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Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia’s war.

"Zelensky said that Russia and the United States were discussing bilateral economic agreements worth some $12 trillion, including deals that would affect Ukraine"

(Note: there are not $12 trillion worth of deals to be done in Russia)

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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country The next phase of ICE’s big ramp-up: a nationwide network of vast detention facilities. But guess what? Even parts of Red America are saying no.

Great work by Greg Sargent. We are, right now, deciding whether we want to be a land of giant concentration camps and ethnic cleanings.
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I’m going to be honest and say that I had completely forgotten that Mitch McConnell existed

President Trump wants to nationalize voting.

MSNOW

He wants to nationalize voting so he and has administration can have much more control over the elections. Right now the federal government has no control.

We are now facing the largest measles outbreak since the disease was eliminated from the United States over a quarter-century ago.

The science is clear: vaccines are the best way to protect against measles. The NIH Director admits it. Why won’t RFK, Jr.?

Tell that to Alex Pretti and Renee Good’s family.

AOC knows how to get under Trump’s skin — just mention crowd size

BERNIE SANDERS: Do vaccines cause autism?

BHATTACHARYA: I do not believe that the measles vaccine causes autism

SANDERS: Nah. Uh uh. I didn't ask measles. Do vaccines cause autism?

BHATTACHARYA: I have not seen a study that suggests any single vaccine causes autism

holy shit

A photo of Noah Feldman beside A quite with the ABC News logo “If we cannot impeach a president who abuses his office fir his personal advantage, we no longer live in a democracy — we live in a monarchy, or we live under a dictator.@ Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School

YouTube video by stin 7 - Teach your Children - Crosby, Stills and Nash 1970

An all time favourite!

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles

R.N.C. Enters 2026 With Nearly $100 Million Edge on D.N.C.

Money in politics is destroying democracy.
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Woke 2.0 back with a vengeance. You love to see it.

Bad Bunny: Before I say thanks to god, I'm going to say, ICE out. We are not savage, we are not animals, we are not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans.

Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:

“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”

Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.

TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.

Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.

Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.

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#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

‘One of the greatest comic talents’: tributes paid to actor Catherine O’Hara Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy lead tributes to award winning actor * Catherine O’Hara, actor known for Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek, dies aged 71 Tributes from the world of showbiz and politics have poured in for the actor Catherine O’Hara, with Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, and Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy mourning the loss of a “legend” after she died at the age of 71. O’Hara, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in the TV comedy series, died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness, according to her agency CAA. Continue reading...

‘One of the greatest comic talents’: tributes paid to actor Catherine O’Hara

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants

ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

Getting the impression that ICE is gearing up for a pogrom in Springfield, Ohio, which was ground zero of Vance’s lies about Haitians during the campaign. Haitians lose temporary protected status on February 3rd. Reporters, lawyers, neighbors — please get ready.

Can’t stop thinking about how a month ago Renee Good and Alex Pretti would have been dumbfounded if you’d told them they were about to become tragic heroes of a Springsteen song. What a long month

Tillis on Noem: "She is not competent to run this organization"

It's not quite the most pressing issue at the moment, but the American people absolutely have a right to know the names of the federal officials who shot and killed a man peacefully protesting, who was on his knees, prone in the street when they shot him in the back.

I miss having a legitimate government