Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

Newsom: "Greg Bovino - dressed up as if he literally went on eBay & purchased SS garb. Secret police, private army, masked men, people disappearing, no due process ... so is it surprising that the Trump administration didn't like my commentary and wanted to make sure I wasn't allowed to speak? No."

The likes of Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters will one day be bundled together in little more than a sentence in history books, as examples of the profiteering propagandists of the Murdoch business model entirely built on knowingly pushing lies into the veins of their fellow Americans.

The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that it needs to send the military into American cities because of the unique danger faced by federal agents. But, according to ICE's own data, the leading cause of death for agents is COVID-19. You can read the full report here: tinyurl.com/mwc85xf5

Reporter: Francisco Longoria was stopped in his car with his son in the passenger seat. One of the Border Patrol agents smashes the glass, and then Longoria drives away. It's very clear that there were no federal agents in front of Longoria's vehicle, yet the agent discharged his firearm at him

DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.

To my Republican colleagues: ENOUGH. It's time for the Senate to vote to block these tariffs and to block the use of military force against Greenland. Trump is tearing apart our alliances in real time and the economic & diplomatic consequences will be catastrophic.

New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...

Two days after an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, a federal agent asked an observer, "Have y'all not learned?" Her phone was taken and she was briefly detained. Two days after that, another federal agent said, “You did not learn from what just happened” to a different observer.

This is a HUGE deal. Thank Gd pressure from African health officials had an effect. Studies on African bodies for the sake of the West have to end. (They should never have begun.)

It'd be cool if we could get this trending on #medsky, and maybe get some more people inside the house to understand just how badly medical leadership has sold them out. #scisky #standupforscience #oneofthetwo #covidisairborne #longCOVID

I am introducing the Quick Recognition (QR) Act, which requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency. ICE should be unmasked both physically and digitally.

A majority of Americans say the cost of living in their area is unaffordable, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

WOW... JUST WOW... In order to justify invoking the insurrection act in Portland, Oregon, trump faked a riot with professional videographers, the military and hired extras. Sen. Jeffrey Merkley tells us what happened :

"Thank you for calling the corporate headquarters of ANTIFA. Comrade, your call is very important to us and will be answered in the order it was received. Current wait times to speak to an actual ANTIFA representative are infinite. [🎶Soviet Musack🎶]"

In March, we reported on how two leaders of a white supremacist network allegedly helped create a detailed hit list of U.S. politicians, execs, academics and others, according to court documents. Each entry included a photo of the target and their home address. W/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social

Scientists have confirmed that Yersinia pestis, the bacterium behind later plagues like the Black Death, caused the Justinian Plague - the world’s first recorded pandemic 1,500 years ago.

Read more about the discovery here:

These are the sorts of attacks on experts that resulted in a domestic terrorist firing 500 shots at the CDC just over a week ago. If you stand for evidence based public health interventions, you basically get a target placed on your back by DHHS leadership. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

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Dan Pelzer read at least 3,599 books since 1962. After he died this month at 92, his family made his handwritten reading list public, hoping to motivate readers everywhere.

One day Alligator Alcatraz will be filled with those who built it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-p0...

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

A serious article from the best satirist around. It’s definitely time for the trump regime to be removed. It’s our right and responsibility to our country. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

“If donors to these nonprofits are not just holding the keys to an elected official’s political future but also literally providing them with their income, that’s new and disturbing,” a campaign finance expert said about Noem’s secret income.

If you're an #EmergencyMedicine doctor in these states, COVID 2020 would have been walk in the park: 1. Texas (80 closures, 30 imminent) 2. Kansas (62 closures, 31 imminent) 3. Oklahoma (39 closures, 26 imminent) 4. Mississippi (35 closures, 25 imminent) www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/703-...

Big? Beautiful? It all depends where you're sitting. www.politico.com/cartoons/202...

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

📊 WWSCAN Weekly Data: Respiratory weekly update: SARS-CoV-2 is in the ‘Medium’ category. All other respiratory viruses we monitor (RSV, Influenza A, Influenza B, HMPV and EV-D68) are in the ‘Low’ category nationwide. 🛟😷🧪

RFK Jr fired the vaccine advisory committee due to supposed "conflicts of interest." In reality ACIP members must follow strict ethical rules. Please ask him to produce evidence for his claims & have him address his own conflicts of interest (making millions from antivax lawsuits & consulting). Ty!

HUGE MEDIA NEWS: POLITICO is launching a new spin-off publication, POLITICO Weimar! If you sign up now, each morning you can get its “Reich Chancellery Playbook” newsletter delivered to your inbox as a bonus!!

Jeffries: "We will not be lectured by Donald Trump and anyone in the Republican Party about issues of law and order ... he pardoned hundreds of violent felons, criminals, who brutally assaulted police officers and attacked the Capitol on January 6. That's what Donald Trump did on day one."

Taiwan is the only country CLOSE to getting it right. This should be for everyone though. www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6129174

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net - "A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport" after Richard Scarry - boingboing.net/2025/06/04/t...

The White House is downplaying major citation errors in a sweeping report on chronic disease in children released last week by the Make America Healthy Again Commission. scim.ag/4dPFNaQ

This is a first for me: an actual, honest to cod COVID memorial in the park by my parents' house.

Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

My latest in @plosglobalpublichealth.org journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Hubble and Dark Energy Camera image of Arp 122, also known as NGC 6040 and LEDA 59642. This pair of galaxies are in the midst of a collision, warping the top spiral NGC 6040. Credit: ESA, NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, DOE, FNAL, DECam, CTIO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA Source

Our medical establishment, Prasad and Makary, issued what amounts to a viral mandate. They reject bodily autonomy and medical freedom. If I can’t get a vaccine and get really sick next year, I know who to blame. So do you. My latest. sciencebasedmedicine.org/viralmandate/

I was published in MSNBC today, commenting on the FDA’s attack on COVID vaccines. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

We’ve scored both successes and seen setbacks in an extended legal process to try to turn back the clock to March 14. Despite today’s hitch in federal court, I'll continue to speak out on behalf of my courageous colleagues even after I soon retire from VOA. open.substack.com/pub/newsguy/... #SaveVOA

Since Donald Trump is freaking out about Bruce Springsteen calling this the most corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration, it would be a shame if this video was shared even more widely....

“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands

So this is MAHA??? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This is a project and an area I've been working in for years. We've published numerous papers on the topic, and recently went through a competitive renewal in which the science of the grant was rigorously evaluated and supported. And it was cut for cheap political points