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Welcome to the January 23rd New Newsletter!
This newsletter is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters without it! (Seriously).
Our Main Story: The Cruelty Is The Point
ICE Has Been Given the Tyrannical Power That Literally Triggered the American Revolution
Trump’s ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse.
ICE Agents Violently Arrest Black Corrections Officer
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Jack Smith Isn’t Afraid of the House Judiciary Committee
Jack Smith defends criminal investigations into Trump during House hearing
Jack Smith Reminds Us: Aileen Cannon Is Still Destroying America
Our Main Story: Strike The Match
‘Enough Is Enough’: Hundreds of Minnesota Businesses Take Stand Against ICE
The Key to Minneapolis’s Successful ICE Resistance
If Anyone Can Pull Off a General Strike, It’s Minnesotans
Statewide economic blackout planned in Minnesota to protest ICE enforcement
Minnesota gears up for a mass anti-immigration enforcement protest despite the dangerous cold
100 clergy members arrested at Minneapolis airport amid ‘economic blackout’
Our Main Story: Winter Storm 2026
More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm
Why freezing rain has millions at risk of losing power — and heat
More than 1,000 flights canceled at DFW Airport, Love Field with winter storm ahead
A Prepper’s Guide to Surviving the Winter Storm
No Allegiances
‘No one can trust him’: Trump’s torched allies confront the world without America
‘Sell America’, the two words that sum up the markets’ break with an out-of-control Trump
Spain will not join Trump’s Board of Peace, PM says
Trump withdraws Canada’s invite to his ‘Board of Peace’
Live updates: Trump’s ‘front lines’ remark about NATO sparks outrage in U.K
Healthy AF
U.S. severs ties with WHO, raising concerns about flu epidemics
Congress grills health insurance CEOs over high pay
Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns
Leave Greenland Alone
‘The damage has been done’: As Trump claims victory on Greenland, Europe loses trust
Anxiety shifts to irritation in Denmark as details of US ‘deal’ on Greenland trickle out
Trump’s Davos Speech Must Have Broken the World Record for Most Dumbstruck Faces in an Audience
This Week’s Links:
TikTok finalises deal to remain in US
What to know about the deal to keep TikTok in US
Contractor indicted over alleged leaks to Washington Post
Inside the Dramatic Arrest of an Olympic Snowboarder-Turned-America’s Most Wanted
Bid to rein in Trump’s Venezuela war powers fails in US House (The establishment Dems are NOT the opposition party…. remember that)
Trump claims US ‘armada’ is headed for Middle East as Iran death toll passes 5,000
Tesla Robotaxis Now Cover 50% of the USA
Trump appoints Rubio head of US effort to secure 2035 World Expo
Trump appointees question White House ballroom’s design and scale, ask to see 3D models
Education Department says New York school violated Title VI over Native American mascot change
Trump’s New Gaza is first step to the end of any Palestine state, Gaza families warn
How President Trump has challenged a constitutional foundation
Document reveals EU-US pitch for $800B postwar Ukraine ‘prosperity’ plan
FCC chair’s call for ‘equal time’ could have chilling effect on TV and radio
You Can Now Read Taylor Swift and Blake Lively’s Most Creative Text Insults for Justin Baldoni
The Beckhams Are Fighting. Here’s What’s Going On.
Sorry MAGA, Turns Out People Still Like ‘Woke’ Art
This Is Texas News
Can the Texas Grid Withstand This Winter Storm?
As winter storm approaches, Texas officials say the state is ready, won’t repeat 2021 catastrophe
The Bad News Keeps Coming For Downtown Dallas
Jury acquits Uvalde officer of failing to act during school shooting
North Texas grocery stores to shorten hours with winter storm looming
Wesley Hunt dodges questions on spotty voting record
Separation of Church and State
ICE is forcing a reckoning among America’s religious leaders
3 People Arrested Over Protest of Minnesota Pastor Linked to ICE
White House shares an altered photo of arrested Minnesota protester Nekima Levy Armstrong
Black American History is Still American History
Blindspot Stories
Three journalists among 11 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Clues emerge after five are arrested in shooting of Indiana judge
3 massive changes you’ll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Nestlé targeted by two probes into infant deaths in France amid formula recall
Under Reported Stories
‘We were walking in blood’: Iran’s doctors recount crackdown on protesters
State Department Finally Admits Real Reason It Detained Tufts Student
Marco Rubio personally signed off on arrests of pro-Palestine students, documents show
Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
They Bent to Their Knees and Kissed the Sand
Democratic Wake Up Call
Here’s Your Damn Playbook, Democrats
Those Nine Democrats Were Wrong to Vote the Clintons in Contempt
These Democrats voted for the DHS funding bill despite ICE furor
Abigail Spanberger’s First Move as Virginia Gov. Was a Masterstroke
Still Looking For Them Files, Pammy
Top federal prosecutors ‘crushed’ by Epstein files workload
Joe Rogan Accuses Trump of Causing Chaos to Distract From Epstein Files
Everything is Political: Fashion Edition
At Milan Fashion Week, Ralph Lauren Proves He’s Still King of the Youths
Bella Hadid Calls Out Dolce & Gabbana’s ‘Years of Racism’ After All-White Model Casting
Valentino’s Funeral Draws Mourners in Rome: ‘We Lose The Most Beautiful Flower’
AI News
EPA pokes Musk over using unpermitted turbines for AI
149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database
Intel Shares Plummet 17%—Pacing Worst Loss Since 2020
Billionaire Bloomberg Co-Founder Makes $30 Million Donation To University To Build AI Center
Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
I Know Ball News
Winter storm forcing NBA, college sports to reschedule events
FIFA to pay first Women’s Champions Cup winner record $2.3M
Azeez Al-Shaair wears ‘stop the genocide’ eye black pregame
Your Moments of Zen
That’s it for this week! Like, share, and subscribe if you haven’t yet. We are quite literally all in this together. xo, Jalon
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