Links For Today Posted on January 17, 2026 by The Editor As fighting continues in Pokrovsk and Kupyansk, Russia bears down on Ukraine’s main remaining Donbas strongholds. Iran Taunts Trump, Promises More Intense Crackdown. “Trump always talks a lot of nonsense,” top Tehran prosecutor says; the regime won’t halt executions. ‘Staring over the edge’: South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week. More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are “actively infected.” The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
