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Jeri Ryan (official account)
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Actress, mom, wife, foodie, gardener. Not necessarily in that order. Trying to make a better world for our kids. Star Trek: Picard. That’s CAPTAIN Seven to you. 🖖🏼😋❤️
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papootx.bsky.social
Epstein survivor Annie Farmer about the unearthed FBI report her sister filed nearly 30 years ago.

The FBI did nothing for 30 years.

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LIVE: Hidden FBI Epstein Survivor Report UNEARTHED After 3 DECADES
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December 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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“Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices..."“It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”

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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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rexhuppke.bsky.social
The unfolding Bari Weiss scandal is yet another example that we’re living through the Golden Age of people who don’t know shit trying and failing to do things that require people to know shit.
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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ddayen.bsky.social
We've heard from these Venezuelan CECOT survivors multiple times, in human rights reports and written testimony.
The NYTimes version of it got a WH quote. This is the useless kind of thing Bari needed?
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Presented with the men’s accusations and the experts’ findings, a White House spokeswoman, Abigail Jackson, said: “President Trump is committed to keeping his promises to the American people by removing dangerous criminal and terrorist illegal aliens who pose a threat to the American public.”
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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maryannefranks.bsky.social
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/m...
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
One of Ms. Weiss's suggestions was to include an interview with Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff and the architect of Mr. Trump's immigration crackdown, or a similarly high-ranking Trump administration official, two of the people said. Ms. Weiss provided contact information for Mr. Miller to the "60 Minutes" staff. Ms. Weiss also questioned the use of the term "migrants" to describe the Venezuelan men who were deported, noting that they were in the United States illegally, two of the people said. In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find inconvenient," Ms. Alfonsi wrote.
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
COLORADO — Trump rejects a federal disaster relief request, because the state is run by Democrats.

Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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oasismania25.bsky.social
So, is this correct ?
It’s now ok to infiltrate a tv channel and pull whatever the administration dislikes and pull possible unfavorable stories.

But when another administration “asks” to have misinformation and stolen revenge porn taken down

That’s “censorship”?
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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cwebbonline.com
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.

That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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tommasinaresist.bsky.social
Yes indeed. Who's with her?
President Kennedy is getting a laugh.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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yd52.bsky.social
The EPSTEIN FILES COVERUP has required the active participation of MANY PEOPLE in government! NONE of those people have their very own GOP SCOTUS-defined FREE-CRIME-ZONE!

Following ILLEGAL ORDERS exposes YOU to criminal liability!
#usdemocracy
newsweek.com Newsweek @newsweek.com · 5d
American comedian James Austin Johnson impersonated Trump on "SNL" and said that "we had to take it [his name] off so many files."
‘SNL’ Mocks Donald Trump Over Redacted Epstein Files
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December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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jerasikehorn.bsky.social
Calls to boycott CBS/Paramount intensify after CBS spiked a 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump regime hours before airtime…

#BoycottCBS
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help

Please contact us
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December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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janiceinanchorage.bsky.social
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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separker.bsky.social
Always.
#USDemocracy
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d
“That’s your fact, it’s not my fact” 🤔

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December 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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lopatto.bsky.social
as foretold by the prophesy
Managing requires certain kinds of soft skills, ones I am not confident you possess. They weren’t necessary in your cushy Wall Street Journal op-ed job, or your cushier New York Times op-ed job. They were barely required at the publication you invented, The Free Press. So now you’re the head honcho at CBS News. [highlighted text] Let’s say you decide to skip levels to directly edit a 60 Minutes story. It doesn’t even have to be a controversial story to make all hell break loose — because you have neither the credibility nor the relationships required to take this kind of work on. And what’s more, you’ve got a news division composed exclusively of ambitious piranhas below you — not your handpicked cronies, like Tyler “I wish to see Hollywood virgins” Cowen. These people have decades in television, and you have a newsletter and a history of throwing your colleagues under the bus. [end of highlight]
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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pawbaby2.bsky.social
Mike Johnson is sweating. 🔥
He’s openly warning that if Democrats win the House in 2026, Trump could face impeachment ! Translation: the GOP knows it’s in trouble. Polls sinking. This is what fear looks like. Democrats must win the midterms!

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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'Cannot let that happen!' Mike Johnson warns Trump will be impeached if GOP loses midterms — Raw Story
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) issued a rallying cry Sunday to young conservatives to stop Democrats from taking back the House majority next year in the midterm elections, warning that should the ...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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canaansdad1987.bsky.social
And they will convince MAGA that it's the Democrats in Congress who won't allow the $2,000.00 checks to be distributed.

#USDemocracy

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Top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett says $2,000 tariff checks for Americans will depend on Congress
Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett said Sunday that President Trump's idea to give Americans $2,000 checks funded by tariff revenue will "depend on what happens with Congress."
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December 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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newsjennifer.bsky.social
Sharyn Alfonsi is an award-winning journalist who has worked for 60 Minutes for 20 years. Before that she reported for ABC, CBS & local news outlets. If Alfonsi says her story was spiked by Bari Weiss political reasons, that’s exactly what happened. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices," Ms. Alfonsi wrote in the note, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times. "It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one." In her note, Ms. Alfonsi said that her team had requested comment from the White House, the state Department, and the Department of Homeland Security. "If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a 'kill switch' for any reporting they find inconvenient," Ms. Alfonsi wrote. "We have been promoting this story on social media for days," Ms. Alfonsi added. "Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of 'gold standard' reputation for a single week of political quiet." "I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight," she wrote.
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
like, this isn’t a person who you can tell “ummmm as the proprietor of a right wing opinion substack i think i know when a TV news story months in the making about foreign prisons is ready”
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
this is how you know bari is incapable of operating at this level. pulling rank on some desperate lackey at the free press does not equip one with the requisite skills to try and fuck over a veteran correspondent who’s been on her network’s flagship program for more than a decade.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d
The New York Times updated their story with a statement from Bari Weiss:
Ms. Weiss said in a statement late Sunday: "My job is to make sure that all stories we publish are the best they can be. Holding stories that aren't ready for whatever reason — that they lack sufficient context, say, or that they are missing critical voices — happens every day in every newsroom. I look forward to airing this important piece when it's ready."
December 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM