The Trump administration just debuted a new mascot. It’s a literal hunk of coal named Coalie. f-st.co/Us8yPga

The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of countering China. n.pr/3LJ9XTx

As much as we love watching #Casablanca on TCM, if you’ve never seen it on the big screen, try to make that happen. It always shows around Valentine’s Day, here are a bunch of theaters all over the U.S. that will be showing it next month … #TCMParty www.flashbackcinema.net/new-blog/cas...

"Gemini is the eighth crypto firm to have its lawsuit dismissed since Mr. Trump started his second term." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

CNN: DHS officials have come to FEMA staff and told them to limit the use of the word ice…they are worried that by posting something like, watch out for the ice, that it's going to become a meme….

Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...

Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez joins FNF prez @eddiemuller.bsky.social to introduce the film noir classic SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS ('57) at the TCMFF x @92ndstreety.bsky.social pop-up festival on January 31st. Get your tickets now: bit.ly/4sKZqI8 #TCMFF @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmtv.bsky.social

Antarctica? 🧐

The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...

Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.

Rutte says the status of Greenland was not discussed as part of the “framework” deal Trump announced

The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging. erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...

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The US dollar us tumbling against a basket of peers as Trump speaks in Davos:

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.

Presidents don't float policies that are opposed by the mass public 86 - 9. This is not normal.

Lavrov: Crimea is no less important to the security of the Russian Federation than Greenland is to the United States. And, of course, when what is happening around Greenland is justified by claims that otherwise it would be seized by Russia or China, there is no evidence to support such claims.

Republicans have made a documented effort to mislead these communities with well funded, highly localized Spanish language propaganda campaigns in recent years, which, as is usually the case when mainstream reporters try to tease out a segment of the electorate's thinking, simply isn't mentioned

It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”

In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.

I'd like to share a compilation of videos of how Ukrainians continue to care for stray animals and birds so they can survive the harsh winter cold.

The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence Americans are learning to “trust the citations” in AI-generated answers—but AI doesn’t reward credibility, it rewards access. cyberscoop.com/the-quiet-wa...

A South Korean court sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison for charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law reut.rs/4b2cfqZ

Over 100 episodes of classic Sesame Street have arrived on YouTube

".. when you win the presidency, you don't win the midterms,” Trump said. He boasted that he had accomplished so much that “when you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election.” @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops, to 'put an end' to protests in Minneapolis.

Cue the ballad of Sir Robin.

And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.

Reuters confirms Semafor’s reporting. Trump is putting the money in Qatar rather than US banks or the Treasury.

Mind-boggling stuff: ICE has detained 4 Oglala men and is apparently demanding the Lakota--a nation of the continent's original inhabitants--“enter into an immigration agreement with ICE." www.twincities.com/2026/01/13/i...

Burgum: "President Trump is the king of peace"

Everybody is starved for authenticity. Not focus-grouped, test-audienced, algorithmed "content." Art.

NEW from NBC News: "As Immigration and Customs Enforcement was racing to add 10,000 new officers to its force, an artificial intelligence error in how their applications were processed sent many new recruits into field offices without proper training..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

Seizure ... by whom? If we're asserting that the money is safer in Qatar than the US, that suggests that it is being protected because Qatar has something the US lacks — presumably a lack of accountability to American courts and Congress. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

NN: There's a report your husband bought stock in Musk's xAI days before news surfaced the Pentagon is expanding xAI's role in military systems. Can you assure us this wasn't based on inside info? McCLAIN: If it was, we wouldn't have bought 100,000 shares. We would've bought a heck of a lot more

Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."

Bovino says "rhetoric does cause violence" and characterizes protesters as "almost like cannon fodder"

Nailed it. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/13/m...

Reminder.

NOEM: “We can’t trust the government anymore.” BASH: “You are the government.” NOEM: “Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”🤔 The only honest thing @KristiNoem said today

Never before has the insurance industry faced such major losses tied to floods, severe thunderstorms and wildfires, according to a new study from reinsurer Munich Re