ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.

Team USA used to mean something

“In a world where you can choose to be so many things, he chose to be kind. For the rest of our lives, we will be trying to be more like him.” Yes.

Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved. DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.

Feeling pretty great about this irresponsible impulse purchase.

This has the potential to be the sweetest, happiest thread you’ll read today. Please share a beloved poem in the comments.

Ana is one of the best people I know and this is only one of the reasons why. 💗

This @thecut.com story about current Pilates trendiness is v good. I feel pretty thankful that the two studios I go to have a lot of clients with a lot of body shapes and ages (and one is Black-owned). www.thecut.com/article/pila...

the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads: "WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"

What we loved about Dan McQuade:

Major banks have denied financing to GEO Group and CoreCivic — but legislation pushed by the firms could force their hand.

Dalton in the news! None of this surprises me, sigh.

I don't think people realize just how titanic the Post Sports section really was, how much talent was assembled there. And it wasn't just the marquee names, they had fantastic editors, the best photographers, longtime desk hands who could spin gold when needed.

@ethanscorey.bsky.social and I have published a database of congressmembers who take money from GEO Group + CoreCivic. Find out if your reps have taken cash from the companies fueling ICE’s mass deportation efforts. Published in @theappeal.org + @inthesetimes.com. theappeal.org/ice-cold-cas...

Still haven't seen a word about who's been let go — anyone know anything?

I impulse bought an expensive (on sale but still $$$) bag last wk bc I was sad and then regretted it bc like I shouldn't have done that bc $$$ but now everything‘s so bad I’m back around to being glad I have joy arriving via FedEx on Friday.

can’t not hear and see:

I still think the best idea for progressive donors is to just revive every alt-weekly in the country and staff them with 10 reporters each.

"The Washington Post could have been the moral center of the news industry in this era, as it was during the 1970s. It had the reporters, editors, editorial writers, columnists, researchers, lawyers and legacy. But it didn’t have the owner." newrepublic.com/article/2061...

Every time there is a mass layoff I hope people remember that newsletters cannot save us. The Free Press started as a newsletter but came to influence as something more like a newspaper (without the journalism). We need to somehow invest in media infrastructure, not a thousand little ladders.

The Washington Post has won the Sigma Delta Chi award for Sports Column Writing *five times* since 2001. It's a world leader in properly contextualizing the importance of sports & the role it plays in our culture. Saying its sports coverage "is not essential" is mind blowing

And while I am mad as hell about the Post, also upset/worried about AJC layoffs today, and sending love to all my friends there. www.ajc.com/business/202...

If I had limitless money I would buy things and then make them noticeably better, mainly so people would praise me for it. I think it would be really easy to avoid making things noticeably worse, if I had limitless money

Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.

It‘s true. @johnwilliams.bsky.social really created something special in the past few years. Thoughtful, smart, interesting, curious.

Billionaires are bad this we all know. But it is equally important to recognize that billionaires are BORING. and this is equally destructive to us.

I will die on the hill that not everything should have to exist for profit margins and that public interest and profit are often deeply misaligned.

Everything about this is insane and physically impossible, but this part made me laugh: "To serve 1,000 travelers an hour, Boring’s low estimate, would require a car with passenger to depart every 3.6 seconds." How can people who make cars know nothing about cars. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Decided to go ahead and try to quit smoking again bc I don't think there's ever going to be a chill calm time again, so why not now? But also I am going to have to try Zyn or something or I'm going to chew off all my nails (which have acrylic dip on them and are not chewable)

Remember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.

🚨 There are corgis at the Pro Bowl 🚨

And he's one of two GOP frontrunners to be the next governor of Tennessee!

Already loved Patchett and @parnassusbooks.bsky.social, but this is truly so great!

Gotta say, this is a pretty brilliant concept for a yoga workshop

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

Don't make these guys feel bad that they are reporting "finger guns" as threats to their safety.

ICYMI over the weekend: I wrote about my friend Dan McQuade and online friendships and aughts blogging and how brilliant and funny Dan was. carigervin.substack.com/p/rip-dhm

For two years, I've been investigating claims that Texas A&M University has been overtaken by the forces of gay race communism. The truth is a little more complicated: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

ICYMI over the weekend: I wrote about my friend Dan McQuade and online friendships and aughts blogging and how brilliant and funny Dan was. carigervin.substack.com/p/rip-dhm

You’ve probably seen multiple pieces about Dan McQuade; Jen’s is, as I’d expect from her, concise and moving.

Also saw the greatest plate I’ve ever seen in a thrift store, I think this should be our new national motto

By Dan McQuade: 101 years ago, Babe Ruth's career could have ended in a car crash in Wawa, Pennsylvania

I am told by @sterlewine.bsky.social that these are the Cure's FIRST Grammys ever, which is wild.

FYI the CM-8M can integrate with a Camelbak for on-the-go hydration. You really get what you pay for! www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

I urge you to read all these pieces @dhm.bsky.social wrote, even if you skip my remembrance of him. Because he was really fucking great. carigervin.substack.com/p/rip-dhm

If you want to go outside and not feel cold, recommend taking a 100-degree hot yoga class. Never has 25 degrees felt so positively refreshing!

Omfg Dan’s NYT obit is in the Sunday @timesfreepress.bsky.social and now I’m crying again (even tho it’s the worst obit of him)

This is unsurprisingly lovingly well done.