Katherine Stewart

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The director of the FBI: "I don't read."

His staff (paraphrased): "he doesn’t like meetings in office settings. What he wants is social events."
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No written document memorializes the future deal framework for Greenland, sources say | CNN Politics President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reached a verbal understanding about Greenland during their meeting on Wednesday, but no document has been produced yet memorializing a fut...

So much for “concepts” of a plan.

“Danish officials said there have been no direct discussions between Denmark & the US about the possibility of granting the US sovereign parcels of land, & a NATO spokesperson said Rutte did not discuss it with Trump on Wednesday.”

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The legal setup is incredibly shady. Finance, contracts, property, immunities, they all of it flow from the Chairman’s authority. There are no external checks, and even dispute resolution ends with the Chairman’s own interpretation. There is effectively zero rule-of-law accountability.

Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot

I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
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Read the full report here: www.floridabulldog.org/wp-content/u...

The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.

Trump bullying Greenland polls even worse than Trump covering for powerful pedophiles

No he didn’t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a “piece of ice” because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol

"With this mad and erratic behavior, you have to ask: Is the president capable of running the United States?"

That's a Danish pol. On the pod we discuss how international media is baffled at failure of our institutions to constrain Trump. This exchange is something:

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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."

The worst of the worst, right?

Ruben Gallego @RubenGallego Yeah I am not voting to give whatever ICE has become more tax payer money. It’s no longer an immigration enforcement arm of the US government. Quote The Associated Press @AP · 1h BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says. 5:50 PM · Jan 21, 2026 · 476 Views

Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.

Per U.S. senator for Minnesota

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, 1964 • Minnesota Reformer Sooner or later all the people of the world will have to discover a way to live together in peace, and thereby transform this pending cosmic elegy into a creative psalm of brotherhood.

Someone who actually won the award: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, 1964 minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/m...

The GOP owns this.

Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

Republican dissent as key figures warn Trump against Greenland pursuit Congressional Republicans criticize ‘absurd’ idea as polls show most Americans oppose taking control of territory

Large majority of Congressional Republicans are mute, but a few dissenters: "In an interview with CNN last week, Lousiana senator John Kennedy said: 'To invade Greenland and attack its sovereignty, a fellow Nato country, would be weapons-grade stupid.'" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion. In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.

"A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers." www.propublica.org/article/nort...

The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland Trump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat weirdos, it makes perfect sense.

This is a must-read piece by Casey Michel on the underlying reasons for the Greenland nonsense and it should be getting more attention newrepublic.com/article/2051...

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland.

They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

omg the Ten Commandments "poster" that Louisiana intends to send to schools (which are required to display them in every public classroom, including at universities) includes images of Moses and Mike Johnson share.google/eoRiDvHsshEg...

DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files

NEWS: The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records

Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.

This is a transparent attempt to create a pretext for invoking the Insurrection Act.

One provision applies when a group of people "opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws." And when it's (allegedly) the state itself...

“Trump doesn’t want to crush just criminal defiance, but the civil defiance that he wishes he could criminalize.”

“Rather than taking advantage of that second chance, prosecutors said, Ms. Camberos returned to crime. She and her brother were convicted in 2024 in an unrelated fraud.”