Here is the GPL News Brief for January 28th, 2026:
* Iran Killed Thousands of Protesters. Here Are Five of Their Stories.
* FBI searches Fulton County election hub in connection with Trump’s 2020 election loss
* ICE Sparks International Fight After Trying to Enter Ecuador Consulate
* By Trying to Enter the Ecuadorian Consulate, ICE Has Reached a New Level of Entitlement
* Washington Post reporters implore Bezos to #SaveThePost ahead of expected layoffs
* CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff ‘we’re toast’ if they continue on current path
* Stephen Miller Pulls Stunning 180 on Alex Pretti Killing
* 2 Agents Who Shot Pretti Are on Leave
* Apple CEO Tim Cook Says “Deescalation” Needed In Minneapolis, Says He Shared His Views With Trump
* Tim Cook Joins Sam Altman In Addressing ICE Crackdown—Urges ‘Deescalation’
* A Reckoning for the Tech Right (gift article!)
* A man attacks Ilhan Omar, the Somali-born congresswoman whom Trump calls “trash,” in Minneapolis.
* Man arrested in the attack on Ilhan Omar has a criminal history and made pro-Trump posts
* Yup. Trump Suggested Ilhan Omar Staged Her Own Attack in Minneapolis.
* Trump hangs picture of himself and Putin in White House - above photo of his granddaughter (like…what the actual f*ck)
* TikTok faces app deletions, censorship claims and glitches in days after its ownership change
* Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
* Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama ‘horrified’ by Minnesota shootings
* Breanna Stewart protests Minneapolis shooting with sign
* The Return of Athlete Outrage
* Trump Forgets the Word for “Alzheimer’s” While Insisting His Memory Is Fine
* Bruce Springsteen releases anti-ICE protest song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
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