WhatRWeDoingHere
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Lifelong liberal, eclectic creative, eternally optimistic realist, avid reader, movie lover.
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The dollar’s value has fallen to its lowest level in years, affecting international travel, U.S. corporate profits and European exports
What the Slide in the Dollar Means for Trade, Travel and Investment
The currency’s decline renews fears that America’s position in markets is waning.
on.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The dollar’s value has fallen to its lowest level in years, affecting international travel, U.S. corporate profits and European exports
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An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 12:46 AM
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
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One problem is that Democrats look at already passed funding as untouchable, while Republicans look at it as something to chip away at forever.
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
ICE and CBP will still be funded through the BBB during a government shutdown but FEMA, TSA, the Coast Guard and others in DHS will not be funded and about 75% of the rest of the government will shut down.
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 AM
One problem is that Democrats look at already passed funding as untouchable, while Republicans look at it as something to chip away at forever.
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
Case in point: the 2022 IRS surge funding in the Inflation Reduction Act.
TIL the House cut another $11 billion from that last week! And Dems voted for it!
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Minneapolis restaurant provides free meals to protest immigration crackdown.
Owner of a Minneapolis cafe says his restaurant relies on donations and hands out free meals to customers who request them, so long as federal agents are deployed in the city to enforce the Trump's immigration crackdown
Owner of a Minneapolis cafe says his restaurant relies on donations and hands out free meals to customers who request them, so long as federal agents are deployed in the city to enforce the Trump's immigration crackdown
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Minneapolis restaurant provides free meals to protest immigration crackdown.
Owner of a Minneapolis cafe says his restaurant relies on donations and hands out free meals to customers who request them, so long as federal agents are deployed in the city to enforce the Trump's immigration crackdown
Owner of a Minneapolis cafe says his restaurant relies on donations and hands out free meals to customers who request them, so long as federal agents are deployed in the city to enforce the Trump's immigration crackdown
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An attorney quoted further down: “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
“[Liam] keeps asking about that hat and that backpack that are in the picture,” the congressman said. “I think they took that from him.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the 5-year-old boy held with his father at a Texas detention facility | CNN
US Rep. Joaquin Castro met Wednesday with Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old Minnesota boy taken from his family’s suburban Minneapolis driveway last week after federal agents apprehended his father, t...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:17 AM
An attorney quoted further down: “The water is putrid. They have to mix baby formula with water that nobody wants to even smell. The food has bugs in it. The food has dirt in it.”
Gabbard needs to be subpoenaed to testify before Congress immediately.
Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an elections office in Fulton County?
January 29, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Gabbard needs to be subpoenaed to testify before Congress immediately.
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Don't forget: YouGov poll 24 Jan 26: 76% of Democratic votersx 47% of independents and even 18% of Republicans voters support ABOLISHING ICE
Once again, Surrender Dems have massive support from their base (and a majority of Americans!) to take big courageous steps in the right direction, and once again they fumble epically.
They want us to accept so little. So much less than we need
This paltry ask is unstrategic as well as unethical.
They want us to accept so little. So much less than we need
This paltry ask is unstrategic as well as unethical.
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Don't forget: YouGov poll 24 Jan 26: 76% of Democratic votersx 47% of independents and even 18% of Republicans voters support ABOLISHING ICE
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congratulations to democrats on handing trump an entire extra preloaded propaganda platform solely because they love israel more than their own voters. absolute dogshit
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 AM
congratulations to democrats on handing trump an entire extra preloaded propaganda platform solely because they love israel more than their own voters. absolute dogshit
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Two Rice University freshmen created a website mapping ICE incidents
ricethresher.org/article/fres...
ricethresher.org/article/fres...
Freshmen create website mapping ICE incidents
Abby Manuel and Jack Vu noticed in April 2025 that some of the kids in the weekly classes they volunteered with had stopped showing up.
ricethresher.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Two Rice University freshmen created a website mapping ICE incidents
ricethresher.org/article/fres...
ricethresher.org/article/fres...
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Here's the "ICE OUT NOW" chant at the Minnesota Frost game
January 29, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Here's the "ICE OUT NOW" chant at the Minnesota Frost game
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Ask voters which party they support on *deportations*, or civil rights — or what their preferred policy is vs status quo. Individual party trust questions are not the end all be all, and currently Dems lead on the question “Which party do you trust to handle the country’s most important problem?”
Yep! Data consistently show voters still trust Republicans on immigration. Voters only approve of Trump's border security policy and literally nothing else.
People are conflating the negative polls reflecting opposition to ICE/CBP goon squads disrupting US cities with a massive shift towards more lenient immigration & border policies that's basically wishcasting. This will matter more in 2028 than 2026.
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Ask voters which party they support on *deportations*, or civil rights — or what their preferred policy is vs status quo. Individual party trust questions are not the end all be all, and currently Dems lead on the question “Which party do you trust to handle the country’s most important problem?”
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If I had an agency relationship with CAA like Obama, Biden, & Harris do, I would simply end that relationship once CAA demanded a bar pay out for a booking of a guy who celebrated the murder of Renee Good
THERE ARE MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT CAN REPRESENT YOU
THERE ARE MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT CAN REPRESENT YOU
Camp Bar canceled six sold out Ben Bankas shows after his Renee Good rant went viral.
Here's my story (gift link):
Here's my story (gift link):
St. Paul’s Camp Bar cancels sold-out shows from Canadian comic after he went viral with Renee Good rant
A downtown St. Paul bar and comedy club has canceled six sold-out performances from a comic who went viral after posting jokes about Renee Good, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Custo…
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January 29, 2026 at 4:37 AM
If I had an agency relationship with CAA like Obama, Biden, & Harris do, I would simply end that relationship once CAA demanded a bar pay out for a booking of a guy who celebrated the murder of Renee Good
THERE ARE MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT CAN REPRESENT YOU
THERE ARE MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT CAN REPRESENT YOU
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Oh God. They Batmanned Maduro partly to strongarm him into “confirming” some psychotic conspiracy theory about Venezuela & the 2020 election, didn’t they?
Venezuela did it.
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Oh God. They Batmanned Maduro partly to strongarm him into “confirming” some psychotic conspiracy theory about Venezuela & the 2020 election, didn’t they?
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Leading democratic politicians should make plans to be in Springfield on February 4th
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Leading democratic politicians should make plans to be in Springfield on February 4th
Insanity
Heads would've exploded in Congress if Obama or Biden did this shit.
Heads would've exploded in Congress if Obama or Biden did this shit.
Yep, this is really something the president of this country just posted this evening.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Insanity
Heads would've exploded in Congress if Obama or Biden did this shit.
Heads would've exploded in Congress if Obama or Biden did this shit.
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
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January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
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Why is Tulsi Gabbard, the top intelligence officer in the USG, with the FBI on a raid related to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The congressional intelligence committee ought to ask about this.
“.. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks on the phone while standing inside a vehicle loaded with boxes outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center after the FBI executed a search warrant there.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Why is Tulsi Gabbard, the top intelligence officer in the USG, with the FBI on a raid related to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The congressional intelligence committee ought to ask about this.
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Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
'The folks are fearful.' Haitians living in Ohio may soon lose temporary protected status • Ohio Capital Journal
Thousands of Haitians living in Ohio will lose their temporary protected status next week unless a federal court blocks it.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. There will very likely be a major ICE incursion the next day. Haitians in Springfield were the targets of Vance’s lying during the campaign.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/28/t...
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Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Even under SCOTUS's dubious reasoning in Trump v. U.S., there is no scenario in which maneuvering billions of dollars to an offshore account to keep it out of reach from Congress and courts is an "official act." This is all criminal and impeachable.
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The city's immigration committee wants COPA to investigate whether police helped ICE. blockclubchi.co/4a0hm97
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The city's immigration committee wants COPA to investigate whether police helped ICE. blockclubchi.co/4a0hm97
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Through Beauty 2 The Streetz, Shirley Raines gave Skid Row more than food and makeovers, she gave hope. She reminded us that dignity is a human right, no matter your zip code. A Sister to the people. Her impact will live on. Rest in Power, Shirley
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Through Beauty 2 The Streetz, Shirley Raines gave Skid Row more than food and makeovers, she gave hope. She reminded us that dignity is a human right, no matter your zip code. A Sister to the people. Her impact will live on. Rest in Power, Shirley
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In 2020, Donald Trump tried to extort Georgia election officials to find 11,780 votes
He also used fake electors as part of his insurrection scheme
Now he directed the DOJ to raid the Fulton County Elections hub-in an attempt to rewrite history
If only Fani Willis could have completed her work
He also used fake electors as part of his insurrection scheme
Now he directed the DOJ to raid the Fulton County Elections hub-in an attempt to rewrite history
If only Fani Willis could have completed her work
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 AM
In 2020, Donald Trump tried to extort Georgia election officials to find 11,780 votes
He also used fake electors as part of his insurrection scheme
Now he directed the DOJ to raid the Fulton County Elections hub-in an attempt to rewrite history
If only Fani Willis could have completed her work
He also used fake electors as part of his insurrection scheme
Now he directed the DOJ to raid the Fulton County Elections hub-in an attempt to rewrite history
If only Fani Willis could have completed her work
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Is this real? Because if so I think I called it with twelve minutes to spare
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Is this real? Because if so I think I called it with twelve minutes to spare