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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like the fact that everyone is so focused on how Trump didn't win the award he wanted is proof that we're trapped in some abusive mass psychological phenomenon. And there's something like this every day.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Trump floats dropping Spain from NATO alliance reut.rs/3VVJfbR

Trump floats dropping Spain from NATO alliance

U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation's lagging military spending.

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 3d

For the sake of humanity, let’s hope this will be a lasting and permanent ceasefire. While this is a hopeful step, we must demand accountability for every war crime committed during this genocide and continue to call for an end to the occupation.

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Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump's Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 3d

My million-dollar idea: Cheez-It Haldiram's

Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 3d

[Wikipedia]
Etymology
Main article: Propaganda Fide

Propaganda is a modern Latin word, the neuter plural gerundive form of propagare, meaning 'to spread' or 'to propagate', thus propaganda means the things which are to be propagated.[5] Originally this word derived from a new administrative body (congregation) of the Catholic Church created in 1622 as part of the Counter-Reformation, called the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (Congregation for Propagating the Faith), or informally simply Propaganda.[3][6] Its activity was aimed at "propagating" the Catholic faith in non-Catholic countries.[3]

From the 1790s, the term began being used also to refer to propaganda in secular activities.[3] In English, the cognate began taking a pejorative or negative connotation in the mid-19th century, when it was used in the political sphere.[3]

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 3d

A touch ironic considering the etymology of "propaganda," but I'll take it.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

Not in Poland's interest to give Germany Nord Stream suspect, Tusk says reut.rs/4mLVmTz

Not in Poland's interest to give Germany Nord Stream suspect, Tusk says

It is not in Poland's interest to hand over a Ukrainian man wanted by Germany for suspected involvement in explosions which damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the Polish prime minister said on Tuesday.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 5d

Let's do that hockey

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 5d

That's a big bummer. All best to you and your colleagues.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Hitching a ride on interstellar comet, if the next solar system seems more promising I'll report back

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

By an oligarch who was a fan of the Substack. Let's not overstate the business acumen on display here.

The Verge @theverge.com · 6d

CBS News was just taken over by a Substack

Weiss will oversee shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Mornings.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Maybe someone could spin up a current events-friendly Mastodon server and maybe such a thing could even gain traction but honestly if Bluesky goes down the tubes I'm perfectly happy reverting to blogs or bulletin boards.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

I don't have anything against Mastodon in theory but last time I tried to use it the main conversation was about how to stop all the new people from talking about the news. Mastodon had a problem with me.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Collect coins, you will need the extra lives.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 9d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

I used to cover actual newsroom diversity numbers as reported by industry surveys. Now that kind of "DEI" is almost illegal and the only "diversity" anyone talks about is whether right-wing perspectives are sufficiently dominant. Newsrooms themselves are endangered.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 6d

VIDEO: Why has the 'One Piece' flag become a Gen Z protest symbol?

A cartoon skull and crossbones from the cult manga series has been seen among crowds of protesting youngsters from Asia to Africa to Latin America and Europe. The emblem has become the flag of Gen Z anti-establishment demos

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Portland police is Antifa... everything suddenly makes sense.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6d

In case you’re wondering how grassroots Republican activists in Oregon are metabolizing what’s happening in the state. This person is a coordinator for two long running conservative organizations in the state: The Gathering of the Eagles and the Abigail Adams project.

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Trump is preparing to go after Antifa, waiting for them to make a move. Antifa is preparing for riots in major cities. Since Portland is their headquarters, it seems essential that the National Guard would be in Oregon.
Governor Kotek is in panic mode releasing news every day on her opposition. Portland Police are working with Antifa to criminalize federal agents. "Out in Oregon, the Governor, the mayor and police are all part of Antifa." Shan Davis explains, "Once you understand that Portland police is Antifa, everything else it does and refuses to do suddenly makes sense." If they are part of Antifa, they are part of the insurrection.
Antifa has been hired to create a civil war. Kotek has been telling people to stay calm, all the while she is still promoting Antifa to start a civil war.
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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Beelzebub, Baal, Asmodeus

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

New Archbishop of Canterbury will face old evils on.ft.com/47hTXyH | opinion

New Archbishop of Canterbury will face old evils

She may have shattered a stained glass ceiling but she will experience the same challenges as other female leaders

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Higher ed is an *export*, they're just digging the trade deficit deeper

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 6d

The number of international students entering the U.S. has seen its steepest drop on record, outside of the pandemic.

U.S. Hit by Record Drop in International Student Arrivals Under Trump

Federal travel data shows steep declines across nearly every region, with the sharpest drops among students from India, China, and Africa.

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

The sentiment is welcome but it's not journalism's fault, per se, that access to a media platform totally depends on subservience to business interests. The people who should be ashamed are the oligarchs crushing free speech.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

i could write a tome about how fucking embarrassing it is for journalism that someone as morally bankrupt as bari weiss has ascended to the highest levels of money and power by tickling trump's balls but instead i'm going to keep covering the people hurt most by his terror and giving them a voice.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 6d

"The project—[Weiss'] and that of her backers—is to establish herself and her cohort not as new-right media, but as the new *liberal*media, staking out the leftmost acceptable position within the new right-wing paradigm." The dream of Marty Peretz on far grander scale.

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector

On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Edward R. Murrow, terrorist mouthpiece

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

They don't know who they're fucking with

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 6d

JUST IN: The Supreme Court has denied consideration of Laura Loomer's lawsuit over social media censorship:

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Re No. 6.

One party says we should expand access to healthcare. The other is invading cities in their own country to vanquish the commie scourge. Equal scrutiny just means running cover for authoritarian takeover.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d

Bari Weiss's first message to CBS staff as Editor-in-Chief, shared with me:

"…I stand for the same core journalistic values that have defined this profession since the beginning, and I will continue to champion them alongside you…"

(Staff tell me CBS would never publish stuff The Free Press has)

Message from Bari Weiss, Editor-in-Chief
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Dear Colleagues:
I am thrilled and humbled to be writing to you as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News.
Growing up, CBS was a deep family tradition. Whenever I hear that tick, tick, tick or that trumpet fanfare, it sends me right back to our den in Pittsburgh. The opportunity to build on that legacy with you-and to renew it in an era that so desperately needs it is an extraordinary
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Right now, I imagine you have some questions. I do, too.
My goal in the coming days and weeks is to get to know you. I want to hear from you about what's working, what isn't, and your thoughts on how we can make CBS News the most trusted news organization in America and the world. I'll approach it the way any reporter would-with an open mind, a fresh notebook, and an urgent deadline.
What I can tell you on day one is that I stand for the same core journalistic values that have defined this profession since the beginning, and I will continue to champion them alongside you:

1. Journalism that reports on the world as it actually is.
2. Journalism that is fair, fearless, and factual.
3. Journalism that respects our audience enough to tell the truth plainly-wherever it leads.
4. Journalism that makes sense of a noisy, confusing world.
5. Journalism that explains things clearly, without pretension or jargon.
6. Journalism that holds both American political parties to equal scrutiny.
7. Journalism that embraces a wide spectrum of views and voices so that the audience can contend with the best arguments on all sides of a debate.
8. Journalism that rushes toward

8. Journalism that rushes toward the most interesting and important stories, regardless of their unpopularity.
9. Journalism that uses all of the tools of the digital era.
10. Journalism that understands that the best way to serve America is to endeavor to present the public with the facts, first and foremost.
I look forward to meeting many of you in the days ahead and to listening and learning from you. I am profoundly honored to join you-and I can't wait to get started.
With gratitude and excitement,
Bari

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Corey Pein @coreypein.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight on 60 Minutes UNCENSORED:

These college professors went TOO FAR

A behind-the-scenes look at the latest Paramount blockbuster

Embedded with the IDF's life-saving veterinary unit

Our resident Gen X crank complains about the decline of phone etiquette

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