Karen Gretsky
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About 1,500 soldiers w/ 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed on prepare-to-deploy orders with a mission in Minnesota in mind, defense officials tell me tonight. Unclear if some or all of them ultimately will go.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
January 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
About 1,500 soldiers w/ 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed on prepare-to-deploy orders with a mission in Minnesota in mind, defense officials tell me tonight. Unclear if some or all of them ultimately will go.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
News reported tonight by ABC News, too.
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Over 20 years, Peter Thiel quietly turned his Roth IRA into a gargantuan tax-exempt piggy bank.
Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall.
(Published 2021)
Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall.
(Published 2021)
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank
Roth IRAs were intended to help average working Americans save, but IRS records show Thiel and other ultrawealthy investors have used them to amass vast untaxed fortunes.
www.propublica.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Over 20 years, Peter Thiel quietly turned his Roth IRA into a gargantuan tax-exempt piggy bank.
Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall.
(Published 2021)
Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall.
(Published 2021)
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ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
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$1 BILLION per nation to stay on the Gaza “Peace Board” — with Trump controlling the money.
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
$1 BILLION per nation to stay on the Gaza “Peace Board” — with Trump controlling the money.
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
Obscene, indefensible corruption. Monetizing the slaughter. There is no bottom. finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-w...
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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.
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
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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*Cough* *cough* grift *cough* *cough*
Trump’s Billion-Dollar Board of Peace
The new entity has a global remit and a steep price for a permanent seat.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:17 AM
*Cough* *cough* grift *cough* *cough*
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Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Congress can stop ICE. Congress can block the use of force in Greenland. In other words, in this crisis, Congress can act to support civil liberties at home and free nations abroad. To fail to act would be to be complicit in a dreadful outcome.
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I had the pleasure of working with Denice Ross; read about how her national service continued well after her time at the White House: "more than a dozen groups have been working together to rescue environment and climate data—and...keep federal databases alive and accessible to the public."
January 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I had the pleasure of working with Denice Ross; read about how her national service continued well after her time at the White House: "more than a dozen groups have been working together to rescue environment and climate data—and...keep federal databases alive and accessible to the public."
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I personally don’t think it is the right time for language and tone policing when the federal govt is on tv every day laughing about how its armed secret police force can go “door to door” in your community and that you deserve to get your head blown off if you get in its way, all while the…
"Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say"
Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social for Zeteo:
Trump is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities while Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
Important reporting from @swin24.bsky.social & @andrewperez.bsky.social for Zeteo:
Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say
The president is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities. Meanwhile, Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’
zeteo.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I personally don’t think it is the right time for language and tone policing when the federal govt is on tv every day laughing about how its armed secret police force can go “door to door” in your community and that you deserve to get your head blown off if you get in its way, all while the…
Reposted by Karen Gretsky
Reposted by Karen Gretsky
If only Congress had some power over tariffs…
Trump Threatens to Hit Countries That Oppose His Greenland Takeover With Tariffs www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Threatens to Hit Countries That Oppose His Greenland Takeover With Tariffs
The president said the U.S. needs to take control of the territory to protect U.S. national security.
www.wsj.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
If only Congress had some power over tariffs…
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“Progressive strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio tells @zeteo.com , ‘You can’t retrain a militia force that is attempting to conduct full-scale brutality. By insider accounts, a large measure of these people are nationalists, they’re white supremacists.’”
“But what’s important at this moment, according to Democratic wonks and the party’s consulting class, is that the party does not respond to any of this with too much force, rhetorically speaking.”
“Trump officials tell @zeteo.com that many in the administration “would not mind it,” if some protesters reacted to the president’s Minnesota siege with significant violence – if only so Trump… could invoke the Insurrection Act, and order a full-on military invasion of the city.”
January 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“Progressive strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio tells @zeteo.com , ‘You can’t retrain a militia force that is attempting to conduct full-scale brutality. By insider accounts, a large measure of these people are nationalists, they’re white supremacists.’”
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I mean, c'mon
January 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I mean, c'mon
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This is insanity. They are being investigated for *making statements* critical of ICE.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This is insanity. They are being investigated for *making statements* critical of ICE.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Still misinformation.
Still not deleted.
Still not deleted.
This is so gross - Google it, look it up, whatever you have to do. They are intentionally echoing a Nazi slogan that threatens mass murder if you harm one of their officers.
It's getting harder to casually dismiss comparisons to the worst regime the world has ever seen.
#ResistTrump
It's getting harder to casually dismiss comparisons to the worst regime the world has ever seen.
#ResistTrump
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Still misinformation.
Still not deleted.
Still not deleted.
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This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
Trump escalates his attack on Minnesota Democrats as Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Gov Walz and Mayor Frey apparently on the theory that their objections to ICE amount to illegal interference, sources tell @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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 11:33 PM
This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...
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Voters aren't buying it…
71% want an independent investigation into the shooting of Renee Good (YouGov).
55% support ending mass ICE raids (YouGov).
53% view recent ICE action unfavorably (YouGov).
Only 38% approve of Trump's handling of immigration (AP).
71% want an independent investigation into the shooting of Renee Good (YouGov).
55% support ending mass ICE raids (YouGov).
53% view recent ICE action unfavorably (YouGov).
Only 38% approve of Trump's handling of immigration (AP).
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Voters aren't buying it…
71% want an independent investigation into the shooting of Renee Good (YouGov).
55% support ending mass ICE raids (YouGov).
53% view recent ICE action unfavorably (YouGov).
Only 38% approve of Trump's handling of immigration (AP).
71% want an independent investigation into the shooting of Renee Good (YouGov).
55% support ending mass ICE raids (YouGov).
53% view recent ICE action unfavorably (YouGov).
Only 38% approve of Trump's handling of immigration (AP).
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BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
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He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
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I take very seriously that a lot of people can't just blithely quit their jobs—in *this* economy?—so I guess I feel bad for a lot of people who work at CBS News.
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I take very seriously that a lot of people can't just blithely quit their jobs—in *this* economy?—so I guess I feel bad for a lot of people who work at CBS News.
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“A bruise is internal bleeding”
In case anyone was still taking CBS News(max) seriously
In case anyone was still taking CBS News(max) seriously
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 AM
“A bruise is internal bleeding”
In case anyone was still taking CBS News(max) seriously
In case anyone was still taking CBS News(max) seriously
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Warning: Reports indicate immigration checkpoints along major interstates in Oklahoma, with Interstate 40 most impacted.
January 15, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Warning: Reports indicate immigration checkpoints along major interstates in Oklahoma, with Interstate 40 most impacted.
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and frequently in the past when such charges have been filed they've been later dismissed because they were made up bsky.app/profile/step...
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
and frequently in the past when such charges have been filed they've been later dismissed because they were made up bsky.app/profile/step...
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1. He wants to
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
1. He wants to
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat