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Former Federal Prosecutors Who Tried To Hold Trump Accountable Launch New Law Firm
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Former Federal Prosecutors Who Tried To Hold Trump Accountable Launch New Law Firm
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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January 17, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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markmackinnon.bsky.social
I'd wager this is the angriest statement ever issued by the Nobel Peace Prize people...
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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claesdevreese.bsky.social
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.

Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.

Source: dr.dk
January 17, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Virginia Governor Spanberger Rescinds ICE Cooperation Order — Newly sworn-in Governor Abigail Spanberger rescinded her predecessor’s order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE, reversing Virginia’s recent immigration enforcement posture. The action marks an…
Virginia Governor Spanberger Rescinds ICE Cooperation Order
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January 18, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.

Really depraved shit.
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20h
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.

Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.

The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.

This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.

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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.
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January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social
If we made U.S. Presidents take drug tests the way we do UPS drivers we wouldn’t even be in this mess.
January 18, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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nataliedavis.journa.host.ap.brid.gy
Meta signs three nuclear power deals to help support its AI data centers https://apnews.com/article/facebook-meta-zuckerberg-ai-vistra-oklo-terrapower-0eb051a9a11d96f7ce200e186ad13476?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #worldnews #vsn
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
Dems should be making hay of this!
zacheverson.com Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22h
June 2024: "Arkansas Congressman Steve Womack‘s [(R)] son James Phillip Womack was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine."

Jan. 2026: Trump pardons James Phillip Womack.

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www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
The pardon
January 17, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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macfarlanenews.bsky.social
We are now 29 days beyond the statutory deadline for the full release of the Epstein files
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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dworkin.bsky.social
🚔 JUSTICE IS COMING: "Criminal liability" confirmed for Trump’s inner circle?! 💣 Rep. Pat Ryan drops a BOMBSHELL about Stephen Miller and the regime’s future.
Members Of The Trump Regime Will Need Criminal Defense Attorneys
Plus, courts crush the DOJ’s illegal voter data grab, while a delusional Trump plays Risk with Greenland and desperately clings to a Nobel Prize he didn’t win
www.dworkinsubstack.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
john-abernathy.bsky.social John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 1d
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 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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douglasmack.bsky.social
I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.
January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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jjindc.bsky.social
They want to dominate the levers of power, and crush the ones that resist
January 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.

One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
peterbakernyt.bsky.social Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d
Trump escalates his attack on Minnesota Democrats as Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Gov Walz and Mayor Frey apparently on the theory that their objections to ICE amount to illegal interference, sources tell @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
34-time convicted fraudster Donald Trump launches an invasion of Minneapolis on the pretext of stopping fraud, and then fires all the fraud prosecutors and grants his sixtieth pardon to a large-scale fraudster. If you believe his pretexts, you're extremely gullible.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
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January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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madskorsager.bsky.social
(1/2) Denmark’s Armed Forces have released new photos of F-35s flying over Greenland.
According to DR’s information, the Danish Army’s special forces Jaeger Corps are also part of Operation Arctic Endurance (full story in post 2).
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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normcharlatan.bsky.social
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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atrupar.com
"Voters have rejected him. Courage is contagious. There are clear signs of the regime cracking and Trump weakening that are right in front of us. I’m encouraged by it, and I think Democrats have to learn that we need to act with greater ambition, because when we challenge Trump, we keep winning."
Simon Rosenberg on Trump’s no good, very bad year
"It’s grotesque. He’s become a grotesque figure."
www.publicnotice.co
January 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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jjindc.bsky.social
Insurrection Act 🧵
magitekdad.bsky.social it's awful! @magitekdad.bsky.social · 3d
So with everything happening in Minnesota, I feel like some people need an explanation of what the Insurrection Act is and isn't, along with martial law (which isn't the same and is very nebulous) from someone who knows what they're talking about. Buckle up.
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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dworkin.bsky.social
🚨 42 POINT DROP. Trump’s approval rating with Gen Z just fell off a cliff. See the shocking new numbers here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/the-trump-...
January 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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jameeljaffer.bsky.social
This was an intense hearing. Judge Young, an 85-year-old Reagan appointee who has served on the federal bench for 47 years, didn't mince words. He closed the hearing by reading from Lincoln's address at Gettysburg. Some of the people in the courtroom were in tears. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Trump's advisors are finally worrying about all the Butt Crack and Beer Belly spectacle that Stephen Miller's invasions create.

And they've got private polling showing what @gelliottmorris.com keeps pointing out: Trump is losing on immigration and ICE.

www.axios.com/2026/01/16/t...
President Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public surveys, bolstered internal concern about the administration's confrontational enforcement tactics. Now, as the chaotic scenes from Minnesota play out around the clock on TV and social media, Axios has learned that some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach — though it's unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any. Why it matters: The worries in part of Trump's brain trust are the first signs of internal second-guessing his controversial ICE enforcement tactics. The private polling suggested a rupturing of the coalition of independent, moderate and minority voters who were key parts of Trump's victory in 2024. Such voters will play a big role in determining whether Republicans keep their slim House majority in November's midterms. If Republicans lose the House, Trump will head into his final two years in office as a lame duck who, he acknowledges, could face a third impeachment. Zoom in: To the degree they support a more constrained approach, some advisers are playing to the president's occasional misgivings about the optics of some ICE tactics. "I wouldn't say he's concerned about the policy," a top Trump adviser told Axios. "He wants deportations. He wants mass deportations. What he doesn't want is what people are seeing. He doesn't like the way it looks. It looks bad, so he's expressed some discomfort at that." "... There's the right way to do this. And this doesn't look like the right way to a lot of people."
January 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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financialtimes.com
The first Canadian prime minister to visit Beijing in almost a decade, Carney is turning to the world’s second-largest economy as part of an effort to double exports to non-US partners over the next decade. ft.trib.al/8GHJ3y1
January 16, 2026 at 5:13 AM