BREAKING: Iran’s president says officials will listen to protesters, but rioters are trying to “destroy the entire society.”

How to build an emergency fund, pay off debt and make a plan for your money in 2026 trib.al/ynDkoat

NASA targets Artemis II rollout to pad, details launch options trib.al/lammrAQ

Bianchi: Orlando should jump on Jacksonville’s playoff Jagwagon — starting right now! trib.al/4TxxNHz

Caleb Williams rallies Bears for stunning 31-27 playoff win over Packers trib.al/yoqB6KI

Editorial: Floridians want smart growth controls. Some lawmakers don’t care trib.al/YXaH8VO

Israeli fire kills three people in Gaza, tension rises reut.rs/49P8Hao

🏈 Ryan Day, Ohio State #Buckeyes Lose Wide Receiver to College Football Transfer Portal..The 2026 transfer portal window opened Friday & close on Jan. 16. Since the portal opened, Ohio State has landed just 5 commitments, and it ranks No. 55 in the country in the team transfers.. shorturl.at/oQ5w4

Son of Iran's toppled shah seeks a role as protests expand reut.rs/3LcMnyh

Ballet artist Oleksandr Dushakov joined the National Guard’s Burevii Brigade in March 2022, serving as a scout in the Serebrianskyi Forest. He was on tour in Paris when Russia invaded. “Ballet is in my blood,” he says. “But after this war, the army will be too.” Photo: RFE/RL

Ex-husband arrested in connection with murder of Ohio dentist and his wife.. The couple was found dead in their Columbus home on Dec. 30th. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Here's an updated look at the #winter #Blast coming to Central #florida....won't last too long but you will feel it Friday morning. Stay with #weshwx for updates.

Travel warning… Americans urged to leave Venezuela…

🚨 Why the Border Patrol Went MAGA.. "Agents always skewed conservative. But then their influential union fully leaned into a Trump presidency.." As many police unions have done.. ⏬⏬⏬

There are more ICE agents in Minnesota than Minneapolis and St. Paul police combined. They are here against the wishes of local law enforcement, including Police Chief Brian O'Hara. ICE is not making our communities more safe, and they need to get off our streets.

US military says it carried out strikes across Syria targeting Islamic State reut.rs/4qKOMz9

Musk's X to open source new algorithm in seven days reut.rs/4boOs4D

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder, has died at age 78 reut.rs/4sySlKv

Trump does NOT have authorization to attack Iran. Congress has already made this clear many, many times. Absent an imminent threat, war with Iran is ILLEGAL. If he wants to put US servicemembers in harm’s way, come to Congress and make the case for it.

It continues as we speak. What Iran doesn’t want the world to see: IRGC-linked thugs disguised as civilians, riding motorcycles, are roaming places like Ferdows Boulevard in east Tehran, firing live rounds at anyone they suspect of protesting. These are Iran's 'secret crackdown units'.

oh my word, talk about TRAUMATIC! And what if Mr Martinez had shot and killed several of them when they busted through his door, and killed him, the Admin would be bastardizing him with lies and hateful insults about why he had to die for shooting at them. www.azfamily.com/2026/01/07/p...

Two can play this game. Around 600,000 residents in Russia’s Belgorod region were left without electricity, heat, and water following a Ukrainian missile strike on the night of January 9, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Happy Saturday! It's the weekend! We had overcast skies today so here is theyesterday's second place vote-getter from the coffee shop. Tap for full size. I hope you have a great day!

She couldn’t have been more prophetic.

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

The AI question every job candidate on interview should be prepared to answer

GREENLANDERS: “Trump, if you’re watching this— don’t come. Don’t buy Greenland. Greenland is not for sale.” (From Sky News) Again: Putin wants NATO to evaporate. Too much *analysis* ignores the potential of his hand in making Trump do this to hurt our interests and help his.

Editorial: After cascading scandals, the Florida Legislature should stand up for ethics..There have been times in Florida’s history when state officials could boast about their commitment to integrity, ethical behavior and transparency. This, sadly, is not one of those times.. shorturl.at/idvsE

🚨 Coast Guard prepares for influx of seized ‘ghost fleet’ oil tankers.. U.S. forces on Friday captured another vessel suspected of hauling Venezuelan oil. Many of the ships being seized are in disrepair, however, posing risks for American ports. ⏬ wapo.st/49u9NHd

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

The transformation of ICE into a type of national police force, backed, in some cases, by soldiers from the National Guard, has been covered as immigration story—but these forces are reshaping democracy for all of us. Listen to 'Autocracy in America' here: www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

AI memory is sold out, causing an unprecedented surge in prices

Florida deregulated nursing schools. Scam colleges and failing students followed trib.al/nMf5OjR

🏈 #NFL playoff schedule: ⏬

The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.

Donald Trump has made clear he wants to exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; history suggests it won’t be easy. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

🚨BREAKING: A federal court blocked core provisions of President Donald Trump’s anti-voting executive order Friday, ruling that the president had no authority to impose new election rules that threatened to disenfranchise voters and override state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Typical of Trump having the meeting with CEO's of oil companies "after" he spends close to a Billion $$$ to bring Maduro out. 😶 ⏬

JUST IN: @NewYorkStateAG sues Trump admin over halt to Empire & Sunrise offshore wind projects. Docs: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

A warm #Saturday will give way to a cooler #Monday. Morning lows will be in the 40s and 50s with highs in the 60s and lower 70s! Stay with #weshwx for updates!

NEW: A federal judge has blocked an effort by President Trump to threaten election assistance funding for states who refuse to update their voter registration forms to include his preferred “documentary proof of citizenship” requirement. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Judge blocks Trump from freezing $10 billion in child, family aid to five US states reut.rs/4aT9vw2

ICYMI — One of Trump’s untrained racist ICE goons slips and falls on the ice and his gun goes off in a residential Minneapolis neighborhood

🚨 Trump Has No Health Plan, He Has the "Art of the Health Care Deal"..⏬ www.kff.org/from-drew-al...

🚗The article explains that #ChargePoint is rolling out a new Express Grid 600 kW #fast-charging system that could juice up most electric vehicles in about 10 minutes. It makes #EV stops feel more like gas station breaks and helping more people use EVs for long trips with shorter waits. ⚡️

"That is a fundamental difference between Vice President Vance and I," says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in response to JD Vance's defense of the ICE agent who shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis. "I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street."