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France meets with allies to determine next steps as Trump threatens Greenland.

Trump’s push from Venezuela to Greenland marks a turn toward open colonialism.

U.S. District Judge David Novak issued a three-page order on Tuesday, demanding a written explanation from attorney Lindsey Halligan within seven days.

Casey Means rose to fame as a wellness influencer before Trump tapped her for Surgeon General. Her history of promoting unproven treatments has the medical establishment worried.

“If there’s anything the president loves more than creating a spectacle, it’s getting to cheer it on as a spectator.”

TPUSA, right-wing media and social media influencers are pushing a narrative that young people are rushing back to church. The data tells a different story.

President Trump’s invasion of Venezuela was meant to project strength and swagger. Instead, it exposed a tired strongman leaning on military force to sustain his political image.

Venezuela may be only the start. Trump’s escalating rhetoric toward Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland shows why these threats can’t be dismissed as bluster.

By adopting the administration’s language, the mainstream media has helped normalize Trump’s Venezuela escalation instead of interrogating its legality or consequences.

In the web page that went live on Tuesday, Trump’s White House said that Democrats “masterfully reversed reality” to place Joe Biden in the Oval Office.

US officials took a Venezuelan phrase for corrupt leaders as a real organization, accusing Maduro of being its head.

Audiences are seeking lively shared experiences with their fellow moviegoers — and redefining success along the way.

Evidence Trump tried to overturn the election 5 years ago is “overwhelming.” There haven't been any consequences.

Trump needs help to get his swagger back. His launch of a “splendid little war” against Venezuela in the early hours of Saturday morning may have provided him with a prime opportunity to do just that.

“These threats come even as Trump hasn’t sorted out who is running Venezuela. But it’s clear that, despite running three presidential campaigns on a no-war pledge, the president’s “America First” agenda has nothing to do with anti-interventionism,” @digby56.bsky.social writes.

"Ease is not a moral failure, and good food does not require suffering," writes Food editor @ashliedstevens.bsky.social about using shortcuts like pre-cut onions to cook for @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/01/05/i...

The deposed Venezuelan president maintained his innocence and asserted that he's still his country's leader.

“The Kennedys have long been considered American royalty, a fact that must rankle the image-conscious — and thin-skinned — Trump, who fancies himself a monarch in all but name.”

“If actual gay men can’t interpret media depicting their own experience without being threatened to the point of public apology,” Coleman Spilde writes, “the question of whether or not some ‘Heated Rivalry’ viewers fetishize them is no longer a question, but a fact.”

The governor of Minnesota shared that he won't seek re-election in 2026.

“The unprovoked American invasion of Venezuela, the apparent decapitation of its government and the abduction or kidnapping (or “arrest,” if we must) of Maduro and his wife are signs of both the Trump regime’s strength and its fatal weakness.”

”There are some evenings where you, literally, just don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife,” @ashliedstevens.bsky.social writes.

”If the film business continues to prioritize sequels, franchises and existing intellectual property over original ideas, the least they can do is let us have a giggle when they take the wrong step and get fried by lightning while trying to catch it in a bottle once more.“

The racism underlying MAGA's latest obsession is intertwined with misogyny.

Trump aide’s post drew international attention as global leaders reacted to escalating US foreign policy moves.

A blatantly corrupt, anti-democratic and illegitimate president stages a criminal coup. He's not named Maduro.

From Jack and Jackie to Bobby, Ted and Eunice, Trump is on a rampage against the Kennedy legacy.

Supermarkets face new SNAP restrictions from Republicans — and everyone might pay the price at checkout.

The president's veto of a bipartisan Colorado clean water project is hurting his own voters.

Trump outlines temporary governance, oil involvement and military readiness. Global reactions are sharply divided.

Simple strategies and smart pantry moves to help you eat well, save money and start the new year with confidence.

The country is fractured. Can we really celebrate its birthday?

did some reflecting on climate change in 2025

I enjoy #BL, but the fandom can be often be a toxic pile-on & limiting in nuanced discourse/ #journalism "It’s when enjoyment turns to blind passion that the problems begin," writes the brilliant @colemanjspilde.bsky.social about #HeatedRivalry for @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/01/02/d...

"While the dominant culture seems, yet again, obsessed with appetite suppression, I am rediscovering appetite: earned appetite, physical appetite, the kind that shows up after exertion and politely demands to be honored," @ashliedstevens.bsky.social writes.

"If actual gay men can’t interpret media depicting their own experience without being threatened to the point of public apology, the question of whether or not some 'Heated Rivalry' viewers fetishize them is no longer a question, but a fact," @colemanjspilde.bsky.social writes.

"Greene’s shift is unlikely to be a true change of heart," @amandamarcotte.bsky.social writes. "She’s betting that, after a decade of Trump, voters are finally getting fed up with the insult strategy that served her and Trump so well."

The female fans who led the charge in making the gay hockey romance a hit are also the ones policing its subjects.

Even as he falters, 2026 will be a make-or-break year for the president — and the country.

“The likelier explanation is that Greene is plotting a return, possibly to run for president in 2028. She’s betting that, after a decade of Trump, voters are finally getting fed up with the insult strategy that served her and Trump so well.”

The data center buildout is papering over the economy most Americans are living with.

Kristen Stewart and Kate Winslet's debut features prove not every actor is cut out to step behind the camera.

Artists are protesting Trump's Kennedy Center takeover — and creating art in defiance of his repression.

The president spent the last day of 2025 attacking his enemies on social media.

A new report from the Wall Street Journal dives into the origin of a rift between Trump and Epstein.

This one song by the Swedish group has a poignant, unexpected hold on the country.

Mainstream media outlets dismissed Trump's ties to Project 2025. Now it's facing unprecedented crackdowns.

The antidote to climate despair is collective defiance.

“Trumpist leaders love pointing the finger at LGBTQ+ people and liberals, calling them “groomers” and suggesting they’re violent perverts. But in 2025, the nation really saw how much that behavior is old-fashioned psychological projection.”