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The labor secretary of all people was skiving off. Pretty funny.
Not even in the top 100 worst ethical lapses in Trump's presidency, but the Secretary of Labor apparently had her staffers create fraudulent records of fake work trips so she could take time off (and have an affair with a subordinate)
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January 14, 2026 at 4:52 AM
The labor secretary of all people was skiving off. Pretty funny.
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As bad as the interview with Trump was, the most nauseating part of the show came at the end, when Tony patted himself on the back for his “newsmaking” interviews and told audiences he trusted them to “listen… and decide for yourself.” youtu.be/OyXExakWMZo?...
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 AM
As bad as the interview with Trump was, the most nauseating part of the show came at the end, when Tony patted himself on the back for his “newsmaking” interviews and told audiences he trusted them to “listen… and decide for yourself.” youtu.be/OyXExakWMZo?...
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Minneapolis unions call for General Strike on Jan 23rd against ICE
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
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5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
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5 Minneapolis Unions Call for General Strike - Largest Ohio ArcelorMittal Plant Workers on Strike - UPMC Altoona Nurses Win Violence Protection Measures Following Attack
ATU Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28 are supporting the call for a general strike and organizers expect the list to grow in...
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January 14, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Minneapolis unions call for General Strike on Jan 23rd against ICE
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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I joined Don Lemon's show to discuss why the majority must organize against ICE, which is now acting as Trump's Gestapo & will not hesitate to crush anyone who opposes their white nationalist mission
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The Majority Rejects ICE and Is Using Every Creative and Legal Means to Fight Back Against Trump's Gestapo
I joined Don Lemon's show to discuss why the majority must organize against ICE, which is now acting as Trump's Gestapo & will not hesitate to crush anyone that opposes their white nationalist mission
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January 14, 2026 at 4:56 AM
I joined Don Lemon's show to discuss why the majority must organize against ICE, which is now acting as Trump's Gestapo & will not hesitate to crush anyone who opposes their white nationalist mission
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HUFF POST: “Key military member called hotline, feared Trump’s boat strikes were illegal… The service members tasked with carrying out these strikes are left in a terrible bind…” www.huffpost.com/entry/milita...
January 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
HUFF POST: “Key military member called hotline, feared Trump’s boat strikes were illegal… The service members tasked with carrying out these strikes are left in a terrible bind…” www.huffpost.com/entry/milita...
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Life in Minnesota is getting invited to the house of a lady who you met in a neighborhood signal chat because she said she needed a dozen whistles and then talking for an hour in her kitchen about how to develop an anti-ICE patrol for her kid’s fucking preschool.
January 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Life in Minnesota is getting invited to the house of a lady who you met in a neighborhood signal chat because she said she needed a dozen whistles and then talking for an hour in her kitchen about how to develop an anti-ICE patrol for her kid’s fucking preschool.
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So CBS gave Trump essentially 3/4 of the Evening News tonight, airing an interview that would be right at home on Fox News (dayside, not primetime.) Not a single question about Justice Dept resignations or Epstein Files. Not a single Trump lie corrected. youtu.be/5WkrKoxFghE?...
1/13: CBS Evening News
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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January 14, 2026 at 3:54 AM
So CBS gave Trump essentially 3/4 of the Evening News tonight, airing an interview that would be right at home on Fox News (dayside, not primetime.) Not a single question about Justice Dept resignations or Epstein Files. Not a single Trump lie corrected. youtu.be/5WkrKoxFghE?...
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"Right now, the survival of the American republic appears to depend on Democrats’ ability to appeal to voters beyond their base, including non-urban non-college-educated non-Democratic-primary-voting white people." lnk.thebulwark.com/49q0W9u
Send It In, Jerome!
The Fed chair finally learns that the only way to deal with Trump is to push back.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"Right now, the survival of the American republic appears to depend on Democrats’ ability to appeal to voters beyond their base, including non-urban non-college-educated non-Democratic-primary-voting white people." lnk.thebulwark.com/49q0W9u
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Josh Johnson thoughtfully explains how change happens when people do something and don’t simply comply.
January 14, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Josh Johnson thoughtfully explains how change happens when people do something and don’t simply comply.
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People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
People not in Minnesota: please read this excellent summary of what life is like in Minneapolis since the murderous scum ICE swarmed here. And more are on their way. By local reporter / writer / bike dude / legend @dbrauer.net .
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Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range
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Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range
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January 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Protester permanently blinded after DHS agent fires nonlethal round at close range
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Trump admits that this is nothing but political retribution. Minnesota voted against him three times and now he’s punishing us – putting lives at risk and wasting enormous resources in the process.
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Trump admits that this is nothing but political retribution. Minnesota voted against him three times and now he’s punishing us – putting lives at risk and wasting enormous resources in the process.
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I’d say this is correct.
January 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I’d say this is correct.
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"Essentially, Trump offered Zelensky a choice between losing some of the minerals to Trump and losing more of them, or all of them, to Vladimir Putin." Trump's neo-imperialism is not even confined to our hemisphere.
Emulating the Enemy
In Venezuela and Greenland, Trump’s strategy is to beat the bad guys by becoming the bad guys.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"Essentially, Trump offered Zelensky a choice between losing some of the minerals to Trump and losing more of them, or all of them, to Vladimir Putin." Trump's neo-imperialism is not even confined to our hemisphere.
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32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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Ten Federal prosecutors resign over the DOJ's dirty handling of the fatal shooting of Renee Good. We'll be discussing that development live on Substack at 8:30 pm ET.
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LIVE SOON: Ten federal prosecutors resign over DOJ's dirty handling of the Renee Good fatal shooting
Starting Jan 13 at 8:30 PM EST
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January 13, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Ten Federal prosecutors resign over the DOJ's dirty handling of the fatal shooting of Renee Good. We'll be discussing that development live on Substack at 8:30 pm ET.
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Markey: This administration has proved time and time again that it is only interested in vengeance, that it lies and lacks all humanity. Today, six federal prosecutors resigned because the DOJ wants to investigate Renee's widow rather than Renee's killer
January 13, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Markey: This administration has proved time and time again that it is only interested in vengeance, that it lies and lacks all humanity. Today, six federal prosecutors resigned because the DOJ wants to investigate Renee's widow rather than Renee's killer
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👇More of this!
Philadelphia Attorney General message to ICE: “If you commit a crime in Philly you will be arrested, convicted, and you will do time. Donald Trump cannot pardon you for a state court conviction.
Do you hear me ICE?”
Philadelphia Attorney General message to ICE: “If you commit a crime in Philly you will be arrested, convicted, and you will do time. Donald Trump cannot pardon you for a state court conviction.
Do you hear me ICE?”
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
👇More of this!
Philadelphia Attorney General message to ICE: “If you commit a crime in Philly you will be arrested, convicted, and you will do time. Donald Trump cannot pardon you for a state court conviction.
Do you hear me ICE?”
Philadelphia Attorney General message to ICE: “If you commit a crime in Philly you will be arrested, convicted, and you will do time. Donald Trump cannot pardon you for a state court conviction.
Do you hear me ICE?”
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DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Some House floor drama as Republicans are currently losing a vote on a bill to let employers to exclude workforce education and development training from minimum wage and overtime calculations. Labor-friendly R's (there are a few, sometimes) voting no, Johnson huddling with them for ~30 mins now
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
DEFEATED! Democrats joined by 6 Republicans just took down this anti-worker bill, the final vote was unchanged from below.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
Mike Johnson spent nearly an hour trying to flip Republican holdouts but ultimately gave up, his first floor defeat of the year and likely not the last.
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New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
New: CBS News seems to be preparing a new segment called "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil," per sources.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
Some staff were only first made aware of it as they encountered CBS testing out set designs of a faux-stocked bar in the newsroom, featuring a large sponsor banner for Jack Daniels.
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Frost: We want to use the tools that we have to say no to the Trump administration. No, you cannot use our taxpayer money to go into our communities, to go into residential communities, to go into our churches, to go in our schools and terrorize our communities…
January 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Frost: We want to use the tools that we have to say no to the Trump administration. No, you cannot use our taxpayer money to go into our communities, to go into residential communities, to go into our churches, to go in our schools and terrorize our communities…
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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"the shrillest of Resistance libs have always understood Trump better than those who make a show of their dispassion" writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
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January 13, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"the shrillest of Resistance libs have always understood Trump better than those who make a show of their dispassion" writes @michellegoldberg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
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Dokoupil all smiley after Trump interview full of lies. Where’s the fact check?????
So far Dokoupil just letting Trump talk smack.
January 13, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Dokoupil all smiley after Trump interview full of lies. Where’s the fact check?????