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No, you can’t do that, airhead. It’s not within your authority and it violates several laws.
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
No, you can’t do that, airhead. It’s not within your authority and it violates several laws.
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This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This is a very astute observation. I hadn't thought about Keith Kellogg, he just disappeared from the scene. It makes perfect sense that Putin would want to fainthearted guy like Witkoff doing the negotiations. 🗽
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As many predicted, Trump’s mass deportations are not keeping American communities safe, but doing the opposite.
With witnesses and victims being deported or fearing contact with the system, DAs report more difficulty prosecuting ppl accused of violent crimes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...
With witnesses and victims being deported or fearing contact with the system, DAs report more difficulty prosecuting ppl accused of violent crimes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...
Texas prosecutors say deportations are harming criminal cases
District attorneys in Harris, El Paso and other counties say some cases, including murders, have been hobbled or lost because witnesses were detained, deported or too scared to come to court.
www.texastribune.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
As many predicted, Trump’s mass deportations are not keeping American communities safe, but doing the opposite.
With witnesses and victims being deported or fearing contact with the system, DAs report more difficulty prosecuting ppl accused of violent crimes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...
With witnesses and victims being deported or fearing contact with the system, DAs report more difficulty prosecuting ppl accused of violent crimes.
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/22/t...
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Largest institutional investor in CBS' parent company Paramount Skydance is Lingotto with $1.3 billion stake.
Lingotto is the holding company for the wealth of the Agnelli family, which owns Fiat, Ferrari, The Economist, and the Italian soccer team Juventus.
www.businessinsider.com/lingotto-inv...
Lingotto is the holding company for the wealth of the Agnelli family, which owns Fiat, Ferrari, The Economist, and the Italian soccer team Juventus.
www.businessinsider.com/lingotto-inv...
Italy's powerful Agnelli family invests differently. Now its $6 billion asset manager is coming to America.
Here's how the asset manager founded by the Italian family dynasty — which owns Fiat and Ferrari — is different.
www.businessinsider.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Largest institutional investor in CBS' parent company Paramount Skydance is Lingotto with $1.3 billion stake.
Lingotto is the holding company for the wealth of the Agnelli family, which owns Fiat, Ferrari, The Economist, and the Italian soccer team Juventus.
www.businessinsider.com/lingotto-inv...
Lingotto is the holding company for the wealth of the Agnelli family, which owns Fiat, Ferrari, The Economist, and the Italian soccer team Juventus.
www.businessinsider.com/lingotto-inv...
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From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
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Overall, this big @nytimes.com investigation identified $500m+ that was donated to Trump-backed groups AFTER the election from 346 donors.
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Overall, this big @nytimes.com investigation identified $500m+ that was donated to Trump-backed groups AFTER the election from 346 donors.
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
It found that more than half of the donors have benefited in some way from actions by Trump or his administration. (gift link)
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Remember when we used to have seasoned diplomats?
America has had no ambassador in Moscow since June.
There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
Witkoff refuses briefings on Russia from the CIA.
All because Trump is a Russian asset.
America has had no ambassador in Moscow since June.
There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
Witkoff refuses briefings on Russia from the CIA.
All because Trump is a Russian asset.
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Remember when we used to have seasoned diplomats?
America has had no ambassador in Moscow since June.
There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
Witkoff refuses briefings on Russia from the CIA.
All because Trump is a Russian asset.
America has had no ambassador in Moscow since June.
There is no assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs.
Witkoff refuses briefings on Russia from the CIA.
All because Trump is a Russian asset.
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What was Kushner’s title and purpose at this meeting?
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What was Kushner’s title and purpose at this meeting?
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CBS under Bari Weiss is bowing to Trump.
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
CBS under Bari Weiss is bowing to Trump.
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Part of Trump’s well-known long-standing interest in golden stuff
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Part of Trump’s well-known long-standing interest in golden stuff
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NYT: “Since Trump was elected a second time, he and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion for his favored political causes and passion projects… deep-pocketed individuals and corporations who have a lot riding on his actions…”
Endless corruption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Endless corruption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NYT: “Since Trump was elected a second time, he and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion for his favored political causes and passion projects… deep-pocketed individuals and corporations who have a lot riding on his actions…”
Endless corruption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Endless corruption. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Get the principals on camera" is such a telling phrase here, because it tells us that for Weiss there's no world in which the victims of these horrific actions can actually be seen as the subjects of the story: They're background noise, and the people who matter are the ones sending them.
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Bari Weiss’ CBS is what the tech fascists mean by creating “parallel” journalism.
Create new fake brands (“The Free Press”) or hollow out existing brands and replace with right-wing clones.
Or both!
That’s why I included her in the “Mirror World Mafia” last year.
Create new fake brands (“The Free Press”) or hollow out existing brands and replace with right-wing clones.
Or both!
That’s why I included her in the “Mirror World Mafia” last year.
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Bari Weiss’ CBS is what the tech fascists mean by creating “parallel” journalism.
Create new fake brands (“The Free Press”) or hollow out existing brands and replace with right-wing clones.
Or both!
That’s why I included her in the “Mirror World Mafia” last year.
Create new fake brands (“The Free Press”) or hollow out existing brands and replace with right-wing clones.
Or both!
That’s why I included her in the “Mirror World Mafia” last year.
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Earlier this month, after Trump blasted "60 Minutes" for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. "Bari Weiss got personally involved," specifically with stories about politics, a source at the program says.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Earlier this month, after Trump blasted "60 Minutes" for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. "Bari Weiss got personally involved," specifically with stories about politics, a source at the program says.
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The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The full Weiss memo is dogshit
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
-who cares if administration figures “regret” sending people to CECOT
-who cares about the criminal histories of the people we sent to CECOT, we sent them to a torture prison
—who cares about the “debate” over the legality of sending people to a torture prison
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When a major media outlet openly capitulates to the political agenda of the executive branch, they are no longer part of the fourth estate.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
When a major media outlet openly capitulates to the political agenda of the executive branch, they are no longer part of the fourth estate.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
They are state-run media.
Add Bari Weiss and CBS to the list of those who have betrayed our Republic.
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This is generally the fatal flaw in all for-profit media
"You can’t hold power accountable if the people who sign your checks need favors from that power. You can’t tell the truth if telling the truth is bad for business."
If you are going to read one thing on Bari Weiss & 60 Mins, make it this one from @parkermolloy.com
If you are going to read one thing on Bari Weiss & 60 Mins, make it this one from @parkermolloy.com
The Kill Switch
How Bari Weiss handed the Trump administration a veto over CBS News
www.readtpa.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is generally the fatal flaw in all for-profit media
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Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi “said she learned Saturday that CBS News' new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, had ‘spiked our story,’ calling the decision ‘not an editorial decision’ but ‘a political one.’” people.com/60-minutes-s...
'60 Minutes' Segment Pulled by CBS' New Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss, a Decision Its Correspondent Calls ‘Political’
CBS News' editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, abruptly pulled a planned 60 Minutes segment focused on Venezuelan men deported by the Trump Administration to a notorious El Salvador prison, a last-minute move...
people.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi “said she learned Saturday that CBS News' new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, had ‘spiked our story,’ calling the decision ‘not an editorial decision’ but ‘a political one.’” people.com/60-minutes-s...
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Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
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surely the women's bathroom is a sacred space ive been told by conservatives
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
surely the women's bathroom is a sacred space ive been told by conservatives
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And these folks support defunding education. 🤦🏽♂️
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
And these folks support defunding education. 🤦🏽♂️
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ICE signs contract with BI Inc (a subsidiary of private for-profit prison co GEO Group) for immigrant bounty hunters.
BI already has USG contacts for ankle monitors & remote surveillance of immigrants but will now pinpoint these locations (& capture?) folks for ICE. theintercept.com/2025/12/19/i...
BI already has USG contacts for ankle monitors & remote surveillance of immigrants but will now pinpoint these locations (& capture?) folks for ICE. theintercept.com/2025/12/19/i...
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
ICE signs contract with BI Inc (a subsidiary of private for-profit prison co GEO Group) for immigrant bounty hunters.
BI already has USG contacts for ankle monitors & remote surveillance of immigrants but will now pinpoint these locations (& capture?) folks for ICE. theintercept.com/2025/12/19/i...
BI already has USG contacts for ankle monitors & remote surveillance of immigrants but will now pinpoint these locations (& capture?) folks for ICE. theintercept.com/2025/12/19/i...
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By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for two weeks.
He bundled her into a rented canoe and paddled toward the nearest hospital, eight hours away.
Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
He bundled her into a rented canoe and paddled toward the nearest hospital, eight hours away.
Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for two weeks.
He bundled her into a rented canoe and paddled toward the nearest hospital, eight hours away.
Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.
He bundled her into a rented canoe and paddled toward the nearest hospital, eight hours away.
Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.