@factsuniteus.bsky.social
…lies divide us. I am a scientist devoted to our shared humanity and our shared reality.
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NEW: "Imagine you were Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping ... What exactly would you do differently ... other than enact the ever more reckless agenda that Donald Trump has pursued since he became president last year? Nothing." @vermontgmg.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/donald...
We Are Witnessing the Self-Immolation of a Superpower
With Donald Trump’s actions in Greenland, Minneapolis, and Venezuela, a foreign enemy could not invent a better chain of events to wreck the standing of the United States.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
NEW: "Imagine you were Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping ... What exactly would you do differently ... other than enact the ever more reckless agenda that Donald Trump has pursued since he became president last year? Nothing." @vermontgmg.bsky.social for @wired.com www.wired.com/story/donald...
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At Davos, Trump called the liberation of Europe “stupid” & allies “ungrateful.” As a former U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council member, I find this rhetoric dangerous. It recasts the defeat of fascism as a failed real estate deal & undermines the alliances that have kept the world stable for 80 years.
January 21, 2026 at 11:26 PM
At Davos, Trump called the liberation of Europe “stupid” & allies “ungrateful.” As a former U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council member, I find this rhetoric dangerous. It recasts the defeat of fascism as a failed real estate deal & undermines the alliances that have kept the world stable for 80 years.
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Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
Law firm representing Renee Good's family releases findings from independent autopsy
abcnews.go.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Renee Good was shot 3 times by ICE
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
The first two shots were non lethal. One to her left forearm & another to right breast
The final shot entered the left side of her head & exited the right side
He didn’t have to keep shooting. He was out of the vehicle’s path before the kill shot
That’s murder
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This is the bottom line. They will protect the money. Which is why there's a chance that the tariffs will be the other thing they don't give Trump. It's not that they care about the Constitution or the law, but they might rule against him to protect the economy.
Q: Why's the Supreme Court reluctant to let Trump fire Lisa Cook from the Fed when it has greenlit so many other illegal firings?
A: The other firings were at agencies charged with protecting workers and consumers. The Fed is charged with protecting the economy
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
A: The other firings were at agencies charged with protecting workers and consumers. The Fed is charged with protecting the economy
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trump...
John Roberts Does Not Want Trump Messing With His Money
The conservative justices have shown a willingness to let Trump do almost anything he wants. But not when their investment accounts are at stake.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:36 AM
This is the bottom line. They will protect the money. Which is why there's a chance that the tariffs will be the other thing they don't give Trump. It's not that they care about the Constitution or the law, but they might rule against him to protect the economy.
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NATO & Denmark: We will give you the exact same security arrangements you have had for the past 40 years in Greenland.
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
January 21, 2026 at 9:58 PM
NATO & Denmark: We will give you the exact same security arrangements you have had for the past 40 years in Greenland.
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
Trump: Total surrender! Art of the deal!
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Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Reporters had been in car on way to new camp, says media group, as two 13-year-old boys killed in separate incidents
Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians on Wednesday, including two 13-year-old boys and three journalists, in the latest violence to undermine a three-month-old ceasefire.
Palestinian health officials said the Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian journalists who were travelling in a car to film a newly established displacement camp in the Netzarim area of central Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
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"The lies this administration is telling about Renee Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything."
That's @radleybalko.bsky.social, quoted in this piece. I say this opens door to deeper understanding of this moment:
That's @radleybalko.bsky.social, quoted in this piece. I say this opens door to deeper understanding of this moment:
Trump just openly declared that invoking the Insurrection Act will let him implement his immigration crackdown without going "through the court system."
That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
That's nonsense, but it's telling: Trump *thinks* it allows him to rule like a military dictator. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Trump Blurts Out Real Reason for Insurrection Act Threat—and It’s Dark
He thinks it lets him abuse his power however he wants. It’s up to the courts—and the American people—to show him otherwise.
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"The lies this administration is telling about Renee Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything."
That's @radleybalko.bsky.social, quoted in this piece. I say this opens door to deeper understanding of this moment:
That's @radleybalko.bsky.social, quoted in this piece. I say this opens door to deeper understanding of this moment:
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Re: Davos
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Re: Davos
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
I am cheering for the Europeans who are figuring out that appeasing the deranged, power-mad Trump only leads to more demands and more trouble.
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Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
The incredibly lukewarm Democratic response on Greenland is being noticed in Europe, incidentally.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
Chuck Schumer not finding a stronger word than “quixotic” for Trump’s plan to seize Greenland has been name checked to me more than once.
But Americans who want to save the alliance with Europe must have no illusions about how bad a condition this transatlantic partnership is in.
January 18, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.
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@blumenthal.senate.gov is right.
As the Senate continues to debate a crypto market structure bill, we must make sure it protect investors, our financial system, and American taxpayers.
As the Senate continues to debate a crypto market structure bill, we must make sure it protect investors, our financial system, and American taxpayers.
January 18, 2026 at 11:42 PM
@blumenthal.senate.gov is right.
As the Senate continues to debate a crypto market structure bill, we must make sure it protect investors, our financial system, and American taxpayers.
As the Senate continues to debate a crypto market structure bill, we must make sure it protect investors, our financial system, and American taxpayers.
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From @mprnews.org: "DHH began packing groceries when the immigration operation started back in December. They had families register if they needed groceries delivered. In the first day, 2,000 families registered. Now, they have more than 24,000 families registered and there is a waitlist."
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
From @mprnews.org: "DHH began packing groceries when the immigration operation started back in December. They had families register if they needed groceries delivered. In the first day, 2,000 families registered. Now, they have more than 24,000 families registered and there is a waitlist."
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Rand Paul: "To say it's not a war in Venezuela -- we still have hundreds of ships with a 100% blockade of the coast. That is an act of war. It's an ongoing war. To continue to take their oil -- ongoing war."
January 18, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Rand Paul: "To say it's not a war in Venezuela -- we still have hundreds of ships with a 100% blockade of the coast. That is an act of war. It's an ongoing war. To continue to take their oil -- ongoing war."
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Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
It’s far from radical to reject a system predicated on violence – despite what thinktanks might claim
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Abolishing ICE isn’t enough – it’s time to center people’s humanity | Heba Gowayed and Victor Ray
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We have reached the Furry part of the Niemöller poem.
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
We have reached the Furry part of the Niemöller poem.
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this alone is worth an impeachment tbh
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
this alone is worth an impeachment tbh
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Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
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‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward
‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward
Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward
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The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session:
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
—protect abortion rights
—repeal the same-sex marriage ban
—allow mid-decade redistricting
—greatly expand voting rights restoration.
These will all go to 2026 referendums.
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"It is not ‘cool’ that we don’t have OBGYN’s in many rural counties in America. It is an international embarrassment. In the richest country on earth, we need more doctors, nurses, dentists and mental health counselors, not more robots.”
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:57 AM
"It is not ‘cool’ that we don’t have OBGYN’s in many rural counties in America. It is an international embarrassment. In the richest country on earth, we need more doctors, nurses, dentists and mental health counselors, not more robots.”
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...