Donald Trump and Pam Bondi once again violated the Constitution. They’re wasting your tax dollars arresting journalists — while protecting pedophiles and the murderers of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. That’s authoritarian bullshit.

The national Press Club released the following statement on the arrest of Don Lemon: "The world is watching closely, and the implications of this case extend far beyond any one reporter."

New survey from Pew 🧵 Trump's approval is down to 37. He's 24 points underwater. Only 27% of Americans support most/all of Trump's policies. By two-to-one margins, Americans say the Trump administration has made their life worse, not better.

They know that the charges against Don Lemon can’t stick. The arrest and the outrage are the points. Performative harassment.

Pam Bondi is a lawless menace. I'm waiting for impechment articles vs. her.

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ICE’s lead contractor for a new program to covertly surveil and photograph undocumented immigrants across the U.S. said after pressure from French officials that its contract is not being executed.

If someone on my team was 6 weeks behind a deadline, they wouldn't be on my team anymore.

FOUR journalists were arrested. Proving again that this administration isn’t “pivoting” or “turning down the temperature.” By targeting independent journalists instead of the murderers of Pretti and Good, this is ramping up. Not winding down. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

The great paradox of this fascist movement? “Yes, it’s being run by incompetent buffoons. But at the same time, it’s just as dangerous as any movement we’ve seen.”

Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

BREAKING: Amazon announces “Melania” documentary will go straight to VHS

Hat tip: The Onion

No one is buying what you are selling.

People who “don’t do”politics: Can you feel politics doing you yet?

Literally half the country wants to abolish ICE and the Democrats are going to make them pinky swear not to deport U.S. citizens anymore

"There is absolutely no reason why out on the street today a civilian should be carrying a loaded weapon." - Ronald Reagan, in 1967, while serving as the Governor of California.

I was fired at Dartmouth 30 years ago. I guess that was a good career move on my part.

“America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!” What in gods name has Trump done to my country? www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...

Nailed it

"There isn't a single criminal at the Dilley detention center. And I know that because ICE told me that.": Rep. Joaquin Castro, who visited 5-year-old Liam and his father in the Dilley detention facility yesterday.

“Most of the crew members who worked on Melania Trump's documentary in New York requested not to have their names formally credited…” 😬 www.irishstar.com/culture/ente...

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...

“The first thing they’re going to do is say you are not allowed to play ice hockey anymore.” WTF?

New orders in MN are to focus on criminals. No one on the right will be upset DHS is now admitting that it lied about focusing on the "worst of the worst." They gaslit their own people FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR on this. Right wingers defended these lies for them repeatedly.

Fun fact: the star of the new "Melania" infomercial also featured in the Epstein Files franchise.

Exactly my question, why Iran. Unless of course, he’s just being another authoritarian leader needing to distract people at home from failing domestic issues…

I felt obliged to write up an overview of all of the Fulton County fraud claims that have already been made — and dismissed. Let me know if I forgot any. www.pbump.net/o/some-thing...

"This is not legitimate. This is Donald Trump's obsession with losing the 2020 election." @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

"It’s time to wake up. Trump seems keen on influencing the vote in states that will decide margins in 2026 and the outcome in 2028. And that he has the FBI participating in his effort is a terrifying demonstration of just how many guardrails he has steamrolled..." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

Is this true I wonder.

Governments contracting out services to the private sector almost always leads to poorer government services available to less people, at little to zero cost savings, and with big profits to corporations. An excellent read here: lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...

A very big deal www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...

the reason DHS officers wear masks is because it allows them to commit crimes with impunity. there is literally no legitimate reason for it.

So there you go. Praise the Orange Wannabe King and he waives the $1M fee on his Gold Card. www.bbc.com/news/article...

We all have questions…

"Allowing the crime scene to be contaminated then covering the victim’s weapon with fingerprints will make it much harder to investigate the case, much less prosecute it. But of course federal officials never intended to do either. Indeed, the coverup was underway immediately." — @lizdye.bsky.social

Yikes!

GEORGIA — @ossoff.senate.gov : “This is a SEISMIC event. This should have people across 🇺🇸 absolutely shook. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County elections office… this is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections.” (H/T @atrupar.com )

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yes, there are no real signs of any big change in DHS activity here yet. In Chicago there really was after Bovino left and they basically ended "Midway Blitz" not so here so far.