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<\/a><\/p>\nCNN: CDC says flu activity probably has not peaked amid record-breaking season<\/a><\/h2>\nAfter a record week<\/a> of flu activity in the US, hospitalizations and deaths continue to rise.<\/p>\nAbout 40,000 people were admitted to the hospital with flu during the week ending January 3, according to data<\/a> published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \u200babout 10% more than the \u200b36,600 hospitalizations in the week before. Overall, there were about 12 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US last week, CDC data shows.<\/p>\nSeniors are most likely to be hospitalized with flu, but rates among children are also high. At least 17 children have died from the flu this season, the CDC says \u2013 a number that nearly doubled over the past week, with eight new deaths reported.
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nIn the case of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the murderers and their protectors were clearly so isolated in their own racist bubble they could not see how regular Americans would react to the video of them hunting down and shooting a jogger.<\/p>\n
In the case of the murder of Renee Good, the shooter and his protectors are clearly so isolated in their own authoritarian bubble they cannot see how regular Americans would react to the video of a woman smiling at a masked agent and saying: \u201cThat\u2019s fine, dude. I\u2019m not mad at you,\u201d only to have him shoot her in the face and then spit out \u201cF*cking b*tch\u201d after he killed her.<\/p>\n
The thread that runs through both is the assumption that an American exercising their constitutional rights must submit, without question, to a white man holding a gun.<\/p>\n
This is the larger meaning of federal agents from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol in U.S. cities. While they are attacking primarily people of color, the message they carry is directed at all Americans: you must do what the Trump administration and its loyalists demand.
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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BBC Mundo: “I never thought they were going to attack me”: survivors of the missile attack on Block 12, the building where a woman died in the US bombing in Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\nIt was 2:00 in the morning when a projectile landed in his apartment. “The blast wave threw me against the wall,” recalls Wilman Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/em><\/p>\nLying on the ground, he opened his arms, looking up at the sky, and said goodbye: “God, forgive all my sins.”<\/p>\n
At that moment, he recalls, “I felt like I had died.” Moments later he realized that a splinter of wood that had come loose from the door was embedded in his face.<\/p>\n
“I managed to pull it out and went to help my brothers who were stunned by the impact,” the 54-year-old electrician told BBC Mundo.<\/p>\n
Still with his right cheekbone bruised, he can hardly believe what happened to him and his family on January 3, when US military forces attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.
\n(BBC Mundo more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Marcy Wheeler: No One Could Have Anticipated, Venezuelan Edition<\/a><\/h2>\nThe United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country\u2019s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n
In a security alert<\/a> sent out on Saturday, the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence that the occupants were US citizens or supporters of the country.<\/p>\n\u201cUS citizens in Venezuela should remain vigilant and exercise caution when traveling by road,\u201d the alert added, urging citizens to depart immediately now that some international flights from Venezuela have restarted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(Marcy Wheeler more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Daily Mail: Donald Trump ‘orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland’: US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operation<\/a><\/h2>\nDonald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland – but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
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According to the sources, the President has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan, but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal – and would not be supported by Congress.
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Wikipedia: Barnes v. Felix<\/a><\/h2>\nMother Jones: Misconduct Expert Says State Has the Right to Charge ICE Officer Who Killed Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nWhat happened in Barnes v. Felix?<\/em><\/p>\nIt\u2019s a shooting case where the officer walked around the car, [lunged and jumped onto the door sill], and put himself in harm\u2019s way. You can\u2019t bootstrap your own bad situation [to] allow a use of force.
\n(Mother Jones more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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NY Times: F.B.I.\u2019s Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House\u2019s Remarks<\/a><\/h2>\nEx-law enforcement officials said the administration\u2019s declarations that the killing was justified elicited questions about the F.B.I.\u2019s willingness to scrutinize the agent who fatally shot an unarmed activist.
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nUSA Today: Immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun, VP Vance promises<\/a><\/h2>\n…
\nSpeaking on a Jan. 7 FOX NEWS broadcast, Vice President JD Vance said ICE would be going “door to door” in the coming months as agents carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for the largest mass deportation in history. Federal officials say they’ve now got about 22,000 agents<\/a> and investigators, up from 10,000 a year ago.
\n(USA Today more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAnne Applebaum: The Real Purpose of ICE<\/a><\/h2>\nIt’s not just for detaining immigrants
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\nAlthough we recorded these interviews before Christmas, the first espisode turned out to be eerily relevant. The subject is the transformation of ICE into a type of national police force. Although this has been covered as an immigration story, America\u2019s immigration and customs agents aren\u2019t only being used for that purpose. Even before the horrific murder in Minneapolis this week, the Trump administration had already begun to use ICE and the National Guard to project power, to demonstrate that it can operate without restraint and in defiance of the law. Armed, unidentified masked men now patrol the streets of some American cities. They are seemingly allowed to harass, arrest or even kill other Americans, as well as immigrants, with impunity. They are allowed to break the law. This kind of paramilitary force could have other uses in the future. For example, it could be used to intimidate people and prevent them from voting.
\n(Anne Applebaum more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Joyce Vance: A Little Good News on a Saturday Night<\/a><\/h2>\nSaturday night, a federal judge prevented the Trump administration from revoking \u201cparole\u201d as many as 15,000 people who don\u2019t have legal immigration status but have been permitted to remain in the U.S. for family reunification.
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A key point here is that instead of going after violent criminals or people engaged in fraud\u2014Trump\u2019s main rationale for mass deportations\u2014this is about going after people who have legal permission to be in this country. The fact that the administration is doing this suggests the administration can\u2019t meet its stiff deportation targets and is now propping itself up to claim success by deporting people who are here legally.
\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Right Wing Watch: Joel Webbon Calls On Trump To Arrest And Execute Tim Walz<\/a><\/h2>\n
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About 40,000 people were admitted to the hospital with flu during the week ending January 3, according to data<\/a> published Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \u200babout 10% more than the \u200b36,600 hospitalizations in the week before. Overall, there were about 12 flu hospitalizations for every 100,000 people in the US last week, CDC data shows.<\/p>\n Seniors are most likely to be hospitalized with flu, but rates among children are also high. At least 17 children have died from the flu this season, the CDC says \u2013 a number that nearly doubled over the past week, with eight new deaths reported. … In the case of the murder of Renee Good, the shooter and his protectors are clearly so isolated in their own authoritarian bubble they cannot see how regular Americans would react to the video of a woman smiling at a masked agent and saying: \u201cThat\u2019s fine, dude. I\u2019m not mad at you,\u201d only to have him shoot her in the face and then spit out \u201cF*cking b*tch\u201d after he killed her.<\/p>\n The thread that runs through both is the assumption that an American exercising their constitutional rights must submit, without question, to a white man holding a gun.<\/p>\n This is the larger meaning of federal agents from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol in U.S. cities. While they are attacking primarily people of color, the message they carry is directed at all Americans: you must do what the Trump administration and its loyalists demand. It was 2:00 in the morning when a projectile landed in his apartment. “The blast wave threw me against the wall,” recalls Wilman Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/em><\/p>\n Lying on the ground, he opened his arms, looking up at the sky, and said goodbye: “God, forgive all my sins.”<\/p>\n At that moment, he recalls, “I felt like I had died.” Moments later he realized that a splinter of wood that had come loose from the door was embedded in his face.<\/p>\n “I managed to pull it out and went to help my brothers who were stunned by the impact,” the 54-year-old electrician told BBC Mundo.<\/p>\n Still with his right cheekbone bruised, he can hardly believe what happened to him and his family on January 3, when US military forces attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The United States has urged its citizens to leave Venezuela immediately amid reports that armed paramilitaries are trying to track down US citizens, one week after the capture of the South American country\u2019s president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n In a security alert<\/a> sent out on Saturday, the state department said there were reports of armed members of pro-regime militias, known as colectivos, setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for evidence that the occupants were US citizens or supporters of the country.<\/p>\n \u201cUS citizens in Venezuela should remain vigilant and exercise caution when traveling by road,\u201d the alert added, urging citizens to depart immediately now that some international flights from Venezuela have restarted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (Marcy Wheeler more…)<\/a><\/p>\n Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland – but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned. According to the sources, the President has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan, but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal – and would not be supported by Congress. … It\u2019s a shooting case where the officer walked around the car, [lunged and jumped onto the door sill], and put himself in harm\u2019s way. You can\u2019t bootstrap your own bad situation [to] allow a use of force. Ex-law enforcement officials said the administration\u2019s declarations that the killing was justified elicited questions about the F.B.I.\u2019s willingness to scrutinize the agent who fatally shot an unarmed activist. … It’s not just for detaining immigrants Saturday night, a federal judge prevented the Trump administration from revoking \u201cparole\u201d as many as 15,000 people who don\u2019t have legal immigration status but have been permitted to remain in the U.S. for family reunification. A key point here is that instead of going after violent criminals or people engaged in fraud\u2014Trump\u2019s main rationale for mass deportations\u2014this is about going after people who have legal permission to be in this country. The fact that the administration is doing this suggests the administration can\u2019t meet its stiff deportation targets and is now propping itself up to claim success by deporting people who are here legally.
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\n(CNN more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – January 10, 2026<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nIn the case of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the murderers and their protectors were clearly so isolated in their own racist bubble they could not see how regular Americans would react to the video of them hunting down and shooting a jogger.<\/p>\n
\n(Heather Cox Richardson more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nBBC Mundo: “I never thought they were going to attack me”: survivors of the missile attack on Block 12, the building where a woman died in the US bombing in Venezuela<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(BBC Mundo more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nMarcy Wheeler: No One Could Have Anticipated, Venezuelan Edition<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDaily Mail: Donald Trump ‘orders army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland’: US President emboldened by success of Maduro capture operation<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Daily Mail more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nWikipedia: Barnes v. Felix<\/a><\/h2>\n
Mother Jones: Misconduct Expert Says State Has the Right to Charge ICE Officer Who Killed Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nWhat happened in Barnes v. Felix?<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Mother Jones more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nNY Times: F.B.I.\u2019s Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Faces Doubts After White House\u2019s Remarks<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n(NY Times more…)<\/a><\/p>\nUSA Today: Immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun, VP Vance promises<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nSpeaking on a Jan. 7 FOX NEWS broadcast, Vice President JD Vance said ICE would be going “door to door” in the coming months as agents carry out President Donald Trump’s plans for the largest mass deportation in history. Federal officials say they’ve now got about 22,000 agents<\/a> and investigators, up from 10,000 a year ago.
\n(USA Today more…)<\/a><\/p>\nAnne Applebaum: The Real Purpose of ICE<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\nAlthough we recorded these interviews before Christmas, the first espisode turned out to be eerily relevant. The subject is the transformation of ICE into a type of national police force. Although this has been covered as an immigration story, America\u2019s immigration and customs agents aren\u2019t only being used for that purpose. Even before the horrific murder in Minneapolis this week, the Trump administration had already begun to use ICE and the National Guard to project power, to demonstrate that it can operate without restraint and in defiance of the law. Armed, unidentified masked men now patrol the streets of some American cities. They are seemingly allowed to harass, arrest or even kill other Americans, as well as immigrants, with impunity. They are allowed to break the law. This kind of paramilitary force could have other uses in the future. For example, it could be used to intimidate people and prevent them from voting.
\n(Anne Applebaum more…)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nJoyce Vance: A Little Good News on a Saturday Night<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\n(Joyce Vance more…)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRight Wing Watch: Joel Webbon Calls On Trump To Arrest And Execute Tim Walz<\/a><\/h2>\n
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