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January 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Minnesotans hold economic strike to protest Trump's surge in immigration agents
Scores of businesses across Minnesota closed up for the day on Friday and workers headed into the streets in what religious leaders and labor unions described as a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Minnesotans hold economic strike to protest Trump's surge in immigration agents reut.rs/3ZvJD2g
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U.S. President Donald Trump provoked outrage and distress among many in the United Kingdom on Friday with his false assertion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan. https://to.pbs.org/49Uabzi
'The ultimate insult': Trump diminishing NATO's Afghanistan involvement causes distress in UK
Trump said in an interview in Davos on Thursday that he wasn't sure NATO would support the United States if and when requested. He said that troops "stayed a little back a little off the front lines."
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January 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
U.S. President Donald Trump provoked outrage and distress among many in the United Kingdom on Friday with his false assertion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan. https://to.pbs.org/49Uabzi
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Jayapal: Did your investigation find that Donald Trump attempted to manufacture fraudulent slates of electors in 7 states that he lost?
Smith: Yes.
Jayapal: Did he spread lies and conspiracies to his followers to make them believe that the election had been illegally rigged against him?
Smith: Yes.
Smith: Yes.
Jayapal: Did he spread lies and conspiracies to his followers to make them believe that the election had been illegally rigged against him?
Smith: Yes.
Donald Trump spread lies and conspiracy theories to his followers to make them believe the 2020 election was rigged against him, then incited an angry mob to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop the election certification.
These are Special Counsel Jack Smith’s findings.
These are Special Counsel Jack Smith’s findings.
January 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Jayapal: Did your investigation find that Donald Trump attempted to manufacture fraudulent slates of electors in 7 states that he lost?
Smith: Yes.
Jayapal: Did he spread lies and conspiracies to his followers to make them believe that the election had been illegally rigged against him?
Smith: Yes.
Smith: Yes.
Jayapal: Did he spread lies and conspiracies to his followers to make them believe that the election had been illegally rigged against him?
Smith: Yes.
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There is, in fact, no rational reason why the United States needs to seize Greenland.
Trump’s Greenland Obsession Is Madness. Can’t We Just Say That?
The commentariat persists in misrepresenting the U.S. president and his actions.
foreignpolicy.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:30 AM
There is, in fact, no rational reason why the United States needs to seize Greenland.
At the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, the reason the United States of America did not become the Confederate States of America was the courage & sacrifice of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment who under General Hancock charged the Confederate Army.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
Thank you, Minnesota
There is no greater obligation for an American than loyalty to the Constitution of the United States.
steveschmidt.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 PM
At the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, the reason the United States of America did not become the Confederate States of America was the courage & sacrifice of the 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment who under General Hancock charged the Confederate Army.
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
steveschmidt.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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"Every Viktor who lives on European money while trying to sell out Europe’s interests deserves a slap on the back of the head." - Zelenskyy.
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
"Every Viktor who lives on European money while trying to sell out Europe’s interests deserves a slap on the back of the head." - Zelenskyy.
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Amnesty has issued a report about rising #authoritarianism & #humanRights violations in #USA, incl enforced disappearances, restrictions on #freeSpeech incl the media, increased #corruption, militarisation of law enforcement, mass surveillance, weakening of rule of law www.jurist.org/news/2026/01...
Amnesty International warns of rising US authoritarianism and human rights violations
Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday, warning about rising authoritarian practices in the US and detailing numerous ways how the rule of law and human rights are being threatened. The r...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Amnesty has issued a report about rising #authoritarianism & #humanRights violations in #USA, incl enforced disappearances, restrictions on #freeSpeech incl the media, increased #corruption, militarisation of law enforcement, mass surveillance, weakening of rule of law www.jurist.org/news/2026/01...
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Wild stuff. "A Year Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 22, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Wild stuff. "A Year Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump: "RECORD NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE! SHOULD I TRY FOR A FOURTH TERM?"
January 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Trump: "RECORD NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE! SHOULD I TRY FOR A FOURTH TERM?"
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Peter Wehner: The Christian nationalists and evangelicals aligning with ICE are "prying Christianity further and further away from the ethic and teachings of Jesus"
MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Peter Wehner: The Christian nationalists and evangelicals aligning with ICE are "prying Christianity further and further away from the ethic and teachings of Jesus"
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I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Newsom: "It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant. He was never going invade Greenland. It was never real."
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.
Donald Trump and his coterie dunking on Denmark like this is extremely disgraceful, and something we will never forget.
-- Signed, a Dane.
-- Signed, a Dane.
After Donald Trump disparaged Denmark’s contributions to NATO, one Danish soldier who served in Afghanistan told Isaac Stanley-Becker, “We were on the front lines, the same as the Americans. That was our job.”
Trump Casually Denigrates the Danish War Dead
The president has revised history when it comes to the sacrifices of America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump and his coterie dunking on Denmark like this is extremely disgraceful, and something we will never forget.
-- Signed, a Dane.
-- Signed, a Dane.
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Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
January 22, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Rare to see discusson of the point @jamellebouie.net makes here. "Most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
Rather than designing coverage for a cateory of one — the mad king...1/
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
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We knew immigration enforcement squads were doing this - smashing into homes without a proper judicial warrant, notwithstanding the standard understanding of the Fouth Amendment. What we didn’t know is that it’s a policy, and apparently dates back since May if not earlier. /1
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We knew immigration enforcement squads were doing this - smashing into homes without a proper judicial warrant, notwithstanding the standard understanding of the Fouth Amendment. What we didn’t know is that it’s a policy, and apparently dates back since May if not earlier. /1
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It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 AM
It’s so interesting that the comet pizza-Q-Anon folks have disappeared just as their deeply held concerns about a widespread elite child trafficking conspiracy has been proven correct
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Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Carney:
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
"In a time of rising populism and ethnic nationalism, Canada can show how diversity is a strength, not a weakness... Canada can't solve all the world's problems. But we can show that another way is possible. That the arc of history isn't destined to be warped toward authoritarianism".
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This is a very grim measure of how bad things are: Every year, some amazing federal public employees receive awards. This year's winners were not asked to speak. The organizers "wanted to protect them from being singled out by Trump administration cost-cutters." www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
These awards honor the best US civil servants. What ‘best’ means may be changing.
Organizations that bestow awards for good governance are adjusting to the Trump administration’s staff cuts and criticism of traditional civil servant values.
www.csmonitor.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:14 PM
This is a very grim measure of how bad things are: Every year, some amazing federal public employees receive awards. This year's winners were not asked to speak. The organizers "wanted to protect them from being singled out by Trump administration cost-cutters." www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/...
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Jamelle Bouie: "most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office. His letter to the prime minister of Norway suggests that this is a mistake. It shows that he is essentially unable to serve as president"
Opinion | Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Jamelle Bouie: "most coverage of Trump treats him as president in a functional way, even if he doesn’t perform the civic duties of the office. His letter to the prime minister of Norway suggests that this is a mistake. It shows that he is essentially unable to serve as president"
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"Maduro is on trial in New York - sorry, but Putin is not on trial in the fourth year of the full-scale war." - Zelenskyy in Davos.
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"Maduro is on trial in New York - sorry, but Putin is not on trial in the fourth year of the full-scale war." - Zelenskyy in Davos.
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“This is not sovereignty. It is the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
Very strong bit in a strong speech.
(Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister at Davos)
Very strong bit in a strong speech.
(Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister at Davos)
January 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM
“This is not sovereignty. It is the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
Very strong bit in a strong speech.
(Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister at Davos)
Very strong bit in a strong speech.
(Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister at Davos)
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