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Pay attention to this. The purpose of these investigations is not just to manufacture evidence to support Trump’s 2020 “voter fraud” accusations, but also to set the stage for another round of efforts to suppress votes and delegitimize election results in 2026 (which the GOP is likely to lose).
1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
1-28-26 Fulton Warrant
www.documentcloud.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Pay attention to this. The purpose of these investigations is not just to manufacture evidence to support Trump’s 2020 “voter fraud” accusations, but also to set the stage for another round of efforts to suppress votes and delegitimize election results in 2026 (which the GOP is likely to lose).
I'm honestly surprised it's taken David Ellison this long to get to the Daily Show after what's going on with CBS
Whitney Cummings made her 'Daily Show' debut Wednesday night—not as a guest, but as the show’s newest contributor.
Whitney Cummings Is The Daily Show’s Newest Contributor
Whitney Cummings made her 'Daily Show' debut Wednesday night—not as a guest, but as the show’s newest contributor.
dlvr.it
January 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I'm honestly surprised it's taken David Ellison this long to get to the Daily Show after what's going on with CBS
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Could Dems at least add a “and this funding only lasts two months” clause to whatever insufficient set of demands they’re making, so that if and when Trump predictably violates the deal, they’re not totally out of moves?
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Could Dems at least add a “and this funding only lasts two months” clause to whatever insufficient set of demands they’re making, so that if and when Trump predictably violates the deal, they’re not totally out of moves?
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Just note that this is an undercount because there are many bodies buried under rubble who haven’t been found and identified yet.
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Just note that this is an undercount because there are many bodies buried under rubble who haven’t been found and identified yet.
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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Also the last time the US tried to do something similar in Iran it was a darkly comical disaster that lead to the complete reorganization of the American special forces community.
Also, a mega operator super cool tactical delta navy seal insertion Zero Dark Thirty DEVGRU style operation where they send a bunch of these guys in to kidnap/assassinate Khamenei would be immensely risky, far far more so than in Venezuela for both geographic and military reasons.
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Also the last time the US tried to do something similar in Iran it was a darkly comical disaster that lead to the complete reorganization of the American special forces community.
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Dan McQuade was so much to so many people. More than anything, he was a cool, funny guy that you wanted to hang out with. Here he is in his element, doing anthropology on the t-shirts on the Wildwood boardwalk defector.com/dan-and-dave...
Dan And Dave Hit The Wildwood Boardwalk: A 2024 T-Shirt Report | Defector
There was no way we were going to win this seagull. It was the second time I’d put a buck into the claw machine, attempting to win a little stuffed seagull with a french fry in its mouth. My dad had a...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Dan McQuade was so much to so many people. More than anything, he was a cool, funny guy that you wanted to hang out with. Here he is in his element, doing anthropology on the t-shirts on the Wildwood boardwalk defector.com/dan-and-dave...
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We're going to be featuring a lot of Dan's work the rest of this week, but this is one I especially enjoyed and which no one else could have written. He had a lot of those. defector.com/one-last-tri...
One Last Trip To Philadelphia’s Department Store Of Dreams | Defector
My son was on a mission. Simon has been walking since December, and he’s getting more confident each day. He’d spotted something, and was scooting down the aisle as fast as he could towards it. He wan...
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We're going to be featuring a lot of Dan's work the rest of this week, but this is one I especially enjoyed and which no one else could have written. He had a lot of those. defector.com/one-last-tri...
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Dan wrote some of my favorite pieces about the city. He will be deeply missed. Go Birds.
January 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Dan wrote some of my favorite pieces about the city. He will be deeply missed. Go Birds.
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Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026 | Defector
Dan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his…
defector.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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Dear Teachers, Tech can't help you solve the problems caused by tech.
“Amid accusations of AI cheating, some students are turning to a new group of generative AI tools called ‘humanizers.’ The tools scan essays and suggest ways to alter text so they aren’t read as having been created by AI. Some are free, while others cost around $20 a month.”
To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Dear Teachers, Tech can't help you solve the problems caused by tech.
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English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
January 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
English translation of statement from Ecuadorian Consulate regarding ICE’s attempt to enter their building in Minneapolis today:
Did the Star Trek creators decide today was the day they post their bad takes?
January 28, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Did the Star Trek creators decide today was the day they post their bad takes?
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this is a common sentiment from liberal Democrats! a whole "know your enemy" thing, but as I can tell you or @katmabu.bsky.social can tell you or many other people can tell you there is absolutely nothing you can "learn" from being exposed to right-wing media bc it's not intellectually coherent
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
this is a common sentiment from liberal Democrats! a whole "know your enemy" thing, but as I can tell you or @katmabu.bsky.social can tell you or many other people can tell you there is absolutely nothing you can "learn" from being exposed to right-wing media bc it's not intellectually coherent
There's like 40 podcasts that pull content from debunking RWers, why are these goobers getting a NYT profile
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
There's like 40 podcasts that pull content from debunking RWers, why are these goobers getting a NYT profile
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if you want a podcast that looks at right-wing media and media narratives without yielding to their framing, check out @worstpossible.world and @illconceivedpodcast.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:50 PM
if you want a podcast that looks at right-wing media and media narratives without yielding to their framing, check out @worstpossible.world and @illconceivedpodcast.com
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It's certainly something seeing centrist libs constantly say that leftist policies are unpopular and that dems need to be more moderate to gain more votes, but also always blame leftists when a dem loses.
Do we not matter or do our votes make or break elections
Do we not matter or do our votes make or break elections
January 27, 2026 at 4:40 PM
It's certainly something seeing centrist libs constantly say that leftist policies are unpopular and that dems need to be more moderate to gain more votes, but also always blame leftists when a dem loses.
Do we not matter or do our votes make or break elections
Do we not matter or do our votes make or break elections
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“Meeting somebody at the arrival gate and/or chilling out at the airport bar without a plane ticket” is going to be a major component of Woke 2
The moderate position is unwinding the entire post-9/11 security state
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 AM
“Meeting somebody at the arrival gate and/or chilling out at the airport bar without a plane ticket” is going to be a major component of Woke 2
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
Feels like Trump is pretty much unconditionally surrendering as support collapses
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Trump is nothing if not ready to sacrifice anyone and anything in order to save his own ass and the single most important thing that could happen right now is someone convincing him that the biggest driver of his unpopularity is not just Bovino and Noem but Stephen Miller personally
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
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This is how the game works. You could have started it earlier to avoid the snow. Or played it the day before. Or built a dome. Is it ideal? No, but if the alternative is to play them at Jerryworld, hard pass for me.
Everyone hates the idea of neutral-site conference championship games. Until the fourth quarter of Patriots-Broncos, which was unplayable -- and unwatchable.
Should conference championships be played at neutral sites?
Patriots-Broncos snowstorm could dust off an old debate.
www.nbcsports.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This is how the game works. You could have started it earlier to avoid the snow. Or played it the day before. Or built a dome. Is it ideal? No, but if the alternative is to play them at Jerryworld, hard pass for me.
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when Gisele finally divorces Fetterman, Elon may at long last have a competitor for Most Divorced Man in America
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
when Gisele finally divorces Fetterman, Elon may at long last have a competitor for Most Divorced Man in America