A couple times? Were there easter eggs you didn’t get the first time?
12.03.2026 00:25
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A couple times? Were there easter eggs you didn’t get the first time?
The Menu-Men
One of the best in the biz! Show em how it’s done Liz!
I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a “rigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.
The barista was clearly just appreciating your joke by not believing you
IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS: TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION "Slip the switch" by flipping it while the trolley's front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt.
Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome
This is how I access Bluesky.
(that's a photo of my actual watch—it still lives)
I drink coffee with oat milk. I am lonely
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:
Tracy Jordan: I saw a bald dude twerking in front of a Pac Man head on a pair of scissors. Scissors!
What if instead of a town road in which the path of our future went irreversibly down a single path, what if instead it is like a highway? We missed our exit 30 years ago and the driver refuses to admit he made a mistake. In fact, he won’t let go of the wheel or let anyone else drive.
Well I’m gonna block you now but thanks for making my train ride interesting
I assure you, the only person who seems like a fool here is you
Who cares about the government? We both agree this is a lie
Do you thinks it’s okay to lie to viewers? Yes or no?
Okay. Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about and quote-tweeting me like this is just weird. You might be the only person who cares what I think
I’m not a lawyer so I don’t need to make a legal case. You’re also not a lawyer. This is also not a courtroom. What I said was this is wrong and there won’t be consequences. Which is exactly what I said when I first posted. So please stop strawmanning me. Do you think it’s okay lie to viewers?
I don’t have to google it. I used to work in a newsroom. The First Amendment didn’t stop Fox News from getting sued for 800m. You don’t know what you’re talking about. Please stop spreading misinformation
I’m pretty sure if it were that simple, no newsroom in America would employ a lawyer
This shouldn’t be legal and maybe it’s not. Either way, there won’t be consequences
Baudrillard wrote some weird stuff about 9/11 (“the spirit of terrorism), but I really wish Americans had the capacity to understand that 9/11 was a moment where our own violence was reflected at us. We did not learn from our innocent lives lost that others feel our violence the way we felt 9/11
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
Would you say this is the outcome of the spectacularization of pixar or just regular ol’ enshittification?
That’s crazy. Usually we turn the ball over down double digits and salute the tank master. Maybe demin being out had something to do with it
What happened? I only caught the end
Rod Serling is probably the coolest guy of the 20th century. Looked cool, sounded cool, fought Nazis, hated John Wayne, wrote the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Honestly dunks all the hell over any male influencer guy.
Finished watching a bunch of
heavy shows & I’m like I’ll put on Community for some laughs and this always tears for me scene & episode… When Troy comes to help Abed sing to find his mouse & that is what brings him home to Abed this set sets so much of what becomes one of the best friendships on tv.
Daiquiris in a can are gonna be what gets me through post-armageddon
It’s why I got a new macbook in 2024 before the new trump admin. Pretty sure the cost has doubled since
The New York Giants lose 30 to -2.
