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my name is elon musk, king of kings: look on my works, ye mighty, and despair
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- as soon as you become a political correspondent in America they take you into a little room in the White House and hit you on the head with a mallet until you lose the ability to retain long-term memories.
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- Per Economist/YouGov, here's the % of Americans who support deporting: • Violent criminals: 86% • Those with nonviolent offenses: 43% • Parents of citizens: 26% • Long-time residents with no record: 23% • Those brought here as kids: 21% • Those married to US citizens: 16%
- On X, @osinttechnical.bsky.social reacted with this bloosk by @tommchenry.bsky.social
- *taps the sign*
- Most of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1) share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...
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View full threadThe suburban observers, heavily women, say they share a personality type. “Many of us have encountered bullies our entire lives...I think that turns you into somebody that, even if that bully is wearing full tactical gear, I'm not interested in laying down for you.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- “If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Jacob Frey: "The continued presence of 2,000 federal agents in a city that only has 600 police officers is still not deescalation"
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- Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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- After 20 years, I've been laid off at The Washington Post. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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- INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
- This is a day that will forever live in journalism infamy.
- I'll say more before too long, but for now: Thanks to anyone who has ever read and supported the Post's books coverage.
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- WaPo closing Sports department
- WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
- WaPo laying off entire Middle East team
- I have a degree in Biblical studies from JTS and the fact that Mike Johnson thinks that providing the full context for this quote is some kind of gotcha has convinced me he’s not just a liar, but he is a spectacular fucking idiot as well. Just a genuinely very stupid person.
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- When I showed this panel to the extremely mainstream audience for the Berryman Award ceremony, there were audible gasps from the side of the room with the Washington Post table.
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- Whoa. Tucked into here is reporting that AUSA Ana Voss has also given her notice of resignation. Voss is a well-respected AUSA who has basically been carrying a lot of these cases by herself.
- “it takes 10 emails from me for a release condition to be corrected. It takes me threatening to walk out for something else to be corrected.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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- "rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
- WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
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- NEW: A government attorney who was detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota is no longer on that detail after telling a judge “this job sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she could get 24 hours of sleep: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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- WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast “Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said More in tonight’s Status
- This is the paper owned by the guy who just blew $75,000,000 on the Melania flick. But WaPo? He's letting it twist in the wind.
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- under different circumstances this is congressional-inquiry level scandal
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- I spent 7 years at the @washingtonpost.com. Did some of the best work of my career. Had some of the best times of my life. The people responsible for the misery that is about to unfold will probably fail up, which is a damn shame. There will be a time for recriminations. But today...
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- New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
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