Source: New York Post
by staff
“Socialism pretends to be all warm and cuddly, but Sen. Bernie Sanders is showing how heartless it can be. He’s been the sole lawmaker blocking legislation to speed up cures for kids with cancer and nudge drug makers to develop new pediatric therapies. And on Tuesday, he joined nurses who’ve abandoned their hospitalized patients to strike for fat pay hikes. For cold-blooded socialists like Bernie, ideology clearly trumps compassion. Start with the bill he’s blocking: the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, recently renamed for a 16-year-old who died of cancer last year while lobbying for the measure. Sanders (I-VT) says he himself backs the bill, except it doesn’t push other health care measures he wants, such as funding for community health centers — so he’s holding the cancer kids hostage.” (01/20/25)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/opinion/bernie-sanders-is-bent-on-proving-that-socialists-have-no-heart/
Source: Orange County Register
“The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta Platforms Inc. has ‘illegally maintained a monopoly’ in social networking through anticompetitive conduct ‘by buying the significant competitive threats it identified in Instagram and WhatsApp.’ Meta had prevailed over the existential challenge to its business that could have forced the tech giant to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp after a judge ruled that the company does not hold a monopoly in social networking.” (01/21/26)
https://archive.is/OL4LG
Source: New York Post
“Oh-no, Canada! The number of Canadian tourists and other visitors traveling south into upstate New York plummeted a whopping 21% through the first 11 months of 2025, according to new data from the governor’s office. Gov. Kathy Hochul released figures as part of her $260 billion budget plan that showed there were 3 million few travelers crossing from Canada into the Empire State – blaming President Trump for his tariff standoff and confrontational stance with the US’s northern neighbors. The number of Canadian tourists and other visitors traveling south into upstate New York plummeted a whopping 21% through the first 11 months of 2025. ‘The adverse effects on the protectionist trade environment are adversely impacting New York’s economy,’ the report out of Hochul’s office said. ‘Costs to manufacturers in New York have risen directly or indirectly.'” (01/21/25)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/21/us-news/visitors-crossing-from-canada-into-new-york-plummet-21-as-hochul-blames-trump/
Source: Politico
“Trump descends on Davos.” (01/21/26)
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/POLL3654915236.mp3
Source: The New Republic
“Why Trump Is Losing Ground Even in This Deep-Red State.” (01/20/26)
https://newrepublic.com/article/205447/trump-losing-ground-even-deep-red-state
Source: The Realist Review
by James W Carden
“Superimposing a coherent narrative where none likely exists in order to explain the policies of President Donald J. Trump is an deeply unenviable task, not least because of the famously mercurial nature of the President. In order to make sense of his policies toward Russia and Ukraine it helps to begin with the obvious: President Trump has set for himself the goal of winning a Nobel Peace Prize by the end of his term, as such, he will do almost anything to achieve it. It is the way in which he has gone about doing this that many find so confounding. Depending on your point of view, Trump’s approach has been either highly innovative or highly erratic.” (01/20/26)
https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/between-conciliation-and-coercion
Source: The UnPopulist
by Jacob Grier
“Today marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. We thought it would be the perfect occasion to look back at some of the low-lights of Year 1 of Trump 2.0 and imagine the diagnosis that the self-proclaimed cool heads would have ascribed to us Trump worrywarts if we had predicted even a fraction of what His Orange Eminence and Wannabe Nobel Peace Laureate went on to do. Actually, we know their diagnosis because they were not shy about telling us.” (01/20/26)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/wed-have-been-committed-for-predicting
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by staff
“From Greenland to Ukraine to Venezuela, President Donald Trump has relied on a dizzying diversity of definitions for peace over the past year. They range from ‘peace through strength’ (using tariffs or troops) to temporary and shaky ceasefires. He has brokered deals that offer security if the United States gains natural resources or that assume economic integration between rivals can alone ensure tranquility. He overarchingly sees his role as a ‘president of peace’ (an allusion to ‘prince of peace’) and as deserving of winning a Nobel Peace Prize or, at least, an actual winner’s gold medal given to him this month as a gift of gratitude. Lately, however, he’s warned that he does not feel ‘obliged to think purely of Peace.'” (01/20/25)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/the-monitors-view/2026/0120/Defining-peace-in-a-Trumpian-era
Source: Common Sense
by Paul Jacob
“Should we expect a four-year pitched battle? I see one brewing between the new communist mayor of New York City and those judges who respect law and the U.S. Constitution.” (01/20/26)
https://thisiscommonsense.org/2026/01/20/the-quasi-commie/
Source: CNN
“Michele Tafoya, a longtime sportscaster and conservative commentator, has officially announced she will run for US Senate in Minnesota, giving the Republican Party a well-known candidate in a state that’s being roiled by the ongoing federal immigration crackdown. In a video announcing her campaign launch on Wednesday morning, Tafoya said: ‘For years, I covered the biggest football games in America,’ adding that ‘it taught me about how leadership really works when leaders are prepared and accountable.’ … The broadcaster’s entry jolts an already dynamic contest set off by Democratic Sen. Tina Smith’s retirement announcement last year. Meanwhile, Sen. Amy Klobuchar is weighing whether to launch a run for governor that could further disrupt the state’s political landscape.” (01/21/26)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/politics/michele-tafoya-us-senate-minnesota
