This clip should be in every Dem campaign ad until the day he’s gone and the media is barely talking about it.

we go live to Heard Island:

That's how it is done.

So every other day we see Trump endorsing Orban and Fico and every other day we have Rubio telling us we have to "reverse the decline" of Europe. Exactly how stupid do you think we are?

When it comes to antimicrobials, we've brought a spoon to a bazooka fight. theconversation.com/ancient-bact...

The Trump administration is government without policy. It is all about Trump, period.

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

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Watters can't seem to decide which is worse; that he is a fascist or that people know he is a fascist.

Are parties responsive to public opinion? In my first research note, just published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, I find consistent evidence that parties across the EU shift their positions to align with the preferences of their partisan supporters: doi.org/10.1017/S147... 1/12 🧵

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Because Trump only speaks one language. Bigly.

This is how it is done. youtu.be/HcOgwJ9uAMQ?...

NEW: Huge cheers earlier for the Ukrainian athletes at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Then huge BOOS as JD Vance comes on the big screen in the stadium. Even the commentators can’t hide it…

“You are one pathetic loser!” Lloyd Christmas

A 🆕 year & the 1⃣ st Issue of 2⃣ 0⃣ 2⃣ 6⃣ Co-guest edited by @gcapano.bsky.social, Philippe Zittoun & Stefania Profeti, the Special Issue analyses the politics of governing #crises The contributions examine crisis governance across continents and policy sectors👇 academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

Doktorera i statsvetenskap med inriktning offentlig förvaltning? Tjänst ute med deadline 6/2. su.varbi.com/se/what:job/...

This is funny, but also brilliant. Once people go down the path (of any wrong decision), it is sooooo hard to turn back -- because it is tantamount to admitting you were foolish. As hard as it is, we need to offer soft landings and gentle off ramps (which is what we'd want too)

Trump hangs picture of himself and Vladimir Putin in latest White House redecoration

How do #PublicOrganisations undertake policy learning to influence policymaking and governance❓ @bishoyzaki.bsky.social suggests #OrganisationalPolicyLearning as a process by which they seek and process information & knowledge about policy & governance 👇 doi.org/10.1111/1467...

Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

11th January 2026 Vs 18th January 2026

WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs? BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency

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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize

Excellent. So when will he leave the White House?

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He’s not wrong

Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT: When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...

Journalism 101 If one person says she was weaponising her car and another person says she wasn't it's not your job to quote both. It's your job to look at the evidence and find out which is true.

My colleague, the Swedish professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, Martin Peterson, has been banned by the university to teach Plato. dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.

Today's quiz: At the presser yesterday Marco Rubio spoke about a country with a free-falling economy and governed by "senile old men". Which country was he referring to? A. Russia B. Cuba C. USA

Last year, Trump promised American oil executives “a great deal” if they donated $1 billion to his campaign. Today, he gave them Venezuela — home to the largest oil reserves in the world. This new war is not only illegal and reckless; it is deeply corrupt.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

"If these guys are the good guys i don't want to know the bad You wonder how it happened They just picked it up from dad While faded old glory is hanging like a rag Defenders, defenders of the flag." Bruce Hornsby, Defenders of the flag

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

The fake “survey” questions:

That is how you do it: 1. Do not invest in wind turbines. 2. Argue that since wind turbines do not contribute to the grid, investment should be inn other technologies.

Community Note: Basic History Contradicts Trump on Greenland Trump suggests Americans discovered Greenland 50 years before the United States existed meidasnews.com/news/communi...

“A breakthrough in talks,” they say. For the third day in a row, Russia is striking the Port of Pivdennyi. Ukraine’s largest port is burning for the second day straight. If this is a breakthrough, what does failure look like?

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

Bing Bing.

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Submitting a grant you’re not eligible to get

This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.

From a longer version of USA’s National Security Strategy: «Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”» USA is now an adversary, no longer an ally. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...