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“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.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“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.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Love that play call in Cleveland - Jeudy runs the clear out and they get Fannin on the linebacker, does a great job finding the space. Really fun player!
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Love that play call in Cleveland - Jeudy runs the clear out and they get Fannin on the linebacker, does a great job finding the space. Really fun player!
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The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The EPA is abandoning a rule that would strengthen limits on fine-particle pollution, a move scientists and experts say could lead to dirtier air and more deaths.
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Analysis: The Post found that documents recounting President Ronald Reagan’s relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, have been removed.
The State Department had deleted history.
The State Department had deleted history.
Analysis | State Department deleted records about risk of inadvertent nuclear war
Key historical records about the incident during the Reagan administration, known as the Able Archer 83 War Scare, were removed without explanation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Analysis: The Post found that documents recounting President Ronald Reagan’s relations with the Soviet Union in the early 1980s, one of the most dangerous periods of the Cold War, have been removed.
The State Department had deleted history.
The State Department had deleted history.
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Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said. He was 88. https://cnn.it/49bIwej
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said. He was 88. https://cnn.it/49bIwej
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Cuts to social protection for people living in poverty have created “fertile ground” for far-right movements around the world, according to a United Nations report. https://cnn.it/3JlsNyN
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Cuts to social protection for people living in poverty have created “fertile ground” for far-right movements around the world, according to a United Nations report. https://cnn.it/3JlsNyN
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The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million.
DHS to spend $200 million on private jets for Noem, other officials
The new Coast Guard contract for two Gulfstream G700 jets far exceeds the $50 million the Coast Guard had requested earlier this year to purchase a new jet.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Coast Guard plans to buy two Gulfstream private jets to be used by Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem and other top DHS and Coast Guard officials at a total estimated cost of $200 million.
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rooting for a bengals-bucs super bowl just to determine which spurned browns QB reigns supreme
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
rooting for a bengals-bucs super bowl just to determine which spurned browns QB reigns supreme
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Reminder that one of the first things this guy did was install a TV makeup studio at the Pentagon
Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Reminder that one of the first things this guy did was install a TV makeup studio at the Pentagon
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This is a victory for Jimmy Kimmel and ABC and a reflection of the power that national networks have over local affiliates. www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m...
The Jimmy Kimmel blackout is completely over: Nexstar and Sinclair back down | CNN Business
Sinclair and Nexstar, the two major station groups that preempted the talk show earlier this month, are allowing the show to return to their ABC-affiliated stations on Friday evening.
www.cnn.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is a victory for Jimmy Kimmel and ABC and a reflection of the power that national networks have over local affiliates. www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/m...
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According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.
Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention
Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.
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A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.
https://wapo.st/42Dy5vU
https://wapo.st/42Dy5vU
September 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.
https://wapo.st/42Dy5vU
https://wapo.st/42Dy5vU
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Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
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Border czar Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in September 2024. Trump officials have shut down the bribery investigation.
Trump officials shut down bribery probe of border czar Tom Homan
Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in Texas in September 2024, according to people familiar with the matter and a government document...
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Border czar Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in September 2024. Trump officials have shut down the bribery investigation.
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“Fuck ICE and free Palestine,” Hannah Einbinder said while accepting her award at the #Emmys, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning ICE while wearing an #Artists4Ceasefire pin onstage.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
September 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“Fuck ICE and free Palestine,” Hannah Einbinder said while accepting her award at the #Emmys, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning ICE while wearing an #Artists4Ceasefire pin onstage.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
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I was just thinking yesterday about the Trump “now my building is the tallest” phone call on 9/11, an actual thing that was said on live TV by a person who was later elected president of the United States
![REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible]
How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they ve been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely.
And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cfy5rgqvohpdqxgu2geb5u2b/bafkreig42mujsiyxozvq3kiayszu47dbk6zds3icm5bwu34twt3d7vbo2q@jpeg)
September 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I was just thinking yesterday about the Trump “now my building is the tallest” phone call on 9/11, an actual thing that was said on live TV by a person who was later elected president of the United States
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ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
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when my house is burning down but i can die at peace knowing we got rid of all those damn firefighting immigrants
August 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
when my house is burning down but i can die at peace knowing we got rid of all those damn firefighting immigrants
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Kristi Noem, who wore a $50,000 Rolex for photos at El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, is living in a waterfront home on the government dime wapo.st/4mike5W
Kristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s home
A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”
wapo.st
August 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Kristi Noem, who wore a $50,000 Rolex for photos at El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, is living in a waterfront home on the government dime wapo.st/4mike5W
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For the fifth straight year, high school football teams in Ohio came together for discussions about social justice, unity and acceptance. The event has continued despite the end of diversity-related initiatives across the state and the country.
In football-mad Ohio, a camp focused on social justice is still going strong
For the fifth straight year, football teams came together for discussions about social justice, unity and acceptance. The event has continued despite the end of diversity-related initiatives across th...
wapo.st
August 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For the fifth straight year, high school football teams in Ohio came together for discussions about social justice, unity and acceptance. The event has continued despite the end of diversity-related initiatives across the state and the country.
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks.
Those plans fell apart last week when Retes – a US citizen – was detained by federal immigration agents. cnn.it/3GUP3hB
Those plans fell apart last week when Retes – a US citizen – was detained by federal immigration agents. cnn.it/3GUP3hB
July 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks.
Those plans fell apart last week when Retes – a US citizen – was detained by federal immigration agents. cnn.it/3GUP3hB
Those plans fell apart last week when Retes – a US citizen – was detained by federal immigration agents. cnn.it/3GUP3hB
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I have developed my very first NASCAR driver fandom (the Kiwi guy who hangs around for all the ovals just so he can smoke every American driver on every course where you have to make right turns)
July 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I have developed my very first NASCAR driver fandom (the Kiwi guy who hangs around for all the ovals just so he can smoke every American driver on every course where you have to make right turns)
So Idiocracy is really the inspiration for America moving forward? That is certainly a choice.
July 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
So Idiocracy is really the inspiration for America moving forward? That is certainly a choice.
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Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."