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qjurecic.bsky.social
Trump has likely wasted his opportunity to consolidate durable authoritarian rule in the United States. But he can still do a great deal of damage.
American Democracy Is Showing Signs of Life
One year into Trump’s second term, the country’s institutions and civil society are still checking his authoritarian impulses.
www.theatlantic.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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willbunch.bsky.social
This Belgian is not waffling
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 17h
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
I was feeling kind of stressed and exhausted about ICE patrol today and now I am FIRED UP
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
ICE is terrorizing schoolchildren in the Twin Cities again today
Golden valley PD confirmed there are federal vehicles in the church parking lot. Unclear what they are doing or what their goal is. Neighboring school activated their Stay Indoors policy to keep students inside.
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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atrupar.com
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
JUST IN: Federal judges Virginia are seeking applicants to succeed Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney, whose 120-day appointment expires today, they say. www.vaed.uscourts.gov/sites/vaed/f...
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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erictopol.bsky.social
The smart skeptical voters www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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bloomberg.com
A growing share of the Trump family’s $6.8 billion fortune is tied up in volatile assets, with crypto projects making up more than 20% of their wealth.
Trump Family’s $6.8 Billion Fortune Is Increasingly Tied to Crypto
Digital assets added $1.4 billion to the first family's wealth over the past year, making up about one-fifth of their fortune for the first time
bloom.bg
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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diedrichbader.bsky.social
This is why he wants to destabilize the market
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
How fatally flawed are ICE and CBP? Here's a wild statistic: In rough terms, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents commit crimes at an equal or even *greater* rate PER CAPITA than the population of undocumented immigrants do in the United States. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-101-ho...
"ICE 101" — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police
ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 20, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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amandacarpenter.bsky.social
It's absurd that the Border Patrol is policing Americans in Minnesota, of all places. But Graff drills the point, and much more, that it's a fact that BP is trained to treat everyone it encounters as a criminal. Which is not how Americans should be treated.

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Doomsday Scenario
Reporting and thoughts from Garrett M. Graff, trying to answer if things are as bad as they seem.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 20, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Wow, incredible. Who knew? American consumers and importers have paid for 96% of the tariffs Trump has collected.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Wall Street Journal: Americans Foot the Bill for Tariffs, Study Finds Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs, according to new research that contradicts a key claim by President Trump and suggests he might have a weaker hand in a reemerging trade war with Europe. 4% That's the proportion of last year's U.S. tariff increases that foreign exporters absorbed by lowering their prices, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. American consumers and importers absorbed 96% of the total.
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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charlotteclymer.bsky.social
"CBS News is survived by their former colleagues in journalism and the American people. Rest in pathetic."

charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/in-memoria...
In Memoriam: CBS News, 1927 - 2026
Rest in pathetic.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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brunojnavarro.bsky.social
absolutely beautiful reminder of why we protest

by @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social
Take it to the Streets
on the 3.5% rule and the power of protest
aubreyhirsch.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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jonfarrington.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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polgreen.bsky.social
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
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johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Supposed followers of Jesus feigning outrage at people of conscience disrupting a worship gathering to call out hypocrisy and vile abuses of power remind us again that they have no interest in emulating Christ or reading the Gospels...

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/jesus-turn...
Jesus Turned Over Tables. He Would Have Interrupted That Church Service, Too.
What Would Jesus Do?
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The single biggest drop estimated by NFAP is among immediate relatives of U.S. citizens. In other words, a huge drop in family-based immigration, which the Trump admin has attacked for years (despite using it for Melania's parents).
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump posts what appears to be a private text message sent to him by Macron
Image of a text sent from Macron to Trump
January 20, 2026 at 6:12 AM
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eliza7777777thstar.bsky.social
Just dropping this here.
January 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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jonseidel.bsky.social
U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow just took the bench in the case of Juan Espinoza Martinez, who faces trial today for allegedly offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino.
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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fiveman.bsky.social
@democrats.senate.gov

You are completely missing the moment here. Not a surprise with @schumer.senate.gov running the show. This weakness is why I no longer donate to any of you. Stop asking.
Guardrails and Accountability Measures: The bill includes new accountability and transparency measures across the Department of Homeland Security: ➤ Establishes—and funds—oversight of and transparency around how DHS is spending the $190 billion it was provided in OBBBA (which is nearly triple the total annual appropriation for DHS). OBBBA did not require DHS to provide any transparency to Congress or the public on how it is spending the $190 billion in taxpayer dollars it received. The bill now requires DHS to provide monthly updates on its spend plans for OBBBA funds, incorporating reporting requirements for OBBBA funds with those in place for regular appropriations. The bill also includes $12.8 million in new funding for OIG oversight of OBBBA funding. ➤ Significantly restricts DHS’s ability to transfer funding across accounts, including: Suspends transfer authority if DHS does not comply with bill requirement to publicly post reports. Reduces how much may be transferred in and out of a variety of accounts—including for the Office of the Secretary, ICE, CISA, and others—relative to current law. ➤ Allocates $20 million that must be used for the purchase and operation of body-worn cameras for ICE and CBP officers interacting with members of the public when conducting immigration enforcement operations. ➤ Directs the Department to ensure additional de-escalation training for ICE and CBP officers interacting with the public in communities across the country. ➤ Directs the Department to train all law enforcement personnel, including ICE and CBP officers and agents, on Americans’ right to record any interactions they have with them. ➤ Provides line-item funding ($20 million) for mandated, independent oversight of detention facilities after the Trump administration all but eliminated these activities using flexibilities provided under Republicans’ fiscal year 2025 continuing resolution. ➤ Includes penalties for delaying reviews of FEMA disaster reimbursement requests.
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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juddlegum.bsky.social
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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vermontgmg.bsky.social
It's hard to even explain what a disaster this is for the US economy in the short-term — as well as US innovation and industry in decades to come. Immigrants and foreign students at our universities are—as always have been—the wellspring of American invention and innovation.
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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zeteo.com
Our Year From Hell

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social is back with today's 'First Draft' on Trump's first 12 months in office, the DOJ targeting Don Lemon, and Mike Pompeo saying the quiet part out loud about the GOP's disregard for Palestinian lives.

Read it here:
zeteo.com/p/our-year-f...
Our Year From Hell
Mehdi on Trump's first 12 months in office, the DOJ targeting Don Lemon, and Mike Pompeo saying the quiet part out loud about the GOP's disregard for Palestinian lives.
zeteo.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM