Dom Mantella

Pentagon aggressively lobbies EU against Buy European weapons push In previously unreported remarks, the U.S. administration warned Brussels that it will retaliate if Europeans “strong-arm American companies out of the market.”

Such dicks.

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Solar!

January 31, 2026 White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:

January 31, 2026

Opinion | The Coming Trump Crackup

“History does not record many cases in which a power-mad leader careening toward tyranny suddenly regained his senses and became more moderate. On the contrary, the normal course of the disease is toward ever-accelerating deterioration and debauchery.”

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🚨"The Ku Klux Klan used to call themselves the invisible empire, and they wore masks, and they used to raid immigrant communities—much like ICE is right now," -one of THOUSANDS of Minneapolis ICE protesters marching in -10 degrees as part of statewide generals strike. LIVE NOW⬇️

Bovino continued: “In fact, under my direction I’m proud to say ICE has detained, zip tied, pointed guns at, tear gassed, hit with flash bangs, assaulted, used as bait and generally traumatized more children than any other administration in the history of America”

Well, that’s what I heard, anyway

In case you were wondering why Trump’s flying to Iowa next week:

“.. Farm bankruptcies in the first half of 2025 exceeded the total for all of 2024.”

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Tory MP Simon Hoare has given a very vivid quote about Donald Trump's comments on Nato allies, which could actually be used in many contexts about the US president:

"Frankly Trump makes my flesh creep and my stomach turn. Where are his advisors? Where is his nurse? Where is his sense of shame?"

COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:

“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."

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“.. distrust .. lingers ..”

“.. Europe stays vigilant of US ..”

“.. weary Greenlanders don’t trust ..”

@wsj.com @washingtonpost.com @latimes.com

So the right hand is bruised from shaking hands and the left hand is bruised from hitting it on a desk. Got it.

💯 Every. Fucking. Word.

“Thirty-one known defendants have been charged in Chicago with non-immigration crimes tied to ‘Operation Midway Blitz.’ With today’s acquittal, 15 of them have been cleared and nobody has been convicted.”

We’ve been in WHO since 1948.

January 22, 2026 Vice President J.D.

January 22, 2026

I love every single thing about this.

Donald Trump at Davos saying "sometimes you need a dictator"

To suggest that people need dictators is to imply that the people need less freedom.

Trump is the opposite of the claimed ideals America was founded on.

As far as I can tell, Congress’ job is to call what the White House is doing illegal and then rubber stamp its budget

“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”

So, same as Canadians.

There’s no way I could vote to give ICE more money.

Let’s be clear: ICE is now one of the wealthiest law enforcement agencies in this country, and they continue to prove they are ineffective and unqualified.

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Funny how the right is outraged at Fanone flipping off a congressman just days after celebrating a president flipping off a working American .

AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

Orban wasn’t happy about this.

DHS launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement action in Maine The Department of Homeland Security has launched an operation targeting criminal illegal migrants in the state of Maine, according to a DHS spokesperson.

ICE descends on Maine. "[Gov. Janet] Mills said, ‘Look, Maine knows what good law enforcement looks like because our law enforcement are held to high professional standards.... they don’t wear a mask..., and they don’t arrest people in order to fill a quota.’” abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-launc...

Ted Lieu opens by reminding us that Jim Jordan still hasn’t complied with his subpoena.

Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."