Thune dismisses prospect of military seizure
of Greenland
Posted By: Mercedes44, 1/7/2026 6:35:56 AM
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday dismissed the prospect of deploying the military to seize mineral-rich Greenland, even though top White House adviser Stephen Miller declared the ice-covered territory should rightfully belong to the U.S. “I think that’s probably getting the cart ahead of the horse. I don’t see military action being an option there,” Thune said of a possible U.S. takeover of Greenland after President Trump deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro over the weekend. Thune noted he led a congressional delegation to Denmark, which controls Greenland, last year. “I led a delegation in August, of senators, and one of our stops was in Copenhagen.
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And despite the fact 80 percent of Greenland is under a 1.6-mile-deep ice cap, the place is currently hot. Since his return to office in 2025, President Donald Trump has made it very clear he wants the vast frozen land to become part of the US.
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But given almost the entire of the frozen island is uninhabitable, why?
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Armed Venezuela motorcycle gangs hunt
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Trump supporters, claim it’s a ‘government directive’ 7 replies
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‘regime’ ‘has my vote’ 30 replies
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“[O]fficers tugged at the driver's side door handle and the woman began
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In the footage being widely circulated on social media from varying angles, ICE officers approach a plum-colored Honda Pilot and order the driver out of the vehicle after she blocked the path of their truck.
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Homeland Security posted to X, “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism.”
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"One of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism," the statement reads. "An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers."
Lawsuit accuses Chicago-based McDonald's
of deception on grounds that McRib has
no rib meat 19 replies
of deception on grounds that McRib has
no rib meat 19 replies
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising. (snip) The lawsuit said McDonald's has "cultivated a sense of anticipation around the McRib, leveraging its scarcity to drive sales across its many locations."
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Tuesday on MS NOW’s “The Beat,” Democratic strategist James Carville predicted Democrats will “have a massive win” in the November midterms.
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