ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! @markwarner.bsky.social you are a pathetic weasel.
11.03.2026 01:28
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! @markwarner.bsky.social you are a pathetic weasel.
I feel some kind of way about people saying that we are docile cowards when we are being shot in the streets and teargassed on the regular and the response so many have is to figure out where they can go to add their bodies to the list of those willing to die to try to stop fascism from taking over.
“I am Mathias I am 7 I am writing this letter so my story is heard by you We need help have been detained for 23 days with my mom & 3yo sister. I cry a lot I want to get out of here go back to my school here they do not treat us well there are many children we are kidnapped help!”
My name is Marisa Kabas, and I'm an independent journalist who publishes The Handbasket. I'm reaching out about a matter that involves your team and that continues to trouble me. In June of last year, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and I filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan Police Department to compel them to release body camera footage from the March 17, 2025 DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace. What followed was months of back and forth with their lawyers, arguing why it was in the public interest to release the un-redacted footage in its entirety. Though tiny segments were handed over, that wasn't enough: We wanted all of it. On February 18, 2026, a DC judge ruled in our favor, and your reporter Mark Segraves sent a kind note of congratulations that day. Then on Monday, March 2nd, the footage was handed over to me and excitedly announced I'd received it and would be reviewing it in the coming days and sharing what I learned. When Segraves emailed me this past Thursday asking for my phone number, I didn't think much of it. But when he called me just before 2pm on Friday to let me know NBC4 Washington would be airing a segment at 5pm, I grew concerned. Segraves said he'd obtained some of the footage via a FOIA request that week after he heard the footage had been released to me. He said he'd credit the work of RCFP and me, but it was little comfort. I asked if he'd known the day before when he emailed me for my number, why didn't he tell me then? He didn't have a good answer for that. He acknowledged all the hard work I'd done getting this footage released. I asked him if he could hold the story until Monday, to which he replied that he's "not just a blogger" (implying that that's all I am, presumably) and that he'd have to check with his editor. I said fine. Nearly an hour later he called back to say his editor refused to hold the story, but that they were happy to interview me via Zoom to add to the package, and I said I would.
What followed was two hours of furiously writing and posting clips of the footage to Youtube so I could get something published before the 5pm broadcast, and in the midst of that, recording a quick Zoom interview with a person who was about to take credit for my work. At 4:59pm ET, The Handbasket published a piece titled "Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid." Then I tuned into NBC4 Washington via your website to catch the broadcast, and my instinct to rush to get something out first was proven right. "It's a story you're seeing first on News4," your newscast began. "For the first time we're getting an inside look at what happened the day the Trump administration took over the US Institute of Peace. News4 obtained more than four hours of police body camera video from that day." What followed was more than six minutes of clips and commentary from Segraves, but it's not until six minutes and 21 seconds into the piece that he mentions my name (mispronounced though he asked for the correct pronunciation on Zoom), "The Handbasket blog," and the RCFP's foundational role in bringing this footage to light. I was angry, but didn't feel there was much I could do. Then I saw the version NBC4 posted to Instagram and TikTok—the video itself made ZERO mention of the RCFP or my work, only briefly acknowledging it in the written caption on Instagram, and not even bothering to do that on TikTok. An average viewer with no background on the case is lead to believe that this footage was released because of your efforts. When I saw that, I decided I couldn't let this go. It's difficult to explain what it's like to spend nearly a year working on a story only to have another reporter and outlet surreptitiously take credit for it; months of work and personal risk only to have another reporter lying in wait to swoop in. What NBC4 did was immoral, unethical, and to be frank, just truly sucked.
I just sent this email to the news director at NBC4 Washington about the unprofessional and disrespectful way they handled publishing the body camera footage of the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace that was obtained via my FOIA lawsuit:
What is your position called?? That sounds like a wonderful addition to so many fields.
My toddler, on a day she dressed herself she’s dancing in black and white striped leggings, a red tutu, and a black and white striped shirt with sequin cherries on it. She is the embodiment of fierce joy.
This women’s day, I hope you celebrate fierce joy. So confident in your worth and your cause that no disappointments or setbacks can last in the flame of your joy. Bring it on.
(My daughter is the fiercest most joyful being to ever exist)
Excited to check this out!
Okay this young lady is also a fierce joy kinda gal.
The guy pardoned from a 22 year sentence for sedition. The coup succeeded.
My toddler, on a day she dressed herself she’s dancing in black and white striped leggings, a red tutu, and a black and white striped shirt with sequin cherries on it. She is the embodiment of fierce joy.
This women’s day, I hope you celebrate fierce joy. So confident in your worth and your cause that no disappointments or setbacks can last in the flame of your joy. Bring it on.
(My daughter is the fiercest most joyful being to ever exist)
A clinic at the New Horizons Youth Shelter treats young people alongside their pets to build better relationships with the medical system — with promising results.
Irony is dead.
I’ve had this experience twice and am happy to give any NICU endurance tips if you need them ❤️ it can be incredible in ups but also in downs.
I feel this to my core. The sweet snuggles and the desperate shushing. Interminable.
So impeach him. Like we’ve been begging you to do since May.
DOOCY: It sounds like the Russians are helping Iran target and attack Americans--
TRUMP: That's an easy problem compared to what we're doing here. What a stupid question that is to be asking at this time. We're talking about something else.
The killing of Iranian children during an illegal war is an impeachable offense (not to mention a grave crime) and Congress should really act like it.
15 Republicans in the Senate could end this nightmare before it somehow gets even worse.
So here's the reality--we're up against a tight deadline. Signatures are due in Augusta by 5pm March 16 and I need help meeting my goal. If I could get 20 volunteers to commit to collecting 20 signatures each, it would be a huge help. Can I count on you?
Even if you feel unqualified for a job you’ve been given/assigned, you’re almost certainly better than any other option. Feeling guilty over not doing/being enough has made me WORSE at jobs I care MORE about. Don’t fall for it, ladies ❤️
