https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/01/feds-pay-125k-after-border-patrol-agent-pointed-gun-at-portland-hotel-worker.html

Found some waste, fraud, and abuse.

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/support-for-abolishing-ice-is-at

We are apparently at peak “abolish ICE”, and that’s *before* the murder of Renee Good has really had an effect on polls.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/07/wager-platform-polymarket-will-not-pay-out-on-bets-on-us-invasion-of-venezuela

«After Polymarket clarified that the seizure of Maduro did not qualify for a winning bet, the odds of an invasion before the end of January crashed to below 5%.»

🙂

Right. How *do* you define the end of a ruler in a crisp and clear enough way? Might have to be in retrospect, so the payout might not come for years.

https://www.wral.com/news/nccapitol/north-carolina-governor-endorses-rodney-sadler-charlotte-primary-2026/

«“I am proud to stand with Rev. Dr. Rodney Sadler in his campaign to put people first,” Stein said in a statement. “The people of North Charlotte deserve a representative who will fight for Democratic values, defend our public schools, and keep costs down. Rev. Dr. Sadler will help us build a North Carolina where we can all afford to thrive.”»

Go get ’em, Josh.

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5671747-big-tech-energy-burden-communities/

Structural racism, anyone? Get it while it’s fresh! (Oh, btw, white people will pay more, too.)

«These facilities are overwhelmingly placed in non-white, low-income and rural communities, areas that have historically been treated as “sacrifice zones.” AI’s rapid expansion is on track to replicate a familiar pattern: Profits flow upward while pollution and costs fall hardest on those with the least political power.»

I honestly don’t know, but I keep getting the idea that the average US voter does not give. One. Single. Shit. About what we do in the international sphere.

Not the chatterati, but average Joe In The Street.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/01/03/8014468/

Well, that’s rich.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5667922-donald-trump-jared-polis-tina-peters-incarceration/

«“There’s a saying in the law: if the facts are on your side, pound the facts; if the law is on your side, pound the law; if neither is on your side, pound the table.”»

😆

«”…You are making insinuations, which is quite perfidious; you are accusing us of things that you can never prove.”»

https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-far-right-afd-accused-of-gathering-information-for-the-kremlin/

Well, duh. If they were provable, you AfD people wouldn’t be very clever, would you?

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/20/rfk-kennedy-danish-vaccine-schedule-denmark-00701999

“Kennedy is a longtime anti-vaxxer who is afraid of needles.”

Ftfy, Politico.

«Kennedy is a longtime vaccine skeptic who believes the U.S. schedule has grown too quickly, has not been tested in its entirety for adverse effects, and is a likely cause of rising autism rates.»