Tina Caputo
@winebroad.bsky.social
Multimedia journalist. Wine, food and travel writer. Humorist. PMJA award winner and ASJA member. Wiener dog enthusiast. tinacaputo.com
Free speech-loving U.S. comedians agreed to do a show for the Saudi Arabian government, which literally murdered and beheaded a journalist. And they signed a prenup agreeing not to make any jokes about the Saudi royals or religion. Because: money. wkamaubell.substack.com/p/saudi-arab...
Saudi Arabia? I barely know her!
Have Jokes - Will Travel... Sometimes
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October 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Free speech-loving U.S. comedians agreed to do a show for the Saudi Arabian government, which literally murdered and beheaded a journalist. And they signed a prenup agreeing not to make any jokes about the Saudi royals or religion. Because: money. wkamaubell.substack.com/p/saudi-arab...
What do California wineries do when flocks of hungry birds threaten to devour their precious crop at harvest time? They bring on the falcons, that's what. norcalpublicmedia.org/202509259919...
September 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What do California wineries do when flocks of hungry birds threaten to devour their precious crop at harvest time? They bring on the falcons, that's what. norcalpublicmedia.org/202509259919...
Jesus H, did someone breed this thing on purpose? “That barnacled sphere is definitely haunted. It has seen some shit. It may have Lyme disease. It might be an egg. Some foul beast will definitely emerge from that bungled scrotum and drag me back to its mother’s lair in the fens.’
September 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Jesus H, did someone breed this thing on purpose? “That barnacled sphere is definitely haunted. It has seen some shit. It may have Lyme disease. It might be an egg. Some foul beast will definitely emerge from that bungled scrotum and drag me back to its mother’s lair in the fens.’
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"Fear is the tool of a tyrant...But I'm not afraid, and I hope you're not either."
“Let’s have a trial.”
A defiant Comey says he is heartbroken for the (corrupted) DOJ, but is innocent and has faith in the federal judicial system.
A defiant Comey says he is heartbroken for the (corrupted) DOJ, but is innocent and has faith in the federal judicial system.
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Fear is the tool of a tyrant...But I'm not afraid, and I hope you're not either."
It's harvest time California wine country, and the 2025 season brings new worries that ICE ramp-ups could impact vineyard workers. Here's my update for KQED's "The California Report." And yes, it does include a clip from the new season of "South Park." (Audio begins at 4:25) lnkd.in/g3G_UxAG
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September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's harvest time California wine country, and the 2025 season brings new worries that ICE ramp-ups could impact vineyard workers. Here's my update for KQED's "The California Report." And yes, it does include a clip from the new season of "South Park." (Audio begins at 4:25) lnkd.in/g3G_UxAG
This is a classic for a reason, MFs. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its... @mcsweeneys.net
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is a classic for a reason, MFs. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its... @mcsweeneys.net
If anyone would like to send a comment to ABC, here's where to do it.
Let ABC know how you feel about their bowing to the thugs in power and cancelling Jimmy Kimmel's show: support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...
Submit a request – ABC
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September 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If anyone would like to send a comment to ABC, here's where to do it.
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All kinds of small, local businesses are being hit by new 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, from toy stores to bridal shops to Asian markets. The consensus? Higher prices for consumers. Here's my radio report for NorCal Public Media.
norcalpublicmedia.org/202505069809...
norcalpublicmedia.org/202505069809...
How tariffs on Chinese imports are impacting local businesses
“We've had to raise prices, I think that’s the only way we can really stay in business."
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May 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
All kinds of small, local businesses are being hit by new 145% tariffs on Chinese goods, from toy stores to bridal shops to Asian markets. The consensus? Higher prices for consumers. Here's my radio report for NorCal Public Media.
norcalpublicmedia.org/202505069809...
norcalpublicmedia.org/202505069809...
Now would be a good time to support your local NPR station if you don't already. www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
Statement from Katherine Maher, NPR President and CEO, on White House Executive Order
NPR is unwavering in our commitment to integrity, editorial independence, and our mission to serve the American people in partnership with our NPR Member organizations. Last night the President releas...
www.npr.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Now would be a good time to support your local NPR station if you don't already. www.npr.org/2025/05/02/g...
@cbsnews.com This is beyond alarming. You cannot cave to a would-be authoritarian's demands. The free press must not fall. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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April 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@cbsnews.com This is beyond alarming. You cannot cave to a would-be authoritarian's demands. The free press must not fall. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...
Another hit on the free press. In latest media crackdown, White House limits newswire access to Trump - www.reuters.com/business/med...
In latest media crackdown, White House limits newswire access to Trump
Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said on Tuesday, as it moves to exert greater control over who gets to ask him questions and report on his statements in real time.
www.reuters.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Another hit on the free press. In latest media crackdown, White House limits newswire access to Trump - www.reuters.com/business/med...
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
I'm laughing, I'm crying. I'm mostly crying...
Here’s my new McSweeney’s, It’s a Shame We Have to Betray Our Allies, Starve the Poor, Halt Scientific Progress, Destroy the Environment, and Eliminate the Freedoms Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but at Least My Investment Portfolio Is Also Tanking
It’s a Shame We Have to Betray Our Allies, Starve the Poor, Halt Scientific Progress, Destroy the Environment, and Eliminate the Freedoms Enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but at Least My Investment Po...
“Mr. Trump has acknowledged, despite all his confident campaign predictions that ‘we are going to boom like we have never boomed before,’ that the ...
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April 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm laughing, I'm crying. I'm mostly crying...
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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JUST IN: Judge lifts Trump White House restrictions on AP while lawsuit proceeds reut.rs/42lbGT9
April 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
JUST IN: Judge lifts Trump White House restrictions on AP while lawsuit proceeds reut.rs/42lbGT9
President Trump said tariffs on EU wines would be "great" for U.S. wine businesses, but U.S. wine businesses tend to disagree. Here's my report for @marketplace.org www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
Marketplace Morning Report
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April 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
President Trump said tariffs on EU wines would be "great" for U.S. wine businesses, but U.S. wine businesses tend to disagree. Here's my report for @marketplace.org www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
5,000 in Marin County today
April 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
5,000 in Marin County today
From now on, only white men will be represented on federal government websites? Fortunately, the Wayback Machine never forgets. www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
From now on, only white men will be represented on federal government websites? Fortunately, the Wayback Machine never forgets. www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
Another win for authoritarian governments and another blow to the free press.
Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable' - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable' - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Trump signs order to gut Voice of America, other agencies
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at gutting the parent of U.S. government-funded media outlet Voice of America and six other federal agencies, his administration's latest step to shrink bureaucracy.
www.reuters.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Another win for authoritarian governments and another blow to the free press.
Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable' - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable' - www.reuters.com/business/med...
“My job is supposed to be to tell you what I think, not what Jeff Bezos thinks I should think. And now comes the dicey part, because the Bezos missive does not arrive in a vacuum but in the context of the owner’s repeated overtures to Trump.”
“Here is the unavoidable truth: the Washington Post I joined, the one I came to love, is not the Washington Post I left.” @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes about her decision to resign from the paper in the wake of editorial changes made by its owner, Jeff Bezos.
Why I Left the Washington Post
Owner Jeff Bezos wants to transform the Opinions section of the paper, where I worked for forty years. After the publisher killed my column disagreeing with that move—it appears here in full—I decided...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“My job is supposed to be to tell you what I think, not what Jeff Bezos thinks I should think. And now comes the dicey part, because the Bezos missive does not arrive in a vacuum but in the context of the owner’s repeated overtures to Trump.”