now you’ve almost certainly seen the video for yourself, or read about it: an ICE agent shooting a Minneapolis woman, Renee Nicole Good, in the head from point-blank range, killing her as she…
defector.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
K better be a warrior on this - and blue line hogwash and her career is over. Prepared for disappointment.
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Marco Rubio hands Trump a note that was meant to be private and then Trump reads it aloud
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Marco Rubio hands Trump a note that was meant to be private and then Trump reads it aloud
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Fox News claims to be airing the "entire video" -- but they're cutting off before the officer says, "fucking bitch."
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Fox News claims to be airing the "entire video" -- but they're cutting off before the officer says, "fucking bitch."
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Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
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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 2:20 PM
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"
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NEW: The business world largely stayed out of the Trump tariff fight -- incl. some fearing "blowback" for opposing the administration. But with a SCOTUS decision looming, the floodgates have opened, with 1,000+ companies so far suing to make sure they get refunds if Trump loses tinyurl.com/2yms7p24
More Than 1,000 Companies Are Suing Trump Over His Tariffs
Companies are flocking to challenge the administration's import taxes in court, after the Supreme Court started asking tough questions
tinyurl.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM
NEW: The business world largely stayed out of the Trump tariff fight -- incl. some fearing "blowback" for opposing the administration. But with a SCOTUS decision looming, the floodgates have opened, with 1,000+ companies so far suing to make sure they get refunds if Trump loses tinyurl.com/2yms7p24
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Always important to note that the reasons to be DEEPLY skeptical of initial police justifications for their violence or explanations for lethal encounters are REALLY WELL DOCUMENTED.
"Initial police accounts should not be blindly accepted" is an empirically-validated statement.
"Initial police accounts should not be blindly accepted" is an empirically-validated statement.
in the immediate aftermath, virtually every outlet—local and national—parroted dhs’s lie that silverio villegas gonzales drove at ice agents and dragged one with his car before they shot him.
we knew that wasn’t true because we talked to people who witnessed it.
chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...
we knew that wasn’t true because we talked to people who witnessed it.
chicagoreader.com/news/ice-sho...
January 8, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Always important to note that the reasons to be DEEPLY skeptical of initial police justifications for their violence or explanations for lethal encounters are REALLY WELL DOCUMENTED.
"Initial police accounts should not be blindly accepted" is an empirically-validated statement.
"Initial police accounts should not be blindly accepted" is an empirically-validated statement.