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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.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 16, 2026

Signs Emerge Of U.S. Navy, Air Force Push To Middle East

An estimated 15,000 protesters have been killed, and tens of thousands have been rounded up as the regime seeks to quell the largest uprising in years. “Around 20,000 protesters have been arrested in Iran since unrest began in late December

Security officials in Iran are carefully weighing their options on how to dole out violence to preserve an authoritarian system. It is an existential moment for any authoritarian regime, and one that Chinese leader Xi Jinping must be watching closely. He strongly believes the People’s Liberation Army must be prepared to defeat any enemies within the elite, among the Chinese population, or overseas. Given the military’s fundamental role in the designs of one of the world’s most powerful men, outside observers have watched carefully as rolling purges continue to hit high-ranking officers. Suddenly and unexpectedly, a few weeks ago a six-hour recording of the closed trial of Chinese general Xu Qinxian was published online. Xu was commander of the elite 38th Group Army in the early days of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 before he was removed for wavering when ordered to enforce martial law.

A generally healthy 63-year-old man in the New England area went to the hospital with a fever, cough, and vision problems in his right eye. His doctors eventually determined that a dreaded hypervirulent bacteria—which is rising globally—was ravaging several of his organs, including his brain.

The Clock Is Ticking for Glyphosate

Cloudflare, X and Other Things Down Today

According to The New York Times, “Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani. … It has become a problem.”

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 15, 2026

Oleksandr Kharchenko, director of Ukraine’s Energy Research Center, echoed the mayor, calling the energy situation in Kyiv unprecedented. “There has never been an attack anywhere in the world that destroys a city’s central heating system while it’s –15 degrees Celsius [five degrees Fahrenheit],” he said.

Qatar, Saudi Arabia lead efforts to influence Trump against US strike in Iran, sources tell ‘Post’

4.2-magnitude earthquake recorded in southern Israel; no reports of injuries

Did Iran’s Currency Collapse? Rial Plummets to “0.00” Against Euro While Inflation & Protests Escalate Across the Country

An Eyewitness Look at Venezuela After the Capture of Maduro

Colorado Democrats Introduce Bill to Strip Parents of Rights on the Transing of Kids

Age of Invention: Tudor Trade War

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 14, 2026

Zelensky declares state of emergency in Ukraine’s energy sector amid efforts to repair widespread damage from Russian strikes

Trump Claims Iran Has Stopped Killing Protestors

U.S. Tells Citizens to ‘Leave Iran Now’ as 15,000 Protesters Feared Killed in Regime Crackdown

China Floods the Global Auto Market with Gasoline Vehicles

Verizon resolves network outage issue that affected hundreds of thousands

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Trump Tells Protesters “Help Is On Its Way,” Cuts Off Negotiations With Regime

Starlink tries to stay online in Iran as regime jams signals during protests

Poland is on track to surpass Japan in real GDP per capita (PPP).

R.I.P. – Dilbert Creator and Early Trump Supporter Scott Adams Passes Away at 68

Reg E is not uniformly loved in the financial industry. In particular, there has been a concerted effort by banks to renegotiate the terms of it with respect to Zelle in particular. This is principally because Zelle has been anomalously expensive, as Reg E embeds a strong, intentionally bank-funded anti-fraud regime, but Zelle does not monetize sufficiently to pay for it. And thus a history lesson, a primer, and an explanation of a live public policy controversy.

35 Theses on the WASPs

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 12, 2026

Israeli intelligence estimates that at least 1,000 Iranians have already been killed in the wave of protests sweeping the country. Even by moderate assessments, the current death toll has surpassed that of the 2022 protests, which began after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of the regime’s ‘Morality Police’ for disregarding the hijab law.

The Cyber Wars that Weren t

Spanish Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Wild Boars Renews Biosafety Concerns. A disturbing clash between evidence that points away from a lab leak and the uneasy reality that a reference strain used in nearby high‑containment labs somehow appeared in the forest.

Overhauling Air Traffic Control Involves 5,000 Locations And 600 Radar Systems: Here’s What To Know

The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your data

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Syrian army besieges Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo following clashes

With protests surging across cities and towns across Iran, the regime has reportedly unleashed foreign fighters to crack down on protesters. The U.S. State Department raised the alarm about Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iraqi terror militia set loose on Iranians.

Lamenting the Liberal Order That Never Was

The day the cloud went out

17 House Republicans Join Democrats to Restore Obamacare Subsidies Extension