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Michael Scherer
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Staff Writer at The Atlantic. Previously at the Washington Post, TIME, Salon, others. Signal: michaelscherer.11

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A bill to outlaw the sale, possession, transport, and distribution of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of the state's House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday. washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/washi...
Washington may ban sales of farmed octopus • Washington State Standard
A bill to ban the possession and sale of farmed octopus in Washington advanced out of a House committee on Wednesday.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.

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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
NEW: Iowa Dems are quietly threatening an unsanctioned caucus in '28. Donna Brazile says she is leaning towards NH to go first, and interested in a state other than SC in south. Nevada is running hard at first-in-the-nation. My latest: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Democratic Bosses Are Launching a Remake of the 2028 Calendar
States are jockeying for an early spot and a greater say in the nominee.
www.theatlantic.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Page One in Detroit: Sabula.

@freep.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Trump Net-Approval On:

Immigration: -23%
Venezuela: -24%
Foreign Policy: -24%
Economy: -25%

AP-NORC / Jan 11, 2026
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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"In nearly 20 cases, agents appeared to use chokeholds & other neck restraints that the Department of Homeland Security prohibits 'unless deadly force is authorized.'”
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.

A citizen.

Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.

"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.

Agents took and sold his phone

And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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The majority of the leadership team inside Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office resigned Tuesday in protest of directives from federal officials in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, according to sources familiar with the decision.
Joe Thompson, U.S. Attorney who uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota, resigns from office
Thompson has been at the center of the national debate around fraud in Minnesota and has claimed that billions have been stolen from tax payers.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ
January 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Breaking News: Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the wife of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent. The Justice Department sought to examine her supposed ties to activist groups.
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.
nyti.ms
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Denver City Council considers proposed ban on face coverings for ICE agents, other officers trib.al/vd3rOQi
Denver considers ban on face coverings for ICE agents in council proposal
“Federal law enforcement agents operating in Denver have increasingly worn opaque face coverings that obscure identity while conducting arrests and detentions,” according to a council slide deck.…
trib.al
January 12, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem falsely said last week: "Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations." Courts have regularly upheld the right to record. www.cato.org/blog/lawmake...
January 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT:

“.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..”

(via @apnews.com)
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The corset damage last night for Charlie XCX. How far behind is foot binding?
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Grateful Dead "China Cat Sunflower' Veneta, Oregan 27 August 1972. We need more of this sunshine at the moment. #gratefuldead #deadhead #deadheads #jerrygarcia #bobweir #PhilLesh #psychedelic
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower (Veneta, OR 8/27/72) (Official Live Video)
You're watching the Grateful Dead perform 'China Cat Sunflower' in Veneta, Oregon on August 27, 1972. On a blistering summer day in 1972, the Grateful Dead took the stage on the grounds of the Oregon Country Fair for what would become one of the most legendary concerts of the band's storied history -- later known as 'Sunshine Daydream' Subscribe! https://Rhino.lnk.to/GratefulDeadYTSubID Take a trip with our playlists.... The Grateful Dead Fundamentals https://Rhino.lnk.to/YTGratefulDead101ID Legendary Live Cuts https://Rhino.lnk.to/YTGratefulDeadAYTLiveID The Dead: Covered https://Rhino.lnk.to/YTGratefulDeadCoveredID Scintillating Bust Outs https://Rhino.lnk.to/YTGratefulDeadBustOutsID Stay connected with The Dead on... dead.net http://www.dead.net/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gratefuldead/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gratefuldead Twitter https://twitter.com/GratefulDead About the Grateful Dead YouTube Channel: Will you come with me? Won't you come with me? There's no better place to take a long strange trip with the Grateful Dead than right here. We've got music from every single studio album and a bevy of live albums, to boot. There are celebrated live performances from the 70s and 80s and official videos with more skeletons than you can shake your bones at, an exclusive seaside series on what's to come from the band's rich catalog and details on meet-ups all across the promised land. If it's community you’re after, try your hand at our yearly DEAD COVERS PROJECT competition and connect with fellow Dead Heads around the world. Heck, keep your eyes peeled you might even catch a glimpse of Pigpen on keys, Jerry in a GROOVE, Bobby tellin' tales, Mickey talkin' space, Phil and friends, Bill on the beach, or anyone from our extended family. It's all happenin' right here. Subscribe and you won't miss a thing.
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May 24, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Tapper to Noem: "I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers on J6. Trump pardoned them all. You said Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. That's just not true. There's a different standard for LEOs being attacked if they're being attacked by Trump supporters."
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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In its second season, “The Pitt” refuses to both-sides issues that it considers straightforward. @sophiegilbert.bsky.social on the rarity of moral clarity in recent TV:
‘The Pitt’ Is a Brilliant Portrait of American Failure
The HBO Max show has a moral clarity that’s hard to find of late on television.
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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JUST IN: The remote Army base is responsible for shooting down nuclear missiles targeting the US.
Exclusive: DOGE cuts prompt scramble to feed troops at remote US base
The remote Army base is responsible for shooting down nuclear missiles targeting the US.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Even as the administration says it needs Greenland to advance U.S. security interests in the Arctic, it has closed the office set up to advance U.S. security interests in the Arctic.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Pentagon Has Axed Its Office of the Arctic
The Trump administration is focused instead on seizing Greenland.
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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The philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues in her new book that the often-painful struggle to justify our existence is the very thing that makes us human, John Kaag writes:
A New Understanding of Human Beings’ Most Basic Desire
Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that a good life is one that seeks to create order out of a natural state of chaos.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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At Status_ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social has learned that Bari Weiss, CBS News' Trump-approved minder, has held up another “60 Minutes” report:

An Anderson Cooper investigation of Trump’s acceptance of white S. African refugees, which is “guaranteed to provoke Trump and inflame his MAGA base.”
The Shadow Over ‘60’
As Sharyn Alfonsi's “60 Minutes” report remains shelved, Status has learned that an Anderson Cooper piece is also caught in a prolonged editorial review process, frustrating the veteran producer attac...
www.status.news
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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January 9, 2026 at 1:46 AM