2025-12-28 22:27:16
Not-so-pro publica, then. https://union.place/@propublicaguild/115736214313145243 https://union.place/@p…
Not-so-pro publica, then. https://union.place/@propublicaguild/115736214313145243 https://union.place/@p…
The First Triple Radio Active Galactic Nucleus in an Ongoing Galaxy Merger: #AGN / Radio Black Hole Trio Lights Up in Rare Galaxy Merger: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/555300/unique-discovery-astronomers-identify-first-triple-radio-agn / https://public.nrao.edu/news/radio-black-hole-trio-lights-up-in-rare-galaxy-merger/ - first confirmed system of three radio-bright active galactic nuclei reveals how supermassive black holes grow as galaxies collide.
Best gas masks (Sarah Jeong/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868571/best-gas-masks
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p57#a260129p57
Two new #comets were just announced, none of them will be become bright, though: see http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005660.txt and earlier https://www.facebook.com/sunguoyou.cn/posts/pfbid02QpZCmEwZYA7B99frLj2Fb1AZ4LGj4eAs9KGERQWRNyjHz6XBg2dr1PcdwZaU4PJrl for C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) and http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005659.txt for P/2026 B1 (PANSTARRS).
RE: #redshift measured spectroscopically hailed in this press release as well as in https://esawebb.org/news/weic2603/ and https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_gazes_further_back_in_time has been published in May 2025 as https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11263 (appearing on ArXiv counts as a publication in today's academic landscape) and made some headlines then, including by yours truly: https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/resiliences-mond-punch-fur-alle-pslv-versagt/ ("Neuer spektroskopischer Rotverschiebungs-Rekord: z=14.44").
Probing jet base emission of M87* with the 2021 #EventHorizonTelescope observation: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2026/02/aa57022-25/aa57022-25.html -> Probing the jet base of M87's supermassive black hole: https://eventhorizontelescope.org/news/2026/01/probing-jet-base-m87s-supermassive-black-hole-0 / https://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/pressreleases/2026/probing-the-jet-base-of-the-supermassive-black-hole-in-m87 - observations with the Event Horizon Telescope enable researchers to localize the likely base of the central outflow in a massive galaxy.
Jeffrey Epstein's Really Big Short (Craig Unger)
https://craigunger.substack.com/p/jeffrey-epsteins-really-big-short
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p93#a260128p93
The 2025 state of the #climate report - a planet on the brink: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf149/8303627 -> Earth’s vital signs worsen, science shows options for livable future: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/state-of-the-climate-2025-earths-vital-signs-worsen-science-shows-options-for-livable-future -> Our Planet’s Vital Signs are Crashing: https://eos.org/research-and-developments/2025-state-of-the-climate-report-our-planets-vital-signs-are-crashing
Rap artist Nicki Minaj pledges support for Trump accounts (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/trump-accounts-nicki-minaj.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p107#a260128p107
How Dems Can Tame ICE (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/how-dems-can-tame-ice-spending-shutdown-congress-minnesota
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p44#a260128p44
A Sharper View of the X-Ray Spectrum of MCG–6-30-15 with XRISM, XMM-Newton, and NuSTAR: #BlackHole: https://www.xrism.jaxa.jp/en/topics/science/1249/
Grindcore is the new hustle culture (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d0b7aafa-8498-4554-8bd9-e8a56e136096
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p54#a260129p54
An X-ray-Emitting Proto-Cluster at z ≈ 5.7 Reveals Rapid Structure Growth: #GalaxyCluster in Early Universe: https://chandra.si.edu/press/26_releases/press_012826.html
How legacy media fell for Trump's fake "pivot" in Minnesota (Popular Information)
https://popular.info/p/how-legacy-media-fell-for-trumps
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p58#a260128p58
Synchronized Eruptions on Io: Possible Evidence of Interconnected Subsurface Magma Reservoirs: #Io svela enormi serbatoi di magma interconnessi: https://www.globalscience.it/66736/uneruzione-vulcanica-senza-precedenti-su-io-svela-enormi-serbatoi-di-magma-interconnessi/ (there is also an English version of this press release which INAF/ASI mailed me but I just can't find it online).
Trump puts Republicans in a tough spot on gun rights (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/republicans-congress-gun-rights-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p11#a260128p11
ASASSN-24fw - Candidate Gas-rich Circumsecondary #Disk Occultation of a Mainsequence Star: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1fd9/pdf -> thread https://bsky.app/profile/aussiastronomer.bsky.social/post/3mdgvbmnlfc2k
Leading crypto PAC has already raised $193M for 2026 (Pete Gannon/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/crypto-coinbase-fairshake-pac
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p92#a260128p92
The First Radio View of a Type Ibn Supernova in SN 2023fyq - understanding the Mass-loss History in the Last Decade before the Explosion: #Supernova Reveal Star’s Final Years: https://as.virginia.edu/news/first-radio-signals-rare-supernova-reveal-stars-final-years
Republicans turn on Noem, demand resignation (Hans Nichols/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/republicans-kristi-noem-resignation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p8#a260128p8
Follow-up observations of peculiar dusty objects close to Sgr A* using ERIS: #BlackHole - research in Cologne shows stable orbits around Sagittarius A*: https://www.uni-koeln.de/en/university/news/news/news-detail/stars-defy-the-black-hole-research-in-cologne-shows-stable-orbits-around-sagittarius-a
The World Files for Economic Divorce from America (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-world-files-for-economic-divorce
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p33#a260129p33
Statistical Estimate of the Magnetopause Reconnection Rate as a Function of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field Clock Angle: #MagneticReconnection models validated by analysis of twenty years of measurements: https://www.irap.omp.eu/en/2026/01/magnetic-reconnection-models-validated-by-analysis-of-twenty-years-of-measurements/
The DHS crisis is squeezing Susan Collins (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/susan-collins-dhs-ice-shutdown-00751545
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p9#a260128p9
The JWST has looked at #comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) again, in four filters yesterday and today: from the raw images - https://yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_latest_release.html - comes this false color image, https://www.flickr.com/photos/197464132@N05/55012773369/
Donald Trump's top 25 lies of 2025 (Daniel Dale/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/analysis-donald-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/251227/p40#a251227p40
The Kresšks’ diagram - Hyperbolic #meteoroid orbits and their confidence level: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/09/aa54274-25/aa54274-25.html -> Meteore interstellari - quando l’orbita inganna: https://www.media.inaf.it/2026/01/28/meteore-interstellari/
Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans (Ken Klippenstein)
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ices-secret-watchlists-of-americans
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p108#a260128p108
Ten minutes til the launch of #Transporter15 in #Vandenberg with 140 (!) small satellites including the pay-per-view astronomical observatory #Mauve: https://www.spacex.com/launches/transporter-15 with a webcast at https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YqKDNLQdPAJV mirrored by https://watch.esa.int/Two/
ICE ends Maine surge, Sen. Collins says (Andrew Pantazi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/29/ice-maine-surge-susan-collins-kristi-noem
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p59#a260129p59
Trump's Texas troubles (Mike Lee/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/12/29/trumps-texas-troubles-00707260
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p32#a251229p32
Tillis 'thrilled' Trump called him 'loser' (Max Rego/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5712506-tom-tillis-donald-trump-criticism/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p75#a260129p75
The Tipping Point -- The accumulation of horrors finally breaks through (Mary L Trump/The Good in Us)
https://www.marytrump.org/p/the-tipping-point
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p158#a260127p158
Amy Klobuchar Is Running for Governor in Minnesota (Christa Dutton/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/2026-election/amy-klobuchar-governor-minnesota
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p32#a260129p32
Fed holds key interest rate steady as economic view improves (Jeff Cox/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/fed-rate-decision-january-2026.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p91#a260128p91
"The Order Was to Kill Everybody." (Charlie Sykes/To the Contrary)
https://charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-order-was-to-kill-everybody
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p49#a251129p49
Centrist liberals head for shock victory in Dutch election, exit poll says (Paul Kirby/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwvy4w875vo
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p142#a251029p142
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/11dc2140-6a5d-4536-b766-52c920affcc7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p53#a260129p53
Social Security's day of reckoning is nearly here (Neil Irwin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/29/social-security-trust-fund-2033
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p45#a251129p45
Catholic Church emerges as a bulwark of resistance (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/trump-immigration-pope-leo-catholic-church
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p99#a260128p99
Klobuchar launches bid for Minnesota governor (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5712254-klobuchar-launches-minnesota-governor-bid/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p31#a260129p31
Immigration is turning into a disaster for Trump (Lakshya Jain/The Argument)
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/immigration-is-turning-into-a-disaster
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p28#a260129p28
Trump says Fed chair decision coming next week (Victoria Guida/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/trump-fed-chair-decision-00755086
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p92#a260129p92
Cuba has '15 to 20 days' of oil left as Donald Trump turns the screws (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f15ac8c6-c76b-40a1-bb41-95abbed7d8aa
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p91#a260129p91
Some things you should know about Fulton County, Georgia (pbump)
https://www.pbump.net/o/some-things-you-should-know-about-fulton-county-georgia/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p139#a260128p139
Fox News Poll: An early look at the 2026 midterms (Victoria Balara/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-early-look-2026-midterms
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p130#a260129p130
Democrats Block Spending Package as D.H.S. Talks Continue (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/us/politics/democrats-dhs-spending.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p99#a260129p99
The State of FARA -- State legislatures are increasingly regulating foreign influence ... (Lawfare)
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-state-of-fara
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p98#a260128p98
More Epstein files coming soon, DOJ says, a month past deadline (April Rubin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/doj-epstein-files-release-near-term
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p85#a260128p85
Suddenly... President Trump Called John's Cell (James Flippin/77 WABC)
https://wabcradio.com/2025/12/26/suddenly-president-trump-called-johns-cell/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p30#a251228p30
Bizarre Trump fundraising email threatens MAGA donors: 'ICE will hunt you down' (Nicole Charky-Chami/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-maga-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p117#a260128p117
Trump Changes Course in Minneapolis (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/podcasts/the-daily/trump-minneapolis-ice-alex-pretti.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p43#a260128p43
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-recruiting-brochure-for-new
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p33#a251228p33
We Have Descended into Utter Madness (David Rothkopf/Need to Know)
https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/we-have-descended-into-utter-madness
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p54#a251129p54
Patel defends FBI raid as Georgia officials demand answers (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/29/kash-patel-fbi-georgia-fulton-county-raid-ballots
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p125#a260129p125
Minnesota CEOs Cry Crocodile Tears Over ICE (American Prospect)
https://prospect.org/2026/01/28/minnesota-ice-trump-ceo-big-beautiful-bill-alex-pretti/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p103#a260128p103
Trump says he'll 'probably' sue Fed chair Jerome Powell: 'A very incompetent man' (David Edwards/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-powell-2674835689/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p78#a251229p78
USCP Threat Assessment Cases for 2025 (United States Capitol Police)
https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/uscp-threat-assessment-cases-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p89#a260128p89
2030 Census Predictions Look Good for GOP (John Sexton/HotAir)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/01/28/2030-census-predictions-look-good-for-gop-n3811317
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p102#a260128p102
Scoop: Trump expects Panama Canal court win for "Donroe Doctrine" (Marc Caputo/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/29/trump-panama-canal-court-ruling-china
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p114#a260129p114
Representative Ilhan Omar Is Attacked at Town Hall in Minneapolis (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/us/ilhan-omar-town-hall-minnesota.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p54#a260128p54
Trump Threatens Iran With 'Massive Armada' and Presses a Set of Demands (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/trump-iran-armada.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p75#a260128p75
ICE's excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifested (pbump)
https://www.pbump.net/o/ices-excuse-for-wearing-masks-has-never-actually-manifested/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p84#a260129p84
Why West Africa is worth worrying about (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/27/nigeria-strikes-isis-mali-bamako-jnim/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251227/p39#a251227p39
Body cameras, warrants top list of Democrats' ICE demands (Stephen Neukam/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/senate-democrats-ice-demands-masks-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p101#a260128p101
House Republicans Had a Great Year (Mike Johnson/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/house-republicans-had-a-great-year-04efce46?st=VPBUJS
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p37#a251229p37
Another Top Kennedy Center Official Resigns (Ashley Ahn/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center-resignation.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p4#a260129p4
Bloomberg Gives $1.5 Million to Pro-Cuomo Super PAC (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/nyregion/bloomberg-cuomo-super-pac.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p140#a251029p140
Trump says U.S. destroyed loading dock in Venezuela (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/29/trump-venezuela-strike-comment/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p73#a251229p73
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Democrats and White House Reach Deal to Avoid Shutdown (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/29/us/trump-news
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p127#a260129p127
FBI agents search election hub in Fulton County, Georgia (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-agents-search-election-hub-in-fulton-county-georgia
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p87#a260128p87
New polling memo urges Senate Dems to 'play hardball' on ICE (Adam Wren/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/28/ice-polling-memo-searchlight-00751569
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p59#a260128p59
Border Patrol shoots human trafficking suspect in Arizona (Sophie Brams/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5710236-human-trafficking-suspect-shot/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p51#a260128p51
In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are (Amanda Marcotte/Salon)
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/29/in-2025-epstein-showed-maga-who-they-really-are/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p23#a251229p23
The investigation is the coverup -- Trump's "pivot" on Pretti is just a head fake. (Liz Dye/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/pretti-investigation-coverup
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p23#a260128p23
Democrats Announce 3 Key Demands For Curbing ICE (HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-ice-government-shutdown-dhs_n_697a7028e4b025706e868e94
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p29#a260129p29
Ilhan Omar sprayed with liquid at Minneapolis town hall (Aaron Pellish/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/ilhan-omar-sprayed-minneapolis-00751540
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p4#a260128p4
This is Literally the Job -- We are now one year into Donald Trump's second term ... (Parker Molloy/The Present Age)
https://www.readtpa.com/p/this-is-literally-the-job
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p164#a260127p164
US stocks eclipsed by rest of world in 2025 as investors diversify (Emily Herbert/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/10a8a099-5719-42ce-a2eb-edc3045a632f
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p29#a251229p29
How Dems should talk about immigration (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/01/28/how-dems-should-talk-about-immigration-00751652
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p17#a260128p17
ICE has ended 'enhanced' operations in Maine, Collins says (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/ice-ends-maine-operation-00754382
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p82#a260129p82
South Carolina Is America's New Measles Norm (Katherine J. Wu/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/01/measles-elimination-south-carolina/685773/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p3#a260128p3
Republicans Aren't Rushing to Defend Stephen Miller (Oriana Gonzšlez/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/immigration/republicans-stephen-miller-minnesota-response
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p129#a260128p129
National Guard orders in DC extended through February 2026 (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/politics/national-guard-dc-extension-february-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/251029/p141#a251029p141
Republicans Gave ICE a Slush Fund. Democrats Want to Limit It. (Michael Gold/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/politics/ice-funding-congress.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p112#a260128p112
Insane! CNN pundit still denies Charlie Kirk was killed by left-winger (Robby Soave/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5713308-tiffany-cross-proud-boys/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p94#a260129p94
Trump says 'makings of a deal' exist to end Ukraine war as he meets Zelenskyy in Florida (Hugh Son/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/28/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p36#a251228p36
Trump singles out Minnesota's Somali community after D.C. shooting (April Rubin/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/28/somali-immigrants-minnesota-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251128/p46#a251128p46
Senators block funding package amid DHS standoff (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/senators-block-funding-package-amid-dhs-standoff-00754927
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p80#a260129p80
Bari Weiss's new CBS hires include 'germ theory denialist' doctor (Jason Wilson/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/bari-weiss-cbs-mark-hyman
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p62#a260129p62
FBI's Search of Georgia Election Center Is "Dangerous," Experts Warn (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-fulton-county-voting-records-search-warrant
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p30#a260129p30
The big dreams behind 'Trump accounts' (Brian Faler/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/29/the-big-dreams-behind-trump-accounts-00666831
http://www.memeorandum.com/251129/p42#a251129p42
Janet Mills: Maine 'will not be intimidated' amid ongoing ICE surge (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/janet-mills-ice-raids-state-address-00751216
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p150#a260127p150
Trump says Americans will be "safe" as Venezuelan airspace reopens (Julianna Bragg/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/29/trump-commercial-flights-americans-venezuela
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p126#a260129p126
Putin was the missing man at Mar-a-Lago (Max Boot/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/29/putin-zelensky-trump-russia-ukraine-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251229/p79#a251229p79
White House banks on Homan to help avert shutdown (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/28/white-house-banks-on-homan-to-help-avert-shutdown-00754083
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p134#a260128p134
Judge Scolds Bondi for Publishing Photos of Protesters on Social Media (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/ice-protest-photos-bondi-social-media.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p3#a260129p3
Kristi Noem Is Holding Up More Than $1 Billion in Hazard Mitigation Funds (NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/kristi-noem-hazard-mitigation-funds-hold-fema
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p81#a260128p81
Trump Smears Ilhan Omar Right After Man Attacks Her With Syringe (Malcolm Ferguson/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/205792/trump-smears-ilhan-omar-town-hall-attack
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p50#a260128p50