The climate crisis is shrinking Greenland’s ice sheet and wider Arctic sea ice, opening new sea routes. Check out the maps. As the polar seas become navigable for longer periods, routes once limited to icebreakers have become commercial corridors. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

(BBC) Yup, the thin-skinned Trump got his feelings hurt by the Canadian PM and Canada's upcoming deal with the Chinese, so more threats of higher tariffs (100%) to get back at Canada. That is all Trump knows: tariffs, threats, complaints, criticisms, bitching. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Major cuts to FEMA, but ballooning funding for ICE. Trump regime's cruelty and heartlessness are about to be on display. Again. www.axios.com/2026/01/23/w...

“Instead, the agent led the child to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait. Agents later took the father and child away in a vehicle and sent them to Texas." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Every American with a brain who cares about this country stands with Jack Smith.

Klobuchar is widely seen as the most popular Democrat in the state, and could help the party avoid a pitched primary fight to succeed Gov. Tim Walz, who dropped his bid for reelection as governor earlier this month. abcnews.go.com/Politics/dem...

EPSTEIN FILES NOW 🤬

Organizers are calling it a “Day of Truth and Freedom.” Some Minnesota businesses are choosing to stay open so employees won’t lose pay, but they are donating some or all of their profits to organizations helping people affected by the ongoing ICE enforcement action. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

A couple from Audrey Loves Paris [who lives in Canada!]

A lot of political hogwash today at the Smith hearing, but this was a proud six minutes of questions from Jayapal. GIve it a watch this evening. youtu.be/aSEBrxrO4LE?...

LOFGREN: The fact that Trump, according to Senator Graham, would be that 'Martians stole the election' -- what does that tell you about Trump's state of mind? JACK SMITH: Trump was not looking for honest answers about if there was fraud in the election. He was looking for ways to stay in power

Just out today!

Shut up Jordan! The People was to hear Jack Smith!!

We're still waiting for Reagan's trickle down! In the mean time, the rich get richer! "59% of all consumer spending now comes from the top 20% of income earners, a near record high... ...Only 41% of spending comes from the bottom 80% — a record low" www.axios.com/2026/01/22/j...

“HE’S JUST A COMEDIAN.” That’s what Whoopi Goldberg said — seconds before the studio slipped into an uneasy silence, and Stephen Colbert responded with a single line that instantly shifted the air on live television. Must read Colbert's full resonse: luxqi.cafex.biz/posts/whoopi...

Thu, 01/22/2026 - 10:00 AM Tomorrow! Watch the hearing which "will examine the operations of Jack Smith's office-specifically, his team's investigations and prosecutions of trump and his co-defendants." judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...

If refusing to testify about the Epstein files gets you charged with contempt, refusing to release them should, too.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

Excellent 3 minute video will do your heart good. How about because the mob boss toddler wants to give NATO countries the shaft, it'd be only fair we invited them to vote in our elections? Ja?

Important perspective from Greenland.

"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." Anne Applebaum

Give a listen to the truth from across the waters. Four minutes. More spine and balls than can be found in gov't than on this side of the pond. youtu.be/qoTPSwReV8k?...

"Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?" Anne Applebaum www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The lawsuit calls the overhaul of the vaccine schedule “egregious, reckless, and dangerous” and should be declared unlawful. The lawsuit was brought by the Amer Acad of Pediatrics, the Amer Coll of Physicians, the Ame Public Health Ass, the Infectious Diseases Society.. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Fascist pricks do like to stick together, don't they?

Greenland? Hilarious from Reich. Quick to peruse. A Monty Python skit : A demented U.S. president demands the Nobel Peace Prize (he spells “Noble”), renames the Department of War, sends troops into American cities, threatens Canada, abducts a dictator... open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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If you haven't caught HCR's thoughts on MLK day DO! "None of those people woke up one morning and said to themselves that they were about to do something heroic. It's just that when they had to, they did what was right." open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

The emboldened assertion of white supremacy in our political economy demands a renewed commitment to Dr. King’s legacy of racial and economic justice by: allowing discrimination, cutting access to education, cutting SNAP, slashing Medicaid, cutting healthcare access. www.epi.org/blog/six-way...

Posted today by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

From Joyce Vance's post today January 18, 2026 joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

“When we go ahead and do it in such a way that is portrayed as saying, ‘Because we can do it, we’re going to do it, that might makes right’ — that’s a troublesome development,” he said. “There’s the rule of law that should be followed.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Good question.

"The family’s 6-month-old baby stopped breathing and was unconscious for several minutes" “They stopped at my car, and they proceeded to yell in and said, ‘Get out of here.’ Well, they used profanity. And my husband screamed and said, ‘We’re trying,'” truthout.org/articles/imm...

Good morning my friends, Happy Tuesday!! Life is a journey and we each travel our own path. No one is ahead or behind. We are all on our unique timeline. So trust the process and celebrate every step you take. Have a great day and remember to be kind!!💙💙💙

U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez ruled that federal officers in Minneapolis-St. Paul cannot detain or use tear gas on peaceful protesters. The activists in the case, filed in December, are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. apnews.com/article/minn...

Minny: The best of our 'Red, White and Blue" Ain't backing down! Hit play and sing along with Tom Petty! "Well, I know what's right I got just one life! In a world that keeps on pushin' me around But I'll stand my ground And I won't back down!!!" youtu.be/nvlTJrNJ5lA

Really? Was she like Santa at Xmas? Geez. But..... "The Nobel Committee recently warned that the Peace Prize "cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others" people.com/venezuelan-o...