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There should really be snowman building and snowball fight in the Winter Olympics

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

We are absolutely going to see sold out theaters for the Melania doc this weekend with zero actual people attending…

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

If we get out of this schools, hospitals and other places should bear their names.

Give the entire ICE budget to teachers.

All of the current employees need to be fired too. And nobody can be hired for immigration enforcement that has ties to supremacist groups, J6, or anything else that indicates a history of violence and racism.

Media needs to start prefacing every statement from this administration with “Known and Frequent Liars say…”

The media person tasked with TikTok ads for the new Melania movie knew exactly what they were doing by leaving comments on…

They murder a man in cold blood and wait around to watch him die. There is no hell hot enough. Abolish DHS. Impeach, convict, remove. Trials as soon as possible.

Arrest the ice officers now.

Ice officers answer the question of what if a school shooter didn’t go through with it and instead barely graduated high school and got their dream job.

Box office failure recently has been attributed mostly to the cost of the theater but it seems like a big factor is that so many people don’t have the emotional energy to spend on dark and sad movies.

The first 28 years later was both (& great) but it’s hard to sell sad in a depressing world.

#AbolishICE I guess AI is good for generating something...

A little levity in awful times:

My wife was homeschooled and then went to an all girl private high school. The topic of pooping at school came up and she is flabbergasted that me and all of my public school friends responded that we tried our damndest to never take a shit at school.

Anyone else? 🚽

a man is using a dell computer while a woman looks on ALT: a man is using a dell computer while a woman looks on

If one tech/software company went all in on being AI free and had good data and privacy policies they could crush much in the same way “organic” became a premium feature for food.

They could even probably charge more by NOT investing in and forcing AI on their users.

"KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS: You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. You have the right to photograph or film anything in plain view, including federal buildings and law enforcement, so long as you are not trespassing or violating a lawful order. You should not interfere with the actions of the government officials you are recording. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement officer at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney-no matter your citizenship or immigration status."

"If you interact with ICE in public: Ask if you are free to leave. If so, you may calmly walk away. You have the right to refuse consent to a search. You have the right to remain silent. You do not have to discuss your immigration status with anyone, such as about where you were born, whether you are a citizen, or how you entered the country. If you have valid immigration documents, you should show them. Never provide fake documents. If you are arrested, say that you wish to remain silent until speaking with a lawyer. You have the right to record your interaction with immigration agents as long as you do not interfere."

If you're taking to the streets to protest, know your rights.

Abolish ICE.

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

“My car’s making a weird noise, the warning lights are on, and it shakes over 50 mph. I’m driving it to the mechanic.”

MAGA: “Your car’s fine if it drives! Wait until it won’t start to drive it in, you dumb liberal.”

That’s basically every MAGA comment under posts about the #NoKings protest.

A good way to know that someone shouldn’t win a Peace prize is if people are fearful of what that person will do if they don’t win the prize.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Dear rich liberals, can you please buy some of the media and social media networks? Having them all owned by right wing billionaires is not going well.

Trying to cancel my Hulu/disney+ and the cancel subscription button just times out without canceling 🤔

When people dismiss historical atrocities like slavery as “a different time” and culturally acceptable back then, I think they are just excusing themselves for current atrocities like targeting trans people & immigrants.

Eventually they’ll claim now was a different time and they didn’t know better.

P.s. we should all be talking about the dropping crime numbers in amazement given the conditions of increasing wealth inequality, a broken healthcare system, and an economic and environmental path we are on that leaves many younger Americans seeing no positive future for themselves.

Not letting them off the hook but social has added so much fuel to that fire. Local news Facebook posts and comments are also such a cesspool of hate and disinformation.

Absolutely