I guess being a college journalist, then college instructor, then sustainability wonk, and urban planning dude just rarifies my ass . . .
Jan 21, 2026
So, I’m in a rehab program at the local hospital, and the young people staffing it are all peppy and helpful. One technician, well, he’s married to a social studies teacher, and I asked him if the two of them — 33 and 28 respectively — talk about what the fuck is happening. Trump. ICE. Venezuela. State of Medicine and Health Care. State of K12 Education.
Nope. They just have their separate lives, and Chuck told me that since they basically agree on things, there’s no need to discuss things. Not one fucking peep. Kidnapping a president and first lady, and murdering 100 fucking people.
News is blues, man, a bummer, and this two-income family, no kiddos, just want to have a little bit of weekend fun.
They don’t read local news rags, so this one, republished from Newport’s Lincoln County Leader, with more bells and whistles on Dissident Voice, ain’t going to trouble their two-income fun fun fun weekend.
Our Right to be Human and the Need to be Humane
Medicine? They survived the bombs, but not the virus: Fatal illness spreads in Gaza
Doctors struggle to save patients as impact of starvation and healthcare collapse accelerate deaths from treatable illnesses.
Not a peep.
And so the clown show: President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he’s picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million.
On the anniversary of his inauguration, Trump is flying to the World Economic Forum in Davos — an annual gathering of the global elite — where he may see many of the billionaires he has surrounded himself with during his first year back in the White House.
Trump had campaigned on lowering the cost of living, painting himself as a populist while serving fries at a McDonald’s drive-thru. But in office, his public schedules suggest he’s traded the Golden Arches for a gilded age, devoting more time to cavorting with the wealthy than talking directly to his working-class base.
Crucified like Jesus! Israel’s Foreign Ministry Discussing Israel’s Withdrawal From Paris Climate Treaty Under U.S. Pressure
Government sources and environmental groups decry the disastrous consequences of exiting the international climate accords, an abrupt about-face to the Israeli government’s longstanding and enthusiastic support for climate agreements and green energy technologies
Hugs.
Oppen-Monster-Heimer:
We are saved now!
Gavin Newsom was informed at the 11th hour that his talk with Fortune at USA House in Davos was canceled.
Newsom had been invited to speak on Wednesday at an event sponsored by USA House, which for the first time was recognized by the U.S. government as the country’s official headquarters at Davos. But an organizer told his office that they had opted to not include any U.S. officials in the talk focused on CEOs and other business leaders.
In a private exchange of messages obtained by POLITICO, a Newsom administration official accused the USA House of bowing to political pressure from the State Department — an accusation the organizer denied, while emphasizing the governor was still welcome in the venue — in a microcosm of the larger geopolitical tensions on display.
The back-and-forth reflected the political sparring match playing out at the gathering of the world’s elite. Newsom, the Democratic governor of California and a likely 2028 presidential contender, attended to trumpet California as an alternative to the vision laid out by Trump officials who also gathered in Switzerland.
Immigration agents have stopped off-duty officers in Minnesota “solely because of the color of their skin,” a group of local police chiefs alleged, as concern grows over the handling of immigration enforcement in the state.
American citizens are being stopped on the streets “with no cause and are being forced to produce paperwork to determine if they are here legally,” said Mark Bruley, chief of the Brooklyn Park Police Department, which operates in a suburb north of Minneapolis.
He added that police officers “fell victim to this while off duty” and that the stops appear to “target” people of color.
US Customs and Border Protection agents arrest a man after not providing documents proving he’s a citizen of the United States while patrolling a neighborhood during immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minn. on Jan. 11, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good on the streets of Minneapolis on Jan. 7, leading to huge protests and outrage from local leaders who rejected White House claims she was a domestic terrorist.
U.S. Border Patrol agents smash a man’s car window before dragging him out and taking him into custody when he failed to present citizenship documentation at a gas station on Jan. 11, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. The Trump administration has sent an estimated 2,000 federal agents into the area as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants.
Federal agents carry away a woman in Minneapolis on Jan. 13, 2026, days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good.
Federal agents detain a man, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 13, 2026.
An observer is detained by ICE agents after they arrested two people from a residence on January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Trump administration has deployed over 2,400 Department of Homeland Security agents to the state of Minnesota in a push to apprehend undocumented immigrants.
He’s making america grovel again . . . Social Security Administration will overhaul its workflow to accommodate a slimmed-down workforce and handle its cases on a nationwide basis — as opposed to addressing beneficiaries’ cases locally. That could lead to further service disruptions at an agency that handles benefits for about 75 million Americans.
The change, which will come in about two months, could lead to delays in service as employees are forced to learn the nuances of different state laws that could impact benefits. Rather than working as regional silos, each of the 1,200 local field offices will soon manage benefits nationally.
Social Security is making a change that could disrupt service for millions of Americans
A course offered by the University of Maryland for the 2026 spring semester is sparking outrage from experts, including two who told Fox News Digital it represents “identity politics” getting in the way of proper education.
“This course provides a comprehensive foundation of how colonial legacies continue to shape global health systems and medical practices,” the University of Maryland website says about the class called “Decolonizing Medicine: Steps to Actionable Change,” first reported by College Fix.
The course description continues, “We will critically engage with the concept of ‘the White body’ as the standard in medical training, explore the consequences of the historical context underpinning colonial medicine, and interrogate neocolonial dynamics in contemporary global health efforts. Designed for students interested in careers in medicine, public health, or health policy, this course will challenge students to rethink the ethical and epistemological frameworks that underlie modern healthcare.”
Fox Fucking Un-News. Facts, cocksuckers . . . .
Despite taking on several forms throughout history such as colonial medicine, tropical medicine, and international health, the field of global health continues to uphold colonialist structures. History demonstrates that acts of colonialism inevitably lead to negative health outcomes. Colonial powers promoted medical advancements when diseases affected their own people, and only did so for locals when in the colonies’ best interests. Numerous medical advancements in the United States also relied on the exploitation of vulnerable populations. This history is critical in evaluating the actions of the United States as a proclaimed leader in global health. A significant barrier to progress in the field of global health is that most leaders and leading institutions are located in high-income countries, thereby defining the global standard. This standard fails to meet the needs of most of the world. In times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, colonial mentalities may be more evident. In fact, global health partnerships themselves are often ingrained in colonialism and may be counterproductive. Strategies for change have been called into question by the recent Black Lives Matter movement, particularly in evaluating the role that less privileged communities should have in their own fate. Globally, we can commit to evaluating our own biases and learning from one another.
Fucking Trump, MAGA, conservatives, Republicans, and then / / / /
The Pentagon has ordered active-duty military police soldiers based in North Carolina to prepare for possible deployment to Minneapolis, three people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.
A prepare-to-deploy order was issued yesterday for members of an Army military police brigade stationed at Fort Bragg, two of the people told MS NOW. At least a few hundred soldiers are being prepared for the possible mobilization to Minneapolis, two of the people said. All of the sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the deployments.
Asked for comment, a Pentagon official said, “We have nothing to announce at this time, and any tip about this is pre-decisional.”
The possible infusion of military police is in addition to the Pentagon orders last Friday that two battalions with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division prepare to deploy. The 11th Airborne is stationed in Alaska and specializes in winter weather conditions. Each infantry battalion has at least 500 soldiers.
A little staccato, but . . .
As historian Greg Grandin pointed out in a recent podcast appearance, whereas in many realms the scale and breadth of the Trump administration plunge into mafia rule is truly unprecedented, in Latin America it is more of a continuation of policy that dates back at least a century.
“Behind every single horror that Donald Trump represents exists a long train of U.S. presidents that have first put in the policies that make what Trump does today possible,” Grandin said.
Few Americans learned this lesson the hard way at so tender an age as Marco Rubio.
Rage is a responsibility, resistance is a right.
Paul Haeder, Author 