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Trump also thinks Greenland is much more strategically important in relation to Russia and China now than during the early Cold War. This would be the same Russia with which the US wants to engage in joint projects in the Arctic, and which the 2025 NSS says Europe is worrying about for no reason.
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Trump also thinks Greenland is much more strategically important in relation to Russia and China now than during the early Cold War. This would be the same Russia with which the US wants to engage in joint projects in the Arctic, and which the 2025 NSS says Europe is worrying about for no reason.
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TRUMP: REITERATES ATTACK ON WIND MILLS
January 21, 2026 at 1:56 PM
TRUMP: REITERATES ATTACK ON WIND MILLS
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Groan. Biggest investment in history in helping vulnerable people benefit from net zero bill saving tech, free solar and insulation for people struggling, zero and low interest loans for able to pay, and guardian leads on there being no gas boiler ban. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push
Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Groan. Biggest investment in history in helping vulnerable people benefit from net zero bill saving tech, free solar and insulation for people struggling, zero and low interest loans for able to pay, and guardian leads on there being no gas boiler ban. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Notwithstanding MN's repression, Greenland fantasy, and the insurance premium hikes, Trump's approval is still at 40%, exactly where it was in June. His floor may be lower, but not much lower.
New Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll out tomorrow at 6:00 AM ET. We'll have fresh results on how Americans are feeling about Trump's deportations, issue salience and party trust, and an update on the 2026 House generic ballot. Toplines and crosstabs to be posted here www.gelliottmorris.com/p/poll
Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll releases
This page contains an archive of all the monthly polls Strength In Numbers has conducted with our polling partner, Verasight, since May 2025.
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Notwithstanding MN's repression, Greenland fantasy, and the insurance premium hikes, Trump's approval is still at 40%, exactly where it was in June. His floor may be lower, but not much lower.
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If all this is really about bolstering Greenland's capabilities, as Graham is claiming, why is the White House so angry about other NATO states bolstering Greenland's capabilities? And why couldn't the US have done it within existing frameworks that allow for a US military presence?
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM
If all this is really about bolstering Greenland's capabilities, as Graham is claiming, why is the White House so angry about other NATO states bolstering Greenland's capabilities? And why couldn't the US have done it within existing frameworks that allow for a US military presence?
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With fascism the enemy race are always simultaneously subhuman and evil geniuses
January 21, 2026 at 10:33 AM
With fascism the enemy race are always simultaneously subhuman and evil geniuses
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Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Nick Fuentes: “Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. … I'm not actually wishing for violence, but please send in the military and restore order.”
www.mediamatters.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Nick Fuentes urging Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota: "Bro, do it. Do something. Just stop chickening out. I'm just tired of the idle threats... Please pull the trigger. Please kill them, Mr. President. Please just kill them."
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
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It needs to be said that it is extremely telling of what role ICE is ultimately playing in society that schools respond to it as though its a horde of potential mass shooters.
two seattle schools had to shelter in place due to ICE today. they’re coming.
January 20, 2026 at 11:18 PM
It needs to be said that it is extremely telling of what role ICE is ultimately playing in society that schools respond to it as though its a horde of potential mass shooters.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
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I think a bit of mourning is appropriate. The liberal international order got a lot of flack, it was hard to explain (was it even real?), US hypocrisy, etc. But frankly it is the best global order that ever existed. The goal should be to salvage as much as possible. The alternative is so much worse.
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I think a bit of mourning is appropriate. The liberal international order got a lot of flack, it was hard to explain (was it even real?), US hypocrisy, etc. But frankly it is the best global order that ever existed. The goal should be to salvage as much as possible. The alternative is so much worse.
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"It's in Norway, so Norway controls the shots" is yet another confirmation - not that more was needed - of how Trump sees his own power: dictatorial and unlimited. America is *his*
Trump: "I should've gotten the Nobel Prize for each war, but I don't say that. I saved millions & millions of people. And don't let anybody tell you Norway doesn't control the shots, ok? It's in Norway. It's a joke. They lost such prestige. That's why I have such respect for what Maria did."
January 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"It's in Norway, so Norway controls the shots" is yet another confirmation - not that more was needed - of how Trump sees his own power: dictatorial and unlimited. America is *his*
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Just gotta find that magic word to describe people opposed to you so you can safely brutalise them. Dehumanise them enough and you'll feel nothing but joy as you shoot them in the face. America, 2026.
Q: The criticism is about ICE tactics against ordinary citizens who are not sex offenders. What do you say to that?
BOVINO: It's anarchists that actually cause ma & pa America to sometimes be near or involved in very tense situations. The only people dialing dow rhetoric is federal law enforcement
BOVINO: It's anarchists that actually cause ma & pa America to sometimes be near or involved in very tense situations. The only people dialing dow rhetoric is federal law enforcement
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Just gotta find that magic word to describe people opposed to you so you can safely brutalise them. Dehumanise them enough and you'll feel nothing but joy as you shoot them in the face. America, 2026.
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Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
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The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
Trump: "I should have gotten the Nobel prize for each war...I saved millions and millions of people...and don't let anyone tell you that Norway doesn't control the shots. It's in Norway. Norway controls the shots. It's a joke. They've lost such prestige.“
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Trump disbelief that the Norwegian govt doesn't control the Nobel process is deeply indicative of his thinking. He can't conceive that an institution could (or should) be genuinely independent of coercion or political power. That's the change he represents.
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Trump: "Whoo. I'm glad my finger wasn't in that sucker. That could've dome some damage but you know what? I wouldn't have shown the pain. I would've gone back. Boy did you hear that? That was nasty. But I would not have shown the pain. I would've acted like nothing happens as my finger fell off."
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Trump: "Whoo. I'm glad my finger wasn't in that sucker. That could've dome some damage but you know what? I wouldn't have shown the pain. I would've gone back. Boy did you hear that? That was nasty. But I would not have shown the pain. I would've acted like nothing happens as my finger fell off."
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Truth Social ads make following Donald Trump's ramblings an extra weird experience.
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Truth Social ads make following Donald Trump's ramblings an extra weird experience.
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The fact that you can have a Ukraine/Taiwan emoji in your handle and entertain this shows just how vastly empty and nihilistic the American right is. There is nothing they can't reconcile that goes against their stated beliefs as long as the libs are owned.
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The fact that you can have a Ukraine/Taiwan emoji in your handle and entertain this shows just how vastly empty and nihilistic the American right is. There is nothing they can't reconcile that goes against their stated beliefs as long as the libs are owned.
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9️⃣ What should the EU do now?
If Trump doubles down and imposes tariffs on 1 Feb in response to troops stationed in Greenland, the EU should invoke the ACI. The instrument does not mandate escalation but it anchors future responses in a framework that allows for flexibility as the conflict evolves
If Trump doubles down and imposes tariffs on 1 Feb in response to troops stationed in Greenland, the EU should invoke the ACI. The instrument does not mandate escalation but it anchors future responses in a framework that allows for flexibility as the conflict evolves
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
9️⃣ What should the EU do now?
If Trump doubles down and imposes tariffs on 1 Feb in response to troops stationed in Greenland, the EU should invoke the ACI. The instrument does not mandate escalation but it anchors future responses in a framework that allows for flexibility as the conflict evolves
If Trump doubles down and imposes tariffs on 1 Feb in response to troops stationed in Greenland, the EU should invoke the ACI. The instrument does not mandate escalation but it anchors future responses in a framework that allows for flexibility as the conflict evolves
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8️⃣Where does this leave us?
The ACI is not a silver bullet. Compared to foreign policy via TruthSocial, it is slow and procedural. But once in place, it widens the EU’s credible response space beyond tariffs, while raising strategic uncertainty for the third country from the moment it is launched
The ACI is not a silver bullet. Compared to foreign policy via TruthSocial, it is slow and procedural. But once in place, it widens the EU’s credible response space beyond tariffs, while raising strategic uncertainty for the third country from the moment it is launched
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
8️⃣Where does this leave us?
The ACI is not a silver bullet. Compared to foreign policy via TruthSocial, it is slow and procedural. But once in place, it widens the EU’s credible response space beyond tariffs, while raising strategic uncertainty for the third country from the moment it is launched
The ACI is not a silver bullet. Compared to foreign policy via TruthSocial, it is slow and procedural. But once in place, it widens the EU’s credible response space beyond tariffs, while raising strategic uncertainty for the third country from the moment it is launched
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🧵 Trump’s Greenland brinkmanship puts the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument back on the table. Few cases fit economic coercion more cleanly.
But the ACI is often misunderstood. It’s not a bazooka, but a slow-loading cannon, able to fire anything from heavy shells to hot air. Here’s how it works ⬇️
But the ACI is often misunderstood. It’s not a bazooka, but a slow-loading cannon, able to fire anything from heavy shells to hot air. Here’s how it works ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
🧵 Trump’s Greenland brinkmanship puts the EU’s Anti-Coercion Instrument back on the table. Few cases fit economic coercion more cleanly.
But the ACI is often misunderstood. It’s not a bazooka, but a slow-loading cannon, able to fire anything from heavy shells to hot air. Here’s how it works ⬇️
But the ACI is often misunderstood. It’s not a bazooka, but a slow-loading cannon, able to fire anything from heavy shells to hot air. Here’s how it works ⬇️
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Trump amplifies post that says NATO — not China or Russia — is part of the “real threat” to America.
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Trump amplifies post that says NATO — not China or Russia — is part of the “real threat” to America.
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Makes me think of that classic of Soviet humor: in a labor camp in Siberia, one prisoner turns to the other and says "if only comrade Stalin knew..."
Tillis: "To be clear -- I'm not critical of the president. I'm critical of the bad advice he's getting on Greenland."
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Makes me think of that classic of Soviet humor: in a labor camp in Siberia, one prisoner turns to the other and says "if only comrade Stalin knew..."
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1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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