The ICE administrative warrant memo gives its officers authority greater than the general warrants used by the English that the 4th Amendment was designed to prevent. It allows law enforcement to enter homes based on "warrants" that they themselves approve, removing any external check.

Former Trump envoy Keith Kellogg: “If Ukraine survives this winter – January, February – and reaches March, April, the advantage will be on the side of Ukraine.”

⚡️Japan is sending $6 billion in new aid to Ukraine to help fix power grids and provide humanitarian support.

Bravo

🥶❄️ Continue my reporting from Kyiv: city is still grappling with blackouts after two massive Russian strikes on energy infrastructure on Jan. 9 and Jan. 20. Thousands of residents across Kyiv remain without reliable electricity and heating. Some central streets are lit, while others are dark.

Trump has caved. He got "permission" to place a radar and a THAAD battery at Pituffik. Something that he was free to do all along anyway. So he didn't gain shit from all his idiocy, and instead he lost the only friends that the US ever had.

I have a feeling people around Trump are making a killing…

This is actually a weirdly boring time to specialize in International Relations because there's no actual intellectual substance to any of this. Like, yeah, man. Shit's fucked. Fucker's nutso. That sort of insight is why I'm a fancy-pants political scientist you should all respect and consult.

Greenlanders aren't white.

1 million people in Kyiv are without power due to Russian attacks. 1 in 6 must leave their home We honour the extraordinary bravery of the Ukrainian people, who are enduring freezing temperatures & constant attacks Their struggle is our struggle. We must do more to support them

A poll in Germany conducted by Forsa revealed that only 18% of Germans consider the USA under Trump a partner, while 71% consider them an adversary.

Schon etwas älter, aber noch wie vor relevant. Etablierte Medien finden einfach keine angemessene Beschreibungssprache für eine Figur wie Trump und normalisieren seit Jahren sein Verhalten. uebermedien.de/99494/sanewa...

PM Starmer: I will not yield, and Britain will not yield, on our principles and values regarding the future of Greenland under the threat of tariffs. That is my clear position.

The French moving a carrier strike group to the waters around Greenland and Labrador now looks like a nailed on certainty. The question is more about what naval assets the UK and Italy as Europe's other primary sea powers will contribute.

If I walk up to you with hammer and say “I could break your knees if you don’t give me $20 but I won’t,” would you feel relieved that I’d ruled out breaking your knees?

Trump: “Canada lives because of the US, remember that Mark before you Make other statements.”

He's openly threatening Europe with invasion. Again.

Neither Denmark nor the EU (yesterday’s statement) are irrelevant; they can become the worst nightmare for these bullies. This dismissive attitude is a strategy to downplay the power of European institutions/countries. If they were irrelevant, they wouldn’t be trying so hard to dismantle them.

Trump: "Certain places in Europe are not even recognizable, frankly, anymore. We can argue about it but there's no argument. Friends come back from different places and say, 'I don't recognize it.' And that's not in a positive way. That's in a very negative way."

Recently I've been spending some time with pro-democracy leaders from other countries organizing against national strongmen. Their stories of organizing against authoritarians are eerily familiar. Among the many clear takeaways: stand up to bullies and go on offense because defense doesn’t win.

Dutch pension funds should follow suit

The end of American hegemony presents an opportunity for the “Tech Bros” to step in to “help” and thereby achieve the state-level power they have long craved. Thread. 1/

When the government demands that an institution provides a list of all the Jewish employees, the outcome is never a good one www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

"Fedorov said the Ukrainian defence ministry would work with tech company Palantir to launch a “data room . . . based on real war data” for Ukraine’s allies to train their AI and help intercept enemy drones and protect Ukrainian airspace." giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Thiel & Co. will get their hands on very valuable battlefield data.

Denmark is planning to deploy up to 1000 new soldiers to Greenland in the near future, with troops rotating through the territory -TV2 A few hundred have already deployed to Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk, including a platoon-size formation from France's mountain troops.

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

Germany is once again increasing its humanitarian aid for #Ukraine amid the current winter and Russia's continued attacks. In addition to the approximately €170 million already pledged in December 2025, a further €60 million has now been pledged, which will be provided by the Federal Foreign Office.

Following a talk today between the Ukrainian Minister of Defence Fedorov & the German Minister of Defence Pistorius, the Ukrainian MoD announced that Germany's pledged military aid of €11.5 billion/€12 billion for 2026 accounts for more than 30% of all pledged contributions this year.

Imagine you're a scientist trying to publish a new study, and being told you can't, unless you do background checks on co-authors who aren't U.S. citizens and send their names to national security staff. Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️

The problem with a lot of these people is that no one has ever told them no.

The Jeff Bezos team at the Washington Post are accusing Canada of "trolling" Trump by signing a trade deal with China. They say we will regret it. Fuck off Washington. There, I said it.

This is true. It is also true that Canada ALMOST has a functional veto over US military actions against Greenland. It is very difficult for the US to conduct military actions against GL without using CA airspace, NORAD assets, and/or CA allowing EU naval forces to use CA ports. A short thread.

There are times the fundamentals of world politics change to an extent hard to grasp. Here is an article from reputable Canadian media about Canadian military modelling to defend against an US invasion. Yes, you read that right.

[🇳🇱 Politics]: 7 members leave Wilders' PVV in Dutch Parliament and start alternative group. They criticise lack of democracy in the party and the party line and communication. This would leave PVV with 19 seats and make GL-PvdA (Green-Socialdemocrats) the biggest (anticipated) 'opposition' party.

Ursula von der Leyen called for a “new European independence,” saying security is Europe’s greatest challenge. She reaffirmed support for Ukraine, citing €90 billion in aid and frozen Russian assets, and vowed Europe will stand with Kyiv until a just peace. #EU

This is so grim. Science isn’t just something nerds do, but the foundation of the modern world. What the Trump regime has done to US science will harm Americans for generations.

"Elon Musk has donated $10 million to help a Republican businessman in the party’s primary race to succeed Senator Mitch McConnell in Kentucky, in a sign that Mr. Musk, the world’s richest person, may be looking to play an influential role in the midterm elections."

The primary country that benefits from Trump’s nonsensical push to take over Greenland is Russia.

Danish soldiers are now arriving in Greenland as the military presence increases.

I totally agree! Here's a link to your youtube video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sMf...

This is 100% correct and the EU should do it immediately. The USA will break if a bunch of entitled Americans suddenly can’t book get-aways in Paris.

⚡️ Denmark 'substantially increases' Greenland troops as Trump won't rule out using force. Chief of the Royal Danish Army Major General Peter Boysen will also deploy to the island alongside soldiers.

Denmark is sending a larger contingent of troops to Greenland, with more soldiers expected to arrive in Kangerlussuaq on Monday. The Danish military calls it a “substantial contribution.”-Danish TV2

Denmark and Greenland propose joint NATO mission in Greenland 🇬🇱 Jointly securing the Arctic. Because that is what this is all about !!

I wrote last yr Canada should consider joining the EU's geopolitical enlargement. Seems even more pertinent now: "a transcontinental EU that includes Canada and safeguards its members’ sovereignty from both Ru and American diktat would prevent Trump and Pu from creating the neat maps they desire...

ICYMI: Miami Beach nightclub Vendôme apologized Sunday for a “deeply offensive and unacceptable” video circulating online, which appears to show a group of popular and controversial influencers partying to Kanye West’s anti-Semitic song, “Heil Hitler.”