Rob (Taylor's Version)
@chanman.bsky.social
Accountant. Father. WTA fan.
Not in that order.
Not in that order.
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I wonder, if inconveniently, if Epstein's victims are able to compartmentalize well enough to have a happy Christmas. In that vein, here is a deeply poignant read by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social because we must't look away or become distracted.
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Files Should Not Have Been Released This Way
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I wonder, if inconveniently, if Epstein's victims are able to compartmentalize well enough to have a happy Christmas. In that vein, here is a deeply poignant read by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social because we must't look away or become distracted.
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Gift article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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Kennedy Center's Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building (Francesca Regalado/New York Times)
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December 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Kennedy Center's Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building (Francesca Regalado/New York Times)
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Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
December 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Trump: I am fine. You sound beautiful and cute. How old are you?
Caller: I am eight
Caller: I am eight
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The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
Raised questions about her management style. He asked why she had weighed in at the last minute after not attending five screenings of the segment as it was being completed. “It’s not a part-time job,” Scott Pelley said, according to 4 people familiar with the discussion who requested anonymity.
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a '60 Minutes' Segment (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
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December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Raised questions about her management style. He asked why she had weighed in at the last minute after not attending five screenings of the segment as it was being completed. “It’s not a part-time job,” Scott Pelley said, according to 4 people familiar with the discussion who requested anonymity.
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The next year, Weiss ran this first-person piece, by a woman who worked at the Wash U Transgender Center in St. Louis.
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.
There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.
www.thefp.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The next year, Weiss ran this first-person piece, by a woman who worked at the Wash U Transgender Center in St. Louis.
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
She made many serious allegations. There was no evidence that they tried to contact the center, or the woman’s colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-...
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In 2022, Bari Weiss ran this viral first-person piece by a top Levi’s executive. She claimed she was hounded out of the company because of her vocal stance on COVID restrictions.
There are no quotes from the company. Or her colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/yesterday-...
There are no quotes from the company. Or her colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/yesterday-...
Yesterday I Was Levi’s Brand President. I Quit So I Could Be Free.
I turned down $1 million severance in exchange for my voice.
www.thefp.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In 2022, Bari Weiss ran this viral first-person piece by a top Levi’s executive. She claimed she was hounded out of the company because of her vocal stance on COVID restrictions.
There are no quotes from the company. Or her colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/yesterday-...
There are no quotes from the company. Or her colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/yesterday-...
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“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Read the full email Sharyn Alfonsi sent her team about CBS pulling their segment on the Trump admin’s deportations of Venezuelan migrants
This sucks. CFP R1 is on TBS (HBO Max); Natty is on
@espn.com (Unlimited)
@espn.com (Unlimited)
And it's not just Disney. It's the math of mixing in HBO Max and Fox's new streaming thing. You can bundle HBO with disney but not with ESPN. You can bundle ESPN with Fox, but not yet. It's madness!
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This sucks. CFP R1 is on TBS (HBO Max); Natty is on
@espn.com (Unlimited)
@espn.com (Unlimited)
CFP R1 is on TBS (HBO Max); Natty is on @espn.com (Unlimited). There is no Disney+ hbo & espn bundle.
You can bundle with Max OR ESPN. I don't need two Disney + logins (I'm aware fubo/ slingtv exist)
You can bundle with Max OR ESPN. I don't need two Disney + logins (I'm aware fubo/ slingtv exist)
I just signed up for ESPN streaming this morning. Hopefully I can cancel in a month. I’m a football junkie so yeah, they got me 😖
December 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
CFP R1 is on TBS (HBO Max); Natty is on @espn.com (Unlimited). There is no Disney+ hbo & espn bundle.
You can bundle with Max OR ESPN. I don't need two Disney + logins (I'm aware fubo/ slingtv exist)
You can bundle with Max OR ESPN. I don't need two Disney + logins (I'm aware fubo/ slingtv exist)
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I want to “make sure that we have that ability and have access [to vaccines] and continue positive developments.”
-United States Senator Lisa Murkowski, on voting to confirm RFK Jr.
-United States Senator Lisa Murkowski, on voting to confirm RFK Jr.
The contortions GOP senators are making for RFK Jr.
Republican lawmakers are looking past Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views as they consider his nomination to lead HHS.
www.politico.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I want to “make sure that we have that ability and have access [to vaccines] and continue positive developments.”
-United States Senator Lisa Murkowski, on voting to confirm RFK Jr.
-United States Senator Lisa Murkowski, on voting to confirm RFK Jr.
"Commercially viable nuclear fusion is notorious for having been a decade away for almost half a century, and we’re a little doubtful that TAE quietly cracked it and decided to merge with a Trump Spac"
I did not anticipate Trump's TMTG pivoting to Fusion energy! Don't tell him that the only working fusion reactor we have is the Sun.
https://www.ft.com/content/360057c6-f66a-4553-806b-4de2b768523d
https://www.ft.com/content/360057c6-f66a-4553-806b-4de2b768523d
Trump’s TMTG is merging with . . . a fusion energy company?
It’s not a pivot to video at least
www.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Commercially viable nuclear fusion is notorious for having been a decade away for almost half a century, and we’re a little doubtful that TAE quietly cracked it and decided to merge with a Trump Spac"
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Directly benefiting from experimental nuclear tech that he loosened regs to allow. Unbelievable. The economy really is the hottest it’s ever been for the orange fart.
Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company - The Guardian
Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company - The Guardian
December 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Directly benefiting from experimental nuclear tech that he loosened regs to allow. Unbelievable. The economy really is the hottest it’s ever been for the orange fart.
Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company - The Guardian
Trump Media announces $6bn merger plan with fusion power company - The Guardian
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A retired Tennessee policeman who spent more than a month in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook post is suing the authorities responsible for his arrest.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
A retired policeman was jailed over an anti-Trump meme. Now he’s suing.
Attorneys for 61-year-old Larry Bushart say a Tennessee sheriff violated the First Amendment: “In America, we do not jail people for political speech.”
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A retired Tennessee policeman who spent more than a month in jail over an anti-Trump Facebook post is suing the authorities responsible for his arrest.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
“In America, we do not jail people for political speech,” the lawsuit states.
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In the first nearly seven months of President Trump’s return to office, the Environmental Protection Agency spent more than $86.5 million to compensate more than 2,600 employees who were placed on administrative leave, according to data. https://wapo.st/4j1CjV7
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the first nearly seven months of President Trump’s return to office, the Environmental Protection Agency spent more than $86.5 million to compensate more than 2,600 employees who were placed on administrative leave, according to data. https://wapo.st/4j1CjV7
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Exclusive: The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The association has been one of the harshest critics of Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Exclusive: The Department of Health and Human Services has terminated seven grants totaling millions of dollars to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The association has been one of the harshest critics of Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s changes to federal vaccine policy.
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President Trump’s top communications enforcer told the Senate Commerce Committee that the president can fire him, so the FCC isn’t independent.
The agency removed the word “independent” on its own website to line up with its chairman’s live remarks.
The agency removed the word “independent” on its own website to line up with its chairman’s live remarks.
Brendan Carr said the FCC isn’t independent. Its website quickly updated.
The Federal Communications Commission chairman faced questioning over the agency’s role in pressuring media companies and its independence from the president.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
President Trump’s top communications enforcer told the Senate Commerce Committee that the president can fire him, so the FCC isn’t independent.
The agency removed the word “independent” on its own website to line up with its chairman’s live remarks.
The agency removed the word “independent” on its own website to line up with its chairman’s live remarks.
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Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
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Harrison Butker's 8 missed kicks (4 FGs, 4 PATs) are tied for most in NFL with Joshua Karty and Blake Grupe (Both Karty and Grupe have been released)
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Harrison Butker's 8 missed kicks (4 FGs, 4 PATs) are tied for most in NFL with Joshua Karty and Blake Grupe (Both Karty and Grupe have been released)
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The last AFC title game without either Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady starting at QB was in 2010 season when Ben Roethlisberger beat Mark Sanchez
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The last AFC title game without either Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady starting at QB was in 2010 season when Ben Roethlisberger beat Mark Sanchez
Turns out SM is not Nostradamus
Michigan HC Sherrone Moore says he does not expect any more changes to the football staff.
That and more pre-Citrus Bowl notes:
247sports.com/college/mich...
That and more pre-Citrus Bowl notes:
247sports.com/college/mich...
Q&A: What Sherrone Moore said about the Citrus Bowl selection, Kerry Coombs hire, staff changes and more
Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore joined a pre-Citrus Bowl media call on Sunday afternoon to discuss the Wolverines' upcoming game against Texas. The conversation…
247sports.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Turns out SM is not Nostradamus
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Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...