JRope
@j-rope.bsky.social
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@j-rope.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Media: Please stop saying RFK’s anti-vax platform is “controversial.” It’s called factually wrong and dangerous. Report the facts and the impacts his lies have or will have on communities.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?
December 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why would anyone risk themselves to go on 60 Minutes after this? How can viewers ever trust CBS News to report fairly on topics this White House is sensitive about?
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🔥“Ten years ago you said Trump was an authoritarian. I’ve gotta hand it to you Scott, that was a remarkable forecast.”
@MilesTaylorUSA (who worked in the first Trump administration) hands smug @ScottJenningsKY’s his ass for becoming a Trump loyalist for personal ambition
@MilesTaylorUSA (who worked in the first Trump administration) hands smug @ScottJenningsKY’s his ass for becoming a Trump loyalist for personal ambition
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🔥“Ten years ago you said Trump was an authoritarian. I’ve gotta hand it to you Scott, that was a remarkable forecast.”
@MilesTaylorUSA (who worked in the first Trump administration) hands smug @ScottJenningsKY’s his ass for becoming a Trump loyalist for personal ambition
@MilesTaylorUSA (who worked in the first Trump administration) hands smug @ScottJenningsKY’s his ass for becoming a Trump loyalist for personal ambition
This adaptation was written in 2007. So very applicable today.
October 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This adaptation was written in 2007. So very applicable today.
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A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...
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October 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Good piece of satire. They could also have added: mocking people with disabilities, close association with Jeffrey Epstein, destroyer of first amendment rights, unethical/immoral dirtbag…the list goes on and on.
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apple.news/AcqEl-TQ_RC-...
Opinion | If a humanitarian like Trump doesn't deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, who does? | Opinion — USA TODAY
I'll always remember where I was on Oct. 10, 2025, the day Donald J. Trump was viciously denied the Nobel Peace Prize.
apple.news
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Good piece of satire. They could also have added: mocking people with disabilities, close association with Jeffrey Epstein, destroyer of first amendment rights, unethical/immoral dirtbag…the list goes on and on.
apple.news/AcqEl-TQ_RC-...
apple.news/AcqEl-TQ_RC-...
Sheesh. Again, there is no organized group called antifa. All fake claims by the GOP.
October 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sheesh. Again, there is no organized group called antifa. All fake claims by the GOP.
Taco
Here's the reality: On any given day the President might impose an effective embargo on trade with China. This is the second time he's done it *this year*. They may patch it up again, but the pattern has been set, and it will shape expectations for the rest of his term.
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Taco
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Yes, America - the president is telling you you’ll be paid to take your meds.
FFS
FFS
Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."
October 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Yes, America - the president is telling you you’ll be paid to take your meds.
FFS
FFS
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Clueless
TRUMP: WE THINK OIL WILL BE UNDER $2 PER GALLON SOON
October 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Clueless
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Tylenol is about to be rich from the Fed govt after the ABSOLUTELY for certain lawsuit
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tylenol is about to be rich from the Fed govt after the ABSOLUTELY for certain lawsuit
What an asshole.
September 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What an asshole.
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Good morning MAGA snowflakes! What will offend you today?!
a pixel art of a flower with a smiley face and the words " delicate flower " below it
ALT: a pixel art of a flower with a smiley face and the words " delicate flower " below it
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Good morning MAGA snowflakes! What will offend you today?!
Great idea
Here’s an idea. The west has held about $300 billion in Russian assets. They should release 2 billion a day to Ukraine until Russia stops the war, or they disperse it all.
Then Russia will have to accept the war has an additional real cost per day
Then Russia will have to accept the war has an additional real cost per day
September 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great idea
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Honestly if Disney feels like the material of late night comics are not “on brand” for the company (as some defenders of Iger have claimed), then maybe it should stick to amusement parks and get out of broadcast TV. I say this as a Disney shareholder. (And good for Eisner for speaking up!)
September 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Honestly if Disney feels like the material of late night comics are not “on brand” for the company (as some defenders of Iger have claimed), then maybe it should stick to amusement parks and get out of broadcast TV. I say this as a Disney shareholder. (And good for Eisner for speaking up!)
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In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science movement, the risks it poses — and why he won't debate RFK Jr.
Dr. Peter Hotez takes the war against science very personally
In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science movement, the risks it poses — and why he won't debate RFK Jr.
n.pr
September 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science movement, the risks it poses — and why he won't debate RFK Jr.
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if you read one piece on Charlie Kirk, let it be this:
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
if you read one piece on Charlie Kirk, let it be this:
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From the people who brought you "if you touch a single molecule of fentanyl, maybe even with gloves on, *You Will Die*" comes the new thrilling adventure "literally burning a kilo of meth in an enclosed space is probably fine, right?"
Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Animal shelter evacuated after FBI incinerates meth at facility
Fourteen staff were hospitalised and 75 cats and dogs evacuated.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "if you touch a single molecule of fentanyl, maybe even with gloves on, *You Will Die*" comes the new thrilling adventure "literally burning a kilo of meth in an enclosed space is probably fine, right?"
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Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
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The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The right side of Trump's face was drooping during a 9/11 commemoration today (Getty)
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How do you even measure the Washington Post cringe factor at being embarrassed like this in coverage of your own city...
Same event:
Left side - New York Times headline
Right side - Washington Post white house press release I mean headline
Same event:
Left side - New York Times headline
Right side - Washington Post white house press release I mean headline
September 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
How do you even measure the Washington Post cringe factor at being embarrassed like this in coverage of your own city...
Same event:
Left side - New York Times headline
Right side - Washington Post white house press release I mean headline
Same event:
Left side - New York Times headline
Right side - Washington Post white house press release I mean headline