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A single bullet hole can be seen on the driver’s side of the windshield of a vehicle that a woman was shot and killed in by federal officers on Portland Ave. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) killing, Minneapolis, January 2026

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CBS News Is The Trump Administration’s New Laundromat

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CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil Is Stuck In An Endless Loop Of Humiliation

Tommy Craggs is an editor and writer, late of Game Theory With Bomani Jones on HBO, Mother Jones (no relation), HuffPost, Slate, Gawker Media, and Deadspin. He&#8217;s part of the <a href="https://flaminghydra.com/">Flaming Hydra</a> cooperative of independent writers and artists, and one of the many founders of the <a href="https://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/">Oakland Review of Books</a>.

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Bari Weiss seated onstage at a Free Press event in 2024.

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Bari Weiss Is The Symptom

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Tony Dokoupil Eats Heaps Of Shit In First Week As CBS News Anchor

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Bari Weiss Keeps CBS News Groveling At The Feet Of Donald Trump

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CBS News Hitches Its Wagon To These Two Duds

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Patrick Redford

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

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Paramount Is Trying To Bully Its Way Into Acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery

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Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: The Free Press' Honestly with Bari Weiss (pictured) hosts Senator Ted Cruz presented by Uber and X on January 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Uber, X and The Free Press)

The Free Press’ Honestly with Bari Weiss Hosts Senator Ted Cruz presented by Uber and X

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era

(L-R) Bari Weiss, The Free Press Founder, Peter Thiel, and Matt Danzeisen attend Inauguration Eve hosted by Uber, X and The Free Press at Cafe Riggs on January 19, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Uber, X and The Free Press host Inauguration Eve

They Should Call It The Free Piss

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David Roth

A group of Columbia University students, advocating for Palestinians, access the iconic Hamilton Hall building as they gather to stage a demonstration at the campus in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. Protests are sweeping college campuses across the US following a police attempt to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, resulting in the arrest of over 100 students. Columbia University asked students on Monday to 'voluntarily disperse' amid stalled talks, threatening the students with suspension.

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They Are Insecure For A Reason

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The New York Times 24-Hour Strike

A Roundtable On The Free Speech Implications Of The New York Times Trans Letter Debate

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What Are The Twitter Files, And Do You Need To Care About Them?

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Sage Steele Stumbles On Path To Lucrative Self-Cancellation

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Drew Magary

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We Are Living In The Shitposter Economy

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