Al Tompkins

FCC’s Carr just can’t get close enough to Trump. Now threatens broadcasters if they don’t fall in line. cbsnews.com/news/fcc-chair…

60 Min tonight- wow Incredible journalism

Excellent story by @atompkins: In Minneapolis, journalism students are learning to report under pressure amid an immigration surge poynter.org/educators-stud…

My journalism professor friends are teaching skills they never imagined—like packing bullet wounds. poynter.org/educators-stud…

Shooting involving Border Patrol leaves 1 in critical condition near US-Mexico border apnews.com/article/arizon…

Breaking: Federal agents shoot another person in Minnesota, governor says washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01…

ICE agent in Portland, Maine tells legal observer she is a domestic terrorist for peacefully recording him, adds her to "nice little database"

How confident are you that FEMA will perform brilliantly this weekend?

Especially appreciative for @BayNews9 airing a special tonight on the upcoming Florida legislative session, substantive insightful interviews on issues that matter from property taxes to insurance costs without political bashing and noise. This is public service journalism.

Nine of the Minnesota child care centers that were discussed in a viral video, prompting allegations of fraud, were "operating as expected" when state investigators conducted on-site checks this week, officials said on Friday.

Really nice / might be nicer if they would not feel so compelled to turn so many lyrics into English. All and all delightful. Next time give them an epic stage and full orchestration.

Where Members of COngress get their money- NEW: integrityindex.us

HOLIDAY HELPER: A Texas HEB manager displays heartwarming act of kindness, allowing customers stuck waiting in line after the store's computers glitched to go home with all of their groceries at no charge. The customers responded with a huge round of applause over the holiday gesture.

Now the Trump admn. is banning new Chinese made drones. But DJI, a Chinese drone company makes the best and everybody from cops to hobbyists fly them. I wonder if the Trump family will profit— read on NYT.

VIDEO: Wanna see the 60 minutes story that Bari Weiss tried to spike-- here you go. Turns out CBS forgot to spike it in Canada. commondreams.org/news/60-minute…

Wanna watch the 60 minutes story that Bari Weiss spiked? Here you go- the whole thing. Because you see, Global TV in Canada already was locked and loaded for air when it got pulled. ooppppss... roll that video muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60…

The 60-minutes piece, yanked at the last minute didn't stop the story from spreading. Seems they could not shut the valve fast enough and it made its way public in Canada. Now it is leaking online. It is hard to contain truth. theverge.com/policy/849432/…

A 100% reduction would mean that a consumer pays zero. A 200% CUT would PAYS the consumer the full price. A 400% CUT would means the company pays you 3x the price of the medicine. A 500% cut would bring the consumer 4X the price, and a 600% cut would pay you 5X the drug price.

Trump claims average gasoline prices are 2.50 a gallon.

Wait- I thought they backtracked on this. Now a swastika or noose is NOT always offensive, just potentially.