California Governor Gavin Newsom's press office said Wednesday that he was denied entry to the USA House in Davos, Switzerland, following pressure from the White House.

Trump: "Sometimes you need a dictator."

Jones to Hannity: Shame on you. Your children will be ashamed of where you stand. I’m going to pray for you. Tell Trump to put down the pardon pen and pick up a mirror if he wants to go after criminals.

Fox News reports that "the FBI has just served subpoenas to several officials here in Minneapolis, including members of the office of Gov. Tim Walz"

Trump amplifies post that says NATO — not China or Russia — is part of the “real threat” to America.

President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials. www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...

New niche meme format for our chaotic times.

🚨BREAKING: DEMS DRAW RED LINE IN DHS APPROPS: NO FUNDING INCREASE FOR ICE. POLICY RIDERS GROWING. STORY COMING IN MIGRANT INSIDER

One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.

🚨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.

SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

A single federal agent with a long gun just walked through the crowd, slipped on the ice on his way under the police tape. Dropped his loaded clip.

More feds showed up. Crowd chanting, "fuck ICE!" These vehicles also reversing out now.

Based on the City of Minneapolis and confirmed by a friend in the city, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been involved in another shooting in the northern part of the city, two people shot by ICE officer(s). Situation is developing, more information to come.

We are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in North Minneapolis. We are working to confirm additional details.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi "seems very nice" but expressed uncertainty over whether Pahlavi would be able to muster support within Iran to eventually take over.-Reuters

Airspace closure over Iran extended to 03:30 UTC, approximately 2 more hours.

A UN Security Council meeting on Iran may take place on January 15 at the request of the USA, a source in the Security Council said.-TASS

The U.S. is moving a carrier strike group from the South China Sea to the CENTCOM area of responsibility.-News Nation

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Breaking: Iran closes its airspace. 8/

❌ New NOTAM just issued by Iran closing airspace to all flights except international flights to/from Iran with permission. NOTAM is valid for a little more than 2 hours. Live view of Iranian airspace: www.flightradar24.com/airport/ika

Airspace closure to foreign air traffic? Aeroflot, Emirates and Uzbek carrier Fly Khiva are facing crossover halts all of a sudden. 7/

BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally. Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.

BREAKING: Hundreds of sensitive U.S. records obtained by WIRED undercut the Trump administration’s claims portraying Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua as a unified terrorist force invading the country. Intelligence agencies spent much of 2025 unsure TdA even functioned as an organization on U.S. soil.

Breaking WaPo: The FBI executed a search warrant this morning at a Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials. 
It's highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter's home.

Asked if he's willing to shut down the government over ICE funding, Senator Cory Booker replies: "We had the longest government shutdown, and Democrats could not hold together to sustain that kind of pressure."

The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists said early Wednesday.

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

Snap elections in Japan coming tomorrow it looks like *JAPAN PM TO INFORM INTENT TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT ON WED: NIKKEI

WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ

Breaking News: Three Minnesota federal prosecutors resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the wife of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent. The Justice Department sought to examine her supposed ties to activist groups.

“Mr. Thompson’s resignation came after senior Justice Department officials pressed for a criminal investigation into the actions of the widow of Renee Nicole Good, the Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent last Wednesday.”

Senior Trump administration official—specifically identified as Thomas Dans, Trump’s Arctic commissioner—stated that “meaningful U.S. action” related to Greenland could occur within “weeks or months.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

In Minneapolis

Wow — New YouGov / Economist poll: 46% support abolishing ICE 43% oppose abolishing ICE This is the first time that abolishing ICE has received net positive support

Navarro: "We're looking very carefully at this problem of AI data centers driving up the cost of electricity. You can expect strong action from Trump. It's amazing in a bad way how much electricity is projected for AI, & a significant amount of it serves ChatGPT users in places like India & China."

BERNANKE/YELLEN/GREENSPAN JOINT STATEMENT: “.. this is how monetary policy is made in emerging markets ..” (via @apnews.com)

“I’m not investigating Jerome Powell to pressure the Fed into lowering interest rates. They should lower interest rates though. They should feel pressure to do that definitely” www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Calling out bullshit pretexts as bullshit pretexts, if only we had more Powells in our politics

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Someone sent me this video of Trump’s goons in action today in the Twin Cities. The audio is disturbing.

i believe the photographer who is taking the photo is Christopher Katsarov of the Canadian Press, and here is his photo

"Things here are very, very bad," a source in Tehran said on Sunday. "A lot of our friends have been killed. They were firing live rounds. It's like a war zone, the streets are full of blood. They're taking away bodies in trucks.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Organised gangs of wine moms.” Paramilitary groups of soccer moms. Auxiliary corps of woke girls. They are what strike terror into the hearts of fascists.

HMS Warspite, Valiant, Barham, and their destroyer escorts bombard Italian positions at Bardia in January 1941

I know it's hard to shock these days but Elon Musk going full Rhodesia defender and calling for the ethnic cleansing of the US should still shock you. These are neo nazi views that were only previously shared on explicitly neo nazi sites.

ICE goons smash the window of an activists car brutally yank 2 out, abduct them and leave their car abandoned in Southside Minneapolis (1/11/26)

FOX: Where’s the protest against the regime that's killing people in the street right now? Trent: They are doing those today. It’s called the ICE protests FOX: Are they talking about Iran at the ICE protests? Trent: No, I think they are talking about the regime that is shooting people in the face

Trump administrations have had preliminary discussions on how to carry out an attack on Iran to follow through on Trump's threats, one option being discussed is a large-scale aerial strike on multiple Iranian military targets.- WSJ