POTUS likes military spectacle whether or not it makes any sense. After all, the US just TLAMed sand in Nigeria on Christmas. And he's feeling emboldened after the raid into Venezuela. So I don't completely discount another possible round of B-2 strikes on Iran.

This week: we execute a U.S. citizen. Next week: we take over elections to stop “fraud.” It's so transparent what's going on here.

This is the second time in three months a DHS agent called a US citizen a "bitch" as he shot her. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...

Once again the absolute dumbest people you and I know will be downright gleeful about this. Disgraceful.

We are the power.

We the People will not sit by while our communities are terrorized and violence goes unanswered. Find a peaceful protest or vigil this weekend to demand accountability for ICE’s horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good: www.mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913... #ICEOutForGood (video via NBC10 Philadelphia)

Remember when they fired rubber bullets at protesters and gassed them so he could do a photo-op at a church holding up a book he's never read?

I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building. Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained. The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.

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Unhinged ICE Nazi threatens citizen simply for filming them.

Allowing the executive branch to arbitrarily defund individual states would, in effect, unravel the Union itself. But that's where the US is right now.

Trump is clearly not well. At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.

I’m watching elections this Tuesday (yup, it never ends). One is a rare GOP pick-up opportunity, in a CT district Harris carried by single digits. The second is an Alabama special election the GOP is defending. The third is the start of a Florida special DeSantis tried delaying. Details here!

This is in apparent fulfillment of a Trump directive to "destroy Tim Walz," Minnesota's governor. "Immigration enforcement" is a pretext for visiting a maximum amount of violence, brutality and economic damage on the state of Minnesota and its people. bsky.app/profile/will...

St. Louis officials are warning residents that several monkeys may be on the loose "This is the first time we've had a situation dealing with monkeys at large in the city of St. Louis”

Looks like the judge is feeling the spooky vibes! 🩸🐦‍⬛🩸 Blood of Crow has been selected for the shortlist of the @unchartedmag.bsky.social‘s What the Wild Carries contest! Totally honored to have made it this far with my short, bloody story. 💙📚✍️ #writing #horrorwriters @writingcommunity.bsky.social

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

The American First people are obsessed with domestic policy decisions made by foreign governments. I guess we don’t have any issues here in the US to work on.

China is closing in on US technology lead despite constraints, AI researchers say reut.rs/49qDM2U

“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity… each of us independently reached the decision to resign in protest of the actions of an administration that treats science not as a process for building knowledge, but as a means to advance its political agenda.”

I think common denominator is Jabba the Hutt-like hoarding. From the files in the bathroom to our attention, he hoards it all; never enough, for psychological reasons that I can’t fathom & political reasons like NEVER-enforced laws/consequences. Each crime feeds him & advances his courtiers’ agenda

Messages emerging from the clerical-IRGC regime in Tehran send an unequivocal message that they understand they have lost control of the country, and they will now retreat to protect military infrastructure—while using lethal force against the protesters. Not a formula with much prospect of success.

NEW: Ballot initiatives are a lifeline for enacting progressive policies, and Republicans know this. GOP officials nationwide are now coordinating a sweeping campaign to shut down direct democracy, making it harder for voters to have a voice. https://bit.ly/4jxAnnz

This year’s flu season really is bad—and well within the bounds of just how awful the seasonal flu can be, @katherinejwu.com reports.

11/ We analyzed months of flight tracking data to determine just how many planes flew in or near areas at risk after each of SpaceX’s launch failures. This is what we found:

9/ In public remarks, Musk has downplayed the risk posed by the failed Starship launches. To caption a video of flaming debris in January, he wrote: “Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!”

3/ The FAA kept the Jan. 16 debris zone active for 86 minutes, leaving some flights in a holding pattern. “We haven’t got enough fuel,” one pilot with 283 people aboard told the controller. They would have to cross through the debris zone.

Jan. 16, 2025: A SpaceX Starship rocket explodes over the Caribbean. Suddenly, dozens of planes in the area must scramble to get out of a newly designated FAA "debris zone." Their passengers are now unwitting participants in a test run gone wrong. (THREAD)

Europe's Far Right talk a lot about free speech but what do they really mean? @martinbright.bsky.social attended a conference in Brussels to find out more www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/01/the-...

The president talked about the future of Venezuela, potential land strikes in Mexico, and international law in two separate interviews with the New York Times and Fox News.

It is now...or never. I choose now.

What does the Donroe doctrine have to do with the Monroe doctrine? Basically nothing whatsoever. The Monroe doctrine was designed to promote the independence and self governance of Latin America by keeping the erstwhile colonial powers at bay. Donroe is all about exploitation and plunder.

A profile of Greenland's prime minister and his efforts to keep a predatory and also mentally unhinged Donald Trump at bay, while preparing his people to resist a military invasion and occupation. www.ft.com/content/68a1...

Tonight Minnesotans stood together to honor the life of Renee Nicole Good.

One of Trump & Bovino’s ICE goons points his gun at unarmed protestors

yeah they’re just grabbing random people at bus stops there is absolutely no attempt to even give the pretense that this is about immigration anymore. it is absolutely just a military occupation

This is real and it is happening.

Portland, OR - vigil tomorrow to grieve and rage, 4pm at Schrunk plaza. We know that nobody in PDX, across the us, and around the world should be assaulted or killed by ICE, border Patrol, or other parts of the us death machine. Join us

Amy Klobuchar: "There are now more ICE agents in Minnesota than there are police officers combined in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So they are outnumbering our own local police officers out on the streets."

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

While some unions are protesting Trump's attack on Venezuela, 4 US unions are working with the Trump Admin to demand that all oil imported from Venezuela be imported on American-flagged ships. The move would eliminate the jobs of workers in Venezuela paydayreport.com/u-s-unions-d...

Giving up in advance is exactly what authoritarians want you to do. Because they know that giving up gives them more power that they don't actually have. They're counting on people's apathy and nihilism to help them. Doomerism is not helpful.

You don't have to win. Just don't lose. A second referendum on independence looms, but there are questions about the first... bookshop.org/p/books/bast...

Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.

DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism

One of the beauties of writing is that language is so subtle. You might think that 'I apologise' means the same as 'I'm sorry'. But just try switching the two next time you're at a funeral.