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Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
January 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Rand Paul: "After seeing this, if you call this a good shooting you aren't watching the video. This was a real tragedy and a mistake. The man had been disarmed and then shot 10 times ... if we say things that are obviously not true, the situation is going to get worse."
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In DC, I saw people more focused on serving their stock portfolios than serving their constituents. Families are struggling to get by while politicians and their billionaire donors get even richer. I refuse to sit on the sidelines and watch things get worse.
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 AM
In DC, I saw people more focused on serving their stock portfolios than serving their constituents. Families are struggling to get by while politicians and their billionaire donors get even richer. I refuse to sit on the sidelines and watch things get worse.
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(NPR) Another summary of Holman's press conference last night in Minneapolis, with the comment that he would be focused on "drawing down" ICE activity in that city. Unclear what that means, but let's watch, learn, and see what he means.
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
Border czar says he plans to "draw down" ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota
Tom Homan, who took over leadership of the surge in Minneapolis, says he is working on a plan to reduce the force of federal agents in the Twin Cities.
www.npr.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
(NPR) Another summary of Holman's press conference last night in Minneapolis, with the comment that he would be focused on "drawing down" ICE activity in that city. Unclear what that means, but let's watch, learn, and see what he means.
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
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This thread about HPV-caused cancers is well worth your time.
When my son was of the age, the vaccine was new-ish, controversial (sigh), and not covered by insurance. I had a frank talk with him about HPV, its risk to women, and how it is spread.
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
This thread about HPV-caused cancers is well worth your time.
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Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
ICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested
There have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty.
www.pbump.net
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...
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This unprecedented militarization of America could cost more than $1 billion this year if current domestic deployments continue.
Trump Has Already Spent $500 Million Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities
A report from the Congressional Budget Office reveals the immense expenses of the Trump administration’s military occupations.
interc.pt
January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This unprecedented militarization of America could cost more than $1 billion this year if current domestic deployments continue.
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There's really something going on here. They know they have a huge economic problem looming. This explains the Fed's fights, its obsession with interest rates, and its limiting of Wall Street investments in single-family housing. They are looking at every gimmicky way to goose the economy.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
There's really something going on here. They know they have a huge economic problem looming. This explains the Fed's fights, its obsession with interest rates, and its limiting of Wall Street investments in single-family housing. They are looking at every gimmicky way to goose the economy.
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I might get a Nobel Prize before Trump!
As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize
With their resistance to violent authoritarianism, the people of Minneapolis have renewed the spirit of Dr. King’s call for “the positive affirmation of peace.”
www.thenation.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I might get a Nobel Prize before Trump!
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Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump’s plans to interfere in the midterms are becoming more dangerous
The seizure of ballots in Fulton County, Georgia follows the DOJ’s demands for voter data in Minnesota.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump to young people hoping to afford a home in the near future: Tough shit. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Trump to young people hoping to afford a home in the near future: Tough shit. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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🚨 FOX & MAGA are framing resistance to the ICE surge as a centrally organized and well-funded "insurgency" similar to that faced by US forces in Iraq.
This is DANGEROUS rhetoric, setting the stage for vigilante action and/or a massive federal roundup of activists under the guise of anti-terrorism.
This is DANGEROUS rhetoric, setting the stage for vigilante action and/or a massive federal roundup of activists under the guise of anti-terrorism.
January 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
🚨 FOX & MAGA are framing resistance to the ICE surge as a centrally organized and well-funded "insurgency" similar to that faced by US forces in Iraq.
This is DANGEROUS rhetoric, setting the stage for vigilante action and/or a massive federal roundup of activists under the guise of anti-terrorism.
This is DANGEROUS rhetoric, setting the stage for vigilante action and/or a massive federal roundup of activists under the guise of anti-terrorism.
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The NRA responds to President Trump without naming him.
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The NRA responds to President Trump without naming him.
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People hate data centers, so the industry is spending millions to rebrand them [via @grist.org]
People hate data centers, so the industry is spending millions to rebrand them
The advertisements tout jobs, clean energy, and lower bills, but skepticism is in order.
www.motherjones.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:45 PM
People hate data centers, so the industry is spending millions to rebrand them [via @grist.org]
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There's no way you can keep funding a federal government who's primary mission is to inflict pain on the population. Every federal agency from McMahon at DoE to RFK shredding HHS and everything in between. Every day we let them stay open is more time we'll need to repair the damage they've done
Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.
ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.
ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says
Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.
people.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:59 PM
There's no way you can keep funding a federal government who's primary mission is to inflict pain on the population. Every federal agency from McMahon at DoE to RFK shredding HHS and everything in between. Every day we let them stay open is more time we'll need to repair the damage they've done
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BREAKING: A federal judge cleared Vineyard Wind to restart construction, adding to a growing list of offshore wind projects beating stop-work orders.
electrek.co/2026/01/27/u...
electrek.co/2026/01/27/u...
Trump's offshore wind pause just lost again – Vineyard Wind is back to work [update]
A federal judge cleared Vineyard Wind to restart construction, adding to a growing list of offshore wind projects beating stop-work orders.
electrek.co
January 28, 2026 at 12:03 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge cleared Vineyard Wind to restart construction, adding to a growing list of offshore wind projects beating stop-work orders.
electrek.co/2026/01/27/u...
electrek.co/2026/01/27/u...
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Someone not on site. Someone who’d done no investigation. Someone who only wanted a divisive political narrative to justify the cold blooded killing of an American citizen, but had no remorse for his death. Someone who doesn’t belong in a powerful position in our government.
SCOOP: Trump aide Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that slain Minn. protester wanted to "massacre" agents
Scoop: Trump aide Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that slain Minn. protester wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Someone not on site. Someone who’d done no investigation. Someone who only wanted a divisive political narrative to justify the cold blooded killing of an American citizen, but had no remorse for his death. Someone who doesn’t belong in a powerful position in our government.
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Newly unsealed documents confirm that the Trump regime knowingly targeted students for their free speech. Rubio and Noem worked to arrest and deport students for exercising their First Amendment rights, weaponizing legitimate concerns about antisemitism to crush dissent and amass power.
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Newly unsealed documents confirm that the Trump regime knowingly targeted students for their free speech. Rubio and Noem worked to arrest and deport students for exercising their First Amendment rights, weaponizing legitimate concerns about antisemitism to crush dissent and amass power.
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I don't wanna be alarmist here or anything, but I think the /most/ pressing is getting into all of the internment camps and seeing who needs immediate medical attention and who is already dead. If they'll just murder any citizen they don't like, what we find inside detention is going to be brutal.
January 27, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I don't wanna be alarmist here or anything, but I think the /most/ pressing is getting into all of the internment camps and seeing who needs immediate medical attention and who is already dead. If they'll just murder any citizen they don't like, what we find inside detention is going to be brutal.
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Police officers in the US are not allowed to cover their faces or other identifying information on duty. Why are ICE and the Border Patrol agents not held to the same standard? (I know why, but it’s still a legitimate question.)
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Police officers in the US are not allowed to cover their faces or other identifying information on duty. Why are ICE and the Border Patrol agents not held to the same standard? (I know why, but it’s still a legitimate question.)
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
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It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
January 27, 2026 at 1:58 PM
It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.
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I never thought I’d see something like this in my time and in my country:
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I never thought I’d see something like this in my time and in my country:
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Texas’s junior senator reveals a tense encounter with the president and a preview of a post-Trump GOP. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ted-cruz-recordings-trump-vance-carlson/
The President Says “F— You, Ted,” According to Ted Cruz
Texas’s junior senator reveals a tense encounter with the president and a preview of a post-Trump GOP.
www.texasmonthly.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Texas’s junior senator reveals a tense encounter with the president and a preview of a post-Trump GOP. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/ted-cruz-recordings-trump-vance-carlson/
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Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Chris Madel: "The president posted something on Truth Social saying it was a time of reckoning and retribution on the citizens of my state, and I've seen that happen and I cannot be a part of it, and I can't be a part of a party that's a part of that"
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Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Certainly appears moms with whistles won the Battle of Minneapolis.