Arieh Kovler
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Writer, political analyst, comms consultant. UK, Israeli, US. Politics, current affairs and technology. [email protected]. https://linktr.ee/ariehkovler
Just watched the video in Minneapolis. 6-7 masked men wrestle an unarmed man to the ground. The man struggles but is not a threat. One of the masked men beats him with a pistol. The man gets to his knees. One shoots him. He falls. They keep shooting. I counted 10-11 shots.
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Just watched the video in Minneapolis. 6-7 masked men wrestle an unarmed man to the ground. The man struggles but is not a threat. One of the masked men beats him with a pistol. The man gets to his knees. One shoots him. He falls. They keep shooting. I counted 10-11 shots.
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BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Man shot by federal agent in south Minneapolis www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 4:36 PM
BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.
Take out the flags and this is the exact image and caption you'd use for a DCU origin movie about the Penguin. He even has the same proportions.
Especially because everyone knows penguins are southern-hemisphere birds.
Especially because everyone knows penguins are southern-hemisphere birds.
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Take out the flags and this is the exact image and caption you'd use for a DCU origin movie about the Penguin. He even has the same proportions.
Especially because everyone knows penguins are southern-hemisphere birds.
Especially because everyone knows penguins are southern-hemisphere birds.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
The White House posted a digitally altered image showing a demonstrator involved in interrupting a church service in Minnesota last weekend crying as she was arrested on Thursday.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
A previous version of the image, also posted by an official government account, showed her looking forward calmly.
White House Posts Altered Photo Showing Arrested Minnesota Protester Crying
The New York Times ran the image posted by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, as well as the one posted by the White House through an A.I. detection system. It concluded that the White House’s version showed signs of manipulation.
nyti.ms
January 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
They know their audience has an insatiable appetite for seeing black women humiliated for exceeding their station, so when it didn’t happen they used AI to complete the fantasy bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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1.5 miles in 14 minutes?
Good to know I can outrun ICE if the situation ever arises
Good to know I can outrun ICE if the situation ever arises
What's great is that he's furious about this, but their fans are all fucking losers who keep failing these tests.
ICE has had to drop its requirements because only half the applicants managed 15 press ups, 30 sit ups, and running 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
ICE has had to drop its requirements because only half the applicants managed 15 press ups, 30 sit ups, and running 1.5 miles in 14 minutes.
Do you even lift bro?
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
1.5 miles in 14 minutes?
Good to know I can outrun ICE if the situation ever arises
Good to know I can outrun ICE if the situation ever arises
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Me: *chopping onions*
Wife: Are you crying?
Me: I used to have a pet onion when I was a kid
Wife: Are you crying?
Me: I used to have a pet onion when I was a kid
January 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Me: *chopping onions*
Wife: Are you crying?
Me: I used to have a pet onion when I was a kid
Wife: Are you crying?
Me: I used to have a pet onion when I was a kid
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This piece is good on how the people running the US are pure posters. They're obsessed with posting on Twitter, finding something new to post on there, and running the FBI is just a great source of new #content. Cool vision of the 'everyone is just a content creator' future we're almost already at.
the most extraordinary piece of reporting: a year inside the FBI (and yes there are implications here for British security- the Five Eyes bit is bonkers) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Kash Patel’s FBI Is Making America Less Safe, Current and Former Employees Say
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 AM
This piece is good on how the people running the US are pure posters. They're obsessed with posting on Twitter, finding something new to post on there, and running the FBI is just a great source of new #content. Cool vision of the 'everyone is just a content creator' future we're almost already at.
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Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
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If confirmed, this really is a new low, where a state agency is altering image of real events with an intent to deceive the public.
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
If confirmed, this really is a new low, where a state agency is altering image of real events with an intent to deceive the public.
If you only logged into Bluesky just now because Twitter's down and you need your microblogging fix, then you should accept that you have a problem.
January 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM
If you only logged into Bluesky just now because Twitter's down and you need your microblogging fix, then you should accept that you have a problem.
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Okay this is fucking ridiculous.
ICE is using the same paper plate on FIVE DIFFERENT CARS. This photo was taken by Harbor Area Peace Patrol, which monitors activity at Terminal Island for Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
No local gov't has held ICE accountable for this shit. #FuckICE
ICE is using the same paper plate on FIVE DIFFERENT CARS. This photo was taken by Harbor Area Peace Patrol, which monitors activity at Terminal Island for Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
No local gov't has held ICE accountable for this shit. #FuckICE
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Okay this is fucking ridiculous.
ICE is using the same paper plate on FIVE DIFFERENT CARS. This photo was taken by Harbor Area Peace Patrol, which monitors activity at Terminal Island for Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
No local gov't has held ICE accountable for this shit. #FuckICE
ICE is using the same paper plate on FIVE DIFFERENT CARS. This photo was taken by Harbor Area Peace Patrol, which monitors activity at Terminal Island for Los Angeles and surrounding areas.
No local gov't has held ICE accountable for this shit. #FuckICE
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Elon Musk shows up on stage at Davos, a place he has hated on from afar for years. After tepid applause, his interviewer, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, asks the crowd to clap again.
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Elon Musk shows up on stage at Davos, a place he has hated on from afar for years. After tepid applause, his interviewer, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, asks the crowd to clap again.
Is this going to be used so Trump can hand out diplomatic immunity to cronies? A dispensing power?
Trump’s Board of Peace has now officially been recognized as an international organization, according to the White House.
January 22, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Is this going to be used so Trump can hand out diplomatic immunity to cronies? A dispensing power?
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Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
January 22, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Trump’s Board of Peace logo is basically the UN logo, except dipped in gold and edited so the world only includes America.
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After illegally abducting Maduro, Trump has just sold $250M of Venezuela's oil to Vitol.
John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.
Pay-to-play imperialism.
John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.
Pay-to-play imperialism.
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 AM
After illegally abducting Maduro, Trump has just sold $250M of Venezuela's oil to Vitol.
John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.
Pay-to-play imperialism.
John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.
Pay-to-play imperialism.
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just like to emphasize again here that almost all Greenland mining is *extremely* theoretical, because the conditions are so bad that prices would have to be sky-high or other reserves largely exhausted to make them viable.
"The U.S. could receive a right of first refusal on investments in Greenland’s mineral resources—a veto aimed at preventing Russia and China from tapping the island’s wealth" www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Inside Trump’s Head-Spinning Greenland U-Turn
The president ruled out using force to take control of Greenland and called off promised tariffs on European nations.
www.wsj.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 AM
just like to emphasize again here that almost all Greenland mining is *extremely* theoretical, because the conditions are so bad that prices would have to be sky-high or other reserves largely exhausted to make them viable.
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This is simply a bribe for Trump and nothing more.
🇺🇸🇷🇺 Putin: “Russia is ready to allocate $1 billion to the Peace Council from the frozen Russian assets.
Putin also stated that Russia is discussing the use of russia's frozen assets for the reconstruction of territories damaged during the war.
Putin also stated that Russia is discussing the use of russia's frozen assets for the reconstruction of territories damaged during the war.
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This is simply a bribe for Trump and nothing more.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
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News reports
"Henry II says he won't personally kill Becket"
"Henry II says he won't personally kill Becket"
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
News reports
"Henry II says he won't personally kill Becket"
"Henry II says he won't personally kill Becket"
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"AI will take all the middle class jobs so your kids can be fruit pickers, cleaners and elderly carers" is certainly a message.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"AI will take all the middle class jobs so your kids can be fruit pickers, cleaners and elderly carers" is certainly a message.