Francis Wilkinson
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Francis Wilkinson
@franciswilkinson.bsky.social
Political Columnist, Bloomberg.
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I wonder if it would be useful to pressure Tom Emmer to weigh in whether he thinks it is okay for ICE to shoot Minnesotans.

If you're from his district it might be worth a call.
January 7, 2026 at 6:28 PM
For crimes against the republic this man spent his life in prison. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
Aldrich Ames, C.I.A. Turncoat Who Helped the Soviets, Dies at 84
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January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
“In 2023, Astoria became notable for having a democratic socialist at every level of elected government.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Did Astoria Become So Socialist?
One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic.”
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January 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I encourage use of the word “slob” in reference to the maga slobs in govt beginning with the slob in chief.
The slob pushing the Pentagon to eliminate women in the military: Anthony Tata, best known for cyberstalking a mistress after she found out he was married, forging court documents to escape his child support obligation, and pushing racist policies as school superintendent. He’s MAGA to the core.
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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📣 Dems overperformed 14 pts on avg across 67 Special Elections in 2025!

There's dozens MORE in 2026!

Jan. 6th:
CT HD-025: Iris Sanchez
GA HD-023: Scott Sanders
SC HD-98: Sonja Ogletree-Satini
VA SD-15: Mike Jones
VA HD-077: Charlie Schmidt

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January 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
One of the last remaining GOP members of Congress capable of thought expresses her hope that the mafia state’s promise to conquer a small, democratic, steadfast ally is “nothing more than posturing for a new era of cooperation.” Yes, I’m sure that’s what the criminals have in mind.
January 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
This is the glue that makes Trumpism cohere at home and abroad. European democracies = the Dem Party. Russia = White Christian nationalist maga. Africa = US cities. China = demographic peril. Crude, racist, moronic and essentially fascist. But consistent.
But underlying it, the reason it's not just him muttering about it from time to time, is all the people around him ideologically hate the idea that we should be friends and allies with other liberal democracies. Because they hate and want to destroy liberal democracy, full stop. Here and globally.
January 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Member of the ruling mafia party describes US as “dominant predator” in the Western hemisphere.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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When you can’t afford to give him a jet — or buy his meme coin. 🤡

@bloomberg.com
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January 7, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Professor Peterson submitted his syllabus for what he referred to, correctly, as “mandatory censorship review”.
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Today’s WSJ: “European governments' instinct has been to try to salvage what's left of the West…”
Wholly predictable that the racial fanatics of maga are killing the thing they claim to love.
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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For five years running, the first criminal docket of the year in DC has been a Jan6er.

2022: Dan Shaw
2023: Paul Modrell
2024: Christopher Keniley
2025: Timothy DesJardins
2026: Brian Cole

FIVE YEARS of crimes Trump inspired.

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United States v. COLE, 1:26-cr-00001 - CourtListener.com
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January 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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The clip I always think about from Jan 6th was Lindsay Graham's enough-is-enough moment in the Senate that evening. By the next day he acted like he never said a word.
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals
Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been published
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January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
J6ers “have even begun to ask why, after nearly a year in power, Mr. Trump’s law enforcement agencies have yet to provide any proof of the conspiracy theory they promoted to help him reclaim the presidency.” Calling Venezuela … www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
For Many Jan. 6 Rioters, a Pardon From Trump Wasn’t Enough
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January 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery.

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January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
In life I’ve had regular (thankfully brief) exposure to only 1 person who is as morally depraved as the median Trump official. I doubt I’ve ever met anyone as clownishly grotesque as Trump himself. Only a broad moral collapse could empower such people. Social media seems the likely accelerant.
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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I don't know why patriot Charlie Kirk deleted this patriotic tweet about patriotic buses busing patriots to DC on Jan 6th, but the Internet never forgets.

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January 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Nazi at home, Nazi overseas.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?

MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO

T: So force is on the table?

M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
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Trump administration announces US decline to regional power status
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Epstein is a Swiss-army-knife political message with diverse applications in case a political party somewhere wants to highlight the depravity of its opponents.
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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10. So the upshot is that Trump is trying to take control of an asset that is (a) likely overvalued (b) very expensive to process (c) is inside an economic basket case of a country (d) produces a commodity in a world with low prices and flat / falling demand.
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM