The reason the Trump admin dumped all the files is because it causes people to treat any record with equal weight. Trump knows what's going to stick is the tweet saying "[X] is mentioned in the files" used as a dunk on some fans, even if it's just Epstein getting a alert about a movie playing etc

"There are times when protesting is more necessary than going to the classroom," said one high school junior from Pasadena. Voices of the thousands of L.A.-area students who walked out today to protest against ICE. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Here are a few of the emails from Casey Wasserman, current chair of LA28, to Ghislaine Maxwell in the latest Epstein files drop

Planned Parenthood, reproductive healthcare could receive $90 million in new state funding

I wrote about Catherine O’Hara. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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🧵This is what our tax dollars are going towards. Not education, health care, or public transport. Cages for people. DHS just paid $70 million in cash for a warehouse in Surprise, AZ. The week before, $102 million for one in Maryland. A third in El Paso.

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"The only actual new ideas Weiss has brought are that 'woke' is bad — and that she knows best." Some thoughts on Bari Weiss's Tuesday town hall and how her flagship broadcast has seriously underplayed what happened this weekend in MSP. Up now at @vulture.com: www.vulture.com/article/bari...

A modern Mexican supernova becomes the neighborhood restaurant L.A. needs

did you know you can stream every movie in Sundance competition at home, from now through Sunday night? I picked out some of the best. #Sundance2026

Sorry I cannot alt-text this one. Here's the link. Pretty remarkable. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

California Democrats have new ideas for confronting ICE: Taxes, lawsuits and location bans

hell yeah go boston

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It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have

'Great British Baking Show' taps Nigella Lawson as new judge after Prue Leith's exit

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

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Arellano: Under Trump, the bootlickers have come out in force. Minneapolis cements it

The fact that anyone thinks you can have a “battle over the truth” is fucking bananas.

Amount of time devoted to MN and fallout Sunday on network newscasts: NBC: 8.5 minutes ABC: 7 minutes CBS: 4 minutes Only NBC led with the news from MN

Time to dump ChatGPT! The latest model of ChatGPT has begun to cite Elon Musk’s Grokipedia as a source on a wide range of queries, including on Iranian conglomerates and Holocaust deniers, raising concerns about misinformation on the platform.

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Sen. Jacky Rosen is calling for the impeachment of Kristi Noem. "Kristi Noem and her department's latest attempt to mislead the American public regarding the brutal and unjustified killing of Alex Pretti is deeply shameful, and she must be impeached and removed from office immediately."

Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job. “I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.

Spoke to Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books, just now. He’s grateful for all the book orders & knows the store’s site is struggling w/ the demand. Employees coming Monday to reboot the site & pack orders. There are so many that it may take a few extra days so please be patient & keep fighting. ✊🏽

That sound you heard was me snort laughing over the NYT recommending the Lucas Museum and the Grand LA to travelers.

Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

"Adults are workers. Children are workers too. Children are especially good workers because they are small. They can fit into places where adults cannot go, like factories with narrow gaps, crawl spaces under warehouses, and air vents where important listening happens."

hey everybody lifelong tech expert here > "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps

This is nonsensical even by the standard of Trump’s addled conspiracy theories

Manifestantes salen a las calles de Los Ángeles para protestar por el tiroteo de Minneapolis

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice

looking at reddit.com/r/all right now is wild. 80% of the posts are anti ice from every kind of subreddit like NBA, climbing, nursing, batman, catbongos and music

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Henry Miller Makes a List of “The 100 Books That Influenced Me Most”

Breaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.

In 1926, a generation of artists was born that reshaped jazz for decades. This episode celebrates eight centennials, including Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Tony Bennett and more. n.pr/4sVW5pu

It is at once impossible to, and impossible not to, imagine a future where those in power then bring consequence to those in power now.

Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them. insideclimatenews.org/news/2001202...

What if the push alerts were “Trump stumbles through major speech, not knowing the diff between Iceland/Greenland; rants about political enemies (both real and imagined); as world watches in horror” instead of this?

Hiltzik: Yes, you're paying for Trump's tariffs, and the price is going up

American democracy on the brink a year after Trump’s election, experts say

MN Doctor: I learned that Renee Good still had a pulse 8 minutes after she was shot by an ICE agent. Yet the offer to administer aid from a physician on the scene was denied. I can't say how much that stirs the blood of everyone here as we try to fulfill our oath to care for the people of Minnesota

Jennifer Schulze on how the Ellisons have "gift-wrapped" CBS News for Trump.