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My God.
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 PM
My God.
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cbs news is giving us a great natural experiment into what happens to your business if you marginalize your existing consumers to go after a new market that hates your product. interesting strategy
Also tonight: An “exclusive” interview with Kristi Noem in which she’s seen “confronting” some guy being arrested and a tribute to Rubio that turns the Trump giving him a dozen jobs into a good thing, shows off “funny” AI-generated Rubio memes and ends with TD saying, “Marco Rubio we salute you.”
Tonight on the CBS Evening News, the 5-year anniversary of January 6 got 15 seconds of coverage 25 minutes into the show. The only pictures shown: Pardoned “defendants” marching through DC as Dokoupil said Trump accused Dems of “failing to prevent” J6 while “Jeffries accused Trump of “whitewashing.”
January 7, 2026 at 2:18 AM
cbs news is giving us a great natural experiment into what happens to your business if you marginalize your existing consumers to go after a new market that hates your product. interesting strategy
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Tonight on the CBS Evening News, the 5-year anniversary of January 6 got 15 seconds of coverage 25 minutes into the show. The only pictures shown: Pardoned “defendants” marching through DC as Dokoupil said Trump accused Dems of “failing to prevent” J6 while “Jeffries accused Trump of “whitewashing.”
January 7, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Tonight on the CBS Evening News, the 5-year anniversary of January 6 got 15 seconds of coverage 25 minutes into the show. The only pictures shown: Pardoned “defendants” marching through DC as Dokoupil said Trump accused Dems of “failing to prevent” J6 while “Jeffries accused Trump of “whitewashing.”
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As dangerous and tyrannical as this is, is there any actual reason to think it's true or that Venezuela has agreed to this?
January 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
As dangerous and tyrannical as this is, is there any actual reason to think it's true or that Venezuela has agreed to this?
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"Marco Rubio, we salute you!"
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
"Marco Rubio, we salute you!"
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
A real thing that was said by the CBS Evening News anchor tonight.
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The media pretending that we didn’t kill 80 people grabbing Maduro is pretty fucked up.
January 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The media pretending that we didn’t kill 80 people grabbing Maduro is pretty fucked up.
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.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th?
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
January 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
.@PabloReports: What do you make of the White House blaming the police for what happened on January 6th?
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
Lieu: The White House’s statement is batshit crazy.
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It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
No, WaPo, it is not a “revised version” of the history of 1/6. It’s a total lie, an insane fabrication and an insult to Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House publishes website that rewrites history of Jan. 6 attack
Five years after a mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol to stop certification of Joe Biden’s victory, the Trump administration is still fixated on a false narrative.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
No, WaPo, it is not a “revised version” of the history of 1/6. It’s a total lie, an insane fabrication and an insult to Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I never ever think trump is playing three dimensional chess but I do wonder when the DOJ is gonna release the Epstein files?
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I never ever think trump is playing three dimensional chess but I do wonder when the DOJ is gonna release the Epstein files?
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Very important thread on why Trump is targeting places like Venezuela. It makes no sense under a model of Trump as head of a nation-state, but makes complete sense under a model of "neo-royalism" where the primary driver is not national interest but interests of "elite cliques and sovereign rulers."
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Very important thread on why Trump is targeting places like Venezuela. It makes no sense under a model of Trump as head of a nation-state, but makes complete sense under a model of "neo-royalism" where the primary driver is not national interest but interests of "elite cliques and sovereign rulers."
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My reflection on today, the most infamous of days. At home and abroad, Donald Trump seeks to replace our constitutional heritage — as Adams put it, "a government of laws, not of men" — and return to the brutal contests of raw power.
The moral cause of our time is to stop him.
The moral cause of our time is to stop him.
Is might right?
Venezuela, Jan. 6, and the moral struggle of our time
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
My reflection on today, the most infamous of days. At home and abroad, Donald Trump seeks to replace our constitutional heritage — as Adams put it, "a government of laws, not of men" — and return to the brutal contests of raw power.
The moral cause of our time is to stop him.
The moral cause of our time is to stop him.
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an hour into this speech, Trump is now ranting about Jim Jordan's ears
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
an hour into this speech, Trump is now ranting about Jim Jordan's ears
“Dokoupil began an interview with a CBS News medical journalist by asking what this expert would say to ‘parents out there who are celebrating,” because they thought their kids were obliged to be injected with too many vaccines.’ ” variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed
Tony Dokoupil tripped up over transitions and bulldozed a health expert over vaccines
variety.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“Dokoupil began an interview with a CBS News medical journalist by asking what this expert would say to ‘parents out there who are celebrating,” because they thought their kids were obliged to be injected with too many vaccines.’ ” variety.com/2026/tv/colu...
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This would be highly significant in a democracy
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
This would be highly significant in a democracy
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There fireworks in DC this evening
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
![AlertDC] A Fireworks Show will occur near the Washington Monument tonight, January 5 at approximately 7:55PM. Expect loud noises, flashing lights.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pifytwer7zg7psy7rfdb3gii/bafkreidrsbe7zuqpstupefnjflfkxoeijsf6jadnxzy7bqe6offz6hjeeu@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
There fireworks in DC this evening
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
Apparently part of "Freedom 250" but probably for
Trump to celebrate 5th anniversary of his coup attempt
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Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela’s ‘Cartel de los Soles’ Is an Actual Group
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Last year, before capturing Maduro, the Trump administration designated a Venezuelan slang term for drug corruption in the military as a terrorist organization and said he led it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
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Once again, the opposite of what was said originally.
TRUMP: MAY SUBSIDIZE OIL COMPANIES REBUILDING IN VENEZUELA: NBC
January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Once again, the opposite of what was said originally.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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A reminder that, in the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness.
DOJ: "We were too busy invading Venezuela to address your court order, Chief Judge Boasberg."
Boasberg: "You didn't even follow the rules in filing this request."
DOJ: "We were too busy invading Venezuela to address your court order, Chief Judge Boasberg."
Boasberg: "You didn't even follow the rules in filing this request."
January 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
A reminder that, in the midst of everything else, the Trump administration is an incredible combination of entitlement and sloppiness.
DOJ: "We were too busy invading Venezuela to address your court order, Chief Judge Boasberg."
Boasberg: "You didn't even follow the rules in filing this request."
DOJ: "We were too busy invading Venezuela to address your court order, Chief Judge Boasberg."
Boasberg: "You didn't even follow the rules in filing this request."
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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i think people are wildly overestimating the level of strategic thinking behind what just happened in venezuela
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
i think people are wildly overestimating the level of strategic thinking behind what just happened in venezuela