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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades. read more


President Donald Trump said he won't impose a promised tariff increases on European countries starting in February if a new deal with Greenland can be "consummated." "Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Wednesday. "This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st." Trump did not provide specifics as to what the "solution, if consummated," will be.


Swedish pension fund Alecta has divested most of its holdings in U.S. Treasuries amid increased risk and unpredictability in U.S. politics, business daily Dagens Industri (DI) reported on Wednesday, citing the company. Alecta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. DI reported, not identifying its sources, that Alecta's divestment totalled around 70 billion-80 billion Swedish crowns ($7.7 billion-8.8 billion).


Tuesday, January 20, 2026

President Trump has never been a man to ask what he can do for his country. In his second term, as in his first, he is instead testing the limits of what his country can do for him. read more


The "sell America" trade is in full swing Tuesday morning after President Donald Trump and European leaders escalated tensions over Greenland. read more


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More: The media is telling a certain story about ICE, giving the blow by blow on the most public horrors but never quite seeing the bigger picture that it's part of a larger war. As a military intelligence source told me, the ICE crackdown isn't just about immigration; it's about gathering intelligence in support of Trump's war on cartels " as well as on Antifa, on the radical left, and those who are "anti-American," and anyone else they consider terrorists. And since the administration has been so quick to label everyone, including Renee Good, terrorists, it's no wonder they think they're at war.

ICE's work is done under a set of task forces, with the agency calling upon other Department of Homeland Security agencies, like the Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Protective Service, and even the Secret Service. DHS now constitutes the largest federal law enforcement agency in the country " larger even than the FBI. And that was before ICE had its law enforcement budget nearly tripled last year.

"Operation Abracadabra was initiated with the requirement of Interviewing 100% of individuals apprehended to gather intelligence and identify follow-on targets such as stash houses and individuals conducting illegal activity," one of the documents, a briefing slide, reads. The purpose, it continues, is "Tying every individual who crosses the border illegally to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a Transnational Criminal Organization, and/or utilizing the intelligence to develop targets."

Another briefing about Operation Benchwarmer reveals the employment of agents dressing in "plainclothes" to disguise themselves as ordinary people in an attempt to gather intelligence.

"Plainclothes agents have been embedded in transport vans, sally ports, processing areas, and detention cells to gather important tactical intelligence and or information," the briefing says of this nationwide operation. The purpose? It's "focused on collecting information not normally gained during formal interviews."

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