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“The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
“The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Johnson used the last shutdown as an excuse not to swear in a new Dem representative. We are in a shutdown now, so we will see what happens tomorrow.
February 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Johnson used the last shutdown as an excuse not to swear in a new Dem representative. We are in a shutdown now, so we will see what happens tomorrow.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
Just returned home from the anti-ICE protest in Portland today. A 100% peaceful crowd that the Portland Police Department (PPD) estimated to be "in the thousands" marched past ICE's Portland HQ.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
Thousands march to ICE facility in South Portland
A large protest took place in South Portland today from Elisabeth Caruthers Park to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.
katu.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Just returned home from the anti-ICE protest in Portland today. A 100% peaceful crowd that the Portland Police Department (PPD) estimated to be "in the thousands" marched past ICE's Portland HQ.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
ICE, of course, responded with a barrage of tear gas and chemical rounds to suppress free speech.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
abc7ny.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
abc7ny.com/post/ice-min...
Reposted by Mark Scheland
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
Democracies are so strong that they allow people to criticize democracy. In fact, the ability to do so is an essential quality of democracy. Authoritarians are so weak they don't allow people to criticize authoritarians. Silencing dissent is an essential quality of authoritarian regimes.
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Democracies are so strong that they allow people to criticize democracy. In fact, the ability to do so is an essential quality of democracy. Authoritarians are so weak they don't allow people to criticize authoritarians. Silencing dissent is an essential quality of authoritarian regimes.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
The USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."
January 30, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."
Reposted by Mark Scheland
The plan they’re putting in motion is deeply predictable:
Hold a sham raid to “find” fake evidence of voter fraud
Use it as a pretext to influence our elections
We cannot be silent while this administration prepares their assaults on our elections.
Hold a sham raid to “find” fake evidence of voter fraud
Use it as a pretext to influence our elections
We cannot be silent while this administration prepares their assaults on our elections.
January 30, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The plan they’re putting in motion is deeply predictable:
Hold a sham raid to “find” fake evidence of voter fraud
Use it as a pretext to influence our elections
We cannot be silent while this administration prepares their assaults on our elections.
Hold a sham raid to “find” fake evidence of voter fraud
Use it as a pretext to influence our elections
We cannot be silent while this administration prepares their assaults on our elections.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Donald Trump remains SO obsessed with stoking conspiracies about his 2020 loss…. that now Tulsi Gabbard is taking part in raids on election facilities in Georgia.
What won’t she do to appease Trump’s fantasies?
What won’t she do to appease Trump’s fantasies?
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Donald Trump remains SO obsessed with stoking conspiracies about his 2020 loss…. that now Tulsi Gabbard is taking part in raids on election facilities in Georgia.
What won’t she do to appease Trump’s fantasies?
What won’t she do to appease Trump’s fantasies?
Reposted by Mark Scheland
More and more, day after day, it seems as if Donald Trump is trying to see how far he can go before Dems call for his empeachment. He wants to be a victim which he believes will bring back MAGAns who have left the fold.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 AM
More and more, day after day, it seems as if Donald Trump is trying to see how far he can go before Dems call for his empeachment. He wants to be a victim which he believes will bring back MAGAns who have left the fold.
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I keep hearing the same argument from MAGA:
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I keep hearing the same argument from MAGA:
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
"What about all the citizens murdered by illegals".
Then get a warrant and go arrest them!
Don't patrol the streets terrorizing everyone, arresting children at schools and US citizens because you don't know who to arrest. See the difference?
Reposted by Mark Scheland
January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Trump is going to rig the midterms.
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Trump is going to rig the midterms.
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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Families and educators now facing the hideous choice of letting kids be separated from parents or sending them into concentration camps with their mom or dad
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Families and educators now facing the hideous choice of letting kids be separated from parents or sending them into concentration camps with their mom or dad
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This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
Reposted by Mark Scheland
The Director of National Intelligence is a serious, taxpayer-funded position created after 9/11 to coordinate efforts to keep Americans safe.
Tulsi Gabbard is instead serving as Trump’s personal clown, chasing his lies and crackpot conspiracy theories.
This is a scandal.
Tulsi Gabbard is instead serving as Trump’s personal clown, chasing his lies and crackpot conspiracy theories.
This is a scandal.
New: Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, is leading an administration-wide effort to probe the 2020 election for fraud and regularly briefing Trump and top White House officials on her progress. Officials are discussing EOs on voting ahead of midterms.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud
The director of national intelligence earlier this week joined the FBI search of an election center in Georgia.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The Director of National Intelligence is a serious, taxpayer-funded position created after 9/11 to coordinate efforts to keep Americans safe.
Tulsi Gabbard is instead serving as Trump’s personal clown, chasing his lies and crackpot conspiracy theories.
This is a scandal.
Tulsi Gabbard is instead serving as Trump’s personal clown, chasing his lies and crackpot conspiracy theories.
This is a scandal.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Kristi Noem: "Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
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"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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FBI agents executed a search warrant on Wednesday for an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking to seize ballots in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to investigate a jurisdiction that Trump has continued to criticize over his 2020 defeat in the state.
F.B.I. Agents Search Georgia Election Center
F.B.I. agents searched a Fulton County, Ga., election center for ballots from 2020, escalating an investigation of a heavily Democratic jurisdiction the president has criticized over his defeat.
nyti.ms
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 AM
FBI agents executed a search warrant on Wednesday for an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, seeking to seize ballots in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to investigate a jurisdiction that Trump has continued to criticize over his 2020 defeat in the state.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
Reposted by Mark Scheland
It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. If the government can execute you on the street or in your own home on a whim, you have no rights. None.
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It doesn't matter what the Constitution says. If the government can execute you on the street or in your own home on a whim, you have no rights. None.
Reposted by Mark Scheland
The best available term is probably "paramilitary" -- and, in this case, as General Hertling points out, an undisciplined, poorly trained, paramilitary organization.
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined."
January 26, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The best available term is probably "paramilitary" -- and, in this case, as General Hertling points out, an undisciplined, poorly trained, paramilitary organization.
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Another pet peeve: Under Trump, the term "diplomat' has come to mean unqualified, ignorant hack.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
January 26, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Another pet peeve: Under Trump, the term "diplomat' has come to mean unqualified, ignorant hack.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.
It is like the way "patriot" has come to mean anti-American, pro-fascist bigot.
Orwellian double-speak is the official language of the Trump Administration.