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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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AMEN
Democrats believe the whole world should be looking at them and feeling sorry for them and understanding that there is nothing they can do and they're better off keeping their heads down and staying quiet, because they are pathetic, they are weak, they are cowards.
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
AMEN
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NEW STATEMENT from Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, after today’s Supreme Court arguments:
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
NEW STATEMENT from Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, after today’s Supreme Court arguments:
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Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
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“Children’s food contaminated with worms and mold, limited clean drinking water, inadequate medical care among allegations raised by migrant families in court filings about conditions their CHILDREN faced in federal custody.”
The “pro life” party
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The “pro life” party
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January 21, 2026 at 1:36 PM
“Children’s food contaminated with worms and mold, limited clean drinking water, inadequate medical care among allegations raised by migrant families in court filings about conditions their CHILDREN faced in federal custody.”
The “pro life” party
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The “pro life” party
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"A year ago, we were still asking whether the country was in a constitutional crisis. Today, that question feels quaint. In many domains of American life,...we are already living under authoritarian conditions."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A Year of Authoritarian Decline
But elections remain the line that still holds – for now.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"A year ago, we were still asking whether the country was in a constitutional crisis. Today, that question feels quaint. In many domains of American life,...we are already living under authoritarian conditions."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
January 20, 2026 at 2:43 PM
THE WOMAN WHO WAS DRAGGED OUT OF HER CAR AND ARRESTED BY ICE SPEAKS OUT…
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
We’ve all seen the videos, but it matters to hear Aliya Rahman say it herself.
📌 She says her treatment in custody was dehumanizing, and that officers completely failed to take her disability seriously.
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Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Maybe Greenland could invade us instead?
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‘Trump not welcome here’: US president faces backlash as he heads to Switzerland
‘Trump not welcome here’: US president faces backlash as he heads to Switzerland
‘Trump not welcome here’: US president faces backlash as he heads to Switzerland
www.independent.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
‘Trump not welcome here’: US president faces backlash as he heads to Switzerland
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Two men in ICE detention say they saw guards kill a fellow detainee. Now the Trump administration is trying to deport the witnesses.
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Two men in ICE detention say they saw guards kill a fellow detainee. Now the Trump administration is trying to deport the witnesses.
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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WAPO: “.. The new installation, located on the Mall on Third Street NW .. stands 10 feet high by 12 feet wide. A National Park Service permit will allow the work to remain at that location through Friday.”
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January 20, 2026 at 4:47 PM
WAPO: “.. The new installation, located on the Mall on Third Street NW .. stands 10 feet high by 12 feet wide. A National Park Service permit will allow the work to remain at that location through Friday.”
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January 19, 2026
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:53 AM
January 19, 2026
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The U.S. has had 365 days of Donald Trump 2.0—which means 1,096 to go. “We have aged so much in Trump years that the Biden Administration can feel much longer ago than it was,” Amy Davison Sorkin writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/QuKL6H
An Unhappy Anniversary: Trump’s Year in Office
The toll of a destructive twelve months—and what can be done to repair the damage.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The U.S. has had 365 days of Donald Trump 2.0—which means 1,096 to go. “We have aged so much in Trump years that the Biden Administration can feel much longer ago than it was,” Amy Davison Sorkin writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/QuKL6H
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ICE today is terrorizing Twin Cities kids getting picked up by school buses and their families
January 20, 2026 at 4:12 PM
ICE today is terrorizing Twin Cities kids getting picked up by school buses and their families
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If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate.
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate.
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🇨🇦 Carney: Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.
You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
🇨🇦 Carney: Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.
You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
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After hearing the U.S. president's threats, EU officials concluded that a coordinated response is necessary, with several options expected to be debated by leaders this week.
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
After hearing the U.S. president's threats, EU officials concluded that a coordinated response is necessary, with several options expected to be debated by leaders this week.
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The EU is preparing a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland, with leaders set to discuss retaliation options at a summit on Jan. 22, two people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent.
Europe loads 'trade bazooka,' ready retaliatory measures against Trump's Greenland tariff threats
The European Union is preparing a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland, with leaders set to discuss retaliation options at a summit on Jan. ...
kyivindependent.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The EU is preparing a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland, with leaders set to discuss retaliation options at a summit on Jan. 22, two people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent.
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People want to join the European Union. Nobody wants to join China. No neighbor of the United States says, “We want to join the United States.” Nobody wants to.
They want to join the European Union just because we have respect. We have the rule of law. We do speak softly.
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They want to join the European Union just because we have respect. We have the rule of law. We do speak softly.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
People want to join the European Union. Nobody wants to join China. No neighbor of the United States says, “We want to join the United States.” Nobody wants to.
They want to join the European Union just because we have respect. We have the rule of law. We do speak softly.
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They want to join the European Union just because we have respect. We have the rule of law. We do speak softly.
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US congress is in denial or actively trying to undermine our democracy and destroy our country
🇧🇪 Belgian PM Bart De Wever:
We need our own technological platforms to build the prosperity of tomorrow.
If not, Trump can do with us whatever he wants. He can play with us. He can make us slaves — because we actually are slaves then.
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We need our own technological platforms to build the prosperity of tomorrow.
If not, Trump can do with us whatever he wants. He can play with us. He can make us slaves — because we actually are slaves then.
1/4
January 20, 2026 at 2:24 PM
US congress is in denial or actively trying to undermine our democracy and destroy our country
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Concentration camps are the biggest story in American public health right now
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Concentration camps are the biggest story in American public health right now
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Love from Denmark to you sane Americans. We are SO scared over here 😢
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Love from Denmark to you sane Americans. We are SO scared over here 😢
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🇩🇰 Danish PM Frederiksen:
On both sides of the Atlantic, a trade war will cost jobs. On both sides of the Atlantic, it will damage the economy.
And as much as we must therefore warn against it, just as much must we now also stand firm on what we are made of in Denmark, in Greenland and in Europe.
On both sides of the Atlantic, a trade war will cost jobs. On both sides of the Atlantic, it will damage the economy.
And as much as we must therefore warn against it, just as much must we now also stand firm on what we are made of in Denmark, in Greenland and in Europe.
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 PM
🇩🇰 Danish PM Frederiksen:
On both sides of the Atlantic, a trade war will cost jobs. On both sides of the Atlantic, it will damage the economy.
And as much as we must therefore warn against it, just as much must we now also stand firm on what we are made of in Denmark, in Greenland and in Europe.
On both sides of the Atlantic, a trade war will cost jobs. On both sides of the Atlantic, it will damage the economy.
And as much as we must therefore warn against it, just as much must we now also stand firm on what we are made of in Denmark, in Greenland and in Europe.
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Trump thinks he has exclusive rights to the word “peace” now doesn’t he?
Good morning. New tariff threat just dropped.
200% tariff on French wine (unless France joins the “Board of Peace”).
Stabilizing!
200% tariff on French wine (unless France joins the “Board of Peace”).
Stabilizing!
January 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Trump thinks he has exclusive rights to the word “peace” now doesn’t he?