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Less than a year after the deadly battle of COP Keating, Latvian NATO troops CPL. Martins Dabolins, SFC Janis Lakis & CAP Agris Liepins flew to Minnesota to reunite with the US troops alongside they served.
US SGT Eric Harder is in the maroon. 🇺🇸 🇱🇻
gazette.com/2010/07/25/l...
US SGT Eric Harder is in the maroon. 🇺🇸 🇱🇻
gazette.com/2010/07/25/l...
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Less than a year after the deadly battle of COP Keating, Latvian NATO troops CPL. Martins Dabolins, SFC Janis Lakis & CAP Agris Liepins flew to Minnesota to reunite with the US troops alongside they served.
US SGT Eric Harder is in the maroon. 🇺🇸 🇱🇻
gazette.com/2010/07/25/l...
US SGT Eric Harder is in the maroon. 🇺🇸 🇱🇻
gazette.com/2010/07/25/l...
POTUS re-posting various insanities in the last few hours: that NATO and the UN are “the real threat,” not China or Russia; anti-Muslim bigotry (“they outbreed us”); wild election lies about Dominion voting machines.
January 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
POTUS re-posting various insanities in the last few hours: that NATO and the UN are “the real threat,” not China or Russia; anti-Muslim bigotry (“they outbreed us”); wild election lies about Dominion voting machines.
In the middle of the night the President was posting private messages from European leaders, criticizing the UK, and sharing a fake image of a map in which the US controls Greenland, Canada, Venezuela, and Cuba.
January 20, 2026 at 12:11 PM
In the middle of the night the President was posting private messages from European leaders, criticizing the UK, and sharing a fake image of a map in which the US controls Greenland, Canada, Venezuela, and Cuba.
On October 26, 1967, six months before his assassination, MLK Jr spoke at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia and gave his “blueprint” speech. Here’s a short excerpt:
January 19, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On October 26, 1967, six months before his assassination, MLK Jr spoke at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia and gave his “blueprint” speech. Here’s a short excerpt:
Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Trump says on Feb 1 he will impose a 10% tariff “on any and all goods sent” to US from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland, increasing to 25% June 1 “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland.”
As we covered on The Lead, Epstein survivors requested DOJ IG review the flawed release/non-release of documents including where “names of individuals alleged to have participated in or facilitated abuse appear to have been redacted.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 AM
As we covered on The Lead, Epstein survivors requested DOJ IG review the flawed release/non-release of documents including where “names of individuals alleged to have participated in or facilitated abuse appear to have been redacted.”
A special two hour State of the Union this Sunday starting at 8 am ET on CNN
January 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
A special two hour State of the Union this Sunday starting at 8 am ET on CNN
Common Sense by Thomas Paine, published anonymously on this day 250 years ago.
January 10, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Common Sense by Thomas Paine, published anonymously on this day 250 years ago.
Artist: Christine Cornell
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
January 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Artist: Christine Cornell
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores make their first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday on federal drug and weapons charges. Both pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Latest Measles outbreak in Kentucky.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
January 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Latest Measles outbreak in Kentucky.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
Measles had been eliminated in the US in 2020 but in 2025 there were a total of 2,065 confirmed measles cases in the US, 88% of them associated with outbreaks.
The measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine is “very safe and effective,” per CDC.
“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free…”
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
January 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free…”
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on this day in 1863.
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Some New Year’s Resolution ideas courtesy of Richard Scarry —
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Best wishes to you and yours for a peaceful and loving 2026.
Be kind to yourself this year!
Happy New Year!!!
December 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Happy New Year!!!
It wasn’t just the Republican district attorney who supported the prosecution of Peters, all 3 GOP Mesa County (Co.) Commissioners at the time supported the prosecution.
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It wasn’t just the Republican district attorney who supported the prosecution of Peters, all 3 GOP Mesa County (Co.) Commissioners at the time supported the prosecution.
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
In August 2024, Peters was convicted of 7 charges, including four felonies. 1/3
President Trump posts an image and writes “Windmills are killing all of our beautiful Bald Eagles!”
The image is a dead falcon at an Israeli wind turbine, as seen in this 2017 Haaretz story.
The image is a dead falcon at an Israeli wind turbine, as seen in this 2017 Haaretz story.
December 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
President Trump posts an image and writes “Windmills are killing all of our beautiful Bald Eagles!”
The image is a dead falcon at an Israeli wind turbine, as seen in this 2017 Haaretz story.
The image is a dead falcon at an Israeli wind turbine, as seen in this 2017 Haaretz story.
In the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy family announced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from cancer.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In the early afternoon, ET, the Kennedy family announced that JFK’s granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg had died from cancer.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
A few hours later, President Trump re-posted some social media garbage attacking the Kennedy family.
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
RIP Isiah Whitlock
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
RIP Isiah Whitlock
December 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM