The charter for President Trump's “Board of Peace” would establish him as its chairman and asks countries to pay more than $1 billion for permanent membership. Critics reacted furiously, saying it could undermine the United Nations. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/4pNJjXw

“The water is the scariest part. They’re asking for 2.5 million gallons per day." www.404media.co/project-mata...

In an interview, Trump insisted “we shouldn’t even have an election,” since he accomplished so much during his presidency. The president also touched on the possibility of losing this year’s midterms — remarks that indicate he views the election as an obstacle.

Manitoba’s families minister has issued mandate letters to First Nation and general child-welfare authorities for the first time — spelling out their responsibility to keep kids safe — after an Indigenous foster child was assaulted last year in an “abominable case of abuse.”

57 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. called for a multiracial struggle to spur a “radical revolution of values.” Today, it’s clear why: the fight for justice requires an army bigger than just those directly oppressed. It will take race traitors and class traitors. It will take all of us.

Trump resistance protesters have planned to pivot to disruption — signaling a major change in the movement, according to a report Monday.

Increasingly, the World Economic Forum is seen as “an organisation that pretends to engage in solving global problems with the predominantly Western companies that caused them”, argues Thierry Malleret

⚡️Ukraine's SBU captures Russian soldier suspected of executing 9 Ukrainian POWs in 2024. "We will find every Russian murderer," President Volodymyr Zelensky said after announcing the arrest. The Russian soldier allegedly shot nine Ukrainian POWs in Kursk Oblast in October 2024.

The US political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday

Commentary: At the heart of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of "beloved community" is true democracy. To be agents of change who do not add to the suffering of the world, people must learn to become more loving and peaceful people ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/19/r...

The windchill was below-zero when ChongLy Scott Thao, 57 — wearing only boxers and Crocs, with a blanket draped over his shoulders — was handcuffed and ushered outside by federal agents agents who broke open his door.

Damning new polling revealed Monday that the vast majority of the country believes the federal government is deliberately withholding explosive information about the Jeffrey Epstein case.

A Winnipeg man who used the social media app Snapchat to lure his young victims into having unprotected sex with him filmed some of the encounters.

Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples. From our colleagues at @grist.org:

The death toll from suspected gang attacks on Guatemalan police has risen to nine as Guatemalans awoke to heavier security and curtailed rights after President Bernardo Arevalo declared a state of emergency.

A group of monks on a 'Walk for Peace' from Texas to Washington have entered the Atlanta metro area and are heading into the Decatur neighborhoods.

The governor’s proposed 25% reduction to Transition to Kindergarten or TK funding is now under consideration by the Legislature. CDN guest writer Kristi Dominguez argues that cuts to TK would destabilize an entire early learning system and one of the state's most effective mitigation strategies.

Washington state health officials confirmed an outbreak connected to a contagious family traveling from South Carolina.

In her first major speech since her inauguration, Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger addressed both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond on Monday. https://to.pbs.org/49T8Usi

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review – this is the Game of Thrones we all need now

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The popularity of ‘Heated Rivalry,’ it seems, is a welcome burst of enthusiasm for gay life in a new era of anti-gay prejudice,” write the social scientists Tessa Charlesworth and Eli Finkel.

The three most-senior cardinals leading U.S. archdioceses issued the rebuke in a joint statement on Monday, saying recent policies have thrown America's "morale role in confronting evil" into question. n.pr/4bNfjrc

A DHS official was criticized Monday after admitting that ICE agents had wrongly taken a U.S. citizen who was showering and forced him outside his home in his underwear in the freezing cold.

The faith-based networks are joined by newcomers as resistance efforts have intensified since the killing of Good, which federal officials called self-defense but which eyewitnesses and residents have condemned as murder. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...

A top Goldman executive told others he was formulating a contingency plan for the bank’s general counsel to leave after revelations about her Epstein ties.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “This is tyranny,” Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s attorney general, told our columnist Lydia Polgreen as she was reporting from Minneapolis. “We now don’t have to speculate as to what American fascism looks like. It’s right outside the door.”

A Portland, Oregon, baby got sick with infant botulism after drinking contaminated ByHeart formula donated through a program that helps poor and homeless families.

Trump may be at odds with the rules-based, consensus-led global leadership that World Economic Forum stalwarts espouse, but a record number of world leaders are attending only because he is. More on Trump and Davos in today's Forecast newsletter 👇

Danish soldiers arrived as part of the Arctic Endurance military exercise in Greenland's Kangerlussuaq, as President Trump intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over the Arctic island from fellow NATO member Denmark.

The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the U.S. say that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...

Donald J. Trump has driven this nation to the precipice. This is not a normal political disagreement. It is a constitutional emergency. Read more from Rick Wilson: https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/a-declaration-of-independence-from?r=1ne2d&shareImageVariant=overlay&triedRedirect=true

How big is Greenland? Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.

#ProudBlue #Resist Probably the best opinion piece I’ve read on the occupation of Minneapolis! The title says it all. “In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War.” This is what we can expect to see - soon it won’t matter if you are an immigrant or a white, born in the USA, citizen. Walk out Tuesday.

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I couldn’t leave that post as it stood with the name ‘DAVID BLACK’ representing this sociopathic Minister, DAVID EASTERWOOD. Pastor David Black is the good man who ICE shot in the face, David EASTERWOOD is ICE through the week and Pastor on Sunday. Fuck David Easterwood. #ProudBlue #FuckICE #Resist

I believe this is a Democrat Judge . abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/ma...

Trump golfing yesterday during his 4 day Palm Beach trip. These golf trips add up costing taxpayers millions. Why doesn’t the GOP cut these trips instead of food stamps for poor children?

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"You're asking me about something that the president just said... He's never going to implement it... We should talk instead about what he's doing... Every time we get distracted by what he talks about rather than what he does... he destroys and he redistributes to the rich."

You're very welcome, Maureen. Re-Post. Pass it on.

There are so many moments right now that demonstrate how far through the looking glass we are — and yet the GOP can’t find the courage to stop the Mad King. This will result in a global catastrophe if Trump continues.

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