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Bari Weiss, who made her career sowing distrust in the mainstream media, is now pretending other people did that and she’s here to help right the ship
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Bari Weiss, who made her career sowing distrust in the mainstream media, is now pretending other people did that and she’s here to help right the ship
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An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
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 6:52 PM
An enraging trend right now, from CBS to the CDC, of people actively undermining institutions, then taking the reins of those institutions and claiming they need to rebuild the trust they helped destroy. (Also, people already trusted 60 Minutes.) bsky.app/profile/just...
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
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This wasn’t meant to be a comprehensive list of the best Christmas songs, it’s the ones that invoke nostalgia in me.
The ELP is a nice one. Honorable mentions to the Kinks' "Father Christmas" and the Smithereens' cover of The Who's "Christmas," which is slightly better than the original.
I don't know what to make of a fellow Irishman who doesn't even mention "Fairytale of New York," though. Come on.
I don't know what to make of a fellow Irishman who doesn't even mention "Fairytale of New York," though. Come on.
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This wasn’t meant to be a comprehensive list of the best Christmas songs, it’s the ones that invoke nostalgia in me.
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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So much for freedom of speech. Alternative voices aren't even allowed into the deeply divided country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US denies visas to ex-EU commissioner and others over social media rules
Thierry Breton, the former top tech regulator at the European Commission, says a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
So much for freedom of speech. Alternative voices aren't even allowed into the deeply divided country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The self-proclaimed head of USAGM, Kari Lake, who this year destroyed nearly all of the Voice of America, tells the agency's few remaining journalists the White House National Security Strategy will "guide our interview subjects, story selection, and coverage going forward."
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So we may have found the single most unpopular thing Trump has done in 2025 - the vainglorious renaming of the Kennedy Center after himself (via Economist/YouGov):
18% approve, 66% disapprove
18% approve, 66% disapprove
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
So we may have found the single most unpopular thing Trump has done in 2025 - the vainglorious renaming of the Kennedy Center after himself (via Economist/YouGov):
18% approve, 66% disapprove
18% approve, 66% disapprove
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CBS filed a copyright claim against my YouTube channel for posting Canada's version of the CECOT story that Bari Weiss killed—SO—I downloaded the transcript and read the transcript verbatim. Here it is.
Please watch & share to fight fascism & censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uRf...
Please watch & share to fight fascism & censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uRf...
Listen to the Full CECOT Episode CBS Tried to Ban
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
CBS filed a copyright claim against my YouTube channel for posting Canada's version of the CECOT story that Bari Weiss killed—SO—I downloaded the transcript and read the transcript verbatim. Here it is.
Please watch & share to fight fascism & censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uRf...
Please watch & share to fight fascism & censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uRf...
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Today - DOJ releases files from redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney flagging that Trump "traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)."
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Today - DOJ releases files from redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney flagging that Trump "traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)."
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“Grace periods” for late-arriving mail ballots were not controversial until very recently. (Kansas lawmakers voted *163-1* for a grace period in 2017!)
But Trump wants them banned, so red states have lately rushed to help him. Ohio just joined the list:
boltsmag.org/ohio-ends-gr...
But Trump wants them banned, so red states have lately rushed to help him. Ohio just joined the list:
boltsmag.org/ohio-ends-gr...
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Grace periods” for late-arriving mail ballots were not controversial until very recently. (Kansas lawmakers voted *163-1* for a grace period in 2017!)
But Trump wants them banned, so red states have lately rushed to help him. Ohio just joined the list:
boltsmag.org/ohio-ends-gr...
But Trump wants them banned, so red states have lately rushed to help him. Ohio just joined the list:
boltsmag.org/ohio-ends-gr...
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As we wrote in @columjournreview.bsky.social, the Orban playbook was to pressure media companies, find an ally to purchase them when that pressure made them financially vulnerable, then have the ally install loyalists to turn the outlet in regime propaganda. #BariWeiss www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
On anticipatory obedience and the media
Trump's campaign against the Fourth Estate has been unfolding before our eyes—far more effectively than some in the press would like to believe.
www.cjr.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
As we wrote in @columjournreview.bsky.social, the Orban playbook was to pressure media companies, find an ally to purchase them when that pressure made them financially vulnerable, then have the ally install loyalists to turn the outlet in regime propaganda. #BariWeiss www.cjr.org/analysis/ant...
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Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Khanna: You’ve got the DOJ releasing the names of survivors—which they are not allowed to do by law—but not releasing the FBI interview files with those same survivors. Those FBI interviews contain the names of other men: Wall Street tycoons and politicians…
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oy, 🫣some of the 2007 federal grand jury testimony indicates that girls who came forward to Palm Beach Police c.2005 were told that *they* could be charged with sex trafficking because of their participation in Epstein & Maxwell's scheme to offer schoolmates money to come to Epstein's house
www.justice.gov
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
oy, 🫣some of the 2007 federal grand jury testimony indicates that girls who came forward to Palm Beach Police c.2005 were told that *they* could be charged with sex trafficking because of their participation in Epstein & Maxwell's scheme to offer schoolmates money to come to Epstein's house
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Over public dissents from Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, #SCOTUS refuses to allow President Trump to deploy federalized National Guard troops into and around Chicago.
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
www.supremecourt.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Over public dissents from Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch, #SCOTUS refuses to allow President Trump to deploy federalized National Guard troops into and around Chicago.
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
This is a major loss for President Trump, even if, per Justice Kavanaugh’s concurrence, it’s temporary and on narrow legal Q:
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Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
@lawrencehurley.bsky.social:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
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"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."
Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high
(RNS) — Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir is one of four people who died in immigration detention over a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates about deteriorating conditions at immigration fa...
religionnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Imam Fouad’s death is not an isolated tragedy, it is the predictable outcome of a violent detention system that continues to cage people for profit and punishment."
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60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi sharply summarizes the appalling decision of Bari Weiss not to run her CECOT story: “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
60 Minutes journalist Sharyn Alfonsi sharply summarizes the appalling decision of Bari Weiss not to run her CECOT story: “If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a ‘kill switch’ for any reporting they find inconvenient.”
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So, uh, it certainly looks like DOJ intended to file a letter to Judge Liman in MTA v. Duffy, but….it accidentally filed a letter containing its legal advice to the Department of Transportation instead
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...