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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press

Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.

“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"

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9AM Press Conference at 1930 Beach St

You don’t have to swallow frogs Klein and Coates show that if you don’t know what your core beliefs are, you’re going to get played.

I really appreciated this thoughtful piece about Ta-Nehisi Coates & Ezra Klein. Andrea Pitzer says “lost” folks like Klein “don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history and what it is exactly that they’re doing”. [degenerateart.beehiiv.com]

It certainly appears the United States murdered an innocent fisherman who was a husband and father to four children, claimed he was a "narco-terrorist," posted a video of the execution, and then made jokes about it

another good one:
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Breaking: Crawford beats Canelo to take super middleweight title – as it happened
Crawford beats Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision to win undisputed super-middleweight title....
Via Al Jazeera
#Alvarez #Canelo #Middleweight
What's your take on this?

Crawford conquers Alvarez to become undisputed super middleweight champ Terence Crawford clinched a unanimous victory over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to become the undisputed super middleweight champion in a thrilling contest at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday.

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Deadspin | Bud Crawford Is An Anomaly Deadspin | Bud Crawford Is An Anomaly

With Canelo-Crawford tomorrow night, it’s a good time to re-post the most prescient article that I (or any boxing writer, for that matter) ever wrote.

CC: @timmarchman.bsky.social

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Terence Crawford the legend.

Greatest boxer of our era.

Mourinho ripping off his headset

Every week I forget that Kirk Herbstreit is on the Thursday Night Football broadcast.

A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe. ⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️💙⚜️

She was there before Little Richard, Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley swiveled their hips and strummed their guitars.

41 years ago
The Minutemen, Eugene, Oregon, "The Campaign Trail '84" tour, July 1984.

Photo by Hank Trotter

#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #minutemen #dboon #mikewatt #history #punkrockhistory

Dyson Daniels with the easiest rebound of his life.

YouTube video by GHLab MAGIC SAM - LOOKING GOOD - BEST LIVE VERSION

Still the best 2 minutes 21 seconds of electric guitar ever caught on film. Magic Sam playing Earl Hooker's cheap-ass Japanese Les Paul copy with flower power stickers on it, live in Europe back in the 1960s. The tone is in his fingers. Good lord, it's GREASY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Q9...

1949: Tom Waits 75 great Tom Waits moments for the great mans 75 birthday

Happy 75th birthday, Tom Waits.

In no particular order, here are 75 great Tom Waits performances, lyrics, songs, quips, quotes and roles. Could have done 75 more.

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YouTube video by TMoQ Pancho and Lefty

Link your number one* live single-song Bob Dylan performance YouTube video in the replies. Bonus points for saying why it's your top choice today.

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For me: Pancho & Lefty w Willie Nelson. Perfect pairing, full of character, and his '93 voice is just right for the song.

88 years ago today, Robert Johnson stepped into a San Antonio hotel room and changed music forever. His first recording session and recorded blues classics like 'Sweet Home Chicago,' 'Terraplane Blues,' and 'I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom.' The birth of a legend.

Newspaper story on Scott Joplin with a large image of sheet music for his big hit The Entertainer

hbd to prolly my fave ragtime composer scott joplin

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One of the most difficult reckonings of this election is that the incentives we thought inspired voting choices - a better life for your family etc - may not be as decisive as the desire to inflict cruelty on outgroups. Explanations that don't grapple w/this point read to me like liberal wishcasting

Forced to be an optimist -James Baldwin