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January 22, 2026 at 5:11 AM
FYI
If you wish to know how this ends, read the final report issued by SIGAR on Afghanistan.
Why It’s Hard to Run Venezuela
Venezuela sprawls over terrain twice the size of California, with vast tracts of treacherous jungles, steep mountains and cities filled with guns.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 PM
If you wish to know how this ends, read the final report issued by SIGAR on Afghanistan.
Many libertarians and Democrats were wary of creating DHS in the post 9/11 era. I wasn't one of them. We should have listened to the critics. We blew them off because of fear. Now look at us. We are terrorized from within. Well-played Bin Laden. Well played. 😡
D.H.S.’s Role Questioned as Immigration Officers Flood U.S. Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Many libertarians and Democrats were wary of creating DHS in the post 9/11 era. I wasn't one of them. We should have listened to the critics. We blew them off because of fear. Now look at us. We are terrorized from within. Well-played Bin Laden. Well played. 😡
Trump will have to use force to take Greenland. I have no idea what happens then.But two scenarios are probable: we go to war with Europe or Trump gets impeached and removed from office for treason. Let's hope it's the latter.
‘Yankee, Go Home’: Greenlanders Protest Trump’s Takeover Plans
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Trump will have to use force to take Greenland. I have no idea what happens then.But two scenarios are probable: we go to war with Europe or Trump gets impeached and removed from office for treason. Let's hope it's the latter.
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Protect yourself from tear gas: N95s aren’t enough. Use half- or full‑face respirators with P100+OV filters, eye protection, no contacts.
Safety tips: phr.org/our-work/res...
Respirators: www.crisisreadymedia.org/masks
Stay safe, be brave, fight for what’s right ✊💚.
Safety tips: phr.org/our-work/res...
Respirators: www.crisisreadymedia.org/masks
Stay safe, be brave, fight for what’s right ✊💚.
Preparing for, Protecting Against, and Treating Tear Gas and Other Chemical Irritant Exposure: A Protestor’s Guide - PHR
Deceptively known as “less-lethal,” these weapons can in fact cause severe injuries and even death when used with excessive force. Physicians for Human Rights has worked extensively on the health impa...
phr.org
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Protect yourself from tear gas: N95s aren’t enough. Use half- or full‑face respirators with P100+OV filters, eye protection, no contacts.
Safety tips: phr.org/our-work/res...
Respirators: www.crisisreadymedia.org/masks
Stay safe, be brave, fight for what’s right ✊💚.
Safety tips: phr.org/our-work/res...
Respirators: www.crisisreadymedia.org/masks
Stay safe, be brave, fight for what’s right ✊💚.
Don't fly WestJet. Economy Seats With Less Legroom? This Time, the Budget Move Won’t Fly. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/t...
Economy Seats With Less Legroom? This Time, the Budget Move Won’t Fly.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Don't fly WestJet. Economy Seats With Less Legroom? This Time, the Budget Move Won’t Fly. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/t...
It's about effing time. I've been saying the party must move to a populist agenda focused on socialism (TO THE LEFT) for 10 years.
It's pretty interesting that "presidential candidates have to move to the center to win the general election" was unassailable conventional wisdom in political science for 100 years and now one party has completely abandoned that to incredible success.
January 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It's about effing time. I've been saying the party must move to a populist agenda focused on socialism (TO THE LEFT) for 10 years.
Since there exists no definition in statute of "insurrection" we are about to fall to a militarized regime. Count on it.
Did a Supreme Court Loss Embolden Trump on the Insurrection Act?
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Since there exists no definition in statute of "insurrection" we are about to fall to a militarized regime. Count on it.
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MINNESOTA!! This ain’t your first rodeo but learn these tactics!
How Hong Kong’s Protesters Evade Police and Keep the Demonstrations Alive | Visual Investigations
YouTube video by The New York Times
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January 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
MINNESOTA!! This ain’t your first rodeo but learn these tactics!
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"Talking straight here, the big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment,” Judge William G. Young said.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Judge Proposes Restricting Deportation of Scores of Noncitizen Academics
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"Talking straight here, the big problem in this case is that the cabinet secretaries and, ostensibly, the president of the United States are not honoring the First Amendment,” Judge William G. Young said.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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Dang. Jimmy Kimmel actually said in his monologue "People from the United States don't want to be part of the United States right now"
I will say it again. I love Jimmy Kimmel.
I will say it again. I love Jimmy Kimmel.
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Dang. Jimmy Kimmel actually said in his monologue "People from the United States don't want to be part of the United States right now"
I will say it again. I love Jimmy Kimmel.
I will say it again. I love Jimmy Kimmel.
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Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Oh the irony
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Oh the irony
Oh the irony
[Video] A decade-old clip of Ted Cruz warning Donald Trump would "nuke Denmark" if he were president has resurfaced amid current Greenland invasion talks. "We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would hav...
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A decade-old clip of Ted Cruz warning Donald Trump would "nuke Denmark" if he were president has resurfaced amid current Greenland invasion talks. "We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if h...
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January 15, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Oh the irony
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Washington and 11 other states’ attorneys general have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for what the multistate coalition argues is unlawful discrimination against transgender people via new strictures placed on federal grant funding. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/14/r...
Multistate lawsuit challenges ‘gender conditions’ on HHS funding • Washington State Standard
Twelve state attorneys general, co-led by Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in federal court in Providence Tuesday over n...
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Washington and 11 other states’ attorneys general have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for what the multistate coalition argues is unlawful discrimination against transgender people via new strictures placed on federal grant funding. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/14/r...
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The worst people in the country--the ones who flicked boogers at you in elementary school, who pinched girls' tits and ran--are ruining our lives.
You going to let that stand?
You going to let that stand?
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The worst people in the country--the ones who flicked boogers at you in elementary school, who pinched girls' tits and ran--are ruining our lives.
You going to let that stand?
You going to let that stand?
LOL. Any policy to encourage births flies in the face of GOP philosophical opposition to "socialism".😎
The Quest to ‘Make America Fertile Again’ Stalls Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
LOL. Any policy to encourage births flies in the face of GOP philosophical opposition to "socialism".😎
The problem I have with this no transgender athletes argument is that it presupposes females will always be less physically capable than "male." There are a plethora of women happy to prove y'all wrong. Starting with menstruating and birthing moms. And ending with tennis players & combat veterans
On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself.
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right
January 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The problem I have with this no transgender athletes argument is that it presupposes females will always be less physically capable than "male." There are a plethora of women happy to prove y'all wrong. Starting with menstruating and birthing moms. And ending with tennis players & combat veterans
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This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This is Minneapolis:
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
Walk into my neighborhood ACE last night & see the signage on their door notifying fed agents that it’s private property and cannot be used for immigration enforcement. These signs are all over the city.
Walk in & the nearest shelf has goggles & whistles.
So I'm wondering if people should just decline to register a gender when their children are born. I feel like that should be an option.
Supreme Court Highlights: Justices Seem Inclined to Allow States to Bar Transgender Athletes
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
So I'm wondering if people should just decline to register a gender when their children are born. I feel like that should be an option.
I was thinking about that too. Sadly, there are 100+ years of this behavior in the West AND Latin America
We make comparisons to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, but I wonder if central and south American death squads are a better point of reference for the Trump regime
January 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I was thinking about that too. Sadly, there are 100+ years of this behavior in the West AND Latin America
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Former Assoc AG Vanita Gupta asks the right question: “Are the feds conducting any real investigation of the agent’s actions, or instead focused on trying to justify what happened by tarring the victim as a domestic terrorist?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
F.B.I.’s Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House’s Remarks
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Former Assoc AG Vanita Gupta asks the right question: “Are the feds conducting any real investigation of the agent’s actions, or instead focused on trying to justify what happened by tarring the victim as a domestic terrorist?” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
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WATCH: We are LIVE on-the-ground at today's ICE protests in Minneapolis
LIVE ICE PROTESTS After Renee Good Murder | LIVE From Minneapolis
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
WATCH: We are LIVE on-the-ground at today's ICE protests in Minneapolis
EXACTLY. Disarm ICE. Defund ICE.
I think it’s important to point out: ICE does NOT have the same authority as a police officer. They do NOT have the power to enforce laws, only to engage in their specific tasks.
IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
IE: they don’t do traffic, etc. impeding traffic is not a penalty ICE can enforce against
January 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
EXACTLY. Disarm ICE. Defund ICE.