The collapse &/or capitulation of the 4th estate has been such a blow to our democracy It had been wavering for years but was a time if a q wasn’t answered the next reporter/journo would repeat the q Now they laugh when WOC are mocked for their intelligence & called names & q’s go unanswered🤷‍♀️

Nothing could be truer. Damn!

“Many many buildings opening” is the new jobs report. Tomorrow’s news: The Dow was up on the White House reporting that many many buildings were opening. Analysts were relieved by the use of two “manys” as one “many” would indicate possibly fewer buildings opening.

It’s just so unbelievably disappointing that the president of the United States lies all the time and there are somehow zero consequences for him (only for the country and its citizens).

Now if a reporter dares ask him where all the factories are opening, he’ll ask who the reporter is with, and say they’re a failing news network and the journalist is stupid, etc. It always stops there—then people just comment on the insults and the original question is forgotten. Rinse/repeat.

well this looks like a problem that one of these fucking billionaires we have lounging around could help fix in ten seconds if they gave a shit

The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.

Jesus overturned moneychangers’ tables in the Temple saying “You have made my Father’s House a den of thieves.” ICE steals people. A pastor in a church works for ICE. So I say this as a Christian and a pastor…yes, that is exactly where people should have been protesting.

If the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wants to forestall Trump orders to invade #Greenland, the most effective path might be to eliminate Mercator projections from any and all briefings. Trump almost certainly doesn't realize that Greenland is only 1/14th the size of Africa.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles

FREEDOM IS THE POWER TO SAY NO Charlotte Brontë: “I am no bird; & no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.” Greenlanders do not want to be part of the United States. “The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.“ ~ Carrie Jones ~ Thread 2/3🧵

"It only cost taxpayers $1.7 million for us to seize $14,135, y'all!" —ICE

This short clip is worth your time:

Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.

This is what’s so stupefying about Congressional leaders: Republicans, Schumer, Durbin, Jeffries. My brothers and sisters. You are leading the U.S. Congress at a moment of INDESCRIBABLE world historic import. Your faces and names will be plastered all over history books. How do you think you

We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.

The long-serving Catholic archbishop for pastoral care of all US military branches says troops can refuse orders to take Greenland by force as there aren’t circumstances where this would be a “just war”: aleteia.org/2026/01/19/u...

The Civil Rights Division is going to charge a Black Man under the Ku Klux Klan Act on MLK day. Do I have that right?

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...

Corporate Media: funny Trump doing funny things! Europe: we are diverting men & supplies & money to Greenland to prepare for a possible attack by US Entire World: Trump is madman, time to avoid dealing with US for economic or military matters Corporate Media: Trump is negotiating like a big boy!

Yes, it’s a confirmation of what everyone said would happen. But a confirmation is still useful.

It’s come to this: “Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland if such orders were issued, according to Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the bishop responsible for the pastoral care of US military personnel.”

Vance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who wrote: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.” Thiel donated $15 million to Vance’s 2022 Ohio Senate campaign. Thiel’s data analytics company Palantir helps ICE identify immigrants to target. 3/11 🧵

🧵🧵🧵 JD VANCE, SOCIOPATH 🧵🧵🧵 Here’s a thread about the vice president and why he’s a threat to your freedom. You may know some or all of these facts, but I thought it might help to put the damning details in one place. 1/11

A Russian influence operation developed over more than a decade comes to near complete fruition, and Putin, the author of the operation, is absolutely ecstatic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white

They actually have a better chance of saving their jobs if they throw him out of office. The longer Congress stays as an empty chair in government the more expendable it becomes to an administration looking to save money.

Invoke the 25th Amendment.

Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness. As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop. 1/3

“Even by Trump’s standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,’ as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.” www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

His impact is political, consequential in every way; so there is, of course, political impact. But to view him, to discuss him and his motives through a political lens is mostly pointless. He is driven exclusively by his mental illness. This is where the journalism focus needs to be. But is not.

Congress scholar here. This is good advice.

Yup and Europe and China dump our debt. Dollar tanks. We become a third world country over night. Trump has a desperate population to draft from for WWIII. Gets to cancel elections feed his ego and maintain grip on power.

djt attacks Greenland. NATO moves to defend Greenland. Putin moves on Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova. China attack Taiwan.

The Tech Billionaires (Thiel, Musk, Altman) all want the same thing. Collapse of Democracy so they can rule over the ashes.

Can someone explain this to Thune and Johnson?

I will 100% guarantee that the decision not to investigate is coming from Stephen Miller. Rationally, doing even a superficial investigation and “clearing” Ross would help them. But for Miller, that would be acknowledging the existence of constraints on his power

Ukraine is in my prayers. I hate Trump for all the things he is not doing to help Ukraine win.

To all Senators and Congressmen, Trump should really be removed BEFORE he invades an ally nation. NOT AFTER. Impeach, 25th amendment, whichever... just make it so!

Remove him and his whole administration. They all need to face treason and war crime charges.

If you're one of the 188 Republicans and 153 Democrats who voted last week to send $3.3B more in military and bombs to Netanyahu as he commits genocide, do not be quoting Dr. MLK this week, who specifically condemned the triple evils of racism, poverty, and militarism. Reprehensible hypocrisy.

i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states

January 2026, around 26 Republican U.S. House Reps & 5 Republican Senators, have announced they are not running for reelection in 2026. Switch to Dem party for the rest of your terms and Stop the Madness. Go down in the History books as a Washington, not as a Benedict Arnold. Safety in Numbers.

He hasn't lost his mind, at least not recently. He has always been demonstrably psychologically disordered. His mental illnesses and their effects have gotten worse, because that's what happens to malignant narcissists and narcissistic psychopaths with age, and also because he is surrounded ...

He is still the same boy throwing rocks, but the world is now the playpen www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/st...

A third undocumented immigrant detained at a sprawling concentration camp run by DHS in the Texas desert has died, ICE announced Sunday. It is the third such death in 44 days. ICE is systematically blocking efforts by members of Congress to inspect the facility.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social If this is not the moment for DEMs to step up, don’t know when it’d be. Schumer, Durbin, & others of the old guard are waiting for “their friends across the aisle” to come to their senses. When will they realize those aren’t their friends—and step aside for new leadership?

I think it’s worth asking again — and seriously — what exactly do we have a 25th Amendment for if not for this?

Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then What Is This Weak Sauce From Democratic Senators Call For Impeachment & Removal Or Just Resign Already Please.