Friday, January 23, 2026

There is no justifying this

When Donald Trump promised a new Golden Age, I didn't expect it would involve low-rent-mall-cop ICE agents nabbing angel-faced 5-year-old children. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Fri Jan 23 2026

 
A photo showing 5-year-old Liam Ramos being detained by a federal immigration agent in Minnesota.

When Donald Trump promised a new Golden Age, I didn't expect it would involve low-rent-mall-cop ICE agents nabbing angel-faced 5-year-old children.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Jasionka, Poland, in 2025.
 

How 'Mar-a-Lago face' helped me appreciate aging gracefully

What politicians have a Mar-a-Lago face? Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is often highlighted as the poster child for the look.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters as he rides an escalator at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington, DC.
 

I survived Texas' deadly winter storm. I'm not focused on Ted Cruz.

I'm too concerned with my family's well-being as the big winter storm approaches to worry about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's whereabouts.

Keiva Delaney cleans snow from a sidewalk on Hodge Avenue during a winter storm on Nov. 29, 2025, in Ames, Iowa.
 

Are you worried about the winter storm? Tell us how you're preparing.

My wife and I are preparing for what forecasters say could be 'great swaths' of heavy snow and freezing rain during this winter storm. What about you?

President Donald Trump declared peace is not "purely" his priority after Nobel Peace Prize snub as he defends tariffs over Greenland control.
 

71% of Americans agree: We're 'out of control' under Trump

A new poll from The Economist/YouGov found a staggering 71% of Americans feel like the country is 'out of control.' Trump is to blame.

USA TODAY columnist Sara Pequeño, age 18 in 2016.
 

Trump or not, I'd take 2026 over 2016 any day

I'm still happier being who I am in 2026 – and that was only because of the emotional rollercoaster that was 2016.

Ariana Grande, left, and Cynthia Erivo star in
 

I don't think 'Wicked' needs any more Oscars

'Wicked: For Good' earned a whopping zero Oscar nominations, and the presumed snub brings blessed relief for at least one clear message it sends.

Greenland's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, waves the Greenlandic flag during a protest against President Donald Trump in Nuuk on Jan. 17, 2026.
 

What's the upside to taking Greenland? There really isn't one.

Context is important. China and Russia's Arctic presence is no doubt something to monitor, but there is no five-alarm fire.

According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's news release on Nov. 17, 2025, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division seized about 1.7 million counterfeit fentanyl pills from a storage facility in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch. It's the largest one-time seizure of counterfeit pills in Colorado history, and the sixth-largest, single seizure of suspected fentanyl pills in U.S. history.
 

If Trump wants to stop fentanyl, he's starting in the wrong place

The center of fentanyl production is not Caracas. It is in the 'golden triangle' region in northern Mexico, which is the Sinaloa Cartel's stronghold.

Protesters rally at a federal building in Minneapolis on Jan. 17, 2026, against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
 

Trump's hypocrisy: Threaten US protesters but praise 'Iranian Patriots'

If only Trump cared as much about the civil rights of protesters in the streets of America as he does about the protesters in the streets of Iran.

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