polyinkc
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I read "Berlin Diary" by William Shirer. I'm watching the movie play out in America in real time right now.
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This morning's Reliable Sources newsletter:
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This morning's Reliable Sources newsletter:
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
Inside the "60 Minutes" crisis
New reporting here: cnn.it/494W5dF
I love this announcement from bbsgrill.bar
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I love this announcement from bbsgrill.bar
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"'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."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'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."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus
Censorship. Bari Weiss
Censorship. Bari Weiss
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus
Censorship. Bari Weiss
Censorship. Bari Weiss
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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 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
December 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Garcia: If you are a whistleblower at the FBI, at the DOJ, if you worked hard to put the files together and are seeing your work now being hidden by your own DOJ, contact the oversight committee. We have whistleblower protections.
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🚨 December 17: Daniel Bliss, Evanston, Il Mayor and congressional candidate, confronts Bovino for terrorizing neighborhoods and abducting people as a political spectacle for right wing media. Bovino refuses to provide a warrant for arrests. *This* did not make MSM, but WE see it. 1/2
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🚨 December 17: Daniel Bliss, Evanston, Il Mayor and congressional candidate, confronts Bovino for terrorizing neighborhoods and abducting people as a political spectacle for right wing media. Bovino refuses to provide a warrant for arrests. *This* did not make MSM, but WE see it. 1/2
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‘Am I Next?’ protest art in downtown LA boldly asks who’s safe from ICE
www.theguardian.com
‘Am I Next?’ protest art in downtown LA boldly asks who’s safe from ICE
twp.ai
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
‘Am I Next?’ protest art in downtown LA boldly asks who’s safe from ICE
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🚨This is an immigration attorney asking for journalists/media coverage to help her with a client who is a US citizen wrongfully detained. Court ordered that she not be moved and she was sent to Louisiana. Please help this woman’s client. 🚨We are the media now.🚨1/2
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
🚨This is an immigration attorney asking for journalists/media coverage to help her with a client who is a US citizen wrongfully detained. Court ordered that she not be moved and she was sent to Louisiana. Please help this woman’s client. 🚨We are the media now.🚨1/2
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Hey so, i would encourage my fellow performers to not do any shows at the Kennedy Center until it reverts to it’s original name
Thank you for your attention to this matter
(yes I’ve already performed there so it’s an easier decision for me)
Thank you for your attention to this matter
(yes I’ve already performed there so it’s an easier decision for me)
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hey so, i would encourage my fellow performers to not do any shows at the Kennedy Center until it reverts to it’s original name
Thank you for your attention to this matter
(yes I’ve already performed there so it’s an easier decision for me)
Thank you for your attention to this matter
(yes I’ve already performed there so it’s an easier decision for me)
Epstein files ... any minute now, right?
I mean ... it *IS* today, right?
I mean ... it *IS* today, right?
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Epstein files ... any minute now, right?
I mean ... it *IS* today, right?
I mean ... it *IS* today, right?
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Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Suozzi: "In my district, if you make $130,000 & you're a family of 4, you now pay 8.5% of your income for health insurance - $10k to $11,000 a year. That's gonna go up to $30k a year, which means your premium is going to increase $1,500 a month. That's crazy. People are not gonna buy the insurance"
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Born in Maryland and about to be deported?
WTAF?👇
WTAF?👇
December 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Born in Maryland and about to be deported?
WTAF?👇
WTAF?👇
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Demand full transparency and allow Jack Smith to testify publicly. Now.
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Demand full transparency and allow Jack Smith to testify publicly. Now.
Just curious. Is there language in the constitution that prevents impeachment proceedings against the POTUS while the U.S. is engaged in a declared war?
December 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just curious. Is there language in the constitution that prevents impeachment proceedings against the POTUS while the U.S. is engaged in a declared war?
Not only acceptable by him, but promoted by him.
218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.
December 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Not only acceptable by him, but promoted by him.
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1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
December 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. A blockade is an act of war
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
2. The idea that Venezuela has stolen land from the United States is so laughably stupid on its face that even some of his base is like 🤨
3. It’s always about oil.
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We need to keep posting this. It could make a difference
December 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We need to keep posting this. It could make a difference
The Hero We Need Now
One of the great joys of publishing TBR is the time I spend each day in the comments section reading what you have to say.
Last week, this comment from a subscriber named Patricia got my attention:
One of the great joys of publishing TBR is the time I spend each day in the comments section reading what you have to say.
Last week, this comment from a subscriber named Patricia got my attention:
The Hero We Need Now
How a tiny 75-year-old woman stood up to Kristi Noem’s goons.
www.borowitzreport.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Hero We Need Now
One of the great joys of publishing TBR is the time I spend each day in the comments section reading what you have to say.
Last week, this comment from a subscriber named Patricia got my attention:
One of the great joys of publishing TBR is the time I spend each day in the comments section reading what you have to say.
Last week, this comment from a subscriber named Patricia got my attention:
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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Michelle Obama always keeps it real. That’s why we love her.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Michelle Obama always keeps it real. That’s why we love her.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
This is how a decent and good person speaks about other decent and good people who died from a tragic murder.
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"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's wake."
Irish proverb
Irish proverb
December 15, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"There is no man smaller than a coward at a hero's wake."
Irish proverb
Irish proverb
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Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Editor in Chief of Christianity Today Magazine 👇🏽
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Chancellor Merz is right: Europe can no longer depend on America.
But he's wrong to say that America is pursuing its own interests.
Trump is pursuing his deranged and corrupt interests, not ours.
But he's wrong to say that America is pursuing its own interests.
Trump is pursuing his deranged and corrupt interests, not ours.
December 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Chancellor Merz is right: Europe can no longer depend on America.
But he's wrong to say that America is pursuing its own interests.
Trump is pursuing his deranged and corrupt interests, not ours.
But he's wrong to say that America is pursuing its own interests.
Trump is pursuing his deranged and corrupt interests, not ours.