NEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force. w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

American art fans, take note! www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

I simply LOVE it, as a journalist (freelance until recently, no less), when people complain to me about paywalls. “I would humbly submit,” I say to them, “that some things are worth paying for.”

The worker, identified as TJ Sabula in the Washington Post, said “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

One thing I’d like to see is my senators and governor every day on tv at 5pm holding a press conference with video of every documented abuse that ICE is doing. Curate all of the witnessing we’re doing and show it to the press.

They told us there was no such thing as monsters. They lied.

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

Limitlessly disgusting, these people

San Francisco is losing its only remaining private standalone art school. My latest for ARTnews. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Yeah, and the deadline to reveal all Epstein documents was December 19, and we see how well the government complied with that

You can watch the powerful documentary “2,000 Meters to Andriivka,” set during Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive against Russia. It’s shortlisted for an Oscar. It’s remarkable. www.pbs.org/video/2000-m...

Martin Wong, "Untitled (Statue of Liberty)," 1990

“The ICE agent does not have immunity”

“We do have jurisdiction,” says Hennepin County Attorney

They’re doing far more dramatic and horrific things, but they’re also withdrawing from international cultural organizations: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Breaking news: Federal agents shot and injured two people in Portland, Oregon, Mayor Keith Wilson said. He did not identify the agency involved but called on ICE to end operations in the city, citing the fatal shooting in Minneapolis.

ICE is killing American citizens the right way. by Ezra Klein

FUCK ICE TO HELL.

HULK SIGH.

HULK LOVE HOW PEOPLE CALL TRUMP STUPID FOR CLAIMING HE WILL REDUCE HEALTH CARE PRICES BY SIX HUNDRED PERCENT AND OTHERS SAY “I AGREE ONE THOUSAND PERCENT”

Venezuelan cultural figures have a profound mix of emotions in this historic moment: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

A Paris art dealer was among those convicted of harassing French First Lady Brigitte Macron, falsely asserting online that she was born male. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Classic. theonion.com/this-war-wil...

Pretty rich for a guy to threaten to invade Iran for violence to protesters when he himself asked if he could shoot protesters. www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...

More upset at Brown University after a rough year: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Yikes! www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

“Coconut milk, coconut water, uh huh, you still like to tell me they're the same, uh huh. Who’m I to say?”

I’m listening to the swearing-in of the new New York mayor on terrestrial radio, with a tuner, and loving it. Yesterday I listened to some of my favorite vinyl records and a couple of days ago I watched some movies on DVD that I borrowed from the library. The future is bright.

Thanks to Brian Alfred for having me on the Sound and Vision podcast to talk about some of the things that got us through a wretched year. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

Here are a couple that come to mind. youtu.be/D8Ymd-OCucs?...

What does the art market hold in 2026? ARTnews asked some insiders. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

I love how, at 08:32 in the Netflix New Yorker documentary, Britt Daniel and Jim Eno of Spoon pop up in a “talk of the town” piece that flashes on the screen.

"Erika Kirk is Mourning Her Husband the Right Way" by Ezra Klein

Hey @daddyrussborris.bsky.social i was just enjoying your program and thought of this

lololol what is the GOP equivalent of “Dems in disarray?” Repubs in riot? GOP in a jumble? Oh wait I know! Fascists in freefall! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...

Meet the new NEA boss, same as the old, unqualified partisan, ex-Heritage Foundation NEA boss. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

A triumphant Annie DiRusso at TV Eye tonight.

Don’t suppose any of my friends are going to the sold-out Annie DiRusso show tonight?

Very pleased to have looked into the market for Ab-Ex master Joan Mitchell in her centennial year, for ARTnews. Check it aus! www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

Nota bene!

Yet again I say, after Brown University:

Cute: TV segment on the new Emily in Paris: “Rome if you want to”

Some of this will sound familiar to U.S. audiences. My latest for ARTnews. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Apparently someone is scamming artists with a message supposedly from me. Send the $325 directly to me, please!