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Let's get this straight: the Trump Admin is talking about giving up to $100,000 a PERSON to Greenlanders, but he's refusing to help millions of Americans afford their health insurance??
This is a waste of taxpayer dollars & a slap in the face to working Americans.
This is a waste of taxpayer dollars & a slap in the face to working Americans.
Exclusive: Trump administration mulls payments to sway Greenlanders to join US
The idea of directly paying residents of Greenland, an overseas territory of Denmark, offers one explanation of how the U.S. might attempt to "buy" the island of 57,000 people.
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Let's get this straight: the Trump Admin is talking about giving up to $100,000 a PERSON to Greenlanders, but he's refusing to help millions of Americans afford their health insurance??
This is a waste of taxpayer dollars & a slap in the face to working Americans.
This is a waste of taxpayer dollars & a slap in the face to working Americans.
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One thing about the MAGA obsession with demonstrations of masculinity is that it undermines itself by being so transparently insecure.
Hegseth had cameras recording him working out with recruits today at UCLA
January 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
One thing about the MAGA obsession with demonstrations of masculinity is that it undermines itself by being so transparently insecure.
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The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The rage that has to exist in the average Minnesotan to watch someone stuck on an icy hill and STAND BY AND TAUNT THEM
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The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?
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It is not rhetoric to observe that DHS has become a rogue department. There’s a specific meaning: DHS has ceased to operate within the law.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jBqIMS
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jBqIMS
January 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
It is not rhetoric to observe that DHS has become a rogue department. There’s a specific meaning: DHS has ceased to operate within the law.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jBqIMS
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jBqIMS
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Something that needs to be elevated is that ICE agents have been instructed to threaten and illegally detain legal observers. It's a criminal conspiracy to deprive Americans of their 1st & 4th amendment rights.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Something that needs to be elevated is that ICE agents have been instructed to threaten and illegally detain legal observers. It's a criminal conspiracy to deprive Americans of their 1st & 4th amendment rights.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
Renee Good isn't the only victim ICE has targeted and won't be the last.
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BREAKING: Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have just asked a federal judge to appoint a special master/independent monitor to ensure that ALL Epstein documents are released!
America needs answers as to not only what Trump is hiding but why they are hiding these files, against the law.
America needs answers as to not only what Trump is hiding but why they are hiding these files, against the law.
January 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
BREAKING: Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie have just asked a federal judge to appoint a special master/independent monitor to ensure that ALL Epstein documents are released!
America needs answers as to not only what Trump is hiding but why they are hiding these files, against the law.
America needs answers as to not only what Trump is hiding but why they are hiding these files, against the law.
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Where is the essential context: that these are the words of a dictator? Not in the story. There's no NYT editorial. For shame.
January 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Where is the essential context: that these are the words of a dictator? Not in the story. There's no NYT editorial. For shame.
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What a tough week it's been. Seeing a fellow American murdered by our government. Then seeing our government deny the reality we all saw on video and doubling down on their conspiracy of lies, their murder cover-up.
They need to kill the truth in order to kill our democracy, and they know it.
They need to kill the truth in order to kill our democracy, and they know it.
January 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
What a tough week it's been. Seeing a fellow American murdered by our government. Then seeing our government deny the reality we all saw on video and doubling down on their conspiracy of lies, their murder cover-up.
They need to kill the truth in order to kill our democracy, and they know it.
They need to kill the truth in order to kill our democracy, and they know it.
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"That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real. We are all carrying a lot of new weight..." —Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
The physical weight of Trumpism
That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"That heaviness you feel, that drag on your mental health, that drain on your emotional energy and lethargy in the face of world events, like yesterday, is real. We are all carrying a lot of new weight..." —Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-physic...
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"guy with a don't tread on me flag dresses up as a nameless agent of state power and rains lethal force on someone who mildly inconvenienced him" is the last few decades of that flag wrapped in a single murder
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"guy with a don't tread on me flag dresses up as a nameless agent of state power and rains lethal force on someone who mildly inconvenienced him" is the last few decades of that flag wrapped in a single murder
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MAGA can obfuscate all they want, but here's the bottom line: Their broader project of flooding our cities with armed government militias and diverting resources into mass ethnic purification makes such shootings far more likely. Feature, not bug.
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
MAGA can obfuscate all they want, but here's the bottom line: Their broader project of flooding our cities with armed government militias and diverting resources into mass ethnic purification makes such shootings far more likely. Feature, not bug.
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Exchange on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
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The next round of news stories should explore why Trump and Noem and others so blatantly lied about something you could see with your own eyes. From the archives: presswatchers.org/2021/09/the-...
The ‘why’ behind the lie | Press Watch
Voting
presswatchers.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The next round of news stories should explore why Trump and Noem and others so blatantly lied about something you could see with your own eyes. From the archives: presswatchers.org/2021/09/the-...
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I think it's highly likely Trump aides tried to avoid showing him the video that displays the shooting into the window from the side of the car, taken from the back, because it shows the officer was in no sense in life-threatening danger when he fired the shots:
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I think it's highly likely Trump aides tried to avoid showing him the video that displays the shooting into the window from the side of the car, taken from the back, because it shows the officer was in no sense in life-threatening danger when he fired the shots:
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The middle frame here is critical. It shows the position of the officer's feet when the *first* shot was fired. He appears already out of danger. And then the subsequent shots from the side into the driver's window look like straight up kill shots after the car had turned and was passing him.
I think it's highly likely Trump aides tried to avoid showing him the video that displays the shooting into the window from the side of the car, taken from the back, because it shows the officer was in no sense in life-threatening danger when he fired the shots:
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The middle frame here is critical. It shows the position of the officer's feet when the *first* shot was fired. He appears already out of danger. And then the subsequent shots from the side into the driver's window look like straight up kill shots after the car had turned and was passing him.
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I’d be more specific, in fact: we are seeing different FORMS of force shown when ICE is acting in “coming after a presumed immigrant” mode vs “freaking out at any show of resistance or protest” mode.
Neither is more justifiable than the other necessarily.
Neither is more justifiable than the other necessarily.
i think it is ok to reiterate that the victim as a us citizen. yes, noncitizens are equally entitled to human rights. but also, it's important to illustrate how ice isn't about immigration at all
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I’d be more specific, in fact: we are seeing different FORMS of force shown when ICE is acting in “coming after a presumed immigrant” mode vs “freaking out at any show of resistance or protest” mode.
Neither is more justifiable than the other necessarily.
Neither is more justifiable than the other necessarily.
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"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
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"But"? No, #BrokenTimes, it should be "and." With "but" you presume he was the cause of repression and you advocate for his kidnapping. Your conjunctions matter.
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"But"? No, #BrokenTimes, it should be "and." With "but" you presume he was the cause of repression and you advocate for his kidnapping. Your conjunctions matter.
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
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DHS officials are already leaking that there are serious problems with how the ICE officer handled this.
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
January 7, 2026 at 9:50 PM
DHS officials are already leaking that there are serious problems with how the ICE officer handled this.
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
"Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said."
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Hey, media, here's your headline:
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
January 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Hey, media, here's your headline:
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
"Video shows Trump and Noem lying about ICE's killing of woman in Minneapolis."
It's not a "he said, she said." There's video that shows ICE wasn't acting in self-defense. Facts exist. Everything isn't a matter of opinion. Stop being cowards.
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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UPDATE: Renee Good's family tells 9NEWS she was a widow with a young child
NEW: A family member confirms to 9NEWS that Renee Good, the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis today, was originally from the Colorado Springs area.
January 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
UPDATE: Renee Good's family tells 9NEWS she was a widow with a young child
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“ICE officer shoots bystander dead, Trump tries to blame the victim”? What’s your headline?
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 PM
“ICE officer shoots bystander dead, Trump tries to blame the victim”? What’s your headline?
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On this idea of a rogue, private police force, it's worth stressing that these ICE officers and their commanders are supposed to be public servants but are in no sense operating as if they are serving the public or bound to the law. They are serving Trump first.
That's what's happening. We're a nation at the mercy of our president's rogue private police force..
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
On this idea of a rogue, private police force, it's worth stressing that these ICE officers and their commanders are supposed to be public servants but are in no sense operating as if they are serving the public or bound to the law. They are serving Trump first.