"BBC Europe editor Katya Adler is in Greenland where troops and ships from several European states are gathering. The limited deployment involves Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK." www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

@indivisible.org co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin’s activist-minded show ‘What’s the Plan?’ will release weekly starting Jan. 30. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Jimmy Kimmel offers to let Trump have one of his trophies if he will pull ICE out of Minneapolis.

Star Trek is all of us.

"For Mehdi Taremi and others playing abroad, showing solidarity with their home nation can mean threats and possible detention." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

If Tom Brady gives me one of his Super Bowl rings it doesn’t make me a Super Bowl winner.

"Scientists have factored damage to the ocean into the social cost of carbon for the first time -- finding it nearly doubles the economic impact from climate change." abcnews.go.com/US/damage-oc...

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

if you had to make a choice, be more like Mina Kimes and less like Stephen A. Smith.

"Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued a statement on Monday reminding the Trump administration that the US and Denmark are NATO allies and that the US already had access to Greenland through an existing defence agreement." www.chathamhouse.org/2026/01/us-i...

Danish FM Rasmussen speaks after White House meeting: "For us, ideas that would not respect the territorial of the Kingdom of Denmark and the right of self-determination of the Greenlandic people are of course totally unacceptable. We therefore still have a fundamental disagreement."

Curator Omar Degan outlines an inclusive vision for the exhibition’s inaugural edition, taking place in Nairobi in 2026.

Colvin refused to give up seat to white woman in Alabama in 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks’ act of defiance

With thousands dead, the Iranian regime may survive these protests – but not in its current form | Sanam Vakil

"Neighborhoods dense with children and young adults have no playable space within walking distance." noahboutit.substack.com/p/why-do-cit...

NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good. www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...

Real Madrid announce Xabi Alonso is out as coach after losing the Supercopa de España final to Barcelona, with Álvaro Arbeloa taking over the vacant position 🚨

Hansi Flick and Xabi Alonso posted the same record in their first 34 matches with Barcelona and Real Madrid 👀

"The veteran said he saw volunteering as an ICE observer as another way of serving his country. 'It’s the most American thing to do: not to be scared of people trying to scare you... This is a pivotal moment we’ll be asked about by our kids, "Where were you?" www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

"A driver's reckless behavior displaced at least 10 Everett residents from their homes after a reckless driver caused major structural damage to multiple apartment buildings this weekend." #mapoli mass.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/s...

U.S. stocks, bonds and the dollar fell amid news of President Trump’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Powell.

A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming

Drivers who kill pedestrians often face minimal punishment, a Streetsblog investigation found.

"NIMBYs opposing projects reflect the natural tendency of what Dartmouth economist William Fischel calls “homevoters” – homeowners who dominate local politics and discourage higher density development they perceive as a threat to their property values." commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/bost...

"Members of the National Symphony Orchestra warn that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ decision to add Trump’s name to the building has already damaged their orchestra’s reputation and finances." www.notus.org/us-news/kenn...

"Linger a while in a convivial café, bistro or pub – you might just find yourself in good company." America needs these, too. monocle.com/culture/soci...

"In a fascist movement inspired by art, how does the fascist government influence the artists living in its grasp?" posterhouse.org/exhibition/t...

Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:

#NollaignamBan During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc...

your mother in law, your grandma, your teacher, the sweet lady who helps you at the grocery store, your neighbors, the quiet woman on the same bus, plane or walking trail, your favorite actress, models, all nurses, your doctors, attorneys, every profession. ALL Women know and have heard it. We know.

"The small American bookstore is back. Over the last five years, the number of independent bookstores in the U.S. jumped by 70%. In 2025 alone, 422 new bookstores opened, according to the American Booksellers Association." #GoodNews www.fastcompany.com/91461983/ind...

So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...

European Union member states approved a landmark trade deal with South American countries that has been roughly 25 years in the making.

I am begging Democratic leadership to recognize that funding and legitimizing your authoritarian opponent’s secret police is a bad idea. This should not be a difficult concept.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

oldhead advice from an oldhead. every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown" and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work gotta build for long term

US withdrawing from 35 non-UN organizations and 31 UN entities that "operate contrary to US national interests," according to the White House. www.whitehouse.gov/presidenti...

Please watch and share. The President's remarks yesterday - the lies that he told - were among the most disgraceful moments in his rancid time in the Oval Office.

Make it viral.

"There was beautiful design before Trump and there will be beautiful design after him." www.dezeen.com/2026/01/06/i...

"Police officers nationwide moonlight at bars, malls and schools, often without adequate agency oversight. The consequences can be dire." www.cbsnews.com/projects/202...

"Fire officials and Mayor Mamdani blasted three drivers who illegally parked their cars at fire hydrants, delaying a response to an all-hands conflagration in the Bronx that injured three people." nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/06/i...

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

😠 "Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.

Five years later, January 6 still matters. Not just because of what happened—but because of what happens if we decide we’ve already heard enough. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

The rise of the Banana Republicans open.substack.com/pub/greattra...