Planning for cousins' visit from EU and went to reserve days at Yosemite only to be reminded that it really isn't possible for most non-US-residents to see this natural wonder because the hateful Trump put a $100 add-on entrance fee for non-US folks. He so deserves Most Pathetic Diktater Award.

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social discusses how Thiel, Musk et al have taken over the UK govt data--and our US personal data too. Recall how Doge took over the IRS? Palantir has all our data now, along with US military and ICE and other govt. surveillance contracts. WTAF?!

A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:

The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong. The goal of #NonviolentCivilResistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself. We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.

Gripping piece on that Part of Project 2025 to trap women into financial dependence on a husband in part to deliver and raise more children. Ladies, they are coming for our bodies and our minds! Trump’s War on Higher Ed Is an Attack on Women newrepublic.com/article/2058... via @newrepublic.com

Musk and Thiel are the loud ideologues, but Bezos and Zuckerberg are the indispensable enablers. They are the infrastructure of the new fascism. Whether through cowardice or greed, they have done almost as much to dismantle democracy. Stop giving them a pass

Thanks, Steffani!

Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."

“It is our duty to become the welcoming & tolerant society that our own relatives would have hoped to find on the other side of our borders…Not many governments agree w/regularizing migrants today. But more people do than we often assume” -Spain’s prime minister making the rare pro-immigration case:

WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one? BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000

His job is to destroy the United States

This email between Epstein and JD Vance’s tech oligarch benefactor Peter Thiel where they plan to “collapse” society to create investment opportunities for themselves seems… not great (They also met with the UN ambassador to Russia together)

Rep. Jason Crow: "Trump wants to gauge people's reaction. He'll float these trial balloons about stopping elections or changing elections or taking control of elections…So what's important for me and others to do is to call it out, say it's unacceptable, it's un-American."

Truly remarkable news from China - solar power capacity will surpass coal power capacity this year. The world's largest emitter, and likely where the world's climate fate will be decided, is now driving the global clean energy transition. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Riffing off Brendan's method of juxtaposition in this awesome report, I'd like to offer another comparison: Food assistance cuts versus new funding for DHS in the "Big Beautiful Bill" Republicans cut food assistance by $187 billion while providing $191 billion in funding for DHS

A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent. Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.

💥Viktor Orbán had what no one else before: a lasting supermajority in parliament and—thanks to EU funds—more money to develop Hungary than at any time in a century. The result after 16 years: a failing economy and disastrous public services. 🎬 Direkt36's new documentary, The Trap, is out soon!

I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.

🇺🇸 The U.S. is actively dismantling its own soft power

ICE pistol whips a 16 yr old with his hands up

In an ideal world, Miroslav Lajčák's resignation as foreign security adviser, following the release of the latest DOJ Epstein files, would signal the beginning of the collapse of the Russian operation to influence Western political and power circles. spectator.sme.sk/politics-and...

I am going to say it again: @jamellebouie.net is one of the most important voices in America. Here (in 2 parts), he nails what is missing in our immigration debate: namely, the overwhelming evidence that immigration is GOOD, for the economy, our country, & our communities. Very timely, on point 🤔🙌🏻

Report of Change of tactics.

1/ They call it immigration reform, but that’s a lie. 23 warehouses, 76,500 new beds, zero judges, no courts. They’re not processing people, they’re stockpiling them. This is mass detention on an industrial scale. We’ve seen this in history before. Never Again should still be Never Again 😡

Children are watching ICE terrorize their neighborhoods & schools 😢 The emotion & talent in this young boy

Did you know baby shampoo is mild enough, when used with water, to rinse eyes if they've been sprayed? Like when walking on or around ICE? We need to be careful and listen to this ophthalmologist about pepper spray. #ProudBlue 📹: drglaucomflecken/TT (a.k.a. Dr. William Flannary)

Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...

A song to buoy and inspire our resistance because, man, we are tired but we will not back down!

They took healthcare away from 15 million Americans for this.

This is exactly what I’m saying. The Philadelphia district attorney, Larry Krasner. 👇

This administration isn't waiting for SCOTUS to decide in summer to reverse birthright citizenship. Trump and Miller are already doing it.

Thank you for sharing, Hannah and God bless your Oma who has to bear witness to this again. We will not let the evil go that far this time.

A federal judge dismissed DOJ’s attempt to seize Oregon’s voter file — a win for voter privacy and free and fair elections. The state’s voter file includes highly sensitive personal information such as driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers. Read more here: 1/3

While you’re reading this Ukrainian air defense is shooting down Russian drones attacking Kyiv suburbs. Of what we call here, just a usuals Tuesday .

ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live stateline.org/2026/01/20/i...

STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE

Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont

I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.

Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see. Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him. It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

This clip is one of the reasons why the White House didn’t want Gov. Gavin Newsom to speak at Davos

Carney is right. Sadly, nobody who enjoys the relative peace, freedoms and rights they currently have (even though these are not equitable, optimal or uniform) is going to like what comes next from the future oppressors.

This.

Lately there has been a lot of people on BlueSky demanding that Americans to go turn violent on ICE agents. I’m sure that some of them are genuinely just frightened and misguided. But some of them are actively trying to insight violence because that is what is called for in project 2025.

There is no strategy www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Zelenskyy: In the coming days, we must remain extremely vigilant—Russia has prepared for a massive strike and is waiting for the moment to carry it out. Please pay close attention to air raid alerts. Every region must be ready to respond quickly and support our people.