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January 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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The man accused of squirting an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. https://to.pbs.org/49Wyr3G
What we're learning about the man arrested in the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar
Anthony Kazmierczak hadn't been formally charged or scheduled for an initial court appearance as of Wednesday morning.
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Don't fall for it, Senate Dems.
“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.”

newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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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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January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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I don’t understand why Trump has to threaten Iran again over their nuclear program when he angrily insisted months ago that international proliferation experts were wrong and he completely obliterated their program and set them back many years with his previous bombings.
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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I call them the TRUMP/EPSTEIN FILES in all my posts. Kinda like the Trump-Kennedy Center but more accurate.
January 27, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Humans are arrogant assuming only they are the smart ones on this planet, anyone else with a dog that cocks it's head and looks at us like we're morons understand how smart they really are.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
This Wolf Solved a Multi-Step Puzzle Scientists Thought Only Primates Could
The “Tool-Using” Wolf Seeing a gray wolf haul a crab trap out of the ocean looks like a scene from a science documentary that forgot its own rules. In a short video from Canada’s Pacific coast, a fema...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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A senior French government official said Monday the memory of the French soldiers who died in Afghanistan should not be tarnished following U.S. President Donald Trump's false assertion that troops from non-U.S. NATO countries avoided the front line during that war. https://to.pbs.org/49YnyOP
France honors soldiers who died in Afghanistan after Trump's false claim about NATO troops
A senior French government official said Monday the memory of the French soldiers who died in Afghanistan should not be tarnished following U.S. President Donald Trump's false assertion that troops fr...
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January 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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January 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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Today's front page on @lemonde.fr
January 27, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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DHS posted an image on X that it said showed a weapon carried by Alex Pretti, whom at least one federal agent shot and killed on Jan 24. Some social media users claimed it was a stock photo. Here's what our investigation found:
www.snopes.com/news/2026/01...
Did DHS post stock photo claiming it was Alex Pretti's gun? What we know
On X, the Department of Homeland Security posted a photo of a gun it said Pretti carried when he approached federal agents in Minneapolis.
www.snopes.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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January 27, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM