North Korea state television, you have serious competition

#CourtsMatter #JudgesMatter As @thelisagraves.bsky.social said "... Trump did not get here alone. The high court, led by John Glover Roberts Jr., super-charged him–even though Trump embodies the worst fears of America’s founders." michaelpopok.substack.com/p/the-robert...

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

They're doing this so they can call any government program that isn't ICE or the military "rife with fraud" and thus illegitimate. They are trying to manufacture consent to say any entitlement — from Medicare to social security — must be canceled because of extreme edge cases. Don't fall for it.

Valero Energy is up more than 9% today. Why? Because it owns Gulf refineries built for Venezuelan heavy crude. This is the same reason why MAGA billionaire Paul Singer profited from the U.S. military raid. More details here: popular.info/p/venezuela-...

Paul Singer, whose firm owns the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, spent millions in 2024 to re-elect Trump. Now, after Trump's invasion of Venezuela on behalf of Big Oil, he's set to cash in on his investment. A government of, by, and for the billionaires.

🚨🧊✈️ AVELO DUMPS ICE‼️ Shutting down Mesa AZ ICE hub in 3 weeks: “The program provided short-term benefits but ultimately did not deliver enough consistent and predictable revenue to overcome its operational complexity and costs,” an Avelo Airlines spokesperson said. www.azfamily.com/2026/01/07/a...

How a MAGA lie is born: STEP 1: An irrelevant former Fox News host posts a made-up fraud number. STEP 2: The NY Comic Book reports it as fact. STEP 3: Fox News repeats the “reporting,” zero facts attached. Last week it was a fake $70B. Now it’s a fake $250B.

ICYMI: Texas A&M admin is requiring a faculty member to either remove *Plato* from their syllabus for being too woke or be reassigned to teach “Ethics for Engineers” at 8am

"If states fail to act together to preserve the prohibition on the use of force — the bedrock of the postwar legal order — the toll will be registered in many more lives lost in conflicts that no longer have any guardrails to stop them." @oonahathaway.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.

What she said! Every 👏🏽 Last 👏🏽 Word 👏🏽 @reeciecolbert.bsky.social

Several European leaders pushed back Tuesday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments seeking an American takeover of Greenland.

In 1960, Fidel Castro took the Cuban Revolution to Harlem. After facing hostility at midtown hotels, Castro moved his entire delegation to the Hotel Theresa. The highlight? A historic, private meeting with Malcolm X. ✊🏾🇨🇺 When the world turned its back, Harlem opened its doors.

China banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Taiwan, a self-ruled island Beijing claims as its sovereign territory.

Ongoing Attacks Exploiting Critical RCE Vulnerability in Legacy D-Link DSL Routers

Trump freezes over $10 billion in childcare, family assistance funds to 5 US states reut.rs/4aMYOLB

Voters in southeastern Colorado overwhelmingly supported President Trump, who just vetoed a clean drinking water project there. Locals are stunned to be caught up in Trump's crusade against Colorado. @marcsallinger.bsky.social reports from Bent County:

JUST IN: Trump-appointed judge questions Lindsey Halligan's continued use of US Attorney authority and title in EDVA despite "binding" ruling that she was illegally appointed. Judge David Novak wants Halligan to explain in writing within 7 days. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Deputy Prime Minister of Poland from the top rope: #EU #elonmusk

MAGA media sites fizzle as infighting splinters messaging

In a jaw-dropping moment at the House Republican retreat, President Donald Trump floated a shocking idea experts have warned about for months: ditching the 2026 midterms altogether.

Exclusive: Eli Lilly is in advanced talks to acquire Ventyx Biosciences for more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In Chapter 3, we lay out a timeline of key moments throughout the day as the assault on the Capitol unfolded.

The U.S. blockade on Venezuela’s energy exports was expected to shutter more than 70% of the country’s oil production this year and wipe out its dominant source of public revenue, according to internal government estimates, a scenario that would set off a humanitarian crisis.

The agreement is the latest AI-focused partnership signed by a major record label and follows Universal’s deal with AI music generator Udio.

Despite geopolitical uncertainty, US stocks closed at record highs Tuesday. The Dow gained 485 points, or 0.99%, to close at a record high of 49,462.08. It's the first time the blue-chip index has closed above 49,000 points. https://cnn.it/4suTWRt

Data centers risk straining the power grid, but some tech companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting centers from the grid when electricity is in short supply.

Elon Musk has "renewed his bromance" with President Donald Trump and dropped his plans to create a third party.

A teachers’ union in Texas sued the state’s education agency over its investigations into educators who criticized conservative activist Charlie Kirk following his death.

The Trump administration is asking all 50 states to defend their spending on child care, with one official confirming to Axios that their access to funding has already been impacted.

The Justice Department said it has released 12,285 documents – less than 1% – of its Jeffrey Epstein-related files, with more than 2 million documents still being reviewed. https://cnn.it/4qIiAMV

The U.K. and France will set up military hubs across Ukraine if a cease-fire agreement is reached between Kyiv and Russia, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said.

Trump Urges House Republicans To ‘Be A Little Flexible’ On Abortion Funding Restrictions

A dramatic 450% rent increase at Carnegie House in Manhattan was upheld by the New York County Supreme Court this week. on.wsj.com/4bl48pu

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Our investigation finds that Trump's actions in Venezuela and Greenland are the product of a long-running Russian influence campaign that began during his first term. Read + share the complete report. america2.news/the-russian-...

They also spew the following: "Administration officials argue the island is crucial to the U.S. due to its deposits of minerals with important high-tech and military applications." It's imperialistic bullshit under the lie of being a "national security" interest. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Time for NATO to kick the US to hell out of Europe. Close the bases and confiscate all property.

Does anyone think Trump could even find Greenland on a map? Blowing up NATO has been Putin’s goal all along. His fingerprints are all over all of this.

Sen. Tillis denounces Trump's pardons of J6 insurrectionists: "We let bad people go, and we sent the message that if you come to this Capitol and you have the right president in office, he's gonna get you get past things that not anyone of us would get away with if we did it back in our home state"

If you buy your own health insurance through the ACA marketplaces, tell us how this year's experience is different from last year.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry wrote in an opinion column he believes captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro should be put to death for his alleged drug-related crimes. via @lailluminator.com

WATCH — @pabloreports.bsky.social : “Any reaction to the White House blaming the police for the violence on 1/6?” @crockett.house.gov : “They’re trying to rewrite history. It’s a disgrace.”

Forecasters in Britain warned that the Arctic blast could worsen later in the week with the arrival of Storm Goretti that could lead to a multi-hazard event across parts of England and Wales.

Breaking news: The suspect accused of fatally shooting two Brown University students and an MIT professor in December admitted in videos found on an electronic device that he had planned the attack for several months, officials said.

As if we all don’t have eyes and didn’t witness this happen in real time. These liars continue to be a stain on our nation. Sad and destructive. A betrayal of all who came before them. 🇺🇸

China has banned exports of some rare earth elements and other items to Japan that could be used for military purposes, straining already tense relations between the two countries following the Japanese prime minister’s recent remarks on Taiwan.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors voted to dissolve the organization, officials announced, ending the 58-year-old agency that distributed federal funds to NPR, PBS and more than 1,500 local public radio and television stations.

We went to this Rep Ogles post to see the comments, and y’all did not disappoint: www.facebook.com/share/p/17v1...