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#JeffreyEpstein docs released during Xmas-NYE lull are damaging- but media is too lazy to care.
♦️WaPo: "Nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide."
♦️Documents: He was housed with a quadruple murderer, whom he accused of trying to kill him.
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
♦️WaPo: "Nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide."
♦️Documents: He was housed with a quadruple murderer, whom he accused of trying to kill him.
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Files offer details on Epstein’s death in federal custody
Among the Epstein files are records on his death in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, but nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#JeffreyEpstein docs released during Xmas-NYE lull are damaging- but media is too lazy to care.
♦️WaPo: "Nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide."
♦️Documents: He was housed with a quadruple murderer, whom he accused of trying to kill him.
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
♦️WaPo: "Nothing so far challenges a ruling that he died by suicide."
♦️Documents: He was housed with a quadruple murderer, whom he accused of trying to kill him.
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www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Did #JeffreyEpstein die by suicide or murder? 6/6
Epstein's death was VERY convenient for many powerful men, and having somebody killed in prison is quite easy for anybody willing to pay for it.
Did that happen?
It's a VERY reasonable question.
And #journalists need to start treating it that way.
Epstein's death was VERY convenient for many powerful men, and having somebody killed in prison is quite easy for anybody willing to pay for it.
Did that happen?
It's a VERY reasonable question.
And #journalists need to start treating it that way.
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Did #JeffreyEpstein die by suicide or murder? 6/6
Epstein's death was VERY convenient for many powerful men, and having somebody killed in prison is quite easy for anybody willing to pay for it.
Did that happen?
It's a VERY reasonable question.
And #journalists need to start treating it that way.
Epstein's death was VERY convenient for many powerful men, and having somebody killed in prison is quite easy for anybody willing to pay for it.
Did that happen?
It's a VERY reasonable question.
And #journalists need to start treating it that way.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.
December 24, 2025 at 5:44 AM
The response to this feels somewhat akin to the response to Hillbilly Elegy— that certain liberals must read it and praise it so that they can properly and publicly perform humility to atone for their eliteness. This is despite both of these books being written by Ivy Leaguers.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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A helpful reminder that publishers do not employ fact-checkers.
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A helpful reminder that publishers do not employ fact-checkers.
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In prelim ratings, the Trump-hosted Kennedy Center Honors was viewed by 2.65M
In the third quarter, Stephen Colbert's Late Show averaged 2.84M
But it's not really fair to compare the numbers because Trump's hosting gig aired in primetime with a much larger audience.
In the third quarter, Stephen Colbert's Late Show averaged 2.84M
But it's not really fair to compare the numbers because Trump's hosting gig aired in primetime with a much larger audience.
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In prelim ratings, the Trump-hosted Kennedy Center Honors was viewed by 2.65M
In the third quarter, Stephen Colbert's Late Show averaged 2.84M
But it's not really fair to compare the numbers because Trump's hosting gig aired in primetime with a much larger audience.
In the third quarter, Stephen Colbert's Late Show averaged 2.84M
But it's not really fair to compare the numbers because Trump's hosting gig aired in primetime with a much larger audience.
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So, DOJ has been sitting on over a MILLION pages of #JeffreyEpstein documents-- above and beyond everything already released.
Yet only two people have ever been prosecuted. For anything.
Congress needs to call EVERY Attorney-General for the past two decades to testify. On live TV.
Yet only two people have ever been prosecuted. For anything.
Congress needs to call EVERY Attorney-General for the past two decades to testify. On live TV.
The Justice Department said it found over a million more pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents, extending the time it will take for a full release. A law passed by Congress gave the department a deadline of last Friday to release the files. nyti.ms/49rG0QL
A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says
Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So, DOJ has been sitting on over a MILLION pages of #JeffreyEpstein documents-- above and beyond everything already released.
Yet only two people have ever been prosecuted. For anything.
Congress needs to call EVERY Attorney-General for the past two decades to testify. On live TV.
Yet only two people have ever been prosecuted. For anything.
Congress needs to call EVERY Attorney-General for the past two decades to testify. On live TV.
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Oh, I think she knows exactly how insulting her words are…they are intended to be that way.
December 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Oh, I think she knows exactly how insulting her words are…they are intended to be that way.
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The gall of this opportunistic shill. Unearned self-confidence is truly a disease.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The gall of this opportunistic shill. Unearned self-confidence is truly a disease.
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not to toot my own horn but this one was pretty good
December 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
not to toot my own horn but this one was pretty good
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You Better Wise Up, Bari Weiss
CBS News has become a horror show, caught in a time warp back to Soviet-style state propaganda. They’ve even lost Susan Sarandon.
by Maureen Dowd
CBS News has become a horror show, caught in a time warp back to Soviet-style state propaganda. They’ve even lost Susan Sarandon.
by Maureen Dowd
December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
You Better Wise Up, Bari Weiss
CBS News has become a horror show, caught in a time warp back to Soviet-style state propaganda. They’ve even lost Susan Sarandon.
by Maureen Dowd
CBS News has become a horror show, caught in a time warp back to Soviet-style state propaganda. They’ve even lost Susan Sarandon.
by Maureen Dowd
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Remember how the White House claimed it was only occupying DC for a month? And the press just went along with that?
As any DC resident can tell you, that was always a lie.
Here's some proof:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
As any DC resident can tell you, that was always a lie.
Here's some proof:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A third of D.C. arrests still involve federal agents despite end of takeover
The Post has gathered more than 5,000 arrest reports filed in D.C. Superior Court since Trump’s crackdown began with a 30-day federal takeover of D.C. police.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Remember how the White House claimed it was only occupying DC for a month? And the press just went along with that?
As any DC resident can tell you, that was always a lie.
Here's some proof:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
As any DC resident can tell you, that was always a lie.
Here's some proof:
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Munich, the first movie my husband wrote for Steven Spielberg and a film I still can't believe got made. I am obviously biased but...just watch it. I genuinely don't think it could be done now.
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Munich, the first movie my husband wrote for Steven Spielberg and a film I still can't believe got made. I am obviously biased but...just watch it. I genuinely don't think it could be done now.
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Some information about exactly where this plaintiff is coming from. You will not be shocked! www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2...
Composer Suing Playwrights Horizons Previously Recorded Crude Comments About Women and Black People — OnStage Blog
In a deleted video, Mr. Lynch made crude remarks about women, Black people and called efforts to uplift marginalized voices “a cancer.”.
www.onstageblog.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Some information about exactly where this plaintiff is coming from. You will not be shocked! www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2...
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Good for Barry Weiss and Larry Ellison to give more people a reason to cancel their Paramount. They did this bullshit just to get a merger done fuck them. Everybody needs to cancel Paramount. Disney understands what can happen. Do it to them too. They are going to get rid of Stephen Colbert. 2026
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Good for Barry Weiss and Larry Ellison to give more people a reason to cancel their Paramount. They did this bullshit just to get a merger done fuck them. Everybody needs to cancel Paramount. Disney understands what can happen. Do it to them too. They are going to get rid of Stephen Colbert. 2026
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1. I just got a DM asking me how Nick Fuentes makes millions every year, here’s how.
— Super chats during his show. Fans send him anywhere from $1 to $1,000 with a question or a comment during the show.
He only reads and responds to the ones $20 and over.
Of the ones $20 and over, he makes…
— Super chats during his show. Fans send him anywhere from $1 to $1,000 with a question or a comment during the show.
He only reads and responds to the ones $20 and over.
Of the ones $20 and over, he makes…
I mean this is silly and discounts his influence which I think is a mistake given his ideology.
Plus Nick Fuentes makes millions of dollars a year, so I don’t see what his house has to do with it.
Plus Nick Fuentes makes millions of dollars a year, so I don’t see what his house has to do with it.
Counterpoint: influential men with legions of sycophants usually don’t live in run-down apartments in Berwyn, IL.
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1. I just got a DM asking me how Nick Fuentes makes millions every year, here’s how.
— Super chats during his show. Fans send him anywhere from $1 to $1,000 with a question or a comment during the show.
He only reads and responds to the ones $20 and over.
Of the ones $20 and over, he makes…
— Super chats during his show. Fans send him anywhere from $1 to $1,000 with a question or a comment during the show.
He only reads and responds to the ones $20 and over.
Of the ones $20 and over, he makes…
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Mrs Stephen Miller thinks a journalist she doesn't like should be "terminated."
(In the holiday spirit, I'll assume she means "fired." Which isn't good either.)
(In the holiday spirit, I'll assume she means "fired." Which isn't good either.)
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Mrs Stephen Miller thinks a journalist she doesn't like should be "terminated."
(In the holiday spirit, I'll assume she means "fired." Which isn't good either.)
(In the holiday spirit, I'll assume she means "fired." Which isn't good either.)
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Without getting into the practice of discounting by race...
what kind of person sues over a pair of Off Broadway theater tickets? deadline.com/2025/12/play...
what kind of person sues over a pair of Off Broadway theater tickets? deadline.com/2025/12/play...
Playwrights Horizons Sued Over Discount Tickets For BIPOC Audiences
Playwrights Horizons, a premiere Off Broadway theater, is being sued by a white musician who claims discount tickets for people of color are discriminatory.
deadline.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Without getting into the practice of discounting by race...
what kind of person sues over a pair of Off Broadway theater tickets? deadline.com/2025/12/play...
what kind of person sues over a pair of Off Broadway theater tickets? deadline.com/2025/12/play...
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Alternate theory:
♦️Both Rupert Murdoch and the Ellisons are right-wing zillionaires. But Rupert isn't willing to let Trump (completely) dominate him.
♦️Both Rupert Murdoch and the Ellisons are right-wing zillionaires. But Rupert isn't willing to let Trump (completely) dominate him.
Even 5 years ago if you had told me CBS News would go this way whereas the WSJ wouldn’t it would have surprised me — ultimately I think purveyors of business news are the only ones insulated from these dynamics because when rich people are paying you for market-moving news you can’t mess around.
December 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Alternate theory:
♦️Both Rupert Murdoch and the Ellisons are right-wing zillionaires. But Rupert isn't willing to let Trump (completely) dominate him.
♦️Both Rupert Murdoch and the Ellisons are right-wing zillionaires. But Rupert isn't willing to let Trump (completely) dominate him.
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I don’t think David Ellison will care about any of the backlash unless and until talent starts to push back.
December 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think David Ellison will care about any of the backlash unless and until talent starts to push back.
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Two problems with this frantic "The story wasn't ready" statement are 1) When a story isn't ready, you know it days, sometimes weeks in advance, not hours and 2) Bari Weiss' idea of how "to do more" has already been made public, and it was to call Stephen Miller. In short, she's lying.
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 3:28 PM
Two problems with this frantic "The story wasn't ready" statement are 1) When a story isn't ready, you know it days, sometimes weeks in advance, not hours and 2) Bari Weiss' idea of how "to do more" has already been made public, and it was to call Stephen Miller. In short, she's lying.
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Nothing has convinced me that Trump is seriously ill more than his frenzy to have theaters, websites and battleships named after him. (Well, also his ankles and IV bruise.) I'd love to see 60 Minutes report on it, although Bari Weiss would doubtless say, "We need to give equal time to immortality."
December 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Nothing has convinced me that Trump is seriously ill more than his frenzy to have theaters, websites and battleships named after him. (Well, also his ankles and IV bruise.) I'd love to see 60 Minutes report on it, although Bari Weiss would doubtless say, "We need to give equal time to immortality."
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To everyone following the Bari Weiss story and struggling with the question of whether this is rank incompetence or malignity: Doesn't matter, because rank incompetence plus arrogance IS malignity, so even if you give her the benefit of the doubt (btw, there's no reason to), that's where you end up.
December 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
To everyone following the Bari Weiss story and struggling with the question of whether this is rank incompetence or malignity: Doesn't matter, because rank incompetence plus arrogance IS malignity, so even if you give her the benefit of the doubt (btw, there's no reason to), that's where you end up.