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Former special counsel Jack Smith said that it's correct that Trump was the only named defendant in the Jan. 6 case because he, "in my estimation, was the person most culpable for the crimes charged."
https://to.pbs.org/49BONjm
https://to.pbs.org/49BONjm
WATCH: Jack Smith explains why Trump was the only defendant charged in Jan. 6 case
Smith said that decision was “consistent with the federal principles of prosecution, which emphasize the degree of someone's culpability in making a charging decision,” and Trump was that person.
www.pbs.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Former special counsel Jack Smith said that it's correct that Trump was the only named defendant in the Jan. 6 case because he, "in my estimation, was the person most culpable for the crimes charged."
https://to.pbs.org/49BONjm
https://to.pbs.org/49BONjm
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Via Ralph Chapoco: An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved legislation that would make it a crime to give a police officer false information during a stop or refuse to disclose information to an officer investigating a possible felony or misdemeanor. https://ow.ly/T5w650Y1lVm
Bill would criminalize withholding or giving false information in some law enforcement stops | Alabama Reflector
The bill adds to the list of information that people must provide law enforcement when asked, such as their name and address.
ow.ly
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Via Ralph Chapoco: An Alabama House committee Wednesday approved legislation that would make it a crime to give a police officer false information during a stop or refuse to disclose information to an officer investigating a possible felony or misdemeanor. https://ow.ly/T5w650Y1lVm
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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🚨The caliber in that clip!🚨
We need to get our shit together. This is not the time to comply, comply, comply. This changes everything. This is not CS or a knee to the neck. This is ICE prepared to hose us down in masse.
We need to get our shit together. This is not the time to comply, comply, comply. This changes everything. This is not CS or a knee to the neck. This is ICE prepared to hose us down in masse.
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
🚨The caliber in that clip!🚨
We need to get our shit together. This is not the time to comply, comply, comply. This changes everything. This is not CS or a knee to the neck. This is ICE prepared to hose us down in masse.
We need to get our shit together. This is not the time to comply, comply, comply. This changes everything. This is not CS or a knee to the neck. This is ICE prepared to hose us down in masse.
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If confirmed, this really is a new low, where a state agency is altering image of real events with an intent to deceive the public.
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If confirmed, this really is a new low, where a state agency is altering image of real events with an intent to deceive the public.
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The ICE deaths we're not talking about
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
People are dying in Trump’s squalid concentration camps | Will Bunch
People are dying in ICE detention facilities at nearly 10 times the rate of the Biden years. It will likely get worse.
www.inquirer.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The ICE deaths we're not talking about
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
Trump's biggest concentration camp in Texas is rocked by 3 deaths in 33 days - one deemed 'homicide' after a violent encounter with guards. The ICE detention death rate is 10X (!!) Biden's final year
My new column on a crisis www.inquirer.com/opinion/deat...
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Breaking News: Less than a third of voters think the U.S. is better off than it was when President Trump returned to the White House, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds
A majority of voters said that Mr. Trump had focused on the wrong priorities and that they disapproved of his handling of top issues, but the president still enjoys strong support from Republicans.
nyti.ms
January 22, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Breaking News: Less than a third of voters think the U.S. is better off than it was when President Trump returned to the White House, a New York Times/Siena poll found.
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International adoptee warns: talk with your family about what they should do if you don't show up some day. Make extra copies of your paperwork. 💔
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
International adoptee warns: talk with your family about what they should do if you don't show up some day. Make extra copies of your paperwork. 💔
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by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
look what they’re doing to my city. apologies for the camerawork
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM
by the way, all of this, dozens of goons, weapons brandished massive teargassing of public space, people beaten in the street, destroying two intersections on either side of my neighborhood, horror, all seems to have been to create a distraction to abduct crying two teenagers who were here legally
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Rep. Summer Lee is spot on.
“The DOJ has been required to turn over the full Epstein files since August.
They handed over one percent. Heavily redacted.
Now that same subpoena is being used to hold the Clintons in contempt for what the DOJ itself is violating.”
#SheShed
“The DOJ has been required to turn over the full Epstein files since August.
They handed over one percent. Heavily redacted.
Now that same subpoena is being used to hold the Clintons in contempt for what the DOJ itself is violating.”
#SheShed
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Rep. Summer Lee is spot on.
“The DOJ has been required to turn over the full Epstein files since August.
They handed over one percent. Heavily redacted.
Now that same subpoena is being used to hold the Clintons in contempt for what the DOJ itself is violating.”
#SheShed
“The DOJ has been required to turn over the full Epstein files since August.
They handed over one percent. Heavily redacted.
Now that same subpoena is being used to hold the Clintons in contempt for what the DOJ itself is violating.”
#SheShed
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For your important reading on this subject:
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
For your important reading on this subject:
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In the richest country in the world, it is reprehensible that people are forced to wait til a preventable disease becomes an emergency, or until they’re 65 and on Medicare to access care.
It’s time for Medicare for All — health care from the day you’re born to the day you die.
It’s time for Medicare for All — health care from the day you’re born to the day you die.
January 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
In the richest country in the world, it is reprehensible that people are forced to wait til a preventable disease becomes an emergency, or until they’re 65 and on Medicare to access care.
It’s time for Medicare for All — health care from the day you’re born to the day you die.
It’s time for Medicare for All — health care from the day you’re born to the day you die.
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🚨ICE violently dragged a U.S. veteran out of her car near Minneapolis
ICE: Get out of the f*cking car!
Vet: You know I'm a Marine Corps veteran?
ICE: I don't care what you are!
[ICE drags her from car & then points taser at passenger]
ICE: "F*cking move I'll f*cking taze you!"
ICE: Get out of the f*cking car!
Vet: You know I'm a Marine Corps veteran?
ICE: I don't care what you are!
[ICE drags her from car & then points taser at passenger]
ICE: "F*cking move I'll f*cking taze you!"
January 21, 2026 at 7:53 PM
🚨ICE violently dragged a U.S. veteran out of her car near Minneapolis
ICE: Get out of the f*cking car!
Vet: You know I'm a Marine Corps veteran?
ICE: I don't care what you are!
[ICE drags her from car & then points taser at passenger]
ICE: "F*cking move I'll f*cking taze you!"
ICE: Get out of the f*cking car!
Vet: You know I'm a Marine Corps veteran?
ICE: I don't care what you are!
[ICE drags her from car & then points taser at passenger]
ICE: "F*cking move I'll f*cking taze you!"
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In Maine, the newest immigration flash point, SOS Shenna Bellows said she won’t grant a request for confidential license plates sought by CBP.
President Obama deported millions and you barely heard a whisper because the process took place without cruelty and WITH due process.
Be like Obama.
President Obama deported millions and you barely heard a whisper because the process took place without cruelty and WITH due process.
Be like Obama.
January 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
In Maine, the newest immigration flash point, SOS Shenna Bellows said she won’t grant a request for confidential license plates sought by CBP.
President Obama deported millions and you barely heard a whisper because the process took place without cruelty and WITH due process.
Be like Obama.
President Obama deported millions and you barely heard a whisper because the process took place without cruelty and WITH due process.
Be like Obama.
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1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
January 21, 2026 at 8:42 PM
1/21/2026 - Minneapolis
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment
At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children
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Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
DHS ICE memo 1-21-26
www.documentcloud.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Stop what you’re doing and read this whistleblower report. ICE has been training its agents that they don’t need a judicial warrant to break down your door - a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
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BREAKING: In a powerful moment, NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte just stood up to Donald Trump reminding him that NATO has always had America's back, including after 9/11. This is the truth.
January 21, 2026 at 11:24 PM
BREAKING: In a powerful moment, NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte just stood up to Donald Trump reminding him that NATO has always had America's back, including after 9/11. This is the truth.
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Jack Smith testifies publicly TOMORROW at 10am in front of the House Judiciary Committee about his criminal case against Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election
January 21, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Jack Smith testifies publicly TOMORROW at 10am in front of the House Judiciary Committee about his criminal case against Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election
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This past weekend, I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This past weekend, I went back to Broadview for the first time since being federally indicted.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
I will put my body on the line no matter how many times it takes.
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If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
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I keep seeing posts stating that ICE cannot enter your home or a private business without a judicial warrant. While that is legally correct, in reality ICE routinely violates the law by forcing their way in, often by smashing down doors, before violently assaulting people.
Trumpism is fascism.
Trumpism is fascism.
January 20, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I keep seeing posts stating that ICE cannot enter your home or a private business without a judicial warrant. While that is legally correct, in reality ICE routinely violates the law by forcing their way in, often by smashing down doors, before violently assaulting people.
Trumpism is fascism.
Trumpism is fascism.
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The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 PM
The 25th Amendment must be invoked by the cabinet. I’m all for pressuring them. Congressional Dems should lead the charge. Not on Bluesky or Threads. Let’s do it.