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Fascism does not begin with tanks.
It begins with language.
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist in a Leak Investigation
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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BREAKING: Medical examiner says death of ICE detainee was a HOMICIDE - a witness says he was choked to death by GUARDS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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NEW: The Trump administration under RFK Jr very quickly reversed course and is restoring grants for substance use and mental health programs in the U.S. From me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US health officials reverse course and reinstate $1.9bn to mental health and substance use
Health department unexpectedly announced nearly $2bn in program cuts Tuesday before rolling back decision
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Image with question ‘Which way, Greenland man?’ is a ‘key concept in neo-Nazi and white supremacist subculture’
White House post nods to racist, far-right subculture, extremism expert says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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The full protocol of the study in Guinea Bissau provides no reassurance. If anything is spells out just how insanely unethical the planned study is. The PI who wrote the protocol tried to defend the indefensible by writing to me directly. I responded publicly.
Read 👇
substack.com/@bktitanji/n...
January 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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The House passed a clean Obamacare enhanced subsidy extension. The Senate probably won't. But you never know, because until it did, the House wasn't going to either.

Read about it in the latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4sAIjIP
January 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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🚨"We've got a Honduran here"

A SWARM of Border Patrol agents violently invaded a Minneapolis gas station—crushing car windows, tackling and brutalizing drivers, and taking several. We've confirmed at least one of them was U.S. CITIZEN Lalo Rios Meza.
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Minneapolis-based activist Nekima Levy Armstrong says local authorities should arrest Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/12/minneapolis_protests
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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NEW: Monthly job growth under Trump in 2025 was the slowest since 2003, excluding recessions.
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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A CBS News staffer told me this after Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News tenure tonight with a lengthy Pete Hegseth interview:

"If this is what Bari and Tony’s CBS Evening News is going to look like, then the we may as well just call ourselves Trump Administration State TV. Pathetic."
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Follow below: Did Donald Trump break the law?

International law: almost certainly yes
Under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, states are prohibited from using force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another sovereign nation except in very narrow circumstances.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Illinois prevails! First victory at Supreme Court, telling Trump regime that no, they cannot deputize & send in the National Guard over the objections of local elected leaders. Kudos to @jbpritzker.bsky.social for standing firm! JB's statement here: gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/statement-fr...
Statement from Governor Pritzker on the Supreme Court’s Decision in Trump v. Illinois
CHICAGO — Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump...
gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”

We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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“exclusive” lmao
January 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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The driving force behind all CORE employees is supporting and enacting the mission of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters, a FEMA staffer tells me. This is seismic.
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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One last fucked up 2025 scoop—FEMA has begun issuing termination notices to CORE staff (appointed under the Stafford Act, ordinarily extended for 2 years) effective Jan 2, agency sources tell me. Sr leadership was asked if they could be given more notice but Acting Administrator Karen Evans said no.
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
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Oh my goodness, this Wall Street Journal piece about Trump's ailing health that includes an interview with him (gift link). There are a number of ridiculous details in it and I'll put a few of them in this thread. (1/6)
Exclusive | As Signs of Aging Emerge, Trump Responds With Defiance
In an interview, President Trump—the oldest man to assume the office—said he has eschewed some advice from his doctors and regrets getting advanced imaging.
www.wsj.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Newly released transcripts and videos show that former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers that the Jan. 6 riot, "does not happen without President Trump."
January 1, 2026 at 4:27 PM