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When looking for a hotel, there are *plenty* of other choices ..
A new web page on the official White House site blames the Capitol Police and Democrats for the pro-Trump mob riot, absolving the president of responsibility and calling participants “innocent.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
A new web page on the official White House site blames the Capitol Police and Democrats for the pro-Trump mob riot, absolving the president of responsibility and calling participants “innocent.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...
- drilling risks adding planet-warming gases & disrupting wildlife habitats
- major policy shift favors oil profits at the expense of clean air, water & local livelihoods ..
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
- drilling risks adding planet-warming gases & disrupting wildlife habitats
- major policy shift favors oil profits at the expense of clean air, water & local livelihoods ..
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
- issued a series of stark warnings & threats targeting governments across Latin America & beyond, including Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico, & Iran.
www.livemint.com/news/us-news...
- issued a series of stark warnings & threats targeting governments across Latin America & beyond, including Colombia, Cuba, Greenland, Mexico, & Iran.
www.livemint.com/news/us-news...
He continued:
“Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job for the people of Venezuela and they’re going to represent us.”
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
He continued:
“Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job for the people of Venezuela and they’re going to represent us.”
www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...
Trump has seized the country’s oil reserves—the largest in the world—and told reporters he intends to “run” Venezuela ..
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Trump has seized the country’s oil reserves—the largest in the world—and told reporters he intends to “run” Venezuela ..
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
- long practitioner of distraction tactics during unflattering news
- his flood-the-zone approach with endless posts has taken the familiar deflection playbook to a new extreme ..
www.politico.com/interactives...
- long practitioner of distraction tactics during unflattering news
- his flood-the-zone approach with endless posts has taken the familiar deflection playbook to a new extreme ..
www.politico.com/interactives...
- experts in Latin American crime & narcotics issues have said it is actually a slang term, invented by the Venezuelan media in the 1990s, for officials corrupted by drug money ..
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
- experts in Latin American crime & narcotics issues have said it is actually a slang term, invented by the Venezuelan media in the 1990s, for officials corrupted by drug money ..
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
- in November 2025, Singer acquired Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company ..
popular.info/p/venezuela-...
The ouster of Maduro is a financial windfall for a prominent Trump-supporting billionaire, investor Paul Singer.
- in November 2025, Singer acquired Citgo, the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company ..
popular.info/p/venezuela-...
- DHS reservations: they were not allowing any ICE agents to stay at the property
Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- DHS reservations: they were not allowing any ICE agents to stay at the property
Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism
- lower on empathy and compassion
- published in the Journal of Research in Personality
www.psypost.org/trump-suppor...
Trump supporters report higher levels of psychopathy, manipulativeness, callousness, and narcissism
- lower on empathy and compassion
- published in the Journal of Research in Personality
www.psypost.org/trump-suppor...
Kelly & 5 others released a reckless & seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine order & military discipline
- troops “can and must refuse illegal orders”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Kelly & 5 others released a reckless & seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine order & military discipline
- troops “can and must refuse illegal orders”
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
A GR Police officer can be heard telling the woman she's being arrested for "obstructing a roadway" and "failure to obey a lawful command from a police officer."
www.wzzm13.com/video/news/l...
A GR Police officer can be heard telling the woman she's being arrested for "obstructing a roadway" and "failure to obey a lawful command from a police officer."
www.wzzm13.com/video/news/l...
- ordered immigrants release or the opportunity for bond hearings in more than 1,600 cases
-expansion of decades-old policies that courts have rejected as illegal or unconstitutional
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
- ordered immigrants release or the opportunity for bond hearings in more than 1,600 cases
-expansion of decades-old policies that courts have rejected as illegal or unconstitutional
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
That a social media-infused chatbot could so readily transform into a nonconsensual porn machine to create unwanted and even violent images of real women at scale is, on its face, deeply unsettling ..
futurism.com/future-socie...
That a social media-infused chatbot could so readily transform into a nonconsensual porn machine to create unwanted and even violent images of real women at scale is, on its face, deeply unsettling ..
futurism.com/future-socie...
- a sickening return to a day when the United States asserted the right to dominate the internal political affairs of all nations in the Western Hemisphere.
www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releas...
- a sickening return to a day when the United States asserted the right to dominate the internal political affairs of all nations in the Western Hemisphere.
www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releas...
- none of these acts of brazen aggression, violence, and violations of international law have, in any sustained or meaningful way, been referred to as acts of war, a coup, or invasion ..
theintercept.com/2026/01/04/t...
- none of these acts of brazen aggression, violence, and violations of international law have, in any sustained or meaningful way, been referred to as acts of war, a coup, or invasion ..
theintercept.com/2026/01/04/t...
- moving to reduce marijuana regs, he has defied the party’s old guard law-and-order wing of the GOP and embrace the new, more diverse coalition that reelected him, including Kennedy & his supporters ..
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
- moving to reduce marijuana regs, he has defied the party’s old guard law-and-order wing of the GOP and embrace the new, more diverse coalition that reelected him, including Kennedy & his supporters ..
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society.
- And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society.
- And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Trump and the GOP have laid bare their desires for hegemony, colonialism, and empire, and the dangerous global consequences of America pursuing these cannot be understated ..
newrepublic.com/article/2048...
Trump and the GOP have laid bare their desires for hegemony, colonialism, and empire, and the dangerous global consequences of America pursuing these cannot be understated ..
newrepublic.com/article/2048...
Scammers steal billions of dollars in food stamps from needy people every year. Why isn’t Congress doing anything to stop them?
- a SNAP beneficiary is likelier to be the victim of a crime rather than its perpetrator ..
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Scammers steal billions of dollars in food stamps from needy people every year. Why isn’t Congress doing anything to stop them?
- a SNAP beneficiary is likelier to be the victim of a crime rather than its perpetrator ..
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The feds rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. The case is the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on left-wing groups and free speech ..
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
The feds rounded up 18 activists tied to an anti-ICE protest in Texas, claiming they were part of an antifa cell. The case is the first big test of Trump’s crackdown on left-wing groups and free speech ..
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
To combat Republican messaging, Newsom’s office has flooded social media timelines with insults, memes, jokes and mockery of the president ..
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
To combat Republican messaging, Newsom’s office has flooded social media timelines with insults, memes, jokes and mockery of the president ..
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Now that the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc is putting the unitary executive theory to the test, its cracks are beginning to show—and its proponents are flailing ..
newrepublic.com/article/2047...
Now that the Supreme Court’s conservative bloc is putting the unitary executive theory to the test, its cracks are beginning to show—and its proponents are flailing ..
newrepublic.com/article/2047...