Brian Lee
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NPR and three Colorado stations took the Trump administration to court. The government's defunding of public media “isn’t just an affront to localism," a scholar at the University of Colorado says. "It’s an attempt to reengineer thought." www.cjr.org/analysis/the...
The NPR and Colorado stations that took Trump to court.
“It isn’t just an affront to localism. It’s an attempt to reengineer thought.”
www.cjr.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM
NPR and three Colorado stations took the Trump administration to court. The government's defunding of public media “isn’t just an affront to localism," a scholar at the University of Colorado says. "It’s an attempt to reengineer thought." www.cjr.org/analysis/the...
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“There is neither celebration nor lamentation in the capital right now, only immense uncertainty as we try to make sense of what comes next.” Armando Ledezma writes about the sense of unease pervading Venezuela. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/OlExFD
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“There is neither celebration nor lamentation in the capital right now, only immense uncertainty as we try to make sense of what comes next.” Armando Ledezma writes about the sense of unease pervading Venezuela. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/OlExFD
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I really do not react well to bullying and never have. I am probably on some list now or can’t fly anymore. There was this guy just taking picture after picture of me. Can you imagine just going to a gas station and a gman is there just up in your face taking pictures of you to put in some database?
January 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I really do not react well to bullying and never have. I am probably on some list now or can’t fly anymore. There was this guy just taking picture after picture of me. Can you imagine just going to a gas station and a gman is there just up in your face taking pictures of you to put in some database?
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How on earth is the typical 12 year old supposed to
"prove their citizenship" while walking home on a random day? I sure could not have done so.
"prove their citizenship" while walking home on a random day? I sure could not have done so.
Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name
January 21, 2026 at 8:50 PM
How on earth is the typical 12 year old supposed to
"prove their citizenship" while walking home on a random day? I sure could not have done so.
"prove their citizenship" while walking home on a random day? I sure could not have done so.
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We are building and financing a corrupt detention/industrial complex. It’s human trafficking, and it has to end.
January 21, 2026 at 9:45 PM
We are building and financing a corrupt detention/industrial complex. It’s human trafficking, and it has to end.
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NEW: Legal filings revealed DOGE personnel signed a “Voter Data Agreement” with an unnamed “political advocacy group” looking to overturn election results.
Coincidentally, True the Vote, a top election denial group, was pushing DOGE to collaborate in exactly this way at the same time.
Coincidentally, True the Vote, a top election denial group, was pushing DOGE to collaborate in exactly this way at the same time.
Did DOGE sign a ‘voter data agreement’ with election deniers True the Vote?
True the Vote mounted a coordinated campaign, pleading with DOGE to use federal databases, including the Social Security Administration, to probe voter rolls.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 PM
NEW: Legal filings revealed DOGE personnel signed a “Voter Data Agreement” with an unnamed “political advocacy group” looking to overturn election results.
Coincidentally, True the Vote, a top election denial group, was pushing DOGE to collaborate in exactly this way at the same time.
Coincidentally, True the Vote, a top election denial group, was pushing DOGE to collaborate in exactly this way at the same time.
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🚨BREAKING: My law firm just won its lawsuit challenging New York’s 2024 congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino voters on Staten Island.
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
🚨 Williams et al v. Board of Elections of the State of New York et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
🚨BREAKING: My law firm just won its lawsuit challenging New York’s 2024 congressional map that dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino voters on Staten Island.
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
Follow @democracydocket.com for more details.
www.democracydocket.com/cases/new-yo...
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"Carolina Ortiz will never forget the sight of Renee Nicole Good’s blood on the snow." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on 24 hours alongside an ICE protester in Minneapolis: lnk.thebulwark.com/45pRQbT
24 Hours Alongside an ICE Protester in Minneapolis
Carolina Ortiz, an immigrant advocate, is preparing for ICE’s next onslaught.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"Carolina Ortiz will never forget the sight of Renee Nicole Good’s blood on the snow." @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social on 24 hours alongside an ICE protester in Minneapolis: lnk.thebulwark.com/45pRQbT
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The Trump camp is defending the right of clergy to stay silent about child abuse, and that same regime annihilated the office combatting human sex trafficking.
Hello, media? … 👇🏼 This is the pattern of protecting pedophilia.
Hello, media? … 👇🏼 This is the pattern of protecting pedophilia.
Trump Protects Clergy Confessions, Crucifies the Children Confessing.
Trump defends the church’s right to hide child rape, guts the office fighting human trafficking, and buries Epstein ties—abandoning children and survivors at every level of power.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The Trump camp is defending the right of clergy to stay silent about child abuse, and that same regime annihilated the office combatting human sex trafficking.
Hello, media? … 👇🏼 This is the pattern of protecting pedophilia.
Hello, media? … 👇🏼 This is the pattern of protecting pedophilia.
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Have an e-mail you’ve been meaning (but not really) to reply to? See some valid excuses courtesy of New Yorker Humor:
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January 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Have an e-mail you’ve been meaning (but not really) to reply to? See some valid excuses courtesy of New Yorker Humor:
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/z1DKDk
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/z1DKDk
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Videos showed dozens of Minneapolitans photographing and yelling at them to “get out.”
“This isn’t Christian, this isn’t American. This is fascism,” one man shouts. trib.al/oZbWCd2
“This isn’t Christian, this isn’t American. This is fascism,” one man shouts. trib.al/oZbWCd2
CBP Chief and His Goons Shamed Out of Minnesota Gas Station
One man yelled at the agents to “get out of my city!”
trib.al
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Videos showed dozens of Minneapolitans photographing and yelling at them to “get out.”
“This isn’t Christian, this isn’t American. This is fascism,” one man shouts. trib.al/oZbWCd2
“This isn’t Christian, this isn’t American. This is fascism,” one man shouts. trib.al/oZbWCd2
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Under the law, ICE is required to provide necessary medical care for the people it detains, often using third-party providers to do so.
But, despite ample funding, the agency has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025.
But, despite ample funding, the agency has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Under the law, ICE is required to provide necessary medical care for the people it detains, often using third-party providers to do so.
But, despite ample funding, the agency has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025.
But, despite ample funding, the agency has not paid any third-party providers for medical care for detainees since October 3, 2025.
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Judge blocks feds from accessing devices seized from Washington Post reporter
Judge blocks feds from accessing devices seized from Washington Post reporter
The magistrate judge had signed the warrants granting permission for the search of the reporter’s home, car and person.
dlvr.it
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Judge blocks feds from accessing devices seized from Washington Post reporter
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I will 100% guarantee that the decision not to investigate is coming from Stephen Miller. Rationally, doing even a superficial investigation and “clearing” Ross would help them. But for Miller, that would be acknowledging the existence of constraints on his power
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I will 100% guarantee that the decision not to investigate is coming from Stephen Miller. Rationally, doing even a superficial investigation and “clearing” Ross would help them. But for Miller, that would be acknowledging the existence of constraints on his power
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An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says
After the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis, FBI agents launched a civil rights probe into the shooting. The Justice Department says no such case now exists.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:59 PM
An FBI agent conducted an initial review of the Renee Good killing and determined sufficient grounds existed to open a civil rights probe into the actions of the ICE officer who shot her. Justice Department says no inquiry is warranted. @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
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"If you give in, the lives of election administrators will be worse, confidence in American elections will decrease, and our elections will be less secure. So, I plead to you: Do not give in."
Governor Polis, Do Not Pardon Tina Peters
An open letter and a plea to retain the integrity of our elections.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 AM
"If you give in, the lives of election administrators will be worse, confidence in American elections will decrease, and our elections will be less secure. So, I plead to you: Do not give in."
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That's a lot of words to obscure the facts:
Dhillon and DOJ are 0-2.
Elias Law Group is 2-0.
Dhillon and DOJ are 0-2.
Elias Law Group is 2-0.
January 20, 2026 at 2:54 AM
That's a lot of words to obscure the facts:
Dhillon and DOJ are 0-2.
Elias Law Group is 2-0.
Dhillon and DOJ are 0-2.
Elias Law Group is 2-0.
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Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Beth Israel Congregation in 1967. This weekend, at 75, she watched it burn again.
“It was horrifying and disbelieving to see it again,” Geiger Bonnheim said. “Does history change?”
“It was horrifying and disbelieving to see it again,” Geiger Bonnheim said. “Does history change?”
Mississippi Synagogue Congregant Shares Story of 1967 Ku Klux Klan Bombing
Members of the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, recall when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the building in 1967.
buff.ly
January 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Beverly Geiger Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Beth Israel Congregation in 1967. This weekend, at 75, she watched it burn again.
“It was horrifying and disbelieving to see it again,” Geiger Bonnheim said. “Does history change?”
“It was horrifying and disbelieving to see it again,” Geiger Bonnheim said. “Does history change?”
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“It’s hard not to see [the FBI raid] as an effort to intimidate not just journalists, but the sources that would communicate with them."
FBI Raids Home of Washington Post Reporter as Attacks on Press Freedom Intensify Under Trump
The FBI raided the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson this week and seized her electronic devices, part of a leak probe into a government contractor accused of mishandling classified gov...
www.democracynow.org
January 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
“It’s hard not to see [the FBI raid] as an effort to intimidate not just journalists, but the sources that would communicate with them."
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JFC THE INCOMPETENCE
This isn’t shocking.
They use AI because they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
This administration is a danger to absolutely every single person living on US soil, and I’d argue —globally.
This isn’t shocking.
They use AI because they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
This administration is a danger to absolutely every single person living on US soil, and I’d argue —globally.
As ICE was racing to add 10,000 new officers to its force, an AI error in how their applications were processed sent many new recruits into field offices without proper training.
The majority of the new applicants were flagged as law enforcement officers, but many had no experience.
The majority of the new applicants were flagged as law enforcement officers, but many had no experience.
ICE error meant some recruits were sent into field offices without proper training, sources say
An AI tool used to help ICE identify potential new recruits with law enforcement experience wrongly categorized some potential new officers, sources say.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:57 PM
JFC THE INCOMPETENCE
This isn’t shocking.
They use AI because they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
This administration is a danger to absolutely every single person living on US soil, and I’d argue —globally.
This isn’t shocking.
They use AI because they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
This administration is a danger to absolutely every single person living on US soil, and I’d argue —globally.
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Anyone can be an American, if they believe in the propositions and values of America. In the same way, anyone can be a Nazi.
The Nazi Slogans Are Not an Accident
How many Americans actually want a race war?
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Anyone can be an American, if they believe in the propositions and values of America. In the same way, anyone can be a Nazi.