There’s no way I could vote to give ICE more money. Let’s be clear: ICE is now one of the wealthiest law enforcement agencies in this country, and they continue to prove they are ineffective and unqualified. (1/2)

That’s a weird way to say “blew out all the veins on his right hand so now he has to use the left for the injections that we refuse to admit he’s getting”

This week, a jury found a former school police officer not guilty of abandoning or endangering children during the deadly 2022 Uvalde school shooting. Our 2023 documentary “Inside the Uvalde Response,” with @propublica.org and @texastribune.org, examined the chaotic response to the shooting.

Nothing was more apparent at Davos than the fact that the rest of the world is committed to moving into the future while the ancient, doddering, out-of-touch, slurring and weak President represented a USA determined to recapture the “glories” of a genocidal white supremacist imperialist past.

he’s literally rotting

JACK SMITH: “I have seen how the rule of law can erode. My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it.”

Always, always, always projection.

Frost: Any person who sees the president in his speeches blabbering incoherently knows that there is something bigger going on there.

remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures

Jack Smith: "I love my country & believe deeply in the core principles on which it was founded. For nearly 3 decades I've served as a career prosecutor in both Republican & Democrats administrations... I have no partisan loyalties. My career has been devoted to upholding the rule of law"

I can't even keep up with the lies in Jim Jordan's opening statement, but I find it interesting that he's complaining about toll record warrants obtained by a judge, while this administration has determined judicial warrants aren't needed to enter our homes.

At least…

Wealth effects are supporting consumer spending even as gains in real disposable income track weakness in hiring & stickiness in inflation. Real income gains have been effectively zero over the past 3-6m. A falling saving rate reflects that consumption is not being financed by labor income

Elon getting Jebbed, you say?

Uhh... not to be that guy but... I'm pretty sure the Titantic didn't, you know, "turn around."

James Cameron, on moving to New Zealand: @variety.com variety.com/2026/film/ne...

OHMYGOD MAKE IT STOP

Ok, well Drew is a proper journalist, so I am taking this as confirmation: bsky.app/profile/drew...

This is something where a) it would be really useful to get a traditional media source to provide credible confirmation, and b) to treat this as a major story. Because if it is real, we are looking at a new level of state propaganda, and if there is no pushback they will do it again.

National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation. Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.

There’s no reforming this

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6

This presidency feels like an abusive household.

ICE is detaining a 5 year old boy. If you get off on this, you’re a monster and don’t you dare pretend to worship God.

ICE descends on Maine. "[Gov. Janet] Mills said, ‘Look, Maine knows what good law enforcement looks like because our law enforcement are held to high professional standards.... they don’t wear a mask..., and they don’t arrest people in order to fill a quota.’” abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-launc...

Zohran Mamdani's hope to install bidets in his official residence reflects a growing acceptance among Americans of a tool that has long been unusual in the U.S.

The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation..."

The ravings of a madman. But I’m just worried, given this manic obsession with “fake” polls, whether he’s about to invade Polland. I’ll get my coat!

What are we doing?

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

From my hometown of Forest Lake: "Ice is working with Forest Lake police. Police are asking apartment complexes for access to buildings for 'possible medical emergencies' shortly after they requested that ice was in my building knocking on doors."

I cannot stress strongly enough that this is a direct quote.

absolutely

Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law

Even as ICE receives $170B in new funding, it has stopped paying for medical care for detainees — including life-saving medications, dialysis, and chemotherapy treatments. Remember: Over 70% of detainees have no criminal convictions. Cruelty on steroids.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

It’s called Femicide “This is the tip of the iceberg,” said Thibaudeau. “There are so many women facing intimate partner violence in our society and femicide is the ultimate price to pay.” Four women killed in #Quebec so far in 2026 💔 www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

And it’s also corrupting sport

America looks so stupid to the rest of the world, right now. If it weren't for the mass shootings, they'd probably think there were no schools here.

COLLINS: Did it stand out to you that he said Iceland multiple times when he was talking about Greenland? NEWSOM: And that every time a windmill turns it costs $1,000. A lot of stuff stands out. None of this is normal. There's a deviancy of consciousness. He's graded off the curve.

I Love Graffiti.

“Do me this favor: If you see headlines today proclaiming that the big takeaway from Trump’s speech was that he renounced the use of military force to take Greenland, ignore them. That’s not what actually happened.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Heartbreaking cruelty visited upon children in our name

1/21/2026 - Minneapolis Federal agents abduct two teenagers (15 & 16) from a doctor's appointment At one point, it appears an agent tases one of the children

Dehumanizing: ICE thought it would be jokey and a nod to Maine's nautical environment to call its attack on people in the state "Operation Catch of the Day." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/21/m...

After gassing a crowd, federal agents left a rifle magazine behind at Mueller Park. Crowd standing by, calling 911 for police to come retrieve it.

Breaking News: A federal judge ordered the government not to review materials seized during the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home.

state-sponsored child trafficking