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Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
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“Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.”
Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 AM
“Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem.”
Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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So you want to hit America hard because this is the only way to stop Trump from wrecking Europe? Do read this awesome, superbly argued and illuminating piece on 'anticircumvention' by Cory Doctorow. Europe could screw the US so hard, it's encouraging: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
So you want to hit America hard because this is the only way to stop Trump from wrecking Europe? Do read this awesome, superbly argued and illuminating piece on 'anticircumvention' by Cory Doctorow. Europe could screw the US so hard, it's encouraging: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
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Het is lang. Maar het is zondagochtend. En dit is ook voor een digibeet heel goed te begrijpen. De reden waarom ik stemde zoals ik stemde. Europa (de hele wereld eigenlijk) moet dit fixen. Maar er lijken zo weinig mensen van op de hoogte te zijn. Of te begrijpen hoe eng/erg dit is.
So you want to hit America hard because this is the only way to stop Trump from wrecking Europe? Do read this awesome, superbly argued and illuminating piece on 'anticircumvention' by Cory Doctorow. Europe could screw the US so hard, it's encouraging: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
January 18, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Het is lang. Maar het is zondagochtend. En dit is ook voor een digibeet heel goed te begrijpen. De reden waarom ik stemde zoals ik stemde. Europa (de hele wereld eigenlijk) moet dit fixen. Maar er lijken zo weinig mensen van op de hoogte te zijn. Of te begrijpen hoe eng/erg dit is.
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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Speciaal voor ICE ontwierp Palantir (door Peter Thiel opgericht) een app die alle mogelijke gegevens van te deporteren burgers verzamelt en op een kaart plot, inclusief waarschijnlijkheidscores. Doodeng. www.volkskrant.nl/tech/ice-geb...
ICE gebruikt superapp Elite van Palantir voor klopjachten op migranten
Agenten van de federale immigratiedienst ICE maken gebruik van een dataplatform dat alle mogelijke informatie van personen op een kaart projecteert. Het omstreden techbedrijf Palantir is de maker.
www.volkskrant.nl
January 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Speciaal voor ICE ontwierp Palantir (door Peter Thiel opgericht) een app die alle mogelijke gegevens van te deporteren burgers verzamelt en op een kaart plot, inclusief waarschijnlijkheidscores. Doodeng. www.volkskrant.nl/tech/ice-geb...
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Paul Krugmans first take:
January 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Paul Krugmans first take:
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Find some spine, UK and Europe. Where’s that fabled spirit of resistance? Tell Trump to sod off. Close his golf courses. Take the gloves off. Badenoch kicked out Jenrick before he quit; what are we waiting for with Trump? Do we have to suffer abject humiliation? Enough. Enough already.
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Find some spine, UK and Europe. Where’s that fabled spirit of resistance? Tell Trump to sod off. Close his golf courses. Take the gloves off. Badenoch kicked out Jenrick before he quit; what are we waiting for with Trump? Do we have to suffer abject humiliation? Enough. Enough already.
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🇨🇳 China is rehearsing a maritime blockade by using thousands of civilian fishing vessels as a coordinated naval militia, - NYT
Recent drills showed tightly organized formations near key East China Sea shipping lanes, signaling Beijing’s ability to flood contested waters, overwhelm enemy sensors…
Recent drills showed tightly organized formations near key East China Sea shipping lanes, signaling Beijing’s ability to flood contested waters, overwhelm enemy sensors…
January 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM
🇨🇳 China is rehearsing a maritime blockade by using thousands of civilian fishing vessels as a coordinated naval militia, - NYT
Recent drills showed tightly organized formations near key East China Sea shipping lanes, signaling Beijing’s ability to flood contested waters, overwhelm enemy sensors…
Recent drills showed tightly organized formations near key East China Sea shipping lanes, signaling Beijing’s ability to flood contested waters, overwhelm enemy sensors…
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Why are they in cities like Minneapolis?
Why not Dallas, Houston, Miami? Oh because it’s not about immigration
Why not Dallas, Houston, Miami? Oh because it’s not about immigration
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Why are they in cities like Minneapolis?
Why not Dallas, Houston, Miami? Oh because it’s not about immigration
Why not Dallas, Houston, Miami? Oh because it’s not about immigration
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Western pilots and command could be gaining invaluable experience fighting russian air attacks, which would come in very handy in the extremely likely scenario where russia attacks NATO in the near future.
But there aren't.
But there aren't.
January 14, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Western pilots and command could be gaining invaluable experience fighting russian air attacks, which would come in very handy in the extremely likely scenario where russia attacks NATO in the near future.
But there aren't.
But there aren't.
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There could be Western fighter planes helping to protect millions of Ukrainian civilians from Russia's terror campaign to cut the supply of electricity, heating, and water during this exceptionally cold winter.
But there aren't.
But there aren't.
At least 4 killed, 25 injured as Russian strikes hit Kyiv, leave thousands of buildings without heat
Four people were killed and 25 others injured in Kyiv after Russia launched a mass attack across Ukraine overnight on Jan. 8-9. Rescue workers were among the victims of Russia's double-tap strike.
kyivindependent.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
There could be Western fighter planes helping to protect millions of Ukrainian civilians from Russia's terror campaign to cut the supply of electricity, heating, and water during this exceptionally cold winter.
But there aren't.
But there aren't.
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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.
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Given the history of systemic corruption at both the IOC and FIFA, America hosting the World Cup and the Olympics seems perfectly appropriate.
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Given the history of systemic corruption at both the IOC and FIFA, America hosting the World Cup and the Olympics seems perfectly appropriate.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
January 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Posts may be a bit more sporadic from me today as my kids are home from school because my city is being brutalized by the federal government to the extent that it's unsafe for schools to be open
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Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt: “Putin is increasingly humiliated as allied satellite regimes fall one by one, exposing Russia’s dwindling influence and its inability to safeguard ships under its protection.”
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt: “Putin is increasingly humiliated as allied satellite regimes fall one by one, exposing Russia’s dwindling influence and its inability to safeguard ships under its protection.”
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More astonishing public comments from Danish PM on Greenland: “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO..."
Denmark Says US Attack on Greenland Would Mean End of NATO
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance.
www.bloomberg.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
More astonishing public comments from Danish PM on Greenland: “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including NATO..."
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More evidence that a deal was done. "Rodríguez, a canny political operator, was envisaged as head of a transitional government in secret talks that her politician brother, Jorge, led with Washington last year about a post-Maduro future" www.ft.com/content/4b87...
The woman with Donald Trump’s nod to lead Venezuela
Washington has built its transition plans around vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, a canny operator close to the oil industry
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
More evidence that a deal was done. "Rodríguez, a canny political operator, was envisaged as head of a transitional government in secret talks that her politician brother, Jorge, led with Washington last year about a post-Maduro future" www.ft.com/content/4b87...
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The purpose of an American invasion of Greenland would be to destroy NATO and the transatlantic alliance. It would open the gates to a new imperialist epoch, in which the USA, China, and Russia would carve up the world into zones of influence and control.
January 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The purpose of an American invasion of Greenland would be to destroy NATO and the transatlantic alliance. It would open the gates to a new imperialist epoch, in which the USA, China, and Russia would carve up the world into zones of influence and control.
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"The CIA team moved about Caracas, remaining undetected for months ...The intelligence gathered about [Maduro] daily movements — combined with a human source...& a fleet of stealth drones ...— enabled [CIA] to map out minute details about his routines." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
Inside ‘Operation Absolute Resolve,’ the U.S. Effort to Capture Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
"The CIA team moved about Caracas, remaining undetected for months ...The intelligence gathered about [Maduro] daily movements — combined with a human source...& a fleet of stealth drones ...— enabled [CIA] to map out minute details about his routines." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/u...
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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The “Department Of Justice” didn’t uncover a million new documents, bribe for hire Pam Bondi manufactured more doctored garbage to use in order to protect her despicable boss. I consider anything and everything that the MAGA regime says or produces as a bold-faced lie.
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The “Department Of Justice” didn’t uncover a million new documents, bribe for hire Pam Bondi manufactured more doctored garbage to use in order to protect her despicable boss. I consider anything and everything that the MAGA regime says or produces as a bold-faced lie.
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
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"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin
December 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
— James Baldwin
— James Baldwin