1/30/2026- A MUST Watch! www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/ja...

Great point from @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social: The spectacle of ordinary people in Minneapolis courageously protecting each other from the ICE invasion is itself inspiring and contrasts powerfully with Miller/Bovino totalitarian cruelties. Check out this exchange: newrepublic.com/article/2058...

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

It's easy to get inured to this. But it's genuinely shocking. These are just untrained, hyped up hooligans terrorizing people.

"What is at stake is the soul of our nation." #Resist #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2026/01/28/t...

Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Bill Bramhall, NY Daily News

“Christians” worship a brown-skinned foreigner; who was a refugee in hiding as a child; commanded His true followers to welcome the stranger; and was later the victim of state violence. This part matters just a bit. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-fake-o.... Please click, read, subscribe.

Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune

Joe Biden telling you to wear a mask and get a vaccine was fascism. Paramilitary executing people in the streets needs some nuance though

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Treat the US government and ICE claims like you'd treat a Russian government claim after they've shot down an airliner or bombed a hospital. America 2026.

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

#MAGA…

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Important messaging. AOC seeks to stave off civil war. Might be useful to say that.

The fascists then - the fascists in America today - targeting children. How can any cop, lawyer, judge, public official go along with the sadism being inflicted on innocent people?

5 American prelates remind us how things are supposed to be www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-...

Swalwell: "My Republican colleagues are a joke. History will harshly judge them ... these guys are so lucky they're not under oath, because they would have to tell you what they really think of Trump. They call him crooked, they call him cruel, they call him a scumbag ... you're tiny, small."

Don’t know who made this but….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Hypocrisy at its finest… Calling JD Vance “pro-life” rings hollow when policies ignore the living. Pro-life means protecting mothers and children, supporting families, welcoming migrants, and opposing violence. You can’t defend life in theory while harming it in practice.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Donald Trump, his coconspirators, and supporters have a dream, too. They cannot exist in the same space, which means we have decisions to make: Who will we be? What will we stand for? Which dream will we choose? johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-wi...

What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

A felon who married an immigrant is telling a lot of y’all that the problems in this country all stem from felons and immigrants. But keep buying that stupid red hat that’s made in China.

Dave Mathews took time on his birthday today to speak out on ICE and the murder of Renee Nicole Good 🔥….HBD Dave! "Renee Nicole Good, murdered in the streets. He shot her three times in the head. Murdered in cold blood. These people are trying to tell us not to believe what we see. F*ck ICE"

Yup! Ty, @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social 🙏

This is the message.

When has Trump ever shown any morality? He is the seven deadly sins personified. (pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony, and sloth if you did not know). www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A prayer of lament I think accurately portrays a Christian in the United States at this time in history. By @deonkj.bsky.social

Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes never really happened, what’s left of democracy in that republic is already on life support… hartmannreport.com/p/the-deprav...

Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution

I wrote the guide you didn’t know you needed: Your cheat sheet on complicity for the people involved with Epstein (and the non-release of his files) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

Terrific

Why Trump's military action in Venezuela is consistent with "America First."

Typically when the US embarks on an illegal or dubiously legal regime change we use noble words about democracy, rule of law, spreading freedom, etc. to justify our actions. Trump has not done that. He offers few noble words as eulogistic covering. It's a crass power & oil grab, according to Trump.

Here we go~ it has taken too long for professional mental experts to come forth. We need many more of these announcements/analysis.

The banger: offerandpresent.substack.com/p/the-nativi...