“the compliance CBS showed with the administration’s demands ensures that everything they do going forward will be looked at through the lens of their initial capitulation.” static.nytimes.com/email-conten...

i've seen enough: greg bovino is a bitch.

New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.

POLICE CHIEF: “If it’s happening to our officers, it pains me to think how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day.” ICE is even racially profiling off-duty Black & Brown cops— including pulling guns on one and knocking her phone out of her hand.

SCOTUS will not allow POTUS to fire members of the fed reserve board. This will force Trump to fire them for cause. Which is why he’s investigating Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud and Powell for congressional testimony.

PSA: When Trump brags about how much money tariffs are bringing in, he’s bragging about taxing regular folks and taking more of your money. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent… “We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”

How the 2016 Russian Election Attack Led Donald Trump to Destroy US Hegemony

the people who were scolded relentlessly for celebrating this moment nine years ago have been completely vindicated. punching a nazi in the face now polls higher than any member of congress. (source: i made it up but it feels very true in my heart)

The more he pretends as if he can't be stopped, the more he can be stopped.

Mitt said, "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," but Trump is trying to make it happen.

It's unclear how many leaders have been asked to join the board, and the large number of invitations being sent out, including to countries that don't get along, has raised questions about the board's mandate and decision-making processes. n.pr/45NLaV2

DHS is reportedly having trouble finding agents to send to Minneapolis for its “Operation Metro Surge.” “There is a video and [Kristi Noem] just lied,” one Border Patrol agent said, and added that there were others who agreed with him but were afraid to speak up. trib.al/AjMvbbl

Via Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler: President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” But a year since his inauguration, Trump has acted on some of his most extreme campaign hyperbole, and then some. https://ow.ly/hqqu50XYgnH

How did a cluster of Bay Area families focused on support and socializing become one of the most successful orgs defending transition care for youth? New, original reporting from @evanurquhart.bsky.social on the group who won a reprive from Sutter Health. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.

I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 20 DenverPost: CO judge recommends dismissing suit by conservative districts challenging anti-discrimination law on grounds it violates student rights by allowing trans kids to play on right sports teams-- says they lack standing to sue on behalf of cis students.

"Grok stands as the clearest example of an AI that is both ideologically aligned (the “anti-woke” fixation of its progenitor) and operationally embedded in a planetary platform. Its mechanisms should be taken apart under bright lights, in much the same way people learn how to defuse a bomb."

NYT could have had a frontpage story that read: "Aging madman making insane threats to Europe, threatening our economy & security for delusions." But instead they normalize & legitimize this madman because they are collaborators against US.

Remarkable passive voice/both sides combo by Peter Baker. It is a ‘brazen violation” and not a “serious proposition” that is being debated.

New, at Can We Still Govern: The Trump admin is using "fraud" to justify shutting down access to programs in multiple states. @sebjilke.bsky.social & Elizabeth Bell offer evidence that the public tolerates some fraud in order to protect access to programs. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-does-...

Trump Needs a Shrink and a Baby-Sitter, Not a National Security Adviser www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/20/t...

Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."

Missouri lawmakers are considering expanding the state’s private school voucher program with proposals to open eligibility and remove demands on private schools who accept voucher funds. via @missouriindependent.com

🔴 Plastic Patriots: Why do so many on the British far-right profess to worship Winston Churchill, but make excuses for Vladimir Putin? @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social takes on the contradiction in our latest issue. subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/t...

The department of agriculture posted this bizarre video on X of children who look like their in a period piece horror movie drinking milk under duress and like I just want to know why? Like what the fuck is this? Why are they being weird about milk? Who are these kids? Are they ok? What the fuck???

President Trump wants to put U.S. boots on the ground in Mexico to fight drug cartels, once again reinforcing his complete disregard for the concept of state sovereignty. trib.al/ub0F5gP The Mexican government remains staunchly opposed to the proposition.

These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov

NYT treating "escalation" as the news hook again. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Trump threatens tariffs on Greenland, countries that oppose US takeover | via @jennifershutt.bsky.social #ksleg

UPDATE: “A US regulator ruled Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power huge datacenters in MEMPHIS.” As the people told @mayorpaulyoung @MemphisChamber — who allowed it to happen. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

WATCH: “How many people with domestic violence convictions are running around, with guns, in our cities, terrorizing people?” Journalist @laurajedeed.bsky.social was hired as an ICE officer after a 6 minute interview, despite not having completed a background check.

Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term congresswoman, is breaking long-held traditions on inauguration day. She says she wants her swearing-in to showcase the state's modern vibrancy.

🚨 No accident they just announced a DOJ probe into Walz and Frey—potential pretext for Insurrection Act. Trump literally said this, as I detailed in my story “We have an Insurrection Act for a reason...if governors or mayors were holding us up, sure, I’d do that” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Can we start calling these Roberts Investigations?

IWF was just verified, give them a follow and use the link in their bio to report CSAM.

This is how it’s done. Total control. Not one shred of power sharing with Republicans.

“The obscene gesture Trump made in Michigan was brimming with youthful vitality, not to mention quite a bit of technical finesse,” said Fox News’ Sean Hannity

Why ICE protests matter in Tampa Bay | Column

After a deadly shooting in Minnesota, lawmakers are again questioning whether federal agents should be shielded from lawsuits. https://capitalbnews.org/qualified-immunity-federal-shootings-immigration/

House GOP are OUTRAGED about this and will immediately call a hearing on Hunter Biden www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Read the full story here ⬇️ www.levernews.com/trumps-playi...

Sen. Warren is right that her party's too beholden to the donor class: It was a Democratic Congress that rejected Biden’s proposed minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $15. It was a Democratic Congress that killed Biden’s attempt to eliminate the carried interest loophole. trib.al/SDVUfxA

"America’s history was made in Jackson, whether we're talking about the Freedom Riders, Medgar Evers, those families, the students at Tougaloo College,” former Vice President Kamala Harris told the audience in Mississippi's capital city. buff.ly/Q4A1shB

News of a possible DOJ investigation prompted a quick response from Gov. Walz, who described it as "an authoritarian tactic." More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/doj-reportedly-launches-investigation-into-gov-tim-walz-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey

SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.

Honestly I wish the EU would annex blue states and make us part of them at this point. TBH, just because you landed a boat there a few hundred years ago doesn't mean you own the land 🤣

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"