Reuters is reporting that Trump says he wants to close Kennedy Center to entertainment for two years starting July 4, 2026 so that it can be remodeled and reopened as the greatest place ever.
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5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from ICE facility following judge's order By Jack Dura, Associated Press Updated on Feb 1, 2026 5:30 PM EST — Published on Feb 1, 2026 12:14 PM EST 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father released from ICE facility following judge's order excerpt: In his order granting the release, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery blasted the administration, writing, "The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children." image:
The World Says an Effective Goodbye to America William T. Dowell 02/01/26 The World Says an Effective Goodbye to America - WhoWhatWhy excerpt: "Trump may eventually either slip into full-blown dementia or opt for a legally and financially cushioned retirement, but with the US presidency changing every four years, Europeans are acutely aware that there’s no guarantee that a future president — elected four, eight, or 20 years from now — won’t be just as unpredictably crazy and destructive as Trump. The US, in short, can no longer be relied on for either leadership or security."
Trump Is Causing the United States’ First-Ever Population Decline Joe Wilkins Sun 1 February 2026 at 11:00 am UTC The World Says an Effective Goodbye to America - WhoWhatWhy excerpt: "In the United States, nothing terrifies the new right quite like population decline. It’s arguably their defining feature; a constant anxiety over something they perceive to be an existential threat. So in a contradiction that only Donald Trump could pull off, their chosen leader is accelerating that decline unlike any president in US history. According to Bloomberg, one well-regarded population estimate warns that 2026 is primed to be the year of the first real population decline in the 250 year history of the United States. One of the main reasons, Census officials say, is the Trump administration’s incredibly aggressive deportation campaign."
Trump says Democratic cities must say “please” to get federal help during protests By Carlos Robles Published on January 31, 2026 Trump says Democratic cities must say “please” to get federal help during protests excerpt: “Therefore, to all complaining Local Governments, Governors, and Mayors, let us know when you are ready, and we will be there — But, before we do so, you must use the word, “PLEASE,” Trump said.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/politics/trump-democrat-cities-protests-intervention excerpt: “If they do anything bad to our people, they will have to suffer. I’m sorry, if they start spitting in people’s faces, punching our people, punching our soldiers, our patriots, they will get taken care of in at least an equal way,” Trump warned, adding they’ll “be met with very, very serious force.”
Video of ICE agents passing a woman on the highway and then stopping in front of her ot block her. Three armed agents with masks and guns drawn approached her car and arrested her. ICE Goons’ Gunpoint Snatch-and-Grab of U.S. Citizen Thwarted ‘ARMED BANDITS’ Dramatic footage captured the moment a driver was boxed in by armed ICE agents. Jack Revell Updated Feb. 1 2026 2:42AM EST Published Jan. 31 2026 9:44PM EST ICE Goons’ Gunpoint Snatch-and-Grab of U.S. Citizen Thwarted excerpt: "A Minnesota police chief has been forced to intervene to stop the illegal abduction of a woman from her car by ICE goons. Dramatic dashcam footage shows the moment three unidentified, masked men swerved to cut off a female driver alone in her car, forcing her to stop. The men then jumped out of their unmarked, unlit vehicle and immediately drew their weapons, while yelling at her to get out of the car. The officers do not read the woman her Miranda rights, nor do they identify themselves, as they drag her from the car, pin her down, and handcuff her."
ICE Goons’ Gunpoint Snatch-and-Grab of U.S. Citizen Thwarted excerpt: “This is a) really dangerous driving b) indistinguishable from a kidnap,” wrote technology journalist Charles Arthur. “This is terrifying. This is like a gang of armed bandits or desperados. Masked highwaymen. Something from the 1600s, 1700s, or 1800s,” wrote Trump biographer Seth Abramson. “Nothing about this is even 1% American—at least not as we have known America to be over the last 50 years.”
One year into Trump’s second term: increasingly repressive US president on track to join ranks of world’s worst press freedom predators One year into Trump’s second term: increasingly repressive US president on track to join ranks of world’s worst press freedom predators
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search excerpt: "Thao's son, Chris Thao, said ICE agents stopped him while he was driving to work before they went to detain his father. He said he was driving a car he borrowed from his cousin's boyfriend, whose first name matches that of one of the men DHS said it was seeking. Chris Thao said he did not know the boyfriend's last name."
It sounds like Trump's agents were frustrated that they didn't find the person of interest in the car they stopped because of their flimsy evidence, so they went to the house of the father of the driver and arrested him, even though he wasn't the person they were looking for, is a U.S. citizen, and has no criminal record.
Who is US border chief Gregory Bovino, the ‘little Napoleon’ with a viral coat? excerpt: "His stage: the streets of Minnesota, where he has filmed Hollywood-style promotional videos sporting a buzzcut and a brass-buttoned, olive-green greatcoat (German media describe it as having a “Nazi aesthetic’) marching alongside masked and heavily armed officers set to rock music:"
The world peace prize that FIFA concocted to give to Trump looks like hands of the world's dictators scraping away the earth's crust to steal the minerals they want from other countries. image:
Trump posts image with U.S. flag superimposed on Venezuela, Canada, and Greenland. The map was altered by someone on the web to show the U.S. flags. Trump posted the altered image on his social media platform. excerpt:
An effective mask for the fact that all of the events have been cancelled by planned artists. After all, how many times can you pack the place with his few remaining friends to see The Village People before it becomes obvious? Well, more obvious.