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seems like the kind of piece that should contain an acknowledgement that other people saw what this guy missed but no that isn't how establishment media types roll so it's just open contempt for people who saw clearly when he did not. welcome to the party, you don't have to be a dick about it.
January 25, 2026 at 7:41 PM
seems like the kind of piece that should contain an acknowledgement that other people saw what this guy missed but no that isn't how establishment media types roll so it's just open contempt for people who saw clearly when he did not. welcome to the party, you don't have to be a dick about it.
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Very difficult to read this as anything other than CEOs telling Walz that he should cave to what the administration wants so they’ll go away
INBOX: 60+ CEOs of Minnesota-based company call for "an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE in the letter.
No mention of ICE in the letter.
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Very difficult to read this as anything other than CEOs telling Walz that he should cave to what the administration wants so they’ll go away
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I am heading back to Minneapolis tomorrow morning to work on a more on-the-ground reported piece for the weekly edition, but this was my piece from yesterday
The Economist coverage is grim but this is exactly how it should be reported.
economist.com/united-state...
economist.com/united-state...
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I am heading back to Minneapolis tomorrow morning to work on a more on-the-ground reported piece for the weekly edition, but this was my piece from yesterday
the professional contrarians are trying to get right with god this weekend, huh
January 25, 2026 at 7:13 PM
the professional contrarians are trying to get right with god this weekend, huh
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January 25, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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i like this piece because it’s the kind of thing that usually goes on behind the scenes as a fact check or a writer researching a lead that doesn’t pan out
for the weekend crowd: I dug into a new podcast that pins a bunch of notorious murders on a long-dead Jewish man from San Diego. It's the ugliest true crime property in recent memory. [gift link] defector.com/michael-conn...
Michael Connelly Should Stick To Fake Crime | Defector
The origin of Michael Connelly’s new true crime podcast, Killer in the Code, was a rather far-fetched tip fielded by Rick Jackson, a retired detective from the Los Angeles Police Department. A self-de...
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January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
i like this piece because it’s the kind of thing that usually goes on behind the scenes as a fact check or a writer researching a lead that doesn’t pan out
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Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
January 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Washpost foreign correspondents plead with Bezos to keep the overseas bureaus alive.
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i do find it absolutely hilarious that the free market of idea people will immediately flail the minute you quote them making a silly take
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
i do find it absolutely hilarious that the free market of idea people will immediately flail the minute you quote them making a silly take
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Excellent reporting from @thetrace.org with even more in-depth context for immigration enforcement shootings.
Federal agents shot and killed a man who was filming ICE officers outside a donut shop in Minneapolis. It was at least the 19th incident in which immigration agents opened fire during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s immigration crackdown. Know of one? Please be in touch.
www.thetrace.org
January 25, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Excellent reporting from @thetrace.org with even more in-depth context for immigration enforcement shootings.
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Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Scoop: Trump admin plans to remove ~400 individuals, including children and families, to Mexico in first known restart of controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy during Trump’s 2nd term, sources tell me and Jake Traylor @ms.now
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
They’re set to be removed as early as Tuesday from TX and AZ to Mexico
we kid here on bsky but the 2020 protests hurt trump and favored biden because of reactions like this
Oh no, the admin has lost Jason Calzone
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
we kid here on bsky but the 2020 protests hurt trump and favored biden because of reactions like this
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Oh no, the admin has lost Jason Calzone
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Oh no, the admin has lost Jason Calzone
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January 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Community. Metal type buildings in collaboration with a wood type foundation. #letterpress www.starshaped.com/8x10prints/c...
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I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
January 25, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I spent the most formative years of my political life reading headlines like this seemingly every week.
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These things were happening *during* the Trump administration; empirically public opinion was shifting left over the course of his term. He loses in 2020 at peak woke. This story works by retconning an inflation and immigration election into one about what college students were doing years prior.
I’m going to repeat myself but: some who objected to these things did so precisely because they saw them as driving people to the Trumpian right, or as weakening defences against that outcome.
Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
These things were happening *during* the Trump administration; empirically public opinion was shifting left over the course of his term. He loses in 2020 at peak woke. This story works by retconning an inflation and immigration election into one about what college students were doing years prior.
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Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Comer on Fox right now urging Trump to pull ICE out of Minneapolis to *punish* Minnesotans — will prove to the state how good it was to have ICE there! This is really some 5-D chess
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Eleanor Holmes Norton won’t seek reelection as DC delegate
Eleanor Holmes Norton won’t seek reelection as DC delegate
The 88-year-old Democrat had been facing mounting calls to step down.
dlvr.it
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Eleanor Holmes Norton won’t seek reelection as DC delegate
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when both barstool bros and kurt warner are voicing disgust, the outrage at ICE has truly broken containment across a spectrum
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
when both barstool bros and kurt warner are voicing disgust, the outrage at ICE has truly broken containment across a spectrum
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A @nytimes.com video analysis shows that after agents restrained Alex Jeffrey Pretti & removed his gun from the skirmish, an agent appears to fire 4 shots at Petri.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
A @nytimes.com video analysis shows that after agents restrained Alex Jeffrey Pretti & removed his gun from the skirmish, an agent appears to fire 4 shots at Petri.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
That agent & another then fire 6 more shots at Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.
conor just wanted legislators to dictate what’s taught at state universities, not for anyone to get hurt
January 25, 2026 at 2:21 PM
conor just wanted legislators to dictate what’s taught at state universities, not for anyone to get hurt
“managerial illiberalism” is rolling around in my brain like the last gumball in the machine
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“managerial illiberalism” is rolling around in my brain like the last gumball in the machine
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Bovino repeatedly calling Pretti “a suspect” on CNN.
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Bovino repeatedly calling Pretti “a suspect” on CNN.
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it's pretty good drama
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 PM
it's pretty good drama