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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw  —  Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?  —  Let me begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.
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CNN:
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland.  Is an off-ramp possible?  —  Flying home this month from an extended Christmas vacation in Palm Beach, President Donald Trump was momentarily taken aback when a reporter asked him about the ice-covered island he's openly trying to annex.
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron  —  DIRE STRAITS  —  If you can't see it now, you're the problem.  —  OPINION  —  He is not just joking.  He is not just trolling.  —  He is not owning the libs.  He is not simply toying with the mainstream media.
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.
Discussion: The Independent
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland
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 …
Discussion: France 24, Politico and Fox News
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Politico:
Trump unleashes on Europe  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Makayla Gray  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, honored to be marking my own anniversary today — one year of highly caffeinated nights and endless political drama at the helm of this storied newsletter.
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Trump Demands Bonkers ‘Ceremony’ in Front of Global Elite
Daniel Esparza / Aleteia:
U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland  —  Speaking to England's BBC, Archbishop Timothy Broglio says conscience could permit refusal of an unjust military order.  —  Catholic members of the US armed forces could in good conscience consider disobeying orders …
Discussion: The Tablet
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal
Discussion: NPR and Raw Story
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations  —  Administration seeks to placate gun rights groups that have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi.  —  The Justice Department is considering loosening a slate of gun regulations as it seeks to bolster support from ardent Second Amendment advocates …
David Strom / HotAir:
ICE Protesters Storming Churches Now; Hotels Kicking People Out  —  This is a breaking story, so the information is a bit mixed.  There are reports of church services in both Minneapolis and Saint Paul being disrupted by anti-ICE protesters, but I suspect that the reports are all about the same disruption …
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Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Top DOJ Official: Don Lemon ‘On Notice’ After Filming Minnesota Church Protest
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
DOJ civil rights chief blasts Don Lemon as she vows charges against anti-ICE protesters who interrupted church service
Francesca Regalado / New York Times:
Trump Issues M.L.K. Day Proclamation After Criticism  —  Civil rights groups had criticized President Trump for failing to issue a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and not attending commemorative events.  —  President Trump proclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday evening …
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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
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Presidential Message on the College Football Playoff National Championship  —  Tonight, the College Football Playoff National Championship brings a season of dedication, sacrifice, and hard work to a climactic conclusion.  It stands as the final measure of months of preparation, resolve …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Walz was also asked about foreign ties during Harris vetting, sources tell CNN  —  Tim Walz US elections Race & ethnicity  —  Josh Shapiro wasn't the only finalist to be Kamala Harris' running mate who was asked if he had ever been an agent of a foreign government, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday.
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Washington Post:
Gov. Shapiro, a top 2028 contender, recounts chat with Trump, beef with Harris in new book
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
NBC News:
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says  —  Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.  —  A third undocumented immigrant detained at a sprawling tent camp in the Texas desert has died …
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Will McCarthy / Politico:
Kamala in La La Land … When Kamala Harris landed in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2025, after flying from Washington across a country that had so recently rejected her, she said she would remain a vocal leader for a nation that had lost its way.  It was not in her nature, she said, to go “quietly into the night”.
Discussion: New York Post
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.
Eric Levitz / Vox:
A very simple explanation for why politics is broken  —  In today's America, the less money a white voter has, the more likely they are to support Donald Trump.  —  Whites in the bottom 10 percent of America's income distribution broke for the GOP nominee in 2024 by landslide margins.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
‘My hands were really shaky’: high-school journalist documents ICE raids  —  Lila Dominguez was working on an article as agents came on to school grounds - their presence has jolted Minneapolis's young people  —  When immigration enforcement agents came on to her Minneapolis high school's grounds …
NBC News:
Trump's pardons forgive financial crimes that came with hundreds of millions in punishments  —  The president's second-term pardons have wiped clean dozens of financial crimes and significantly more fines and restitution than in past administrations.  —  Just one year into his second term …
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
She helped him flee a rally, then learned he was a right-wing provocateur  —  Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter, jumped into a stranger's car after he was driven from his anti-immigrant march in Minneapolis by a large counterprotest.  —  Daye Gottsche let the stranger into the car without knowing …
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 …
Axios:
8 ways Trump's (second) first year changed America … - With no loss of military personnel, the operation emboldened Trump to aggressively pursue the acquisition of Greenland — an idea that many believed was just a passing fancy until the Jan. 3 capture of Maduro.
 
 
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John F. Harris / Politico:
President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Noah Keate / Politico:
Trump brands UK's Chagos Islands deal act of ‘great stupidity’
Politico:
Republicans will be hard-pressed to pass Trump's ‘Great Healthcare Plan’
Rachael Bade / The Inner Circle, with Rachael Bade:
🧊Trump's ICE quagmire; Dems' ICE reversal 🧊
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Has the U.S. Lost Measles Elimination Status?
Discussion: Fox News
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilities
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Bruce Blakeman rips Gov. Kathy Hochul over issuing truck driver's licenses to illegal immigrants: ‘Putting New Yorkers in danger’
Discussion: Breitbart and NewsMax.com
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Haley Britzky / CNN:
Recruiter pitches joining the military to Minneapolis high school students to protect their families from ICE
Lucy Handley / CNBC:
Trump is going to Davos — here are the big names who aren't
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Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
Spokane County, WA:
U.S. Marshals Arrest Violent Fugitive, Handgun Recovered
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees
Discussion: Bloomberg
Peter Sullivan / Axios:
Scoop: Bipartisan health package likely moving forward
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case
 

 
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