January 18, 2026 JMG Community, Open Thread
Deadline Hollywood reports: In Saturday Night Live‘s spoof of Heated Rivalry, the secret love affair is not between hockey rivals Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, but Harry Potter (host Finn Wolfhard) and Ron Weasley (Ben Marshall). The late-night sketch show jumped at the chance to parody the show, which has dominated the zeitgeist amid its exponential growth, with “Heated Wizardry,” …
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January 18, 2026 Extremists, Trump Corruption
PBS reports: At least seven more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders meant to oversee next steps in Gaza that shows ambitions for a broader mandate in global affairs. Two countries, Hungary and Vietnam, said they have accepted. A $1 billion contribution secures …
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January 18, 2026 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
“ICE is removing some of the most violent criminals in the World from our Country, and bring them back home, where they belong. Why is Minnesota fighting this? Do they really want murderers and drug dealers to be ensconced in their community? The thugs that are protesting include many highly paid professional agitators and anarchists. Is this really what Minnesota …
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January 18, 2026 Journalism, Media
CNN reports: Nearly a month has passed since CBS News chief Bari Weiss made the extraordinary decision to hold Sharyn Alfonsi’s “60 Minutes” story about Venezuelan men deported by the US to a hellish prison in El Salvador. “I look forward to airing this important piece when it’s ready,” Weiss said. Evidently, it’s ready now. The “Inside CECOT” report is …
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January 18, 2026 Congress, Republicans
“On the war powers, or militarily invading Greenland, I’ve heard no Republican support for that. Even the most hawkish members of our caucus have said they won’t support that. So, I think it’s gonna be very difficult. I think he keeps rattling the cage saying that. But as far as trying to buy it peacefully, you don’t get purchasers to …
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January 18, 2026 Pop Music, Trump Corruption
Variety reports: In an unbilled performance Saturday night at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen took solemn time out during an otherwise celebratory 75-minute set to dedicate “The Promised Land” to the memory of slain Minneapolis woman Renee Good, decrying the “Gestapo tactics” that he said have resulted in a climate where citizens can be “murdered …
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January 18, 2026 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
NBC News reports: President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced did not include all of the criminal cases she’s faced, and the White House is planning to make a fix out of an abundance of caution, an official said Sunday. Trump’s pardon of Vázquez Garced says it applies to “those offenses against the United States …
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January 18, 2026 Republicans, Trump cultists
ABC News reports: Republican Rep. Michael McCaul warned on Sunday that any U.S. military intervention to obtain Greenland would put America at odds with its NATO allies — and possibly spell the end of the alliance itself. “What do you make of what’s going on with the president in Greenland? And now he’s slapped tariffs on eight of our allies …
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January 18, 2026 Idiocracy, Republicans
Raw Story reports: Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), a Trump-endorsed lawmaker and sitting member of the House Intelligence Committee – one of Congress’ most powerful oversight panels – was widely ridiculed over the weekend after railing against aircraft condensation – a common target of debunked conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories around aircraft condensation, or “contrails,” have existed since the 1990s, and falsely …
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January 18, 2026 Fascism, Trump Administration
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, let me talk to you about the officer, Jonathan Ross. He was struck. He was hospitalized– SEC. NOEM: –Don’t say his name. I mean, for heaven’s sakes, we- we don’t- we shouldn’t have people continue to dox law enforcement when they have an 8,000%– MARGARET BRENNAN: –his name is public– SEC. NOEM: –increase in death threats against …
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