“Illinois is investigating claims that the landlord of a South Shore building at the center of a widely publicized immigration raid last year tipped off federal agents in an attempt to intimidate the residents out of the building.” chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01...

“The autopsy listed the cause of death as ‘asphyxia due to neck and torso compression.’ The report also described injuries Mr. Lunas Campos had sustained to his head and neck, including burst blood vessels in the front and side of the neck, as well as on his eyelids.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...

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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence. This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.

Attn news commentators: Trump saying he could use force to obtain Greenland but won’t is not Trump saying he won’t use force to obtain Greenland. It is Trump using force as a threat to obtain Greenland. That is why he mentions it.

This is unfortunately the best indicator of news like this because the people who would know are also the people who'd bet on it. Everything is grift and get rich quick schemes, remember

It's hard not to think back to all the people who said "he won't do that" as Trump is now destroying NATO and threatening to seize another country.

Yes. The right's "social cohesion" claim is empirically wrong, and immigration creates new forms of solidarity. As I argued in our big Stephen Miller piece, if immigrants really eroded social bonds, Miller wouldn't have to lie constantly about their social effects: newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Asked if we can take it for granted that the US is an ally of Europe, he says “unfortunately, not”. “I would like to confirm that they are an ally, but then they have to behave like an ally.”

“The humanities simply don’t fit a corporate model because they are just not monetizable in the same way the sciences or even the social sciences are. And the deeper reason they’re coming under attack is that free thought and rigorous, free inquiry is dangerous to executive power.”

So, is Trump losing? It’s the wrong question to ask. One problem with the “Trump is losing” framework is that it tends to underestimate how quickly things could get out of hand. With this regime, ideology and ineptitude constantly conspire to make escalation almost inevitable.

He also says that during a recent meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, the US representatives said they didn’t want to take sides on the Russia-Ukraine war. from live coverage of Davos in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

Renee Good tried this tactic. Smiling, “I’m not mad at you bro” Didn’t work.

I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.

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The first line to the most gripping tale you will read On Here today:

New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice. ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate www.404media.co/ices-facial-...

Here's our story @taskandpurpose.com on NORAD going out of its way to stress aircraft heading to Greenland are on a routine mission. taskandpurpose.com/news/norad-g...

“Trump’s stance is consistent with a worldview that rejects sovereignty, rights, law, and related concepts, where there’s no such thing as legitimate claims to land, and ownership is exclusively a question of force.”

Excellent piece about Trump’s bizarre letter to Norway. Well worth a read.

this is a narrow bugbear of mine but many of the pre-WWI peace-thru-trade people were clear-eyed about the actual risks of war. the whole of Angell's The Great Illusion is basically "Great Power war would be insanely economically destructive yet most European leaders are dumb enough to pursue it"

"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him."

Tracking Bsky user activity during Bears-Rams: you can really see the exact moment that Caleb made the throw to take it to OT, and then there's another peak but idk what that is let's ignore that one

"When I saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

Gift link: ICE agents are disrupting patient care at Minneapolis hospitals and then predictably lying about it. They should be removed by security. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...

“The Gaza war and current efforts to consolidate the fragile cease-fire and transition to phase two of the 20-point plan offer sobering lessons. Both Biden and Trump encountered repeated delays by Netanyahu, as well as sabotage or violations of cease-fire deals they brokered.”

“Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland …, the cardinals call for a ‘genuinely moral foreign policy’ in which ‘military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy.’”

National media covering MAGA event: "Look at this normal person who is mad" (10 seconds of googling shows they're chair of the local GOP) National media covering Twin Cities community members who have never been politically active but now stand watch outside a preschool: "Look at this activist"

“Danes feel betrayed” because they and the people of #Greenland are in fact being betrayed by their longtime and should-be ally the United States: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...

In addition to everything James Fallows says, we have actually, in the treaty with Denmark in which we acquired the U.S. Virgin Islands, consented to Denmark keeping Greenland. www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/17/v...

gah

Always down, never out.

Whuhuttttttt?!!!!!!

It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo

This is who voted against establishing DHS

I did nazi that coming

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BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Plus; many of these ICE watch groups are centered around schools, which simultaneously operate as polling places in many cases

NEWS: The judge who heard the protesters and press case out of Chicago, Judge Sara Ellis, an Obama appointee, will also be hearing the Illinois v. DHS case as a "related" — though not consolidated — case.

Harold Krent, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, joined “Chicago Tonight” to discuss the lawsuits and the legality of immigration agents’ use of force.

Amid the heightened tensions w/ ICE in MN: Revelation that an AI error meant some recruits were sent into field offices without proper, in-person training. “The majority of the new applicants were flagged as law enforcement officers…but many had no experience.“ www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Michael Zerang is accompanying a dazzlingly inventive and moving production of "The Left Hand of Darkness" that mixes actors, puppets, and animation, and that's why I've interviewed him now. But I've also shared some details about his long and impressive career. chicagoreader.com/music/chicag...

The always excellent @southsideweekly.bsky.social is hiring for a new Editor-in-Chief:

Looking forward to this conversation with @aliceyin.bsky.social and @ctoner.bsky.social and people interested in Chicago journalism on Friday night!

White settlers taking native Americans hostage in order to force an immigration agreement with the tribe, in the literal year 2026

Given events in Minneapolis, and DJT’s desire for military control, you’re going to want to read up on the Insurrection Act of 1807 (which actually started off in 1792.) The Brennan Center explains: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Hey! @wired.com is doing a bunch of hiring. Here we go with a thread of five great jobs, with a few more coming shortly: 1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social