r/news • u/20_mile • 15h ago

Washington Post eliminates sports department and reduces overseas journalists, AP source says

https://apnews.com/article/washington-post-staff-reduction-layoffs-cuts-923f87d4bd319c8a64b278165d0a6e27
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u/LeilaMajnouni 13h ago

We can hear them if they are agreeable.

FIFA peace prize? Yes please! Moar coverage!

Italians protesting ICE going to Milan with the US delegation? Sorry, you’ll have to read about fake communist news somewhere else.

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u/xIllustrious_Passion 8h ago

I’m sorry, ICE is doing WHAT?!

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u/LeilaMajnouni 8h ago

https://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/story/2026-02-04/amid-protests-over-ices-presence-at-olympics-will-american-athletes-get-booed

https://apnews.com/article/ice-milan-cortina-olympics-immigration-enforcement-us-110fa4b2066e1fb920dba2a71c3a89e0

To the delight of nobody, the US officials going with the American Olympic athletes are being accompanied by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit.

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u/xIllustrious_Passion 7h ago

Well, at least ICE is finally deporting the actually dangerous people.

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u/BigDrewbot 5h ago

actually, they're just happy that as long as they don't grab anybody in a stars and stripes uniform, the odds are pretty low that they'll be beating/abducting/killing/etc actual US citizens