Leyland “Lee” DeVito
@leedevito.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief Detroit @metrotimes.com. He/him. Ope, there goes gravity.
Everything happening with ICE right now is exactly what the Trump campaign promised and was entirely predictable. What did people think “Make America Strong Again!” and “Mass Deportations Now!” meant?
January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Everything happening with ICE right now is exactly what the Trump campaign promised and was entirely predictable. What did people think “Make America Strong Again!” and “Mass Deportations Now!” meant?
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I fear that Gannett will soon roll some of The Detroit News' editorial staff into the Free Press and fires everyone else.
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
The Detroit News to be acquired by USA TODAY Co., owner of Detroit Free Press
USA TODAY Co., owner of the Detroit Free Press, will acquire The Detroit News and continue to publish it separately, it announced Monday.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I fear that Gannett will soon roll some of The Detroit News' editorial staff into the Free Press and fires everyone else.
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Michigan is 189 years old today. Here's what to know about its history and more.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Michigan is 189 years old today. Here's what to know about its history and more.
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Detroiter and nationally known cycling advocate Mark “Marco” Speeks bikes year-round, including frigid Michigan winters. It’s both a personal lifestyle and model for empowerment in his adopted hometown, he explains.
This Detroiter wants you in the bike lane — even in the middle of winter - Detroit Metro Times
It’s an old saying in the cycling community: “There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.” Detroiter and nationally known cycling advocate Mark “Marco” Speeks is on a mission to prove there’s truth in...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Detroiter and nationally known cycling advocate Mark “Marco” Speeks bikes year-round, including frigid Michigan winters. It’s both a personal lifestyle and model for empowerment in his adopted hometown, he explains.
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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Rep AOC responds to Secretary Noem on Alex Pretti shooting: ‘asking the American people to not believe their eyes and ears’
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AOC slams DHS Secretary Noem on Minneapolis shooting: ‘Asking the American people to not believe their eyes’ | CNN Politics
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) reacts after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s briefing on the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border Patrol agent, telling CNN’s Jake Tappe...
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January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Rep AOC responds to Secretary Noem on Alex Pretti shooting: ‘asking the American people to not believe their eyes and ears’
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www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/p...
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This would be a really good moment for Democrats to start acting more like a political party than a Ponzi scheme.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This would be a really good moment for Democrats to start acting more like a political party than a Ponzi scheme.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:00 PM
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.
ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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A friend sent me this video: A car crashed into the Delta Airlines baggage check-in area at Detroit Metro Airport
January 24, 2026 at 2:30 AM
A friend sent me this video: A car crashed into the Delta Airlines baggage check-in area at Detroit Metro Airport
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“They will tell you they are keeping America safe, but they are ripping families apart.”
ICE is using crueler, more deceptive tactics to detain immigrants in Michigan - Detroit Metro Times
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have become crueler, more aggressive, and more deceptive in Michigan, increasingly making arrests that draw less public attention and leave families bli...
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January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
“They will tell you they are keeping America safe, but they are ripping families apart.”
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I think about this almost every day
January 22, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I think about this almost every day
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"This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism."
Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"This is no longer a conversation about law enforcement or immigration policy. This is about authoritarianism."
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As demand rises, Planned Parenthood of Michigan launched a vasectomy pilot program in Grand Rapids with plans to expand statewide.
Planned Parenthood of Michigan now offers vasectomies - Detroit Metro Times
Planned Parenthood of Michigan has launched a vasectomy pilot program in the state. The nonprofit reproductive health care organization now offers vasectomy procedures in Grand Rapids, and says the pr...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
As demand rises, Planned Parenthood of Michigan launched a vasectomy pilot program in Grand Rapids with plans to expand statewide.
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Medicare for All would guarantee every single American healthcare. It's the only idea for American healthcare that's NOT radical.
January 20, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Medicare for All would guarantee every single American healthcare. It's the only idea for American healthcare that's NOT radical.
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
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In her latest fundraising effort for Palestinian children, Ms. Rachel has launched a benefit sale of art by kids from Gaza. Limited edition prints are being sold for $200 each, with all proceeds going to the children who created the artworks. buff.ly/k1tjdFO
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
In her latest fundraising effort for Palestinian children, Ms. Rachel has launched a benefit sale of art by kids from Gaza. Limited edition prints are being sold for $200 each, with all proceeds going to the children who created the artworks. buff.ly/k1tjdFO
After 30 years, @pitchfork.com is paywalling its music reviews.
A New Era for Pitchfork: Introducing Reader Scores and Commenting
After 30 years, we’re expanding the role readers have in our music criticism and giving you full access to the reviews archive
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January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
After 30 years, @pitchfork.com is paywalling its music reviews.
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So now the "Inside CECOT" report has aired.
But there's definitely going to be fallout at CBS.
For one thing, Alfonsi's contract is up in just a few months.
Hard to imagine she'll be staying at "60."
Lots more in my story here:
But there's definitely going to be fallout at CBS.
For one thing, Alfonsi's contract is up in just a few months.
Hard to imagine she'll be staying at "60."
Lots more in my story here:
‘60 Minutes’ is finally airing the shelved ‘Inside CECOT’ segment | CNN Business
Nearly a month after CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss triggered a scandal by shelving a “60 Minutes” story about Venezuelan men deported by the US to a hellish prison in El Salvador, the story is a...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:02 AM
So now the "Inside CECOT" report has aired.
But there's definitely going to be fallout at CBS.
For one thing, Alfonsi's contract is up in just a few months.
Hard to imagine she'll be staying at "60."
Lots more in my story here:
But there's definitely going to be fallout at CBS.
For one thing, Alfonsi's contract is up in just a few months.
Hard to imagine she'll be staying at "60."
Lots more in my story here:
“Either we will save ourselves, or we won’t. Go ahead and start writing the story of the next year right now. If you don’t, your enemies will write it for you.”
"What Is Going to Happen?"
How to reject a new normal.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“Either we will save ourselves, or we won’t. Go ahead and start writing the story of the next year right now. If you don’t, your enemies will write it for you.”
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If you’re interested in this phenomenon you gotta read this article www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
January 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
If you’re interested in this phenomenon you gotta read this article www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...
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top tier stuff
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
top tier stuff
Republicans in disarray.
Inside the Conservative Campus Revolution
How Charlie Kirk’s youth movement was overwhelmed by darker forces after his death.
nymag.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Republicans in disarray.
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Premium Newsletter: The comparisons between the AI bubble and the Dot Com bubble don’t make sense, because what’s coming will be far, far worse. GPUs are not fiber, AI startups are all worse businesses than Pets.com, and the crash threatens a global contagion.
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Premium: This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble
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I just spent a week at the Consumer Electronics Show, and one word kept coming up: bullshit.
LG, a company known for making home appliances and televisions, de...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Premium Newsletter: The comparisons between the AI bubble and the Dot Com bubble don’t make sense, because what’s coming will be far, far worse. GPUs are not fiber, AI startups are all worse businesses than Pets.com, and the crash threatens a global contagion.
www.wheresyoured.at/dot-com-bubble/
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“Woke” is an utterly meaningless term that should not be used by allegedly objective news organizations like the @nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“Woke” is an utterly meaningless term that should not be used by allegedly objective news organizations like the @nytimes.com