Jesus Christ. The "pivot" lasted about 15 minutes. Arresting a black journalist under the Ku Klux Klan Act for covering a pro-immigration protest at a Christian nationalist church led by an ICE officer is the perfect encapsulation of this administration's authoritarianism, racism, and trolling.

24 hours later: Trump has two journalists arrested

Pew survey of 8,512 US adults Jan 20-26: Trump approval is 37%. 27% say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans – down from 35% a year ago. "That change has come entirely from Republicans." 1/2 www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

AKA "Look what you made me do"

All Americans owe a debt to the demonstrators in Minnesota, especially the two who made the ultimate sacrifice. They stood up for the rule of law, the United States’ most precious possession. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... #txlege

"Rep. Frost Punched by Man Who Allegedly Said Trump Will Deport Him" truthout.org/articles/rep... "Experts warned that Trump’s hateful language against immigrants and nonwhite people would lead to violence. The attack comes as the right is increasingly and openly embracing white nationalism."

A poll in Ireland has found that almost half of the public, 47%, believe Micheál Martin should not travel to meet with Donald Trump. www.irishcentral.com/news/politic...

National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union in the U.S. has demanded the abolition of ICE after a federal agent shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti on Saturday, joining a rapidly growing chorus calling for Congress to do away with the rogue agency.

I could never be a politician because I could never have a calm, reasonable conversation with idiots.

So much of this regime's playbook recycles Kremlin tactics and rhetoric.

I’m not surprised when America votes for unqualified candidates but I never expected that we would vote for an idiot with severe mental health issues.

He goes on to describe one of his officers being stopped when she was off-duty solely because she's non-white, harassed by ICE goons who slapped her phone out of her hand as she tried to record, only to be let go when she finally revealed she was a cop.

"America has adopted Putinism as its modus operandi for foreign affairs. So tell me: Why would America not also adopt Putinism in its domestic affairs?" Read @jvl.bsky.social's latest Triad, only @thebulwark.com. Warning: it's dark. www.thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...

Why did the U.S. launch a raid on Venezuela and kidnap Maduro? “They stole our oil,” Trump told reporters. Perhaps his most entrenched belief is that everything he wants—Greenland, the Nobel Prize, a woman—belongs to him." www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin is rubbing his hands vigorously together and laughing maniacally every few minutes.

The spiritual leadership of Trump's youth movement assembles in Miami.

This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all

The world is absolutely insane. It's been confirmed. Certifiable. Insane. Completely insane. www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.

Protesters chanted 'Greenland is not for sale' and marched to the US embassy in Copenhagen in show of solidarity with residents of Arctic island.

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

ICE/CBP is following school busses now. My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.

In a further break down of U.S. fiscal policy Trump is now operating overseas slush accounts for what is essentially public money.

"23 politicians from Labour, the Lib Dems, Green Party & Plaid Cymru have signed a motion, external in parliament, calling on international sporting bodies to consider expelling the U.S. from major international competitions, including the World Cup." www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

If you wreck the Fed I don’t think you’re going to like what it looks like on the other side.

Composer John Luther Adams leaves the U.S. "The relentless commercialisation, rising tides of xenophobia, the strident acrimony of social discourse, the violence, and the increasingly hysterical tenor of life in the USA have simply worn us down." slippedisc.com/2026/01/top-...

The night I saw Miles Davis play in New Haven, Connecticut. open.substack.com/pub/wmmckenn...

"We should be deeply fearful about what pouring $200 billion of combustible rocket fuel on our immigration enforcement will do to our country." Harrowing words from @vermontgmg.bsky.social in July of last year: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump "has a very long track record of betraying people who he's negotiated deals with, not honoring his commitments, & exploiting those around him. I really see zero benefits to Greenlandic people other than a very temporary boost to their self esteem.” www.politico.eu/article/dona...

‘I Wanted Maduro Gone – But Not Like This’ Joy, relief, fear, and doubt ripple through New York’s Venezuelan community as U.S. military intervention reshapes both their homeland and their legal future. documentedny.com/2026/01/05/i...

"Constellis Holdings, which traces its roots to Erik Prince's mercenary firm Blackwater, landed an ICE contract as a bounty hunter." theintercept.com/2026/01/03/b...

I was going through old newspapers this morning and totally forgot about this story. Yes, Trump wakes up every morning and his first thought is... "who can I piss off today?" Headline: "Trump orders removal of park exhibits about slavery" - WaPo 09/16/25

You gotta give credit to Trump for one thing. He’s the first American president to admit that U.S. National Security interests are all about oil.

This would require attacking a member of NATO, of course. Which makes Vance’s comments about France and Britain being potential threats to the U.S. all the more alarming.

Also, notably, a war Trump could have served in but worked hard to dodge.

Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this. How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?

So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago. And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.

Does Trump know?

When Chinese research submarines this summer traveled thousands of feet beneath the #Arctic ice, it sent a chilling message to the US and its allies. If #Russia's dominance in the high north wasn't enough, #China is becoming more aggressive as well. Our story: www.wsj.com/world/china-...

I'm gonna have to blow up part of one of my palaces to make Donald believe my latest lie

What would you want to do if you had a corrupt, narcissistic idiot running your company the way that America is being run?

We must redact the names of men who hobnobbed with Epstein to protect their reputations. We must also redact the names of public officials who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal to protect their reputations. But in the interest of accountability and transparency, here's a ton of photos of Bill Clinton!

The FBI got a complaint in 1996 that Jeffrey Epstein had nude photos of young girls, a document shows. The woman who made it feels redeemed. bit.ly/4pQk6MX

I just left my favorite bookstore in Washington DC and then immediately came across one of my favorite fictional characters. Meet Dr. Watson!

When Donald Trump wakes up in the morning, his first thought is NOT how he can help the American people. His first thought is who he can piss off today. It gives him great joy. Meanwhile, there are people like @ricksteves.bsky.social who buys a hygiene center for the unhoused in his community.

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

“Feels like putting your name on someone else’s gravestone." wtop.com/dc/2025/12/l...

Dear News Media, Could you please stop doing the both-sides two-step during an ongoing national crisis? Or is this madness entertainment for you?