Chase Woodruff
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Given that Trump's critics call it a kidnapping, and Trump says it's an apt term, I see no reason for the media not to use it. Literally both sides agree it's the proper description of what happened.
Q: Rodriguez called it a 'kidnapping' of Maduro
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
TRUMP: That's alright. That's not a bad term.
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Given that Trump's critics call it a kidnapping, and Trump says it's an apt term, I see no reason for the media not to use it. Literally both sides agree it's the proper description of what happened.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Some journalists get into it because they want to hold powerful people to account, while others just want powerful people to take their phone calls.
From the perspective of reporting the news, it doesn’t strike me that there is a functional difference between a president who answers the phone at 4:30am in the morning but doesn’t answer a reporter’s questions, versus a president who doesn’t agreed to be interviewed.
January 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Some journalists get into it because they want to hold powerful people to account, while others just want powerful people to take their phone calls.
It's completely indefensible for the rest of the upper-echelon on-air talent remaining at CBS News not to have followed John Dickerson out the door by now. Quietly exiting after a few more months of this won't be good enough.
Nightmarish. CBS News is now running straight state propaganda. They handed Hegseth all three segments and are now tweeting flattering sound bites.
January 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM
It's completely indefensible for the rest of the upper-echelon on-air talent remaining at CBS News not to have followed John Dickerson out the door by now. Quietly exiting after a few more months of this won't be good enough.
I think by now even Beltway reporters should be able to puzzle out the likelihood that "US military might" was not the determinative factor here
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I think by now even Beltway reporters should be able to puzzle out the likelihood that "US military might" was not the determinative factor here
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Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Hard to believe a FIFA Peace Prize laureate would do this.
Just a level-setting reminder that "No war" is just about the simplest political message that can possibly be communicated, and every trained political communicator who doesn't get it across to you is making a deliberate choice not to.
January 3, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Just a level-setting reminder that "No war" is just about the simplest political message that can possibly be communicated, and every trained political communicator who doesn't get it across to you is making a deliberate choice not to.
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Can’t name it exactly, but this a the peculiar quality of insipid contentlessness that makes you know it came from Weiss directly.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Can’t name it exactly, but this a the peculiar quality of insipid contentlessness that makes you know it came from Weiss directly.
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Censoring reports on torture prisons on behalf of the regime and airing struggle sessions to renounce the stinking old intellectuals, but in a "free press" kind of way
January 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Censoring reports on torture prisons on behalf of the regime and airing struggle sessions to renounce the stinking old intellectuals, but in a "free press" kind of way
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An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
An official account of the United States government is dreamposting about deporting 80+ million citizens
Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, who began 2025 defending their votes for many of Trump's cabinet picks on the grounds that good relations with the administration would better serve their constituents, end it by denouncing Trump's retaliatory veto of a unanimously-passed drinking water bill.
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, who began 2025 defending their votes for many of Trump's cabinet picks on the grounds that good relations with the administration would better serve their constituents, end it by denouncing Trump's retaliatory veto of a unanimously-passed drinking water bill.
Any time you see stuff like this it's worth remembering that the country is on a permanent one-way ratchet towards more and more of it until it has at least one major political party willing to be credibly accused of "defunding" law enforcement, which it currently does not.
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows.
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Any time you see stuff like this it's worth remembering that the country is on a permanent one-way ratchet towards more and more of it until it has at least one major political party willing to be credibly accused of "defunding" law enforcement, which it currently does not.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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The Leopards Drinking People's Water Party
GOP Rep Lauren Boebert is OK with Trump punishing Colorado over immigration, climate research, or Tina Peters. Just not her district's project.
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
"These are people who overwhelmingly voted for President Trump," Boebert told me. "These are not the people who should be attacked"
December 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The Leopards Drinking People's Water Party
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libsoftiktok is now the third most powerful branch of government after the president and supreme court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.
December 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
libsoftiktok is now the third most powerful branch of government after the president and supreme court
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The House's first order of business after the 3 a.m. post-coup-attempt EC certification was to send members home for a four-day weekend. And leadership initially said there would only be pro forma sessions until after the inauguration, a plan that didn't officially change until Monday the 11th.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The House's first order of business after the 3 a.m. post-coup-attempt EC certification was to send members home for a four-day weekend. And leadership initially said there would only be pro forma sessions until after the inauguration, a plan that didn't officially change until Monday the 11th.
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
I think this really is an aptitude of sorts that she has, and goes a long way towards explaining why she’s been able to fool enough people to get to where she is.
The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think this really is an aptitude of sorts that she has, and goes a long way towards explaining why she’s been able to fool enough people to get to where she is.