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Minneapolis, 21 January 2026

https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/pictures-of-week-global-photo-gallery-c820d5f4364a952a6227ef5cf0a86fa7

📷 Angelina Katsanis/AP
Original caption: “A man arrestedby federal agents moments prior escapes in handcuffs after tear gas went off, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis.” Bent and stumbling toward the camera, a man emerges from a cloud of gas, his arms trailing behind him. The fingers of his right hand are open, his left hand is somewhat more closed, and his left wrist is shackled in a handcuff. The other, open, uncuffed shackle flies out to the left.
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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@𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝟭𝘀𝗳

https://www.camer1.com/

https://youtu.be/aGhPItST5v8

🖼️ Cameron "Camer1" Moberg
Muralist Cameron "Camer1" Moberg Stands in front of a completed mural at the corner of Mariposa and Minnesota, San Francisco. Wearing aviator-style sunglasses, he is dressed in a black t-shirt, paint-splattered workpants and boots. Around his upper body, he is wearing a yellow safety harness. Behind him, the mural from left to right, depicts 10 individual hanging lengths of rope, the erection of steel girders by workers in the construction of a building, a great heron aloft over a seascape, and a gathering of orange flowers, individual petals of which are caught in the wind and blowing away to the right.
January 22, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Ralph Towner, RIP

🔘 Ralph Towner - My Foolish Heart • https://youtu.be/f80RYJ-h0pM

📷 Trevor James Robert Dallen/Fairfax Media
Original caption: “Ralph Towner pictured in 1974, performing with The Gary Burton Quartet in Sydney.” • https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/ralph-towner-guitarist-20260120-p5nvdk.html Guitarist Ralph Towner is seen playing an acoustic 6-string guitar, he is smiling broadly; his head thrown back, slightly. Behind him, Vibraphonist Gary Burton plays his instrument.
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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𝗔 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/monday-january-19th-police-state

🖼️ Brendan Loper
Political cartoon on white background, showing aerial view of a public gathering/protest, drawn in black silhouetted outlines; people, police car, a humvee, a satellite, helicopter, and police dogs. From top to bottom, certain outlines are colored in, blue/purple at the top, gradually shifting to red, then orange at the bottom. To the right is a color-coded list, identifying the color-filled outlines, from blue/purple to orange, 1 through 26: A GUIDE TO YOUR POLICE STATE 1. YOU 2. DAD 3. MOM 4. PHONE 5, DOG 6. MALL COP 7. T.S.A. 8. LOCAL P.D. 9. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER 10. SECURITY CONTRACTOR 11. STATE POLICE 12, A.T.F. 13. PLAINCLOTHES 14. NATIONAL GUARD 15. POLICE HORSE 16. ICE 17. BORDER PATROL 18. BIG TECH 19. N.S.A. 20. SPY SATELLITE 21. C.I.A. 22. SECRET SERVICE 23. SWAT 24. KRISTI 25. MAJOR BIDEN 26. PRESIDENT
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲

“Nah nah, ya see we’re gonna be invadin’ a lotta countries and we’re gonna end up runnin’ a lotta them. That’s why we got Little Marco here. He’s ready to take the fall, we even got him a two-bedroom place at an old airbase in Greenland when he […]

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Still image of 💩45/47 gesturing with his clenched right hand, thumb extended, to cabinet members behind him, formally announcing the capture of Nicholas Maduro and wife on Jan 3, 2025, and claiming the U.S. will “run” Venezuela. Behind the president at the press conference is an American flag and Sec’y of State Marco Rubio, who’s looking down, his eyes cast downward. In the frame, the hand and thumb of the president is in motion blur, and the tip of the extended thumb appears to touch the nose of the Sec’y of State.
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲

https://www.katekernmundie.com/portfolio-2-1-landscape/project-two-llrgk-fc5az

🖼️ Kate Kern Mundie
Night scene of a yellow, two story house at left and behind it at right a red barn, both faintly illuminated by a string of holiday lights. Above in the sky is a full moon.
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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🇺🇸 ⏰ Eat Heavy

“…The spiritual heart of the place may be TiLT-A Tracy Lee Stum Museum of optical illusions, where visitors can have their picture taken rappelling down the face of the Statue of Liberty or riding a flying hot dog through the sky above lower […]

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Screen grab of text exchange, with this comment: “ Okay, if you got elected over and over again citing your time at the controls of a helicopter, would you pick a place where a helicopter fell from the ceiling for your Inaugural Ball?” The text is replied to with exclamation points badging, above an image of the link [ https://newjerseyglobe.com/governor/sherrill-inaugural-will-be-at-american-dream-mall/ ] using a promotional photo provided by American Dream Mall. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/business/2025/06/04/decorative-helicopter-mishap-cost-american-dream-over-20m/84005863007/
January 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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🇺🇦 For something truly unique and/or magical in 2026, retreat (or better, be driven) to your 1991 borders. And stay there.

📷 BRICS News via Xitter
Screen capture of the annual New Year’s address to the Russian Federation, read live broadcast by Vladimir Putin. In the background is a night picture of the Kremlin in winter, the Russian leader is dressed in a dark overcoat with a white collared shirt and red necktie. Below his image are the words in English translation “A unique and magical holiday” in white, upper and lower case bold sans serif type, except for the word “magical” which is displayed in green.
January 1, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗞 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮

“The proximate cause of the K-shaped economy is a weak job market. As I’ve written repeatedly, the U.S. economy has not (yet) experienced mass layoffs. Employers have, however, become very reluctant to hire new workers. Gallup asks whether now is […]

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Gallup Poll registering Americans’ impression of U.S. job market since 2020. “Thinking about the job situation in America today, would you say that it is now a good time or a bad time to find a quality job? “% Good time” is high at nearly 70% as the Covid-19 pandemic approaches, but falls off precipitously to just above 20%. Rising to above 70% in late 2021, then trending lower to 33% at the close of 2025. “Readings from 2001 to 2019 are not shown.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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“Soundcheck’s at 5:02”

🎄🔘 Tom Waits - Danny Says •
https://
youtu.be/2Qxm_YSA9Kg

🎄🔘 McCoy Tyner - I’ll Be Home For Christmas • https://youtu.be/TdGuxP8BzsY

🎄🔘 Leon Redbone - Christmas Ball Blues •
https://
youtu.be/1u1UPPG8mPg

🎄🔘 Travelin’ Light - Sleigh Ride • […]

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Christmas sweater on a rack in a NJ Walmart. White knit body has, in red, purple, and green, the words: IN MY (Christmas tree) FESTIVE ERA Sleeves are alternating green and red with contrasting snowflakes and vaulting reindeer. Store price sign at top left says “No Boundaries Sweaters $18.98”
December 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Volodymyr sends Vlad a selfie, from ‘Russian-controlled’ Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, UA, 12 December 2025.

🇺🇦 Слава Україні!

📷 Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Reuters
“Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy self-records a video in front of a sign that reads 'Kupiansk’, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Ukraine December 12, 2025.” • reuters.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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“The proposed map would have targeted Indiana’s two Democratic U.S. representatives to hand all 9 seats to the GOP. Around 45% of Indiana’s party-affiliated voters are Democrats.

The upper chamber debated the bill for three hours ahead of the vote, with opponents […]

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📷 Unknown Sculpture of political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli at the Uffizi gallery, Florence, IT. The philosopher is rendered as a standing figure, his left thumb and forefinger touching his chin. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Statue_of_Niccol%C3%B2_Macchiavelli_(Uffizi_Gallery)
December 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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“I grew up on the sets of Robert Altman movies. My mom wrote Nashville. John Milius is a good friend…that was an amazing era full of really creative people. Half of the movies sucked, but occasionally they'd hit a home run. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲! Milius […]

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📷 Ward Carroll’s YouTube Channel Scholar and author Peter Maguire being interviewed on Ward Carroll’s YouTube Channel in a wide-ranging discussion centered on war crimes and their appreciation in different historical contexts. Maguire is seated, wearing a grey crew-neck sweater. Behind him is a bookshelf, and on a door behind him to his left is a vertical hanger of ballcaps. To begin the interview, Maguire’s recent blog post is quoted: “American War Crimes Hegseth in the dock?” https://petermaguire.substack.com/p/american-war-crimes
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵.

📷 Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
💩45/47 at the podium, left, Surviving Kiss members Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Peter Criss, right, pose for a group photo as 48th Kennedy Center Honorees, at the Oval Office, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Behind them a portrait of Ronald Reagan hangs on a wall amid 💩 45/47’s cheesy, golden festoonery.
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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🇺🇸 ⏰ Eat Heavy

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲.

https://www.nj.com/opinion/2025/12/rfk-jr-is-going-to-take-years-off-your-life-sheneman-cartoon.html

🖼️ Drew Sheneman
Political cartoon depicting a female physician with a stethoscope around her neck, hawking loaded syringes from the inside of her open, white lab coat, on a busy urban street. To her right is snarled traffic, behind her are green-painted construction barricades, and in the distance, a city skyline. The caption reads: "MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA! | GOT WHAT YOU NEED. VACCINES FOR DAYS, NO CDC GUIDELINES. FIRST FLU SHOT IS FREE."
December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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“…Look how white everything is, how quiet, how snowed-in.
I am learning peacefulness, lying by myself quietly
As the light lies on these white walls…” • https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49013/tulips-56d22ab68fdd0

https://www.pantone.com/color-of-the-year/2026

🖼️ Pantone
Web rendering of a Pantone color swatch for “Cloud Dancer” white. An off-white, identified by Pantone’s formula number 11-4201.
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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“…years later, in 1980, I was in Italy, on my way back from my first chess olympiad in Malta. During a long layover, I caught The Empire Strikes Back. It was my first experience with American cinema that hadn’t been filtered by a censor and a dub. What a drag to […]

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An irregular array of several, floating Darth Vader heads of various sizes, against a greenish blue starfield.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 = 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺

The distorting stink of equivocation over at Ward Carroll’s rock n’ roll mancave shimmers like avgas spilled on a flight deck. Entertaining Naval Aviation in Art & hoary USNA lore don’t offset even two seconds’ worth of […]

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Ward Carroll at the mic, recording an episode of his video podcast, from a cozy mancave and practice space. His memorabilia from service as a U.S. naval aviator, and his guitars and amplifier appear behind him. He sits in a black gamer’s chair lined with red piping, and is dressed in a dark ballcap and a navy blue, pullover hoodie with a silkscreened imprint of a Gloucester fire department at the upper left chest, in white.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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🇺🇦 Victory is the best diplomacy.

Слава Україні!
Two square graphics with rounded corners, at left UA blue and yellow national colors on a black background arranged vertically: “Fuck Putin - left fist of resistance with raised middle finger - Stand With Ukraine”. At right, against a backdrop of UA blue-over-yellow national colors, “We Stand With” (yellow on blue), “Ukraine” (blue on yellow). Sláva Ukrayíni! Слава Україні!
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱.

https://www.whitetoolong.net/p/chatting-with-ai-jesus-what-could

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/12/christian-ai-chatbot-jesus-god-satan-churches

🖼️ Lindsey Bailey/Axios
Painting of Jesus teaching while seated on a rock, surrounded by followers. The followers and the scene are rendered in black and white, while Jesus is in color, dressed in robes of red and blue. In the photo illustration, he holds aloft in his right hand a smartphone. Both his head and the smartphone appear to have halos.
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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“We’re not going to go after every single issue. We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights.”
- Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Feb 2025

“Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to […]

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Image of Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer speaking to the press at the US Capitol Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The minority leader’s hands are open and held wide from elbows bent at his waist.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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“𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽
A list of individuals and charities you can support to help people in Gaza

This page will evolve.…]” • [https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/ways-to-help

📷 Mohammed Nateel
Undated color photo that accompanied UNICEF reporting of early February 2025. In a landscape of rubble and collapsed/collapsing buildings, dozens of people make their way along a cleared roadway, some on bicycles, on motorbikes, and in all the horrific urban devastation, only a couple of cars. The people are dressed for cooler weather, and the sky above the horizon of destruction is overcast.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Shevlin Park. Bend, OR.

📷 FlyBend
Color image outside Bend, Oregon. In the foreground, a stand of western larches in shifting fall colors, at the horizon a ridge of volcanoes; stratovolcanoes Broken Top, South Sister, and Middle Sister; shield volcano North Sister. Above the peaks is a dusky yellow sky colored by wildfire smoke.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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“DeJohnette shared a kinship with Helm, the famed drummer of The Band, and another Grammy-winning Woodstock neighbor.

Helm welcomed DeJohnette to sit in at one of his famed Midnight Ramble house concerts and the two performed side-by-side on separate drum kits […]

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Undated photograph of Jack DeJohnette, seated in an upholstered armchair, and dressed in denim pants and a long sleeve dark blue, zippered crew neck shirt. Behind him is a sun room with dark paneled walls, plants, an easy chair, and a wide, light-colored oriental rug.
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The ghost of Reagan has left the building.

📷 Fox 5 DC/via YT
06 November 2025 a male guest at a WH presser has a medical emergency. Our idiot fiend chief executive stands at the Resolute Desk like a complete boob, offering no leadership or help. Standing behind him is Commerce Sec’y Lutnick looking blankly at the camera. To the rear at image center, the stricken man is attended by others in the Oval Office. At image right a press corp photographer captures the scene. On the wall beyond a temporary podium and the scramble to help the ailing guest is a portrait of Ronald Reagan.
November 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM