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The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

-Montesquieu

‘I am a bird of misfortune’: Danish filmmaker is always where it happens – for the past year he has been in Greenland

Frederik Bjerre Andersen © DR.dk
January 26, 2026

In recent weeks, Greenland has made daily headlines in Denmark – and across most of the world.

But Danish documentary director Christoffer Guldbrandsen has already been filming in Greenland for a year. Here he follows political developments and, not least, Greenland’s Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

The resulting film will be the second part of a trilogy. The first part was the film ‘A Storm Foretold’ , in which Guldbrandsen followed Donald Trump’s advisor Roger Stone while the foundation for the ‘stop the steal’ campaign was being laid .

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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

-Montesquieu

Minneapolis: Don’t be Fooled, the Siege Continues

Steve Perry © CounterPunch
January 31, 2026

Minneapolis.

Wednesday night, more than 48 hours after Tom Homan came to Minneapolis to stanch the bloody headlines, state Attorney General Keith Ellison confirmed to CNN that the feds still had not handed over the names of the two masked men who shot Alex Pretti nine or 10 times while the rest of their goons held him down. If you’re in a hurry, that’s about as much as you need to know about what’s changed here since the abrupt exile of tiny Nazi clothes horse and made-to-order fall guy Greg Bovino.

Thursday morning Homan made a speech and took questions in his first local appearance. The talk was larded with assurances of “great progress” in his dealings with Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Ellison; he magnanimously conceded, sotto voce, that perhaps a mistake or two had been made by federal stormtroopers. He admitted at the outset that the state Department of Corrections was honoring ICE detainers and turning over inmates as prescribed by law, a point that Bovino and Kristi Noem had lied about so often that the DOC built a webpage to correct those lies. What a guy! No wonder Walz, ever a sucker for good manners—only recall his disastrous coopting by JD Vance in their VP debate—told an interviewer Homan “is law enforcement and he knows right from wrong.”

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There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

-Montesquieu

Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long?

Mehdi Hasan © Zeteo.com
January 31, 2026

Less than three minutes into my November 2023 interview with Mark Regev, then spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on MSNBC’s Peacock streaming service, he became agitated and began interrupting me.

“The ‘Hamas-controlled’ Ministry of Health,” he interjected, after I cited figures from the Gaza Health Ministry on the number of Palestinians killed since Oct 7. “No, you can’t say that. You have to say the ‘Hamas-controlled’ Health Ministry… Please, tell the viewers the truth. That information is provided by Hamas.”

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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

-Montesquieu

The Farcical Case Against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for Protest Reporting

David Bralow © The Intercept
January 30, 2026

The FACE Act was written with a very specific purpose: to protect those seeking abortions without restricting First Amendment-protected speech. Passed in 1994 under President Bill Clinton, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act arose after a horrific string of attacks on reproductive care facilities and providers across the United States.

Two decades later, the Trump administration is twisting this law to chill dissent by prosecuting journalists for the crime of reporting.

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