Embed from Getty Images ICE agents shot and killed a 37-year-old VA nurse Saturday morning. And it ended in a now familiar pattern. Trump and DHS officials immediately denounced the dead man, calling him a terrorist who wanted to murder ICE officials. But more info emerged indicating that the Trump and Trump administration officials' version of what occurred was at … [Read more...] about ICE KILLS 37 YEAR OLD VA NURSE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND SPARKS BACKLASH (UPDATE 2)
PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY AND WHALE
‘We want you arrested because we said so’ — how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge
Teyana Gibson Brown, wife of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer arrested her husband in a warrantless raid in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026, in what a judge later ruled was a violation of Gibson’s Fourth Amendment rights. AP Photo/John Locher John E. Jones III, Dickinson College As Immigration and … [Read more...] about ‘We want you arrested because we said so’ — how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge
Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation
Joe Engel, joined here by fellow Holocaust survivors Rose Goldberg and Diny K. Adkins, along with College of Charleston students, dedicated his later years to speaking about his experiences during the Holocaust. Courtesy of the Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies Chad Gibbs, College of Charleston Joe Engel was and remains an icon in … [Read more...] about Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation
Anti-ICE sentiment could spark a democratic rebirth. Or doom us further.
If we still lived in a rational democracy, the masked thugs in Trump’s ill-trained paramilitary force would be in full retreat. By wide margins in multiple polls (CNN, Quinnipiac, Economist/YouGov, Data for Progress), Americans say the fatal shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis was not justified, that ICE is making the cities less safe, and that it needs to be reined in or … [Read more...] about Anti-ICE sentiment could spark a democratic rebirth. Or doom us further.
Is Australia or the USA More Antisemitic? A data challenge.
by David Anderson Columnist The question headline above is a challenge to techies, Aussies, Zionists and the intellectually curious. Why am I asking this? Cards on the table: I grew up in sunny Australia and there antisemitism in the 1980s was an abstraction, a monster of the past and a danger only in far away Jihadistans nobody cared about, almost a non-event. A rabbi … [Read more...] about Is Australia or the USA More Antisemitic? A data challenge.
Trump in Devos: Greenland, lies and greatest hits, including “a rigged election”
UPDATED. "The 2020 U.S. presidential election [was] rigged. It was a rigged election. Everybody now knows that. They found out. People will soon be prosecuted for what they did," President Donald J. Trump said Tuesday in Devos, Switzerland. "It’s probably breaking news, but it should be." He meant "not breaking news." The "breaking news" part is his insistence on … [Read more...] about Trump in Devos: Greenland, lies and greatest hits, including “a rigged election”
The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
Around the world, Taylor Swift’s fan base skews female. AP Photo/Heinz Peter Bader Laurel Elder, Hartwick College; Jeff Gulati, Bentley University; Mary-Kate Lizotte, Augusta University, and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” generated a cultural whirlwind: chart-topping … [Read more...] about The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
What is the role of Congress in invoking the 25th amendment?
If you've been following the news even a little bit, you've probably heard someone say 'we need to implement the 25th Amendment.' What they mean is 'invoke Section 4' to transfer the power of the presidency to the Vice President, something that has never happened. Why? Consider President Donald Trump's actions the past two days: admitting that not receiving the Nobel Peace … [Read more...] about What is the role of Congress in invoking the 25th amendment?
Is Trump a Cry Baby, or Just Doing Putin’s Bidding?
As Trump spends more and more time on foreign policy and his own aggrandizement, while avoiding pressing domestic issues, it’s hard to believe that he ran on an America First platform. It’s more like Trump First. He’s obsessed now with America owning Greenland and doesn’t want to compromise and have complete access while leaving governing to the Greenlanders and Danes. The … [Read more...] about Is Trump a Cry Baby, or Just Doing Putin’s Bidding?
The president is unfit for office
President Donald Trump posted two images to Truth Social Monday night that demonstrate just how unfit he is for office ... and how obsequious staff must be to carry out his whims. One, an edited photo of a meeting with a map showing Greenland, Canada and Venezuela as part of the United States. The second, an illustration showing him planting an American flag on the … [Read more...] about The president is unfit for office
WE HAVE A DREAM
Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
French Gen. Jean de Rochambeau and American Gen. George Washington giving final orders in late 1781 for the battle at Yorktown, where British defeat ended the War of Independence. Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images Donald Heflin, Tufts University Make Denmark angry. Make Norway angry. Make NATO’s leaders angry. President … [Read more...] about Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
QUOTE OF THE DAY: ON TRUMP’S TWIGHT ZONEISH LETTER TO NORWAY PM
Our Quote of the Day comes from "Never Trump" former Republican member of Congress and political commentator Adam Kinzinger on Donald Trump's text to Norway's Prime Minister linking his losing the Nobel Prize to his demand that Greenland needs to become part of the United States. Or else. Trump has been fixated on the Nobel Peace Prize for years. In this message, he … [Read more...] about QUOTE OF THE DAY: ON TRUMP’S TWIGHT ZONEISH LETTER TO NORWAY PM
POWER GRAB
Trump pens mad king missive to Norwegian PM, saying he has ‘no obligation’ to think of peace
Sometime on Sunday, President Donald Trump sent a text to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre on the subject of Greenland: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for … [Read more...] about Trump pens mad king missive to Norwegian PM, saying he has ‘no obligation’ to think of peace
Iran’s famine of the wise
by Nik Kowsar n private conversations, U.S. officials often sound less confident than their public rhetoric suggests. Americans can pressure Tehran, but they can’t manufacture a legitimate Iranian leadership — and they know it. The danger is not only that the Islamic Republic may stumble into a crisis, but that a vacuum could be filled by the loudest brand, rather than … [Read more...] about Iran’s famine of the wise
Gracious Offers and Respectful Declines: Some Fact, Some Fiction
(Note: The reader should be readily able to distinguish fact from fiction) The Purple Heart is the oldest U.S. military decoration. It is presented to service members who have been wounded or killed as a result of enemy action. It must be earned, as almost two million brave military men and women have done since the Revolutionary War, quite often at the sacrifice of one’s … [Read more...] about Gracious Offers and Respectful Declines: Some Fact, Some Fiction
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS FIELD DAY RIDICULING TRUMP ACCEPTING NOBEL PRIZE FROM MACHADO (UPDATED)
Tantrums do work. Donald Trump made it clear this year that he passionately wanted the Nobel Peace Prize but he didn't get it. And so Reuters notes: "Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country's political … [Read more...] about SOCIAL MEDIA HAS FIELD DAY RIDICULING TRUMP ACCEPTING NOBEL PRIZE FROM MACHADO (UPDATED)
TRUMP’S MORALITY
Spoiler alert! Donald Trump doesn't have morals he man who has five children with three different women, has cheated on all three of his wives, who bangs playmates and porn stars, has cheated on his taxes, has 34 felonies for cheating on his business records, who has bragged that he likes to “grab them by the pussy,” who has sexually assaulted at least 25 women, ran a fake … [Read more...] about TRUMP’S MORALITY