Corinna Barrett Lain

Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.

Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and inviting them to the White House to discuss how they will divvy up control of the country's oil.

Oligarchy in action.

Week 1. We invaded Venezuela. We killed the ACA subsidies. We destroyed the Kennedy Center. We murdered a woman in cold blood over deportations. We threatened Greenland, now we are offering them $100,000 per person to allow us to take over their country.
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?

As Tensions Flare in Minneapolis, We Learn That the Shooting of Renee Good Is Even Worse Than Originally Believed The second day after the horrific killing brought new revelations that made an unthinkable tragedy and apparent government-sponsored crime worse than it already was—which had once seemed impossible.

I want to be frank with you all: this is a *very* tough read.

But it is fully factual, fully sourced, and full of necessary truths about where we are and what is about to happen in America.

GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:

“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..

“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”

@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."

“Can we check her pulse?”

“No! Back up! Now!”

“I’m a physician.”

“I don’t care.”

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality.

Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook.

Our duty is to stand up to brutality.

Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

Trump orders ‘my representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in effort to lower housing costs | CNN Business President Donald Trump said Thursday he had ordered “my representatives” to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds in an attempt to drive down interest rates and monthly payments, writing in a Truth Socia...

We have a central planned economy now

Trump orders ‘my representatives’ to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds to lower rates

www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/b...

AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.

First, they lied about what we saw on video when ICE killed Renee Good.

Now, they're politicizing the investigation by freezing out Minnesota authorities, so the full truth may never see the light of day.

They are breaking our country. We must continue demanding accountability.

This entire regime consists of depraved sociopaths.

An ICE agent saying "I don't care" and preventing an innocent woman who's been shot from receiving medical care are not the words or actions of officers lawfully protecting themselves and the community. These are the words of sociopaths happy with murder.

ICE agents killing people in the streets. The naked extortion of a sovereign state. The National Guard unleashed in American cities. The Justice Department weaponized to prosecute political opponents.

The tyranny is on full display — and it's waking America up.

Clarity, @aoc.bsky.social speaks with clarity

From the UnderReportedNews community on Reddit: Representative Ted Lieu just drew a crystal clear red line: “If any military member, from the generals on down, participates in using force against Gree... Explore this post and more from the UnderReportedNews community

Representative Ted Lieu just drew a crystal clear red line: “If any military member, from the generals on down, participates in using force against Greenland without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.”

www.reddit.com/r/UnderRepor...

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.

House Oversight Democrats are demanding Oversight Republicans hold a hearing with Pam Bondi to examine the DOJ's "botched release" of the Epstein files.

"Let's be clear: Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice are breaking the law every single day the Epstein files are kept from the public."

JUST IN: Reps. Massie and Khanna say "DOJ cannot be trusted" to release all of the Epstein files, urge a federal judge to appoint an independent overseer to make it happen. khanna.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Masked government agents are killing people in the streets, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night, and arresting those who speak out.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Virtual Book Club | SCADP Join us! For our Monthly Virtual Bookclub on zoom. Where we read books that pertain to criminal justice-related issues and stories.

Here’s the first: @scadeathpenalty.bsky.social is partnering with the South Carolina Christian Action Council for an event on January 22. Details here. Hope to see you there!
www.scadp.org/virtual-book...

Attention book club afficionados! Several book clubs are reading Secrets of the Killing State this spring, and have online conversations that you could join.

Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.

Good thing it's just the flu and only killing thousands.....mostly the antivax crowd..
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...

Can you imagine a Republican in today’s age resigning for literally anything? No. Republicans have literally covered up other republicans dementia just to keep power. Kay Granger. Donald is no different.

Hard to be passionate about Democrat politicians even when you support their policies. When current democrats are so helpless they can only complain like the rest of us while horrible things happen and people are hurting. Republicans even when a minority are disruptive and effective. Need better.

Tim Walz: "I don't want to mince words here. Donald Trump and his allies in Washington and in St Paul and online want to make our state a colder, meaner place. They won't to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors."

Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down months after GOP funding cuts The CBP's board of directors voted to dissolve the private, nonprofit corporation after 58 years of service.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR, PBS and many local radio and TV stations — is officially shutting down, months after Congress passed spending cuts that stripped the organization of more than $1 billion in funding.

James Talarico addresses a crowd

James Talarico: “The biggest divide in this country is not left vs right, it’s top vs bottom — this new war is just the latest example of how billionaires run this country, run this economy, run this goverment, & now run our foreign policy”

France at the UN Security Council:

"The military operation which led to the capture of Nicolas Maduro runs counter to the principle of peaceful dispute resolution and the principle of non use of force. Violations of the UN Charter... chips away at the very foundation of the international order."

Donald Trump & Republicans let the ACA tax credits expire despite having bipartisan support to extend them.

Now, premiums are skyrocketing for working families while billionaires cash in on new tax breaks.

This is what happens when the President calls affordability a hoax.