The Guardian UK:
"Repatriate the gold: German economists advise withdrawal from US vaults. Shift in relations and unpredictability of Donald Trump make it ‘risky to store so much gold in the US’, say experts.

Emanuel Mönch, a leading economist and former head of research at Germany’s federal bank, the Bundesbank, called for the gold to be brought home, saying it was too 'risky' for it to be kept in the US under the current administration.

'Given the current geopolitical situation, it seems risky to store so much gold in the US,' he told the financial newspaper Handelsblatt. 'In the interest of greater strategic independence from the US, the Bundesbank would therefore be well advised to consider repatriating the gold.'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/24/repatriate-the-gold-german-economists-advise-withdrawal-from-us-vaults

-->This story didn't make it into the NYT. Perhaps because it shows how disruptive Trump's assaults against our allies really are. The empire's newspaper.

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Common Dreams:
"Meta, Google Under Fire for Letting ICE Run ‘White Nationalist-Inspired Propaganda’ to Recruit Agents.

A pair of House Democrats on Thursday demanded that the tech behemoths Google and Meta stop allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to use their platforms to bolster the Trump administration’s efforts to recruit agents for its mass deportation campaign and lawless assault on communities across the United States.

In letters to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Reps. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) wrote that they are 'alarmed by recent reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has partnered' with the tech giants 'as part of a large-scale campaign that uses white nationalist-inspired propaganda to recruit immigration enforcement agents.' ”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/meta-google-ice

-->It is also worrisome that our top newspapers didn't cover this story. When we finally wake up to our fascist state, we will have to blame the NYT for not seeing it coming. Does the "Newspaper of Record" know something the rest of the county does not?
 
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Aljazeera:
"Palestinian rights advocates are raising charitable donations in the name of American football player Azeez Al-Shaair, who was fined by the National Football League for displaying an anti-genocide message on his nose tape.

Nimrah Riaz, founder of Siraat Strategies, a sports consulting firm focused on Muslims, said people in the community wanted to turn the $11,593 penalty against the Houston Texans’ linebacker into something positive.

Al-Shaair wore nose tape captioned 'Stop the Genocide' during a pre-game TV interview last week, without specifically referring to a particular conflict. But the message was widely understood to be about the atrocities in Gaza and Sudan.
'If Azeez was going to use his platform to stand up for humanity, and there was going to be a financial consequence, instead of that moment ending in punishment, the community chose to redirect it, so we can all collectively raise funds towards Palestine and Sudan for those who actually need it,' Riaz told Al Jazeera."
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/1/22/azeez-al-shaairs-anti-genocide-note-muslims-tackle-nfl-fine-with-charity

-->The Western Media didn't cover this story. Imagine getting upset about a nose tape and doing nothing about the 20,000 Palestinian children slaughtered in Gaza.