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🎁🔗: Pete Hegseth Should Stay Out of Minneapolis www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Pete Hegseth Should Stay Out of Minneapolis
By inserting himself into the situation in Minnesota, the secretary of defense is only making things worse.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 AM
🎁🔗: Pete Hegseth Should Stay Out of Minneapolis www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
🎁🔗: Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others >>> "Shot and killed by immigration agents on a Minneapolis street, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 AM
🎁🔗: Alex Jeffrey Pretti Knew He Wanted to Help Others >>> "Shot and killed by immigration agents on a Minneapolis street, he wanted to be a ‘force of good in the world.’" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
🎁🔗: Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis >>> "videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:10 AM
🎁🔗: Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis >>> "videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
🎁🔗: The Truth About ICE’s Recruiting Push www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Truth About ICE’s Recruiting Push
Trump officials are touting 12,000 new hires in four months. Getting them onto U.S. streets may take longer.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:44 AM
🎁🔗: The Truth About ICE’s Recruiting Push www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
🎁🔗: Police and ICE Agents Are on a Collision Course www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Police and ICE Agents Are on a Collision Course
Minneapolis may represent the beginning of a broader rupture between local police and federal agents.
www.theatlantic.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🎁🔗: Police and ICE Agents Are on a Collision Course www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education via @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education
It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.
www.theatlantic.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education via @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
🎁🔗: Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:40 AM
🎁🔗: Demonstrators Flood Minneapolis Streets as Hundreds of Businesses Close to Protest ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
🎁🔗: ‘We Are Learning to Bully Back’ www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
‘We Are Learning to Bully Back’
How Europe got Trump to cave on Greenland
www.theatlantic.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:01 AM
🎁🔗: ‘We Are Learning to Bully Back’ www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Joe Rogan Accuses Trump of Causing Chaos to Distract From Epstein Files www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-ac... #ReleaseAlltheEpsteinFiles
Joe Rogan Accuses Trump of Causing Chaos to Distract From Epstein Files
The influential podcaster is getting increasingly critical of the president.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Joe Rogan Accuses Trump of Causing Chaos to Distract From Epstein Files www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-ac... #ReleaseAlltheEpsteinFiles
🎁🔗: Doomsday-Prepping for Trump’s Third Term www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Doomsday-Prepping for Trump’s Third Term
Dmitri Mehlhorn has created a fictional world to game out constitutional collapse.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🎁🔗: Doomsday-Prepping for Trump’s Third Term www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
🎁🔗: What the Greenland Crisis Teaches Europe About Trump www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
What the Greenland Crisis Teaches Europe About Trump
European leaders may have averted catastrophe for now, but they still have to settle a crucial debate about how to handle the president.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🎁🔗: What the Greenland Crisis Teaches Europe About Trump www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
🎁🔗(limited time): It Will Take Years to Fully Grasp Eric Adams’s Corruption nymag.com/intelligence...
It Will Take Years to Fully Grasp Eric Adams’s Corruption
New York has turned the page, but more evidence of the ex-mayor’s venality keeps turning up.
nymag.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:24 PM
🎁🔗(limited time): It Will Take Years to Fully Grasp Eric Adams’s Corruption nymag.com/intelligence...
AM Read: Meidas Humiliates Donald… Shrinkage Goes Global >>> At Davos "World leaders openly mocked you. Business leaders rolled their eyes. Allies distanced themselves. Even authoritarians barely pretended to take you seriously." via @meiselasb.bsky.social www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-hum...
Meidas Humiliates Donald… Shrinkage Goes Global
Written by Ben Meiselas
www.meidasplus.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
AM Read: Meidas Humiliates Donald… Shrinkage Goes Global >>> At Davos "World leaders openly mocked you. Business leaders rolled their eyes. Allies distanced themselves. Even authoritarians barely pretended to take you seriously." via @meiselasb.bsky.social www.meidasplus.com/p/meidas-hum...
🎁🔗: Trump Casually Denigrates NATO’s War Dead www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Casually Denigrates NATO’s War Dead
The president has revised history when it comes to the sacrifices of America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:14 AM
🎁🔗: Trump Casually Denigrates NATO’s War Dead www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
🎁🔗: The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country
Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:13 AM
🎁🔗: The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
It's like they're born that way ... despicable!
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 AM
It's like they're born that way ... despicable!
🎁🔗: Trump Budget Office Orders Review of Funds to Democratic-Controlled States >>> "California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state" & Washington D. C. wapo.st/3LHJ4iO
Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled states
President Donald Trump said his administration would cut off federal resources to “sanctuary cities” on Feb. 1.
wapo.st
January 23, 2026 at 1:09 AM
🎁🔗: Trump Budget Office Orders Review of Funds to Democratic-Controlled States >>> "California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state" & Washington D. C. wapo.st/3LHJ4iO
Judge Rules Virginia Unlawfully Denied Voting Rights to Hundreds of Thousands via @democracydocket.com www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Judge rules Virginia unlawfully denied voting rights to hundreds of thousands
The landmark decision could restore voting rights to hundreds of thousands of Virginians, especially Black residents.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Judge Rules Virginia Unlawfully Denied Voting Rights to Hundreds of Thousands via @democracydocket.com www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
🎁🔗: A Year Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say (Gift Article)
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
🎁🔗: A Year Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🎁🔗(ICYMI): H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services h/t @deluzio.house.gov www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...
H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services
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January 22, 2026 at 6:33 PM
🎁🔗(ICYMI): H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services h/t @deluzio.house.gov www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...
🎁🔗: Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:16 PM
🎁🔗: Few Voters Say Trump’s Second Term Has Made the Country Better, Poll Finds www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
🎁🔗: Death of Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Is Ruled a Homicide >>> "An autopsy from the county medical examiner said the detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, was asphyxiated and restrained by law enforcement. Federal officials described his death as a suicide." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
Death of Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Is Ruled a Homicide
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🎁🔗: Death of Cuban Detainee in El Paso ICE Facility Is Ruled a Homicide >>> "An autopsy from the county medical examiner said the detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, was asphyxiated and restrained by law enforcement. Federal officials described his death as a suicide." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
🎁🔗 (⬇️Pop-up): The U.S. Is Actively Seeking Regime Change in Cuba by the End of the Year www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Exclusive | The U.S. Is Actively Seeking Regime Change in Cuba by the End of the Year
After ousting Venezuela’s leader, the Trump administration is hunting for Havana insiders who could cut a deal to end Communist rule.
www.wsj.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
🎁🔗 (⬇️Pop-up): The U.S. Is Actively Seeking Regime Change in Cuba by the End of the Year www.wsj.com/world/americ...
🎁🔗: Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...
Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
🎁🔗: Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/b...
🎁🔗: To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers >>> "Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u... #whereismarco
To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
🎁🔗: To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers >>> "Cubans had long benefited from legal privileges unavailable to immigrants from other countries. President Trump has changed that." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u... #whereismarco