The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same

Damn them.

I have so much to say about Bob Weir, but my first thought is: This man toured and played live music for almost his entire life. He found his dream and stuck with it to the end of his life. I love that and I love him.

Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...

Smithsonian scrubs negative info about Trump from caption of presidential portrait: report

“If Trump’s deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th most heavily funded on earth. This puts it above the militaries of Australia and Canada, and just below Israel’s. This force is invading US cities yet depicting itself as the victim.” Sarah Lazare

NEW: A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from revoking lawful status of 10,000 people paroled into the country with “family reunification” status. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

San Francisco’s Ocean Beach!

I've noticed that ICE agents keep yelling "18 USC § 111" at people filming them. I'd like to see the memo they all got on that talking point, and I'd like to know who sent it. Filming ICE or alerting your neighbors to their presence doesn't violate § 111.

ICE changes story on Christmas Eve shooting by agents in Maryland - The Baltimore Banner www.thebanner.com/community/cr...

Today’s FloriDUH man story: Man convicted for carrying Pelosi's podium during US Capitol riot seeks Florida county office www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/r...

Kelly Morrison on a Twin Cities ICE facility she & other members of Congress tried to visit: "We were told to leave. We met with 2 of the commanding officers & they told us the reason we were not able to stay & meet with detainees is because the funding for ICE came from the 'Big Beautiful Bill.'"

Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

New evidence blows apart Trump's Christmas night attack claims: report www.rawstory.com/trump-nigeri...

📣 I mentioned the other day (is.gd/JIkpcF) that the physical Nobel Peace Prize has zero value if María Corina Machado decides to hand it over to Trump when they meet (is.gd/IYd8i8). The Nobel committee *did not award it to him*. It threw cold water on Trump/Machado plans yesterday: 🧾 is.gd/xYQWI2

I think this guy picked up what Vance was implying by releasing that video much more than the press has.

This image: heads down. Arms behind back. Almost as if they’re prisoners. Submissive. This was taken like this for a reason. Whoever shot this sees them as a lot of us are starting to, weak. bsky.app/profile/the-...

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

"a serious challenge to Iran's authoritarian government" We can do this.

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

He called her a “fucking bitch” after shooting her in the face THREE TIMES. He had just been insulted by her wife attacking his ego. His hand was on the gun. This was murder with malicious intent. A hate crime.

ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits 'can barely read or write' www.rawstory.com/ice-shooting...

Out of Spite, Trump Used Veto Power to Punish Florida Tribe That Opposed “Alligator Alcatraz”

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youtu.be/baCXjMYPyPY #gresham #portland #oregon Utility companies have issued their own warnings to spot frauds; Rep. Ricki Ruiz said federal officers have impersonated utility workers in three incidents. KGW News | Portland

apnews.com/article/soci... says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now

For my rural peeps in NW Ohio & NE Indiana there are a few registered ICE Out for Good events. Sat at 2pm in Ft Wayne IN & Sun at 2pm in Defiance Ohio Remember you can get your like minded people together &have a vigil, a memorial walk, or any other way you find appropriate to honor Renee Good

Mother of 3 who loved to sing and write poetry shot and killed by ICE in #Minneapolis www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/u...

Trump’s reality check on Venezuela oil: He rolled out the red carpet for Big Oil at the White House, bragged about reviving Venezuela’s oil and pushing for $100 billion in U.S. investment. Exxon’s chief flat-out called Venezuela “uninvestable” without massive legal and commercial changes.

Abolish the crazy thugs at ICE.

BREAKING: In a major win for voters, a federal court blocked key parts of Trump’s anti-voting executive order. The judge ruled Trump had no authority to rewrite election rules, target mail-in ballots or force new barriers to voter registration.

The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear. snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...

The Washington National Opera will stop performing at the venue formerly known as John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the first time since 1971.

Do you feel overwhelmed? Tired? Exhausted with the constant news cycle? I want you to know: that's their goal. They want you checked out. They want you burnt out. I get it. I feel it. Take a break, but don't give up. When you give up, they win.

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Statement from Renee Good's wife, Becca Good "Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine..."

ALERT: Jack Smith will testify PUBLICLY before the House Judiciary Committee as early as this month Smith has been pressing to do so... in a public setting

2025 was the worst year for hiring since 2020, December jobs report shows www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Musk's X limits AI sexual deepfakes, Grok app still makes them www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

Important: Minneapolis killing should lead Dems to draw a much harder line against *any* ICE funding in budget talks, Swalwell/Goldman agree. "I am not going to pay masked thugs to shoot moms in the face. Period," Swalwell says. A Dem House should be for defunding. newrepublic.com/article/2051...

Rachel Maddow on Trump Being Extremely Unpopular, ICE Shooting in Minnea... youtu.be/xHP-1U81jy8?...

Let’s not jump to conclusions, let the investigation play out” rhetoric is pretty rich when the president of the United States, DHS, and ICE are already calling the victim a “domestic terrorist". youtube.com/shorts/W9JBh...

"This is not hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is when someone holds to a set of values but applies them selectively. what we are seeing is a worldview for which the only value is the domination of enemies. There is a name for that. It is fascism."

If you object to ICE, you’re the enemy. Read the details of the Stephen Miller interview you may have missed earlier this week. They’re important. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

PSA for journalists: stop using passive voice and writing “officer involved.” Say who is doing the shooting.