Honolulu Council Criticizes Slow City Response To North Shore Flooding City officials didn’t immediately have a clear picture of conditions on the ground. By the time they did, they said evacuation might not have been the safest option. 

City officials didn’t immediately have a clear picture of conditions on the ground. By the time they did, they said evacuation might not have been the safest option. 

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Nearly 300 Rally in Downtown Sanford as No Kings Protests Sweep NC From first-time protesters to Iraq War vets, conservative Lee County turned out to push back on Trump, the Iran war, and threats to democracy.

I think we can all agree this is pretty damn local 💀

#localnews #northcarolina

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My Nextdoor post was approaching 2K views in the first few fours when it was reported for violating one of the community guidelines. I appealed and it was immediately deleted by mods for “not being local.”

The reception to my latest coverage on #NoKings in North Carolina has been measurably more hostile.

Dozens of Facebook comments across three groups.

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Today's Reliable Sources lead: The Pentagon goes quiet as the Iran war intensifies

The Pentagon has not held a press briefing about the war in Iran in a week and a half... cnn.it/4ccKwUG

In Sanford, #NorthCarolina

Not to be left out: 😸

They marched right past the Lee County GOP office, which has recently experienced party infighting.

A few I spoke to said they were republican or moderate. And those who said they were democrats mentioned republican friends who wanted to be there, too.

There nearly 300 rally goers many packed up lawn chairs, hoisted their sign and marched through Sanford.

#northcarolina

In Conservative Lee County, NC protestors participated in their first #NoKings March through Downtown Sanford.

The last two #NoKingsProtest were only rallies.

Walter watched the chemical smoke roll in from less than three miles away, enveloping every house, every car as it moved towards his home. He'd sent his family to Florida. But Walter had stayed. www.instagram.com/reel/DWSFld7...

Insulating the Energy Poverty Gap - The Margin How Washington state’s Climate Commitment Act became a lifeline for residents squeezed out of federal energy assistance

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$1.5 billion. That's what Seattle City Light agreed to spend on the Skagit River watershed and neighboring Tribes.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Just filed: @knightcolumbia.org mandamus petition—second one in this case—asking Eleventh Circuit to bar Judge Cannon from ordering the destruction of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report, as Trump’s co-defendants have asked her to do. knightcolumbia.org/documents/z8...

The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.

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Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon.

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This much is clear: Stephen Miller is in charge. They've shipped off Bovino, they're hanging Noem out to dry, Trump is using slightly conciliatory language...and Miller is still running a blitzkrieg in Minnesota. He, not Trump, is in charge. And he is the one Democrats should fight to remove.

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all.

Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

Nobody thought the Revolution would start in Minneapolis except Prince

#princeandtherevolution

'Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost': On Peace, the Past and the Path Forward I (finally) got a compass with my favorite J.R.R. Tolkien quote tattooed on my arm. A week later, I watched more than a dozen orange-robed monks walk for peace through Pittsboro, NC—past the courthous...

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"It's an interesting and curious feeling, waiting for the monks. It's anticipation, for sure. A sort of joy and eagerness, like Christmas Eve or, more appropriately, when you're on the cusp of a snow day."

#WalkOfPeace #BuddhistMonks

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Mumbling, Menacing Trump Turns Davos Into a Mafia Den The American entourage at Davos came bearing a single message: “We will do what we want, and you’re not gonna do jack s--t about it.” Capisce?

For the Daily Beast, I wrote about the Davos shit show. www.thedailybeast.com/mumbling-men...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Pittsboro is turning out for the Monks #WalkForPeace! It’s a mild 50 degrees and folks are still showing up!

I’ve been watching their journey since November 💕 Way to go, North Carolina

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IS ANYONE ELSE GETTING BOMBARDED WITH SALES AND SPAM CALLS?!

I’ve got 20 calls in the last 24 hours NOPE MAKE THAT 21 LITERALLY AS I WAS TYPING THIS WTH