Rich Westerman
@zookarama.bsky.social
Geezer, animal fan, political junkee, I miss the Parrot Room
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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So the sources “risked their lives” to speak with 60 Minutes about this concentration camp we’re sending random people to, and Bari killed the story because the Trump administration refused an interview. Am I missing something??
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So the sources “risked their lives” to speak with 60 Minutes about this concentration camp we’re sending random people to, and Bari killed the story because the Trump administration refused an interview. Am I missing something??
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As long as Bari remains in charge no one should be considering CBS as a credible, fair and balanced news network.
So the sources “risked their lives” to speak with 60 Minutes about this concentration camp we’re sending random people to, and Bari killed the story because the Trump administration refused an interview. Am I missing something??
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
As long as Bari remains in charge no one should be considering CBS as a credible, fair and balanced news network.
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An alleged violation of the “spirit and the letter of the law”
Partial release of Epstein files further fuels controversy ===>
www.youtube.com/shorts/IWS1r...
Partial release of Epstein files further fuels controversy ===>
www.youtube.com/shorts/IWS1r...
“Violation of the spirit & letter of the law” - Release of Epstein files further fuels controversy
YouTube video by Scott MacFarlane CBS
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
An alleged violation of the “spirit and the letter of the law”
Partial release of Epstein files further fuels controversy ===>
www.youtube.com/shorts/IWS1r...
Partial release of Epstein files further fuels controversy ===>
www.youtube.com/shorts/IWS1r...
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5/ hahahaha and still more
December 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
5/ hahahaha and still more
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Okay first this is extremely funny and just as predictable. Notable, can you
Imagine what you’d have to get in a segment on CECOT to think wow, Trump comes out of this torture gulag thing looking pretty good! lol. Predictable, stupid, absurd.
Imagine what you’d have to get in a segment on CECOT to think wow, Trump comes out of this torture gulag thing looking pretty good! lol. Predictable, stupid, absurd.
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Okay first this is extremely funny and just as predictable. Notable, can you
Imagine what you’d have to get in a segment on CECOT to think wow, Trump comes out of this torture gulag thing looking pretty good! lol. Predictable, stupid, absurd.
Imagine what you’d have to get in a segment on CECOT to think wow, Trump comes out of this torture gulag thing looking pretty good! lol. Predictable, stupid, absurd.
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lol
"I think Bari Weiss deserves the benefit of the doubt."
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
lol
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For too long, our country has expected care to happen for free or for pennies on the dollar. That is morally wrong and economically stupid.
Investing in care is a strategic move to grow our population and economy. It’s time we change how we value our care providers.
Investing in care is a strategic move to grow our population and economy. It’s time we change how we value our care providers.
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For too long, our country has expected care to happen for free or for pennies on the dollar. That is morally wrong and economically stupid.
Investing in care is a strategic move to grow our population and economy. It’s time we change how we value our care providers.
Investing in care is a strategic move to grow our population and economy. It’s time we change how we value our care providers.
Imagine the job of tr*mp's handlers today.
"No, you can't post that about Rob Reiner."
"You can't post that either!"
He's gonna post it anyway.
"No, you can't post that about Rob Reiner."
"You can't post that either!"
He's gonna post it anyway.
December 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Imagine the job of tr*mp's handlers today.
"No, you can't post that about Rob Reiner."
"You can't post that either!"
He's gonna post it anyway.
"No, you can't post that about Rob Reiner."
"You can't post that either!"
He's gonna post it anyway.
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Everyone knows Hakeem Jeffries is poised to waltz into the speakership. What this piece presupposes is: maybe he shouldn’t? www.offmessage.net/p/crisis-of-...
Crisis Of Confidence
Hakeem Jeffries will almost certainly become House speaker. Should he, though?
www.offmessage.net
December 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Everyone knows Hakeem Jeffries is poised to waltz into the speakership. What this piece presupposes is: maybe he shouldn’t? www.offmessage.net/p/crisis-of-...
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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He gets very aroused talking about this sort of thing. The more lurid the better.
Trump on Sarah Beckstrom: "She was shot in the head. The brain. Shot in the brain. Shot in the head."
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
He gets very aroused talking about this sort of thing. The more lurid the better.
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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on MTG's break with Trump: "The Democrats immediately start hand-wringing in some weird internecine conversation about, 'do we welcome her into the tent? What do we do?' And I'm like, What are you talking about? What insane planet do you live on?!"
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social on MTG's break with Trump: "The Democrats immediately start hand-wringing in some weird internecine conversation about, 'do we welcome her into the tent? What do we do?' And I'm like, What are you talking about? What insane planet do you live on?!"
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Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The Epstein Scandal Is The Biggest Political Cover-Up In Modern History
I appeared on Piers Morgan's show today with MAGA hacks who, for the first time, couldn't spin, lie, or shamelessly obfuscate for Trump, b/c they know he's in the Epstein Files, & he's stuck.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
I appeared on Piers Morgan's show today with MAGA hacks who, for the first time, couldn't spin, lie, or shamelessly obfuscate for Trump, b/c they know he's in the Epstein Files, & he's stuck.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Epstein Scandal Is The Biggest Political Cover-Up In Modern History
I appeared on Piers Morgan show today with MAGA hacks who, for the first time, couldn't spin, lie, or shamelessly obfuscate for Trump, because they know he's in the Epstein Files, and he's stuck.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The Epstein Scandal Is The Biggest Political Cover-Up In Modern History
I appeared on Piers Morgan's show today with MAGA hacks who, for the first time, couldn't spin, lie, or shamelessly obfuscate for Trump, b/c they know he's in the Epstein Files, & he's stuck.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
I appeared on Piers Morgan's show today with MAGA hacks who, for the first time, couldn't spin, lie, or shamelessly obfuscate for Trump, b/c they know he's in the Epstein Files, & he's stuck.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.
After Trump Split, Epstein Said He Could ‘Take Him Down’
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The question everyone is asking right now is this: NYT had deep access into all of this in real time and reported none of it. Why? In consequence, no NYT reporting on this subject is trustworthy.
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"The New York Police Department said Saturday afternoon that it had not made any protest-related arrests. The D.C. police also said Saturday afternoon that it had made no protest-related arrests."
“A street carnival atmosphere took hold in many places and the mass gatherings remained largely peaceful through midafternoon Saturday.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
No Kings protests against Trump draw huge crowds across the country
Gatherings had a street carnival atmosphere as demonstrators packed Times Square in New York and lined Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Saturday
www.washingtonpost.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
"The New York Police Department said Saturday afternoon that it had not made any protest-related arrests. The D.C. police also said Saturday afternoon that it had made no protest-related arrests."
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Loved joining the 49th Ward Democrats, @stephanieskora.bsky.social and Kelly Cassidy's petitioning event today at Jarvis Square Tavern after No Kings!
Only a few more weeks to sign those petitions, get out there and support local candidates you want to see on the ballot 🗳️
Only a few more weeks to sign those petitions, get out there and support local candidates you want to see on the ballot 🗳️
October 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Loved joining the 49th Ward Democrats, @stephanieskora.bsky.social and Kelly Cassidy's petitioning event today at Jarvis Square Tavern after No Kings!
Only a few more weeks to sign those petitions, get out there and support local candidates you want to see on the ballot 🗳️
Only a few more weeks to sign those petitions, get out there and support local candidates you want to see on the ballot 🗳️
In deep red Kankakee County, IL.
October 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
In deep red Kankakee County, IL.
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Seems important that the Speaker of the House does not even try to dispute that the president is unwell.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Seems important that the Speaker of the House does not even try to dispute that the president is unwell.
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“A lot of folks on your side are *too*”: so Johnson agrees that the president of the United States is unwell? Quite an admission, Mr. Speaker.
MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too
D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?
J: I didn't see it
D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“A lot of folks on your side are *too*”: so Johnson agrees that the president of the United States is unwell? Quite an admission, Mr. Speaker.
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Rieckhoff: A vet on CNN said we haven’t fought to win in 20 years. I said, I was fighting to win. You were fighting to win.
Kander: That shit pisses me off.
Rieckhoff: He said he meant the generals. Which one? It’s boogeymen—and now cosplay warriors who never served join ICE to bully immigrants.
Kander: That shit pisses me off.
Rieckhoff: He said he meant the generals. Which one? It’s boogeymen—and now cosplay warriors who never served join ICE to bully immigrants.
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Rieckhoff: A vet on CNN said we haven’t fought to win in 20 years. I said, I was fighting to win. You were fighting to win.
Kander: That shit pisses me off.
Rieckhoff: He said he meant the generals. Which one? It’s boogeymen—and now cosplay warriors who never served join ICE to bully immigrants.
Kander: That shit pisses me off.
Rieckhoff: He said he meant the generals. Which one? It’s boogeymen—and now cosplay warriors who never served join ICE to bully immigrants.
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Three weeks ago, NOVA elected @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social and sent a message to the country: Virginia won’t settle for the MAGA Republican agenda anymore.
On November 4th, the rest of the Commonwealth will join them by electing Democrats up and down the ballot.
Virginia, let's do this.
On November 4th, the rest of the Commonwealth will join them by electing Democrats up and down the ballot.
Virginia, let's do this.
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Three weeks ago, NOVA elected @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social and sent a message to the country: Virginia won’t settle for the MAGA Republican agenda anymore.
On November 4th, the rest of the Commonwealth will join them by electing Democrats up and down the ballot.
Virginia, let's do this.
On November 4th, the rest of the Commonwealth will join them by electing Democrats up and down the ballot.
Virginia, let's do this.
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Leaving aside the typical histrionics, this seems to be Trump beginning to distance himself from Kennedy (who’s “ripping apart” CDC), and inviting mainstream physicians and scientists to defend the vaccines, so Trump can then say, I got them to explain it better and vaccines are OK.
September 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Leaving aside the typical histrionics, this seems to be Trump beginning to distance himself from Kennedy (who’s “ripping apart” CDC), and inviting mainstream physicians and scientists to defend the vaccines, so Trump can then say, I got them to explain it better and vaccines are OK.