Mark Tanis
@marktheshark.bsky.social
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cover of The Economist this week
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
cover of The Economist this week
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North Carolina election officials are considering a plan to flag voters as “presumptive noncitizens” and potentially strike them from the state’s voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina weighs investigating ‘presumptive noncitizens’ in latest attack on voting
Republicans took control of the board last year, installing a GOP majority and immediately replacing the long-time, nonpartisan director with a party political operative.
www.democracydocket.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:46 PM
North Carolina election officials are considering a plan to flag voters as “presumptive noncitizens” and potentially strike them from the state’s voter rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”
The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 AM
“As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.”
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Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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FUKUYAMA: “.. I would liken Donald Trump to a ten-year-old boy who has discovered a flame thrower in his parents’ backyard, and has come to realize that he can burn up anything he wants with it. He’s now actively looking for other things he can set on fire.”
www.persuasion.community/p/after-davo...
www.persuasion.community/p/after-davo...
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 PM
FUKUYAMA: “.. I would liken Donald Trump to a ten-year-old boy who has discovered a flame thrower in his parents’ backyard, and has come to realize that he can burn up anything he wants with it. He’s now actively looking for other things he can set on fire.”
www.persuasion.community/p/after-davo...
www.persuasion.community/p/after-davo...
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I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.
NEW: These are ICE agents removing evidence from the shooter's home. They are not DOJ, they are Jonathan Ross's friends and coworkers, not DOJ.
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
This agent removing Ross's personal computer was reported yesterday Jan 9 for boxing in a volunteer and telling them "I'll dedicate my next arrest to you"
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I broke the story yesterday that masked ICE agents (not DOJ) were removing items including a personal computer from the home of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Good. I have yet to see a single news outlet cover this or an elected official even acknowledge it.
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NEW: Is Greenland next?
After Trump’s strike on Venezuela, some Europeans think he may now act upon his desire for Greenland
And that, which could spell the end of NATO, might happen without any military force - and perhaps with just a Truth Social post www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
After Trump’s strike on Venezuela, some Europeans think he may now act upon his desire for Greenland
And that, which could spell the end of NATO, might happen without any military force - and perhaps with just a Truth Social post www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Is Greenland Next?
After Venezuela, Europeans think Trump may actually be serious.
www.theatlantic.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 AM
NEW: Is Greenland next?
After Trump’s strike on Venezuela, some Europeans think he may now act upon his desire for Greenland
And that, which could spell the end of NATO, might happen without any military force - and perhaps with just a Truth Social post www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
After Trump’s strike on Venezuela, some Europeans think he may now act upon his desire for Greenland
And that, which could spell the end of NATO, might happen without any military force - and perhaps with just a Truth Social post www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Venezuela launches wave of repression after US seizure of Nicolás Maduro
Armed militias patrol the streets and journalists arrested as government crackdown on dissent widens
giftarticle.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Venezuela’s government is arresting journalists and sending paramilitary forces to suppress anyone who is too happy about Maduro's removal
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted an image of Greenland covered with an American flag and the caption “SOON.”
January 4, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Katie Miller, wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted an image of Greenland covered with an American flag and the caption “SOON.”
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This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 AM
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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European leaders are getting closer and closer to getting it. Its not a question of if Trump will betray Ukraine--its a question of when.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Macron warned US could ‘betray’ Ukraine in leaked leaders’ call, Spiegel reports
According to a transcript obtained by the German outlet, Europe rallied around Volodymyr Zelenskyy and sharply criticized Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
European leaders are getting closer and closer to getting it. Its not a question of if Trump will betray Ukraine--its a question of when.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
New threats from Trump:
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
The president just endorsed a post reading, "Go get all those traitorous sons of bitches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communists should be impeached and prosecuted."
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Listen, Trump. Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt.
America deserves better.
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can't believe rfk jr wants to stop me from eating red M&Ms but he'll eat *** out of an ****
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
can't believe rfk jr wants to stop me from eating red M&Ms but he'll eat *** out of an ****
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You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
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I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
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ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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"No Kings is happening, and this is how Republicans are talking about it.
Accusations like 'terrorist wing,' 'pro-Hamas,' and 'Antifa' aren’t just insults. They’re phrases that unlock, in the view of the administration, a permission structure for state violence."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...
Accusations like 'terrorist wing,' 'pro-Hamas,' and 'Antifa' aren’t just insults. They’re phrases that unlock, in the view of the administration, a permission structure for state violence."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...
Trump’s Guilt-By-Association Law Enforcement
The groundwork has been laid to go after innocent people, opposition groups, and even No Kings protesters.
www.thebulwark.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"No Kings is happening, and this is how Republicans are talking about it.
Accusations like 'terrorist wing,' 'pro-Hamas,' and 'Antifa' aren’t just insults. They’re phrases that unlock, in the view of the administration, a permission structure for state violence."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...
Accusations like 'terrorist wing,' 'pro-Hamas,' and 'Antifa' aren’t just insults. They’re phrases that unlock, in the view of the administration, a permission structure for state violence."
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-guil...
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Per WSJ, the Trump regime and Bannon are bragging they’re “ruling Congress with an iron fist” and that it is “largely ceremonial” like the Russian Duma.
Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Per WSJ, the Trump regime and Bannon are bragging they’re “ruling Congress with an iron fist” and that it is “largely ceremonial” like the Russian Duma.
Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Shameful. Not what the founders intended. 🇺🇸 @MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @AndyOgles
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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October 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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it would be so cheap, comparatively, to stand up a bunch of local newspapers that both do actual journalism and pump broadly liberal and pro democratic themes into local discourse
they would lose money but you could really work on making them lose money sustainably
they would lose money but you could really work on making them lose money sustainably
“why do all the Trump billionaires spent all their time buying media outlets” say rich liberals
“oh well! probably nothing to see here, now to take a big sip of coffee and donate 50 million dollars to a Dem superPAC”
“oh well! probably nothing to see here, now to take a big sip of coffee and donate 50 million dollars to a Dem superPAC”
October 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
it would be so cheap, comparatively, to stand up a bunch of local newspapers that both do actual journalism and pump broadly liberal and pro democratic themes into local discourse
they would lose money but you could really work on making them lose money sustainably
they would lose money but you could really work on making them lose money sustainably
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In a dramatic sign of eroding support in the US, 61% of American Jews now say that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza and 39% say it is guilty of genocide, according to @washingtonpost.com poll. Naftali Bendavid @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds
Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In a dramatic sign of eroding support in the US, 61% of American Jews now say that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza and 39% say it is guilty of genocide, according to @washingtonpost.com poll. Naftali Bendavid @sfcpoll.bsky.social @emgusk.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Spot the North-American anomaly: only region where social media use is still growing.
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”
October 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Spot the North-American anomaly: only region where social media use is still growing.
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”