During the first year of his second term, President Trump took unprecedented actions. Meanwhile in Greenland, protests erupted over the weekend as Trump doubled down on his threats to take over the autonomous territory from Denmark. The President says the acquisition is necessary for security reasons, though others have denied that Greenland is under threat from China or Russia. And in California, San Diego’s development boom is shining a spotlight on Los Angeles’s own housing crisis; San Diego is building apartments at nearly twice the rate of LA, where new construction plummeted 33% over the past three years. Read more at LATimes.com.
Marketplace All-in-One - Welcome to the ‘infocalypse’
Information Apocalypse Now.
AI content is flooding social feeds and its getting increasingly hard to determine what is real versus what is fake.
Aviv Ovadya, founder and CEO of the AI and Democracy Foundation, has been warning of this apocalypse for a decade now. “Marketplace Tech” host Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Ovadya about the state of our information ecosystem and protecting our institutions.
Curious City - From ‘The Fugitive’ to ‘The Dark Knight,’ what’s the best movie filmed in Chicago?
It’s awards season. Time to look at some of the best movies filmed in Chicago.
The Daily - On the Front Line of Minnesota’s Fight With ICE
For weeks, protests around Minneapolis have caught nationwide attention as the city shows open defiance to a federal immigration crackdown.
But behind the scenes, a quieter organized resistance has taken shape.
Anna Foley and Michael Simon Johnson, producers for “The “Daily,” go on the ground in Minneapolis to capture that effort, and Charles Homans, a New York Times reporter, explains why the city has become ground zero in the fight over the government’s deportation strategy.
Guest: Charles Homans, a reporter for The New York Times and The Times Magazine, covering national politics.
Background reading:
- In Minneapolis, an intense cat-and-mouse game is putting enraged residents face to face with heavily armed federal agents.
- President Trump’s fight with Minnesota is about more than immigration.
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Up First from NPR - Trump’s Speech In Davos, DOJ Subpoenas For Minnesota, SCOTUS Federal Reserve Case
European leaders brace for President Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum, as new tariff threats and talk of acquiring Greenland overshadow talks on affordability.
The Justice Department issues subpoenas to Minnesota’s top Democratic leaders, as state officials accuse the Trump administration of weaponizing immigration enforcement and creating fear in immigrant communities.
And the Supreme Court hears a high-stakes case over President Trump’s attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor, a move that could upend a century of precedent and rattle financial markets.
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The Justice Department issues subpoenas to Minnesota’s top Democratic leaders, as state officials accuse the Trump administration of weaponizing immigration enforcement and creating fear in immigrant communities.
And the Supreme Court hears a high-stakes case over President Trump’s attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor, a move that could upend a century of precedent and rattle financial markets.
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Start Here - Amid Tariff Threats, Trump Heads to Davos
President Trump is set to speak at the World Economic Forum after threatening European allies who have defended Greenland. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are subpoenaed by the DOJ. And closing arguments begin in the trial of a former Uvalde school officer.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.21.26
Alabama
- Congressman Palmer talks Greenland and keeping it out of Chinese hands
- Sen. Britt asking for federal help in activating Mobile Bridge project
- SB 149 provides temporary teaching certificates for veterans in Alabama
- A north AL jury awards $256M to Drummond Co. in defamation lawsuit
- Former Navy SEAL Jarred Hudson will remain in GOP senate primary race
National
- President Trump is at World Economic Forum to talk about Greenland
- DOJ has issued subpoenas to state leaders in MN over obstruction of ICE
- DHS Noem says arrests are coming in MN re: church service invasion
- House Oversight Committee to vote today on holding Clintons in contempt
- CA Congressman says after look at fraud in MN, take a look at CA and be shocked
Money Girl - The Scholarship System: How to Graduate Debt-Free, with Jocelyn Pearson
This week, Laura interviews Jocelyn Pearson from The Scholarship System about how to reduce the cost of college and graduate debt-free.
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Getting Hammered® - Don Lemon, Mamdani, and Virginia’s New Gov Point the Way to Florida
In this episode of "Getting Hammered," hosts Mary Katharine Ham and Vic Matus dive into a variety of topics. Vic shares his observations from a journalism conference in Palm Beach, highlighting the peculiarities of the local dog-walking culture and the challenges of parenting teenagers left home alone. The conversation then shifts to current events, including the implications of recent ICE-related incidents and public reactions to immigration enforcement. They discuss the political landscape in Virginia, particularly the recent election outcomes and the new policies being introduced by the Democratic leadership, which they argue are detrimental to law-abiding citizens. The episode wraps up with a light-hearted discussion about college football. Plus, the potential for U.S. territorial expansion, specifically regarding Greenland, and whether the madman theory of Donald Trump is more mad than theory.
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New Books in Native American Studies - Emilie Connolly, “Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States” (Princeton UP, 2025)
From the earliest days of its founding, the United States set its sights on Native territory. Amid better-known “Indian wars,” the federal government quietly built an empire by treaty, offering payments to Native peoples for their land. Routinely inadequate, these payments were nonetheless pivotal because federal officials chose not to deliver them as a lump sum. Instead, the government kept the bulk of payments owed to Native nations under its own control as a trustee, and made access to future installments contingent on Native compliance. In Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States (Princeton UP, 2025), Dr. Emilie Connolly describes how a system of “fiduciary colonialism” seized a continent from its original inhabitants—and, ironically, furnished Native peoples with financial resources that sustained their nations.
Connolly documents two centuries of dispossession in the guise of fiduciary benevolence. Acting as both dispossessor and trustee, the federal government invested Native wealth in state bonds that financed banks, canals, and other infrastructural projects that enabled the country to expand further westward. Meanwhile, Native peoples protected the money they did receive for future generations, investing it in their own institutions and mounting legal challenges to hold their trustees accountable. Still, federal trusteeship placed tight constraints on Native economies with the aim of containing Native power, forcing nations to endure through sheer resilience and ingenuity. By chronicling the long history of Native land dispossession through financial paternalism, Vested Interests reveals the unequal dividends of colonialism in the United States.
This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda’s interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.
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