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The Line Between Politics and Pro Wrestling Has Disappeared
Current Affairs • Jan 26, 2026

The Line Between Politics and Pro Wrestling Has Disappeared

Pro wrestling, for all its mass appeal, cultural influence, and undeniable profitability, is still dismissed as low-brow fare for the lumpen masses; another guilty pleasure to be shelved next to soap operas and true crime dreck. This elitist dismissal rests on a cartoonish assumption that wrestling fans are rubes, incapable of recognizing the staged spectacle in front of them. In reality, fans understand perfectly well that the fights are preordained. What bothers critics is that working-class audiences knowingly embrace a form of theater more honest than the “serious” news they consume.

Trump Unveils Investigation Into Ilhan Omar as His Team Torches Her
New Republic • Jan 26, 2026

Trump Unveils Investigation Into Ilhan Omar as His Team Torches Her

In the wake of yet another citizen being shot and killed in broad daylight by Donald Trump’s roving militia, the White House is now attempting to deflect blame by accusing Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar of fraud.Trump announced the so-called investigation on Truth Social Monday morning, claiming that there was no way the Democratic lawmaker could have so much money. “The DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars,” he wrote. “Time will tell all.”This accusation is coming from the same man who raked in at least $1.4 billion in the last year alone—at the American people’s expense. Omar wasted no time in dismissing Trump’s desperate finger-pointing. “Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking. Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of ‘investigations’ have found nothing,” she wrote on X. “Get your goons out of Minnesota.”Speaking at a White House press briefing later Monday, Karoline Leavitt doubled down on Trump’s baseless allegations. “The president raised a good question over the weekend, with respect to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who now has a net worth within the millions, and one must ask themselves why and how is that possible? Is she connected to the fraud rings we’ve seen taking place within her state, and her own district?” the press secretary said. “It’s a question the American people are raising, and the president believes it’s one worth answering.”Following the second deadly shooting by federal immigration officers just this month, the only question the American people are really asking is: When will you be out of a job, Karoline?Leavitt also repeated Trump’s claim that the widespread backlash to ICE’s wanton violence in Minnesota was merely a “cover up” for fraud. This absurd allegation is yet another example of the Trump administration attempting to hijack the language that describes its own actions, as the apparent cover-up of the senseless killing of Alex Pretti by Customs and Border Patrol agents is already underway.

Letterboxd Users Are Pre-Swarming the “Melania” Doc with Amazingly Mean Reviews
Mother Jones • Jan 26, 2026

Letterboxd Users Are Pre-Swarming the “Melania” Doc with Amazingly Mean Reviews

Jeff Bezos’s $40 million bribe of the Trumps, in the form of his Amazon-MGM-produced Melania documentary, is out in about 2,000 theaters across the country this Friday (5,000 worldwide, according to MarketWatch), backed by an inescapable $35 million advertising assault on the country’s airwaves and commuter transit. The Wall Street Journal reported that Melania will […]

BACKLASH: MTG, Tim Dillon, Dave Smith BREAK On ICE After Shooting
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Breaking Points • Jan 26, 2026

BACKLASH: MTG, Tim Dillon, Dave Smith BREAK On ICE After Shooting

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