Meg Jackson
@megjackson.bsky.social
Writer, producer, Cabbage Patch nurse
Maxwell Frost (FL) Summer Lee (PA) Raja Kristnamoorthi (IL) Stephen Lynch (MA) Ayanna Pressley (MA) Emily Randall (WA) Lateefah Simon (CA) Melanie Stansbury (NM) Rashida Tlaib (MI) voted w/GOP to hold the Clintons in contempt.
Don't you morons remember the Republicans who defied Jan 6 subpoenas?
Don't you morons remember the Republicans who defied Jan 6 subpoenas?
Democrats Join Republicans In Committee Vote To Hold Clintons In Contempt
Nine Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the resolutions, which could lead to prison time for the former president and first lady.
www.huffpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Maxwell Frost (FL) Summer Lee (PA) Raja Kristnamoorthi (IL) Stephen Lynch (MA) Ayanna Pressley (MA) Emily Randall (WA) Lateefah Simon (CA) Melanie Stansbury (NM) Rashida Tlaib (MI) voted w/GOP to hold the Clintons in contempt.
Don't you morons remember the Republicans who defied Jan 6 subpoenas?
Don't you morons remember the Republicans who defied Jan 6 subpoenas?
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My new column is a strange one for an American columnist to write: "Please, world leaders, don't appease America!"
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | Please, World Leaders, Don’t Appease America
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 PM
My new column is a strange one for an American columnist to write: "Please, world leaders, don't appease America!"
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels. n.pr/49M9ffY
How ICE grew to be the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency
ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels.
n.pr
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 PM
ICE's budget hovered around $10 billion for years. But President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are taking the agency's funding to unprecedented levels. n.pr/49M9ffY
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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Trump said “Iceland“ several times when he meant Greenland, but instead of admitting that, Karoline Leavitt brazenly lies about it. I wonder if North Korean TV anchors get mocked for acting like Karoline Leavitt.
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Trump said “Iceland“ several times when he meant Greenland, but instead of admitting that, Karoline Leavitt brazenly lies about it. I wonder if North Korean TV anchors get mocked for acting like Karoline Leavitt.
The only comfort I take in seeing this is knowing someday Mike Johnson's kids will watch it and know what a pathetic shill he is.
Mike Johnson accuses Norway of “making a political decision & not awarding the Nobel Prize to probably the most deserving individual in history of the prize. There are 8 to 10 wars & conflicts that’ve been resolved by President Trump, & he got snubbed.”
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
(Vid via Manu Raju on X)
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The only comfort I take in seeing this is knowing someday Mike Johnson's kids will watch it and know what a pathetic shill he is.
Let's not get too excited that this might mean the GOP members of SCOTUS are willing to stand up to Trump.
They're focused on protecting the independence of the Fed in order to ensure the financial security of their friends and themselves.
They're focused on protecting the independence of the Fed in order to ensure the financial security of their friends and themselves.
NYT: “.. They suggested it was premature for the court to resolve the case when there were still factual disputes over those allegations, and they sounded skeptical that Ms. Cook had received sufficient notice of Mr. Trump’s accusations ..”
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January 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Let's not get too excited that this might mean the GOP members of SCOTUS are willing to stand up to Trump.
They're focused on protecting the independence of the Fed in order to ensure the financial security of their friends and themselves.
They're focused on protecting the independence of the Fed in order to ensure the financial security of their friends and themselves.
@john-abernathy.bsky.social was documenting right-wing agitators trying to create chaos in MN when ICE agents slammed him to the ground. You can read about it here: www.huffpost.com/entry/john-a...
Thank you, John. We appreciate the work you're doing to bring us the truth. We need more like you.
Thank you, John. We appreciate the work you're doing to bring us the truth. We need more like you.
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
@john-abernathy.bsky.social was documenting right-wing agitators trying to create chaos in MN when ICE agents slammed him to the ground. You can read about it here: www.huffpost.com/entry/john-a...
Thank you, John. We appreciate the work you're doing to bring us the truth. We need more like you.
Thank you, John. We appreciate the work you're doing to bring us the truth. We need more like you.
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Trump was never going to stop at Mark Kelly, Jerome Powell, Letitia James, or me.
Targeting Minnesota officials is just Trump’s latest abuse of the DOJ, and his most recent attempt to silence and intimidate those who stand up to him. 🧵
Targeting Minnesota officials is just Trump’s latest abuse of the DOJ, and his most recent attempt to silence and intimidate those who stand up to him. 🧵
Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Trump was never going to stop at Mark Kelly, Jerome Powell, Letitia James, or me.
Targeting Minnesota officials is just Trump’s latest abuse of the DOJ, and his most recent attempt to silence and intimidate those who stand up to him. 🧵
Targeting Minnesota officials is just Trump’s latest abuse of the DOJ, and his most recent attempt to silence and intimidate those who stand up to him. 🧵
After that horrifyingly humiliating speech, NYT's headline is "President Issues Strong Warning to Europe at Davos".
Not "President Makes Rambling & Incoherent Threats to World Leaders". Because @nytimes.com continues to think we're all morons.
You want to be a paper of record? Stop this bullshit.
Not "President Makes Rambling & Incoherent Threats to World Leaders". Because @nytimes.com continues to think we're all morons.
You want to be a paper of record? Stop this bullshit.
January 21, 2026 at 3:41 PM
After that horrifyingly humiliating speech, NYT's headline is "President Issues Strong Warning to Europe at Davos".
Not "President Makes Rambling & Incoherent Threats to World Leaders". Because @nytimes.com continues to think we're all morons.
You want to be a paper of record? Stop this bullshit.
Not "President Makes Rambling & Incoherent Threats to World Leaders". Because @nytimes.com continues to think we're all morons.
You want to be a paper of record? Stop this bullshit.
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Axios knows this is bullshit. But they repeat it, because Axios is bullshit.
BREAKING: Trump rules out using military force to take Greenland
Trump rules out using military force to take Greenland
European allies have been bracing for a clash with Trump over Greenland this week in the Swiss Alps.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Axios knows this is bullshit. But they repeat it, because Axios is bullshit.
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Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress approve of what the President is doing.
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In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
Trump: "No nation is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the US. We're a great power. Much greater than people even understand. I think they found that out 2 weeks ago in Venezuela. We saw this in World War 2 when Denmark fell to Germany after just 6 hours of fighting."
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
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Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Last year a whistleblower said DOGE had illegally accessed a Social Security database. SSA now acknowledges it's true—& that DOGE employees had secret agreement w/ unidentified political advocacy group to use SocSec data to help overturn election results. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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cc: SCOTUS
President Trump says he decided to levy a 39% tariff on Swiss exports because Helene Budliger Artieda, director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, “just rubbed me the wrong way.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
cc: SCOTUS
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it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
it's bizarre to see both CNN and CNBC run with chyrons reporting that Trump said he won't "use force" to take Greenland, when the comments in question were clearly a threat to take Greenland by force. How naive are we at this point?
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Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
January 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ossoff: "There's a wickedness to the program. I don't know, pastor, where it is in scripture that it says deny care to the sick, take from those with the least to give to those with the most, violate the house of worship to hunt down the refugee. Where in the scripture are those lessons taught?"
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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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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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ICE must be reined in, and unfortunately, neither a CR nor a shutdown would do anything to restrain it, because, thanks to Republicans, ICE is now sitting on a massive slush fund it can tap whether or not we pass a funding bill.
My full statement on the DHS funding bill.
My full statement on the DHS funding bill.
January 20, 2026 at 2:29 PM
ICE must be reined in, and unfortunately, neither a CR nor a shutdown would do anything to restrain it, because, thanks to Republicans, ICE is now sitting on a massive slush fund it can tap whether or not we pass a funding bill.
My full statement on the DHS funding bill.
My full statement on the DHS funding bill.
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Jon Favreau reacts to ICE agents tear gassing a 6-month-old baby.
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Jon Favreau reacts to ICE agents tear gassing a 6-month-old baby.
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Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
www.investing.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer
www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
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“Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.” It’s not a presidency – it’s a criminal heist after 77 million voters let him into the vault. (NYT gift link)
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
“Trump has used the office of the presidency to make at least $1.4 billion.” It’s not a presidency – it’s a criminal heist after 77 million voters let him into the vault. (NYT gift link)
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As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
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It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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