Tom
@thomas-a-stewart.bsky.social
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This editorial interference will result in significantly more interest in the original 60 Minutes story.
Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This editorial interference will result in significantly more interest in the original 60 Minutes story.
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And there it is...
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
And there it is...
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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What!
Smells like more of a coverup
This is a violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Deputy Attorney General Blanche in video:
"I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks."
Here's the LAW:
Smells like more of a coverup
This is a violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Deputy Attorney General Blanche in video:
"I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks."
Here's the LAW:
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
What!
Smells like more of a coverup
This is a violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Deputy Attorney General Blanche in video:
"I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks."
Here's the LAW:
Smells like more of a coverup
This is a violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Deputy Attorney General Blanche in video:
"I expect that we're going to release more documents over the next couple of weeks."
Here's the LAW:
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It was always coming to this. Destroy expertise, eliminate people with experience, delegitimize truth and fact, and then say or do whatever they want.
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It was always coming to this. Destroy expertise, eliminate people with experience, delegitimize truth and fact, and then say or do whatever they want.
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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President Trump says that checks for $1,776 each are going out to nearly 1.5 million servicemembers. I have questions.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
President Trump says that checks for $1,776 each are going out to nearly 1.5 million servicemembers. I have questions.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
+ When did Congress approve such a plan?
+ Where is the money coming from?
+ How is it non-taxable? Did Congress vote to do that?
I'm sure there must be specific bill text.
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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Exactly right: the more relevant precedents aren't the last two Trump impeachments. They're Johnson, which came within one vote of conviction and basically neutered him, and Nixon, which effectively succeeded.
In part b/c Johnson and Nixon were both lame ducks, as Trump wasn't before but now is.
In part b/c Johnson and Nixon were both lame ducks, as Trump wasn't before but now is.
New from @juliaazari.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern?
Democrats are divided about pursuing a third Trump impeachment.
But Trump’s second term actions — abuses of federal power amidst a racial backlash — fits well with previous historical patterns. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-would...
Democrats are divided about pursuing a third Trump impeachment.
But Trump’s second term actions — abuses of federal power amidst a racial backlash — fits well with previous historical patterns. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-would...
What would a third Trump impeachment look like?
Some lessons from history
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Exactly right: the more relevant precedents aren't the last two Trump impeachments. They're Johnson, which came within one vote of conviction and basically neutered him, and Nixon, which effectively succeeded.
In part b/c Johnson and Nixon were both lame ducks, as Trump wasn't before but now is.
In part b/c Johnson and Nixon were both lame ducks, as Trump wasn't before but now is.
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tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
December 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
tesla owners admitting without shame they don’t know how to drive anymore
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One fruit seller with more courage than ten entire Uvalde police forces put together.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One fruit seller with more courage than ten entire Uvalde police forces put together.
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Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Rand Paul on mid-decade redistricting: "I think it's gonna lead to more civic tension & possibly more violence in our country. Think about it: if 35% of Texas is solidly Democrat & they have 0 representation, how does that make Democrats feel? I think it makes them feel they're not represented"
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.
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Two leading health economists laid out the case: standard economic theory about consumption just does not apply well in health. Every other country has figured this out, but its such a point of dogma now in the US to insist that health is just another product.
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/o...
Opinion | We’re Already Paying for Universal Health Care. Why Don’t We Have It? (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Two leading health economists laid out the case: standard economic theory about consumption just does not apply well in health. Every other country has figured this out, but its such a point of dogma now in the US to insist that health is just another product.
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/o...
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“Don’t make it sound so bad.”
Trump sounds genuinely inconvenienced by the insurance turmoil in 24 million American lives.
Trump sounds genuinely inconvenienced by the insurance turmoil in 24 million American lives.
December 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“Don’t make it sound so bad.”
Trump sounds genuinely inconvenienced by the insurance turmoil in 24 million American lives.
Trump sounds genuinely inconvenienced by the insurance turmoil in 24 million American lives.
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The only one who will stop the lawless Republican party is you and your relentless, consistent vote against them...
Obviously... no one else is stepping up
I pledge to never EVER miss another election (Local or National) no matter what the news cycle is repeating.. I WILL VOTE THEM OUT!!!
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Obviously... no one else is stepping up
I pledge to never EVER miss another election (Local or National) no matter what the news cycle is repeating.. I WILL VOTE THEM OUT!!!
Share
December 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The only one who will stop the lawless Republican party is you and your relentless, consistent vote against them...
Obviously... no one else is stepping up
I pledge to never EVER miss another election (Local or National) no matter what the news cycle is repeating.. I WILL VOTE THEM OUT!!!
Share
Obviously... no one else is stepping up
I pledge to never EVER miss another election (Local or National) no matter what the news cycle is repeating.. I WILL VOTE THEM OUT!!!
Share
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"To deliberately target mass services during holy weeks of obligation in the Catholic church is just so wrong, especially during Christmas services where the story of the holy family's travel under government edict is a central part of the story."
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
Trump's War on Christmas Is a War on Liberalism
After decades of make-believe, the Trump administration is promising an actual war on Christmas that would traumatize religious communities with armed state power.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"To deliberately target mass services during holy weeks of obligation in the Catholic church is just so wrong, especially during Christmas services where the story of the holy family's travel under government edict is a central part of the story."
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
www.liberalcurrents.com/trumps-war-o...
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this is a fantastic point that I hadn’t thought about: when antivaxx was associated with crunchy Marin libs and caused an outbreak at Disneyland what happened? Dems fought back and passed stronger vaccine requirements
now that antivaxxers are republicans they instantly took over the party
now that antivaxxers are republicans they instantly took over the party
![California Senate Bill 277 (SB277) is a California law that removed personal belief as a reason for an exemption from the vaccination requirements for entry to private or public elementary or secondary schools in California, as well as day care centers.
The final version of the bill was enacted by the California Legislature in 2015 (passing the State Assembly on a 46-31 vote!][2] and the California State Senate on a 24-14 vote!?]) and was signed
into law by Governor Jerry Brown on June 30, 2015.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
this is a fantastic point that I hadn’t thought about: when antivaxx was associated with crunchy Marin libs and caused an outbreak at Disneyland what happened? Dems fought back and passed stronger vaccine requirements
now that antivaxxers are republicans they instantly took over the party
now that antivaxxers are republicans they instantly took over the party
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My head is exploding.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My head is exploding.
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This bit about oh no we have need to do "serious" extensive investigations first is belied by the fact that the last impeachment they all voted for did none of that. Sometimes the matter is clear-cut and doesn't need dithering months and months of inquiry first, the facts are simple and known.
Significant statement from Jeffries and House Democratic leaders saying they will vote “present” on the motion to table Al Green’s resolution to impeach President Trump. They say they’re “laser-focused on fighting to lower the high cost of living” plus on health care and corruption.
December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This bit about oh no we have need to do "serious" extensive investigations first is belied by the fact that the last impeachment they all voted for did none of that. Sometimes the matter is clear-cut and doesn't need dithering months and months of inquiry first, the facts are simple and known.
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❗️NATO Secretary General Rutte: We are Russia's next target.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
❗️NATO Secretary General Rutte: We are Russia's next target.
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NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NATO chief Rutte: "Russia has brought war back to Europe, and we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured." 😳