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“For Nazi persecution did not take its extreme forms at the very start; on the contrary, it progressed only insofar as it failed to meet with resistance.” - Tzvetan Todorov, “Facing the Extreme”
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Poilievre Mapped: His Inner Circle of Lobbyists and Right-wing Activists
Koch Industries, Elon Musk’s X Corp., Loblaws, Enbridge, Pathways Alliance, the Canadian Gas Association, Rumble Canada, Rebel News, Canada Proud, and Facebook. These are just a handful of the corpora...
www.desmog.com
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"Cultivating an impression of working-class relatability is key to #Poilievre’s political brand."
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"Cultivating an impression of working-class relatability is key to #Poilievre’s political brand."
www.desmog.com/2025/03/25/p...
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As Trump announces Blair as his choice to govern Gaza the brilliant @carolecadwalla.bsky.social investigates the opaque workings of Blairs institute, its Israeli connections, billionaire Ellison and an emerging r/w media takeover of the global information space.
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
www.thenerve.news
January 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
As Trump announces Blair as his choice to govern Gaza the brilliant @carolecadwalla.bsky.social investigates the opaque workings of Blairs institute, its Israeli connections, billionaire Ellison and an emerging r/w media takeover of the global information space.
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...
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Activists in Los Angeles are demanding justice for Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old father of two, who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent.
“Stolen from Us”: Family Demands Justice for Keith Porter, Black Father Killed by Off-Duty ICE Agent
Activists in Los Angeles are demanding justice for Keith Porter Jr., an African American 43-year-old father of two, who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent on New Year’s Eve. His family is deman...
www.democracynow.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Activists in Los Angeles are demanding justice for Keith Porter Jr., a 43-year-old father of two, who was fatally shot by an off-duty ICE agent.
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Meanwhile, as Trump invades Venezuela and toys with Greenland …
Though the Department of Justice has only divulged 1 percent of the trove of Epstein files documents in their possession, “inevitable glitches” and the need to make extensive redactions means there’s no timeline for a full release
Epstein Files Release Delayed By Redactions, Department of Justice Says
One month after the mandated deadline to publish the Justice Department's files on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, less than 1 percent of the documents have been released.
www.vanityfair.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Meanwhile, as Trump invades Venezuela and toys with Greenland …
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Macron now refers to "intimidation or threat", explicitly comparing US behaviour in Greenland to Russia's approach to Ukraine. Sweden's PM says: "We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed". Much, tougher language from Europeans than we have seen before, responding to the US escalation.
January 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Macron now refers to "intimidation or threat", explicitly comparing US behaviour in Greenland to Russia's approach to Ukraine. Sweden's PM says: "We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed". Much, tougher language from Europeans than we have seen before, responding to the US escalation.
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The greatest grift on earth
Since Trump was re-elected, @forbes.com esimates—
💰His net worth is up $2.3 billion, to an $6.6 billion
💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million
💰His net worth is up $2.3 billion, to an $6.6 billion
💰Eric’s has increased tenfold, to $400 million
💰Don Jr.’s has increased sixfold, to $300 million
💰19-year-old Barron Trump is worth $150 million
January 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The greatest grift on earth
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Since Congress has failed to act, the recent actions of Minnesota citizens reflect their need to mobilize. “There’s only one way to stand up to a radical occupation by armed thugs, and the people of Minneapolis are already engaged in it.” From @ddayen:
trib.al/eON8nXS
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What a People-Powered Movement Looks Like - The American Prospect
The bravery of citizens in Minneapolis is the only kind of resistance to occupation that has a chance of working.
trib.al
January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Since Congress has failed to act, the recent actions of Minnesota citizens reflect their need to mobilize. “There’s only one way to stand up to a radical occupation by armed thugs, and the people of Minneapolis are already engaged in it.” From @ddayen:
trib.al/eON8nXS
trib.al/eON8nXS
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If we look past all the hype, AI primarily offers a way to exercise power through opaque mechanisms beyond the realm of accountability.
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
If we look past all the hype, AI primarily offers a way to exercise power through opaque mechanisms beyond the realm of accountability.
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You fucked your constituents over @johnfetterman.com, allow us to return the favor.
Primary John Fetterman
We supported John Fetterman in 2022.
Since then, he's sold us out.
It's time to replace him and elect real leadership.
www.primaryfetterman.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
You fucked your constituents over @johnfetterman.com, allow us to return the favor.
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Area man who refuses to get appropriate national security clearance says roving gangs of electric cars pose risk to national security.
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Area man who refuses to get appropriate national security clearance says roving gangs of electric cars pose risk to national security.
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Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson on Trump's new tariff threat:
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
January 17, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson on Trump's new tariff threat:
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
"We will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed over Greenland , I will always stand up for my country and our neighbors, Sweden is having intensive discussions with other EU nations, the UK and Norway for a collective response."🇸🇪
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What a shock. It turns out that everything RFKJr and Trump were saying about Tylenol and pregnant women is verifiably complete nonsense. But then we knew that even as they were saying it. Now The Lancet publishes the definitive study.
Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Current evidence does not indicate a clinically important increase in the likelihood
of autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, or intellectual disability in children of pregnant
individuals who use paracetam...
www.thelancet.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
What a shock. It turns out that everything RFKJr and Trump were saying about Tylenol and pregnant women is verifiably complete nonsense. But then we knew that even as they were saying it. Now The Lancet publishes the definitive study.
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Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
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At the height of the Cold War, Greenland had numerous US military installations. We currently have one. There is no existential threat to our national security....unless you count Drumpf.
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
At the height of the Cold War, Greenland had numerous US military installations. We currently have one. There is no existential threat to our national security....unless you count Drumpf.
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“A California-based company [General Matter] with ties to …Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.“ Thiel sits on the board and invests via Founders Fund. 7/25/25 … 1/
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“A California-based company [General Matter] with ties to …Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in far western Kentucky.“ Thiel sits on the board and invests via Founders Fund. 7/25/25 … 1/
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No one—not the President nor ICE—is above the law. Kristi Noem has obstructed Congress, violated constitutional rights, and abused taxpayer dollars.
That’s why I support @robinkelly.house.gov’s impeachment effort Noem. Let's build the case and bring accountability to ICE.
That’s why I support @robinkelly.house.gov’s impeachment effort Noem. Let's build the case and bring accountability to ICE.
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
No one—not the President nor ICE—is above the law. Kristi Noem has obstructed Congress, violated constitutional rights, and abused taxpayer dollars.
That’s why I support @robinkelly.house.gov’s impeachment effort Noem. Let's build the case and bring accountability to ICE.
That’s why I support @robinkelly.house.gov’s impeachment effort Noem. Let's build the case and bring accountability to ICE.
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I grew up in Minnesota
Right now nearly every person I know there is doing all they can to support their community
This is who we are in the United States as much or more so than the violence in headlines
May our leaders lead on an alternative future where we lean into the best of ourselves
Right now nearly every person I know there is doing all they can to support their community
This is who we are in the United States as much or more so than the violence in headlines
May our leaders lead on an alternative future where we lean into the best of ourselves
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 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I grew up in Minnesota
Right now nearly every person I know there is doing all they can to support their community
This is who we are in the United States as much or more so than the violence in headlines
May our leaders lead on an alternative future where we lean into the best of ourselves
Right now nearly every person I know there is doing all they can to support their community
This is who we are in the United States as much or more so than the violence in headlines
May our leaders lead on an alternative future where we lean into the best of ourselves
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Counterdemo has continued to grow.
A few hundred people here now in the cold shouting, "hey Minnesota, what do you say? Fuck you Nazis, every day!"
Lang is uhhh somewhere in there surrounded by press and people still shouting him down. Haven't been able to hear him at all.
A few hundred people here now in the cold shouting, "hey Minnesota, what do you say? Fuck you Nazis, every day!"
Lang is uhhh somewhere in there surrounded by press and people still shouting him down. Haven't been able to hear him at all.
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Counterdemo has continued to grow.
A few hundred people here now in the cold shouting, "hey Minnesota, what do you say? Fuck you Nazis, every day!"
Lang is uhhh somewhere in there surrounded by press and people still shouting him down. Haven't been able to hear him at all.
A few hundred people here now in the cold shouting, "hey Minnesota, what do you say? Fuck you Nazis, every day!"
Lang is uhhh somewhere in there surrounded by press and people still shouting him down. Haven't been able to hear him at all.
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Lang's boys are vastly outnumbered by folks in opposition across the road here. People chanting, "go home Nazis" and "Nazis fuck off!"
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Lang's boys are vastly outnumbered by folks in opposition across the road here. People chanting, "go home Nazis" and "Nazis fuck off!"
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Tillie Martinussen, former Greenland MP at protest in Nuuk told @apnews.com
"A tariff of 25% is nothing against the free world…that's the way you have to look at it…This is a fight for freedom. It's for NATO, it's for everything the Western Hemisphere has been fighting for since World War II.”
"A tariff of 25% is nothing against the free world…that's the way you have to look at it…This is a fight for freedom. It's for NATO, it's for everything the Western Hemisphere has been fighting for since World War II.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Tillie Martinussen, former Greenland MP at protest in Nuuk told @apnews.com
"A tariff of 25% is nothing against the free world…that's the way you have to look at it…This is a fight for freedom. It's for NATO, it's for everything the Western Hemisphere has been fighting for since World War II.”
"A tariff of 25% is nothing against the free world…that's the way you have to look at it…This is a fight for freedom. It's for NATO, it's for everything the Western Hemisphere has been fighting for since World War II.”
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BREAKING: “Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing” says Ed Davey
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
BREAKING: “Starmer’s US policy lies in tatters. Trump is now punishing the UK and NATO allies just for doing the right thing” says Ed Davey
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🇨🇦 Here is the Planet D with their take on the new 🇨🇦/🇨🇳 trade deal.👍🏼
@theplanetd.bsky.social
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#CanadaSky
#China
#trade
#Trumptariffs
youtu.be/pud590GGzjk?...
@theplanetd.bsky.social
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#CanadaSky
#China
#trade
#Trumptariffs
youtu.be/pud590GGzjk?...
CANADA JUST BLINDSIDED USA - Carney’s China EV Deal Changes EVERYTHING
YouTube video by The Planet D
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
🇨🇦 Here is the Planet D with their take on the new 🇨🇦/🇨🇳 trade deal.👍🏼
@theplanetd.bsky.social
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#CanadaSky
#China
#trade
#Trumptariffs
youtu.be/pud590GGzjk?...
@theplanetd.bsky.social
#Canada
#cdnpoli
#CanadaSky
#China
#trade
#Trumptariffs
youtu.be/pud590GGzjk?...
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PEN America condemns University of Arkansas for bowing to political pressure after they rescinded a job offer to a legal scholar" “This is a blatant violation of academic freedom and an alarming act of political interference.” Read more: pen.org/press-releas...
Political Pressure Has No Place in University Hiring Decisions
PEN America condemns decision to rescind offer to legal scholar at University of Arkansas after facing political pressure
pen.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
PEN America condemns University of Arkansas for bowing to political pressure after they rescinded a job offer to a legal scholar" “This is a blatant violation of academic freedom and an alarming act of political interference.” Read more: pen.org/press-releas...
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Secretary Noem’s leadership has been marked by failure, lawbreaking, and corruption. She's got to go.
Congress should impeach and remove her from office.
Congress should impeach and remove her from office.
January 17, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Secretary Noem’s leadership has been marked by failure, lawbreaking, and corruption. She's got to go.
Congress should impeach and remove her from office.
Congress should impeach and remove her from office.
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The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.
Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela
The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.
n.pr
January 17, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.
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To keep track of it all, we thought we’d thread all the House reps that have committed to impeaching Kristi Noem. The first was @robinkelly.house.gov
I refuse to stay silent while Secretary Noem breaks the rule of law and terrorizes our communities. I am introducing Articles of Impeachment against her for violating the public trust, obstructing Congress, and self-dealing. Read my full statement: robinkelly.house.gov/media-center...
Rep. Kelly announces plans to impeach Secretary Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-02) announced plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following the fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
robinkelly.house.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
To keep track of it all, we thought we’d thread all the House reps that have committed to impeaching Kristi Noem. The first was @robinkelly.house.gov