@dragonboater.bsky.social
Dual citizen of US and Canada. Retired planning professional, breast cancer survivor, and progressive human being.
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In a way we should blame George W. Bush for this pick, who plucked Warsh out of obscurity and made him a Fed Governor when he was 35 because his wife’s family is rich.
TIL that Warsh's father is Ron Lauder.
January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In a way we should blame George W. Bush for this pick, who plucked Warsh out of obscurity and made him a Fed Governor when he was 35 because his wife’s family is rich.
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
January 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.
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The DOJ again failed to set a clear release date for the Epstein Files, stating in a court filing that the full release would come “in the near term.”
The delay marks over a month since the department missed its December deadline, which was outlined in newly-passed bipartisan legislation.
The delay marks over a month since the department missed its December deadline, which was outlined in newly-passed bipartisan legislation.
40 days past deadline, DOJ to remain in violation of Epstein Transparency Act
A DOJ official claimed the full Epstein files release would come “in the near term."
www.democracydocket.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The DOJ again failed to set a clear release date for the Epstein Files, stating in a court filing that the full release would come “in the near term.”
The delay marks over a month since the department missed its December deadline, which was outlined in newly-passed bipartisan legislation.
The delay marks over a month since the department missed its December deadline, which was outlined in newly-passed bipartisan legislation.
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The Washington Post is expected to announce significant layoffs and narrow its coverage of international, sports and local topics.
Washington Post Plans Cuts to Reshape Newsroom
The changes are expected to include significant layoffs in areas like sports and international coverage.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The Washington Post is expected to announce significant layoffs and narrow its coverage of international, sports and local topics.
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Who has the Fulton County ballots and where? Join the discussion on Substack; substack.com/@thefrankfig...
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Who has the Fulton County ballots and where? Join the discussion on Substack; substack.com/@thefrankfig...
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Checking in on Trump's tariffs
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Checking in on Trump's tariffs
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overhauled a panel that helps the federal government set priorities for autism research and social services, installing several members who have said that vaccines can cause autism despite decades of research that has failed to establish such a link.
Kennedy Overhauls Federal Autism Panel in His Own Image
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overhauled a panel that helps the federal government set priorities for autism research and social services, installing several members who have said that vaccines can cause autism despite decades of research that has failed to establish such a link.
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There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: How Battlefield Tech Was Used in Minneapolis
Our reporter Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later was our Kabul bureau chief, looks at the battlefield technology used for an immigration arrest at a home in Mi...
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 AM
There is no reason any of these men need any of this gear. This entire situation is not only dangerous and illegal. It is absurd and stupid.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reveal how it apportions taxpayer money, including information it apparently tried to hide through spend plans in footnotes.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump is extorting $10 billion from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service he controls through his appointees in the most massively corrupt shakedown in US history.
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
Breaking Bloomberg:
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion Over Tax-Return Leaks
President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, poten...
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump is extorting $10 billion from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service he controls through his appointees in the most massively corrupt shakedown in US history.
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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Rumors have swirled that Amazon-owned Ring, which has sold tens of millions of smart cameras and video doorbells, has been providing ICE agents with access to user data. We contacted Ring for clarification, and Wirecutter independently investigated the concerns ourselves.
Ring Denies Rumors That Its Footage Is Used by ICE. Here’s What to Know.
Influencers are saying that Ring cameras are accessible to federal law enforcement and urging owners to turn off or destroy them. The truth is more complicated.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Rumors have swirled that Amazon-owned Ring, which has sold tens of millions of smart cameras and video doorbells, has been providing ICE agents with access to user data. We contacted Ring for clarification, and Wirecutter independently investigated the concerns ourselves.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
White House Use of ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Doesn’t Match Legal Reality
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, charging that he had illegally discriminated against Armenian Americans in Southern California with a video in which he appeared to tie the community to health care fraud.
Newsom Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Dr. Oz Over Fraud Video
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a top federal health official, posted a video that accuses Armenian Americans in California of health care fraud.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California filed a civil rights complaint against Dr. Mehmet Oz, charging that he had illegally discriminated against Armenian Americans in Southern California with a video in which he appeared to tie the community to health care fraud.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Protests make MAGA mad. Journalism makes MAGA mad. Accountability makes MAGA mad,” our columnist David French writes. “And the anger keeps building until a single sentence starts to spread across the length and breadth of Trump’s base: ‘Invoke the Insurrection Act.’”
“Protests make MAGA mad. Journalism makes MAGA mad. Accountability makes MAGA mad,” our columnist David French writes. “And the anger keeps building until a single sentence starts to spread across the length and breadth of Trump’s base: ‘Invoke the Insurrection Act.’”
Opinion | Trump’s Lies Have a Purpose
What MAGA sees in the Minneapolis mirror.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Protests make MAGA mad. Journalism makes MAGA mad. Accountability makes MAGA mad,” our columnist David French writes. “And the anger keeps building until a single sentence starts to spread across the length and breadth of Trump’s base: ‘Invoke the Insurrection Act.’”
“Protests make MAGA mad. Journalism makes MAGA mad. Accountability makes MAGA mad,” our columnist David French writes. “And the anger keeps building until a single sentence starts to spread across the length and breadth of Trump’s base: ‘Invoke the Insurrection Act.’”
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Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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Worth emphasizing that all of these military options for attacking Iran—without congressional authorization—would be flagrantly illegal under both US and international law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Trump Weighs New Military Options Against Iran
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Worth emphasizing that all of these military options for attacking Iran—without congressional authorization—would be flagrantly illegal under both US and international law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
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There are really only a handful of possible explanations for Tulsi Gabbard showing up in person when the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office.
They’re all pretty bad, though. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
They’re all pretty bad, though. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Why did Tulsi Gabbard join an FBI raid tied to Trump’s election conspiracy theory?
The director of national intelligence was looking for ways to return to the president’s good graces. She apparently found one in an unexpected place.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 7:51 PM
There are really only a handful of possible explanations for Tulsi Gabbard showing up in person when the FBI executed a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office.
They’re all pretty bad, though. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
They’re all pretty bad, though. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump launched an affordability-focused midterm campaign for Republicans this week, traveling to Iowa to give a speech about how good his presidency has been for the cost of living.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Trump launched an affordability-focused midterm campaign for Republicans this week, traveling to Iowa to give a speech about how good his presidency has been for the cost of living.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
That's going about as well as you'd think. Here POTUS is saying he is going to keep housing prices high.
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It’s weird how the “if you haven’t done anything wrong then you don’t have anything to worry about” crowd is trying to illegally shield what they’re doing from journalists who are acting 100% within their rights and the law.
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 PM
It’s weird how the “if you haven’t done anything wrong then you don’t have anything to worry about” crowd is trying to illegally shield what they’re doing from journalists who are acting 100% within their rights and the law.
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Voters say that the cost of health care will alter their election choices, with about three-quarters indicating that health care costs will affect their choices in November, according to a new poll by KFF, a nonpartisan health policy organization.
The cost of health care, not food or rent, is now Americans’ top worry
As politicians prepare their pitches for the midterm elections, a survey finds that about 1 in 3 Americans are “very worried” about health care costs.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Voters say that the cost of health care will alter their election choices, with about three-quarters indicating that health care costs will affect their choices in November, according to a new poll by KFF, a nonpartisan health policy organization.
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Meanwhile, @brianstelter.bsky.social reports on media mogul Barry Diller's interest in maybe buying CNN.
Unlikely, Brian says. For one thing, he's too liberal. Meaning: Trump won't have it.
And that's everyday life as we get Orbánized here. e.newsletters.cnn.com/click?Ecm9zZ...
Unlikely, Brian says. For one thing, he's too liberal. Meaning: Trump won't have it.
And that's everyday life as we get Orbánized here. e.newsletters.cnn.com/click?Ecm9zZ...
January 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Meanwhile, @brianstelter.bsky.social reports on media mogul Barry Diller's interest in maybe buying CNN.
Unlikely, Brian says. For one thing, he's too liberal. Meaning: Trump won't have it.
And that's everyday life as we get Orbánized here. e.newsletters.cnn.com/click?Ecm9zZ...
Unlikely, Brian says. For one thing, he's too liberal. Meaning: Trump won't have it.
And that's everyday life as we get Orbánized here. e.newsletters.cnn.com/click?Ecm9zZ...
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NEW @ms.now: Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump for invading clinics are joining a new effort led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry to revive mass clinic protests.
I spent some time with them in DC last week. “We’re going to disrupt this country as much as we can," one said. 🧵
I spent some time with them in DC last week. “We’re going to disrupt this country as much as we can," one said. 🧵
‘We’re going to disrupt this country’: Pardoned anti-abortion activists plot mass clinic protests
A group of longtime abortion opponents, emboldened by Trump's pardons, regrouped in Washington to plan a new wave of demonstrations at abortion clinics.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
NEW @ms.now: Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump for invading clinics are joining a new effort led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry to revive mass clinic protests.
I spent some time with them in DC last week. “We’re going to disrupt this country as much as we can," one said. 🧵
I spent some time with them in DC last week. “We’re going to disrupt this country as much as we can," one said. 🧵