Fetterman promotes Trump's immigration crackdown. Sen. John Fetterman cheers on Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘Round up all the criminals’
Trump warns U.S. "will take very strong action" if Iran hangs protesters - CBS News excerpt: "Mr. Trump said he's aware a "pretty substantial number" of people have been killed over the more than two weeks of demonstrations. Sources tell CBS News at least 12,000 — and possibly upwards of 20,000 — are now feared dead, as videos show body bags lined up at a morgue in Tehran."
Massive fraud in Republican-led Mississippi. Trump likes to target Democratic-led Minnesota instead. The Trump Administration Says It’s Cracking Down On Fraud. It Gave A Red State A Pass. Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others. By Arthur Delaney Jan 12, 2026, 05:11 PM EST Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Trump warns U.S. "will take very strong action" if Iran hangs protesters - CBS News excerpt: When asked what his endgame is in Iran, the president said: "The endgame is to win. I like winning."
Trump loses in court again in another wind turbine case. Trump sabotaged five wind project last month trying to halt them. Empire Wind is expected to provide energy to 500,000 homes. New York offshore wind project to resume construction after judge lifts Trump suspension
Democrats Notch Major Redistricting Wins in Virginia and California, Likely Opening the Door to Nine-Seat Gain in House Virginia Democrats advanced their own redistricting changes shortly after a federal court allowed California’s new map to be used. MATTHEW RICE January 15, 2026 Democrats Notch Major Redistricting Wins in Virginia and California, Likely Opening the Door to Nine-Seat Gain in House excerpt: "On the other side of the country, California Democrats also won a major battle after a federal court ruled that their new congressional maps — approved by voters in November — could be used this year. Under Supreme Court precedent, the judges on Wednesday held that partisan gerrymandering was perfectly permissible."
Democrats are poised to add nine seats in the House because of redistricting efforts in CA and VA. It's a defensive response to Trump initiatiating his gerrymandering campaign in red states to avoid losing control of the House in the 2026 midterm election. An extra nine seats for Democrats would offset most of the gains Trump has achieved.
Palestinian activist Khalil faces the prospect of being detained and deported. Appeals panel says lower court didn't have authority to order release of Mahmoud Khalil excerpt: "The decision is a victory for the Trump administration in its push to detain and remove pro-Palestinian activists in the U.S. on student visas. The judges ordered the district court to vacate Khalil's habeas corpus petition, raising the prospect that he could be detained again as his immigration case proceeds."
When They're Not Applying Banned Chokeholds, ICE Agents Are Apparently Stealing and Selling Citizens' Phones excerpt: As if it needs to be said, this isn’t law enforcement–this is the kind of behavior that law enforcement is intended to dissuade and prevent. The immigration agents in this account are effectively operating as something like federally sanctioned highwaymen–they might as well be privateers in tactical vests and masks, flying the U.S. flag as a defense for why they’re able to do literally anything they want, right up to stealing from citizens for personal profit, confident that nothing will happen to them. If this was the Old West, this is the type of scenario where the citizens would be expected to find a U.S. Marshal and round up a posse in order to exact justice. Only today, it’s the federal “lawmen” who are doing the robbery, backed by millions of dollars in federal PR and spin to convince half of the U.S. population that you clearly deserved anything that was done to you. Oh, an ICE agent stole your phone and sold it? Well, turns out that as of this moment, that’s the new retroactive penalty for being “disrespectful” or “obstructive.”
When They're Not Applying Banned Chokeholds, ICE Agents Are Apparently Stealing and Selling Citizens' Phones excerpt: "Just consider, for a moment, the thought process of the immigration agents making this kind of decision. You detain a man under the suspicion of being an illegal immigrant, and brutalize both him and his teenage son who is on his way to high school. You take the phone that the kid is using to record the experience–prior to when you start choking him, that is. One would expect there to be some kind of lip service here about how the phone was being taken for “evidence” or “investigation,” or in greater likelihood the thought that perhaps it can be wiped of any incriminating evidence. Nevertheless, if a federal agent takes your phone from you, do you not expect for them to hang onto it in some kind of official capacity? Maybe to even return your property to you afterward, if you’re really lucky? One thing I’m pretty certain isn’t in the operations manual: Bringing your phone to a kiosk, to sell for cash, and then pocketing the modest payday."
GOP House member Bacon says that Trump taking over Greenland military would be the end of his presidency. Bill seeks to stop Donald Trump from taking Greenland by force https://www.politico.com/live-updat...akers-introduce-bipartisan-nato-bill-00723206
During a Fox interview this week, Trump once again called Canada a nasty trading partner and claimed it has tariffs on the U.S. as high as 400%, although he gave no details The Fox interviewer reminded Trump that he signed the USMCA agreement with Canada. Trump responded by claiming Canada is cheating on USMCA. After all the name-calling, Trump said he still likes Canada and wants it to be the beloved 51st state.
Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5689820-senate-republicans-block-trump-greenland/
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act for use in Minneapolis. Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis excerpt: “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State,” Trump said in social media post.
As expected. María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal excerpt: The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she “presented” her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro. Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state”, told reporters she had done so “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. It was not immediately clear whether Trump had accepted the gift. Earlier in the day the Nobel organizers posted on X: “A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot.”
Greenland minister tearful as she describes ‘intense pressure’ as Trump threatens to take territory excerpt: Polish prime minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday that any attempt by a Nato member to take over another member would be “the end of the world as we know it”. “An attempt to take over [part of] a Nato member state by another Nato member state would be a political disaster,” he told a press conference. “It would be the end of the world as we know it, which guaranteed a world based on Nato solidarity, which held back the evil forces associated with communist terror or other forms of aggression.”
,............. Renee sounds really OK. And white collar. One might have wished for more street smarts. Accept your citation and ticket, then go home. So so many mad bikers, gurella over the road truckers and others who who could read the LEO. Engage. De- escalate. And go home. So many wild people walking around. Sympathy for Renee and family. Wishing for peace in Minny.
Trump floats plans to impose tariffs on countries who don't going along with his quest to annex Greenland. Trump Threatens Tariffs Over His Greenland Plan
Canada turns to China as a response to Trump's threats. Canada turns to China as Trump's tariffs and threats bring old foes together