If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.

Army veteran who lived in U.S. legally for over 50 years deported after ICE arrest

Brutal 2025 number. And for context, the 130,000 for last month (also subject to revision), would have been considered an absolutely crap number under Biden, who averaged 336,000 per month over his term.

We now have data from Trump's first full year in office. Let's review the performance of Trump and the two parties since 1989 and a new age of globalization began. However you cut the data Trump continues to have worst jobs record of last six Presidents. 1/

Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.

Republicans redistricted to win five new seats in Texas. All five are projected to be between R+4 and R+8. To achieve this, they diluted their advantage in other districts. A 15-point swing in November wipes out Republican control of the state. A 30-point swing erases Republicans in Texas entirely.

I’m calling on Governor Mike DeWine and Senators Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno to put Ohio communities first and join my call to extend TPS for the Haitian community.

"Every day, I wake up and see the news and I'm horrified. I think it is crazy that some people make it sound like it's acceptable, like the murder of civilians is acceptable." - Victor Wembanyama says about the killings in Minnesota Via DonHarris4/X

“Boo hoo,” as they say.

🔥REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “How rich @KristiNoem says showing up with a legal firearm is grounds for execution when they support Rittenhouse & pardon protestors… we cannot go down this road, countryman against countryman… they’re trying to keep us divided so they can line their own pockets.”

This would be outrageous but the man is very clearly not the same man he once was. Tragic, and he should resign and take care of himself.

Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"

Why are witnesses in federal detention?

This is apparently on X. I have a few concerns: 1) why is DHS sending photos of (alleged) evidence that should be in a secure chain of custody that is now lying on a car seat??? and 2) being armed does not on its own justify the use of deadly force — there has to be evidence he was trying to use it

As I write in new post 👇it's time for free state Govs/AGs/Dem Congressional leaders to rally for the people of Minnesota as Europe rallied for Denmark. We must come together to act & speak with one, unified voice. The assault on Minnesota must end. Now. 1/ www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-courag...

Undertaking a sweeping investigation of almost all federal funding to 14 states & D.C. – all but one led by a Democrat – is a harmful & shameful escalation of the Admin’s corrupt politicization of basic governance & suggests funding freezes may be coming. www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/p...

Well, this is really something. A majority of *working class whites* disapprove of ICE, per new NYT poll. Dovetails with the unpublished data that I got from Quinnipiac finding similar on working class more broadly (see below). (cc @gelliottmorris.com )

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."

Trump last week pardoned Gov Wanda Vázquez (R-PR) for the felony bribery case from 2022, but not the misdemeanor campaign finance case to which she pleaded guilty in 2025. Trump quietly issued her a new pardon for the misdemeanor yesterday. The purchase price for these pardons was $3.5 mn.

Goddammit John Roberts are you clowns really going to sit there and pretend that people with brown skin have no Constitutional rights at all?

“A culture of corruption is pernicious because it is not just a deviation from government in the public interest; it is also the destruction of the state’s democratic legitimacy. It undermines the necessary faith that the representatives of the people are acting in the interest of the people.”

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

Trump is declaring himself Emperor of Gaza. With billions of pending reconstruction contracts on the line, the corruption is almost unimaginable in scale.

Jesus, legit insane

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

A family member of mine recently went through a pregnancy. They were nervous about Tylenol when they needed it because of the messaging from the government. They're not a fan of RFK at all and ultimately listened to docs but this added stress and actual pain to the pregnancy.

The giant corporations that have been ripping everybody off and making life unaffordable are getting let out of jail free by Trump. Maybe not free — a small donation for Trump’s gold-plated ballroom is always appreciated.

NEWS: The court has also overturned the stop work order on Empire Wind, granting the developer's motion for a preliminary injunction and allowing construction work to continue

My daughter's school in Richfield, MN (adjacent to Minneapolis) is closing tomorrow due of out-of-control federal agents. Fourth graders spent the week building walls of snow at recess to protect their classmates from ICE. This isn't about immigration enforcement, it's about terror.

Remarkable: David Shor's firm is circulating a memo among Dems that finds footage of ICE shooting significantly drives up Trump's disapproval. I obtained the memo here. It also finds broad support for Dem plans to rein in ICE. If even Shor's firm is finding this... newrepublic.com/article/2052...

"Several faculty groups have denounced the Trump administration’s efforts to obtain information about Jewish professors, staff and students at the University of Pennsylvania – including personal emails, phone numbers and home addresses..."

The majority of the leadership team inside Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney’s Office resigned Tuesday in protest of directives from federal officials in the wake of the killing of Renee Good, according to sources familiar with the decision.

Absolute goons. And for anybody who was put on the fence by White House gas lighting about the Renee Good’s murderer being the real victim, the new barrage of ICE agents being even more insane should end that.

NEW REPORT! Trump’s Crypto Connections: a sitting president w/a direct financial stake in a Treasury-backed stablecoin. Our new report warns how Trump’s crypto ventures pose a systemic risk to the U.S. economy & why Congress should act before taxpayers + our financial system pay the price. 👇

“No Lives Matter”

One of the biggest hurdles for developing nations getting foreign investment is demonstrating they are stable, and their economies aren’t run on rampant, capricious corruption. Trump weaponizing DOJ against the Fed Chair is the loudest possible signal we aren’t a place to invest.

REPORT THIS GOFUNDME IMMEDIATELY.

Sen. Tina Smith: "I don't know how I could vote for a funding bill for ICE and DHS when so much of what they are doing is illegal, is lawless."

Hilariously atrocious kettlebell form. Real ballerina energy.

ICE on the left, Patriot Front white supremacists on the right. Or wait, no. Patriot Front white supremacists on the left. No, no, no. It's the other way. ICE on the left and . . . honestly, who knows. Totally indistinguishable organizations.

We need to know more about the vetting and backgrounds of ICE agents. Coming after a January 6th anniversary where Trump pardoned the attackers as heroes, how many ICE agents are Proud Boys, insurrectionists and extremists getting paid for political violence? And supposedly with “absolute immunity”?

FOX: Revisions -- October is down 68,000 jobs. November is down 8,000. What do you make of that? HASSETT: We still have to get the BLS numbers to be more reliable

Excellent.

The extortion continues. Ukraine Awards Major Lithium Project to Investors With Links to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...

Going to be hard to provide real assurances while the administration is trying to illegally cancel hundreds of obligated contracts, literally rob a bank to claw back disbursed funds from the financial agent for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and is defending those attempts in multiple courts.

it is the policy of this government to treat democratic-led states as conquered territories and the people therein as something like hostiles or even enemy combatants

It’s insane that the court system is incapable of stopping a tyrannical executive because *it takes too much time for cases to move*. So let there be more judges! Not to mention that one of the biggest causes of the broken immigration system for years has been too few immigration judges. Hire more!

Compare the right wing response to federal use of force between Ruby Ridge and Waco versus the tragedy we witnessed today in Minnesota. Ask yourself what is different. Everyone matters. Everyone matters. Everyone matters. Don’t let anyone tell you different.

BREAKING: Senate Dems are investigating Trump’s dealings with US fossil fuel companies surrounding the Venezuelan military actions. We want to know: - When they knew - Their communications with the Trump Admin - What the Trump Admin has promised them

Incredible write-up by @cammiecroft.bsky.social for @scarymommy.com! Motherhood Didn’t Make Me Brave. It Made Me Furious.