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During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
And, tonight, the network's flagship news program -- 60 Minutes -- ran a clip show of old celeb interviews to "celebrate the movies" rather than put together an episode focused on what's going on in Minnesota.
The person who publishes the Free Press — where the words “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” never appear tonight — also runs CBS News.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake
i feel for all the radical centrists out there now confronting the fact that their ideology was the one built in a bubble and formed by groupthink. with enough exposure to facts and logic they will, some day god willing, catch up to the left
January 25, 2026 at 7:45 PM
i feel for all the radical centrists out there now confronting the fact that their ideology was the one built in a bubble and formed by groupthink. with enough exposure to facts and logic they will, some day god willing, catch up to the left
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Bookmark that Vice President and future presidential candidate JD Vance retweeted a post that said Alex Pretti was “an assassin who tried to murder federal agents.”
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January 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Okay live in-game chat starts in five. Attach a screenshot of your donation to any anti-ICE/Nazi shit to your Q for extra love
The only people calling them “paid protestors” are those who can’t fathom caring about your neighbors and your country so much that you’re willing to put your life on the line to stand up to fascist thugs.
It seems clear Alex Pretti, a healthcare worker, was murdered for engaging in the exact kind of community care we hope all care workers to embody: the kind that doesn’t stop at the threshold of the hospital, the clinic, but that aims to care for and support the community where and how they can
January 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The only people calling them “paid protestors” are those who can’t fathom caring about your neighbors and your country so much that you’re willing to put your life on the line to stand up to fascist thugs.
Mamdani: "To first take a moment about Mpls. It is horrific what we have seen there. And I think that there are too many Americans who are being asked to not believe their own eyes, not believe their own ears, not believe their own realities." (This interview was conducted before Pretti killing)
January 25, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Mamdani: "To first take a moment about Mpls. It is horrific what we have seen there. And I think that there are too many Americans who are being asked to not believe their own eyes, not believe their own ears, not believe their own realities." (This interview was conducted before Pretti killing)