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“Smart people learn from every thing and every one; Average people from their experiences; Stupid people already have all the answers.” -Socrates
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“First Amendment Zones” are Orwellian nonsense of the same vintage as “homeland security”
BRENNAN: Noem called on your to set up a safe zone where protest would be contained. Is that something you're looking at?
JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully
JACOB FREY: First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You're allowed to protest so long as you're doing it peacefully
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 PM
“First Amendment Zones” are Orwellian nonsense of the same vintage as “homeland security”
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Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos
Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos
The tension between countries that call themselves allies is palpable going into this meeting.
cnb.cx
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Global week ahead: Hopes that cooler heads can prevail in Davos
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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just issued an executive order shutting down state police cooperation with Trump’s ICE immediately after taking office.
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger just issued an executive order shutting down state police cooperation with Trump’s ICE immediately after taking office.
Virginia’s first female governor sworn in today and bringing it!
“You are worried about policies that are hurting our communities...an administration that is gilding buildings while schools crumble, breaking the social safety net & sowing fear across our communities, betraying the values of who we are as Americans” - Spanberger bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide...
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Virginia’s first female governor sworn in today and bringing it!
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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:02 AM
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Pollster: Trump is making history in all the wrong ways when it comes to the economy. Net approval rating on the economy, -19 points. It is the lowest on record one year in a term.
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Pollster: Trump is making history in all the wrong ways when it comes to the economy. Net approval rating on the economy, -19 points. It is the lowest on record one year in a term.
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The UAW will ensure that our member receives the full protection of all negotiated contract language safeguarding his job and his rights as a union member.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The UAW will ensure that our member receives the full protection of all negotiated contract language safeguarding his job and his rights as a union member.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
Workers should never be subjected to vulgar language or behavior by anyone—including the President of the United States.
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Trump flips off a Ford employee after being called a “pedophile protector.” Thin-skinned and profoundly unpresidential.
January 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Trump flips off a Ford employee after being called a “pedophile protector.” Thin-skinned and profoundly unpresidential.
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“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“.. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, 'Where's your papers?' Is that what we've come to?"
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Trump is now signaling his next move. He will deport U.S. citizens he does not like.
January 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump is now signaling his next move. He will deport U.S. citizens he does not like.
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💥Good trouble in Arizona today. We can be a bit prickly. 🌵
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 PM
💥Good trouble in Arizona today. We can be a bit prickly. 🌵
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The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
Even the Harvard researcher was surprised by her findings…
The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Even the Harvard researcher was surprised by her findings…
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"Mark Kelly’s legal counsel has called it an unprecedented and dangerous overreach. From my professional military perspective, based on four decades of experience, I agree." ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3LzZI3H
Why Mark Kelly’s Case Matters
The action against him is unwarranted and could chill legitimate—and invaluable—public speech by veterans.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
"Mark Kelly’s legal counsel has called it an unprecedented and dangerous overreach. From my professional military perspective, based on four decades of experience, I agree." ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3LzZI3H
Powell: “This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.”
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Powell: “This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation.”
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Before Trump, law enforcement were trained to behave professionally. At a traffic stop they would start with words such as "Mam, may I see your drivers license and registration."
ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.
ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.
January 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Before Trump, law enforcement were trained to behave professionally. At a traffic stop they would start with words such as "Mam, may I see your drivers license and registration."
ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.
ICE evidently trains their goons to start a stop with screamed profanity, quickly followed by violence.
Judges, despite real fears for them and their families, don’t hide behind masks. So why ICE?
ICE Agents Routinely Mask Up When Seizing People—That's Wrong
A free society should not tolerate routine masking and other efforts to conceal identity by police arresting people on the street. Masking of ICE deportation agents fits into a wider Trump administrat...
www.cato.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Judges, despite real fears for them and their families, don’t hide behind masks. So why ICE?
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“The alarm was warranted. Everyone on the scene had witnessed the crossing of a crucial line in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation project: ICE had just killed an American citizen on American soil”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
“The alarm was warranted. Everyone on the scene had witnessed the crossing of a crucial line in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation project: ICE had just killed an American citizen on American soil”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The literal definition of a dictatorship.
January 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The literal definition of a dictatorship.
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Americans, be vigilant for, and resist how, the regime distorts language and thus tries to distort actual events, turning legal conduct into crimes.
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Americans, be vigilant for, and resist how, the regime distorts language and thus tries to distort actual events, turning legal conduct into crimes.
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
Watch for how "domestic terrorism" is being used to describe what is in fact "civil disobedience."
#Orwellwasright
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States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting
States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting
Legislators nationwide are advancing bills to curb immigration enforcement and limit cooperation with federal agents.
dlvr.it
January 11, 2026 at 12:03 PM
States move to rein in ICE after fatal Minnesota shooting
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The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
January 11, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.