Yigal Arens
@nuffnuff.bsky.social
Refugee from X.
Into technology.
USC emeritus.
I don’t care if you’re unhappy about my views on the Middle East.
TACO!
(If ‘crypto’ is anywhere in your profile or postings, save yourself the trouble of contacting me.)
Into technology.
USC emeritus.
I don’t care if you’re unhappy about my views on the Middle East.
TACO!
(If ‘crypto’ is anywhere in your profile or postings, save yourself the trouble of contacting me.)
He can then send them to fight in Greenland
The Trump administration has discussed offering asylum to Britain’s Jewish population, a lawyer for the president has said.
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
He can then send them to fight in Greenland
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I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
The Trump administration has discussed offering asylum to Britain’s Jewish population, a lawyer for the president has said.
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Robert Garson, Trump’s personal lawyer, said that the UK was “no longer a safe place for Jews” ⬇️
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
Trump lawyer says US discussed offering asylum to British Jews
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I'm good thanks. I think I probably won't move to the country where the authorities pump out neo-Nazi memes and masked militias roam the streets.
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Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
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There are written documents too, this one related to both Greenland and Little Saint James’ Island.
January 19, 2026 at 7:10 AM
There are written documents too, this one related to both Greenland and Little Saint James’ Island.
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About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty:
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
ICE agent believed responsible for L.A. killing accused of child abuse, racism in court filings
A court filing made public this week claims that a federal immigration agent thought to have shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year's Eve was previously accused of child abuse and making racist...
www.latimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
About the ICE agent who fatally shot a man on New Year’s Eve while off-duty:
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
A court document "says the ICE agent allegedly whipped his sons with a belt, made homophobic slurs and racist remarks about Black and Latino people and brought a gun to a youth sports game."
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*From “Who Goes Nazi?” by Dorothy Thompson, Harper’s, 1941 (read it, it will blow your mind) harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:23 AM
*From “Who Goes Nazi?” by Dorothy Thompson, Harper’s, 1941 (read it, it will blow your mind) harpers.org/archive/1941...
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BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
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Todd Blanche really working to make sure he gets a spot at the trials.
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Todd Blanche really working to make sure he gets a spot at the trials.
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“Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi….But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.” — D. Thompson*
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino marches through Minneapolis surrounded by federal agents, shouting at American citizens.
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
This isn’t about deporting “the worst of the worst.” It’s about deliberately sowing fear and chaos in cities that oppose the Trump regime
ht: @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi….But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi in a crisis.” — D. Thompson*
They’re out of control www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM
They’re out of control www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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Many people, arrested by ICE, are saying that their watches and phones & other property are being put up for sale.
27 of the people said they tracked their phones to a vending machine that had their phones inside of it.
Others finding their smartwatches in pawn shops & others in small stores.
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27 of the people said they tracked their phones to a vending machine that had their phones inside of it.
Others finding their smartwatches in pawn shops & others in small stores.
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When They're Not Applying Banned Chokeholds, ICE Agents Are Apparently Stealing and Selling Citizens' Phones
ICE agents seemingly believe they can get away with anything, even stealing and selling the phone of a 16-year-old citizen.
www.yahoo.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Many people, arrested by ICE, are saying that their watches and phones & other property are being put up for sale.
27 of the people said they tracked their phones to a vending machine that had their phones inside of it.
Others finding their smartwatches in pawn shops & others in small stores.
.
27 of the people said they tracked their phones to a vending machine that had their phones inside of it.
Others finding their smartwatches in pawn shops & others in small stores.
.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Mr Martin I think you’re forgetting the power of ChatGPT
George R.R. Martin has said that if he never completes Game of Thrones sequel Winds of Winter (or the book after that), there's no plan for anyone else to step in. Instead, his Song of Ice and Fire series simply "won't be finished."
Game of Thrones Writer George R.R. Martin Says There's No Plan if He Dies Before Completing Winds of Winter, and the Series Simply 'Won't Be Finished'
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Mr Martin I think you’re forgetting the power of ChatGPT
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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.
Really depraved shit.
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.
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
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.
Really depraved shit.
Not suspicious at all
Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Not suspicious at all
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Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
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Today is the start of a new semester at UNRWA’s Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem.
But it is under threat.
Recent Israeli legislation would cut off services to the compound – a violation of international law.
#UNRWAworks and must be allowed to fulfil its UN mandate.
But it is under threat.
Recent Israeli legislation would cut off services to the compound – a violation of international law.
#UNRWAworks and must be allowed to fulfil its UN mandate.
January 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Today is the start of a new semester at UNRWA’s Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem.
But it is under threat.
Recent Israeli legislation would cut off services to the compound – a violation of international law.
#UNRWAworks and must be allowed to fulfil its UN mandate.
But it is under threat.
Recent Israeli legislation would cut off services to the compound – a violation of international law.
#UNRWAworks and must be allowed to fulfil its UN mandate.
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What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
January 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”
EVERYTHING has changed.
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Savages!
Settlers assault people, set fire to homes and cars in Bedouin encampment in West Bank
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Settlers assault people, set fire to homes and cars in Bedouin encampment in West Bank
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Settlers assault people, set fire to homes and cars in Bedouin encampment in West Bank
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www.timesofisrael.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Savages!
Settlers assault people, set fire to homes and cars in Bedouin encampment in West Bank
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Settlers assault people, set fire to homes and cars in Bedouin encampment in West Bank
www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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Israel's torment continues: "Apparently, there's a ceasefire in Gaza; tell that to the Palestinians"
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne says Israel's banning of 37 humanitarian organisations exposes the grim reality behind claims of a Gaza ceasefire.
jrnl.ie/6927711
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne says Israel's banning of 37 humanitarian organisations exposes the grim reality behind claims of a Gaza ceasefire.
jrnl.ie/6927711
A ceasefire in name only: Israel's torment of Palestinians has not stopped
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne says Israel’s banning of 37 humanitarian organisations exposes the grim reality behind claims of a Gaza ceasefire.
jrnl.ie
January 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Israel's torment continues: "Apparently, there's a ceasefire in Gaza; tell that to the Palestinians"
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne says Israel's banning of 37 humanitarian organisations exposes the grim reality behind claims of a Gaza ceasefire.
jrnl.ie/6927711
Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne says Israel's banning of 37 humanitarian organisations exposes the grim reality behind claims of a Gaza ceasefire.
jrnl.ie/6927711