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US politics

Millions of Americans are facing a huge increase in the amount they have to pay for health insurance. A dispute about government subsides for healthcare was one of the major issues that led to a 43-day shutdown of the US government last year the longest in history. But even when the shutdown ended, Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on and extension of the the subsidies.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller danced to "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife appeared as guests of honor; Trump auctioned off a gigantic portrait of Jesus Christ for $2.7 million; and MAGA's demon couple (Stephen and Katie Miller) announced they've spawned for the fourth time.

In the just-released court documents, United States Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh ruled that the government carried its ultimate burden to demonstrate that there are no conditions of release the Court could impose to reasonably assure the safety of the community. With that, the court granted the government's motion and ordered that Mr. Cole shall remain detained while this case proceeds.

Goldberg quoted Leah Greenberg, a founder of the resistance group Indivisible, who said that while Donald Trump "has been able to do extraordinary damage that will have generational effects, he has not successfully consolidated power. That has been staved off, and it has been staved off not, frankly, due to the efforts of pretty much anyone in elite institutions or political leadership but due to the efforts of regular people declining to go along with fascism."

If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go.

Carlson released a preview clip in which the two discuss the various conspiracy theories around the murder of Charlie Kirk, and Carlson argues that federal law enforcement is responsible for the swirling conspiracy theories because they did not cough up the freaking facts and to tell a story that makes sense. The discussion ends with Carroll questioning the Las Vegas shooting narrative, which Carlson appears to briefly endorse.

President Donald Trump reportedly ordered his motorcade to stop at a Florida strip mall Friday morning so he could purchase supplies for his $400 million White House ballroom. White House pool reports said the presidential motorcade arrived at a shopping center in Lake Worth, Florida at 9:46 AM so Trump could go shopping at Arc Stone & Tile, an importer of Italian marble.

"Thanks to President Trump's First Step Act, I have been released from prison early,"

Yes, he quickly delivered on his campaign promise to secure the southern border. But as the year unfolded, his anti-immigrant agenda drove immigration policy far beyond where most Americans are willing to go. Trump has claimed the U.S. is being invaded on March 15 he invoked the Alien Enemies Act as a pretext to deport more than 200 Venezuelans to the CECOT prison in El Salvador and that he's only deporting violent criminals. But ICE's own data show most have not been charged with crimes.

The Gregorian Calendar is a scientific advance, although it was established by a pope. But the idea of January 1 as the start of a "new year" goes back much further, and is probably related to the winter solstice. In some older traditions, the new year started in March, when spring arrived. People in the Chinese and Jewish traditions celebrate the new year in the early fall or in February.

Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, is under fire from all directions from Democrats, naturally, but also from fellow Republicans angry with him for, well, just about everything. My bill didn't pass: Blame Johnson. My bill was ignored: Blame Johnson. The perennially broken appropriations process is still broken: Blame Johnson. The process of vetting legislation in committee before proceeding to a debate and vote of the full House, colloquially referred to as regular order, is sporadic to nonexistent: Blame Johnson.

As Donald Trump seeks to take direct control of the Federal Reserve, the debate has fallen into a familiar pattern: Trump attacks a crucial institution; Democrats line up to reflexively defend that institution. This is unfortunate. Trump's attacks on Fed independence are likely illegal, and the consequences of him personally ordering dramatic interest-rate cuts could be profoundly harmful, but preserving the status quo would also be a mistake.

Davie was the longest-serving mayor in Oakland's history. His first term was from 1895 to 1897, and he was in office again from 1915 to 1931. His accomplishments included the opening of the Snow Museum of Natural History, which is now part of the Oakland Museum of California; the creation of the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the Port of Oakland; and the construction of the Posey Tube and the Oakland Airport.

Scott Adams on Rumble Dilbert creator and political commentator Scott Adams shared a bleak health update with his fans on New Year's Day, saying he received nothing but bad news during his latest visit to his radiologist. The odds of me recovering are essentially zero, Adams said on his Rumble program.I'll give you an update if that changes, but it won't. Adams has metastasized prostate cancer and has been sharing frequent updates with his fans.

The enemy is inside the gates.

So first of all, when we use any kind of anticoagulant, medications to prevent clotting, those don't thin the blood. It's not like changing something from gumbo to chicken soup. It doesn't make it doesn't make it thinner. It makes you less likely to clot. And it used to be that we would treat a lot of people with aspirin therapy to prevent heart attacks.