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"The crisis of democracy is a crisis of information—citizens make bad decisions, in part, because they are starved of the facts. And it can get worse."
The world is not outraged enough that Trump is using his power to force CBS and CNN to mold to his views. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The world is not outraged enough that Trump is using his power to force CBS and CNN to mold to his views. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
CBS and CNN Are Being Sacrificed to Trump
Media conglomerates want the president’s permission for mergers—and control of news outlets is at stake.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"The crisis of democracy is a crisis of information—citizens make bad decisions, in part, because they are starved of the facts. And it can get worse."
The world is not outraged enough that Trump is using his power to force CBS and CNN to mold to his views. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The world is not outraged enough that Trump is using his power to force CBS and CNN to mold to his views. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A fantastic NYT report: Donors to Trump get pardons, jobs, & access - and benefited from regulatory decisions the Trump admin has made.
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
SUPER timely as SCOTUS is about to kill agency independence & give POTUS more control over agencies (likely to donors' benefit)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Seems like 60 Minutes needs to do a 60 Minutes piece on the destruction of 60 minutes. @60Minutes #CBSNewsMAX @CBSNews
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seems like 60 Minutes needs to do a 60 Minutes piece on the destruction of 60 minutes. @60Minutes #CBSNewsMAX @CBSNews
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“Our viewers come first and that means not letting our viewers see the story we’ve promoted everywhere for days.”
NEW: Bari Weiss addresses her decision to hold last night's CECOT story on the CBS News morning editorial call: "Our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else..."
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“Our viewers come first and that means not letting our viewers see the story we’ve promoted everywhere for days.”
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NEW: For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections.
This year, it finally succeeded.
This year, it finally succeeded.
Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors
For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded.
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NEW: For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections.
This year, it finally succeeded.
This year, it finally succeeded.
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JD Vance announces his 2028 campaign slogan: Yes We Klan.
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
JD Vance announces his 2028 campaign slogan: Yes We Klan.
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And here’s a free link to the NYT piece on the 60 Minutes disaster.
Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number.
And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number.
And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
And here’s a free link to the NYT piece on the 60 Minutes disaster.
Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number.
And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number.
And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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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." - Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS 60 Minutes
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 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." - Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS 60 Minutes
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60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi warns that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is turning the network into “a stenographer for the state” after she spiked a story on the Trump administration’s transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.
December 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi warns that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is turning the network into “a stenographer for the state” after she spiked a story on the Trump administration’s transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.
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The whole idea that Weiss spiked the CECOT story because there wasn't an on-the-record statement from the Trump administration is laughable, as Sharyn Alfonsi notes. It's regular journalistic practice to run a story without comment, as long as you've given the source a chance, which 60 Minutes did.
December 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The whole idea that Weiss spiked the CECOT story because there wasn't an on-the-record statement from the Trump administration is laughable, as Sharyn Alfonsi notes. It's regular journalistic practice to run a story without comment, as long as you've given the source a chance, which 60 Minutes did.
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There’s something just so odd to me about the United States of America, which was built on immigration, and Trump’s security strategy saying Europe is falling apart now because it is welcoming immigrants. it’s a very disconcerting view
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | The Trump Economy and America’s Bad Mood
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There’s something just so odd to me about the United States of America, which was built on immigration, and Trump’s security strategy saying Europe is falling apart now because it is welcoming immigrants. it’s a very disconcerting view
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
From @nytimes.com Opinions chat.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
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Dozens of protesters accused of assaulting federal agents in four cities have seen their charges reduced, dismissed or rejected by juries, a review by The Associated Press found.
DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled
The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dozens of protesters accused of assaulting federal agents in four cities have seen their charges reduced, dismissed or rejected by juries, a review by The Associated Press found.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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Illegally invading Venezuela right before Christmas?
President Trump says he's addressing the nation from the White House tomorrow evening at 9 p.m. Eastern.
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Illegally invading Venezuela right before Christmas?
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@lexcodems.bsky.social @richlandscdems.bsky.social
Look at our own Joe Wilson making news. He refuses to vote to serve his district. Instead he follows his dear leader. Our healthcare costs are going to explode! #scpol
Look at our own Joe Wilson making news. He refuses to vote to serve his district. Instead he follows his dear leader. Our healthcare costs are going to explode! #scpol
Because of Republican inaction, healthcare costs will explode in just a couple weeks.
The GOP majority could easily call a vote & stop that from happening. Instead, this is what they’re doing on the House floor today:
The GOP majority could easily call a vote & stop that from happening. Instead, this is what they’re doing on the House floor today:
December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@lexcodems.bsky.social @richlandscdems.bsky.social
Look at our own Joe Wilson making news. He refuses to vote to serve his district. Instead he follows his dear leader. Our healthcare costs are going to explode! #scpol
Look at our own Joe Wilson making news. He refuses to vote to serve his district. Instead he follows his dear leader. Our healthcare costs are going to explode! #scpol
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Since Trump's return to power, the SEC has backtracked on cases against crypto firms with ties to his campaign or family businesses.
It's blatant pay-to-play corruption that could crash the entire economy. https://youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=la9hYMiXGc7-0AFp
It's blatant pay-to-play corruption that could crash the entire economy. https://youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=la9hYMiXGc7-0AFp
Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Since Trump's return to power, the SEC has backtracked on cases against crypto firms with ties to his campaign or family businesses.
It's blatant pay-to-play corruption that could crash the entire economy. https://youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=la9hYMiXGc7-0AFp
It's blatant pay-to-play corruption that could crash the entire economy. https://youtu.be/gpCxV-cRY4o?si=la9hYMiXGc7-0AFp
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Trump's airstrikes on vessels allegedly used for drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea present the most vivid illustration yet of his worst instincts: casual brutality, contempt for legal limits, revulsion of foreigners, and sheer operational incompetence turning even routine missions into crises.
The Trump Administration’s Killing Rampage on Open Seas: A Video Roundup
Our mid-December collection of clips on the White House's brutal boat strikes—and what they reveal about this president's governing ethos
www.theunpopulist.net
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Trump's airstrikes on vessels allegedly used for drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea present the most vivid illustration yet of his worst instincts: casual brutality, contempt for legal limits, revulsion of foreigners, and sheer operational incompetence turning even routine missions into crises.
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A review of foreign interference in British democracy might close down some of the loopholes which make laundering foreign donations pretty straightforward.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics
An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.
www.gov.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A review of foreign interference in British democracy might close down some of the loopholes which make laundering foreign donations pretty straightforward.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Nico Coronado from Teamsters 705 out here at press conference denouncing Bovino and CBP for visiting the Mauser picket line today, harassing union members, asking them their status. “Our members didn’t take the bait,” he says, thanks to know your rights trainings from Arise worker center.
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Nico Coronado from Teamsters 705 out here at press conference denouncing Bovino and CBP for visiting the Mauser picket line today, harassing union members, asking them their status. “Our members didn’t take the bait,” he says, thanks to know your rights trainings from Arise worker center.
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
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Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
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When you add this to Judge Matey's similar dissent earlier this year, you can see that there is an emerging strand of thought among the more radical right-wing jurists that would aim to strip basic rights and freedoms from noncitizens. It's not had any success yet, but its adherents are growing.
NEW: 6th Cir upholds the fed law barring undocumented immigrants from having guns.
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
What's shocking, though, is Judge Thapar's separate opinion arguing that noncitizens lack not only 2nd Am rights, but likely 1st, 4th & other const'l rights! 🧵
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf...
www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
When you add this to Judge Matey's similar dissent earlier this year, you can see that there is an emerging strand of thought among the more radical right-wing jurists that would aim to strip basic rights and freedoms from noncitizens. It's not had any success yet, but its adherents are growing.