FBI's MLK Jr. Tweet Gets Truly Epic Community Note
HuffPost
A note added to the post said the agency "engaged in surveillance of King, attempted to discredit him, and used manipulation tactics to influence him to stop organizing."
The FBI attempted to honor the 95th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth on Monday, only to be reminded of all the ways the agency tried to undermine his work while he was alive.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the FBI said that it “honors one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights movement and reaffirms its commitment to Dr. King’s legacy of fairness and equal justice for all.”
The post fulfilled its performative goal of honoring a true American hero, but many users rightfully pointed out that it wasn’t conveying the FBI’s real history with King.
As a result, a community note was added to the post that pointed out that when King was alive, the agency had a less favorable reaction to him, to the point where agents “engaged in surveillance of King, attempted to discredit him, and used manipulation tactics to influence him to stop organizing.”
The note also mentioned that King’s own family believes “the FBI was responsible for his death.”
"We cannot be mesmerized by the worst things that we see happening," the transportation secretary said.
The president-elect had been set for sentencing next week.
At least 20 House Democrats are demanding increased transparency over reports that Israel is not treating all U.S. citizens equally, as first reported by HuffPost.
"It is interesting when you find out what a bridge too far for Donald Trump looks like," the MSNBC host said.
Scripps News' Liz Landers reminded the South Carolina Republican that Americans are facing "a lot of challenges" outside of bathrooms.
Donald Trump's daughter-in-law offered some advice for non-Trump voters but people weren't buying it.
The UFC boss helped the former president return to the White House but had a profanity-laced take on the process.
Tom Horman has been a fixture in the fever swamps of far-right media.
Kennedy has since apologized for the remarks, but with a staunchly pro-Trump twist.
The former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump took a not-so-subtle jab at Pete Hegseth over his "lecture" on the topic.
The New York Democrat used a brutal metaphor to describe her far-right Republican colleague.