Michal Potůček
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The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
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The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
wapo.st
January 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Trump admin is moving to quickly deport two men who witnessed, they say, ICE guards choke a fellow detainee to death.
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
The admin moved to deport men right after they spoke the Washington Post.
This is the death that the medical examiner has already ruled likely homicide.
wapo.st/4qR1T1U
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Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.
January 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Looks like the EU-US trade deal is now dead, with all three major groups in the EU Parliament calling at least for suspension. The downward spiral has already begun.
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He should just say the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to the queers.
Judge Kacsmaryk rejects challenge by West Texas A&M University's LGBQT club to drag show ban, saying the First Amendment doesn't protect "self-expression in all forms, and certainly not the libertine 'expressive conduct' absolutism envisioned" by the group. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #168 in Spectrum WT v. Wendler (N.D. Tex., 2:23-cv-00048) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW (Ordered by Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk on 1/17/2026) (vls)
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January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
He should just say the 1st Amendment doesn't apply to the queers.
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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11th Airborne division is also specialized in arctic warfare, btw...
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:02 AM
11th Airborne division is also specialized in arctic warfare, btw...
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Paris has lost its once-powerful leverage in Brussels to torpedo or water down the EU's pact with the Mercosur bloc of Latin American nations.
We spoke with current and former French officials who point to the critical moments that led to this: politi.co/3ZcC7cw
We spoke with current and former French officials who point to the critical moments that led to this: politi.co/3ZcC7cw
January 17, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Paris has lost its once-powerful leverage in Brussels to torpedo or water down the EU's pact with the Mercosur bloc of Latin American nations.
We spoke with current and former French officials who point to the critical moments that led to this: politi.co/3ZcC7cw
We spoke with current and former French officials who point to the critical moments that led to this: politi.co/3ZcC7cw
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Donald Trump oznámil, že od 1. února zavede kvůli Grónsku desetiprocentní clo na zboží z Dánska, Norska, Švédska, Francie, Německa, Británie, Nizozemska a z Finska. Clo bude podle něj v platnosti, dokud se USA nepodaří uzavřít dohodu o koupi ostrova.
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‚Dokud se nepodaří odkoupit Grónsko.‘ Trump uvalí cla na Dánsko a další evropské země
Americký prezident Donald Trump oznámil, že od 1. února zavede kvůli Grónsku desetiprocentní clo na zboží z Dánska, Norska, Švédska, Francie, Německa, Británie, Nizozemska a z Finska.
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January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Donald Trump oznámil, že od 1. února zavede kvůli Grónsku desetiprocentní clo na zboží z Dánska, Norska, Švédska, Francie, Německa, Británie, Nizozemska a z Finska. Clo bude podle něj v platnosti, dokud se USA nepodaří uzavřít dohodu o koupi ostrova.
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"This analysis of President Trump’s actions over the course of 2025 finds that he has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80 percent of actions pertaining to public lands recommended by Project 2025." westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...
From disavowal to delivery: The Trump administration’s rapid implementation of Project 2025 on public lands - Center for Western Priorities
Co-written by Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Rachael Hamby, and Aaron Weiss Introduction Increasing fossil fuel production on public lands. Gutting federal agencies that oversee national parks and forests. Re...
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January 17, 2026 at 12:27 AM
"This analysis of President Trump’s actions over the course of 2025 finds that he has implemented, or begun to implement, over 80 percent of actions pertaining to public lands recommended by Project 2025." westernpriorities.org/2026/01/from...
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I'd love for the news media to learn the difference between "lashing out" and "fighting off the attack"
Video circulating online alleges an ICE agent sprayed a 15-year-old girl in the face with pepper spray in Minnesota. The girl appears to panic and lash out before her mother intervenes, yet agents still threaten arrest. Her mother then guides her to the car to go to the ER.
January 17, 2026 at 7:48 AM
I'd love for the news media to learn the difference between "lashing out" and "fighting off the attack"
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And in this moment, this beautiful child would be falling into his mother for comfort but she has been taken.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
And in this moment, this beautiful child would be falling into his mother for comfort but she has been taken.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
We are raising a generation of children who are being traumatized by the state, and some of them will grow up angry because their parents were ripped away by force.
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I got to write about a cool medieval shipwreck in my latest for @arstechnica.com 🧪
Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark
The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast.
arstechnica.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I got to write about a cool medieval shipwreck in my latest for @arstechnica.com 🧪
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New: A federal judge gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras in violation of a court order, and he recommended it issue her a student visa. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge urges US grant visa to college student deported due to 'mistake'
A U.S. judge on Friday gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras while she was traveling home to spend Thanksgiving with her...
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
New: A federal judge gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras in violation of a court order, and he recommended it issue her a student visa. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Breaking news: The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation alleging that they are impeding federal law enforcement officers’ abilities to do their jobs in the state.
Justice Dept. launches criminal investigation of Minnesota governor
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of an investigation into impeding law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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Trump shares some interesting company as the last person to be gifted a Nobel Prize medal they did not earn was Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Trump shares some interesting company as the last person to be gifted a Nobel Prize medal they did not earn was Joseph Goebbels.
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McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
January 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
McLAUGHLIN: Racial animus has no place in DHS and of course is not use
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
CNN: *plays clip of ICE agents asking Minneapolis woman where she was born*
McLAUGHLIN: I haven't seen this clip before. She might've been assaulting law enforcement prior to this.
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New Bellingcat investigation: Five Shots in Five Minutes. We analyse video evidence showing a federal agent firing a 40mm “less-lethal” launcher at protesters in Minneapolis repeatedly, including apparent head-level shots, following the killing of Renee Nicole Good
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Analysing One Federal Agent’s Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in Minneapolis
After the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.
www.bellingcat.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
New Bellingcat investigation: Five Shots in Five Minutes. We analyse video evidence showing a federal agent firing a 40mm “less-lethal” launcher at protesters in Minneapolis repeatedly, including apparent head-level shots, following the killing of Renee Nicole Good
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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Haitian authorities confirm Erik Prince-linked mercenaries took part in anti-gang raids
Officials publicly acknowledge for the first time that private military firm Vectus Global supported police operations, including a Jan. 14 raid
haitiantimes.com/2026/01/15/h...
Officials publicly acknowledge for the first time that private military firm Vectus Global supported police operations, including a Jan. 14 raid
haitiantimes.com/2026/01/15/h...
Haitian authorities confirm Erik Prince-linked mercenaries took part in anti-gang raids
Haiti confirms Erik Prince-linked Vectus Global joined police raids targeting gangs, including a Jan. 14 operation in Delmas 6—stronghold of Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, leader of Viv Ansanm gang coali...
haitiantimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Haitian authorities confirm Erik Prince-linked mercenaries took part in anti-gang raids
Officials publicly acknowledge for the first time that private military firm Vectus Global supported police operations, including a Jan. 14 raid
haitiantimes.com/2026/01/15/h...
Officials publicly acknowledge for the first time that private military firm Vectus Global supported police operations, including a Jan. 14 raid
haitiantimes.com/2026/01/15/h...
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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ICE agents who terrorize immigrants can receive high pay & student loan forgiveness. Nonprofit workers who offer food, legal help, or shelter: loan relief denied for being “improper.”
This is how a disciplinary society works—violence is incentivized, care is criminalized.
This is how a disciplinary society works—violence is incentivized, care is criminalized.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
ICE agents who terrorize immigrants can receive high pay & student loan forgiveness. Nonprofit workers who offer food, legal help, or shelter: loan relief denied for being “improper.”
This is how a disciplinary society works—violence is incentivized, care is criminalized.
This is how a disciplinary society works—violence is incentivized, care is criminalized.
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It's surreal that the terrorist state russia openly puts to death the entire Ukrainian nation by weaponizing frost while it hardly even makes breaking news anymore. It's -12°/-17° today with new massive attacks expected soon.
📷: Stas Yurchenko.
📷: Stas Yurchenko.
January 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
It's surreal that the terrorist state russia openly puts to death the entire Ukrainian nation by weaponizing frost while it hardly even makes breaking news anymore. It's -12°/-17° today with new massive attacks expected soon.
📷: Stas Yurchenko.
📷: Stas Yurchenko.
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Komentář: Soudní spisy ukazují, že vedení společnosti Meta vědělo o milionech nevyžádaných, často sexuálních zpráv, které dětem posílají cizí lidé. Rovněž mělo interní doporučení, co s tím dělat. A neudělalo nic, popisuje odborník na sociální sítě Jakub Goda.
Nediskutujme o tom, zda dětem sociální sítě zakázat, ale jak a od jakého věku to udělat
Komentář Jakuba Gody: Australská vláda loni zakázala dětem mladším 16 let mít účet na sociálních sítích. Interní zjištění samotných provozovatelů ukazují, že nejspíš udělala dobře. Menší riziko je…
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January 16, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Komentář: Soudní spisy ukazují, že vedení společnosti Meta vědělo o milionech nevyžádaných, často sexuálních zpráv, které dětem posílají cizí lidé. Rovněž mělo interní doporučení, co s tím dělat. A neudělalo nic, popisuje odborník na sociální sítě Jakub Goda.
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As I said earlier, this is similar to what West Bank settlers such as Avri Ran with his egg farm in the illegal outpost, Giv'ot Olam, have done. The water tank eventually became a boundary and fence that he consistently moved to take more land from the Palestinian village Yanun.
Israel is moving the yellow blocks that mark its control line further into Gaza. We mapped more than 220. In at least 16 cases the IDF placed them then came back and moved them deeper again. Some are around half a km beyond the mapped line. W/ @emmapengelly.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel moves Yellow Line deeper into Gaza, satellite images show
Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 8:41 AM
As I said earlier, this is similar to what West Bank settlers such as Avri Ran with his egg farm in the illegal outpost, Giv'ot Olam, have done. The water tank eventually became a boundary and fence that he consistently moved to take more land from the Palestinian village Yanun.