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The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.
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Watching Trump in Davos. He sounds terrible and absolutely insane.
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Watching Trump in Davos. He sounds terrible and absolutely insane.
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Trump confuses Iceland and Greenland multiple times during his Davos speech:
"They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money."
"They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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The the drastic flip and type of clarity Reps get when they are on the way out is crazy. Its like they knew for their tenure that they were disingenuous to the US people willfully.
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 PM
The the drastic flip and type of clarity Reps get when they are on the way out is crazy. Its like they knew for their tenure that they were disingenuous to the US people willfully.
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“.. In short, this charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end,” wrote Judge David Novak, a Trump appointee ..
@wsj.com
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January 21, 2026 at 1:10 PM
“.. In short, this charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end,” wrote Judge David Novak, a Trump appointee ..
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exhibit 1 in the civil investigation being launched by attorneys reviewing this matter pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA):
www.rblaw.net/pressrelease...
www.rblaw.net/pressrelease...
January 20, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Exhibit 1 in the civil investigation being launched by attorneys reviewing this matter pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA):
www.rblaw.net/pressrelease...
www.rblaw.net/pressrelease...
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There's a GFM for Adonay's legal fund.
January 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM
There's a GFM for Adonay's legal fund.
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For everyone who was confused as I am. Lol
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon for covering anti-ICE protest inside church, vows charges against protesters
Harmeet Dhillon said that "nobody should think in the United States that they're going to be able to get away with this" after anti-ICE protesters halted Sunday service at a St. Paul church.
www.nbcnews.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:35 AM
For everyone who was confused as I am. Lol
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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This is a thread I originally wrote for Twitter a few years ago about the history of MLK Day and how it got implemented nationwide. It's a fascinating, multi-decade saga about resistance, activism, compromise and Stevie Wonder! >
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
This is a thread I originally wrote for Twitter a few years ago about the history of MLK Day and how it got implemented nationwide. It's a fascinating, multi-decade saga about resistance, activism, compromise and Stevie Wonder! >
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US households pay 96% off tariffs.
“the Kiel Institute researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“the Kiel Institute researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
US households pay 96% off tariffs.
“the Kiel Institute researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“the Kiel Institute researchers found that foreign exporters absorbed only about 4% of the burden of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering their prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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You see what Garrett said? He appropriately said *GOP* Congress. He is 💯 percent accurate
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 11:23 PM
You see what Garrett said? He appropriately said *GOP* Congress. He is 💯 percent accurate
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And why is anyone letting this unelected psychopath do it? You'd really think Republicans would mind.
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 PM
And why is anyone letting this unelected psychopath do it? You'd really think Republicans would mind.
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ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
January 19, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ST. PAUL MAYOR: “We’ve received reports of ICE officers going door to door asking where the Asian people live… I myself have received advice to carry my passport with me because they may target me based on what I look like.”
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The other day I bitched that people always forget LaMonica McIver in their list of politicized prosecutions.
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
LaMonica McIver went to tour an immigration jail in her district. Now she faces seventeen years in prison.
www.newyorker.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The other day I bitched that people always forget LaMonica McIver in their list of politicized prosecutions.
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The New Yorker has a profile here, so hopefully we can change that.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor
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MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
MLK Jr. said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Remember this.
Remember this.
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Iowa Republicans lost their supermajority in the state Senate last year, which means they can no longer confirm appointees of Governor Kim Reynolds on a party-line vote.
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats
The party secured strong gains reminiscent of 2017, our annual review of state legislative results shows. They won multiple new seats in New Jersey, Virginia, Iowa, and Mississippi.
boltsmag.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Iowa Republicans lost their supermajority in the state Senate last year, which means they can no longer confirm appointees of Governor Kim Reynolds on a party-line vote.
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"The price of resistance was high." That part.
This is the part that folks don't understand yet. Resistance is not for you to be comfortable. It is sacrifice. A known, scary, breathtaking sacrifice.
This is the part that folks don't understand yet. Resistance is not for you to be comfortable. It is sacrifice. A known, scary, breathtaking sacrifice.
The price of resistance was high. On Jan 30, 1956, MLK’s home was bombed. Despite the bombing, Dr. King insisted on nonviolence, famously telling a crowd after the bombing: "We must meet hate with love." This shifted the movement’s DNA forever. (cont)
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Jan. 30, 1956 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Home Bombed in Montgomery, Alabama
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
"The price of resistance was high." That part.
This is the part that folks don't understand yet. Resistance is not for you to be comfortable. It is sacrifice. A known, scary, breathtaking sacrifice.
This is the part that folks don't understand yet. Resistance is not for you to be comfortable. It is sacrifice. A known, scary, breathtaking sacrifice.
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“What I’m hoping is that we get away from the finger-pointing, the brinksmanship, the name-calling, the dehumanization of people — that we look at people and start to treat people like people ... That’s the reason why I want to stay engaged,” Hoffman said.
Shot nine times, Sen. John Hoffman is resolute in continuing political life
Hoffman was shot in the doorway of his home in the same spate of violence that killed House DFL Leader Melissa Hortman.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 6:21 PM
“What I’m hoping is that we get away from the finger-pointing, the brinksmanship, the name-calling, the dehumanization of people — that we look at people and start to treat people like people ... That’s the reason why I want to stay engaged,” Hoffman said.
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I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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“We sought not vengeance, but acknowledgement — of Corey’s life, his humanity, and the depth of our loss,” the Stingley family wrote.
“We believe this agreement honors Corey’s memory and offers a model of how people can come together, even after profound harm, to seek understanding and healing.”
“We believe this agreement honors Corey’s memory and offers a model of how people can come together, even after profound harm, to seek understanding and healing.”
A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing.
16-year-old Corey Stingley died from asphyxiation after being pinned down by customers in a convenience store. Under a special agreement, the family of the teen finally feels that “truth, understandin...
www.propublica.org
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“We sought not vengeance, but acknowledgement — of Corey’s life, his humanity, and the depth of our loss,” the Stingley family wrote.
“We believe this agreement honors Corey’s memory and offers a model of how people can come together, even after profound harm, to seek understanding and healing.”
“We believe this agreement honors Corey’s memory and offers a model of how people can come together, even after profound harm, to seek understanding and healing.”
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This is America. They don't have to go anywhere. Just like the confederates didn't have any issues. Or the people that opposed civil rights. Hell, they'll probably get some statues.
To where will the members of this regime flee to escape prosecution when their reign of terror is over?
Venezuela?
Russia?
or Argentina, like prior Nazis?
Venezuela?
Russia?
or Argentina, like prior Nazis?
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM
This is America. They don't have to go anywhere. Just like the confederates didn't have any issues. Or the people that opposed civil rights. Hell, they'll probably get some statues.
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“To put it another way, the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence.
ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval…
ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval…
January 19, 2026 at 12:21 PM
“To put it another way, the vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence.
ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval…
ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval…
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Full quote: “Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize, I have several times clearly explained to Trump what is well known, namely that it is an independent Nobel Committee, and not the Norwegian government, that awards the prize,” www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...
Trump Tells Norway His Greenland Threats Are Linked To Nobel Snub
Trump told Norway’s Prime Minister that he no longer feels any “obligation to think purely of Peace” due to the Nobel Committee snub.
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Full quote: “Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize, I have several times clearly explained to Trump what is well known, namely that it is an independent Nobel Committee, and not the Norwegian government, that awards the prize,” www.forbes.com/sites/siladi...