Beachwood Reporter
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I'm a Chicago-based reporter, editor, media critic, political analyst and digital media evangelist who has worked at the ChiTrib, Newsweek, Chicagomag and founded the pioneering Beachwood Reporter. I have an independently designed master's in newsroom mgt/worked at NU'sNewspaper Management Center.
'The suspected shooter was an Afghan refugee who fought as part of a “Zero Unit,” a paramilitary force that worked with the CIA, NYT’s Julian Barnes and colleagues report, and a childhood friend said he had a history of mental health issues, disturbed by the violence his unit had inflicted.'
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
'The suspected shooter was an Afghan refugee who fought as part of a “Zero Unit,” a paramilitary force that worked with the CIA, NYT’s Julian Barnes and colleagues report, and a childhood friend said he had a history of mental health issues, disturbed by the violence his unit had inflicted.'
Frankly that clip would be about 10 seconds long. It's the White House Press Corps. The problem is they're still acting like they always have, not that they're doing something different.
Can someone show the White House Press Corpse a montage of the reporters who covered previous administrations, the ones who weren't complete cowards?
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Frankly that clip would be about 10 seconds long. It's the White House Press Corps. The problem is they're still acting like they always have, not that they're doing something different.
That's the response ur looking for? How abt "Everything you just said is not true." How abt not letting him filibuster w/lies? How abt not participating in the charade? How abt not approaching him earnestly as if he's not a pathological liar? The reporter is stupid, just not in the way Trump says.
Would it kill somebody to say “Nancy is not stupid.” It pains me to see the WH press corps just accept the abuse. Sends the wrong image to Americans and the world IMHO.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That's the response ur looking for? How abt "Everything you just said is not true." How abt not letting him filibuster w/lies? How abt not participating in the charade? How abt not approaching him earnestly as if he's not a pathological liar? The reporter is stupid, just not in the way Trump says.
Very interesting, have we been thinking about college tuition wrongly?
The problem is that this quote, and the NBC News piece, are misrepresenting the data, because they're talking about sticker price, not what students actually pay. According to the very same College Board report, the dollar amount students actually pay has, um, been going down.
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Very interesting, have we been thinking about college tuition wrongly?
Citing Janet Malcolm in 2025 is lazy, to say the least. Didn't read past it.
archive.ph
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Citing Janet Malcolm in 2025 is lazy, to say the least. Didn't read past it.
Keith Olbermann dated and lived with Nuzzi for years back when she was 21 and he was 55.
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Keith Olbermann dated and lived with Nuzzi for years back when she was 21 and he was 55.
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NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
NEW: A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to stop recommending the vaccine to pregnant women.
It would be a lot easier to be patient with JJ McCarthy if he was merely going through rookie struggles instead of showing no competence whatsoever to even run a scout team; and also if the rest of the team wasn't playoff-ready. How did the #Vikings miscalculate so badly?
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It would be a lot easier to be patient with JJ McCarthy if he was merely going through rookie struggles instead of showing no competence whatsoever to even run a scout team; and also if the rest of the team wasn't playoff-ready. How did the #Vikings miscalculate so badly?
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
She’s not gonna let him get away with it.
Donald Trump is too busy destroying the federal government to fix the affordability crisis he’s created. I’m not going to let him get away with it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
She’s not gonna let him get away with it.
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Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
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New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New Justice Department filings reveal that it was Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who chose to defy a federal court order by transferring more than 100 Venezuelan men into Salvadoran custody to be imprisoned.
C'mon, it's not an all or nothing proposition. I used AI the other day to help me find sources for a report. I used it to diagnose blood labs while waiting (too long) for my doctor to respond and it was spot-on. In both cases, citations were included. It's being used in medicine in important ways...
same
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
C'mon, it's not an all or nothing proposition. I used AI the other day to help me find sources for a report. I used it to diagnose blood labs while waiting (too long) for my doctor to respond and it was spot-on. In both cases, citations were included. It's being used in medicine in important ways...
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We found that if every car had these driver assist features, the U.S. could prevent 1.6 million total car crashes (including about 7,200 fatal crashes), and save more than $260 billion annually in costs to society www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We found that if every car had these driver assist features, the U.S. could prevent 1.6 million total car crashes (including about 7,200 fatal crashes), and save more than $260 billion annually in costs to society www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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Skokie takes a stand.
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Skokie takes a stand.
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Guys, it's okay to run dudes like this off.
Cupp's been regularly protesting w the left at PDX ICE, even tho he makes open antisemitic common cause w the groyper streamers.
He is a Juche-Islamist Nazi who was in a threesome w the founders of the satanic neo-Nazi Temple ov Blood (Atomwaffen occult shit).
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
He is a Juche-Islamist Nazi who was in a threesome w the founders of the satanic neo-Nazi Temple ov Blood (Atomwaffen occult shit).
bsky.app/profile/jenn...
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Guys, it's okay to run dudes like this off.
The next Democratic nominee for president should run on a promise there will be no "Rush Hour 5."
Paramount is in talks to distribute Rush Hour 4 after President Trump reportedly lobbied Larry Ellison, the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison, to revive the action-comedy franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The next Democratic nominee for president should run on a promise there will be no "Rush Hour 5."