Steve Mullis
@stevemullis.net
Roving news editor based in Seattle; D&D DM // Former: NPR's Morning Edition & Up First, NPR digital, Minnesota Public Radio, Orlando Sentinel. Other: Big fan of dogs, TTRPGs and nerdy stuff.
Currently reading: Peripheral; Me, But Better
Currently reading: Peripheral; Me, But Better
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Steve Mullis
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· May 23
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I read 48 books this year, including audio. Not my best year, but not my worst, but still worth a humblebrag. Here are my favorites. #booksky
December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I read 48 books this year, including audio. Not my best year, but not my worst, but still worth a humblebrag. Here are my favorites. #booksky
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die—
a man with a beard says lisan al-gaib in white letters
Alt: a man with a beard says lisan al-gaib in white letters
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die—
How is this possible?
December 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
How is this possible?
I’m a transplant but because I get this joke I feel I have fully assimilated
Seattle Man Leaves Out Plate of Cheese for When St. Rat Comes Up Through Toilet Tonight: tinyurl.com/nhf8cr8s
December 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I’m a transplant but because I get this joke I feel I have fully assimilated
What about the rest of him?
Report: Luka Doncic (leg) to return for Lakers on Christmas reut.rs/4pUDgRZ
Report: Luka Doncic (leg) to return for Lakers on Christmas
os Angeles Lakers fans will have one Christmas wish come to fruition when star guard Luka Doncic returns from a calf injury to play against the Houston Rockets on Thursday, according to an ESPN report.
reut.rs
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
What about the rest of him?
Bring her to the big screen and earn that billion dollars
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Bring her to the big screen and earn that billion dollars
"Sometimes that means doing more legwork," says the person who has never done any actual investigative journalism before.
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 6:49 PM
"Sometimes that means doing more legwork," says the person who has never done any actual investigative journalism before.
WTF, man? This used to be a serious news show.
December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
WTF, man? This used to be a serious news show.
"Oh no, not the private equity firms," said no one.
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Oh no, not the private equity firms," said no one.
Can’t wait to see who makes the Juicero of AI startups.
Marissa Mayer's new startup Dazzle, which is building next-gen AI personal assistants, raised an $8M seed at a $35M valuation and plans to exit stealth in 2026 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Can’t wait to see who makes the Juicero of AI startups.
I give it 3 months before her Free Press goons are in the "60 Minutes" studios leading segments and stories.
Axios has the SCOOP that Bari Weiss is planning to overhaul the standards and practices unit at CBS News -- which is something I reported last month.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.the-independent.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I give it 3 months before her Free Press goons are in the "60 Minutes" studios leading segments and stories.
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Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See
A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.
www.readtpa.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...
Siri, show me the inverse of Student Loan Forgiveness
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Siri, show me the inverse of Student Loan Forgiveness
What an inspiration!
DO IT ANYWAY
YouTube video by CaseyNeistat
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What an inspiration!
these guys think we live in an Amazon Prime military thriller starring Chris Pratt
Burgum claims "national security concerns" created by wind turbines are detailed in a "classified report" & pertain to "radar interference," adding that "if you wanted to attack a population center on the east coast our country, you would send a swarm of drones right through one of these wind farms"
December 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
these guys think we live in an Amazon Prime military thriller starring Chris Pratt
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Bari Weiss' reporting experience is summed up by the time the NYT bizarrely gave her the cushiest possible assignment - go to Australia and hang out and write about it - and she produced a story so bad and so wrong about basic facts of Australian life that it became a running joke there.
December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Bari Weiss' reporting experience is summed up by the time the NYT bizarrely gave her the cushiest possible assignment - go to Australia and hang out and write about it - and she produced a story so bad and so wrong about basic facts of Australian life that it became a running joke there.
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The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates said. n.pr/3Y9sCuc
Immigrants now have fewer legal options to stay in the U.S. under Trump
The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates say.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The 1.6 million number marks the largest-ever effort to strip permissions for immigrants who attempted to migrate to the country through legal means, advocates said. n.pr/3Y9sCuc
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America’s fastest shrinking governor: how North Carolina Republicans are shrinking the powers of the state’s Democrat governor. @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it fina...
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
America’s fastest shrinking governor: how North Carolina Republicans are shrinking the powers of the state’s Democrat governor. @dougbockclark.bsky.social
"It’s not a part-time job."
"She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously."
"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley is not a fan of Bari Weiss.
"She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously."
"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley is not a fan of Bari Weiss.
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"It’s not a part-time job."
"She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously."
"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley is not a fan of Bari Weiss.
"She needs to take her job a little bit more seriously."
"60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley is not a fan of Bari Weiss.
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You probably don’t need an inflation report to tell you this if you’ve been to a grocery store recently — the price of beef continues to skyrocket.
That's because demand is high while cattle inventory is low, and ranchers are cautious about growing their herds at a time of economic uncertainty.
That's because demand is high while cattle inventory is low, and ranchers are cautious about growing their herds at a time of economic uncertainty.
Beef prices keep rising. What will it take to bring them down?
Demand for beef is high at the same time that cattle inventory is low — and ranchers are cautious about investing in growing their herds at a time of economic uncertainty.
www.marketplace.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You probably don’t need an inflation report to tell you this if you’ve been to a grocery store recently — the price of beef continues to skyrocket.
That's because demand is high while cattle inventory is low, and ranchers are cautious about growing their herds at a time of economic uncertainty.
That's because demand is high while cattle inventory is low, and ranchers are cautious about growing their herds at a time of economic uncertainty.
Gonna share every clean version of this that I see
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Gonna share every clean version of this that I see
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Let's take the most charitable interpretation of Weiss here, and believe her when she says it was a call about newsworthiness. (I don't.)
That still shows she's a terrible grasp of how news works. She drew attention to a good, but well-told story and Streisand effected it to the moon.
That still shows she's a terrible grasp of how news works. She drew attention to a good, but well-told story and Streisand effected it to the moon.
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Let's take the most charitable interpretation of Weiss here, and believe her when she says it was a call about newsworthiness. (I don't.)
That still shows she's a terrible grasp of how news works. She drew attention to a good, but well-told story and Streisand effected it to the moon.
That still shows she's a terrible grasp of how news works. She drew attention to a good, but well-told story and Streisand effected it to the moon.
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Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Just watched the whole 60 Minutes CECOT episode. It's a pretty standard segment for 60 Minutes, taking something that's been reported on in other publications and formats and telling it to a wider audience with first person, on camera accounts. It's not earth shattering, but it is newsworthy.
Hell yeah. Share this far and wide. Clearly, if the story had already been sent to partner networks, it was fine and met all editorial standards. Weiss made this situation infinitely worse than if she'd just let this story run as planned.
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Hell yeah. Share this far and wide. Clearly, if the story had already been sent to partner networks, it was fine and met all editorial standards. Weiss made this situation infinitely worse than if she'd just let this story run as planned.