Back in the day, Barbara Walters dismantled trump without raising her voice. Calm. Precise. Ruthless. Imagine if the press still had that kind of courage. This was absolutely brutal.

Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.

Why was the Trump administration surveilling one of the journalists who broke the Epstein story?

Instead of eliminating fraud in Social Security, Trump created a bureaucratic mess with long waits and a huge backlog: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/… This is the kind of daily frustration that pisses off my conservative neighbors in rural Oregon who otherwise lean pro-Trump.

As always, mike luckovich nails the moment.

As someone who covered Tiananmen in 1989, it pains me to feel the need to retweet this about the US.

Today, Kansas City took action to protect our community's priorities. A 5-year ban on non-city detention facilities ensures our focus stays on building businesses, homes, and schools, not large-scale detention centers.

The swamp has never been so fetid. President Trump has greedily raked in $1.4 billion (an underestimate) in the last year, often from those seeking favor. E.g. He accepts a Qatari jet and promises US forces will protect Qatar. The corruption is staggering: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

This video clip appears to show a federal agent already in possession of the victim's handgun and moving away when the first shots are fired. In other words, they suggest that the victim was disarmed, on his knees and being held by a bunch of guys when he was shot in the back and

ICE is sexually abusing males in their custody by grabbing and bursting their testicles according to the ACLU and the guardian.

Important piece by Steve Vladeck and Barry Friedman about how local prosecutors could leap various hurdles and hold federal agents accountable for state crimes, like murder: nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opi… We need to end the impunity now enjoyed by ICE agents.

.Jeff Bezos I cover international security for The Washington Post and reported on ISIS, Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, al-Qaeda, Iran and Israel. I’ve been imprisoned, lived under threats, and escaped kidnappings to do this work. #Journalism matters to America and the world. #SaveThePost

Resisting fascism is patriotic 🇺🇸

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JANE FONDA: “I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can’t fall for it.”

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Jeff Bezos, who could keep the Wash Post a pillar of American democracy with the change dug out from his limousine seats, sets an example of surrender to authoritarianism for every other business person and institution in America.

It's worse than expected, and that's saying a lot.

🚨BREAKING: The "Board of Peace" launches its first war....

"We are seeing staggering amounts of money–reportedly $1 billion a day–spent on destruction, while some politicians boast of cutting aid to those in gravest danger globally. With a fraction of this money, we can save millions of lives globally." --Tom Fletcher Tom Fletcher