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My friend @libradunn1.bsky.social and I got together today to reflect on January 6th:
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
My friend @libradunn1.bsky.social and I got together today to reflect on January 6th:
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CBS News has fully fallen, and I hope the honorable journalists left there are looking for quick, safe landing pads. I know the expectation is always “Just quit!” but that’s hard for most normal people to do without going broke. My thoughts are with all of them. This is grotesque.
Tonight on the CBS Evening News, the 5-year anniversary of January 6 got 15 seconds of coverage 25 minutes into the show. The only pictures shown: Pardoned “defendants” marching through DC as Dokoupil said Trump accused Dems of “failing to prevent” J6 while “Jeffries accused Trump of “whitewashing.”
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
CBS News has fully fallen, and I hope the honorable journalists left there are looking for quick, safe landing pads. I know the expectation is always “Just quit!” but that’s hard for most normal people to do without going broke. My thoughts are with all of them. This is grotesque.
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To our community — whether you’ve signed your name to help me get on the ballot, gone to a town hall, volunteered, donated, or simply called my office, I’m grateful for you.
As we enter the start of this new year, I feel so lucky to have you on this journey with me.
As we enter the start of this new year, I feel so lucky to have you on this journey with me.
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
To our community — whether you’ve signed your name to help me get on the ballot, gone to a town hall, volunteered, donated, or simply called my office, I’m grateful for you.
As we enter the start of this new year, I feel so lucky to have you on this journey with me.
As we enter the start of this new year, I feel so lucky to have you on this journey with me.
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If any one person saved our republic during the 21st century it was Eugene Goodman and I am sure that he hasn’t been thanked enough.
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
If any one person saved our republic during the 21st century it was Eugene Goodman and I am sure that he hasn’t been thanked enough.
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tsym @maddow.bsky.social. 🙏
FIRESTORM is available *today* wherever you get your books: www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...
FIRESTORM is available *today* wherever you get your books: www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...
January 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
tsym @maddow.bsky.social. 🙏
FIRESTORM is available *today* wherever you get your books: www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...
FIRESTORM is available *today* wherever you get your books: www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...
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Jan. 6, 2021: Sherrod leaving for D.C. at 5:09 a.m. No amount of presidential pardons & shameful attempts to rewrite history will change what I remember about the violence on our Capitol that day. For nearly 45 minutes, we could not determine Sherrod’s whereabouts, or whether he was even alive.
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Jan. 6, 2021: Sherrod leaving for D.C. at 5:09 a.m. No amount of presidential pardons & shameful attempts to rewrite history will change what I remember about the violence on our Capitol that day. For nearly 45 minutes, we could not determine Sherrod’s whereabouts, or whether he was even alive.
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Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
January 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
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Monet's late water-lily panels span entire walls—some over six meters. They aren’t just pictures; they’re environments.
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Monet's late water-lily panels span entire walls—some over six meters. They aren’t just pictures; they’re environments.
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A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21.
(Unlocked article below)
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At Middlebury, She Hoped to Start Fresh. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21.
(Unlocked article below)
(Unlocked article below)
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"the pro-low-income worker tilt of wage gains during the Biden recovery was something we haven’t seen since the “Great Compression” of the 1940s." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-new-k-in...
A New K in America
The gap between haves and have-nots fell under Biden, but is rising under Trump
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"the pro-low-income worker tilt of wage gains during the Biden recovery was something we haven’t seen since the “Great Compression” of the 1940s." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-new-k-in...
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
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Judd Legum on Trump-supporting billionaire Paul Singer, who recently got his hands on CITGO and stands to profit significantly from Trump’s Venezuela invasion, after donating to Trump’s campaign. Because of course.
Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
popular.info
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Judd Legum on Trump-supporting billionaire Paul Singer, who recently got his hands on CITGO and stands to profit significantly from Trump’s Venezuela invasion, after donating to Trump’s campaign. Because of course.
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Van Gogh’s impasto turns texture into emotion.
In Wheatfield with Cypresses, raised strokes catch light and seem to breathe—paint alive with urgency, longing, and motion.
In Wheatfield with Cypresses, raised strokes catch light and seem to breathe—paint alive with urgency, longing, and motion.
January 5, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Van Gogh’s impasto turns texture into emotion.
In Wheatfield with Cypresses, raised strokes catch light and seem to breathe—paint alive with urgency, longing, and motion.
In Wheatfield with Cypresses, raised strokes catch light and seem to breathe—paint alive with urgency, longing, and motion.
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When his eyesight began to fail, Monet labeled paint tubes so he could choose colors by name rather than sight. 🎨
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
When his eyesight began to fail, Monet labeled paint tubes so he could choose colors by name rather than sight. 🎨
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
More and more, the composition happened in his mind rather than on the canvas.
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Ok I had to look this up and…true! www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...
January 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Ok I had to look this up and…true! www.miaminewtimes.com/news/marco-r...
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Anna Boch, a Belgian painter and collector, bought The Red Vineyard (1888) for 400 francs. It was the only painting Van Gogh sold in his lifetime—a single spark of recognition amid years of silence.
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Anna Boch, a Belgian painter and collector, bought The Red Vineyard (1888) for 400 francs. It was the only painting Van Gogh sold in his lifetime—a single spark of recognition amid years of silence.
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Franklin Graham was previewing the foreign policy of the United States when he called God a “God of war” last month. This is an idol that scripture warned us of. What we believe about God shows us the boundaries of our ethics. God is a God of peace - not war. Reported by @briankaylor.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Franklin Graham was previewing the foreign policy of the United States when he called God a “God of war” last month. This is an idol that scripture warned us of. What we believe about God shows us the boundaries of our ethics. God is a God of peace - not war. Reported by @briankaylor.bsky.social
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After a breakdown, Van Gogh admitted himself to Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in May 1889.
Painting in the asylum’s walled garden, he found calm in the cypresses—vertical prayers rising toward the sky.
Painting in the asylum’s walled garden, he found calm in the cypresses—vertical prayers rising toward the sky.
January 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
After a breakdown, Van Gogh admitted himself to Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in May 1889.
Painting in the asylum’s walled garden, he found calm in the cypresses—vertical prayers rising toward the sky.
Painting in the asylum’s walled garden, he found calm in the cypresses—vertical prayers rising toward the sky.
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This is the war room of a guy still storing most secret documents in a bathroom
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This is the war room of a guy still storing most secret documents in a bathroom
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At 82, Monet learned he had cataracts. He wrote: “I realized with terror that I could see nothing with my right eye.”
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
At 82, Monet learned he had cataracts. He wrote: “I realized with terror that I could see nothing with my right eye.”
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
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Health care is a human right. That's why House Dems are working so hard to protect the ACA tax credits — and why I was SO HAPPY our discharge petition forcing a vote to extend them for 3 years reached 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson: DO YOUR JOB and call the vote!
Mike Johnson: DO YOUR JOB and call the vote!
January 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Health care is a human right. That's why House Dems are working so hard to protect the ACA tax credits — and why I was SO HAPPY our discharge petition forcing a vote to extend them for 3 years reached 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson: DO YOUR JOB and call the vote!
Mike Johnson: DO YOUR JOB and call the vote!
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In 2026, Democrats MUST take back the House.
As a DCCC Recruitment Co-Chair, I’m doing everything I can to make sure we have strong, energetic candidates who will fight for working families and lower their costs when they flip their districts from red to blue. 💪🏾
As a DCCC Recruitment Co-Chair, I’m doing everything I can to make sure we have strong, energetic candidates who will fight for working families and lower their costs when they flip their districts from red to blue. 💪🏾
January 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
In 2026, Democrats MUST take back the House.
As a DCCC Recruitment Co-Chair, I’m doing everything I can to make sure we have strong, energetic candidates who will fight for working families and lower their costs when they flip their districts from red to blue. 💪🏾
As a DCCC Recruitment Co-Chair, I’m doing everything I can to make sure we have strong, energetic candidates who will fight for working families and lower their costs when they flip their districts from red to blue. 💪🏾