Out of the paywall for today only: China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric vehicles. Read more from @abigailbassett.bsky.social:

Just in case you’re wondering what’s really going on: these on again off again tariff threats are making people “in the know” on a great deal of money.

The Rupture. We need to stop pretending. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Canada starts preparing for guerilla warfare, just in case www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

How Much Can One Man Make From Being President? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

To: European leaders From: Robert Reich It is impossible to appease a tyrant. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/memo-to-europe-remember-neville-chamberlain

Denmark is pushing back

Canada is pushing back

Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

Scared & angry at the state of America today - www.instagram.com/reel/DTOis-F...

The whole board seems to be a joke designed to weaken the United Nations and fatten Trump’s wallet, with every member required to pay a $1 billion fee. (It’s unclear where this money will be held.) Netanyahu, Putin and Xi Jinping are on the invite list. trib.al/QPPevel

I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us. The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

Wake up media!

“I think more than 350 of those cameras have gone out and are already deployed in the community now,” he said... www.404media.co/how-one-guy-...

Let's do it! Robert Reich: Sunday thought: It’s time again for good trouble open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Democrat targeted by Trump attacks ‘authoritarian’ effort to intimidate critics

We see the damage from harmful online content and excessive screen time every day, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has told ministers

My last two shots before my world went dark.

Trump threatens countries who refuse to “sell” him Greeland. fortune.com/2026/01/17/t...

Ireland ‘risks mother of all recessions’ if Trump wins battle to lower interest rates, says economist who predicted Celtic Tiger crash www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

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Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.

Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.

America today. Government agents snatching people of colour from their homes. open.substack.com/pub/newsom20...

Here we go folks….

This has been the plan all along. - Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN - Implement the Insurrection Act - Declare Martial Law - Suspend elections

Number of US citizens seeking asylum in Ireland rises fourfold www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.” Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:

Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"

The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar. “There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren. www.semafor.com/article/01/1...

Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?

The misogynistic abuse of dying Renee Good is all too familiar. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

The ground is increasingly fertile for an Irish Maga www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland newrepublic.com/article/2051... via @newrepublic.com

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

The Resistance Libs Were Right: Trump is a Fascist - www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

Trump impeachable on at least 25 counts says constitutional lawyer - substack.com/@educatenow/...

🤯 Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Europe may have just 20 days to avert the irreparable. There are still things it can do www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

These 10 companies stand to rake in $1 billion by 2027 by helping ICE track down and round up immigrants. Cashing in on cruelty.

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