JD Vance in 2021:

The reviews are in

apart from this it was a fantastic cinematic experience  www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

🗣️"Reading and discussion are part of the same life-world. Education is not a discrete system marked by credits and deliverables, but a way of inhabiting time." #AcademicSky

Career opportunities, the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is to keep you out the dock Career opportunities, the ones that never knock 📸: Caroline Coon @ Camera Pree

Trump is really boosting the Conservatives

“Things will never be the same” youtu.be/eXvBjCO19QY?...

"It’s one of those rare, unicorn films that doesn’t have a single redeeming quality. I’m not even sure it qualifies as a documentary, exactly, so much as an elaborate piece of designer taxidermy, horribly overpriced and ice-cold to the touch." www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

The $40 million Amazon Prime documentary chronicling the 2024 election from First Lady Melania Trump’s point of view drops Friday, and Los Angeles — along with pretty much the rest of the country — wants nothing to do with it. Story: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

24 hours later: Trump has two journalists arrested

Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1

This latest instalment of the American crazy train doesn’t warrant a mention among the top stories on CNN 🤷‍♂️

Albertan separatists accused of ‘treason’ over Trump administration meetings ft.trib.al/1Z8MDi6

Sales of tickets to watch 'Melania' in Boston are so disastrous that they'll now pay you $50 to sit though it. From Craigslist:

The dollar’s slide to its lowest level in years has renewed fears about America’s pre-eminent position in global markets. on.wsj.com/4a3NIjl

The same people threatened Canada with (more) tariffs for “political interference” over a TV ad that quoted Ronald Reagan

𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘖𝘩, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 '𝘦𝘮, 𝘩𝘢 🎶 Thanks to @jennylsq.bsky.social for cueing up this bad boy today. @theclash.com “Know Your Rights” (1982)

Bruce Springsteen released a pointedly emotional protest song Wednesday, amid widespread outrage over sweeping immigration raids that have led to violence and fatal shootings at the hands of federal agents.

A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot. "They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets." "They had the professional demeanor of criminals." ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is bumbling toward wrecking the U.S. economy, Timothy Noah wrote in a blistering analysis for The New Republic published on Tuesday — and one simple economic trend proves it.

“Middle powers” with the middle finger. @theglobeandmail.com 🇨🇦 www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Remembering the influential singer, guitarist, and songwriter Tom Verlaine - best known as the frontman of Television who died on this day in 2023. RIP

Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto manufacturing to Canada www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Memorial University's Big Beautiful Contraction™ continues www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpse

Remembering Tom Verlaine, frontman of the influential New York punk rock band Television, died in Manhattan 3 years ago today at the age of 73 after a short illness. 📸 by Gus Stewart #punk #punks #punkrock #punklegends #television #tomverlaine #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Man who wouldn’t wear mask to protect people fine wearing mask to shoot them

Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”

Alberta judges urge respect after Smith said she wants to 'direct' them nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/27/a...

On a broad trade-weighted basis, today's fall in the Dollar is the biggest since the Greenland saga began. USD is now well below the range it traded in for all of H2 2025. This is generating headlines that attract new sellers. A self-reinforcing dynamic... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/dollar-col...

On this day in 1980, six Americans escaped Iran thanks to Canadian diplomats who hid them for months and then orchestrated their escape from the country in what is known as The Canadian Caper. Learn more in my Deep Dive 👇 buff.ly/09gD1Qk

Today, we remember all the victims murdered during the Holocaust, and we stand with those who survived. We also mark the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This dark memory must be passed to future generations. Never again.

RIP Sly Dunbar. Here's a playlist of some personal faves from his immense body of work. Features Culture, Grace Jones, Black Uhuru, Gwen Guthrie, Gregory Isaacs, Ian Dury, Tapper Zukie, Compass Point All Stars, Tamlins, Bits & Pieces and many more 🥁🇯🇲🔈▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ib...

They could be shot go this in the U.S. today youtu.be/kl4wkIPiTcY?...

This is the way #Greenland

youtu.be/aLx9jWEUGyY?... #ReneeGood #AlexPretti

The German foreign ministry is now warning travelers to the United States to be "vigilant" and exercise increased caution because of "violent confrontations" with federal agents in Minneapolis and other US cities. The updated travel advisory with automatic translation:

Nation wonders if guy who ‘loves winter’ also likes getting fucking choked to death

Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey joined Boston labor unions at an anti-ICE rally, and said workers should consider a “general strike.” “I like to see the thought of a general strike because I think in the long run it might be our only way out of this mess…"

Sorry to hear Sly Dunbar has died at 73, The Jamaican drummer, producer and songwriter was part of one of reggae’s most enduring rhythm sections and production teams with late bassist Robbie Shakespeare. The pair on Letterman in 1985. #RIPSlyDunbar m.youtube.com/watch?v=Padj...

We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA. We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material. In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights. link.europa.eu/Fh8h84

"It was a relief, finally, to hear a statesman articulate the sense of rupture so many Americans have felt but been loath or unable to express," Kathleen Parker writes. https://wapo.st/4teTSGb

The Globe's editorial this morning is a list of all the Canadian military personnel who died in Afghanistan. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Michael Harris | Carney did in Davos what other world leaders should be doing: rebuking the U.S. bully www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

The inclusion of Kyle Rittenhouse in this @deadder.bsky.social cartoon really brings home the deep hypocrisy

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." theatln.tc/wVq7MFaa

‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war

“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945