Amy Widdowson

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Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

more arrests, please. and perhaps on this side of the pond, extra please.

Open Letter from Communications Leaders Defending Press Freedom Communicators call for the end of federal prosecution of journalists covering Minnesota protests and the protection of First Amendment rights.

I joined 60+ communicators and 14 PR firms in signing a Communications Leaders Defending Press Freedom letter, written in response to the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort the free exchange of information critical to our profession and an informed public.

commsforjournalists.org

LLMs are used professionally by people who are basically getting paid to use it. That’s the opposite relationship readers have with news they value enough to pay for.

Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away? Talk of boycotts have added to fears among the US tourism industry that foreign tourists will continue to stay away.

Foreign tourism to the U.S. fell 5.4% in 2025 while the rest of the world saw a 4% increase.

Canadian visits dropped nearly 30%. buff.ly/MSynHSJ

Millennials are having our mid-life crises in starter apartments, it’s rough out here.

i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.

This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.

It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.

the anxiety is my personality, my personality is the anxiety, nothing to see here.

BREAKING:

New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video:

"This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

Column | U.S. Olympic athletes expressing their views is as American as it gets American athletes in Italy are trying to handle their response to questions about, well, being American, thoughtfully and carefully.

Column: At the Milan Cortina Olympics, American athletes are trying to respond to questions about being American thoughtfully and carefully.

I quit booze nearly 11 years ago, no way in hell is some trend piece gonna take away one of the few chemical joys in my life.

Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?

Also, the Pussy Hats themselves may not have changed, but they were represnetative of a larger shift within politics where suburban white female voters with college degrees became increasingly more Democratic after they had historically been swing voters.

Fellow comms folks... what in the actual fuck are we doing...

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The power of mocking Trump’s pathetic monsters It's impossible to ignore the administration's blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.

We must MOCK them relentlessly writes @annamerlan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.

America 2026: Yesterday at the dog park, a lovely gentleman in a "deport the fascists" hat was handing out whistles and making sure everyone knew what to do if ICE showed up in the parking lot (calmly leash your dog, help others gather their dogs, leave through the back exit, record everything)

Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE 1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.

A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

Still haven’t gotten used to the fact that we have a president who frequently goes on insane, explicitly rants against vast swaths of people.

WHO THE FUCK COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING

YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS

did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus

maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with

Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.

This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.

Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.

A new statement from Epstein survivors:

"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."

I may have a stroke.

Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”

A PROTESTant.

I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.