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We're going to war over a peace prize.
January 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
We're going to war over a peace prize.
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Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files
Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files
A majority of Americans suspect the government is intentionally withholding noteworthy information.
dlvr.it
January 19, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files
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The World Economic Forum has said that Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will not attend this year’s summit in Davos amid a violent crackdown by Tehran's authorities that reportedly killed more than 3,900 people.
Davos disinvites Iran’s top diplomat after bloody crackdown on protests
“It is not right for the Iranian government to be represented” given the loss of civilian lives in recent weeks, the World Economic Forum says.
www.politico.eu
January 19, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The World Economic Forum has said that Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will not attend this year’s summit in Davos amid a violent crackdown by Tehran's authorities that reportedly killed more than 3,900 people.
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The European Commission is exploring a ban on AI-powered apps that undress people online in the wake of abusive content generated through X’s Grok.
EU looks to ban nudification apps following Grok outrage
The proliferation of intimate deepfakes on X has raised questions over the bloc’s AI law.
www.politico.eu
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The European Commission is exploring a ban on AI-powered apps that undress people online in the wake of abusive content generated through X’s Grok.
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The White House's repeated attacks on the EU's digital laws are reviving a long-held goal among European legislators: to establish an independent regulator that sits outside the Brussels institutions to enforce its many tech rulebooks.
🔗 politi.co/4jRfgNh
🔗 politi.co/4jRfgNh
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The White House's repeated attacks on the EU's digital laws are reviving a long-held goal among European legislators: to establish an independent regulator that sits outside the Brussels institutions to enforce its many tech rulebooks.
🔗 politi.co/4jRfgNh
🔗 politi.co/4jRfgNh
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These Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem:
Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)
Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
These Democrats voted to confirm Kristi Noem:
Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)
Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.)
Sen. Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sen. Tim Kaine (Va.)
Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.)
Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.)
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.)
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After a chaotic visit to an ICE jail, the congresswoman LaMonica McIver is facing 17 years in prison. Jonathan Blitzer reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/FRrFNE
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/FRrFNE
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
After a chaotic visit to an ICE jail, the congresswoman LaMonica McIver is facing 17 years in prison. Jonathan Blitzer reports.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/FRrFNE
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/FRrFNE
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fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
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“.. foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
January 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
“.. foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.” 🤡
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News
The network’s new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:26 PM
very good piece which confirms that weiss is both exceptionally arrogant and totally out of her depth. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Breaking news: In a message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his insistence on taking over Greenland to his grievance over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — adding a new twist to Trump’s stoking of a trade war.
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
Trump’s push to take over Greenland and unleash a trade war with European nations has sparked the greatest transatlantic crisis in generations.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Breaking news: In a message to Norway’s prime minister, President Donald Trump linked his insistence on taking over Greenland to his grievance over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — adding a new twist to Trump’s stoking of a trade war.
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If protesters were getting paid, there's be a massive chain of solicitations, emails that would easily prove the case. There is none
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
Rep. Byron Donalds: "These agitators -- who by the way are paid, folks. America, they are paid to do this kind of mess."
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
If protesters were getting paid, there's be a massive chain of solicitations, emails that would easily prove the case. There is none
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
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FRANCE INTENDS TO DECLINE INVITATION TO JOIN TRUMP’S BOARD OF PEACE AT THIS STAGE - SOURCE CLOSE TO MACRON
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
FRANCE INTENDS TO DECLINE INVITATION TO JOIN TRUMP’S BOARD OF PEACE AT THIS STAGE - SOURCE CLOSE TO MACRON
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I’d like to volunteer all the dumbass male podcasters who told people to vote for Trump to be first on the ground in our new war with Europe.
It’s hardcore and manly, right? You can hawk your supplement pills and stream from the frontlines!
It’s hardcore and manly, right? You can hawk your supplement pills and stream from the frontlines!
worldwide measurements of “you’re not getting Greenland, bitch” forecasted to rise to levels unheard of in the next 12-24 hours
January 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I’d like to volunteer all the dumbass male podcasters who told people to vote for Trump to be first on the ground in our new war with Europe.
It’s hardcore and manly, right? You can hawk your supplement pills and stream from the frontlines!
It’s hardcore and manly, right? You can hawk your supplement pills and stream from the frontlines!
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This is absolutely horrific. It's time for a change.
January 19, 2026 at 3:47 PM
This is absolutely horrific. It's time for a change.
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This is the last of my images of this lovely North American Porcupine that visited me in my back yard last year. What an unexpected and lovely encounter it was!
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
February 2025
📸 #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
February 2025
📸 #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This is the last of my images of this lovely North American Porcupine that visited me in my back yard last year. What an unexpected and lovely encounter it was!
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
February 2025
📸 #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
February 2025
📸 #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
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The Indiana Hoosiers have broken the brains of everyone in college football.
@chrisvannini.com explains why.
@chrisvannini.com explains why.
January 19, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The Indiana Hoosiers have broken the brains of everyone in college football.
@chrisvannini.com explains why.
@chrisvannini.com explains why.
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From @theathletic.com: The Buffalo Bills are said to have fired coach Sean McDermott after nine seasons, following another loss in the divisional round. nyti.ms/4pFGszH
Bills fire coach Sean McDermott after 9 seasons, will retain GM Brandon Beane: Source
McDermott went 98-50 over his nine seasons but the Bills have yet to reach a Super Bowl despite the MVP presence of Josh Allen.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM
From @theathletic.com: The Buffalo Bills are said to have fired coach Sean McDermott after nine seasons, following another loss in the divisional round. nyti.ms/4pFGszH
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Anyway, if I were the Labour press team I would be digging up absolutely every single positive thing Nigel has said about Donald, every photo of the two of them hanging out etc etc and I would be preparing to dump it like a bucket of cold sick over his head.
January 19, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Anyway, if I were the Labour press team I would be digging up absolutely every single positive thing Nigel has said about Donald, every photo of the two of them hanging out etc etc and I would be preparing to dump it like a bucket of cold sick over his head.
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Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
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China continues to dump US Treasuries China continues to reduce its US Treasury holdings. In November, its holdings fell by $6.1 billion to $682.6 billion, the lowest level since September 2008 during the global financial crisis.
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
China continues to dump US Treasuries China continues to reduce its US Treasury holdings. In November, its holdings fell by $6.1 billion to $682.6 billion, the lowest level since September 2008 during the global financial crisis.
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Probably not going to war over Greenland because Trump didn’t get an Nobel peace prize.
That was a truly cursed sentence I never thought I’d write
That was a truly cursed sentence I never thought I’d write
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Probably not going to war over Greenland because Trump didn’t get an Nobel peace prize.
That was a truly cursed sentence I never thought I’d write
That was a truly cursed sentence I never thought I’d write
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Political and business leaders at Davos must speak out against what is occurring in the United States. If there were ever a time for world leadership, it is now. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/jamies-choice
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Political and business leaders at Davos must speak out against what is occurring in the United States. If there were ever a time for world leadership, it is now. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/jamies-choice
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My favorite part about all of this new technology is that it just doesn’t work that well.
From @404media.co,
“ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify, provides a “definitive” determination of someone’s immigration status, and should be trusted over a birth certificate. “
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
“ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify, provides a “definitive” determination of someone’s immigration status, and should be trusted over a birth certificate. “
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
My favorite part about all of this new technology is that it just doesn’t work that well.
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"They seem unprepared for what they are facing. They have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people — real estate agents, high school students — who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"They seem unprepared for what they are facing. They have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people — real estate agents, high school students — who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...