Excellent reporting by DW News.

Reporters Without Borders press freedom statistics for the US are dire. One score above Sierra Leone.

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I’ve wondered whether Melania Trump would be targeted by ICE if she was stripped of her heavy glam, coiffured hair, expensive wardrobe & left alone to roam the streets of Minneapolis.

In journalism, “flamboyant” is often used to describe a style or behaviour that is expressive & colourful, typically associated with gay men. This term can reinforce stereotypes about LGBTQIA+ individuals, highlighting both the visibility & the potential for misrepresentation within media portrayals

I was surprised that PM Marc Carney signed up & I agree with you. How it’s being reported in Australia youtu.be/XmQT3jyOBjI?...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Slightly off topic though had me thinking of this.

USA is the outlier in that it has the highest gun related death rates & is the only country listed without universal healthcare.

ICE is very reminiscent of the Stasi.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_F... Boeing is evil. There’s an excellent docu-drama covering this 1992 air disaster called ‘The Crash’ (Rampvlucht) which shows the extreme lengths Boeing will go to in covering up their lax safety protocols & their complete & utter disregard for human life.

I read descriptions & recollections of Trump in Graydon Carter’s book ‘When The Going Was Good’ with relish.

Excellent reporting by @thenation.com . I have very dear online friends who fully support LGBTQIA+ rights, particularly transgender rights, though they regularly post NYT Wordle links to a Discord server I belong to (I can block all but screenshots). Talking the talk needs walking the walk.

As a longtime Apple consumer I’m alarmed & deeply disappointed that Grok is available on the App Store. Particularly in light of this truly horrific & repugnant information.

Just back from a lovely Christmas holiday with family. Much discussion re ‘why are so many Americans susceptible to propaganda & conspiracy theories?’. My sister went as far as closing her private US owned social media accounts. Media literacy seems substandard in large swathes of the populace.