Justin Burch
@justinburch.bsky.social
Native of the Southern Plains. Chickasaw. Trekkie. US IR and Cold War Historian. PhD Candidate UMass Amherst.
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
January 25, 2026 at 3:28 AM
An insane, perfect encapsulation of it all:
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
The same day Trump’s agents kill a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse in broad daylight, the CEOs of Apple and Amazon join Trump to watch a private screening of a film about his wife directed by an alleged sexual abuser who was seen shirtless in the Epstein Files
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This is America (complimentary)
January 24, 2026 at 12:32 AM
This is America (complimentary)
China’s Highest-Ranking General Removed as Xi’s Military Purge Reaches the Top www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...
China’s Highest-Ranking General Removed as Xi’s Military Purge Reaches the Top
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:13 PM
China’s Highest-Ranking General Removed as Xi’s Military Purge Reaches the Top www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/w...
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Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Rep. Chris Smith: "The abortion pill -- mifepristone -- is baby poison ... we now know that the abortion bill -- we've long expected this -- is extremely dangerous to women" (this is a lie)
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Mortality rates:
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
Mifepristone: 0.65/100,000
Penicillin 2/100K
Viagra 4/100K
Pregnancy in the US: 22/100,000 (some states see rates >60/100K)
More people have died in ICE detention centers already in 2026 than will die from mifepristone all year. These politicians are extremely dangerous to women.
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* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO US BACKLASH -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
@reuters.com #$MRNA
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
@reuters.com #$MRNA
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO US BACKLASH -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
@reuters.com #$MRNA
* MODERNA IS CURBING INVESTMENT IN VACCINE TRIALS DUE TO OPPOSITION TO IMMUNIZATIONS FROM US OFFICIALS -- BLOOMBERG NEWS
@reuters.com #$MRNA
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The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
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The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
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FWIW, the one and only time Article 5 has formally been invoked was following 9/11 -- by NATO and on behalf of the United States, without it having to make any request.
Trump: "The big fear I have with NATO is we spend tremendous amounts of money with NATO and I know we'll come to their rescue, but I just really do question whether or not they'll come to ours. Just saying."
January 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
FWIW, the one and only time Article 5 has formally been invoked was following 9/11 -- by NATO and on behalf of the United States, without it having to make any request.
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In France a criminal probe is launched into efforts by American agents under the apparent direction of Donald Trump to threaten the magistrate overseeing the embezzlement prosecution of Marine Le Pen. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
Des émissaires américains soupçonnés d’ingérence : la CNCDH alerte sur une possible manipulation du débat autour de Marine Le Pen
Samuel D. Samson et Christopher J. Anderson, deux diplomates du département d’Etat, auraient tenté d’obtenir des informations sensibles auprès de la CNCDH, suscitant malaise et soupçons d’ingérence da...
www.lemonde.fr
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
In France a criminal probe is launched into efforts by American agents under the apparent direction of Donald Trump to threaten the magistrate overseeing the embezzlement prosecution of Marine Le Pen. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
What Lincoln Riley should have let Baker Mayfield do in the Rose Bowl against Georgia.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
What Lincoln Riley should have let Baker Mayfield do in the Rose Bowl against Georgia.
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A man is comes to the US fleeing war, makes his life here, becomes a citizen. Years pass, and armed paramilitary troops bash in his door and haul him, nearly naked, out of this house and into the freezing cold. For no good reason. Maybe, just maybe, it's ICE who are the "worst of the worst"
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A man is comes to the US fleeing war, makes his life here, becomes a citizen. Years pass, and armed paramilitary troops bash in his door and haul him, nearly naked, out of this house and into the freezing cold. For no good reason. Maybe, just maybe, it's ICE who are the "worst of the worst"
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Oklahoma is the only state not releasing county measles data as cases rise. Doctors warn the lack of transparency could delay responses to outbreaks now. | Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/oklahoma-lon...
Oklahoma lone state not reporting local measles cases
Oklahoma is the only state not releasing county measles data as cases rise. Doctors warn the lack of transparency could delay responses to outbreaks now.
freepressokc.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Oklahoma is the only state not releasing county measles data as cases rise. Doctors warn the lack of transparency could delay responses to outbreaks now. | Paul Monies, Oklahoma Watch, reports: freepressokc.com/oklahoma-lon...
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this is obviously Bari trying to put her finger on the scale again but I appreciate the unintentional distinction between “Americans” and “Republicans” here
Bari Weiss is now infecting the headline writing. Note when a large majority of Americans tells the CBS pollster that they consider the protesters in Minneapolis to be well justified, she goes with only what Republicans—a dwindling number to start with—think.
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 AM
this is obviously Bari trying to put her finger on the scale again but I appreciate the unintentional distinction between “Americans” and “Republicans” here
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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Everyone does not know this.
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz on Greenland: "Denmark just doesn't have the resources or capacity to do what needs to be done in the northern region. And to the Democrats who say 'they're giving you full access,' everybody knows if you're renting a place you treat it differently than if you own it."
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Everyone does not know this.
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EU calls emergency meeting Sunday with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
EU calls emergency meeting with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
In Copenhagen, demonstrators chanted ‘Greenland is not for sale’ and displayed slogans such as ‘No means No’ and ’Hands off Greenland’
www.independent.co.uk
January 17, 2026 at 9:24 PM
EU calls emergency meeting Sunday with all 27 countries over Trump’s Greenland tariff threat
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
“It is deeply offensive and ironic that the first people of this land would be subjected to questions around their citizenship” Jacqueline De Leon, senior staff attorney Native American Rights Fund Isleta Pueblo. “Yet nevertheless, that is exactly what we’re seeing.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Native Americans detained in Trump's Minnesota ICE raids
On Jan. 13, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said three men are still in detention after being transferred to an ICE detention center.
www.usatoday.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“It is deeply offensive and ironic that the first people of this land would be subjected to questions around their citizenship” Jacqueline De Leon, senior staff attorney Native American Rights Fund Isleta Pueblo. “Yet nevertheless, that is exactly what we’re seeing.”
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize