FBI misuse, optics, and internal blowback

Things are really up and down this week. From the weather, to the Olympics to Alex Honnold up and then down that building. Tis the season to keep it together.  

Minnesota resources: 

https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

CALL YOUR REPS: 

https://5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-ice-defund/

12 min: Alex Honnold of Free Solo

30 min: Naomi Osaka 

35 min: Moms at Weddings

40 min: Have You Noticed the Weather?

1 hour 5 min: Kash Patel’s FBI 

1 hour 21 min: Nordic Combined at the Olympics

1 hour 24 min: Caps off to Whitney Cummings 

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Minnesota 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/minneapolis-protests-footage/685753/

https://www.standwithminnesota.com/

The Climber

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/alex-honnold-netflix-taipei.html

Moms and Weddings

https://www.thecut.com/article/my-mom-ruined-my-wedding-day-family-drama.html

Naomi Osaka 

https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/47690704/naomi-osaka-brushes-sorana-cirstea-frigid-handshake

Kash Patel 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trump-kash-patel-fbi-agents.html

Olympics Nordic Combined

https://people.com/woman-spends-years-training-but-women-s-nordic-combined-is-barred-from-the-2026-winter-olympics-exclusive-11885534

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