Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

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These Companies Have The Biggest ICE Contracts Demonstrations have demanded an end to federal funding for ICE, after two protesters were killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.

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Trump administration says DOGE may have misused Social Security data The Justice Department told a judge that an unnamed political advocacy group contacted Department of Government Efficiency staffers in a bid to gain access to state voter rolls.

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It did indeed!

This.

“LET US OUT!”

women & children scream for help inside a detention camp in TEXAS, where private prisons like core civic make billions of taxpayer dollars holding them while abusing, neglecting them, refusing them health care, feeding them dirty food & water, etc.

In our name🇺🇸

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored.

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TikTok lands $14B deal to avoid US ban The new owners will include Oracle, a tech giant co-founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison.

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After illegally abducting Maduro, Trump has just sold $250M of Venezuela's oil to Vitol.

John Addison, a senior trader at Vitol who helped broker the deal, gave $6M to Trump's 2024 campaign.

Pay-to-play imperialism.

Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine

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Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism

Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...

'America’s Test Kitchen' And Culinary Star Elle Simone Scott Dies From Ovarian Cancer At 49 | Essence The SheChef founder spent the last years of her life fighting for representation and ovarian cancer awareness, leaving an indelible mark.

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Debunking the Myth of the ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Data does not support claims that the United States is experiencing a surge in crime caused by immigrants.

Just a regular reminder that the ENTIRE premise behind the draconian and militaristic immigration enforcement we have been witnessing the past year is based on an empirically disproven lie.

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National Anger Spills Into Target Stores, Again

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How to Recover from Caring Too Much If you laugh at unfunny jokes, raise your hand too quickly, or can’t decide on your favorite color, you may be exhibiting a fawn response.

The psychotherapist Meg Josephson describes “fawning” as alternately a path to self-annihilation—a “belief that we need to neglect ourselves for the comfort of other people”—and a “subtle superpower” of heightened perception and sensitivity. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/X5KcWT

Nothing to see here folks, just a sitting president investing in two companies whose merger he claims sole authority to approve or reject. Totally normal! 🙃

These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov

‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo

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Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’

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Kentucky and Slavery: From Statehood to the Civil War Podcast Episode · Lectures in History · 01/05/2026 · 55m

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Winter Book Club: Octavia Butler’s Visionary Fiction Podcast Episode · Throughline · 01/01/2026 · 1h 3m

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May the Odds Be in Your Favor Podcast Episode · Pod Save the People · 01/06/2026 · 1h 20m

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Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Let's face it, sometimes the world feels broken. We can see what needs fixing, yet more and more, it feels like the problems are too big and the bad guys a...

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Cannonball with Wesley Morris Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Conversations about the culture that moves us – the good, the bad and whatever’s in between. Every week, critic Wesley Morris talks with writers and artist...

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Buddhist Hacks for Anxiety and Overthinking | Joseph Goldstein Podcast Episode · 10% Happier with Dan Harris · 01/04/2026 · 1h 17m

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I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.

In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).

UPDATE: *peace president* Trump bombs Venezuela… (after pardoning an ex president of Honduras for drug trafficking)

This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.

“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...

Tell Congress: No War With Venezuela The Trump regime has been amassing forces in the Caribbean as it threatens war against Venezuela. Over the past few months, they’ve bombed small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that they claim were...

The Constitution is very clear: War powers belong to Congress, not the White House.

Contact your senators and demand that they check the regime’s lawless violence — or there’s no telling where this will end.

DJ Black Coffee on Breaking Barriers and Building Global Credibility Podcast Episode · The Business of Fashion Podcast · 01/02/2026 · 27m

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What do these corporations all have in common?

-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile

They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.