Brooke T. Sample
@brookesample.bsky.social
Cat lady, editrix, occasional sports fan, nap aficionado. She/her/hers. Editorial board member, Bloomberg Opinion. All views mine alone.
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Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
Did the Third Reich tour in Munich today. German-born guide was brilliant but Americans on the tour (even those of us pretty well-versed in WWII/Holocaust history) looked increasingly terrified as the morning went on
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Did the Third Reich tour in Munich today. German-born guide was brilliant but Americans on the tour (even those of us pretty well-versed in WWII/Holocaust history) looked increasingly terrified as the morning went on
“Accurate” — mother of a fifth grader
Iron Law of Extra Credit: Students who don't need the extra credit take advantage of it while the students who need it the most do not.
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Accurate” — mother of a fifth grader
The site I'm using to watch this keeps kicking me offline. The universe has spoken
OK checked back in and he was saying that instead of money going to health insurance companies money should go to people who can then buy health insurance so...he has no idea what he's talking about, does he? Switching over to watch Data feeding his cat. I'll learn more.
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The site I'm using to watch this keeps kicking me offline. The universe has spoken
1. Serious question: What's the point of this?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
1. Serious question: What's the point of this?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
2. No snark: Using prime time to yell stuff at viewers doesn't seem like a winner ... right?
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
On our way to Newark airport.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
On our way to Newark airport.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
Husband: Did you fart?
Me: No, that’s just Elizabeth.
If this doesn't make you feel a certain way, there's nothing that can help you.
On December 10 at the European Parliament, during a screening of documentary films about Ukrainian children, the interpreter could not hold back tears as 11‑year‑old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv spoke.
The boy had survived the missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022,
The boy had survived the missile strike on Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022,
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If this doesn't make you feel a certain way, there's nothing that can help you.
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Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
$28 million of cocaine seized off Miami Beach. Three men charged
Coast Guard and CBP seized about 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million from a 65-foot vessel near Government Cut off Miami Beach; three men were arrested.
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Whoa … this is really strange.
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Federal law enforcement managed to confiscate almost two tons of cocaine, and arrest 3 suspects, without blowing the boat out of the water or killing anyone.
🎁 link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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fishtopher tuesday where fishtopher politely requests you donate what you are able (time, money, support) to your favorite animal rescues
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
fishtopher tuesday where fishtopher politely requests you donate what you are able (time, money, support) to your favorite animal rescues
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What explains why Haitians don’t need protective status and wealthy Afrikaner white South Africans do? Ethnonationalism. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The decision could affect more than a half million Haitians living in the U.S.
www.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
What explains why Haitians don’t need protective status and wealthy Afrikaner white South Africans do? Ethnonationalism. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Great, if harrowing piece about the Freebirth Society, who we touched on in our latest Truly Tradly Deeply Episode about motherhood www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Great, if harrowing piece about the Freebirth Society, who we touched on in our latest Truly Tradly Deeply Episode about motherhood www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
“THINGS HAPPEN”?!?!
This is absolutely terrifying language for *every* American.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump dismisses criticism of Saudi Crown Prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen.'
This is absolutely terrifying language for *every* American.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump dismisses criticism of Saudi Crown Prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen.'
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“THINGS HAPPEN”?!?!
This is absolutely terrifying language for *every* American.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump dismisses criticism of Saudi Crown Prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen.'
This is absolutely terrifying language for *every* American.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump dismisses criticism of Saudi Crown Prince over 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen.'
I swear, every time I think things can’t get worse for NJ Transit …
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I swear, every time I think things can’t get worse for NJ Transit …
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dressed up like you’re in patrol in Fallujah, passing some retired banker from Myers Park out to pick up birdseed.
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...