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One small thing I hope comes out of this nightmare is at least renaming the Department of Homeland Security. “Homeland” is not a word Americans use. It sounds like a translation from Heimatsicherheitsabteilung.
January 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM
One small thing I hope comes out of this nightmare is at least renaming the Department of Homeland Security. “Homeland” is not a word Americans use. It sounds like a translation from Heimatsicherheitsabteilung.
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European Union member states are discussing several options for how to respond to President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, including imposing retaliatory levies on €93 billion ($108 billion) of US goods, according to people familiar with the talks.
EU Mulls Responding to Trump by Reviving €93 Billion Tariff Move
European Union leaders will hold an emergency meeting in the coming days to discuss President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat as they explore possible retaliatory measures.
bloom.bg
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
European Union member states are discussing several options for how to respond to President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, including imposing retaliatory levies on €93 billion ($108 billion) of US goods, according to people familiar with the talks.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
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Trump has turned the world against America and turned ICE on Americans.
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Trump has turned the world against America and turned ICE on Americans.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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Unless I've missed something, this is the strongest statement any sitting Senator has made against ICE in 5 years.
Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
January 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Unless I've missed something, this is the strongest statement any sitting Senator has made against ICE in 5 years.
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This lead would be bigger if leadership would announce they're not funding ICE later this month and support impeachment of Kristi Noem. These aren't radical positions.
A new CNN poll finds Democrats with a 5-point lead on the generic congressional ballot, and they're ahead by 16 among people who are deeply motivated to vote.
January 18, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This lead would be bigger if leadership would announce they're not funding ICE later this month and support impeachment of Kristi Noem. These aren't radical positions.
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Just having to move hotels will have used up hours of enforcement activities. Even a few hours is worth something. I would also like to think it's really irritating.
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Just having to move hotels will have used up hours of enforcement activities. Even a few hours is worth something. I would also like to think it's really irritating.
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Vicious Nazis.
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
January 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Vicious Nazis.
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he is dressed like that on purpose
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino marches through Minneapolis surrounded by federal agents, shouting at American citizens.
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
he is dressed like that on purpose
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Losing my mind at the Dems with their billionaire backers and powerful friends who have come up with the brilliant strategy that the party should adopt the policy positions of the avg MAGA voter — apparently ignoring that independents and swing voters even exist. Is this what $40 million gets you??
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Losing my mind at the Dems with their billionaire backers and powerful friends who have come up with the brilliant strategy that the party should adopt the policy positions of the avg MAGA voter — apparently ignoring that independents and swing voters even exist. Is this what $40 million gets you??
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See I think it’s great that Gavin Newsom did a podcast with Ben Shapiro.
It’s good to signal early that Newsom has awful political instincts and doesn’t have the juice.
It’s good to signal early that Newsom has awful political instincts and doesn’t have the juice.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
See I think it’s great that Gavin Newsom did a podcast with Ben Shapiro.
It’s good to signal early that Newsom has awful political instincts and doesn’t have the juice.
It’s good to signal early that Newsom has awful political instincts and doesn’t have the juice.
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Our servicemembers and their families deserve better than a Congress that lacks the courage to debate the military actions Trump is taking around the globe.
With the help of the former isolationist, JD Vance, who cast the tie-breaking vote, Republicans in the Senate abdicated again.
With the help of the former isolationist, JD Vance, who cast the tie-breaking vote, Republicans in the Senate abdicated again.
January 17, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Our servicemembers and their families deserve better than a Congress that lacks the courage to debate the military actions Trump is taking around the globe.
With the help of the former isolationist, JD Vance, who cast the tie-breaking vote, Republicans in the Senate abdicated again.
With the help of the former isolationist, JD Vance, who cast the tie-breaking vote, Republicans in the Senate abdicated again.
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Good.
Programming note: MeidasTouch Network will no longer be producing or carrying the shows Political Beatdown or Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen.
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Good.
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I’ll never get over this. Trump unfairly pardoned someone, they turned around and committed a new crime, and Trump pardoned them again.
You can commit any any crime you want as long as you have the money, power, and connections to get yourself a pardon.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/17/p...
You can commit any any crime you want as long as you have the money, power, and connections to get yourself a pardon.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/17/p...
Trump’s double pardon underscores sweeping use of clemency | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has leaned into his presidential clemency powers much more aggressively in his second term –in fact, he’s pardoned one woman twice.
edition.cnn.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I’ll never get over this. Trump unfairly pardoned someone, they turned around and committed a new crime, and Trump pardoned them again.
You can commit any any crime you want as long as you have the money, power, and connections to get yourself a pardon.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/17/p...
You can commit any any crime you want as long as you have the money, power, and connections to get yourself a pardon.
edition.cnn.com/2026/01/17/p...
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wonder how long it will take the media to catch on to the fact that ICE’s recruiting spree has effectively deputized every white supremacist hate group out there.
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wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
Opinion | This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
wrote about the occupation in minnesota with a closing note on how the white house has exactly one tactic — repression with goons — but no particular strategy for dealing with entrenched resistance. gift link.
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Very little discussion about this but 153 Dems joined MAGA to vote for HR 7006 to:
•Advance abortion restrictions
•Send $3.3B to Israel as they commit genocide
•Crushes Palestinian autonomy
•Ignores our healthcare
Here's who voted YEA & a script to call them out: www.qasimrashid.com/p/153-democr...
•Advance abortion restrictions
•Send $3.3B to Israel as they commit genocide
•Crushes Palestinian autonomy
•Ignores our healthcare
Here's who voted YEA & a script to call them out: www.qasimrashid.com/p/153-democr...
153 Democrats Vote Yes to Pass H.R. 7006
The truth behind this devastating bill to advance Trump's fascist agenda
www.qasimrashid.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Very little discussion about this but 153 Dems joined MAGA to vote for HR 7006 to:
•Advance abortion restrictions
•Send $3.3B to Israel as they commit genocide
•Crushes Palestinian autonomy
•Ignores our healthcare
Here's who voted YEA & a script to call them out: www.qasimrashid.com/p/153-democr...
•Advance abortion restrictions
•Send $3.3B to Israel as they commit genocide
•Crushes Palestinian autonomy
•Ignores our healthcare
Here's who voted YEA & a script to call them out: www.qasimrashid.com/p/153-democr...
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Shocking New Evidence in the Homicide of Renee Good.
youtu.be/N5FtnMUJn9M?...
youtu.be/N5FtnMUJn9M?...
4 GUNSHOT WOUNDS! Newly Revealed Evidence in Homicide of Renee Good Explained
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Shocking New Evidence in the Homicide of Renee Good.
youtu.be/N5FtnMUJn9M?...
youtu.be/N5FtnMUJn9M?...
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Literally begging for help to save civilian lives from being murdered while Trump blames Ukraine, threatens Greenland, plays golf for the next 4 days, and Witkoff and Kushner negotiate deals with Putin.
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Literally begging for help to save civilian lives from being murdered while Trump blames Ukraine, threatens Greenland, plays golf for the next 4 days, and Witkoff and Kushner negotiate deals with Putin.
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If you keep bending the knee to a fascist, they will keep bullying you. They see weakness as opportunity, complicity as agreement.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
If you keep bending the knee to a fascist, they will keep bullying you. They see weakness as opportunity, complicity as agreement.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
The fact Schumer is still willing to fund DHS should OUTRAGE all of you.
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Trump keeps letting people out of prison and the same people commit new crimes, then he lets them out again. It’s corruption.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Trump keeps letting people out of prison and the same people commit new crimes, then he lets them out again. It’s corruption.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...