Peter Lindstrom

Africans in the NFL - Jaxon Smith-Njigba is that kid! Can someone else get a turn with the ball?! Jaxon Smith-Njigba once again could not be topped for African Player of the Week as his two touchdowns helped the Seattle Seahawks past the Tennessee Titans 30-24 despite a pair from Chimere Dike.

Normally I don’t have a side in the Super Bowl but this year I’m rooting for a Seattle in a blowout: for those apoplectic over Bad Bunny and Green Day, getting crushed by dual national Jaxon Smith-Njigba should REALLY freak them out

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Democrats resoundingly defend red district in Louisiana, denying GOP its first pickup Republicans have yet to flip a single legislative seat since Trump's return

You don’t need a weatherman to know which way this wind blows—it blows against those who really blow
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That moment when you realize your eyes are bigger than your stomach

“Young intern”? Your racist tweet was posted at 11:44 pm from the White House private residence so you’re either lying or got some ‘splainig to do

Trump condemned over post depicting Obamas as apes: "Racist and disgusting" The president shared a video in which the Obamas' faces appear on apes' bodies for about 1 second as The Tokens' song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" plays.

Moments ago, Karoline Leavitt posted a response that there is nothing racist here, Trump was reposting a meme comparing the Obamas to characters from “The Lion King”—seriously, that’s the official response

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Yes, I know ICE insists they never actually enter churches or disrupt services (despite evidence to the contrary in a few cases) but I hope Don Lemon’s defense team keeps incident like these in the public eye

Also, he’s shocked, shocked gambling is going on here…

Democrat flips Texas Senate seat in Tarrant County Taylor Rehmet tallied more than 57% of the vote in the special election runoff, after being outspent 10 to 1.

The Texas special Senate election are devastating to the GOP: Rehmet’s 32% shift from Trump happened on Election Day (early voting was light, due to winter storms) Turnout was 80% of the last general election— meaning tons of Republicans didn’t bother show up to vote www.axios.com/local/dallas...

Trump’s immigration agenda is colliding with a midterms reality — POLITICO Backlash over enforcement tactics, midterm math and base pressure are forcing the White House into an uneasy recalibration on immigration.

Anonymous White House insider admits there’s no economic plan, it’s all a show: “Our base is generally not wealthy and they’re not doing well, they’re struggling. If you take away immigration—if they don’t believe he means it—holy cow, that’s not good.”

“Well Mr. President it’s like kissing ass only you have to open your mouth a lot wider and I’m sure your cabinet can demonstrate…”

We Found Two Theaters With Sold-Out ‘Melania’ Opening Day Screenings A WIRED analysis of nearly 1,400 Friday showtimes of Melania found only two with no tickets available. Both are before 3 pm.

In case you miss the movie, more millions were spent (including $28 million directly to Melania) for a docu-series soon to premiere on Amazon prime www.wired.com/story/we-fou...

Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney

While all this nonsense is going on, Trump’s minions seem unaware that, just a few weeks earlier, nearly half a million Albertans signed petitions to put a “Canada Forever” law on the ballot—Canadians polls say it has overwhelming support
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I expect, simultaneous with the premier, an announcement that the opera house will be renamed Melania Hall

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Alberta’s recall petitions will likely fail, but they are good for democracy

The rumor is just that: 45% of Alberta opposed the pro-Trump party in 2023. Low oil prices, and high cost of living, sparked a citizens recall movement pro-Trump premier Danielle Smith— it will fail, but she can’t risk a divisive one year before an election

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Nice little cheese shop of a country you got here, Emmanuel; too bad if something was to happen to it...

Trump's DEI crackdown is changing MLK Day Educators and advocates say the Trump administration is waging an assault on Black history that makes teaching about King fraught.

I get that the Norwegian craziness is worthy of so much coverage but know this: USA Today has confirmed that this president, the first since Ronald Reagan, will issue no MLK Day proclamation nor will the White House press office even acknowledge today as a holiday.
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YouTube video by Timothy Ellis (The Tim) Mike Johnson doesn't know

Speaker is already prepared for the Norwegian media: “Jeg har ikke sett Trumps brev”
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A perfect dissonant thinking: 46% of Trump voters think that their government is covering up the Epstein files (30% not sure) while 58% of his voters say they approve of how Trump is handling the Epstein files.

German military personnel set to arrive in Greenland Germany said that the European mission in Greenland was there to counter "threats" from Russia and China. The German team is among the groups of European military personnel who are scheduled to arrive...

Things have really taken a turn when when nervous nations are cheering the arrival of German troops over those from the USA
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Trump Hands First Sale of Swiped Oil to His Megadonor’s Company John Addison poured millions into political action committees backing Donald Trump’s re-election.

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be" — Kurt Vonnegut

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Pregnancy prosecutions are on the rise. Here's why The cases further complicate the post-Roe landscape and bring scrutiny to pregnant women accused of substance use.

So South Carolina may pass a bill adding abortion to their homicide laws, thus joining El Salvador, which has been prosecuting abortion as murder since 1998. But at least in El Salvador, no women may face the death penalty for an abortion.
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Oglala Sioux Tribe says ICE illegally holding tribal members from Minneapolis raids Tribe says ICE wanted it to enter into agreements for info.

What Kavanaugh did
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My Family Fled Germany During the Holocaust. In 2025, I Became a Citizen. Would my ancestors have hated my decision?

"It is no small matter for a government to admit that its predecessors were criminal and to try to right their wrongs. I wondered if, several decades in the future, our own country would, or could, do the same."
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Thomas Paine: Death of a Forgotten Founding Father - Mobituaries with Mo Rocca | iHeart <p>Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired the American Revolution. So why did only six people show up at his funeral? Mo finds out why this essential Founding Father has never got...

250 years ago today, Thomas Paine on how it ought to be: “…in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.”

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Texas Plato Massacre It's the Platonic ideal of rightwing dickishness.

Fifty years ago, in badly heated classroom in Cleveland, Ohio, I read Plato's account of how love is complicated because our sexuality is complicated (aka “Platonic Love“). For 2,500 years no one had a problem with this, then Texas politicians came along… open.substack.com/pub/wonkette...

Apparently this really did happen and congratulations, Megan, for showing more courage than the entire GOP caucus.

Trump’s deal to ‘run’ Venezuela after Maduro’s capture sidelines Machado, focuses on oil The remarks suggest Washington has reached an understanding with remaining leaders of Venezuela’s socialist regime.

FYI, there is a diplomatic term for when a larger power ignores the interests of the citizens of a smaller power so the larger power can create an artificial unification: that term is “Anschluß”

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For the record, in 1942, 600,000 Americans of Italian descent were detained or even sent to camps before FDR reversed the policy and even then, many Italian Americans were detained for most of 1943—despite at least 1.2 million Italian Americans serving in WWII.

“These are the times that try men’s souls...Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.“

Kennedy Center Board Member Who Opposed New Trump Name Claims She Was 'Muted' During Vote: 'This Was Not Unanimous' Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio Kennedy Center board member, accused the White House of lying about having unanimous support to rename the iconic building after Donald Trump, saying she was "not allo...

This is likely to be the first of what promises to be many Kim Jong Un-style elections in the Trump Administration

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