CURRENT EVENTS - JANUARY 2026

[pspsps]

And folks are still expecting a peaceful transfer of power. Trump learned from January 6th. I'm not sure the rest of us did.

I encourage my non-fascist family to think seriously about whether they can flee or how they plan to exist in a warmer Russia.

 

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[altmin]

London’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decade

Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world

www.theguardian.com

The fall in the number of homicides comes despite a rise in London’s population, to 9.1 million compared with 8.1 million in 2010. Thus the chance of being a victim of homicide has fallen and according to Met figures there were, in 2025, 1.1 killings for every 100,000 residents of London, compared with 3.2 for Berlin, 2.9 in Brussels and 1.6 in Paris.

According to the figures, London is safer than many if not all major North American cities, having a fraction of their homicide rate, which in New York is 2.8 for every 100,000 members of the city’s population, 5.6 in Los Angeles, 10.5 in Houston and 12.3 in Philadelphia.

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[heelinhell]

Why do people consider Trump and his minions to be bigots but conservatives do not ?

Trump tells us why... and MAGAs love him for it !

"this has been the central, animating principle of American conservatism for decades

white backlash all the way down"

Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated'

Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was “unfair in certain cases” because “white people were very badly treated.”Trump argued to the Times that...

www.rawstory.com

 

[CFordUNC]

 

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[nycfan]

“… STEIL's bill needs to pass the Senate -- good luck -- and get signed by the president.

This covers members, dependent children and spouses.The legislation does not at all deal with hedge funds, cryptocurrency, real estate. It does not mandate blind trusts. and it does not force members to liquidate any positions when coming to Congress.“

And it does not cover members of the Executive Branch.

 

[nycfan]

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Bathers found five decapitated heads displayed on a beach in Ecuador in what appears to be a warning to gang members who have been threatening local fishermen.

The gruesome discovery was made on Sunday on the beachfront in Puerto López, a town which has been wracked by gang violence.

Next to the body parts, locals found a sign threatening those stealing from and extorting fishermen with the same fate.…”



Hardcore fucking fishermen they have in Latin America.

 

[nycfan]

A genocide led/permitted by a former Nobel Peace Prize winner.

 

[finesse]

A genocide led/permitted by a former Nobel Peace Prize winner.

So Trump may be qualified after all?

 

[superrific]

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Bathers found five decapitated heads displayed on a beach in Ecuador in what appears to be a warning to gang members who have been threatening local fishermen.

The gruesome discovery was made on Sunday on the beachfront in Puerto López, a town which has been wracked by gang violence.

Next to the body parts, locals found a sign threatening those stealing from and extorting fishermen with the same fate.…”



Hardcore fucking fishermen they have in Latin America.

Or fishermen who purchased protection from a rival gang.

 

[Icky Mettle]

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Bathers found five decapitated heads displayed on a beach in Ecuador in what appears to be a warning to gang members who have been threatening local fishermen.

The gruesome discovery was made on Sunday on the beachfront in Puerto López, a town which has been wracked by gang violence.

Next to the body parts, locals found a sign threatening those stealing from and extorting fishermen with the same fate.…”



Hardcore fucking fishermen they have in Latin America.

That would ruin my beach vacation.

 

[Bobfripp]

I thought this must be an Onion article at first ....

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

www.nytimes.com

 

[BlooVooDoo]

That would ruin my beach vacation.

Oh, I can imagine a particular collection of five heads, freshly harvested, that would add considerable appeal to any vacation.

 

[nycfan]

 

[altmin]

Trump DOJ fires prosecutor who declined to pursue James Comey case

The prominent career prosecutor had become the No. 2 official in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.

www.ms.now

 

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