Oliver Willis
@owillis.bsky.social
Reporter, DailyKos.com, Previously Media Matters. Subscribe to http://oliverwillis.substack.com
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Journalists arrested as Trump team sets fire to First Amendment
Independent journalist Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, was arrested by federal agents Thursday night for reporting on an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minnesota, making him a target in President ...
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another edition of our favorite game: what liberal media?
This is a remarkable @nytimes.com split screen:
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
A huge 3,526 word + photos profile on Sen Britt who "can't stop thinking about the boy ICE detained"
But Rep Jaoquin Castro- who actually got Liam Ramos out of detention & back home- gets no interview, no pix, just 116 words inside a story. WOW.
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
another edition of our favorite game: what liberal media?
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THEY can get gender affirming care, but YOU can't.
THEY can carry guns in public with impunity, but YOU can't.
THEY can assault law enforcement, but YOU can't.
THEY can beat dozens of felonies, but YOU can't.
Two countries. Two sets of laws. Two completely different ideas of who the law serves.
THEY can carry guns in public with impunity, but YOU can't.
THEY can assault law enforcement, but YOU can't.
THEY can beat dozens of felonies, but YOU can't.
Two countries. Two sets of laws. Two completely different ideas of who the law serves.
JD Vance getting lip fillers is so fucking funny
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
THEY can get gender affirming care, but YOU can't.
THEY can carry guns in public with impunity, but YOU can't.
THEY can assault law enforcement, but YOU can't.
THEY can beat dozens of felonies, but YOU can't.
Two countries. Two sets of laws. Two completely different ideas of who the law serves.
THEY can carry guns in public with impunity, but YOU can't.
THEY can assault law enforcement, but YOU can't.
THEY can beat dozens of felonies, but YOU can't.
Two countries. Two sets of laws. Two completely different ideas of who the law serves.
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Jeff Bezos is right. There is no need to have correspondents reporting in Europe when you can get all that information from Russia. They'll even pay YOU.
by Benny Johnson and Tim Pool
by Benny Johnson and Tim Pool
February 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Jeff Bezos is right. There is no need to have correspondents reporting in Europe when you can get all that information from Russia. They'll even pay YOU.
by Benny Johnson and Tim Pool
by Benny Johnson and Tim Pool
sure but we know theres zero chance of it happening under dems
"Democrats now say Republicans have established a precedent when it comes to Congress’ ability to subpoena and haul in past presidents, first ladies and family members under threat of criminal charges if they refuse ..."
After Republicans push Clintons to testify on Epstein, Democrats warn they'll haul in Trump
Democrats say Republicans have set a precedent with subpoenas of an ex-president and first lady. "We will follow it ... Donald Trump, all of his kids. Everybody," Rep. Maxwell Frost said.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
sure but we know theres zero chance of it happening under dems
for donald trump's sake i hope nobody brings up politics at the olympics, an infamously politics-free zone
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
for donald trump's sake i hope nobody brings up politics at the olympics, an infamously politics-free zone
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At this rate, there's a pretty good chance we get an American medalist wearing an "ICE OUT" pin on the stand, which could well be the thing that finally makes him kick it.
Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
At this rate, there's a pretty good chance we get an American medalist wearing an "ICE OUT" pin on the stand, which could well be the thing that finally makes him kick it.
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“Every statement I make today is backed up by sources—solid sources,” Powell told the world. “These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.”
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23 years ago: Colin Powell lied to launch a bogus war
On Feb. 5, 2003, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell’s address to the United Nations Security Council was built around the unfounded claim that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was concealing ...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“Every statement I make today is backed up by sources—solid sources,” Powell told the world. “These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence.”
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‘I don’t know’: Trump plays dumb on abysmal approval rating www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
‘I don’t know’: Trump plays dumb on abysmal approval rating
President Donald Trump told NBC News in an interview released Wednesday that despite the failures of his administration— killing civilians, rising costs —he doesn’t know why his approval ...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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thing is i condescend to everybody
February 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
thing is i condescend to everybody
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just amazing to me that people are responding and quote tweeting this post and leftists dont see criticism of liberals there and liberals dont see criticism of leftists there as well. lol
I think the 2016 and 2024 elections showed that leftists have a lot to learn about just sucking it up and choosing the better option and liberals have a lot to learn about listening to the people to their left who say “everything is not perfect.”
Yeah, like these nitwits still haven’t figured out the way to avoid being here is not to spend 18 months poisoning the well against the one option to prevent fascism.
Now that we are here, yes, maybe start listening to us since that was too much to ask before, and you fucked up.
Now that we are here, yes, maybe start listening to us since that was too much to ask before, and you fucked up.
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
just amazing to me that people are responding and quote tweeting this post and leftists dont see criticism of liberals there and liberals dont see criticism of leftists there as well. lol
republican regime kidnaps child.
the public calls for his release.
democratic leaders elevate the call to release him.
so who does @nytimes.com give a glossy profile to in discussing the case?
a republican senator.
the public calls for his release.
democratic leaders elevate the call to release him.
so who does @nytimes.com give a glossy profile to in discussing the case?
a republican senator.
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
republican regime kidnaps child.
the public calls for his release.
democratic leaders elevate the call to release him.
so who does @nytimes.com give a glossy profile to in discussing the case?
a republican senator.
the public calls for his release.
democratic leaders elevate the call to release him.
so who does @nytimes.com give a glossy profile to in discussing the case?
a republican senator.
Bezos guts the Washington Post—just like Trump wanted www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Bezos guts the Washington Post—just like Trump wanted
Mainstream media is experiencing a major die-off at the hands of its own billionaire owners. On Wednesday, the Washington Post—at the command of Jeff Bezos—announced it would be laying off a ...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Bezos guts the Washington Post—just like Trump wanted www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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"robust" is perhaps the most meaningless corporate word that is almost always a 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 to me
The Washington Post ran a full-page letter to subscribers in today's print edition from exec editor Matt Murray stating that it is committed to sports and local coverage after laying off the vast majority of the staff on those desks
February 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"robust" is perhaps the most meaningless corporate word that is almost always a 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 to me
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MN resident: I'm a psychiatric nurse, and it's already been really hard for our community. I also work with ESL kids for tutoring, and I've got first graders crawling on my lap terrified of ICE, scared of their parents being taken out.
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
MN resident: I'm a psychiatric nurse, and it's already been really hard for our community. I also work with ESL kids for tutoring, and I've got first graders crawling on my lap terrified of ICE, scared of their parents being taken out.
running on a shit border bill while campaigning with liz cheney AND not calling the gop weird = one of the biggest own goals in american political history
the biden border bill and choosing to run on a “border patrol endorsed” piece of legislation should go down as not only cowardly and backward thinking but one of the worst strategic political decisions by democrats in recent memory, everyone involved should be out of politics forever
New Quinnipiac poll:
63% of voters disapprove of ICE
60% want ICE out of Minneapolis
58% want Kristi Noem removed from office
63% of voters disapprove of ICE
60% want ICE out of Minneapolis
58% want Kristi Noem removed from office
February 5, 2026 at 4:16 PM
running on a shit border bill while campaigning with liz cheney AND not calling the gop weird = one of the biggest own goals in american political history
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The problem of ICE/CBP reform is we have a monster rampaging through our democracy and are trying to restrict *which* cities it can pillage and *how many* civilians it can eat. The problem isn’t the restrictions on the monster; the problem is the monster. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...
Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP
And why congressional "reform" isn't actually the real problem....
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
The problem of ICE/CBP reform is we have a monster rampaging through our democracy and are trying to restrict *which* cities it can pillage and *how many* civilians it can eat. The problem isn’t the restrictions on the monster; the problem is the monster. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/six-ways-t...
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
Medgar Evers’ killer was a Klansman, but Trump administration says stop calling him a racist - Mississippi Today
Among anticipated changes to a new visitor brochure for the Medgar & Myrlie Evers Home National Monument is no longer using "racist" to describe the killer of the civil rights leader.
mississippitoday.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963.
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
i voted for harris and said people should vote for harris. please proceed.
A lot of words, and a lot of comments justifying the fact that many couldn't bring themselves to vote for a black woman. Instead of facing your inherent biases, you are justifying the causes of the deaths and brutality of other u.S citizens.
February 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
i voted for harris and said people should vote for harris. please proceed.
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: we asked the head of the nazi party who he likes and what he likes and what stuff he likes and what he does and what's he like
February 5, 2026 at 3:21 PM
NBC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: we asked the head of the nazi party who he likes and what he likes and what stuff he likes and what he does and what's he like
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Just 62 years ago.
February 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Just 62 years ago.
cut to 9 year old oliver suddenly hearing his name on tv a lot because of oliver north
I feel bad for other people with the last name epstein who are not related.
February 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
cut to 9 year old oliver suddenly hearing his name on tv a lot because of oliver north
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...