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I'm a journalist and in my spare time media bothers me
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deploy empathy & compassion liberally
contributor to TrumpFile.org. I write books, tell dad jokes & have a blog. proud #StephHead & #GayDad
support my work: https://bio.site/willpollock
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have you met Lydia?
Murdoch typist tweets "you guys, Bari's segment-spiking was totes normal how dare you"
we FAR exceeded "dumb take quota" today so may I present a special Easter Egg to soften the blow (see next Skeet)
🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
Murdoch typist tweets "you guys, Bari's segment-spiking was totes normal how dare you"
we FAR exceeded "dumb take quota" today so may I present a special Easter Egg to soften the blow (see next Skeet)
🎩 @whodat35.bsky.social
remember my saying “words are little heroes”? reporters march them into battle so the public is informed.
granting anonymity under false pretenses is so lazy and reductive that those words ultimately help the story’s villains
🎩 @aliadair22.bsky.social
granting anonymity under false pretenses is so lazy and reductive that those words ultimately help the story’s villains
🎩 @aliadair22.bsky.social
Hey, New York Times, what do you mean by saying, “The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation”? The official could have discussed the operation on the record. Why didn’t the official do that? Your explanation isn’t a real explanation.
December 26, 2025 at 1:05 AM
remember my saying “words are little heroes”? reporters march them into battle so the public is informed.
granting anonymity under false pretenses is so lazy and reductive that those words ultimately help the story’s villains
🎩 @aliadair22.bsky.social
granting anonymity under false pretenses is so lazy and reductive that those words ultimately help the story’s villains
🎩 @aliadair22.bsky.social
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The reason it’s important to get government officials on the record is that if you give them anonymity, you’re giving them the ability to lie to the public without personal accountability. @nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The reason it’s important to get government officials on the record is that if you give them anonymity, you’re giving them the ability to lie to the public without personal accountability. @nytimes.com
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These are people who celebrate the misery of others. They will enjoy their Christmas more by knowing others are suffering.
In response to Pope Leo's request for a Christmas pause in the harassment of immigrants, the White House speaks through Stephen Miller.
December 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
These are people who celebrate the misery of others. They will enjoy their Christmas more by knowing others are suffering.
friends! Happy Xmas and merry holidays to those who celebrate… we got a last-minute invite to the lake from one of rugrat’s best school pals
“Stand By Me” pics to follow shortly #HappyHolidays
“Stand By Me” pics to follow shortly #HappyHolidays
a white house with a green roof sits on a dock in the middle of a lake
Alt: a white house with a green roof sits on a dock in the middle of a lake
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
friends! Happy Xmas and merry holidays to those who celebrate… we got a last-minute invite to the lake from one of rugrat’s best school pals
“Stand By Me” pics to follow shortly #HappyHolidays
“Stand By Me” pics to follow shortly #HappyHolidays
Estonia draws a clear red line. FM Margus Tsahkna says any so called green men crossing the border will be met with live fire, and Russian aircraft violating Estonian airspace risk being shot down. This is NATO territory. If Moscow doubts it, Tsahkna says bluntly, test us.
December 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Because spiking a story when an embarrassed source refuses to comment, gives that source veto power over the story.
The Bari Weiss hysteria continues. Exactly what in "this piece isn't ready" and "try harder to get comment from the administration" constitutes the death of American journalism? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Because spiking a story when an embarrassed source refuses to comment, gives that source veto power over the story.
bridge too far. no ma’am. I monitor Elmo’s shithole via my circa-2008 account now, but Grok stealing other people’s shit makes protecting my handle from Nazis futile
The fact Elon Musk taught his creation, Grok, to be a thief of other people's art is the least surprising thing in 2025.
the man stole BILLIONS of taxpayer money for his companies, and now fucks us with them.
the man stole BILLIONS of taxpayer money for his companies, and now fucks us with them.
December 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
bridge too far. no ma’am. I monitor Elmo’s shithole via my circa-2008 account now, but Grok stealing other people’s shit makes protecting my handle from Nazis futile
🔥 talk about Streisand Effect: @corybooker.com posted Sharyn Alfonsi's entire #CECOT segment to his YouTube channel, garnering *1.8 million views* in under 24 hours
and Bari Weiss is still a dolt.
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
and Bari Weiss is still a dolt.
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
YouTube video by Cory Booker
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🔥 talk about Streisand Effect: @corybooker.com posted Sharyn Alfonsi's entire #CECOT segment to his YouTube channel, garnering *1.8 million views* in under 24 hours
and Bari Weiss is still a dolt.
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
and Bari Weiss is still a dolt.
youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
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This monstrous sadist is directly responsible for the many more hours I have spent than ever before with people sobbing with the grief, distress, & anxiety that he has been working overtime to intentionally inflict upon them, and my honest written response to this would result in criminal charges
In a profile of Stephen Miller with @swin24.bsky.social, we reported he’s privately laughed off immigrant families’ “sob stories.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This monstrous sadist is directly responsible for the many more hours I have spent than ever before with people sobbing with the grief, distress, & anxiety that he has been working overtime to intentionally inflict upon them, and my honest written response to this would result in criminal charges
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December 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was a Russian asset, what would he be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Vladimir Putin is the one who picked Steve Witkoff to be Trump's special envoy to Russia. Why would anyone think this is not a red flag?
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Ask yourself: If Donald Trump was a Russian asset, what would he be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
If your answer is “nothing,” then ask yourself this:
If the US President is a Russian asset, what should *I* be doing differently?
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A supposed “writer”? Heh. “Maudlin” is malaprop there. “Maudlin” has to do with (feigned) sadness, not (feigned) outrage.
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A supposed “writer”? Heh. “Maudlin” is malaprop there. “Maudlin” has to do with (feigned) sadness, not (feigned) outrage.
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Kim jong trmp and his CBS flying monkeys.
oh my sweet jesus. there are times satire cuts RIGHT to the brutal truth and this is one of them
marry me tomorrow, @echamp.bsky.social, and also 🎩 to @marmel.bsky.social, who is a mensch for sharing
bsky.app/profile/echa...
marry me tomorrow, @echamp.bsky.social, and also 🎩 to @marmel.bsky.social, who is a mensch for sharing
bsky.app/profile/echa...
New 60 MINUTES looks terrible…
December 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Kim jong trmp and his CBS flying monkeys.
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Y’all, I don’t watch ANY network television. Not CBS, ABC, or NBC. It’s really easy to let that go. I enjoy podcasts, have my favorite YouTube people I follow, and we still have Netflix. I choose not to do Disney bc of ABC, Peacock bc of NBC, and Hulu bc of CBS. We can bring them to their knees.
just a crucially important clip from Senator Murphy. he's one of the few clear-eyed voices speaking truth to corrupted power
did Donny reach in and ax this segment with a call? answerable question. and we should demand the answer.
big 🎩 @50501movement.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/chri...
did Donny reach in and ax this segment with a call? answerable question. and we should demand the answer.
big 🎩 @50501movement.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/chri...
For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Y’all, I don’t watch ANY network television. Not CBS, ABC, or NBC. It’s really easy to let that go. I enjoy podcasts, have my favorite YouTube people I follow, and we still have Netflix. I choose not to do Disney bc of ABC, Peacock bc of NBC, and Hulu bc of CBS. We can bring them to their knees.
to Georgia repubs hoppin' mad about Fulton County's 2020 clerical error: WHERE WAS YOUR OUTRAGE AND COUCH-FAINTING OVER THE CONSPIRACY TO STEAL DOMINION DATA FROM COFFEE COUNTY?
oh right, that was totally fine because it helped your cult.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
oh right, that was totally fine because it helped your cult.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Raffensperger says Fulton County’s ‘clerical error’ does not nullify votes
A story making the rounds online claims that more than 300,000 votes were "illegally certified" in 2020. Georgia's secretary of state says the votes were legal.
www.ajc.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
to Georgia repubs hoppin' mad about Fulton County's 2020 clerical error: WHERE WAS YOUR OUTRAGE AND COUCH-FAINTING OVER THE CONSPIRACY TO STEAL DOMINION DATA FROM COFFEE COUNTY?
oh right, that was totally fine because it helped your cult.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
oh right, that was totally fine because it helped your cult.
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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Looks like Elon Musk, Bondi and now Rubio are conspiring to protect X now in its qwest to undermine Western democracies. I say this because what is happening is conspiratorial against CCDH and European leaders for standing up against algorithmically tricked out white nationalist propaganda. 🧵
UK campaigners among five denied US visas
The Trump administration bans five people who have called for tech regulation from entering the country.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looks like Elon Musk, Bondi and now Rubio are conspiring to protect X now in its qwest to undermine Western democracies. I say this because what is happening is conspiratorial against CCDH and European leaders for standing up against algorithmically tricked out white nationalist propaganda. 🧵
Steve Miller thinks he has Bradley Cooper looks and charisma but he’s just a humanoid “punch me” sign
Imagine looking like Stephen Miller and thinking you’re genetically superior
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Steve Miller thinks he has Bradley Cooper looks and charisma but he’s just a humanoid “punch me” sign
all The Queen needs to say is “I’m Cher, bitch” and walk out the room
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
all The Queen needs to say is “I’m Cher, bitch” and walk out the room
in the alternative, you could maybe just not read my stuff? @gasparegenovese.bsky.social, babes…
if there’s a point to @bsky.app block lists I’ve no idea what it is
if there’s a point to @bsky.app block lists I’ve no idea what it is
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
in the alternative, you could maybe just not read my stuff? @gasparegenovese.bsky.social, babes…
if there’s a point to @bsky.app block lists I’ve no idea what it is
if there’s a point to @bsky.app block lists I’ve no idea what it is
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Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Two British anti-hate speech campaigners sanctioned by US state department – UK politics live
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Another sanction by the Trump administration that exceeds the Kremlin’s wildest dreams, and shows exactly how and why Putin’s agenda lines up with the tech bros
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
and I still don’t think this is the worst of it.
Allegations from a limo driver that Donald Trump raped a girl with Jefferey Epstein. She was later murdered, allegedly for going to the police.
Yeah, holy shit is right.
Yeah, holy shit is right.
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
and I still don’t think this is the worst of it.
sometimes I’ll turn to look at Jackson and wonder “how am I the only one seeing this?”
0% staged. 100% adorbs.
#DogsOfBluesky
0% staged. 100% adorbs.
#DogsOfBluesky
December 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
sometimes I’ll turn to look at Jackson and wonder “how am I the only one seeing this?”
0% staged. 100% adorbs.
#DogsOfBluesky
0% staged. 100% adorbs.
#DogsOfBluesky
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Old Dersh is big mad about all these so-called "survivors" going around telling terrible stories that no one should believe.
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
'Complete nut!' Alan Dershowitz smears 'redeemed' Epstein survivor in Newsmax meltdown
Attorney Alan Dershowitz lashed out at Jeffrey Epstein survivor Maria Farmer after news reports said she had been "redeemed" because documents released by the Department of Justice proved she had repo...
www.rawstory.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Old Dersh is big mad about all these so-called "survivors" going around telling terrible stories that no one should believe.
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...
He seems to think they're the perpetrators rather than victims, and they only want one-sided transparency.
Very unfair to people like him.
www.rawstory.com/alan-dershow...