Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."

WA Senate passes ban on police face coverings • Washington State Standard The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces amid concerns over masked immigration agents.

The Washington state Senate voted Wednesday to ban law enforcement from covering their faces in response to growing concerns over masked federal immigration agents. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/28/w...

If this is true, it’s staggering. You don’t outsource sensitive Pentagon IT to engineers sitting in China and call it “efficient.” Cost savings? No- that’s a national security self-own. Oversight failed, and it needs fixing fast. #CyberSecurity #NationalSecurity #China
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal immigration officers tried to enter Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis but were stopped, foreign minister says www.axios.com/2026/01/28/i...

More than 31,000 nurses, health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente, arguing for safe staffing levels, fair wages Tens of thousands of nurses and health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii went on strike on Monday morning.

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in California & Hawaii go on strike. “More than 31,000 workers across at least two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics run by the non-profit health care system walked off the job at 7 a.m. PT..." abcnews.go.com/Health/31000...

Rep. Kevin Hern Sold UnitedHealth Stock While Sitting On House Health Subcommittee Disclosures show the Oklahoma Republican sold up to $500,000 in UnitedHealth stock while serving on a committee that oversees payments for health care.

New: "House Health Panel Member Kevin Hern Sold UnitedHealth Amid Stock-Trading Ban Push"

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ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complications related to Pompe disease.

Maher Tarabishi, who has been detained by ICE since October, was the primary caretaker of his disabled adult child, Wael.

On Jan. 23, Wael died from complications related to Pompe disease, a rare genetic condition.

ICE has now denied Maher’s request to attend his funeral, his attorney says.

Go Seahawks!!

My soul is being bruised daily by the thought that I have to pay federal taxes to the Trump regime. I am happy to pay local taxes and I am happy to put my federal taxes into an escrow account. But it absolutely kills me to write that big check to our current government.

CBS's new Ukraine correspondent: a kid fresh out of college whose sole life experience is complaining about being canceled at Yale.

Merit!

Consumer confidence collapses to lowest level since 2014 | CNN Business America’s economic mood deteriorated in January to its lowest level in more than a decade as consumers fretted about geopolitical tensions, affordability and President Donald Trump’s unrelenting trade...

So much winning for Trump & Republicans.
Consumer Confidence falls to lowest level since 2014.
Every sector sees decline in confidence.
Causes are lack of confidence directly tied to Trump & Republican policies driving up prices & inflation all while tanking jobs
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This is ALL you need to know about economy: Every Democrat since JFK left the country better off economically than what they inherited from their GOP predecessor
Conversely EVERY Republican left the economy worse off then what they inherited from their Dem predecessor
10 of 11 recessions started un

Trump’s ballroom in our White House will cost $400 million+. It is being funded by 37 private donors, including major tech (Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta), crypto (Coinbase, Ripple, Tether), and defense firms (Lockheed Martin), as well as individuals like Stephen Schwarzman.

Pretti Good reason for a national strike.
#NationalStrike

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ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Appeals court rejects DOJ’s emergency bid to arrest Don Lemon, church demonstrators The ruling by a panel that included two Trump appointees followed a sharp rebuke of prosecutors by the chief federal judge in Minnesota.

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Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

genuinely stunning image

We’re all Minnesotans today Happy Friday. There are 284 days until the midterm elections. The sofa-screwer is a damn liar, the pro-slavery administration and BS Bondi gets embarrassed again.

We’re all Minnesotans today
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Friday’s 'ICE Out of Minnesota' day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.  • Minnesota Reformer Friday is “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom,” a general strike supported by Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders, Democratic lawmakers and community activists. The “ICE Out” day p...

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What we’ve seen in Minnesota should make you furious, but it should also inspire you.

Senators

They’re spineless.

Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.

Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line.

At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia.

Thank you, Jack Smith, for your testimony and your commitment to the rule of law.

We must stop the purchasing of our elected representatives by big money seeking favors.

Detention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses Minneapolis

"Liam, age 5, was the fourth child in the district to be detained by immigration agents in the past two weeks, school officials said.

"Two of them are high-schoolers.

"One is a 10-year-old girl who was apprehended on her way to school..."

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