Whoever made today's Wordle is just angry at the world.

Undersecretary Michael’s profits in xAI — reportedly up to $24 million — get some scrutiny.

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‘Longtime DISASTER’: Political science professor Robert Pape discusses war in Iran with Chris Hayes YouTube video by MS NOW

I think this is worth a listen/view for understanding the trap of escalation in Iran. #WITHPod

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Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor Department of Justice did not release FBI memos when it uploaded millions of pages of files beginning in December

The Guardian has obtained the missing 302s from the Epstein files, describing accusations against Donald Trump. Story from @jsweetli.bsky.social and @jgedeon.bsky.social

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How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century

The Guardian has a blockbuster analysis of rhetoric in the UK parliament. A very cool look into language and political debate:

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Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated relationships with CBP officers at the airports he frequented.

Epstein emailed and texted with six CBP officers, invited them to his island, visited with them at the airport, and frequently sought to determine who was going to be on duty when he was traveling

I already fret about different ways I could die, I didn’t need “Pete Hegseth incinerates my Southwest flight with a laser”

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

Tulsi Gabbard went straight to Susie Wiles! This is... not how sensitive intel is supposed to be handled.

What a scoop from @catebrown.bsky.social

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No game for my beloved Buffalo Bills today after heartbreaking loss last wknd (that was NOT an interception). Instead of drowning in sorrow, gonna tell story of a great Buffalo victory: when city got together to unmask white supremacists. No, not ICE (we’ll get to them later) but the 1920s Klan.

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Trump Made A ‘Perfect Storm’ Even More Deadly — And The 'Shame And Humiliation' Is Hard To Fathom A small organization powered by the people who need it most has found a way to save lives abandoned by the Trump administration.

Trump Cut Their Lifeline. Months Later, They're Still Fighting Like Hell To Survive.
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‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS

I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...

CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say Exclusive: sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts

"Several sources say CIA officials have been trying to play a more central role in the foreign policy objectives of the Trump administration in the hemisphere."

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

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Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.

The Trump admin told furloughed workers to set out-of-office email messages blaming Dems for the shutdown, according to an email obtained by @jamieson.bsky.social

The Republican Shutdown Argument is a Giant Lie No, Democrats aren’t trying to fund health care for “illegal aliens.”

Every time you hear Trump, Vance or a GOP leader talk about “illegal aliens” getting health care, remember they are trying desperately to dodge blame for an insurance premium jump about to hit 20M+ Americans

Also they are lying www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...

US justice department official pleaded guilty to DUI charge four years ago Aakash Singh’s elevation to high-ranking post is unusual in light of arrest, experts say

NEW: A young new associate deputy attorney general at the DOJ directing US attorneys to call repeated grand juries if they don't get indictments in DC, and to prioritize charges against protesters in LA, was convicted of a DUI while a federal prosecutor. /

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Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Stop ICE Arrests Of Pregnant Women It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining

Wrote this in The Sirens Call about mass shootings as the darkest, most violent form of extreme trolling and think it likely applies here as well.

Plane to purgatory: how Trump’s deportation program shuttles immigrants into lawless limbo 44,000 immigrants, 1,700 flights, 100 days: a Guardian investigation of leaked flight data and government detention data reveals the inhumane journey of immigrants shuttled around and outside the US

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The Guardian announces formation of new US political enterprise team George Zornick and Aram Roston appointed amid increased investment in the Guardian’s US operation

Excited to get started at the Guardian:
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I saw many atrocities as a senior aid official in Gaza. Now Israeli authorities are trying to silence us Devastated hospitals, mass graves, bodies eaten by dogs in the street. After speaking out, I discovered my visa will not be renewed, says Jonathan Whittall of UN OCHA

In Gaza, reports a high-ranking UN official now being forced out of his job by Israeli pressure, “I have seen first-hand what appears to be the systematic dismantling of the means to sustain Palestinian life.”

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Jerce Reyes Barrios describes his time in CECOT - powerful reporting from @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social @mattshuham.bsky.social

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At the end of a very intense interview, we asked Jerce if there was anything else he wanted our readers to know. He smiled and said, "Just that even with everything I’ve gone through, I’ll always be a fan of Real Madrid.”