Today’s legacy news orgs, now controlled by RW billionaires, wouldn’t give MLK the time of day

Gotcha questions Axios should ask 2028 Republicans: -Point to Venezuela on a map. -Are tariffs tax hikes on consumers? -Elon Musk's Grok created child pornography, will you refuse or return donations from him? -Should post-pubescent boys be banned from playing on sports teams with prepubescent boys?

This is a very big deal. And Powell is a mensch. If democracy survives, he should get a presidential medal of freedom.

My god.

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Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s “border czar,” said Thursday that he is pushing to create a database that would publicly name and shame people protesting the administration’s anti-immigration enforcement push. www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-ho...

Multiple polls make it clear that Americans don't want ICE in their communities. It's time for the Trump administration to focus on what working families need: Lower costs, access to healthcare and education, and opportunities for a better life. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...

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That's SO UNFAIR! She gets an extra $500 to get her face "vandalized."

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What an international embarrassment: Trump taking a non-transferable peace prize as a bribe, that came to him ironically by virtue of his military coup. What a fool!

Washington Post - Medical Examiner reportedly believes ICE detainees cause of death was homicide: wapo.st/49FW4NG

BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

North Carolinians are being forced to drop coverage — not choosing to — because costs just keep going up. You should be able to afford health care.

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The signs of possible life among Senate Republicans were apparently just a spasm. Nothing more. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

As opposed to say, shooting them on the face three times?

It's beginning: Duke Energy has filed the first permits for a potential new nuclear power plant in North Carolina up in Stokes county. Duke Energy is now hiking NC ratepayers' bills to pay for this potential plant's development in advance, whether or not anything actually gets built.

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Four migrants died while in custody of U.S. immigration authorities over the first 10 days of 2026, while at least 30 people died in ICE custody in 2025. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-cu...

“People are not sleeping, children are afraid, and it just fills everything these days. And we can’t really understand it,” Nathanielsen said at a meeting with lawmakers in Britain’s Parliament. www.huffpost.com/entry/greenl...

Star Trek is about values that Elon Musk actively demonizes.

2026 isn't off to an encouraging start with the NC General Assembly. Not only was there no vote this week for a desperately needed budget, there likely won't be one until April at the earliest. #ncpol #ncga https://youtube.com/shorts/VlcffA64XZM?si=LaycMEVZgk14BhSQ

“Of those infected in the widening outbreak, the vast majority were unvaccinated.” apple.news/AaKZtzjAmQ2u...

I have cosponsored @robinkelly.house.gov's Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Noem. This is the minimum Congress should be doing to protect our communities—we cannot allow ICE’s reign of terror to continue.

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I support NYC's striking nurses. They are fighting for adequate staffing levels, workplace safety and fair pay. As of 2021 94 percent of Nurses in NYC were female. If that weren't the case I doubt they'd have to fight this hard for any of this.

In Memory of Renee Good open.substack.com/pub/randirho...

If you identify deepfake content of yourself, screen grab it and report it immediately. www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-m...

GM will lose another $6 billion as a result of its decision to pull back on electric cars — on top of a $1.6 billion charge it disclosed in October www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/b...

Renee Good’s last words were to ICE agent Jonathan Ross: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Then Ross shot Renee three times in the face. As she was dying, his last words to her were: “Fucking bitch.” And JD Vance thought that exchange exonerated ICE. That says it all.

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Oops. “US citizens in Venezuela should leave the country immediately… “There are reports of groups of armed militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence of US citizenship or support for the United States.”

Makes sense 🤔

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Just what a rapist would say

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

The Trump administration announced that it will withdraw the US from dozens of international organizations and bodies associated with the UN www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Protests formed in many parts of NC in the aftermath of ICE murdering a woman in Minnesota this week. Many large crowds are expected in cities and towns across the country on Saturday. #ncpol #nc #protest #iceoutforgood

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities —Voltaire

That’s what NATO is for, dumb Donald.

"2025’s payroll employment gain of 584,000 marks the worst year outside of a recession since 2003. The payroll gain in 2024 was nearly quadruple that, totaling two million..." www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-k...

ICE has a body count

"If for US she arose, Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief, Crouches OUR POWER, The HOWL where WE begin..." - Amanda Gorman, Poet BETTER AMERICA: HOWL LOUDER...

Public pressure has successfully forced 17 House Republicans to vote for the Democratic bill to save ACA tax credits, lower insurance prices, and begin undoing the damage to millions of household budgets. It now goes to the Senate. None of the 10 NC Republicans voted yes. #ncpol

As you can see from this video, Renee Nicole Good clearly turned her wheels AWAY from ICE Agent Jonathan Ross prior to him killing her. Who the hell says "FUCKING BITCH" after shooting her in the head three times??

Guess who was president both times?

Ah. So if you don’t count all the jobs lost, the jobs numbers look pretty good.