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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on French Wine — France has said it will not join President Trump's “Board for Peace.” France's agriculture minister described the tariff threat as “blackmail.” — President Trump threatened on Monday to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wine …
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Macron: Trump wants to ‘weaken and subordinate’ Europe — French President Emmanuel Macron accused President Trump on Tuesday of wanting to “weaken and subordinate” Europe. — Macron made the comments in front of global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Politico:
Trump's a T-Rex and ‘pathetic’ leaders need to confront him, rages California's Newsom — Leading Democrat launches broadside at politicians who bow to Trump: “You mate with him or he devours you, one or the other, and you need to stand up to it.” — DAVOS, Switzerland …
The Guardian:
Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump's Greenland tariffs
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Canada's Prime Minister Says There Has Been a ‘Rupture’ in the World Order
Canada's Prime Minister Says There Has Been a ‘Rupture’ in the World Order
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Katya Adler / BBC:
Confronted over Greenland, Europe is ditching its softly-softly approach to Trump
Confronted over Greenland, Europe is ditching its softly-softly approach to Trump
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New York Times:
How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion — $1,408,500,000 — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Paul Krugman:
It's Sundowning in America — A short post. Today doesn't seem like a day for charts and number-crunching. — I had never heard the term “sundowning” before it happened to my own father, yet it's a fairly common syndrome. In his last few months my father remained lucid and rational — remained himself — during daylight hours.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment — ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months — During the second Trump administration, the population of migrants held at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Jakub Krupa / The Guardian:
Trump ‘crossing red lines’ says Belgian PM after US president warns ‘there can be no going back’ on Greenland - Europe live — Belgium's PM says Europe is ‘at a crossroads’ and 80 years of Atlanticism could be drawing to a close — EU cannot ‘stay herbivore’ in post-atlantic world, Belgium's De Wever says
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
EU chief warns there's no going back after Trump's Greenland threats
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home — DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao. … — Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)2026-01- 19T00:33:56.260Z
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Degenerate Art:
Into the abyss — The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards. — Events are moving so quickly that it's worth stopping to assess where we are. The U.S. government is currently building massive detention facilities, already detaining tens of thousands of people …
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Salt Lake Tribune
Maria Cardona / Reuters:
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
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Jack Brook / Associated Press:
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search — Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions …
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
“ICE 101” — How Trump changed ICE and CBP into a fascist secret police — ICE and CBP are fatally flawed products of the post-9/11 War on Terror — now Trump has weaponized those very flaws to occupy America. … It's sometimes hard to capture just how far the looking glass …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Supreme Court Doesn't Rule on Tariffs, With Next Potential Decision in February — The US Supreme Court didn't rule on President Donald Trump's tariffs Tuesday, meaning it probably will be at least another month before a challenge to his signature economic policy is resolved.
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Supreme Court weighs Trump's firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook by social media
Supreme Court weighs Trump's firing of the Fed's Lisa Cook by social media
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Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Greenlanders ‘bewildered’ by Trump's ‘devastating’ takeover threats, business minister tells CNBC … Greenlanders are “bewildered” by U.S. President Donald Trump's “devastating” bid to annex the Arctic island, its business minister has told CNBC, as the issue turns into a geopolitical firestorm.
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Washington Post:
‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says — Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Catholic archdiocese for the U.S. military, expressed concern at President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland by force. — The Catholic archbishop for the U.S. military services said it …
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Daniel Esparza / Aleteia:
U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
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Wall Street Journal:
Americans Foot the Bill for Tariffs, Study Finds — Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs, according to new research that contradicts a key claim by President Trump and suggests he might have a weaker hand in a reemerging trade war with Europe. — 4%
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emptywheel:
Trump Needs a Shrink and a Baby-Sitter, Not a National Security Adviser — Thanks to NYT's sane washing, most people didn't notice how nutso Trump was about Greenland until he sent his batshit note to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre the other day.
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Support Bill That Would Give ICE $10 Billion — The party has few good options for restraining ICE, which is flush with cash thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. — WASHINGTON ― Democrats touted modest constraints on President Donald …
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Christian Wienberg / Bloomberg:
Greenland PM Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion — Greenland's prime minister said the Arctic island's population and its authorities need to start preparing for a possible military invasion, even as it remains an unlikely scenario, as President Donald Trump continues to threaten taking over the territory.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution … One year after Donald Trump began his second term with an inaugural address assertion that he was “saved by God to make America great again,” one way to measure his influence is to cast the mind forward two years from now.
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Morgan Wolfe / KARE-TV:
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney — A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities. — MINNEAPOLIS — A combat-wounded Army veteran …
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Trump And Miller Slashing Legal Immigration By 33% To 50% — New research concludes the Trump administration's policies will reduce legal immigration to the United States by 33% to 50% over four years. Restricting Americans' ability to sponsor their closest family members …
Siarhei Besarab / steanlab.medium.com:
MAYDAY from the airwaves: Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs — Behind the absurdity of charging Baofeng users with ‘High Treason’ lies a terrifying intellectual genocide and an urgent call for international solidarity — In 1956, the legendary French film If All the Guys …
Politico:
Letlow launches Trump-backed Senate bid against Cassidy … Trump upended the primary in the Republican state over the weekend when he preemptively endorsed Letlow. “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
Politico:
Congress clinches bipartisan health deal — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan, bicameral health care deal early Tuesday morning they hope lawmakers will pass later this week as part of a four-bill government spending package. Alongside funding for the departments of Defense …
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Punchbowl News:
Tillis eyes new blockade over Greenland, tariffs … The North Carolina Republican is the deciding vote on all four of his committees, having exercised that leverage a few times already since announcing last year that he won't seek reelection, including most recently with Federal Reserve nominees.
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The Guardian
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's talk of canceling elections is a sign of desperation — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🗳️ Subscribe to PN 🗳️ — Donald Trump hates voting. He has cast doubt on election results virtually every time he's run.
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The Independent
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE — The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units. — The Federal Aviation Administration put a drone no fly zone within 3,000 feet of …
New York Times:
Falsehoods Fueled Trump's First Year Back in Office — The president has justified many significant moves of his second term with inaccurate claims and overstated boasts. — In the first year of his second term, President Trump has cited an arsenal of falsehoods, baseless claims and distortions …
