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I'm just surviving and making it a point to find joy, even in the the little things. "Live, live, live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death." - Mame Dennis Burnside
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Federal agents face widespread accusations of misconduct – but Trump administration leaders won’t prosecute them
US cities increasingly compelled to police abuses by immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Federal agents face widespread accusations of misconduct – but Trump administration leaders won’t prosecute them
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Full interview: Anti-ICE demonstrator blinded by federal agent in Santa Ana speaks out
Full interview: Anti-ICE demonstrator blinded by federal agent in Santa Ana speaks out
A 21-year-old activist blinded by a less lethal munition during an anti-ICE protest outside the federal building in Santa Ana on Jan. 9 sits down with KTLA’s Chris Wolfe for an interview abou…
ktla.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Full interview: Anti-ICE demonstrator blinded by federal agent in Santa Ana speaks out
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Trump: ah, he's just another sucker, a loser who deserved it..
Trump: I'll start adding my enemies tombstones soon...
Trump: I'll start adding my enemies tombstones soon...
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Trump: ah, he's just another sucker, a loser who deserved it..
Trump: I'll start adding my enemies tombstones soon...
Trump: I'll start adding my enemies tombstones soon...
Congress needs to stop Trump. He is doing what Viktor Orban did to gain a lifetime position in Hungary. But then the Republicans love Orban.
January 15, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Congress needs to stop Trump. He is doing what Viktor Orban did to gain a lifetime position in Hungary. But then the Republicans love Orban.
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Former Jan. 6 prosecutor Michael Romano: “I think that some of the rioters have received the message that violence done on behalf of the president or in support of his administration is permitted and encouraged.”
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Former Jan. 6 prosecutor Michael Romano: “I think that some of the rioters have received the message that violence done on behalf of the president or in support of his administration is permitted and encouraged.”
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that anything less than full American control of Greenland would be unacceptable, and he urged NATO to back his bid to wrest the huge island territory from fellow ally Denmark.
NATO ‘should be leading the way’ in effort to put Greenland in US hands, Trump says
President Donald Trump said anything less than full American control of Greenland would be unacceptable.
www.stripes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that anything less than full American control of Greenland would be unacceptable, and he urged NATO to back his bid to wrest the huge island territory from fellow ally Denmark.
Trump not making American great.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war occupied U.S. allies for much of last year. Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcoming a procession of leaders looking to mend fences with the world’s other major economy.
Xi welcomes stream of leaders shaken by Trump’s new world order
Countries shaken by U.S. tariffs and the unpredictability of its leader are lining up to mend ties with the world's other major economy.
ebx.sh
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Trump not making American great.
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Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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In Japanese, it’s called “Mimi-ika” which means a squid with ear like fins 🦑
Those Mickey like fins are its most charming feature!
Those Mickey like fins are its most charming feature!
January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
In Japanese, it’s called “Mimi-ika” which means a squid with ear like fins 🦑
Those Mickey like fins are its most charming feature!
Those Mickey like fins are its most charming feature!
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We have seen this before in other nations, in other eras. The lesson is always the same: authoritarianism does not arrive all at once. It advances by inches, justified by emergencies, sanctified by fear, and enforced by those who convince themselves they are merely “following orders.” #ICEOUTforGood
ICE Trump regime agents kidnapped a 17 year old boy working at Target, the regime thugs beat and tortured him then dropped him off 9 minutes away from his job site when they realized he was a US citizen, he was bloodied and bruised when witnesses helped him.
January 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
We have seen this before in other nations, in other eras. The lesson is always the same: authoritarianism does not arrive all at once. It advances by inches, justified by emergencies, sanctified by fear, and enforced by those who convince themselves they are merely “following orders.” #ICEOUTforGood
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California is officially free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
California is free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years
Three months ago, more than 70% of California was experiencing levels of drought.
www.sfgate.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
California is officially free of drought conditions for the first time in 25 years www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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January 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Robert McBride, deputy to Trump ally Lindsey Halligan, is latest in series of dismissals
Federal prosecutor fired in Virginia office leading Comey and James cases
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Robert McBride, deputy to Trump ally Lindsey Halligan, is latest in series of dismissals
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BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly is suing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
January 12, 2026 at 7:50 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly is suing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
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PSA: As I have come to learn while in Minneapolis, these are actually sambusas, not samosas.
I have, in fact, tried one while I was here.
They are incredible.
I have, in fact, tried one while I was here.
They are incredible.
January 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
PSA: As I have come to learn while in Minneapolis, these are actually sambusas, not samosas.
I have, in fact, tried one while I was here.
They are incredible.
I have, in fact, tried one while I was here.
They are incredible.
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New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
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January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
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I never let my dogs out without a leash and I walk them carrying an air horn and pepper spray. The coyotes have gone after neighborhood cats ☹️😢
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I never let my dogs out without a leash and I walk them carrying an air horn and pepper spray. The coyotes have gone after neighborhood cats ☹️😢
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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Protesters in Austin demand justice for woman fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis
Protesters in Austin demand justice for woman fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis
Demonstrators gathered outside of Austin City Hall on Saturday to protest the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in cities across the country and to demand justice for Renee Good.
www.fox7austin.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Protesters in Austin demand justice for woman fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis
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US military says the strikes are in response to an ISIL ambush that killed three American personnel in Palmyra.
US launches ‘large-scale' attacks against ISIL in Syria after deadly ambush
US military says the strikes are in response to an ISIL ambush that killed three American personnel in Palmyra.
www.aljazeera.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
US military says the strikes are in response to an ISIL ambush that killed three American personnel in Palmyra.
The president of peace?!?!
The strikes were part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which launched in December in response to a deadly ISIS attack on U.S. and Syrian forces in December.
US military says it carried out strikes across Syria targeting Islamic State
The strikes were part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which launched in December in response to a deadly ISIS attack on U.S. and Syrian forces in December.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The president of peace?!?!