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This is how “straight” reporting distorts the news. Trump says he wants an “honest” investigation. But the DOJ is not doing an independent investigation, and, instead, CBP will be investigating its own officers. Sounds like it could be a rigged inquiry. Trump’s “vow” is worthless PR.

The prolific and consistently brilliant US horror author #RonaldMalfi (who came in at No 5 in our recent survey of 21st C horror fiction) releases a new novel, The Hive, on 14 April 2026

Revisit a Quietus interview with Malfi here:

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Underneath all the macho bluster online, this is who they really are: greasy dudes holding syringes of their own pee

In Minneapolis, far-right influencers frame ICE resistance as terrorism As communities organize against Trump’s federal crackdown, a network of pundits is building an “insurrectionist” narrative against them.

Amidst the talk of "paid agitators" at work in Minneapolis, it turns out that there are in fact "paid agitators." They're right wing social media agitators and they're being paid by hostile foreign governments, the GOP and the Trump administration. www.ms.now/news/minneap...

This is an excellent collection worth adding to your TBR. Want a free sample before committing?

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Want your winter horror to stay fictional? A deadly nature spirit pursues its prey into the concrete jungle of New York in ALL THE TEETH IN THE WORLD.

Melania Documentary Flops as Crew Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Chaos The first lady’s documentary was a mess in production—and now it’s struggling at the box office.

Amazon’s MGM studios spent tens of millions, but the documentary is projected to make just $1M in its first week.

This comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues and two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. trib.al/Clr03cD

How do they spread these messages so quickly?!? They always nail me immediately.

How I Pick A Writing Project

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Goblin. acid green on brown rocks. orange sky.

Goblin. acid green on brown rocks.

Goblin. acid green on brown rocks.

Goblin. acid green on brown rocks.

GOBLINWEEK! #Goblinweek

Karoline Leavitt at the (sigh) White House podium

"After extensive ignorance of the video, we have concluded that Ilhan Omar's lectern was on fire- which did not faze her since sanctuary cities and Somalia are constantly blazing. Fearing for the lives of his fellow citizens, Mr. Kazmierczak tried to douse the flames with his last dose of insulin."

Sales surge at Minneapolis bookstore after resonating photo of owner at protest Greg Ketter has spent nearly five decades selling comic books and science fiction novels at DreamHaven Books and Comics in Minneapolis. This week, his phone hasn't stopped ringing.

"Sales surge at Minneapolis bookstore after resonating photo of owner at protest" via CBS News (1/26/26)

Gregg Ketter, owner of the comic shop DreamHaven Books is redirecting the flood of GoFundMe donations to local food shelves. Awesome: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

The Guy in the Chair #4 Review The Guy in the Chair #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudkar Art by Guillermo Sanna Colors by Dearbhla Kelly Letters by Joshua Reed The Rundown: Merlin must find a way to rescue Gatsby before the Observatory steals some dangerous information. Abhi discovers that his best friend Evan is the mysterious White Knight that he and Merlin have been working for this entire time.

The Guy in the Chair #4 Review

The Guy in the Chair #4 Dark Horse Comics Written by Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudkar Art by Guillermo Sanna Colors by Dearbhla Kelly Letters by Joshua Reed The Rundown: Merlin must find a way to rescue Gatsby before the Observatory steals some dangerous…

All that tech bro money driving public policy.

This is a dangerous and bigoted agency—there are no reforms. It must be eliminated and replaced in its entirety.

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Screaming

ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.

WAR CRIME!

Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.

MURKOWSKI tells me Kristi Noem should step down: “Yes, she should go.”

Hot pho on a cold New York day.

After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators.

The Bari Weiss plan is for CBS News to employ fewer reporters charged with finding things out and more (right-skewing) commentators charged with telling them what to think. Same playbook Wash Post is using. www.npr.org/2026/01/27/n...

Map shows what would happen to Gaza under the US ‘master plan' The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.

The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.