Will Bunch

I don't like to talk about stories before they are fully reported, but I am writing on ICE in a Minnesota town that isn't Minneapolis. However bad you think it is, it is worse. It is a campaign of pure terror whose only strategic goal is more terror. There is no strategy other than to break people.

A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.

Democratic Upset in Deep Red Texas District Rattles Republicans

How often do we wake up to good news? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.

Portland.

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @dennisgoris.bsky.social )

I believe that's correct

I knew Donald Barr, the dad. He was headmaster of my school (post-Dalton) my junior and senior years, in the mid-1970s. Strange man

To Krasnov from Krasnodar

In a bizarre coincidence, Barr also as AG oversaw the federal Bureau of Prisons, where Epstein, um, died

DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

It's now clear to even the most gullible that "softened tone" & "pivot" were regime propaganda. Is there a mea culpa from the collaborators in media who disseminated this?

NYTimes led the field w/a breakdown of how/why the "tone softened".

At what point is it appropriate to use the term "vichy"?

An Open Letter to Journalists and Citizens The arrests of Don Lemon, a Democratic political candidate, and activists demand an immediate national response.

The arrests of Don Lemon, a Democratic political candidate, and activists demand an immediate national response. Read my letter here... and let's take action!
www.blueamp.co/p/an-open-le...

A dorm with a sign saying They can’t kill us all

George Washington University, 1970 student protest against the shootings at Kent State and Jackson State.

From Russia With Love

A South Philly block with unplowed ice and snow covering the street and piled up on the sidewalk

my people yearn for freedom

The next Jesse Armstrong movie just dropped

Greg Abbott halts H-1B visas at Texas universities, agencies The governor said public universities and state agencies may not seek new visas without permission through the end of the 2027 legislative session.

The governor of Texas is rapidly turning world-class universities into minor regional ones. Example:

Found a BBC article about the practice. I didn't know that the playing cards the Bush admin used to designate terrorists had Saddam Hussein on an ace of spades card

www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

Larry King voice:

"Don Lemon is in that car..."

Judge chastises Trump administration attorney in hearing over dismantled President’s House exhibits The city wants the judge to order that no more exhibits be removed and that the already-removed exhibits be protected as the litigation continues.

The Inq's @abgutman.bsky.social @fallonroth.bsky.social were at today's argument in the City of Philadelphia's efforts to restore truthful signage about George Washington and slavery at the President's House site. No ruling yet, but Judge Rufe (GWB nom) did not seem pleased with the WH's arguments.

Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable

dear god: "plays like a gilded trash remake of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest"

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

Ignore me, I'm an idiot, as this was apparently a soccer writer's lament that other sports don't follow suit

Never post before 9 am

🚨 The new year has brought what everyone warned us about: FBI raids on a journalist’s home in DC & now the arrest of a former CNN anchor & journalist who was covering a story at a church in Minnesota. This is a critical moment for journalism.

The First Amendment is being shredded by Trump.

What if I told you some of us predicted this back in 2002?

The only crime Don Lemon ever committed was public drunkenness on New Year's Eve

Dude, just become a soccer fan and your problem is solved

CBS, Post blind themselves when America needs eyes on the ground |Will Bunch Two iconic U.S. newsrooms slash reporting and stress opinion writing even as Minnesota proves the need for factual journalism.

I hate newsroom layoffs, but they did this to themselves

CBS News and Washington Post choose worst possible moment to lay off reporters, stress punditry - right as the streets of Minneapolis are showing how journalism can beat back government lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/cbs-...

Post from Yale University with a link to Yale News and a photo of David Brooks with text reading "Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1. Read more in Yale News"

Post from The Atlantic Communications with a link to a press release about David Brooks, pictured, with text reading "We’re excited to announce that David Brooks is joining The Atlantic as a staff writer. The Atlantic will be the home for all of his writing, and he will also host a new weekly video podcast that will launch later this spring"

Most media headlines right now are like "We are laying off 2/3 of our staff and also the president is our ombudsman now" but somehow David Brooks got two new jobs in one day