I'm thinking about Frank Rich's "to have one's heart broken at regular intervals," though of course he was talking about quite something else.

Donald Trump has completed the first year of his term. Is it time for Democrats to admit their hysteria was much ado about nothing? by Bari Weiss

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.

Language evolves, but I'm having a hard time understanding how someone can be "doxxed" who has appeared on C-SPAN

The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Andy McCabe could do the funniest thing right now.

Trump has said he’s just trying to take Greenland because of his own psychological need, and my sense is the only Americans who support this are the ones who would slavishly follow him in any whim

Marioquai

“Trump’s first year back in office has been a complete disaster for Arizona families. He broke his promise to lower costs on Day One and instead has made life far more expensive.” story via @jimsmall.bsky.social

The Greenland Effect.

Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.

One of my priors is that things are really bad if I am coming across news related to the bond market.

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

The Trump administration's main venue in Davos issued a warning after billionaires were duped into buying fraudulent tickets supposedly offering VIP access packages to Donald Trump. bloom.bg/3NruYCF

The last sentence of the full quote is even better

This is one hell of a quote. European leaders really are running out of patience.

The state of American politics reduced to one photo:

It is too late to give Donald Trump the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. But it is not too late to burn all the Epstein files. Together we rise for Greenland! by Bret Stephens

True.

i've been reading about stalin. when the great terror hit it was everywhere, all at once, against everyone--every city, every town, every remote fucking village. stephen miller can't even subjugate one mid-sized city. their power depends on us believing they have power. resist.

“I have a nightmare.”

He was supposed to lower prices on day one. But since he’s a racist, our national parks were not free today. #MLK

My Republican colleagues must take notice: The U.S. cannot base foreign policy on whether or not a president gets a prize. This is pathetic. It is petty and dangerous narcissism — behavior we might expect from a spoiled child, not the leader of a democratic nation.

Trump was supposed to lower prices on day one. MLK Day used to be a free day at all National Parks. #MLK

ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.

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In this moment, which side are you on? 🎥 Good vs Evil by @senecaproject.us (Even Joe Rogan is like WTF!!) Please SHARE!

"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...

The only thing it’s missing is the crematorium smoke stacks in the background.

Subtle.

Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.

Bruce Springsteen has donated $500,000 to the family of Renee Good - the woman killed by ICE - who left behind a six-year-old son.

Minnesota is more than what you see on TV. We’re a state that believes in the dignity of all people. We feed our kids and take care of our neighbors. I’m proud of the ways Minnesotans are meeting the moment with decency and generosity - as we always do. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

“Patriots scored 28 points. That number is higher than my age.” — Bill Belichick’s girlfriend

I'll simply note again that the way these GOP policies are being covered, compared to the hyperventilating about "overheating" & the "least responsible economic policy in 40 years" & policy "failure" when Joe Biden did major fiscal stimulus <during a raging global pandemic> is not remotely the same.

He was fined $11,593 for this.

Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...

If it’s Sunday, it’s:

NOEM IS LYING. I have seen people get taken! It was the same each time: armed men racing out of a blacked-out SUV, seizing a screaming or fleeing pedestrian, and pulling them into the car without any attempt to even learn their identity. Always a person alone on the street. Always a person of color.

"Upon meeting him, she hadn’t found the German Übermensch (Superman or Overman) that she had been told to expect from Hitler’s propaganda. Instead, she found him “inconsequent and voluble, ill-poised, [and] insecure—“a man whose countenance is a caricature.” open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

He’s gonna take (acquire) your wife, Ted.

How it started/how it's going

Trump said help was on the way. Now, he’s taking notes.

Nightmare. Iran mowing down rank after rank of young protesters

The best of these so far. 10/10