Paul Krugman:

Your tax dollars at work in the future - to aid oil companies! ... because American citizens actually re-elected Trump. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Freedom of speech appears to be declining in Trumpland. #Gift from the Atlantic on Hegseth punishing Kelly for speaking truth about military law. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump works to make the military loyal to Trump. “There is an active effort to politicise the armed forces,” Eaton said. “Once you infect the body, the cure may be very difficult and painful for presidents downstream.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We are looking more like Russia, every day. If you bend the knee it will get worse, even. We can't.

“One should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland,” the Danish prime minister warned. “If the U.S. chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops, including ... the security that has been established since [WWII]." trib.al/ebsUl9g

CAPITOL COPS: “Many were armed… he reached under my visor and tried to gouge out my eye… now president Trump pardoned all the people that assaulted me and called them patriots…” Officers Hodges & Fanone watch their gruesome 1/6 body cam videos. Full: youtu.be/CvL4sXhGrYs?...

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations

#Alaska If Trump grabs oil from Venezuela, won't that make the 'freeing up drilling" in AK much less profitable? Who would drill in ANWR when cheap oil from Venezuela comes into the market. Perhaps Sen Sullivan & Congressman Begich have again sold us a fantasy once again.

Clay Bennett cartoon www.gocomics.com/claybennett/...

Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession

#Climate With the return of Trump, the US is again accelerating global warming, pushing fossil fuels. Remember that the extinction of species is forever. And man is a mammal. How long can you live at 120 degrees F without A/C? www.wired.com/story/the-ea...

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has worked to promote democracy in Venezuela. “If she had turned [the Nobel Peace Prize] down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” a source close to the White House said. trib.al/oKX1dm5

WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

"with the Supreme Court granting Trump full presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for all “official acts,” ... the administration’s position is that U.S. courts can hold foreign presidents, but not U.S. presidents, accountable for crimes" www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Trump on the US running Venezuela: It will not cost us anything because the money coming out of the ground is substantial. We’re going to take back the oil.

Lipetsk region, Russia. Drone attack on the city of Yelets. Reports indicate the Energiya plant was hit. 👀🔥

Who would have guessed that the Trump family meme cryptocurrencies might tank? (sarcasm) finance.yahoo.com/news/billion...

Late August above Gakona Glacier during a solo backpacking trip in the Eastern Alaska Range in 2023. From the western marginal moraine, the glacier’s movement is visible in looping moraines, while active icefalls continue to feed the upper basin. #Alaska #glacier #mountains #landscapephotography

A meltwater channel on the Black Rapids Glacier, divided by a narrow ice island and a balanced boulder. In the early melt season with limited englacial drainage, much of the water flows on the surface, making foot travel difficult at times. #alaska #glacier #hiking

Once again, the tune for today (& probably the year) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkqf...

While out photographing eagles this morning I came across this owl sleeping in a tree. #photography #birdphotography #birds

The Windchimes rock formations on a ridge near Mount Prindle in the White Mountains of Alaska, with low clouds moving through the spires. Hiking guide: www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-guide... #alaska #hiking #mountains

On AI data centers creating pollution. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#Gift Trump lies. "In fact, data shows that U.S.-born workers are doing moderately worse under Trump than they were under President Joe Biden because the labor market has weakened" wapo.st/49BFRKw

They bombed animals. I recall the first bombing of this ecopark when the war just began - they had no system to donate, so people bought all the tickets online, so they could get some funds to rebuild. And they did. They stayed with animals, shared videos of newborn “babies”. But russia had to kill

#Constitution says you have the right to protest, but you are in Trumpland now. "Strategic incapacitation is policing by preemption. Rather than responding to crowds, police constrain when, where, and whether they can form at all." www.wired.com/story/expire...

An absolute must to read and ponder. Right through to the end. By Spencer Ackerman. "Weiss simply has no idea what it took to report this story, and even less about the value of what her reporter delivered. Ellison would not have installed someone who did." www.forever-wars.com/watching-bar...

The Roberts #SCOTUS allowed the Trump autocracy into existence, placing him above the law. Now Roberts demonstrates how clueless, how out-of-it he is by denying his courts actions. Roberts proves himself a flaming lying asshole. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

NY Times on Trump using the Presidency to enrich himself. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

An Anchorage judge found the state violated the Alaska Constitution when it reauthorized a wolf-killing policy first approved over a decade ago without considering new scientific population estimates for animals in the area.

#Gift Trump INTENDS TO WEAKEN #DOLLAR. Your money will be worth LESS. "“You make a helluva lot more money with a weaker dollar,” the president said in July." www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

#Gift On Russia brutalizing its own soldiers. An incredible list of allegations!! Remember that Trump is in thrall to Putin & wants to copy him. Would this be the future of our soldiers under Hegseth? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#Gft Trump whacked the #SocialSecurity department. Too bad for seniors & other Americans. Project 2025 was available to read ahead of the 2024 election. Yet Americans chose to re-elect Trump. wapo.st/4pheQks

Russia’s tactic against Ukrainian cities has remained unchanged throughout all the years of the war:to destroy life itself Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region is no exception,MFA of Ukraine says Russia through its terror proves its complete lack of interest in peace& in ending its war 📷🖊️MFA_Ukraine

Putin lies to Trump & Trump swallows the lies. Trump then publicly blasts Ukraine based on Putin's lie without bothering with ANY verification. The President of the US is this gullible, this unhinged. That tells us that those who elected him are also that gullible. www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

This nation's rich decide to chuck out the Constitution to give Trump a 3rd term as king. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

The Stalin kangaroo courts come to the US. Uh, didn't the #SCOTUS ruling also make Obama & Biden free from any criminal liability in office, as it did Trump. But in an autocracy, the law no longer matters. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

AI is more than error prone. It's a system that will lie when it does not know an answer. What would that do for coding? Too bad the companies won't accept this reality. Hiring for IT jobs fell. New graduates can't find jobs. www.zdnet.com/article/ai-m...

#Gift Even more performers cancel at Trump Kennedy Memorial Center even after Trump chief Grinnell sues on for a million bucks for cancelling. Will he also sue Renee Fleming & the others? Who'd sign up in the future for such a work nightmare? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/a...

#Gift from the Atlantic. In 2024, Project 2025 was available for all to read to see the planned destruction of the US government. Yet this nation's voted for the destruction. Can they read? Are they deep in a cult? They clearly are masochists & chumps. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

FYI - It's a question of either humor or sickness: the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson where he sings the accomplishments of the GOP like "lowering prices"!?!? I won't post the link as I don't want to be responsible sickening some people.

#Gift On back pain relief. Uh, many people knew this decades ago, so it is only "surprising" to some. www.wsj.com/health/welln...

#Gift On the decline of #Biotech in the US. Looks like the Trump admin wants China or others to become #1 as the the US cuts federal funding to science. www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...

"In recent weeks, the Treasury consulted with bond investors on five candidates for the Fed.., asking how the market would react to them... They were told it would react negatively to Kevin Hassett .. because he is not perceived as independent enough from Trump" www.reuters.com/business/fin...

The cold snap in Alaska and the Yukon is now into week four and will continue for days. The latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter provides some background on long duration cold events in northwest North America. #akwx #ytwx #Arctic #Climate alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/ongoing-co...

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Milder but stormy in most of Southeast Alaska and neighboring areas in NW Canada. Locally strong winds returned to Southcentral. Interior cold but with large variations in temperatures due to wind or lack thereof. #akwx #weather

Fairbanks 65 years ago today, it was really cold. In a classic forecast bust, 48 hours after this headline "…no relief in sight", the temperature had risen 71ºF, for a high temperature New Year's Eve of +9ºF. #akwx #cold @leahwrenn.bsky.social @borealchrys.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social

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