@lgotts.bsky.social
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Bessent on institutional investors: "I's a good idea to have them out of the [housing] market. We're going to give guidance to see what is a mom & pop. Maybe your parents for their retirement bought 10 or 12 homes. We don't want to push the mom & pops out, we just want to push everyone else out"
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Bessent on institutional investors: "I's a good idea to have them out of the [housing] market. We're going to give guidance to see what is a mom & pop. Maybe your parents for their retirement bought 10 or 12 homes. We don't want to push the mom & pops out, we just want to push everyone else out"
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Also, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, this seems to be confirmation of your Mercator Theory.
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Also, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, this seems to be confirmation of your Mercator Theory.
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
bsky.app/profile/pete...
So Susan Glasser was correct….
So Susan Glasser was correct….
Also, @chrislhayes.bsky.social, this seems to be confirmation of your Mercator Theory.
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
"I love maps. And I always said: ‘Look at the size of this. It’s massive. That should be part of the United States.’”
January 20, 2026 at 6:13 PM
bsky.app/profile/pete...
So Susan Glasser was correct….
So Susan Glasser was correct….
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
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FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now?
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests
FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests?
Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face
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January 20 is the Day of Remembrance for the Defenders of Donetsk Airport. The battle for it lasted eight months, from May 26, 2014, to January 23.
The Donetsk airport was protected by Ukrainian heroes who became known as “Cyborgs.”
📹🖊️MFA of Ukraine
The Donetsk airport was protected by Ukrainian heroes who became known as “Cyborgs.”
📹🖊️MFA of Ukraine
January 20, 2026 at 5:59 PM
January 20 is the Day of Remembrance for the Defenders of Donetsk Airport. The battle for it lasted eight months, from May 26, 2014, to January 23.
The Donetsk airport was protected by Ukrainian heroes who became known as “Cyborgs.”
📹🖊️MFA of Ukraine
The Donetsk airport was protected by Ukrainian heroes who became known as “Cyborgs.”
📹🖊️MFA of Ukraine
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An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM
An off duty local cop in MN, a woman of color, was stopped by ICE and they demanded to see her papers. When she reached to get her phone to record the interaction, an ICE agent knocked it out of her hand.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
“It asks: what happens when a state rapidly expands a force authorized to use coercion against a designated population? The mechanisms — recruitment surges, relaxed vetting, compressed training, weakened oversight — produce similarly recognizable patterns.”
“It asks: what happens when a state rapidly expands a force authorized to use coercion against a designated population? The mechanisms — recruitment surges, relaxed vetting, compressed training, weakened oversight — produce similarly recognizable patterns.”
Trump’s ICE and Hitler’s Brown Shirts
Lessons From Two Eras
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:24 PM
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
“It asks: what happens when a state rapidly expands a force authorized to use coercion against a designated population? The mechanisms — recruitment surges, relaxed vetting, compressed training, weakened oversight — produce similarly recognizable patterns.”
“It asks: what happens when a state rapidly expands a force authorized to use coercion against a designated population? The mechanisms — recruitment surges, relaxed vetting, compressed training, weakened oversight — produce similarly recognizable patterns.”
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Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
Insightful point here: Even if you take Trump seriously - he does not like the optics - they rested on an assumption that communities would welcome ICE as heroes, rather than showing the type of solidarity that Trump inherently cannot understand.
Trump is privately worried about the "optics" of ICE raids and his advisers are looking for ways to soften them, Axios reports. I'm calling bullshit: The terror and violence cannot be hived off from the broader policy agenda. They are 100% intrinsic to it.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
January 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Yes. My theory of the moment is Miller/Vance thought their view that immigrants threaten social solidarity would be widely shared. But ICE raids are driving native-born Americans to show solidarity with immigrants quite courageously. Now Miller is trying to disrupt that alliance with state violence.
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“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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Tonight’s aurora from Cork, Ireland. This shot was looking south. Great experience. #aurora #trees #green #northernlights
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Tonight’s aurora from Cork, Ireland. This shot was looking south. Great experience. #aurora #trees #green #northernlights
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
“However, the 11th Airborne—which specializes in Arctic warfare—could just as easily be sent to Greenland.”
“However, the 11th Airborne—which specializes in Arctic warfare—could just as easily be sent to Greenland.”
The Great Displacement: Behind Trump’s Meltdown Over Greenland
Trump’s narcissistic injury over Epstein has been transferred to narcissistic rage over the Nobel Peace Prize.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
open.substack.com/pub/jimstewa...
“However, the 11th Airborne—which specializes in Arctic warfare—could just as easily be sent to Greenland.”
“However, the 11th Airborne—which specializes in Arctic warfare—could just as easily be sent to Greenland.”
Republicans say: “Mission accomplished” but the skinny plans which they want the little people to buy won’t actually cover illnesses and will increase illness & death.
January 19, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Republicans say: “Mission accomplished” but the skinny plans which they want the little people to buy won’t actually cover illnesses and will increase illness & death.
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I’m the one in the brown hat.
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I’m the one in the brown hat.
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
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It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
It's cool that these guys just use pepper spray casually now, against people who are wholly within their rights, without a moment's hesitation. Several shots of them using it as they climb into their cars and drive away, not even a pretense of urgency or need. Just a parting "fuck you" to them.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“‘And now we are left actually wondering if our military commanders would obey an order to fire upon our closest allies”
“‘And now we are left actually wondering if our military commanders would obey an order to fire upon our closest allies”
Full Mad King
Yes, it’s real.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
“‘And now we are left actually wondering if our military commanders would obey an order to fire upon our closest allies”
“‘And now we are left actually wondering if our military commanders would obey an order to fire upon our closest allies”
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UK and EU trade deals with Trump look completely dead now
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
UK and EU trade deals with Trump look completely dead now
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
The reality is you can't do a deal with a man who doesn't believe he is bound by any promise or law
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
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“But after a year of bullying, insulting, & threatening to invade our polite northern neighbor, we undermined all those objectives & drove a close friend into the arms of an adversary. …..even though the country is our second-largest trading partner.”
“But after a year of bullying, insulting, & threatening to invade our polite northern neighbor, we undermined all those objectives & drove a close friend into the arms of an adversary. …..even though the country is our second-largest trading partner.”
Trump Is Making China Great Again
America’s friends and trading partners are running into the arms of our adversaries. What a mess.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
“But after a year of bullying, insulting, & threatening to invade our polite northern neighbor, we undermined all those objectives & drove a close friend into the arms of an adversary. …..even though the country is our second-largest trading partner.”
“But after a year of bullying, insulting, & threatening to invade our polite northern neighbor, we undermined all those objectives & drove a close friend into the arms of an adversary. …..even though the country is our second-largest trading partner.”
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
“The people of Chernihiv also seemed determined not to let the horrors of war define them…This winter is the first for years w/deep snow falls. It brought out families in large numbers & many young chidren had their first experience of sledding in the snow..”
“The people of Chernihiv also seemed determined not to let the horrors of war define them…This winter is the first for years w/deep snow falls. It brought out families in large numbers & many young chidren had their first experience of sledding in the snow..”
A Trip To Chernihiv
Horror But Also Beauty and Joy
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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“The people of Chernihiv also seemed determined not to let the horrors of war define them…This winter is the first for years w/deep snow falls. It brought out families in large numbers & many young chidren had their first experience of sledding in the snow..”
“The people of Chernihiv also seemed determined not to let the horrors of war define them…This winter is the first for years w/deep snow falls. It brought out families in large numbers & many young chidren had their first experience of sledding in the snow..”
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A federal judge bars DHS and ICE agents in Minneapolis from using "pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools" against peaceful protesters. Federal agents there now also cannot stop vehicles that are following them at a safe distance. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A federal judge bars DHS and ICE agents in Minneapolis from using "pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools" against peaceful protesters. Federal agents there now also cannot stop vehicles that are following them at a safe distance. storage.courtlistener.com/rec...
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This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered.
We can all make choices to be better.
We can all make choices to be better.
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This is the story of the day. Share it. We are all being called to be our highest selves. The cavalier treatment of the Nobel Prize is a disgrace. It represents another way to destroy and defile that which should be precious and revered.
We can all make choices to be better.
We can all make choices to be better.
Pardons for sale?: “The president pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez together with a co-defendant whose daughter gave $2.5 million to a Trump super PAC, NOTUS’ Jose Pagliery reports.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Pardons for sale?: “The president pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez together with a co-defendant whose daughter gave $2.5 million to a Trump super PAC, NOTUS’ Jose Pagliery reports.”
What could go wrong?: “Homebuyers will be able to pull from their 401(k) for a down payment under a plan Trump will unveil in Davos, according to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett.” NOTUS
January 17, 2026 at 3:43 AM
What could go wrong?: “Homebuyers will be able to pull from their 401(k) for a down payment under a plan Trump will unveil in Davos, according to National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett.” NOTUS