1. The American people were under no imminent threat from Iran. Its government does not have nuclear weapons. It was no more threatening to Israel or any other US ally than it normally is.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

"A Gallup poll last year found 40% of American women, ages 15-44, would like to permanently move overseas, if possible."

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

This is not a State of the Union. It’s just a live stream of Trump arguing with reality.

Seems like the FBI Director should be impeached & removed from office if Trump won't fire him

Breaking: The Olympic gold-winning U.S. women's hockey team DECLINES Trump's invitation to his State of the Union address after he was caught on video mocking them.

The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.

Chyron of the day

Actual question for @kenwhite.bsky.social for either here or Serious Trouble - why AREN'T more lawyers being referred for meaningful sanctions, or to their Bar Association for disbarment? Is this seen as a bridge too far? Not practical given the oceans of BS coming out of the current administration?

This is how you live a life

PBS News Hour: U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents describe how they were treated. Watch the segment here www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMgC... I'm clipping transcripts of the citizens speaking in this thread 1/3

Minnesota still needs your attention

lol

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it

Trump is so close to going full Colonel Jessup and arguing it was his duty to be a racist piece of shit.

Speaking on behalf of a religion that actively sought to spread itself to every country in the world whether invited or not, Speaker Johnson would like to share with you the Biblical case for strong borders.

Wonder Man quoting a long passage from Amadeus was not on my 2026 bingo card, but I’m happy to have found it all the same.

Yes, Trump is profiting off of his Presidency, but the lawsuit he filed yesterday is so far beyond corrupt that it needs a new word that is beyond corruption... I had some thoughts...

One of the country’s highest-ranking Catholic leaders, and a top ally of Pope Leo, is sharply criticizing the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, calling ICE a “lawless organization." https://to.pbs.org/3LRVzZd

A teacher literally shaking as she describes the threat from her own government to the children she teaches www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

We just published our full analysis of the ICE killing of Alex Pretti on Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

📻 Tune into this week’s show, featuring: @vermontgmg.bsky.social, @josephcox.bsky.social, and @drewharwell.com. on-the-media.visitlink.me/49E_ss

Yes! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

I am begging people to just imagine for a second talking as if the lives of the people in Greenland are an important part of what is happening in Greenland.

what do you MEAN Al Gore heckled Lutnick at Davos

Look, sure, “Yippee, he’s unpopular!” but also the fact that those percentages aren’t exponentially lower is a continuing indictment of the USA as a whole.

The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work. Really depraved shit.

It's the top 10% doing the spending. The rest are saving the money they barely have.

Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.

“The murders will continue until you stop calling us names.”

According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation). Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.

Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?

This guy has investigated this phenomenon extensively and actually recently released a book about it! Highly recommend his content.

What a nice Christmas present. Connections Puzzle #928 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery." 🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

This makes me think of Drancy, as a waystation to Auschwitz, and that is a horrifying thought.

Nailed my coffee this morning. No complaints here. #coffee #espresso #latteart

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books @guygavrielkay.bsky.social

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Good short video on new challenges to spotting AI generated images youtube.com/shorts/3M-BH...

Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

The great @timothysnyder.bsky.social explains why this new Trump-backed Ukraine plan sells out Ukraine, Europe, and democracies across the world. Take a few minutes and watch. It is hard to put into words how much damage Trump is doing to our own country, how unfit and malevolent he is.

Ok @hankgreen.bsky.social is my anger translator regarding stupid controversies about Jimmy Wales and @wikipedia.org. I was going to say something, but Hank says everything I would have said here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zi0...