Trump: “Agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist, Alex Pretti’s stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer, and then crazily kicking in a new and very expensive government vehicle, so hard and violent.”

Can you imagine trying to learn when your classmates and their parents are disappearing? All of these kids are going to carry trauma for life.

Let this be a sign to call your senators/reps today. Remember: name with spelling, city/ZIP code, statement about the issue, then if you want a call back or not. Don't want to talk to a person? Call before or after hours. I will be calling today. <3 Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121

The two largest U.S. oil companies, Chevron and Exxon Mobil, reported their lowest annual profits in years. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/b...

Remember when in the days after January 6 mainstream pundits were ringing the death knell for Trumpism, calling the day a “defining moment” and a “wakeup call”? They’re doing it again in the aftermath of the Minneapolis killings. Wishful thinking.

New from me: What’s going on in ICE detention isn’t just lethal (a 20-year high of 32 deaths last yr; 2 in a single facility this yr). It’s leading countless people to “choose” to give up their cases. Which was the core of Miller’s ‘23 mass deportation plan. linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...

This is terrifically sad news. One of the true giants of the historical profession, endlessly curious and creative, and a genuine pioneer of new kinds of international history, especially using NGOs and culture as topics/methodology.

ICE’s job is immigration enforcement so why is it using facial recognition to surveil U.S. citizens? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...

Rumors have swirled that Amazon-owned Ring, which has sold tens of millions of smart cameras and video doorbells, has been providing ICE agents with access to user data. We contacted Ring for clarification, and Wirecutter independently investigated the concerns ourselves.

Jonathan Karl: This stuff is truly crazy ... claims that Italian spy satellites ... the CIA ... the FBI ... China all conspired tried to steal the 2020 election. Oh, and Obama tried to overthrow the government he led in 2016. In the hours after FBI agents seized 2020 election ballots

MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!” So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it (H/T longtimehistory)

They do know people will actually see this eventually, right? I mean, not a lot, but critics at least.

You think they might settle?

Q: So you're not pulling back in Minnesota? TRUMP: No no. Not at all.

Imagine your $50M aircraft turning into a paperweight because of a lunatic post.

Q: Amazon paid $75m to make & market this film. It's an exorbitant fee. Many Americans think this is Bezos trying to get in good w/ you & they would call it corruption TRUMP: Who are you with? Q: The New York Times T: Fake news New York Times. I'm not involved w/ that. That was done with my wife

Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leak of tax records - CNBC

INBOX: It appears ~300 Catholic leaders — including a number of bishops, although interestingly this is *not* a letter from the USCCB — have signed a letter urging senators not approve ICE/DHS funding in the appropriations bill. Below are *some* (but not all) of the signers.

Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."

You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested. But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.

RFK Jr: "Mr President, we're in the process of implementing your great American healthcare bill." (There is no healthcare bill.)

Then Trump should rescind the order!

Hard to pick just one devastating stat from this survey but holy shit

Trump posted a video claiming that hospices in California are being run by Armenian gangs and Russian mobsters. In the video, Dr. Oz decries these migrants who he claims have a very different culture and are perpetuating fraud.

“.. Rodríguez has taken ‘no steps to diminish Iran, China or Russia’s considerable influence .. We’ve traded one dictator for another.’” @washingtonpost.com 🇻🇪 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Ghislaine Maxwell Claims 25 Other Epstein Accomplices Reached ‘Secret Settlements’ to Avoid Punishment www.mediaite.com/media/news/g...

holy mary mother of god

Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images. This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.

Trump: "I made a lot of money building low income housing, I know more about it than anybody. I'd like to have that stopped immediately. No financing for low income housing."

BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history. The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.

The Kansas bathroom bill applies to state government buildings. State Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat who is trans, was selected to fill a vacant seat earlier this month and it's believed this bill was specifically targeted at her. Disgusting and hateful. Details here:

A fraud is about to be perpetrated on the people of Fulton County. And it isn't coming from the county.

There's probably a very good explanation for this, like he's a moron and a liar.

Trump promises to make sure that people "who didn't work very hard" can't buy a home.

🚨BREAKING: Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem and Tulsi Gabbard are slated to speak at the National Association of Secretary of States conference tomorrow. Democracy Docket reporter @mattdcohen.bsky.social will be on the scene. Check back in then for more details.

A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.

Days after Secretary Noem took office, she purported to "vacate" decisions by Secretary Mayorkas to extend TPS for Venezuela and Haiti — even though the law says repeatedly that TPS, once granted, lasts until it expires. The 9th Circuit says she had no authority to do that.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that ongoing military operations in US cities will cost $93m a month.

BREAKING: A former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, who had called 911 for help.

New at Can We Still Govern: Here is one thing I wish more people understood about government. There is a lot of rent-seeking by private vendors in our social safety net. Trump's policies will make this worse. @lukef.bsky.social breaks it down. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-means-...

Take a look at what tariffs have done to aluminum prices in the US (versus prices in Europe and Japan) — and you can almost understand why there’s been no manufacturing boom. 🤡 A good primer here from @scottlincicome.bsky.social @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

I'm a sucker for a good product review. Here's some practical advice with a powerful story.

Wow. The audience chanted “Shame” as he left.

Last night, at 9:41 PM:

When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?

2nd largest drop in US exports since pandemic. (via Schwab)

Trump hung a photo of himself alongside Vladimir Putin inside the White House.

Well, if you're willing to go to Boston, they're literally PAYING people $50 to watch it... (via Nate Gilbert at the other place)