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@raskin.house.gov: "President Trump directed CBS to edit his own interview after suing the network for editing his opponent’s interview, and CBS complied with his requests and omitted its anchor’s questions about President Trump’s pardons." @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/top-...
Top Democrat files complaint over '60 Minutes' interview with President Trump
Jamie Raskin wrote to CBS's ombudsman, a role created in an agreement with FCC during Paramount merger to address 'media bias'.
mailchi.mp
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@raskin.house.gov: "President Trump directed CBS to edit his own interview after suing the network for editing his opponent’s interview, and CBS complied with his requests and omitted its anchor’s questions about President Trump’s pardons." @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/top-...
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Pardons & exec. orders are the speech acts of absolutism & they are the only ones this regime wants to know. These are sovereignty-enhancing, as queer theorists have said all Austin’s performative are. But Austin’s speech acts can be read as relational efforts to make our way together, laughingly. 💪
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Pardons & exec. orders are the speech acts of absolutism & they are the only ones this regime wants to know. These are sovereignty-enhancing, as queer theorists have said all Austin’s performative are. But Austin’s speech acts can be read as relational efforts to make our way together, laughingly. 💪
Reposted by Michael Young
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
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real life boss baby tweet lol
Ok Matt Taibbi has posted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
real life boss baby tweet lol
Usually, I'm weird without meaning to be.
But at NCA this year, you can watch me be weird on purpose.
bit.ly/4pizeSm
But at NCA this year, you can watch me be weird on purpose.
bit.ly/4pizeSm
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Usually, I'm weird without meaning to be.
But at NCA this year, you can watch me be weird on purpose.
bit.ly/4pizeSm
But at NCA this year, you can watch me be weird on purpose.
bit.ly/4pizeSm
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In a shocking reality check, @wired.com is not, in fact, bankrolled by “donations from far left organizations.”
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
We actually rely on an amazing and growing audience of subscribers to support our journalism, so please subscribe to WIRED if you don’t already.
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I don’t think a long book is even primarily about plot, or character, or any of the patterned information on its pages. A long book is practicing over time a way of being in the world. Reading even a very good summary is not the same as giving over some portion of your own life to that practice.
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I don’t think a long book is even primarily about plot, or character, or any of the patterned information on its pages. A long book is practicing over time a way of being in the world. Reading even a very good summary is not the same as giving over some portion of your own life to that practice.
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a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.
October 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
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He tried everything else and now he's going to put on a frog costume and dance like Gene from Bob's Burgers okay
October 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
He tried everything else and now he's going to put on a frog costume and dance like Gene from Bob's Burgers okay
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As a news nerd I'm always fascinated by org charts, and to me even more telling than who Bari reports to is who will report to her. Troops, territory and budgets are the actual stuff that shapes news coverage. Controlling them is how you control the narrative a news org shapes.
The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As a news nerd I'm always fascinated by org charts, and to me even more telling than who Bari reports to is who will report to her. Troops, territory and budgets are the actual stuff that shapes news coverage. Controlling them is how you control the narrative a news org shapes.
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the person who published this is about to run CBS
October 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
the person who published this is about to run CBS
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A jobs program for angry men. Handouts for brown shirts.
"Trump administration has deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops within the United States this year."
"[A] blank check to the military to make our streets look like war zones."
#USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[A] blank check to the military to make our streets look like war zones."
#USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Trump Troop Deployment in U.S. Climbs to 35,000 Boots on the Ground
A federal judge found the deployment to LA violated bedrock constitutional law, but Trump’s domestic military campaign continues.
theintercept.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A jobs program for angry men. Handouts for brown shirts.
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American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
American Psychiatrist Association Statement on White House Announcement on Autism
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WPSU is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
‘Never would have imagined it’: Pennsylvania NPR station set to be first to shutter following Trump’s cuts
WPSU, which has been broadcasting out of Penn State since 1953, will shut down following federal cuts to public media organizations
www.inquirer.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
WPSU is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
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November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
September 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
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my contribution to the discourse:
September 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
my contribution to the discourse:
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The reason people self-censor among their peers is to avoid criticism of their views.
The only way to reduce that is to demand people censor their criticism of other people’s views to be “charitable”.
That’s not less censorship, it’s just shifting the burden of who holds their tongue.
1/
The only way to reduce that is to demand people censor their criticism of other people’s views to be “charitable”.
That’s not less censorship, it’s just shifting the burden of who holds their tongue.
1/
Students being progressive is not a bigger problem than a sustained assault by an authoritarian president, please get a grip
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The reason people self-censor among their peers is to avoid criticism of their views.
The only way to reduce that is to demand people censor their criticism of other people’s views to be “charitable”.
That’s not less censorship, it’s just shifting the burden of who holds their tongue.
1/
The only way to reduce that is to demand people censor their criticism of other people’s views to be “charitable”.
That’s not less censorship, it’s just shifting the burden of who holds their tongue.
1/
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Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site.
This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
September 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great story by my colleagues on the constant political realignment of Grok, the generative AI chatbot over on the other site.
This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
This change to Grok’s answer about the greatest threat to Western civilization is particularly ironic/meta.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
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I am so so so proud to have been part of this effort.
Climate change is already a major threat to human life, health, and thriving. It is important that we get the most accurate science on the record to delineate that threat, so we can build a better future.
www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
Climate change is already a major threat to human life, health, and thriving. It is important that we get the most accurate science on the record to delineate that threat, so we can build a better future.
www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
www.npr.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I am so so so proud to have been part of this effort.
Climate change is already a major threat to human life, health, and thriving. It is important that we get the most accurate science on the record to delineate that threat, so we can build a better future.
www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
Climate change is already a major threat to human life, health, and thriving. It is important that we get the most accurate science on the record to delineate that threat, so we can build a better future.
www.npr.org/2025/09/02/n...
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RFK Jr. rushing to the White House with a wheelbarrow full of beef tallow to save the President
August 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
RFK Jr. rushing to the White House with a wheelbarrow full of beef tallow to save the President
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
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[looking at the gettysburg address]
“that sign won’t stop me because i can’t read”
“that sign won’t stop me because i can’t read”
August 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
[looking at the gettysburg address]
“that sign won’t stop me because i can’t read”
“that sign won’t stop me because i can’t read”