This is a hell NO! He just became a Dem so he can try to win this seat. CA 26 beware! He’s a total MAGA! This may be Republicans new game to win seats. Please know who you’re voting for.

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...

They refused to probe a murder. The people with consciences walked out. 🚨 NEW: At least four leaders of the DOJ Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.

The UK National Health Service has very clear information on all major medical conditions. It is browsable by all Never EVER rely on an LLM for health advice www.nhs.uk/conditions/

🇩🇪 Merz says he shares Trump’s security concerns about Greenland and wants a NATO-based solution, - POLITICO “We share the American concerns that this part of Denmark needs to be better protected… I hope that we will reach a mutually acceptable solution within NATO.”

"ICE is violence-prone because its main purpose has become theatrical. Under present leadership, ICE is less a law-enforcement agency than it is a content creator. from David Frum: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Well, would you look at this? I spotted a P-8 Poseidon — which is a modified 737 airframe — with no reg # coming out of dark mode in flight data I posted the day of the first boat strike.

Minnesota is suing DHS and ICE. Thousands of federal agents have surged into the state & been accused of intimidation, threats, and violence. This is federal abuse of power. Minnesota is taking the MAGA regime to court and saying: enough. 🔥⚖️ #sheshed

The Senate is considering legislation to fund the government in 2026 But we are seeing-in real time-the monster Republicans created when they tripled the ICE budget in Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Renee Good dead Dozens assaulted So many lives destroyed Democrats cannot continue to support this atrocity

"I don't know how to post on [x]itter." A few pages later he says CBP agents post for him. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Reminder that Greg Bovino claimed in a sworn deposition that he's not the one who runs his Xitter account, bc he's not competent.

Me, on how badly NYT sane washed that exchange. www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...

Original sane washed edition, left, transcript which reveals it is even more a confession of psychological illness than NYT tried to sane wash, right. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

I posited this morning that DHS assaulted SEIU CA President David Huerta bc he had shamed the culprit, Ryan Ribner. www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/12/d...

Trump made up (or translated in his pea brain) that either Renee or Becca Good was chanting "shame." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Trump LITERALLY said he knows nothing abt the restriction on all refugees except Afrikaners. If it were me I'd start asking questions to make him more paranoid about what Stephen Miller isn't telling him.

Trump doesn't want to count the murder a National Guardswoman bc ... he'd have to think about how he has diverted CT investigations? How he has abandoned Afghans who helped the US? Whatever it is, it's not on Trump's watch.

Trump: I was elected on all those issues I'm really good at. No mention of the number of dangerous and corrupt criminals he has freed from prison. DEFINITELY no mention of affordability.

About a third of the way through the interview this is the first useful bit, where Trump tries to pretend his Administration isn't deeply antisemitic.

Predictably, Mark Kelly's lawsuit cites both Whiskey Pete and Pam Blondi. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Nah, he'll probably become Subcomandante Viceroy!

Guess he's going to be deported to Venezuela.

Here's the docket. www.courtlistener.com/docket/66627...

For those who've forgotten, Rivera was charged in 2022 for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Venezuela. Delcy Rodriguez had ordered CITGO to pass through payments to hide the payments. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Former Marco Rubio roomie and former Delcy Rodriguez (alleged) secret lobbyist David Rivera and DOJ have asked Judge Melissa Damian to delay his trial, bc for reasons that may surprise no one, DOJ no longer wants to put Marco Rubio on the stand.

WSJ has a story about Trump growing impatient with Pam Bondi. I had been wondering if that would happen -- and if Andrew Bailey would replace Bondi instead of replacing Kash (as expected since he was added in September). Or give Blanche AG and Bailey DAG. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

One of them is gonna shoot their own dick off and it'll go more viral than the ones falling on the ice.

The vast majority of this NYT "interview" is offensively stupid, just people letting someone lie about his inadequacies. But this bit feels like Chekhov's ... uh, blood thinner.

Perhaps the most newsworthy bit in the NYT "interview" with Trump: He did tell ICE to go easy on his OWN industry and farms. The latter was pretty clear. [He goes on to discuss the Korean plant.]

I must have said Trump chooses his political martyrs poorly. But this could be backfire in about 50 ways.

Bessent who had preempted stuff like this in the past realizes it has several kinds of potential blowback (including extending Powell's stay). GOPers are revolting (Powell reached out to a number). It achieves opposite of what Trump wanted economically. Probably makes SCOTUS more worried on Cook.

The reporting on Powell investigation is delicious. Pulte tried to kick up an investigation but he (and DOJ) claim he didn't have a role. Ana Paulina Luna, openly being handled by RU spooks, says she started it. Surely Jeanine Pirro thought she was doing a good thing. Backlash from GOP Senators. 1/2

What would have staved off this clusterfuck is an operational Public Integrity Division that would have had to sign off on this.

I just realized I might have to swap my current nickname for Whiskey Pete Hegseth and instead use Perfidious Pete.

ICE Director, Todd Lyons, is LYING to the American public about why ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, didn’t have a bodycam when he murdered Renee Nicole Good. I bring the receipts, including the Trump Executive Order that ended the use of body cams by ICE. youtu.be/nggfQFRSXxo?...

A true patriot who believes in love of country over love of party, @caitfornewyork.bsky.social, is bringing her fight to DC. We talk about how her lived experiences, service in the US Army & at the National Security Council have prepared her to deliver real accountability. youtu.be/p7rGCEMbtzY?...

Just walking up to people on the street. No individualized suspicion.

Not sure how they are going to lawfully give him the money at this point. It’s a very tricky ethical and legal process to run one of these for a government employee.

Cool, can't wait for someone to ask Pirro that under oath.

Don’t Look Up wasn’t just a movie …

If news broke that a killer asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, this market would rally on hopes that it would be good for AI.

If Minnesota does bring charges, and nothing is certain on that front, I expect we’ll see a lot of stories like this.

They’re going to conclude she deserved to die because she donated money to an LGBTQ organization or something.

If you were involved in the planning for this operation and want to blow the whistle lawfully you should coordinate with private counsel to protect yourself.

I distinctly recall endless congressional hearings tearing into DOJ personnel over the procedures that led to the opening of Crossfire Hurricane

Trump's stunning 'new reality' laid bare by ex-GOP strategist: 'Cross us and die' www.rawstory.com/donald-trump...

This is fascism, pure and simple.