Jeff Holcomb
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Jeff Holcomb
@jeffholcomb.bsky.social
Federalist #51: “In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in the other in the multiplicity of sects.”
Pinned
Owners and proponents of crypto have a direct incentive to create chaos and dysfunction. Think Silicon Valley Bank, but the entire economy. They have now bought themselves into positions of great power. Hard to see how it ends well.
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Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website. www.wired.com/story/x-didn...
X Didn't Fix Grok's ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is only allowing “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s app and website.
www.wired.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Jim Jordan commits to public hearing for Jack Smith
Jim Jordan commits to public hearing for Jack Smith
The House Judiciary chair says the former special counsel could be invited to testify as soon as this month. House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said in an interview Friday he will invite former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in an open hearing as soon as this month in what would be a politically high-stakes event for members of both parties and the White House. “He’s coming in,” the Ohio Republican said of Smith, who led the federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump. Smith sat for over eight hours, with breaks, before Judiciary Committee members and staff investigators last month behind closed doors while his legal team has repeatedly requested a public forum for their client to argue his case. Jordan released a transcript and video record on New Year’s Eve and said Friday he now wants Smith to stand before the public and defend his claims of misconduct against the president. Smith found Trump guilty of working to circumvent the results of the 2020 election, mishandling classified documents, and obstruction of justice, but was forced to drop the charges when Trump won reelection in 2024. “One of the key takeaways in the transcript is, we said, ‘did you [have] any evidence that President Trump was responsible for the violence that took place at the Capitol?’ He had no evidence of that whatsoever,” Jordan said of the committee’s December interview with Smith. Jordan said he is eager for Smith to answer that question, and others, before live cameras. Lanny Breuer, one of Smith’s lawyers and a partner at the firm Covington & Burling, said in a statement that “Jack has been clear for months he is ready and willing to answer questions in a public hearing about his investigations into President Trump’s alleged unlawful efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his mishandling of classified documents.” Republicans have been going after Smith for years with allegations that he was presiding over a partisan witch hunt with the support of the Biden administration, but they have redoubled their efforts after revelations that Smith’s office secretly obtained phone records for GOP lawmakers in the days around the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Smith has maintained he never spoke to Biden or White House staff during his investigation. Smith defended his work last month to House Judiciary members and staff, but his testimony was hamstrung, in part, by a federal court order that has kept the second volume of his report surrounding the classified documents case under seal. He has maintained he is interested in sharing the results of this investigation, but the Justice Department has interpreted that the order precludes him from discussing details with Congress. These potential restrictions on his testimony back in December will likely be the same for a public hearing in the near future. Democrats will likely celebrate the opportunity for Smith to discuss his work publicly, believing he has information that will damage the president.
dlvr.it
January 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Jimmy Kimmel dug up a video of Stephen Miller in high school. He’s always been a complete asshole.
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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utterly vacuous
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
There is only one takeaway from this: He is the most pathetic public figure I've ever seen.
The Many Faces of Trump: What We Saw When We Interviewed the President www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
The Many Faces of Trump: What We Saw When We Interviewed the President
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January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I understand #FoxNews is big mad about this post. Well done.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Starting to think that as society we didn’t consider how slippery the legalized gambling slope would be
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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They want you to be quiet. They want you to submit. They’re prepared to kill you if you dissent.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-R): "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"

The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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2025 is now, officially, the worst year for job creation outside of recession since 2003.

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January 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Asked which was more important, the acquisition of Greenland or the preservation of NATO, he didn't answer
January 9, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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America is already great.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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Pastor: I said to this ICE agent, 'Take me, stop harassing her.' The agent got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, 'Are you afraid now?' To which I said, 'I am not afraid.'
January 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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PSA: There are few phrases that will make me instantly ignore you more quickly than “let that sink in.”
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Will the NFL do this like they did for Charlie Kirk?
Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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Timberwolves hold a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:

Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Several Ukrainian officials “said it was likely meant as a signal to the Trump administration that Kyiv is eager to cooperate ..”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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They.
Just.
Keep.
Lying.
JD Vance on the killing of Renee Good: "The reporting over this has been one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen in media. I've never seen a case so misrepresented and misreported."
January 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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The way Colonel Lockjaw wears a tear gas canister ready for deployment at any time is pure theater.
I always thought the term "cosplaying" was overused until ICE/CBP started showing up everywhere. Look at this guy, does he think it's Fallujah? (It's a high school in Minneapolis).
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January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Good job Sen Tillis
Hang the plaque!!!
January 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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Border Patrol agents continue to make arrests outside the Whipple building near Minneapolis where protesters have gathered. Didn't see the entire event, but I saw this woman yelling at agents after they made an arrest of someone near her before they arrested and dragged her away.
January 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM