Under Bari, the following have left:

-Head of standards and practices, Claudia Milne
-CBS Evening News anchor, John Dickerson
-CBS Morning news anchor, Gayle King
-CBS News head of talent, Laurie Orlando

Which means Bari's key hires will shape who is seen on TV, what stories are chosen.

I can't disagree with any of this, except to say it's not even really about the money, per se: the bosses will happily nuke a perfectly profitable enterprise just because they don't like it, understand it, or think it should exist

We could fund over four months of SNAP benefits with the $40 billion Argentina received.

CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

RAJU: Last week you were very critical of Biden's use of the autopen. But Trump admitted on 60 Minutes to not knowing he pardoned a crypto billionaire who pleaded guilty to money laundering. Does that also concern you?

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know anything about that. I didn't see it. I'm not sure.

Awful: Pentagon officials told lawmakers Trump now claims authority to bomb people merely “affiliated” with “narco-terrorist" groups, Rep Adam Smith tells me. But under questioning, they wouldn't say what “affiliated” even means!

Lots of fresh info in my new piece:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...