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Multi-layered “look what you made me do” lie.
Because Norway didn’t give a him prize (it doesn’t decide winners) for ending wars (he didn’t end) the US won’t be peaceful anymore (bombing multiple countries) and will take Greenland (part of Denmark, not Norway) to stop Russia (it’d help Russia).
Because Norway didn’t give a him prize (it doesn’t decide winners) for ending wars (he didn’t end) the US won’t be peaceful anymore (bombing multiple countries) and will take Greenland (part of Denmark, not Norway) to stop Russia (it’d help Russia).
January 19, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Multi-layered “look what you made me do” lie.
Because Norway didn’t give a him prize (it doesn’t decide winners) for ending wars (he didn’t end) the US won’t be peaceful anymore (bombing multiple countries) and will take Greenland (part of Denmark, not Norway) to stop Russia (it’d help Russia).
Because Norway didn’t give a him prize (it doesn’t decide winners) for ending wars (he didn’t end) the US won’t be peaceful anymore (bombing multiple countries) and will take Greenland (part of Denmark, not Norway) to stop Russia (it’d help Russia).
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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1. Broncos - Seahawks
2. Patriots - Seahawks
3. Broncos - Rams
4. Super Bowl called off after targeted strikes by former-NATO allies following the Siege of Nuuk
5. Patriots - Rams
2. Patriots - Seahawks
3. Broncos - Rams
4. Super Bowl called off after targeted strikes by former-NATO allies following the Siege of Nuuk
5. Patriots - Rams
January 19, 2026 at 4:19 AM
1. Broncos - Seahawks
2. Patriots - Seahawks
3. Broncos - Rams
4. Super Bowl called off after targeted strikes by former-NATO allies following the Siege of Nuuk
5. Patriots - Rams
2. Patriots - Seahawks
3. Broncos - Rams
4. Super Bowl called off after targeted strikes by former-NATO allies following the Siege of Nuuk
5. Patriots - Rams
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I bring this up now because we should be honest about the ways that Democratic presidents have allowed - but also helped to create, strengthen, and expand - the power of this weapon that is now unleashing devastation. We could have done more. We should have added friction, made it harder.
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I bring this up now because we should be honest about the ways that Democratic presidents have allowed - but also helped to create, strengthen, and expand - the power of this weapon that is now unleashing devastation. We could have done more. We should have added friction, made it harder.
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It was never clear whether something we were working on would “apply” to DHS ops. And I found that they could claim that virtually anything was within their jurisdiction and assert that a proposed protection could ultimately undermine their ability to do some - again, unspecified - thing.
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
It was never clear whether something we were working on would “apply” to DHS ops. And I found that they could claim that virtually anything was within their jurisdiction and assert that a proposed protection could ultimately undermine their ability to do some - again, unspecified - thing.
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What I didn’t expect was how much free-reign DHS would have on these matters. I worked on policy related to tech and rights/liberties. I found that on these issues the agency could shapeshift, weighing in on matters considered domestic OR international, flexing its muscle in vague but imposing ways.
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
What I didn’t expect was how much free-reign DHS would have on these matters. I worked on policy related to tech and rights/liberties. I found that on these issues the agency could shapeshift, weighing in on matters considered domestic OR international, flexing its muscle in vague but imposing ways.
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Those of us who have worked on progressive domestic policy at the federal level are used to negotiating with a seemingly immovable NSC apparatus that often invokes ambiguous or unspecifiable national security concerns as a reason to kill any number of civil/human rights priorities.
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Those of us who have worked on progressive domestic policy at the federal level are used to negotiating with a seemingly immovable NSC apparatus that often invokes ambiguous or unspecifiable national security concerns as a reason to kill any number of civil/human rights priorities.
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I worked in a Democratic presidential administration and, even then, DHS was very often the most problematic, obstinate part of negotiating a civil/human rights provision into executive branch policy.
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I worked in a Democratic presidential administration and, even then, DHS was very often the most problematic, obstinate part of negotiating a civil/human rights provision into executive branch policy.
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
I have been thinking about this a lot in recent weeks and want to offer a short 🧵with reflections:
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Everything Trump says here is verifiably untrue. During this period of time the number of US installations on Greenland went from 17 to 1 as a result of US determinations that they were not needed.
Trump: "NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that “you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.” Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!! President Donald J. Trump"
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Everything Trump says here is verifiably untrue. During this period of time the number of US installations on Greenland went from 17 to 1 as a result of US determinations that they were not needed.
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Good rule of thumb for friends is to imagine if China decided to start loudly discussing taking Hawaii, and how quickly you'd see red, and how unfunny you'd find it, and how belligerent your reaction to it would be. That is how Europeans and Canadians feel about this rhetoric from the US.
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Good rule of thumb for friends is to imagine if China decided to start loudly discussing taking Hawaii, and how quickly you'd see red, and how unfunny you'd find it, and how belligerent your reaction to it would be. That is how Europeans and Canadians feel about this rhetoric from the US.
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i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 AM
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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2000-2025: facts over feelings, no safe spaces, be a fucking man
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
2000-2025: facts over feelings, no safe spaces, be a fucking man
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
2026: your dismissive body language has left the fourth Minneapolis infantry with anxiety
Counterpoint
Confirmation of Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine that God remains incomprehensible even after the beatific vision of Hail Mary passes
Confirmation of Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine that God remains incomprehensible even after the beatific vision of Hail Mary passes
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Counterpoint
Confirmation of Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine that God remains incomprehensible even after the beatific vision of Hail Mary passes
Confirmation of Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine that God remains incomprehensible even after the beatific vision of Hail Mary passes
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HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT
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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
Everyday is a new opportunity for the president to be a thug
If you're going to manufacture consent, you should try harder to come up with a plausible interpretation of Trump's motivations
If you're going to manufacture consent, you should try harder to come up with a plausible interpretation of Trump's motivations
The Arctic is warming around four times faster than the rest of the globe.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
Melting ice may raise Greenland’s value. Trump’s fight may be just the start.
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Everyday is a new opportunity for the president to be a thug
If you're going to manufacture consent, you should try harder to come up with a plausible interpretation of Trump's motivations
If you're going to manufacture consent, you should try harder to come up with a plausible interpretation of Trump's motivations
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These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
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tbf “Minnesota Nice” is equal parts showing up for your neighbors AND being tremendously passive aggressive. These ICE agents are fucking miserable.
I've heard rumors that Philadelphia is next for the ICE invasion after Minneapolis.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
Maybe I'm wrong, but
1) More than 11% of all ICE agents are in Minneapolis, and they've utterly failed to pacify the city.
2) Philly is 5x the size of Minneapolis.
3) "Minnesota nice" is a thing. We don't have that.
January 18, 2026 at 11:02 PM
tbf “Minnesota Nice” is equal parts showing up for your neighbors AND being tremendously passive aggressive. These ICE agents are fucking miserable.
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Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Gallego ("moderate" Dem) is going with "ICE needs to be totally torn down" (not "reform and retrain"). This is a pivot point for the country on immigration. You have been seeing this in the data for a while, and now officials are snapping to the public opinion www.gelliottmorris.com/p/ice-is-a-7...
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This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 18, 2026 at 7:43 PM
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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I know she hasn’t passed the bar yet but based on this I feel confident that Kim Kardashian knows more about the 4th Amendment than the [*checks notes*] United States Department of Homeland Security
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I know she hasn’t passed the bar yet but based on this I feel confident that Kim Kardashian knows more about the 4th Amendment than the [*checks notes*] United States Department of Homeland Security
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This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.
Arizona’s @gallego.senate.gov : "I think ICE needs to be totally torn down… People want immigration enforcement that goes after criminals, not the goon squad that has come from Stephen Miller and Trump."
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This is important & revealing. Gallego is from AZ. He ran to the right of Dems in 2024 on immigration. The fact he's saying this speaks volumes. He sees where the public is on ICE. Tear it down. Build another non-police-state-freak-show immigration enforcement agency.