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Mark D. White
@profmdwhite.bsky.social

Professor, author, editor, and fan of comics, movies, and music

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-d-white-4a568730a/

See my books here: http://amzn.to/2aFC66M

Economics 50%
Political science 10%
Pinned
It seems "Batman and Ethics" is currently 25% off at Amazon: amzn.to/3NumZ7R
Batman and Ethics
Batman and Ethics
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"Taking care of people" like Tony Soprano would say it, sure.
Noem: "Our operations are being conducted in a manner that is historic for accuracy for taking care of people and doing so safely"
Noem: "Our operations are being conducted in a manner that is historic for accuracy for taking care of people and doing so safely"
Here is a gift link to the New York Times’ take: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
New: Alex Pretti, the man killed by the Trump-Vance mob of agents was an outdoorsmen, a mountain biker, an ICU nurse who "would go out of his way to help," say Veterans Affairs colleagues.

Cheerful. Funny. Gentle.

And still, per sources, Trump officials are urging staff to call him a "terrorist."
DHS Shooting Victim in Minneapolis Was a ‘Sweet’ and ‘Principled Person’
Zeteo spoke with two doctors who worked with Alex Pretti, a nurse who is the latest victim of Trump’s violent invasion of Minnesota.
zeteo.com
New York Times home page at 4:30 pm (ET)
main story

Videos Appear to Contradict
Federal Accounts of Fatal Shooting

It's very unusual for NYT to publish a video analysis, esp. one contradicting a govt account, so quickly, within 6 hours. But NYT had two of their most capable analysts on it.
Bovino shamelessly lies: "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"

Sunrise
Wow. DOJ asked a judge for a warrant to investigate Renee Good after she'd been murdered. A judge denied it. www.ms.now/news/doj-sou...
DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
www.ms.now
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
REMINDER: About those toddlers - 5 year olds, w year olds - children ICE is sending to dentition centers - conditions of those places are horrid and inhumane.
WATCH: NCYL’s @rwolozin.bsky.social joined @pbsnews.org to discuss immigrant children in family detention and the lack of safe food, clean water, and medical care. We continue fighting for the rights of every child the government chooses to detain.

Video: www.pbs.org/video/family...
PBS News Hour | Families say children held by ICE face unsanitary conditions | Season 2026
Migrant families allege children held by ICE face unsafe and unsanitary conditions
www.pbs.org

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Gary Kasparov, as usual, perfectly understands what's going on.

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do not hype up the next update @bsky.app unless it means media in the dms :)

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“This is an outrageous process,” said Helen Tager-Flusberg, a former committee member and director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston University. “This does not bode well for future [IACC] recommendations. It won’t be representing the autism community more broadly.”
Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear
Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.
www.statnews.com
Not in a euphemistic mood.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Obviously we should continue hating Fox News...well...because it's Fox News. Goes without explanation.

But CBS doing THIS is just pitiable:
Portland Maine is not Chicago. It’s not Los Angeles or nyc, it’s not dc or Baltimore

There is no conceivable reason it should be this high on the list for a Trump invasion except for hysteria over some brown people existing within our borders.
BREAKING: DOJ opposes release of Volume II of Jack Smith’s report in a Trump campaign speech-style filing unlike anything one should see from the Justice Department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Easily thousands roaring "ICE out!"
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

Will do, thanks!
Translation: "I have to do sexism. Because if I don't, sexist people will judge me."
Bongino trying to change the physical test for new recruits to disadvantage women.

Thanks! There's a substantial discussion of fascism in the new edition, previewed here: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mayb...
What Can Superhero Comics Teach Us About Fascism?
Novels like '1984' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' teach valuable lessons about fascism, but can superhero comics do the same? Yes, as a disturbing story starring Captain America shows.
www.psychologytoday.com
The parents of a 7 year old, all of whom are in the process of applying for asylum, took their daughter to the ER when her nose wouldn't stop bleeding. ICE picked them up near the hospital and they are now in detention in Texas, presumably awaiting deportation. www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital
The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.
www.oregonlive.com

😂

Do you know there's a new updated edition of the Cap book? amzn.to/46cbaJR
The Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero
The Virtues of Captain America: Modern-Day Lessons on Character from a World War II Superhero
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Bongino trying to change the physical test for new recruits to disadvantage women.

🤣 You're welcome!

Thanks, Lori! And yes, plus ones on Daredevil, Thor, and the Fantastic Four.
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that JD Vance tried to "soften" things in Minneapolis. He blamed the left for ICE violence and called the 5-year-old's father an "illegal alien" even though he's lawfully applying for asylum.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Trump’s ICE Goons Detained a 5-Year-Old. Then JD Vance Made It Worse.
Much of the media is treating the vice president’s Minneapolis visit as an attempt to lower the temperature. If anything, he raised it.
newrepublic.com