Furball42
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The bad news: Arkansas legislative committee pours $32M more into Gov. Sanders' school vouchers scheme, bringing total this year to $310M. The good news: It passed narrowly on a voice vote, so perhaps some Republican legislators are coming to their senses on this boondoggle.
#arpx
#arpx
Arkansas panel advances plan to steer more funding to voucher program | Arkansas Advocate
An Arkansas lawmaker raised concerns Tuesday about how to fund the state’s school voucher program in the future after advancing a request for more money that would raise its cost this year to nearly…
buff.ly
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The bad news: Arkansas legislative committee pours $32M more into Gov. Sanders' school vouchers scheme, bringing total this year to $310M. The good news: It passed narrowly on a voice vote, so perhaps some Republican legislators are coming to their senses on this boondoggle.
#arpx
#arpx
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Alternate headline: “Is @joerogan really going to pretend he wasn’t warned repeatedly about his support for this guy?”
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Alternate headline: “Is @joerogan really going to pretend he wasn’t warned repeatedly about his support for this guy?”
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$193 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
$193 MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES
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Here's a litmus test for Ds from @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
"Who’s got the mettle to save the country in 2029? Whatever they say—and however they say it as they campaign—who can be counted on to abolish the filibuster? Add states to the union? Reform the courts?"
www.offmessage.net/p/mary-pelto...
"Who’s got the mettle to save the country in 2029? Whatever they say—and however they say it as they campaign—who can be counted on to abolish the filibuster? Add states to the union? Reform the courts?"
www.offmessage.net/p/mary-pelto...
Is Mary Peltola An Elusive "Fighting Moderate"?
Or is the whole concept an oxymoron?
www.offmessage.net
January 14, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Here's a litmus test for Ds from @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
"Who’s got the mettle to save the country in 2029? Whatever they say—and however they say it as they campaign—who can be counted on to abolish the filibuster? Add states to the union? Reform the courts?"
www.offmessage.net/p/mary-pelto...
"Who’s got the mettle to save the country in 2029? Whatever they say—and however they say it as they campaign—who can be counted on to abolish the filibuster? Add states to the union? Reform the courts?"
www.offmessage.net/p/mary-pelto...
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Kill a news broadcast to win approval for a merger. I bet that nets out for the Ellisons. After all, when Trump is becoming more and more unpopular, why pivot toward his supporters? That doesn't seem like a good business model. So there must be other reasons for the Barification of CBS News.
Viewers are rejecting Tony Dokoupil's "CBS Evening News," with the show down 23% in viewers year over year.
"CBS isn’t losing the evening news race, they already lost it," one veteran TV exec told me. Another called the debut a "big whiff."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...
"CBS isn’t losing the evening news race, they already lost it," one veteran TV exec told me. Another called the debut a "big whiff."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/tony-dokou...
The Dokoupil Dud
Despite wall-to-wall promotion, Tony Dokoupil’s "CBS Evening News" debut has delivered a ratings dud—and perhaps exposed the limits of Bari Weiss' MAGA-ification of the network.
www.status.news
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Kill a news broadcast to win approval for a merger. I bet that nets out for the Ellisons. After all, when Trump is becoming more and more unpopular, why pivot toward his supporters? That doesn't seem like a good business model. So there must be other reasons for the Barification of CBS News.
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🚨BREAKING: Any candidate for federal office may challenge election laws governing their election, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, potentially triggering a deluge of litigation over the counting and certifying of results. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court opens election litigation floodgates, says any candidate can challenge voting laws
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
🚨BREAKING: Any candidate for federal office may challenge election laws governing their election, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, potentially triggering a deluge of litigation over the counting and certifying of results. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
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ICE abducted and injured (bruised cheek) a 1-year old who is the daughter of a US citizen detained as part of a Kavanaugh Stop.
"Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid."
Federal agents allegedly drive off with baby in car after father detained in Cypress Park raid
The father, who is a U.S. citizen, was detained for allegedly throwing rocks at agents. He says agents then drove off in his car, with his 1-year-old daughter in the backseat.
abc7.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
ICE abducted and injured (bruised cheek) a 1-year old who is the daughter of a US citizen detained as part of a Kavanaugh Stop.
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
ICE's "presence is terrifying medical staff and raising concerns about patient care, according to five nurses at HCMC hospital in Minneapolis who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs."
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Via reporter @ericazurek.bsky.social www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
ICE agents appear at Twin Cities hospitals, alarming health care workers
Health care workers in the Twin Cities report that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are entering hospitals with detained individuals, leaving some medical staff terrified and concerned ...
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
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Sure seems like racial profiling.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Sure seems like racial profiling.
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I’m actually really quite serious: can sanctuary cities stop sending their taxes to the feds?
Trump: "Starting February 1, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities"
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I’m actually really quite serious: can sanctuary cities stop sending their taxes to the feds?
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It's finally happening.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It's finally happening.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
The Swedish prime minister just announced that a pan-European force is arriving in #Greenland as we speak.
No word yet on whether UK forces are among them.
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“You guys gotta stop obstructing us,” one immigration agent said. Then, referring to Renee Good: “That’s why that lesbian b*tch is dead.”
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/13/i...
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump.
“That’s sort of by design.”
“That’s sort of by design.”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Violent interactions with the public aren’t surprising, a former ICE official said of the agency under Trump.
“That’s sort of by design.”
“That’s sort of by design.”
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Fact that everything Trump does benefits the wealthy is ignored by MAGA because:
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
-Lyndon Johnson
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
-Lyndon Johnson
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Fact that everything Trump does benefits the wealthy is ignored by MAGA because:
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
-Lyndon Johnson
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
-Lyndon Johnson
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This was the plan
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This was the plan
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America has become an authoritarian state
In the last 4 days:
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
-- Elise Slotkin says she's being criminally investigated by DOJ
-- ICE illegally goes "door to door" in Minneapolis
-- FBI raids the home of a WP journalist
-- DHS illegally arrests, detains 100+ Somalians with legal refugee status
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
America has become an authoritarian state
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“The decision could change the landscape for how — and how often — election policies are challenged and is in contrast with the Supreme Court’s decisions limiting when and how people can sue under the Voting Rights Act.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Supreme Court allows candidate challenges to state ballot-counting rules.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court's opinion, allowing the challenge to “Illinois’s procedure for counting mail-in ballots received after election day" to proceed.
The latest at Law Dork:
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court's opinion, allowing the challenge to “Illinois’s procedure for counting mail-in ballots received after election day" to proceed.
The latest at Law Dork:
Supreme Court allows candidate challenges to state ballot-counting rules
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court's opinion, allowing the challenge to “Illinois’s procedure for counting mail-in ballots received after election day" to proceed.
www.lawdork.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
“The decision could change the landscape for how — and how often — election policies are challenged and is in contrast with the Supreme Court’s decisions limiting when and how people can sue under the Voting Rights Act.” - @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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FOX NEWS: Do you think the affordability argument is a 'hoax,' as the president has said?
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, no. What the president is referring to when he calls it a hoax is the Democrats' spin. It is Bidenomics that got us into this mess. That's why prices are up.
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, no. What the president is referring to when he calls it a hoax is the Democrats' spin. It is Bidenomics that got us into this mess. That's why prices are up.
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
FOX NEWS: Do you think the affordability argument is a 'hoax,' as the president has said?
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, no. What the president is referring to when he calls it a hoax is the Democrats' spin. It is Bidenomics that got us into this mess. That's why prices are up.
MIKE JOHNSON: Well, no. What the president is referring to when he calls it a hoax is the Democrats' spin. It is Bidenomics that got us into this mess. That's why prices are up.
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Dear ICE officers: contrary to what mini-Himmler tells you, your immunity protection is not nearly that concrete nor automatic. It is very fact-dependent and can absolutely be overcome.
Himmler won't be there with you when you get in trouble. You'll be on your own.
Remember your oath.
Himmler won't be there with you when you get in trouble. You'll be on your own.
Remember your oath.
DHS tells ICE to take the gloves off; you can do anything
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Dear ICE officers: contrary to what mini-Himmler tells you, your immunity protection is not nearly that concrete nor automatic. It is very fact-dependent and can absolutely be overcome.
Himmler won't be there with you when you get in trouble. You'll be on your own.
Remember your oath.
Himmler won't be there with you when you get in trouble. You'll be on your own.
Remember your oath.
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ICE violently kicks in a door, guns drawn, in front of children…
ICE later shows only an “administrative warrant” — which isn’t permission to break down a door, nor does it allow forced entry…it’s NOT even signed by a judge, making it an unlawful entry.
Know your rights, and stand up for them! 😎✨
ICE later shows only an “administrative warrant” — which isn’t permission to break down a door, nor does it allow forced entry…it’s NOT even signed by a judge, making it an unlawful entry.
Know your rights, and stand up for them! 😎✨
January 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
ICE violently kicks in a door, guns drawn, in front of children…
ICE later shows only an “administrative warrant” — which isn’t permission to break down a door, nor does it allow forced entry…it’s NOT even signed by a judge, making it an unlawful entry.
Know your rights, and stand up for them! 😎✨
ICE later shows only an “administrative warrant” — which isn’t permission to break down a door, nor does it allow forced entry…it’s NOT even signed by a judge, making it an unlawful entry.
Know your rights, and stand up for them! 😎✨
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HOT DAMN: Gen Z teens are reportedly exposing the identity of their ICE agent dads on TikTok…
BOOM! 💥
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
BOOM! 💥
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
January 14, 2026 at 12:58 AM
HOT DAMN: Gen Z teens are reportedly exposing the identity of their ICE agent dads on TikTok…
BOOM! 💥
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨
BOOM! 💥
Let’s. Do. This. 😎✨