Will Bunch
@willbunch.bsky.social
National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
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I learn from their website that Gallup is proud of all the contracts they have with many federal agencies.
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thehill.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I learn from their website that Gallup is proud of all the contracts they have with many federal agencies.
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It's kind of insane: the obvious lane open today in US politics is fiery left populism that vows to restrain & discipline the Epstein class ... but our only left party is run by that same class & its quisling pundits! Something is gonna break.
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It's kind of insane: the obvious lane open today in US politics is fiery left populism that vows to restrain & discipline the Epstein class ... but our only left party is run by that same class & its quisling pundits! Something is gonna break.
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“If we’re going to say it’s OK to kill so-called terrorists in the Caribbean, for actions that have traditionally been dealt with as a criminal matter... what’s to say you can’t do the same in an American city?” @scanlon.house.gov told @theintercept.com
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Pam Bondi asked about NSPM-7 by Mary Gay Scanlon: "Holding beliefs that the White House disagrees with is not a crime."
Bondi: "I'm not going to commit to anything for you because you won't let me answer questions."
Bondi: "I'm not going to commit to anything for you because you won't let me answer questions."
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“If we’re going to say it’s OK to kill so-called terrorists in the Caribbean, for actions that have traditionally been dealt with as a criminal matter... what’s to say you can’t do the same in an American city?” @scanlon.house.gov told @theintercept.com
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WTF
"Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.
..it “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”"
"Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.
..it “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”"
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
WTF
"Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.
..it “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”"
"Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday.
..it “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”"
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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simply one of the greatest calls of all time
February 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
simply one of the greatest calls of all time
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Neighborism
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Neighborism
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TikTok about my reporting got 21,000 likes in Brasil.
It talked about how I overstayed my visa, but was allowed to stay. A Brazilian federal police officer told me, "We're not ICE, we're Brazilians."
The video was blocked, though, for viewers in US.
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It talked about how I overstayed my visa, but was allowed to stay. A Brazilian federal police officer told me, "We're not ICE, we're Brazilians."
The video was blocked, though, for viewers in US.
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TikTok on Payday’s Reporting Gets 21,000 Likes in Brasil, But Blocked by Trump Regs in U.S.
TikToks made in Brasil are now banned under new rules implemented by the Trump Administration.
paydayreport.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
TikTok about my reporting got 21,000 likes in Brasil.
It talked about how I overstayed my visa, but was allowed to stay. A Brazilian federal police officer told me, "We're not ICE, we're Brazilians."
The video was blocked, though, for viewers in US.
paydayreport.com/tiktok-on-pa...
It talked about how I overstayed my visa, but was allowed to stay. A Brazilian federal police officer told me, "We're not ICE, we're Brazilians."
The video was blocked, though, for viewers in US.
paydayreport.com/tiktok-on-pa...
Fort Bliss is home to Camp East Montana, ICE's biggest and most decrepit concentration camp, where three detainees have died and there is a tuberculosis outbreak
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Fort Bliss is home to Camp East Montana, ICE's biggest and most decrepit concentration camp, where three detainees have died and there is a tuberculosis outbreak
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
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The FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights are set to resume.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
Live updates: FAA lifts temporary closure of airspace over El Paso
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have grounded all flights.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The FAA says it has lifted temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, and all flights are set to resume.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
So the Project Gnome nuclear test site seems to be in or near the closed El Paso airspace. Something to ponder? clui.org/ludb/site/gn...
Gnome Nuclear Test Site | The Center for Land Use Interpretation
The Project Gnome Site is the location of a 1961 underground nuclear test conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission, near Loving, New Mexico. This was the first test in the Plowshare Program, a progra...
clui.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
So the Project Gnome nuclear test site seems to be in or near the closed El Paso airspace. Something to ponder? clui.org/ludb/site/gn...
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I'm trying to think of an explanation for the El Paso air space thing other than Trump is finally going to drone strike Mexican drug cartels and I can't come up with one
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I'm trying to think of an explanation for the El Paso air space thing other than Trump is finally going to drone strike Mexican drug cartels and I can't come up with one
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“Bad Bunny sang nothing about the frigid chaos 2,000 miles east in Minnesota, and yet the show was somehow very much about Minneapolis.”
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:47 AM
“Bad Bunny sang nothing about the frigid chaos 2,000 miles east in Minnesota, and yet the show was somehow very much about Minneapolis.”
This can’t be good
Breaking News: The FAA halted all flights to and from the El Paso airport in Texas for 10 days, citing unspecified security reasons.
F.A.A. Halts All Flights at El Paso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM
This can’t be good
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Won't you be my neighbor? ♥️
"We are all neighbors ...
We are all in this together.
The word I kept thinking about as I watched Bad Bunny’s joyous performance is a term that didn’t really exist on New Year’s Day 2026 yet has instantly provided a name to the current zeitgeist.
Neighborism."
"We are all neighbors ...
We are all in this together.
The word I kept thinking about as I watched Bad Bunny’s joyous performance is a term that didn’t really exist on New Year’s Day 2026 yet has instantly provided a name to the current zeitgeist.
Neighborism."
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Won't you be my neighbor? ♥️
"We are all neighbors ...
We are all in this together.
The word I kept thinking about as I watched Bad Bunny’s joyous performance is a term that didn’t really exist on New Year’s Day 2026 yet has instantly provided a name to the current zeitgeist.
Neighborism."
"We are all neighbors ...
We are all in this together.
The word I kept thinking about as I watched Bad Bunny’s joyous performance is a term that didn’t really exist on New Year’s Day 2026 yet has instantly provided a name to the current zeitgeist.
Neighborism."
You won't find a more important piece than this -- an absolute must-read from the woman who wrote the book on concentration camps
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:49 AM
You won't find a more important piece than this -- an absolute must-read from the woman who wrote the book on concentration camps
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"They had driven almost seven hours from Froid, a town of about 200 people in the northeastern reaches of the state, to back one of their own..."
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Community members fight for Froid man facing immigration charge
GREAT FALLS — Roberto Orozco-Ramirez pleaded not guilty Monday to a federal charge of reentering the United States illegally in U.S. District Court in Great Falls.The detention hearing arraignment las...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM
"They had driven almost seven hours from Froid, a town of about 200 people in the northeastern reaches of the state, to back one of their own..."
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www.newsfromthestates.com/article/comm...
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Ultimately, it is Mr. Fred McFeely Rogers who won the culture war and we are all better for it.
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Ultimately, it is Mr. Fred McFeely Rogers who won the culture war and we are all better for it.
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"we are still here"
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
"we are still here"
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How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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Mr. Rogers had it right all along.
And so does Will Bunch. This is a great, and packed, newsletter.
And so does Will Bunch. This is a great, and packed, newsletter.
How did Bad Bunny utter not one word about Trump or authoritarianism at the Super Bowl yet deliver the most power message in 60 years of the game?
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Behind Benito's 13-minute love song for the same "neighborism" that's saving Minneapolis from ICE raids
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Bad Bunny, MPLS, and the ‘neighborism’ saving America | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the word of the year for 2026 is the f-bomb.
www.inquirer.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Mr. Rogers had it right all along.
And so does Will Bunch. This is a great, and packed, newsletter.
And so does Will Bunch. This is a great, and packed, newsletter.
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In his new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a... @willbunch.bsky.social has carved out in words the positive emotions that I have been experiencing since viewing Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
Much appreciated @willbunch.bsky.social
Much appreciated @willbunch.bsky.social
www.inquirer.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
In his new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a... @willbunch.bsky.social has carved out in words the positive emotions that I have been experiencing since viewing Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance.
Much appreciated @willbunch.bsky.social
Much appreciated @willbunch.bsky.social
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Rep. Goldman: “Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?…Is Nazi Germany one?”
Lyons: “Yes.”
Goldman: “Is the Soviet Union one?"
Lyons: “Yes, but this is the wrong type of questioning you should be asking me.”
Lyons: “Yes.”
Goldman: “Is the Soviet Union one?"
Lyons: “Yes, but this is the wrong type of questioning you should be asking me.”
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Rep. Goldman: “Do you know what other regimes in the 20th century required similar proof of citizenship?…Is Nazi Germany one?”
Lyons: “Yes.”
Goldman: “Is the Soviet Union one?"
Lyons: “Yes, but this is the wrong type of questioning you should be asking me.”
Lyons: “Yes.”
Goldman: “Is the Soviet Union one?"
Lyons: “Yes, but this is the wrong type of questioning you should be asking me.”