David French, New York Times:
Something Is Rotten in the State of America -- I want you to remember the name Mark Peters. -- In 2009 he was on patrol in Afghanistan when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. The incident was captured on video and can be seen in a 2014 documentary series called “My War.” read more
Fred Kaplan: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's campaign to punish Sen. Mark Kelly--a retired Navy captain--for urging members of the armed forces to disobey unlawful orders, is even more outlandish, and legally baseless, than it seems at first glance. read more
[F]ormer NFL player Matt Kalil is suing his former wife, Haley Kalil, claiming that she violated his right to privacy during a livestreamed interview by describing his genitals as being too big. ... During the 12-minute interview, Haley implicitly referenced Matt's genitalia, claiming that his penis was like "two Coke cans, maybe even a third," and described the daunting dick as the primary reason for the couple's divorce. read more
President Donald Trump made an early start to the Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday weekend by flying to Florida to name a road after himself after taking part in "The Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health Roundtable." Immediately after the East Room discussion, if he was able to stay awake for it, the self-declared President of Venezuela rushed to Palm Beach FL for a street-naming ceremony organized solely to flatter his ego.
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There's at least one Jan. 6 participant currently working in the Trump administration, and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee wants to know how many more may have been hired. read more
Episcopalians and faith partners gathered virtually Jan. 13 for an evening prayer vigil to mourn, lament and remember people who have died by immigration enforcement actions in and out of detention. read more
This week, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo released fraught earnings reports as President Trump's threatened cap on credit card rates loomed large. read more
Donald Trump's tariff war occupied US allies for much of last year. Now, President Xi Jinping is welcoming a procession of leaders looking to mend fences with the world's other major economy. read more
"It Won't Matter" Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI is going to create a world of abundance: It won't matter' read more
The president of Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota on Tuesday called for the immediate release of tribal members who were detained at a homeless encampment by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota last week. read more
DHS is weirdly using import/export rules to expand its authority to identify online critics. read more
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC. read more
Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump's first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds ... read more
The images that trickled out of Iran showed a country gripped by chaos: tens if not hundreds of thousands of protesters; body bags laid outside morgues; gunfire ringing in the streets. read more
President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor. read more
"Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car," Shawn Jackson told KMSP. "My 6-month-old can't even breathe." The explosions were strong enough to trigger the car's airbags. read more
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