Civic polarization is facilitated by our media ecosystem, in which disinformation and conspiracy theories are empowered to spread freely. The new Upriver Press book "Overcoming Information Chaos" addresses our collective plight and how to respond. Coming soon! www.upriverpress.com/home/overcom...

Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:

"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”

In short: don’t let the absence of the words “Insurrection Act” fool you. Trump has authorized the deployment of troops anywhere in the country where protests against ICE activity might occur. That is a huge red flag for democracy in the United States. 19/19

"Today, we face a crisis greater than Watergate.

Are we up to dealing with it?

We’re going to find out."

www.thebulwark.com/p/more-dange...

“President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to put America First, just proposed the wildest and most improbable intervention by the United States in overseas affairs since the invasion of and occupation of Iraq,” writes @jonlemire.bsky.social: theatln.tc/lLhsbF44

‘A Betrayal, a Mockery’: Police Express Outrage Over Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons ... GOOD, now demand Rs condemn. hold Trump responsible if these people commit other crimes. And stop supporting felons for president. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

An executive order cannot supersede a statute. Congress has found ByteDance a danger to national security and SCOTUS has upheld it. Trump’s job as of noon tomorrow is to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” That means enforcing the ban until ByteDance sells TikTok.

THREAD: Let's walk through some of the serious/potentially unethical/signs of manipulation/conflict of interest that have already been identified by lawyers/crypto experts re $Trump-the memecoin the Trump family cyrpto created on Friday. First, here's our latest story www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!

www.benschilaty.com/post/i-worke...

It really is such masculine energy to blame things on a woman who no longer works at the company www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/u...

Watching the Hegseth hearings, I keep hearing GOP committee members and Hegseth say young people don’t love the country anymore, and that there is too much “wokeness.” It is possible to be critical of one’s country AND also love it. 1/2

“Winning, said several staffers from offices less inclined to light Hegseth up, would mean not leaning in on the rape allegations and instead creating space to oppose him on grounds that Republicans can also oppose him on.”

That’s a hell of a sentence.

nymag.com/intelligence...

Several of the president-elect’s top picks to lead his government, including Pete Hegseth, have been accused of sexual misconduct.

The 19th is pulling together allegations of sexual assault and harassment against Trump's Cabinet-level picks:

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

The intelligence community once believed that “Havana syndrome” was not the work of a U.S. adversary. It’s no longer so simple, @shaneharris.bsky.social reports.

Breaking news: A federal judge in Florida has cleared the way for the release as early as Tuesday of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on his investigations into alleged election interference by President-elect Donald Trump.

This is a really important piece about how the internet has become a justification machine, giving people the fuel to believe whatever they want to believe, despite reality. I highly recommend it.