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Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the proposed cuts and even boosting funds for basic research…
From Larry B:
Let us make the case that if the orange regime was not in power Citizen Renee Good would be alive this morning. I think that is a safe assumption,,, that the regime’s actions are responsible for her death. Does it follow then that if n…
from David Moran-
In case you missed Heather Cox Richardson:
\\ Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S. Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks, the series was designed “to …
It warn't no damn $90,000 and it ain't never had no stinkin' manure in it. Gravel, maybe a little.
Note: Well, now I think, some potting soil what had... how you say it... chickenshit in it.
Crash, 8:48PM
I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse...
...But there were only greetings and loud support for our message: TRUMP MUST GO and ICE OUT OF HAWAII. Some were passing out little cards with some info to start-up…
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
The shootings in Portland, a city previously targeted by the Trump administration, come as Minneapolis grapples with a federal agent’s fatal shooting of a woman a day earlier.
Fede…
a2z, 3:06PM
the media is missing that this inevitability is guaranteed for many more incidents, regardless of midterms. and hey MAGA, its not making me any richer.
consider :
- ICE is trump's SS, and unlike public media, already committed fundin…
Observant1, January 7 :
"The new site baselessly claims the violence on January 6, 2021,
was instigated by law enforcement and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
It recasts the rioters as the victims that day, and depicts President Donald Trump
as a h…
White House rewrites January 6 history and blames police for deadly attack on 5-year anniversary
CNN is reporting that The White House rolled out a new website Tuesday with a full-blown recast of the historical record of January 6, 2021, hailing th…
January 7, 2026
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON (Continued)
But something else was also going on today. At the same time the administration was pouring gasoline on the domestic fire ICE had sparked and the international fire it had set with its attacks on…
January 7, 2026
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapolis, Minneso…
Kristi Noem doubles down on claim ICE agent killed woman in self-defense
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
DHS secretary’s claims have been widely disputed with video of shooting showing vehicle turning away from agent
…
Kristi Noem doubles down on claim ICE agent killed woman in self-defense
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
DHS secretary’s claims have been widely disputed with video of shooting showing vehicle turning away from agent
…
Minnesota Officials Say They’re Being Blocked From Investigating Fatal ICE Shooting
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
A top state law enforcement official said Thursday that federal agencies were denying Minnesota …
And this add:
Vice-president Vance said that local state authorities had no jurisdiction over the ongoing investigation into Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Minneapolis. This comes as the Minneosta Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said the case …
Minnesota Officials Say They’re Being Blocked From Investigating Fatal ICE Shooting
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
A top state law enforcement official said Thursday that federal agencies were denying Minnesota …
Even the Maggot "base" may be gagging on this one. Going to be interesting to watch. Stephen Miller doesn't seem to be held in high regard... that's something at least.
Senate Republicans push back on Trump’s aspirations to seize Greenland.
Following are excerpts from a current report in The New York Times:
A clutch of Senate Republicans on Wednesday denounced considerations by the White House to acquire Greenland…
Following is additional information from current coverage in The Guardian:
Senator Ruben Gallego moves to block Pentagon funds for Greenland invasions
Senator Gallego, an Arizona Democrat and former marine who fought in Iraq, called the White Hous…
