- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: ICE Agent Goes Viral For Telling Woman She’s Going in a ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Database For Recording Him
An ICE officer went viral on Friday after he was filmed telling a woman that she was going into a “database” for “domestic terrorists” for filming him in the streets.
- Ben Van Bloem, Isabella Sherk & Noah Dowe @ Media Matters: Right-wing media have relentlessly pushed the false claim that ICE is going after the “worst of the worst”
In reality, data shows that “more than 60 percent of the people detained in at-large arrests since June did not have criminal convictions or pending charges.”
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: White House pushes manipulated image of arrest of Minnesota civil rights attorney
As one prominent political scientist summarized, “We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda.”
- Ashley Ahn @ The New York Times: National Park Service Dismantles Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia
The exhibit memorialized nine people enslaved by George Washington. The Park Service said it was being removed in accordance with a directive from President Trump.
- Ewan Palmer @ The Daily Beast: Sweaty Bongino Loses It at People Being Mean About His Grift Confession
The MAGA mouthpiece is returning to conspiracy theorist podcasting after a failed stint with the FBI.