HOMEWORK 01/07/25 ~ ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE

Tuesday 07 Jan 2025

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Preparing For What’s Next

Jared Yates Sexton: Preparing For The Storm – A Brief Guide To Getting Ready For What’s Coming Under Trump & The MAGA Republicans

 

A New World Disorder

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau To Step Down After Nearly A Decade In Office

Trudeau’s Departure Leaves A Gaping Hole For Canada At A Perilous Moment In World History

2024 Was A Historic Year In Global Elections — And A Bad One For Incumbent Parties Almost Everywhere

Greenland’s Prime Minister Calls For Independence From Denmark In The Wake Of Trump’s Threats To Buy The Island Territory

Why Do They Want Greenland? It Has Oil, Sure – But More Importantly, Rare Earth Minerals Used In Computer Chips & Green Technologies

Panama Celebrates The 25th Anniversary Of The Panama Canal Handover, Even As Trump Whines About Taking Back Control

Siva Vaidhyanathan: With The 21st Century A Quarter Complete, Illiberal Democracy Is The New Global Norm

 

The Tech Oligarchs Are Fascists

Meta To End Fact-Checking In Shift, As Zuckerberg Cozies Up To Trump

Meta Is Ending Its Fact-Checking Program & Is Now Conveniently Bringing Back “Civic Content” – Politics – Now That Republicans Have Won

Meta Taps Trump Ally And UFC CEO Dana White To Join Its Board

Apparently Bored With U.S. Domination, Elon Musk Is Turning His Evil Eye To The UK

Elon Musk Asks His Followers On Twitter If The U.S. “Should Liberate The People Of Britain From Their Tyrannical Government”

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Condemns Musk’s “Lies & Misinformation” After Elon’s Latest Attacks On British Democracy

Related: United Airlines To Install Elon’s Starlink Wifi, And Roll It Out This Spring

Franklin Foer:  Elon Musk Long Dreamed Of Redesigning The World In His Own Extreme Image. Trump May Be His Trojan Horse.

 

This Is Going To Be A Disaster

Ross Barkan: For Trump And MAGA, A Harsh Realization Looms As His Second Term Begins – It Will Never Be This Good Again

Republicans Have No Clue How They’re Going To Pass Trump’s Agenda

Ben Jacobs: Mike Johnson Isn’t Really Speaker of the House. Donald Trump Is.

First Step In Johnson & Trump’s Giant Reconciliation Bill Already In Limbo Due To Infighting Among Republicans In House & Senate

Senate Confirmation Hearings Set to Begin Next Week, With Hegseth & Patel Nominations Looming

New Poll Finds Americans Don’t Have High Confidence In Trump’s Cabinet Choices

 

Justice & Injustice

Breaking News: Judge Aileen Cannon Temporarily Blocks Release Of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Report On Trump’s Crimes

Jack Smith Finalizing Trump Investigation Report That Could Be Released As Early As Friday

Trump’s Attorneys Have Reviewed Draft Of Jack Smith’s Final Special Counsel Report – And Want It Blocked From Public Release

Judge Merchan Rejects Trump’s Bid To Delay Friday Sentencing In His Hush Money/Election Fraud Case

Judge Finds Rudy Giuliani In Contempt Of Court In $148 Million Defamation Case

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio, Serving 22 Years For Jan. 6 Conviction Of Seditious Conspiracy, Formally Asks Trump For A Pardon

Answering An Audience Question – Flashback March 2024: The Supreme Court’s Decision On Trump’s 14th Amendment Eligibility

 

Immigration Nation – Reality Vs The Terrifying Near Future

New Data Confirms Unlawful Border Crossings Dropped To Four-Year Low In November 2024 Under Biden-Harris Administration

Peter Baker: Trump Sees The U.S. That He’s Inheriting As A ‘Disaster.’ The Facts Prove Pres. Biden Is Handing Trump A Nation In Great Shape. [Gift Link]

Trump Border Czar Tom Homan: Illegal Parents Will Be Forced To Make ‘Sophie’s Choice’ About Their U.S. Citizen Kids

Tom Homan Is A Monster – Trump’s New Border Czar Tom Homan: U.S.-Born Children Of Undocumented Immigrants Will “Be Put In A Halfway House”

What if ICE Agents Show Up? Schools Begin To Prepare Teachers, Parents, & Students

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