Thanks to Short Reads for publishing “Back Seat” about the time I overheard my 82-year-old mother murmur a certain word to her 86-year-old beau. @short-reads.org.
My very smart colleagues are doing excellent coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis today. I would urge you to follow along with local sources familiar with the area and the residents here.
The Smithsonian Institution has removed from an exhibit a reference to President Donald Trump’s two impeachments. It’s a decision that comes as the White House exerts pressure to offer a more positive — and selective — view of American history.
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
This guy is the absolute worst.
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From WaPo: “Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem …told reporters that the ICE officers were attempting to push their vehicle that had gotten “stuck in the snow” when the woman “attacked them and those surrounding them” with her vehicle.
But video shows no one “stuck in snow.”
Trump went to the Pope's funeral, but ..."Trump told aides he wanted to make it back to his golf resort in New Jersey before the end of the day."