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"Not the odds, but the stakes."
Motto for my press criticism during the 2014 campaign, and a good place to end.
The only one of my "key distinctions" that actually broke into the public sphere.
Here's a news article about it: Not the odds, but the stakes. www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/m...
Motto for my press criticism during the 2014 campaign, and a good place to end.
The only one of my "key distinctions" that actually broke into the public sphere.
Here's a news article about it: Not the odds, but the stakes. www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/m...
Journalism professor’s six-word mantra is a blueprint for how news outlets should cover the 2024 race | CNN Business
NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen implores newsrooms to organize 2024 campaign coverage around the stakes of the presidential contest — not the horse race.
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
"Not the odds, but the stakes."
Motto for my press criticism during the 2014 campaign, and a good place to end.
The only one of my "key distinctions" that actually broke into the public sphere.
Here's a news article about it: Not the odds, but the stakes. www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/m...
Motto for my press criticism during the 2014 campaign, and a good place to end.
The only one of my "key distinctions" that actually broke into the public sphere.
Here's a news article about it: Not the odds, but the stakes. www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/m...
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David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
February 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM
David French: This is not a drill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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Much reporting is merely saying "closing" but read the phrasing here and it sure does sound a lot more like he plans to raze it, not just remodel.
February 2, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Much reporting is merely saying "closing" but read the phrasing here and it sure does sound a lot more like he plans to raze it, not just remodel.
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Evidence shows Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least 7-8 times. And yet we haven’t seen one email or message from Trump to Epstein or vice versa about organizing/confirming these flights. I doubt Trump & Epstein communicated via telepathy, so why has DoJ omitted this correspondence?
February 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Evidence shows Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least 7-8 times. And yet we haven’t seen one email or message from Trump to Epstein or vice versa about organizing/confirming these flights. I doubt Trump & Epstein communicated via telepathy, so why has DoJ omitted this correspondence?
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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
A note from our editors:
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This is creepy as hell. Will Musk be asked by reporters to explain this?
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 PM
This is creepy as hell. Will Musk be asked by reporters to explain this?
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we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
January 31, 2026 at 10:29 PM
we absolutely need to know who he sent this to. how is this something the public is being kept in the dark on???
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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Just Epstein emailing an FSB agent to get help for Leon Black
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Just Epstein emailing an FSB agent to get help for Leon Black
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Elon Musk has publicly claimed he never visited Epstein's island and barely knew the man.
New documents show Musk emailing Epstein in Dec 2013: "Is there a good time to visit?"
Epstein: "always space for you"
This was 5 years after Epstein's 2008 conviction and sex offender registration.
New documents show Musk emailing Epstein in Dec 2013: "Is there a good time to visit?"
Epstein: "always space for you"
This was 5 years after Epstein's 2008 conviction and sex offender registration.
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Elon Musk has publicly claimed he never visited Epstein's island and barely knew the man.
New documents show Musk emailing Epstein in Dec 2013: "Is there a good time to visit?"
Epstein: "always space for you"
This was 5 years after Epstein's 2008 conviction and sex offender registration.
New documents show Musk emailing Epstein in Dec 2013: "Is there a good time to visit?"
Epstein: "always space for you"
This was 5 years after Epstein's 2008 conviction and sex offender registration.
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You are all ABSOLUTELY entitled to your correct opinion that Chuck Schumer's messaging sucks.
But don't waste your time whining while he bought you two weeks. Bc this is legislative success.
But don't waste your time whining while he bought you two weeks. Bc this is legislative success.
🚨 The Senate has agreed to a deal to vote on 5/6 full appropriations bills and replace the DHS funding measure with a 2-week stopgap bill, per multiple sources. That gives time to negotiate on the Dem demands for ICE and CBP restraints.
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
You are all ABSOLUTELY entitled to your correct opinion that Chuck Schumer's messaging sucks.
But don't waste your time whining while he bought you two weeks. Bc this is legislative success.
But don't waste your time whining while he bought you two weeks. Bc this is legislative success.
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“We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis”
@brucespringsteen.net
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis”
@brucespringsteen.net
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
“We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis”
@brucespringsteen.net
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis”
@brucespringsteen.net
youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
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An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:42 PM
An extraordinary document. Read it.
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
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“Minnesotans’ relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won’t be passing any down.”
My latest—
My latest—
Crackdown
Writing through history and heartbreak.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
“Minnesotans’ relentlessness offers a blueprint for how to react when ICE inevitably arrives to stir up trouble where there was none; how to look violence dead in the eye and say not in my town; how to provide aid laterally when you know those at the top won’t be passing any down.”
My latest—
My latest—
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The 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators were treated far too lightly. Media and the public moved on too fast without grasping the seriousness of assassination. These are life and death issues, not just differences of opinion the USA is working out. The reactionary right is ready to kill.
January 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators were treated far too lightly. Media and the public moved on too fast without grasping the seriousness of assassination. These are life and death issues, not just differences of opinion the USA is working out. The reactionary right is ready to kill.
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It’s been four days.
Who murdered Alex Pretti??
Who murdered Alex Pretti??
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 PM
It’s been four days.
Who murdered Alex Pretti??
Who murdered Alex Pretti??
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This is my Hebrew school teacher, Ann Jaffe.
I was nine years old when she told us how her family hid in a forest for two years to survive. She showed us the number burned into her skin. She never dramatized it. She just told the truth — because she believed we had to carry it forward.
This is my Hebrew school teacher, Ann Jaffe.
I was nine years old when she told us how her family hid in a forest for two years to survive. She showed us the number burned into her skin. She never dramatized it. She just told the truth — because she believed we had to carry it forward.
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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This is my Hebrew school teacher, Ann Jaffe.
I was nine years old when she told us how her family hid in a forest for two years to survive. She showed us the number burned into her skin. She never dramatized it. She just told the truth — because she believed we had to carry it forward.
This is my Hebrew school teacher, Ann Jaffe.
I was nine years old when she told us how her family hid in a forest for two years to survive. She showed us the number burned into her skin. She never dramatized it. She just told the truth — because she believed we had to carry it forward.
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This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 AM
This is one of my favorite charts because the obvious implication is ... obvious, but you absolutely are not allowed to say it out loud in US public discourse.
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I would eat the Skittles.
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Do y'all remember this from 2016? I think about this a lot. ❤️
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I would eat the Skittles.
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bsky.app/profile/jenm...
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A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 AM
A number of responders were quite opposed to the idea of giving ridealongs to The Atlantic (I understand their frustration with the outlet).
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
But I drove these guys around for two hours and they witnessed abductions, confrontations with the public, tear-gassings.
The lesson: let the world see.
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Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
January 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dems should introduce legislation now defunding ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota, so they have to leave the state. One sentence bill. Demand an immediate vote. Maybe refuse to vote for cloture on any funding bills (or other bills) until a vote. Make the GOP Congress break w/ Trump or own it all.
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Pam Bondi’s letter to MN Governor Walz: ICE will keep assaulting and murdering Minnesotans until you give me MN’s voter rolls.
So the real purpose of ICE is clear to everyone; it’s not about making us safe, it’s about using ICE to tamper with elections #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
So the real purpose of ICE is clear to everyone; it’s not about making us safe, it’s about using ICE to tamper with elections #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Pam Bondi’s letter to MN Governor Walz: ICE will keep assaulting and murdering Minnesotans until you give me MN’s voter rolls.
So the real purpose of ICE is clear to everyone; it’s not about making us safe, it’s about using ICE to tamper with elections #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
So the real purpose of ICE is clear to everyone; it’s not about making us safe, it’s about using ICE to tamper with elections #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
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One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work
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Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
January 25, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Yes, the GOP controls Congress. That's why it's key to show Congress COULD stop the madness. And it's not just the DHS bill. Congress could repeal the prior multi-year $75b for DHS; set up a special investigative committee (cf. Watergate); amend the Insurrection Act; etc.
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)