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Danes don’t forget.
**Bruun is a tiny woman, with soft white hair and fine lines grooved into her pale skin. But she became flushed when discussing the American president, who has been threatening to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. “Keep your fingers away,” she said**
**Bruun is a tiny woman, with soft white hair and fine lines grooved into her pale skin. But she became flushed when discussing the American president, who has been threatening to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. “Keep your fingers away,” she said**
The families of Danes killed in Afghanistan have a message for Trump
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Sacrifice of the Danes
After September 11, Denmark fought alongside its ally. The families of fallen soldiers have a message for Trump.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Danes don’t forget.
**Bruun is a tiny woman, with soft white hair and fine lines grooved into her pale skin. But she became flushed when discussing the American president, who has been threatening to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. “Keep your fingers away,” she said**
**Bruun is a tiny woman, with soft white hair and fine lines grooved into her pale skin. But she became flushed when discussing the American president, who has been threatening to seize Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. “Keep your fingers away,” she said**
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1) V interesting story.
2) The porn machine and bigot-cesspool once known as Twitter was *the* journalistic hangout. Encouraging every time a major media outlet/figure posts and engages here. Can't fully recreate the pre-Musk "public square," but good to see more and more journos/publications here
2) The porn machine and bigot-cesspool once known as Twitter was *the* journalistic hangout. Encouraging every time a major media outlet/figure posts and engages here. Can't fully recreate the pre-Musk "public square," but good to see more and more journos/publications here
NEW: Powell had a list of lawmakers who he thought would have his back after finally taking on Trump
His belief that he would find a groundswell of support was not an idle thought, but the product of years of relationship-building on Capitol Hill.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u... @nytimes.com
His belief that he would find a groundswell of support was not an idle thought, but the product of years of relationship-building on Capitol Hill.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u... @nytimes.com
Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes on Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
1) V interesting story.
2) The porn machine and bigot-cesspool once known as Twitter was *the* journalistic hangout. Encouraging every time a major media outlet/figure posts and engages here. Can't fully recreate the pre-Musk "public square," but good to see more and more journos/publications here
2) The porn machine and bigot-cesspool once known as Twitter was *the* journalistic hangout. Encouraging every time a major media outlet/figure posts and engages here. Can't fully recreate the pre-Musk "public square," but good to see more and more journos/publications here
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The U.S. Postal Service revealed a new stamp Thursday featuring boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
The unveiling took place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The stamp features a photo of Ali from 1974 with his last name in bold letters.
The unveiling took place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The stamp features a photo of Ali from 1974 with his last name in bold letters.
January 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The U.S. Postal Service revealed a new stamp Thursday featuring boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
The unveiling took place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The stamp features a photo of Ali from 1974 with his last name in bold letters.
The unveiling took place in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. The stamp features a photo of Ali from 1974 with his last name in bold letters.
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On the importance of the availability of knowledgeable counsel for all, and how that is a basic concept of constitutional law regardless of interpretation www.instagram.com/reel/DTlQDwz...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
On the importance of the availability of knowledgeable counsel for all, and how that is a basic concept of constitutional law regardless of interpretation www.instagram.com/reel/DTlQDwz...
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If a conservative anywhere has to hear, encounter, or be subject to judgement based on an opinion they disagree with that’s maoism but if conservatives use state power to prosecute, defund, or censor you that’s fine because they’re just entitled to do that for reasons
January 17, 2026 at 3:17 PM
If a conservative anywhere has to hear, encounter, or be subject to judgement based on an opinion they disagree with that’s maoism but if conservatives use state power to prosecute, defund, or censor you that’s fine because they’re just entitled to do that for reasons
A member of the press.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
A member of the press.
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In this week's newsletter: Where the measles threat is highest, why population growth is at risk and who's joining ICE. AND MORE, PEOPLE. AND MORE THAN JUST THAT. www.howtoreadthisch.art/americas-myr...
America's myriad afflictions
In this week's newsletter, we take a journey across various challenges facing the United States, some of them self-inflicted and some of them extra-self-inflicted. And then, at the very end, there's a...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
In this week's newsletter: Where the measles threat is highest, why population growth is at risk and who's joining ICE. AND MORE, PEOPLE. AND MORE THAN JUST THAT. www.howtoreadthisch.art/americas-myr...
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NPR: Regarding Trump’s bombastic claims of 2000% reduction in drug costs, the 16 drug companies who signed “deals” with him not to raise drug prices just raised the prices on 872 name brand drugs, and the price increases are the same as last year. Bullshit and greed, those “deals” mean nothing.
January 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
NPR: Regarding Trump’s bombastic claims of 2000% reduction in drug costs, the 16 drug companies who signed “deals” with him not to raise drug prices just raised the prices on 872 name brand drugs, and the price increases are the same as last year. Bullshit and greed, those “deals” mean nothing.
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Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
January 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
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Jesse Watters joked that he dreamed about fraud during the 2020 election. Fox News, paid out $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems for knowingly promoting false stories about the 2020 election. It's currently being sued by Smartmatic for $2 billion for the same reason.
January 17, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Jesse Watters joked that he dreamed about fraud during the 2020 election. Fox News, paid out $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems for knowingly promoting false stories about the 2020 election. It's currently being sued by Smartmatic for $2 billion for the same reason.
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Who’s in? I think it would be hysterical.
January 17, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Who’s in? I think it would be hysterical.
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Anti-abortion activists have been expressing concern that Trump hasn’t done enough to restrict abortion access. But Wade Miller of the Center for Renewing America—founded by Russ Vought—suspects that “within a week or two concerns on this front will have been addressed”… 👀 1/
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January 17, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Anti-abortion activists have been expressing concern that Trump hasn’t done enough to restrict abortion access. But Wade Miller of the Center for Renewing America—founded by Russ Vought—suspects that “within a week or two concerns on this front will have been addressed”… 👀 1/
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🤔 In 2021, Kip Mock of Moscow ID accidentally set his pal, Elijah Froh, on fire by pouring diesel on a fire. Mock & Froh were later were hired by Valar Atomics—founded by their pal, Isaiah Taylor, a high school dropout from Moscow, ID who somehow landed a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor. 1/
January 17, 2026 at 1:39 AM
🤔 In 2021, Kip Mock of Moscow ID accidentally set his pal, Elijah Froh, on fire by pouring diesel on a fire. Mock & Froh were later were hired by Valar Atomics—founded by their pal, Isaiah Taylor, a high school dropout from Moscow, ID who somehow landed a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor. 1/
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From @jesscraven101.bsky.social
ICE BARBIE NOEM...said recently they're (ICE)are
going after murderers...
Here's small children being zip tied with their family
Not criminals
Not drug dealers
Not Murderers
#ChoosePeaceOverChaos
Why Minnesotans carry whistles why they try to help
ICE BARBIE NOEM...said recently they're (ICE)are
going after murderers...
Here's small children being zip tied with their family
Not criminals
Not drug dealers
Not Murderers
#ChoosePeaceOverChaos
Why Minnesotans carry whistles why they try to help
January 16, 2026 at 10:04 PM
From @jesscraven101.bsky.social
ICE BARBIE NOEM...said recently they're (ICE)are
going after murderers...
Here's small children being zip tied with their family
Not criminals
Not drug dealers
Not Murderers
#ChoosePeaceOverChaos
Why Minnesotans carry whistles why they try to help
ICE BARBIE NOEM...said recently they're (ICE)are
going after murderers...
Here's small children being zip tied with their family
Not criminals
Not drug dealers
Not Murderers
#ChoosePeaceOverChaos
Why Minnesotans carry whistles why they try to help
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Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days. The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 558 in a wave of highly contagious infections that keeps on spreading.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/m...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/m...
Measles cases jump again in South Carolina, rising to more than 550
Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days, state health officials said Friday.
www.statnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Reported measles cases in South Carolina surged by almost 30% in the last few days. The South Carolina health department reported 124 new cases since Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 558 in a wave of highly contagious infections that keeps on spreading.
www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/m...
www.statnews.com/2026/01/16/m...
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NEW: Trump’s DHS forces have shot 11 people since September. NBC News examined every case, revealing a pattern that policing experts called alarming: officers firing into cars, injuring and killing drivers.
Trump's DHS has shot 11 people during immigration enforcement operations since September
The ICE and Border Patrol shootings show a pattern that policing experts say is alarming: officers firing into cars and injuring and killing drivers.
www.nbcnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
NEW: Trump’s DHS forces have shot 11 people since September. NBC News examined every case, revealing a pattern that policing experts called alarming: officers firing into cars, injuring and killing drivers.
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Federal prosecutors confirmed that a former detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a woman held in federal immigration custody……….. For months.
David Courvelle, 56,
David Courvelle, 56,
January 16, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Federal prosecutors confirmed that a former detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a woman held in federal immigration custody……….. For months.
David Courvelle, 56,
David Courvelle, 56,
Woohoo! A new @riotgrlerin.bsky.social thread!!!
you want to know why the muppets never leave sesame street: thread
January 16, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Woohoo! A new @riotgrlerin.bsky.social thread!!!
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The Bucks County Sheriff's Office is no longer assisting ICE's cruel agenda thanks to Bucks County community members coming together to demand better from their elected officials.
Together, we are powerful.
Together, we are powerful.
Bucks County Sheriff’s Office ends partnership with ICE
Bucks County Sheriff Danny Ceisler officially ended his office's partnership with ICE that allowed deputies to perform immigration enforcement.
www.nbcphiladelphia.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
The Bucks County Sheriff's Office is no longer assisting ICE's cruel agenda thanks to Bucks County community members coming together to demand better from their elected officials.
Together, we are powerful.
Together, we are powerful.
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Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill says on Fox that he personally went to Minnesota to investigate fraud but makes clear he found nothing, instead complaining that "a woman in a fancy car spotted us, gave us an unfriendly gesture and actually followed us for about 10 minutes."
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O'Neill says on Fox that he personally went to Minnesota to investigate fraud but makes clear he found nothing, instead complaining that "a woman in a fancy car spotted us, gave us an unfriendly gesture and actually followed us for about 10 minutes."
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So fucking shady
Everything he’s done has been fucking shady
Everything he’s done has been fucking shady
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 PM
So fucking shady
Everything he’s done has been fucking shady
Everything he’s done has been fucking shady
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Small men have been too comfortable for too long.
We did NOT adequately punish the Confederacy.
We did NOT adequately punish the Confederacy.
January 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Small men have been too comfortable for too long.
We did NOT adequately punish the Confederacy.
We did NOT adequately punish the Confederacy.