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HOLD THE LINE
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Shameful. Crucifying readiness - and morale.
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq.

“If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.”

National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC.

A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.
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Newly unsealed evidence makes it even clearer that Rubio and Noem knew they were targeting students based solely on their political speech and that they knew this policy was unconstitutional. They just didn’t care. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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Judge William Young ends his order protecting noncitizen students targeted for deportation for their activism or speech with this quotation.

It’s by Ronald Reagan, who appointed him to the bench four decades ago.
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Shame.
Terrific
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JUST IN: The US has completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the US Department of Health and Human Services said, finalizing a longstanding goal of President Donald Trump. https://cnn.it/4a7NRmO
January 23, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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People are kidnapping preschoolers and macing fully restrained protesters because they like the power to make others suffer, and I need us all to burn into our memories what they’re doing now because they’re definitely going to be asking for grace and forgiveness in the not too distant future.
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power."
January 21, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Danish pension fund to sell 100 million in treasury bonds because of what it calls “poor US government finances”

If Trump keeps pissing people off, they’re *all* going to dump their bonds and tank our economy.

www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances
AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.
www.cnbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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UPDATE: “A US regulator ruled Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power huge datacenters in MEMPHIS.”

As the people told @mayorpaulyoung @MemphisChamber — who allowed it to happen.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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DEAR DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS‼️

stop talking like there is any possibility of making ICE a better ICE. It’s not happening.

ICE needs to go. Period.

What are you saying? “Let’s make slave catchers nicer.” It’s moral nonsense.
January 15, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Color me in no way surprised.
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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The sequel no one saw coming. Erin Andrews, Dan Aykroyd, and Chevy Chase. Spies Like Us 2. Coming winter 2026.
January 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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An Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.
ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns
Oregon state Rep. Ricki Ruiz said three people were detained in his district after ICE agents posed as utility workers.
www.opb.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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A local rapid response group I work with is desperately trying to raise $5K tonight to get immediate legal representation for a group member who is facing deportation. It is crucial that these funds be raised by tomorrow. These are organizers I trust.

Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power

- file impeachment articles every day in the House

- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee

- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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If the ICE agent was concerned about his safety, he wouldn't have moved to be in that position.

The ICE agent was standing there with his weapon out because he knew he wasn't in real danger and was looking for a pretext to start shooting the person in the vehicle.

Which he did, killing her.
Context: A decade ago, Border Patrol agents had to be ordered not to put themselves in front of moving vehicles as a pretext to use deadly force
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/new-dir...
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Said another way, this post is another independent basis for impeachment and removal. Police departments shouldn’t be getting fat off civil asset forfeiture. POTUS mustn’t be allowed to have money Congress can’t zero out. Hashtag Rome.
Precedents like this render him immune from future gov’t shutdowns. He doesn’t need the legislature’s funds if he can create massive slush funds for himself by looting foreign nations and extorting US companies. He’s achieving escape velocity from our system & Congress is just watching.
January 7, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Empires cost far more than they profit, but the balance sheet is ignored because the profits are captured by their owners and the costs are borne by the people. Trump did not change the office of the presidency. He exposed it.

youtu.be/CFCBpwsFTpc?...
Trump's Invasion of Venezuela Is The Job of the U.S. Presidency
YouTube video by Matthew Cooke
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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A friend just had her checking account wiped out by her family's new health insurance premium (which went from $890 a month to $2800). The thing is, she'd cancelled the policy in early December, assuming it would also cancel the autopay.

Nope.
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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Umm, what the fuck is going on in Grand Rapids, MI? Did this young woman just get arrested for speaking out about Venezuela? If this is legit we are now fast walking into fascism, we need to get a lot louder than we have been. It’s about to get ugly, y’all‼️
January 6, 2026 at 12:04 AM
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🚨BREAKING: DOJ admits it has only released 12,285 documents required by Epstein Files Transparency Act. More than 2 million documents still need to be reviewed/released. DOJ is in violation of federal law that required release by Dec. 19.

More from Democracy Docket in am. www.democracydocket.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM