Michelle Hackman

You have to prove that you're extraordinary.

And you have to actually find evidence that's quantifiable, that's objective, that you're extraordinary.

They have to find sort of these objective third-party metrics.

For example, you know, have you exhibited your artwork at this, you know, well-known fancy gallery?

Are you getting write-ups in places that you can't pay for, like the Wall Street Journal that are independent arbiters of how good you are?

I mean, one kind of funny case is that a lot of OnlyFans stars are using the O-1 process and arguing that they're extraordinary because of how much they're getting paid, how many fans they have on OnlyFans.

Not something I ever thought I would be talking about at work.

I definitely think that there's a broadening going on here that we have to think about art in sort of new ways.

In some ways, it's really fun to think about, like, you know, what counts as art, what counts as worthy art.

Holman framed it that way today.

He said, we've accomplished everything that we've wanted to here in Minnesota.

But if you read between the lines, I think they are actually looking for a way to de-escalate.

They did make a lot of arrests.

It remains to be seen how many of those people will actually be deported.

Absolutely.

You saw the administration do an about-face.

They were proud of their work in Minnesota.

I would say pretty much up through the shooting of Alex Preddy in Minnesota a few weeks ago.

And at that point, criticism of their operations boiled over.

It wasn't just Democrats.