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NYT Ed Board: One year ago, Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself.
A review by the editorial board shows that Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1,408,500,000.
A review by the editorial board shows that Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1,408,500,000.
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
NYT Ed Board: One year ago, Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to enrich himself.
A review by the editorial board shows that Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1,408,500,000.
A review by the editorial board shows that Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1,408,500,000.
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This comes just after the president publicly demanded that ICE should start showing the public how terrible the people are who they're grabbing and arresting.
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
5-year-old boy among four students detained by ICE, according to school leaders
School district leaders argue ICE agents are following students and their parents while driving to and from school.
www.kare11.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This comes just after the president publicly demanded that ICE should start showing the public how terrible the people are who they're grabbing and arresting.
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
In this case, his name is Liam. He's five years old.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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Breaking WaPo:
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report deeming an ICE detainee’s death in Texas a homicide comes the same day that a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Breaking WaPo:
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
The recent death of a detainee at an immigrant detention camp in Texas has been officially deemed a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner.
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Mark Carney earned a rare standing ovation in Davos. Read the full text of his speech here
Mark Carney earned a rare standing ovation in Davos. Read the full text of his speech here
Carney addressed World Economic Forum Tuesday, expressing his vision for middle powers
www.thestar.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Mark Carney earned a rare standing ovation in Davos. Read the full text of his speech here
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Well worth a listen from Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos summit.
January 21, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Well worth a listen from Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos summit.
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Pam Bondi has transformed the Justice Department from an autonomous agency into one that carries out the president’s wishes. Old friends and colleagues in Florida now ask: What happened to the person they once knew? Stephanie McCrummen reports:
The Attorney General Who Won’t Say No
Does Pam Bondi have any red lines?
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Pam Bondi has transformed the Justice Department from an autonomous agency into one that carries out the president’s wishes. Old friends and colleagues in Florida now ask: What happened to the person they once knew? Stephanie McCrummen reports:
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“So long as Trump raves and Republicans look away, we might as well dispense with the notion that Trump and his cadre of MAGA enablers care anything about “allies.”
Words & Phrases
Trump, to his mind, doesn’t need no stinkin’ allies
contrarian.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“So long as Trump raves and Republicans look away, we might as well dispense with the notion that Trump and his cadre of MAGA enablers care anything about “allies.”
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/U0fviLiM
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Since the days of World War I, America was the country that resisted conquest, standing up to Hitler’s Germany, Tojo’s Japan and Stalin’s Soviet Union when they seized foreign terrain. Now Trump aspires to put America into the category of conquerors. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
With Threats to Greenland, Trump Sets America on the Road to Conquest
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Since the days of World War I, America was the country that resisted conquest, standing up to Hitler’s Germany, Tojo’s Japan and Stalin’s Soviet Union when they seized foreign terrain. Now Trump aspires to put America into the category of conquerors. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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If senior officers carry out what Trump is threatening against NATO, “the officers and enlisted people below them will likely obey the chain of command”—and “such an outcome would be a tragedy, and potentially a global catastrophe,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OtxpMxan
January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM
If senior officers carry out what Trump is threatening against NATO, “the officers and enlisted people below them will likely obey the chain of command”—and “such an outcome would be a tragedy, and potentially a global catastrophe,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. theatln.tc/OtxpMxan
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DOJ civil rights lawyers are quitting — en masse.
January 20, 2026 at 2:34 PM
DOJ civil rights lawyers are quitting — en masse.
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The reason the right focuses on Somali frauds in Minnesota is because it means they don’t have to focus on anything that they have done or that Donald Trump has done. It’s the same thing as the tan suit scandal for Obama dead enders.
January 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The reason the right focuses on Somali frauds in Minnesota is because it means they don’t have to focus on anything that they have done or that Donald Trump has done. It’s the same thing as the tan suit scandal for Obama dead enders.
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"You asked us to go. We went": Danish soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting America's wars. Now Trump's America is threatening to go to war against Denmark. Danes feel betrayed and bewildered. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Bleak Times in Copenhagen: Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"You asked us to go. We went": Danish soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting America's wars. Now Trump's America is threatening to go to war against Denmark. Danes feel betrayed and bewildered. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
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The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
Man Detained In Minnesota Dies In ICE Custody—Gov. Walz Demands Probe
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
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Rachel Maddow: The people, by and large, stand in opposition to Trump — his approval ratings have fallen through the floor & then down into the basement & then through the basement floor into the bedrock — He is just despised as a political leader in this country in almost unprecedented terms
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Rachel Maddow: The people, by and large, stand in opposition to Trump — his approval ratings have fallen through the floor & then down into the basement & then through the basement floor into the bedrock — He is just despised as a political leader in this country in almost unprecedented terms
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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NASA: Among the most storied & respected jewels in the crown of America — Domestically & Internationally.
Congress has finally figured that out and is standing up for it, in a bipartisan vote, against proposed cuts from the White House.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/1/ves-e...
Congress has finally figured that out and is standing up for it, in a bipartisan vote, against proposed cuts from the White House.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/1/ves-e...
Science Survives Existential Threat From Trump Budget as Senate Rejects Gutting NASA, NSF, & NIST
www.commerce.senate.gov
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
NASA: Among the most storied & respected jewels in the crown of America — Domestically & Internationally.
Congress has finally figured that out and is standing up for it, in a bipartisan vote, against proposed cuts from the White House.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/1/ves-e...
Congress has finally figured that out and is standing up for it, in a bipartisan vote, against proposed cuts from the White House.
www.commerce.senate.gov/2026/1/ves-e...
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The Legacy Museum, which is “perhaps the closest thing America has to a national slavery museum,” is free from government control and displays the “history that the Trump administration aims to de-emphasize—if not outright erase,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social argues.
The Power of Private Museums
The Equal Justice Initiative’s historical sites in Montgomery, Alabama, show what’s possible when history isn’t subject to federal funding cuts or executive orders.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The Legacy Museum, which is “perhaps the closest thing America has to a national slavery museum,” is free from government control and displays the “history that the Trump administration aims to de-emphasize—if not outright erase,” @clintsmithiii.bsky.social argues.
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CNBC: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell plans to attend oral arguments on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in the case challenging the power of Trump to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
CNBC: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell plans to attend oral arguments on Wednesday at the Supreme Court in the case challenging the power of Trump to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
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“Denmark is an ally, and America’s friend. Seizing Greenland wouldn’t make America great; it would make America alone.”
Trump’s Insane Greenland Plot
The threat to take over an ally is a 19th-century solution to a 21st-century problem.
contrarian.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“Denmark is an ally, and America’s friend. Seizing Greenland wouldn’t make America great; it would make America alone.”
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January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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"The caps reading “Make America Go Away” — parodying Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan — have gained popularity along with several variants on social media and at public protests, including a weekend demonstration held in freezing weather in the Danish capital."
apnews.com/article/denm...
apnews.com/article/denm...
Pro-Greenland protesters mock Trump's MAGA slogan with 'Make America Go Away' caps
Mock MAGA hats are becoming a symbol of protest in Denmark as opposition grows to U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewed rhetoric about seizing Greenland.
apnews.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 PM
"The caps reading “Make America Go Away” — parodying Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan — have gained popularity along with several variants on social media and at public protests, including a weekend demonstration held in freezing weather in the Danish capital."
apnews.com/article/denm...
apnews.com/article/denm...
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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...