@cwmarc
Writes, edits, walks the dog, jams econo. Lives in Western Mass, written for The Shoestring, Popula, Hyperallergic, the Berkshire Eagle, and others. Check out my newsletter "Next County Over"! https://buttondown.com/cwmarc/archive/
When Reza was a student at Williams (for only one year) he lived in a mansion off campus with a platoon of secret police goons, and was best known around the neighborhood for his purebred collies that would bite people.
How about color-coordinated outfits? that'll show 'em
I watched Putin turn Russian sports into fascist spectacle over the years, so count me out
As a hockey guy this makes me physically ill. Saw this coming a mile away, which is why I paid zero attention to the men’s tournament
Stupid
Now that’s how you “pivot to video”
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
It's actually easy:
• marry someone with health insurance
• get bosses who fired you to link your newsletter in a farewell
• get virally lucky or have no bills for a year while you rebuild your audience
• convince that audience to pay $60/year for one part of much bigger newspaper that was $140.
the guy who financed a propaganda film about the nazi first lady is killing a newspaper that writes unfavorably about her and her husband. this is how the club works.
I hope they wear those still little vests and keep talking about how they never leave each other behind
But wait Bloomberg just told me $7m was "stronger" than expected....
bsky.app/profile/bloo...
definitely curious how Melania's widely reported $8 million opening weekend turned out to be barely over $7 million
Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
A note from our editors:
Considering everyone was oohing and ahing over an expected $8 million just a day ago, that would be "weaker-than-expected" guys
whaaaat?
Not the first time I’ve envied y’all!
Note to my 413 folks... our congressman is concerned, and calls for "reform and accountability" for our federal paramilitary death squads
Do you seriously want to know the answer to that question? Why don't you tell us how many more murders it will take for you realize that paramilitary death squads can't be reformed.
Not you too now…. We’re destroying our alliances and Gestapo goons are shooting people in the face and you are demanding good faith bipartisan solutions to kitchen table issues. Good lord, at least remember you have a primary coming up
What are you doing? Have you not noticed what happens when Trump DOES anything?
can’t wait to kick back on this day, Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
The small newspaper that pays me a very small amount of money somehow employs an administrator to write enormous emails explaining how to invoice them. And I thought admin bloat was just an academia thing
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.
A touching tribute to Mike F
We're a little over a week away from our film screening at Visions Video of the new documentary THE STRINGER, to be followed by a conversation with photojournalist Ben Brody. We hope to see you there! More info and ticket reservations here: fundrazr.com/thestringer
NYT gonna NYT: "Both Mr. Mamdani and Mr. Maduro identify as socialists, though they have no relationship.” — would be funny if they did this every time you write about two capitalists.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
Stupid
Big congrats to the Nobel Committee for awarding the prize "for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy" just so she could immediately conspire with a foreign government to murder civilians on the high seas then invade and stage a coup.
