We need to say it plainly: what just happened to Maryland Gov. Wes Moore isn’t a small political slight it is an ugly and unacceptable act that should outrage every decent American.

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

The SAVE Act would require American citizens to show documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. Our research shows that more than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4rA2p4R

"That is a truly fascist idea, the idea of outsourcing thinking....power is in our ability to think with each other" Klein on the "AI for climate" crap and how to weave a better story: www.themaybe.org/reframing-im... @naomiaklein.bsky.social @themaybe.org @alixdunn.com

“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said. “Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back. “Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”

Update: In the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD *as well as* Surprise, AZ; Upper Bern, PA; and Tremont, PA. Facts that bear repeating.

Have a listen to my take on €100 charge for RIP.ie one year on. To learn more about my current research study on #mourning and #technology in #Ireland, visit: dh.tcd.ie/index.php/pr... #speirgorm #digitalmourning #hubmatters @tlrhub.bsky.social

Have a listen to my take on €100 charge for RIP.ie one year on. To learn more about my current research study on #mourning and #technology in #Ireland, visit: dh.tcd.ie/index.php/pr... #speirgorm #digitalmourning #hubmatters @tlrhub.bsky.social

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.

"Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency," the judge wrote. "And the rule of law be damned."

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

‘By gradually reducing total dependence on a handful of American tech platforms, diversifying providers, & supporting European and opensource …. control over our own digital future & make sure the next geopolitical row or cloud outage does not take our emails, documents or memories down with it.’

And if you value this work, please subscribe to & consider supporting @thenerve.news We are 5 former Guardian/Observer journalists who’ve launched a brand new news outlet with zero corporate backing. Thank you 🙏 www.thenerve.news

🧵This was Alex Pretti’s senior picture—Class of 2006 at Green Bay’s Preble High School. He was an honors student, a three-sport athlete, a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir Went to the University of Minnesota, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor's in biology and the environment.

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

A doctor who was on scene when Alex Pretti was killed has submitted a sworn affidavit stating that Pretti did not brandish a weapon. He was trying to help a woman who had been aggressively shoved and pepper sprayed. He had three bullet wounds in his back. In. His. Back. He wasn’t the threat.

Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.

NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

This is extrajudicial murder. It’s a paramilitary execution of an unarmed civilian in cold blood. Horrifying.

"It's all too easy to make facile comparisons to the Nazis and to the Holocaust, and I've been on guard for that sort of thing my whole life. But the comparisons are valid now." — @davidnir.com Check out the full episode: www.publicnotice.co/p/life-in-be...

This is truly holy action. May they be blessed forever.

MN's AG: “We will not save our country in a courtroom. ... ultimately, this country will be saved by the people of the United States. And so that — you protesting, you gathering evidence, you sharing it with us, you communicating with us — is action. It’s actually how we’re going to win.”

This beautiful child, an American citizen just like his parents, is being bullied because Donald Trump is a racist piece of shit and white supremacy feels emboldened to act without shame. This hatred is taught and it is wrong.

“Lifeless… foam around his mouth. Nobody wants to see their kids like that.” ICE attacked a family trying to LEAVE the besieged neighborhood and hospitalized a 6 month old baby that couldn’t breathe.

🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

the federal government agents flash-banged & tear-gassed a car full of children last night leading to a 6 month old baby needing CPR anything you’re doing to offer the people of minnesota protection from this beyond videos, finger waving & polite posting to donald trump?

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

#Breaking: SAMHSA canceled up to $1.9 billion in grants without staff consultation, accelerating the mental health agency's deterioration under President Trump. www.statnews.com/2026/01/14/s...

Trump is selling seized Venezuelan oil and putting the cash in a bank account in Qatar. Nothing to see here. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”" "“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"

To anyone* still using WhatsApp: High time to fully move to @signal.org** *In particular politicians, journalists, diplomats, judges, civil servants, activists, scientists, influencers **Bring your family, friends and colleagues!

NEW: GoFundMe strictly bans fundraisers for “the legal defense of financial and violent crimes,” yet is currently running one “to help pay for any legal services” for the ICE agent who killed Renee Nicole Good. Its conflict is not even the least bit contestable.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Greenland’s five main political parties have rejected Trump’s desire to take control of the country. They say only Greenlanders can decide the island’s future and stressed they want to be Greenlanders, not Americans or Danes, AFP reports.

A poem by Amanda Gorman For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

When you feel immobilized, remember: there is a world outside these apps. Sometimes, when we feel helpless, the best thing is to look to our own communities. Reach out to a friend going through it. Feed someone. Ask a shelter what they need. Spreading the light somewhere helps it grow everywhere.

ICE policy requires the use of bodyworn cameras. Video should be available from every agent who was involved in the death of a citizen in Minneapolis. ICE should release all of that video so the public can have clarity about the Secy's claim the shooting was self defense. www.ice.gov/news/release...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv. www.euractiv.com/news/interna...

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

Where’s Congress?

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

All of these links went to promotion of this story earlier today. All these links are dead now — that's how thoroughly they've scrubbed this.

It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted