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Opinion | Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul
www.nytimes.com
This is probably the best essay I've read all year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
It should never have been this easy to turn an entire executive cabinet into a totally lawless paramilitarized occupation force
Over the last five years, police chiefs have worked to persuade a skeptical public that officers would curb their use of violence. Now, police officials are complaining about ICE, saying they are endangering residents and setting back efforts to improve public trust.
Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics Across Cities
Many police departments adopted major changes after civilian killings. Now, police chiefs worry ICE is ignoring those lessons and setting back efforts to improve public trust.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
It should never have been this easy to turn an entire executive cabinet into a totally lawless paramilitarized occupation force
DHS is stabbing every LE agent in the country in the back by doing this shit and it's horrifying that an entire executive cabinet department's institutional resilience is so weak that an election outcome is all it took for them to trash everything they learned in 2020
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
‘It’s All Just Going Down the Toilet’: Police Chiefs Fume at ICE Tactics
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
DHS is stabbing every LE agent in the country in the back by doing this shit and it's horrifying that an entire executive cabinet department's institutional resilience is so weak that an election outcome is all it took for them to trash everything they learned in 2020
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Detail in this story caught my attention about a DHS / ICE request for information (RFI) solicitation posted last week for ad tech and data companies to demonstrate their latest "operational capabilities" that implies DHS is now working with a lot more personal data
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Detail in this story caught my attention about a DHS / ICE request for information (RFI) solicitation posted last week for ad tech and data companies to demonstrate their latest "operational capabilities" that implies DHS is now working with a lot more personal data
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
The public funds up for grabs for construction contractors are a magnet for organized crime in Italy, but diligent law enforcement and civil society advocacy to improve award process transparency help. The Strait of Messina bridge megaproject, on the other hand...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
‘A very Italian problem’: inside the fight against the mafia and corruption at the Winter Olympics
Construction works for Milano Cortina have been a lightning rod for suspected infiltration by organised crime, but anti-mafia groups have adopted an approach that will help future hosts
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The public funds up for grabs for construction contractors are a magnet for organized crime in Italy, but diligent law enforcement and civil society advocacy to improve award process transparency help. The Strait of Messina bridge megaproject, on the other hand...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
"This is the governing model that he and his allies are trying to globalize. A world where national sovereignty is dead, the rule of law is nonexistent for corporations, and convicted felons like Mr. Trump and Mr. Hernández run the world for the pillaging classes."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not a Nationalist. He’s Something Worse.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 AM
"This is the governing model that he and his allies are trying to globalize. A world where national sovereignty is dead, the rule of law is nonexistent for corporations, and convicted felons like Mr. Trump and Mr. Hernández run the world for the pillaging classes."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Waving a gun around and threatening economic warfare against your closest allies on earth is a gift to China and Russia and is already benefitting them more than anyone. Nothing that this administration or their helper monkeys are saying or doing makes any sense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Greenland Envoy: We Need ‘Total, Unfettered Access’
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Waving a gun around and threatening economic warfare against your closest allies on earth is a gift to China and Russia and is already benefitting them more than anyone. Nothing that this administration or their helper monkeys are saying or doing makes any sense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
A few in Florida and Western European countries living large at the expense of the majority of Venezuelan citizens suffering hunger and deprivation. The Chavista regime has been the frontman of a mafia-style bust out on a national scale. Forcibly removing Maduro while leaving them in place is crazy.
January 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM
A few in Florida and Western European countries living large at the expense of the majority of Venezuelan citizens suffering hunger and deprivation. The Chavista regime has been the frontman of a mafia-style bust out on a national scale. Forcibly removing Maduro while leaving them in place is crazy.
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NEW: “Cuello Blanco, Manos Sucias” (“White Collars, Dirty Hands”), a podcast from OCCRP and La No Ficción, explores the looting of Venezuela’s oil wealth. @lauraweffer.bsky.social tells the story of how the profits from oil extraction were siphoned out of the state oil company.
January 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM
NEW: “Cuello Blanco, Manos Sucias” (“White Collars, Dirty Hands”), a podcast from OCCRP and La No Ficción, explores the looting of Venezuela’s oil wealth. @lauraweffer.bsky.social tells the story of how the profits from oil extraction were siphoned out of the state oil company.
Why on earth is Qatar managing all of oil revenue for the Chavista regime minus Maduro?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Why on earth is Qatar managing all of oil revenue for the Chavista regime minus Maduro?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
I feel a responsibility for feeding the birds especially when it's really cold, I feel like they're counting on me
January 28, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I feel a responsibility for feeding the birds especially when it's really cold, I feel like they're counting on me
Ted Cruz lacks anything resembling a moral center so I assume he's responding to troubling sentiment analytics data trends and stochastic prediction models of voter turnout rather than taking a principled stand over how to better handle future executions on video
Ted Cruz: "If you're being told, this is a mom of three -- and she's not waving an ISIS flag or doesn't have a suicide vest -- escalating the rhetoric doesn't help, and it actually loses credibility. So I would encourage the administration to be more measured and recognize the tragedy."
January 27, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Ted Cruz lacks anything resembling a moral center so I assume he's responding to troubling sentiment analytics data trends and stochastic prediction models of voter turnout rather than taking a principled stand over how to better handle future executions on video
The agency responsible for the no-holds-barred POC rodeo is USBP. ICE historically has used a targeted approach that prioritized criminal offenders while taking precautions to minimize risk to individuals and the public. USBP is the agency driving culturally within DHS right now.
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.
So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The agency responsible for the no-holds-barred POC rodeo is USBP. ICE historically has used a targeted approach that prioritized criminal offenders while taking precautions to minimize risk to individuals and the public. USBP is the agency driving culturally within DHS right now.
With exploding costs looming after a price cap lapses in June and rolling blackouts anticipated this year following reports last month that PJM Interconnection demand has exceeded supply available at the annual auction, PJM strains to meet historic demand
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Power Grid for 67 Million at Risk as Deep Freeze Follows Storm
A deep freeze is gripping the US as the worst storm so far this season winds down, leaving the country’s biggest electric grid in emergency status and bracing for record wintertime demand.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 AM
With exploding costs looming after a price cap lapses in June and rolling blackouts anticipated this year following reports last month that PJM Interconnection demand has exceeded supply available at the annual auction, PJM strains to meet historic demand
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Salamanca used to be CSRL territory at least a couple of years ago but mass shootings of bars and rehabs is something both CSRL and CJNG have done
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
Gunmen Kill 11 After Soccer Match in Mexico
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Salamanca used to be CSRL territory at least a couple of years ago but mass shootings of bars and rehabs is something both CSRL and CJNG have done
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
there would be armed upsrisings and states that seceded if MAGA even perceived a fraction of the persecution that Trump's DHS is gleefully imposing on their racial and cultural enemies
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
there would be armed upsrisings and states that seceded if MAGA even perceived a fraction of the persecution that Trump's DHS is gleefully imposing on their racial and cultural enemies
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From our magazine: By converting a digital camera to reveal infrared light, photographer Jordan Vonderhaar turns surveillance tech back on itself, with bright foliage highlighting the intensity of Texas' border militarization. www.texasobserver.org/the-river-an...
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
From our magazine: By converting a digital camera to reveal infrared light, photographer Jordan Vonderhaar turns surveillance tech back on itself, with bright foliage highlighting the intensity of Texas' border militarization. www.texasobserver.org/the-river-an...
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A look at “necromemetics” and the meme economy in the aftermath of violence.
How Right Wing Influencers Used AI Slop to Turn Renee Good Into a Meme
A look at “necromemetics” and the meme economy in the aftermath of violence.
www.404media.co
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A look at “necromemetics” and the meme economy in the aftermath of violence.
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THREAD: 404 Media has been covering ICE and the technology they've been using to surveil and raid "targets", detain people based on a flawed facial recognition app, and lie about violence on the streets.
They have established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
They have established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman
At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:09 PM
THREAD: 404 Media has been covering ICE and the technology they've been using to surveil and raid "targets", detain people based on a flawed facial recognition app, and lie about violence on the streets.
They have established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
They have established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.
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The Trumps have generated about $1.4 billion from crypto projects that are new to his second term, a Bloomberg analysis shows. These have gotten a boost from Trump’s own policies, as he has signed crypto legislation and appointed regulators who tossed out lawsuits against the industry.
Trump Family’s $6.8 Billion Fortune Is Increasingly Tied to Crypto
Digital assets added $1.4 billion to the first family's wealth over the past year, making up about one-fifth of their fortune for the first time
www.bloomberg.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The Trumps have generated about $1.4 billion from crypto projects that are new to his second term, a Bloomberg analysis shows. These have gotten a boost from Trump’s own policies, as he has signed crypto legislation and appointed regulators who tossed out lawsuits against the industry.
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Not trying to be inflammatory or hyperbolic here, but I can’t stop thinking that we’d have no problem speaking about this in clear terms of condemnation and alarm if it was happening in another country
Carrying out violence against a targeted group with the goal of affecting political outcomes is how this country defines terrorism and I am struggling to come up with a clear reason why the federal rampage on Minneapolis shouldn’t be thought of that way
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Not trying to be inflammatory or hyperbolic here, but I can’t stop thinking that we’d have no problem speaking about this in clear terms of condemnation and alarm if it was happening in another country
I was gonna say this is what the Mexican military and police do after they kill someone by mistake but that's not even fair to them because usually when there's video evidence they'll just admit the error
January 25, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I was gonna say this is what the Mexican military and police do after they kill someone by mistake but that's not even fair to them because usually when there's video evidence they'll just admit the error
The stupid, lawless, ideological, confrontationmaxxing USBP mindset systemic within DHS at the moment is making the jobs of every law enforcement agent in the country more difficult and dangerous for both the agents and the public, and doing irreparable damage to the insititutional legitimacy of DHS
January 25, 2026 at 10:47 AM
The stupid, lawless, ideological, confrontationmaxxing USBP mindset systemic within DHS at the moment is making the jobs of every law enforcement agent in the country more difficult and dangerous for both the agents and the public, and doing irreparable damage to the insititutional legitimacy of DHS
Least surprising news in the world that the agents that pistol-whipped and then shot a man to death are thugs from USBP
January 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Least surprising news in the world that the agents that pistol-whipped and then shot a man to death are thugs from USBP
Huh. So the fugitive Canadian former Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding turned himself in to the U.S. embassy coincidentally when Kash Patel was in Mexico, and flew to the U.S. with Patel on the FBI Director's jet.
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
Embajador de EU ratifica versión de García Harfuch: Ryan Wedding se entregó
La declaración surge luego de que la fiscal estadunidense, Pamela Bondi, aseguró que agentes del FBI habían detenido al canadiense, acusado de narcotráfico.
www.proceso.com.mx
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Huh. So the fugitive Canadian former Olympic snowboarder-turned-alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding turned himself in to the U.S. embassy coincidentally when Kash Patel was in Mexico, and flew to the U.S. with Patel on the FBI Director's jet.
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/202...