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Happily retired ESL instructor after 28 years at GMU. Love traveling, beer, and words.
apnews.com/article/iran... supreme leader signals upcoming crackdown on protesters 'ruining their own streets' for Trump
Iran supreme leader signals upcoming crackdown on protesters 'ruining their own streets' for Trump
Protests in Iran have continued despite threats from the government to crack down. Online videos show demonstrators protesting Friday night, even after authorities shut down the internet and cut phone...
apnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
apnews.com/article/iran... supreme leader signals upcoming crackdown on protesters 'ruining their own streets' for Trump
thehill.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Across the country, Americans are honoring Renee Nicole Good and mourning all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed.
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Across the country, Americans are honoring Renee Nicole Good and mourning all the lives ICE has taken and destroyed.
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Hundreds of marches and vigils are planned this weekend. Please join us to say ICE Out For Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
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The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
snyder.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
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I think Trump is now regularly showing signs of clinical mental illness and madness. His assertion that the only check on him is his "own mind," his complete fabrication of what happened in the Good shooting, and some of his posts this week suggest that his condition is worsening.
3 things are true now:
- Trump's failures/unpopularity at home have forced him to go abroad to restore his STRENGTH
- To be STRONG again Trump has vaingloriously declared end of Democracy Era, dawn of new Imperial Age
- Hill Rs starting to spit the bit 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/our-mad-ki...
- Trump's failures/unpopularity at home have forced him to go abroad to restore his STRENGTH
- To be STRONG again Trump has vaingloriously declared end of Democracy Era, dawn of new Imperial Age
- Hill Rs starting to spit the bit 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/our-mad-ki...
Our Mad King's Vainglorious Venezuelan Victory Lap Was Rudely Interrupted By A Newly Assertive Congress Yesterday
Stuart Stevens joins us live at 11am EST today. Register now. Going to be a good one!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I think Trump is now regularly showing signs of clinical mental illness and madness. His assertion that the only check on him is his "own mind," his complete fabrication of what happened in the Good shooting, and some of his posts this week suggest that his condition is worsening.
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“The U.S. added 50,000 jobs last month, slowest annual growth in a non-recession year since 2003, and significantly lower than the final year of Joe Biden’s presidency when two million jobs were added.”
January 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“The U.S. added 50,000 jobs last month, slowest annual growth in a non-recession year since 2003, and significantly lower than the final year of Joe Biden’s presidency when two million jobs were added.”
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"Sens. Ron Wyden of OR, Ed Markey of MA and Ben Ray Luján of NM asked the companies to “enforce” terms of service that appear to ban the activity that was surging on X and is still possible on Grok."
High five, @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov and @lujan.senate.gov. This is the way.
High five, @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov and @lujan.senate.gov. This is the way.
New: Trio of Dem senators urge Apple and Google to enforce their own terms of service and ban X, Grok apps for their flood of nonconsensual sexual imagery.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
I've repeatedly asked both Apple and Google about this for three days. They're completely silent, seemingly hoping the question just goes away.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
“Turning a blind eye to X’s egregious behavior would make a mockery of your moderation
practices,” three Democratic senators wrote to Apple’s and Google’s CEOs.
www.nbcnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"Sens. Ron Wyden of OR, Ed Markey of MA and Ben Ray Luján of NM asked the companies to “enforce” terms of service that appear to ban the activity that was surging on X and is still possible on Grok."
High five, @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov and @lujan.senate.gov. This is the way.
High five, @wyden.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov and @lujan.senate.gov. This is the way.
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BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
January 9, 2026 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”
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the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
the ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
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This is the best video explanation I have seen on how the Trump administration is changing public education as we know it. A must-watch for anyone who cares about schools. by @nadiasussman.bsky.social
Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
www.propublica.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is the best video explanation I have seen on how the Trump administration is changing public education as we know it. A must-watch for anyone who cares about schools. by @nadiasussman.bsky.social
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Now every Democrat must pledge to do the same!
Swalwell to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "I’m not voting to fund this ICE. I support getting rid of their immunity. I support requiring them to take off the masks ... This ICE is not what anybody asked for, and I’m not going to vote to continue it."
Full episode: newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Full episode: newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Now every Democrat must pledge to do the same!
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Profoundly disturbing that Trump Regime released a video of a murderer: circling his victim who is exuding calm kindness to him, killing the victim as she tries to get away, calling her F*cking B*tch after he shoots her, and then Trump Regime loudly proclaiming how this exonerates murderer.
January 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Profoundly disturbing that Trump Regime released a video of a murderer: circling his victim who is exuding calm kindness to him, killing the victim as she tries to get away, calling her F*cking B*tch after he shoots her, and then Trump Regime loudly proclaiming how this exonerates murderer.
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This is incredible. It's the opposite of exculpatory. It's now even clearer that the killing was not at all justified, he was in no sense whatsoever in any serious danger, and indeed it looks very much like the shooting was retribution and nothing more.
🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.
Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is incredible. It's the opposite of exculpatory. It's now even clearer that the killing was not at all justified, he was in no sense whatsoever in any serious danger, and indeed it looks very much like the shooting was retribution and nothing more.
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NEW: On behalf of SEIU District 1199NE, the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans, Connecticut Citizen Action Group and a voter, my law firm has filed a motion to intervene as defendants in DOJ's lawsuit to gain access to Connecticut's voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/connec...
🚨 United States of America v. Thomas
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
NEW: On behalf of SEIU District 1199NE, the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans, Connecticut Citizen Action Group and a voter, my law firm has filed a motion to intervene as defendants in DOJ's lawsuit to gain access to Connecticut's voter records. www.democracydocket.com/cases/connec...
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"In the final full year of President Joe Biden’s term, the economy added an average of 168,000 jobs per month.
Throughout Trump’s second term in 2025, the number shrank down to 49,000 jobs added per month..."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
Throughout Trump’s second term in 2025, the number shrank down to 49,000 jobs added per month..."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
Trump Goon Delivers Bonkers Excuse for Grim Jobs Report
Kevin Hassett gave an out-of-the-box explanation for a dismal economic marker.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"In the final full year of President Joe Biden’s term, the economy added an average of 168,000 jobs per month.
Throughout Trump’s second term in 2025, the number shrank down to 49,000 jobs added per month..."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
Throughout Trump’s second term in 2025, the number shrank down to 49,000 jobs added per month..."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
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"2025’s payroll employment gain of 584,000 marks the worst year outside of a recession since 2003. The payroll gain in 2024 was nearly quadruple that, totaling two million..."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
Trump Goon Delivers Bonkers Excuse for Grim Jobs Report
Kevin Hassett gave an out-of-the-box explanation for a dismal economic marker.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"2025’s payroll employment gain of 584,000 marks the worst year outside of a recession since 2003. The payroll gain in 2024 was nearly quadruple that, totaling two million..."
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...