Faye Newfield
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Faye Newfield
@newfy128.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Eyes on ICE: Document and Record” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Eyes on ICE: Document and Record · No Kings
On Saturday, federal agents horrifically shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for veterans, in the Eat Street neighborhood of south Minneapolis after brutally beating him in...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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SocGen to cut 1,800 jobs in France by end of 2027, union says reut.rs/45SWWNU
SocGen to cut 1,800 jobs in France by end of 2027, union says
French bank Societe Generale is planning to cut 1,800 jobs in France by the end of 2027, the CGT union said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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Out of the paywall for today only:

China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric vehicles.

Read more from @abigailbassett.bsky.social:
A new cold war is brewing over rare earth minerals
Rare earth materials aren’t that rare.
www.theverge.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Anyway, I did end up ordering a giant order of Indian food that I'll mostly freeze.

So, I made samosa chaat from my big order of take out the way I like it.

(Potato and pea samosa, chana masala, raita, cilantro chutney, tamarind chutney)
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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The U.S. military says it has begun transferring detainees from the Islamic State group who were held in northeastern Syria to secure facilities in Iraq.
U.S. military transfers the first 150 Islamic State group detainees from Syria to Iraq
U.S.-backed SDF forces and the Syrian government have traded blame over the escape Monday of IS members from the Shaddedeh prison on the border with Iraq.
nbcnews.to
January 22, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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Breaking news: The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report.
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report deeming an ICE detainee’s death in Texas a homicide comes the same day that a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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After illegally abducting Maduro, Trump has just sold $250M of Venezuela's oil to Vitol.

John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.

Pay-to-play imperialism.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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The Supreme Court signaled deep skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, with several conservative justices joining their liberal colleagues in posing pointed questions of the lawyer defending the president.
Takeaways: Supreme Court signals it will defy Trump to keep Lisa Cook on Federal Reserve | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court signaled deep skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, with several conservative justices joining their libera...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Democrats are trying to translate visceral outrage into political strategy, even though there's little consensus on how to press forward on issues where the party has recently struggled to earn voters' trust. https://to.pbs.org/4jOplKK
After Minneapolis crackdown, Democrats confront political vulnerabilities to battle Trump on immigration
Democrats are trying to translate visceral outrage into political strategy, even though there's little consensus on how to press forward on issues where the party has recently struggled to earn voters' trust.
www.pbs.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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I got tired of waiting for @naomialderman.bsky.social new book "Don't Burn Anyone At The Stake Today" to have a Canadian printing, so I emailed a bookstore in Ireland and they absolutely were happy to ship me a brand new copy LOL
January 21, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Tatiana Trouvé’s sculptures include “bronze quilted ‘blankets’”, “coat hangers in marble,” and “shopping bags in…onyx,” Walker Mimms writes. “These are sculptures about everything but sculpture.”
Dead Ringers | Walker Mimms
The first time I saw a sculpture by Tatiana Trouvé, in an uncommonly dim gallery at a museum in Mougins, in southern France, I assumed that I had found
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January 22, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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President Trump’s hourlong speech to a packed audience at the World Economic Forum “sounded, in places, as if it had been ghostwritten by Mario Puzo,” our columnist Bret Stephens writes from Davos.
Opinion | An Unhinged President on the Magic Mountain
Trump’s Davos speech could have been ghostwritten by Mario Puzo.
nyti.ms
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was denied entry to participate in a fireside chat at the official U.S. pavilion in Davos following pressure from the White House, his office said.
Newsom says he was blocked from entering USA House at Davos
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had come to the Davos forum to rebut President Donald Trump on the world stage.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Add your name to the petition NOW and show that Americans are in solidarity with the people of Greenland in opposing any attempts to buy or invade their home. sign.moveon.org/petitions/am...
Tell Trump: Hands Off Greenland!
The people of Greenland oppose a U.S. takeover, and so do everyday Americans. Add your name to the petition NOW and show that we are in solidarity with the people of Greenland in opposing any attempts...
sign.moveon.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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While American families are expected to pay more for goods this holiday season due to Donald Trump’s tariffs, small-business owners are facing an existential crisis, Annie Lowrey reports:
Donald Trump’s War on Christmas
It’s a bad year for shoppers. It’s a terrible year for small-business owners.
bit.ly
December 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Putin claimed to have conquered Kupyansk
🇺🇦 Kupyansk is being cleared, the Russian group has lost the ability to hold its positions, — head of communications department of Joint Forces Group, Trehubov.

There are about 50 Russian servicemen in the city. Some of them are surrendering, in particular, foreign mercenaries.
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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The host of a long-running annual Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center canceled the event over the addition of Donald Trump’s name to the Washington, DC institution reut.rs/4atu16l
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald T...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Congressional Republicans have yet to break the record for most retirements in a single year, but some say it’s only a matter of time before widespread frustration with the current state of Washington leads to a tipping point as many in the party head for the exits. https://cnn.it/3KNK1Wt
December 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to deliver SNAP payments in full to states by Friday.
Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday
The administration had said it would distribute partial payments in November, but that the process could take weeks.
nbcnews.to
November 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people after a federal judge in Texas on Thursday granted the government’s request to dismiss the case. https://to.pbs.org/492vO1v
Boeing won't face criminal charge over 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds
A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a criminal conspiracy charge against Boeing related to two 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people.
www.pbs.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Michigan invalidates advance directives and living wills when women are pregnant.

Residents have filed a lawsuit challenging this pregnancy exclusion, arguing it violates the right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution.
Michigan women, doctors sue over end-of-life choices during pregnancy
Nine Michigan residents are suing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and other state officials over a law that voids a pregnant patient’s health care advance directive.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Past week:

@wsj.com $TAP $RIVN $TGT
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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BREAKING on MSNBC:

The federal prosecutor in charge of investigating whether Sen. Adam Schiff should be charged with mortgage fraud has told her bosses in Washington she did not think the case was strong enough to move forward — via @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social @carolleonnig.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Trump's ballroom funded by America's biggest companies and wealthy individuals reut.rs/4oU7hR1
Trump's ballroom funded by America's biggest companies and wealthy individuals
Many wealthy individuals and large U.S. tech, cryptocurrency, energy and defense corporations have donated to pay for the construction of a $300 million ballroom commissioned by President Donald Trump.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM