📖 Today’s #PoliticsPA Playbook. Trump Endorses Garrity For Governor. Has Shapiro Done Enough For Sexual Abuse Survivors? Shapiro Cabinet Members Call ICE Actions An ‘Abuse of Power’

Borough in Trump friendly Lancaster County, Pa., is reconsidering its partnership with ICE:

The guy who shot the Portland cops turns out to be a long-time far-right chud type. Brawled with the proud boys, etc

This Robert Worth story on Minneapolis is essential in every way. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

Juan Sebastian Carvajal-Munoz, a Colombian civil engineer with a work visa was detained by ICE in Portland, ME. He earned a master’s degree from the University of Maine. Within 2 mins they smashed his car window, dragged him out and left the car there running. www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/m...

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social ... are there any good histories about how journalists and news orgs covered the civil rights era, with examples of courageous stands, cowardly both-sidesism and outright regime propaganda?

This Broncos backup seems to be pretty good

“ Left my home in Music City In the back of a limousine Now I'm doin' my own laundry And I'm gettin' those clothes clean Mmm “ Warren Zevon greatly missed … happy birthday #warrenzevon #songwriter #music://youtube.com/watch?v=RMTKb-pgxGI

Fun fact, gas masks were available for purchase at the last NRA convention I attended

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

USA 250 -- More Cowbell!

There’s been another Jan. 6 related firing at the FBI, three sources familiar tell me.

Investor group seeks to make Post-Gazette nonprofit www.axios.com/local/pittsb... - AXIOS Pittsburgh

Get your shovels ready! lancasteronline.com/news/local/t...

Something worth following: Pennsylvanians For Protecting Pharmacy Access – a coalition of pharmacists, patient advocates, health care providers + others – released a map of pharmacy deserts + recent closures across PA. Here's a look at the state's pharmacy deserts.

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional! ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

BREAKING: San Francisco Giants star Jung Hoo Lee has been detained by CBP at LAX. Pelosi's office says she is working to secure his release. www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giant...

A member of a cemetery preservation group says a Pennsylvania law could hamper efforts by Lancaster Airport to relocate human remains and grave markers found on airport property to make way for new hangars. lanc.news/4a6M7dx

Sure, I guess that's the takeaway from this speech.

Ed O'Keefe @edokeefe WHEELS UP (again): The replacement Air Force One, a smaller Boeing 757, was rolling for takeoff at 12:02am ET, per the White House pool report.

Trump’s AF1 plane returned to JBA due to minor electrical issue. Now their arrival to Zurich is delayed. Pool ⬇️

It's Taco Tuesday after all

AIR FORCE ONE LANDS AT JOINT BASE ANDREWS AFTER WHAT WHITE HOUSE CALLED A MINOR ELECTRICAL ISSUE

New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.

anyone ever hear of a "minor electrical issue" turning AF1 around before?

Watch this www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent The county's financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent. -- Allentown Morning Call

Stacy Garrity's attacks on political ambition are hypocritical, Democrats say wesa.fm/politics-gov... via @wesa.fm

Happy 96th birthday Buzz Aldrin. May you live to 200 and punch a moon landing denialist once for every candle on your cake.

Bucks County's representative in Congress also called the state of the FBI under Kash Patel "heartbreaking."

CTP issues Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) at Jan 19, 9:16 PM EST ...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST TUESDAY... via IEMbot Additional Details Here.

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

A good time to remind everyone of the Minnesota First. One of the earliest state militias to volunteer to fight in the Civil War—three years after joining the Union! Provided one of the essential turning points at Gettysburg. Took the flag of the Virginia regiment they captured AND STILL HAVE IT.

A law and order president: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

We fact-checked the first hearing of the GOP House committee re-investigating Jan. 6. At one point, a member suggested Biden was president during the riot - which would be impossible without time travel. www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...

This is amazing. PA farmer suicide rates have been high & deeply concerning—Corporate America and Trump cronies have forced their hands.

The Facts on the Vaccines the CDC No Longer Recommends for All Kids www.factcheck.org/2026/01/the-...

Senators Fetterman, Booker, and Baldwin are introducing the Credit Card Fairness Act, which would set an $8 cap on late fees that credit card issuers are allowed to charge consumers. www.fetterman.senate.gov/wp-content/u...

IRE strongly condemns the raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home by the FBI, purportedly in an effort to seize classified documents provided to the reporter as she investigates President Donald Trump’s administration.

Any other gmail users getting large amounts of spam today -- like way more than usual?

"Recording law enforcement is not illegal. It is not obstruction. It is a constitutionally-protected activity that district & appellate courts have affirmed." - @attorneynora.bsky.social @timkarr.bsky.social's latest on Pressing Issues on the right to record: pressingissues.org/recording-ic...

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

Future mayor

New today from @jaxonwhite.bsky.social lancasteronline.com/news/politic...

McKenzie Scott donates $45 million to the Trevor Project. The LGBTQ-supporting organization that works to prevent teen suicides lost $25 million in federal last year due to Trump. abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...