Citizen, Interrupted
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We're always born under the wrong sign, and to live in this world with dignity means to correct our own horoscope day by day.
–Umberto Eco
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Twitter Refugee. Who dis?
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It is amazing how easy it is for Trump to get the media to report a completely insane idea that would destroy NATO (and much else besides) entirely from his point of view, based on his supposed “wants” and bogus claims about “National Security.”
January 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
It is amazing how easy it is for Trump to get the media to report a completely insane idea that would destroy NATO (and much else besides) entirely from his point of view, based on his supposed “wants” and bogus claims about “National Security.”
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Short of a Nice-style mass killing event, there's no legitimate reason for a cop to fire into a vehicle. Even if the driver is headed straight at the cop, it won't stop the car. This is why so many police departments prohibit it.
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Short of a Nice-style mass killing event, there's no legitimate reason for a cop to fire into a vehicle. Even if the driver is headed straight at the cop, it won't stop the car. This is why so many police departments prohibit it.
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A grand jury in Epstein case asked "what is Xanax?" (mispelled). Then the grand jurors seem to hold it against the girls that they had taken Xanax b/c it was a controlled substance. Isn't it more likely that as victims, it was given to them? 👀⚖️💊 #doj #epstein files
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
A grand jury in Epstein case asked "what is Xanax?" (mispelled). Then the grand jurors seem to hold it against the girls that they had taken Xanax b/c it was a controlled substance. Isn't it more likely that as victims, it was given to them? 👀⚖️💊 #doj #epstein files
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
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He’s “minding” Witkoff.
Jared Kushner has somehow found a place at Coalition of the Willing press conference with Scholz, Zelensky, Macron, Starmer and Witkoff.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
Kushner has no official position in the US government.
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 AM
He’s “minding” Witkoff.
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I think this new MAGA- coded CBS Evening News & the entire CBS makeover is targeted at one person: Donald Trump. BW doesn’t give a sh*t about the cbs viewers. This MAGA play is all about keeping Trump happy so the Ellison’s can get his okay to buy more companies…including CNN.
This is what state-regime media looks like.
CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
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CBS News ran a segment gushing over Rubio — calling this his “moment" and saying: “Florida, once an American punchline, has become a leader on the world stage. Marco Rubio, we salute you! You are the ultimate Florida Man!”
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January 7, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I think this new MAGA- coded CBS Evening News & the entire CBS makeover is targeted at one person: Donald Trump. BW doesn’t give a sh*t about the cbs viewers. This MAGA play is all about keeping Trump happy so the Ellison’s can get his okay to buy more companies…including CNN.
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journalism is cooked at CBS. i’d be packed up tonight. even if you could do your job, you’d still be propping up whatever this is.
just walk out.
you can leave.
if it sucks, hit da bricks.
real winners quit.
just walk out.
you can leave.
if it sucks, hit da bricks.
real winners quit.
Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.
January 7, 2026 at 3:16 AM
journalism is cooked at CBS. i’d be packed up tonight. even if you could do your job, you’d still be propping up whatever this is.
just walk out.
you can leave.
if it sucks, hit da bricks.
real winners quit.
just walk out.
you can leave.
if it sucks, hit da bricks.
real winners quit.
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Bari Weiss Journalism looks an awful lot like a badly produced infomercial to me.
Here's the clip of Tony Dokoupil ending tonight's broadcast by absolutely gushing over "ultimate Florida Man" Marco Rubio.
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Bari Weiss Journalism looks an awful lot like a badly produced infomercial to me.
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The President is shaking down one country for oil while threatening to invade another, with vague threats levied against other nations. Where will you go?
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The President is shaking down one country for oil while threatening to invade another, with vague threats levied against other nations. Where will you go?
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It's actually kind of impressive how quickly CBS News has been reduced to utter rubble.
January 7, 2026 at 1:46 AM
It's actually kind of impressive how quickly CBS News has been reduced to utter rubble.
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Maduro party still ruling Venezuela. That’s like arresting Jeffrey Epstein and giving his shift at Chuck E Cheese to Matt Gaetz.
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Maduro party still ruling Venezuela. That’s like arresting Jeffrey Epstein and giving his shift at Chuck E Cheese to Matt Gaetz.
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Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
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I'm not usually one to pick the obvious, but this one is obvious
Endings are hard!
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Endings are hard!
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January 6, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I'm not usually one to pick the obvious, but this one is obvious
Endings are hard!
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Endings are hard!
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In a nation that wasn't conditioned to accept right-wing corruption, Trump's use of his own social media platform for major government announcements would be seen correctly as a shameful monetization of the presidency.
January 6, 2026 at 2:43 PM
In a nation that wasn't conditioned to accept right-wing corruption, Trump's use of his own social media platform for major government announcements would be seen correctly as a shameful monetization of the presidency.
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When people in the media call Trump a "lame duck," they're fooling themselves.
Trump: "I could have the most unbelievable four years -- and I guess I'm not allowed to run. I'm not sure. Is there a little something out there that I'm not allowed to run? But let's assume I was allowed to run. There's gonna be a constitutional movement."
January 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
When people in the media call Trump a "lame duck," they're fooling themselves.
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Here's the whole text from Popper's The Open Society and It's Enemies (it's in the notes, always read the notes):
!["Less well known [than other paradoxes] is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal." Popper, quoted in the Wikipedia page on "Paradox of Tolerance" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance#References](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6v6x56n5dmd5wvw2abp4rfwg/bafkreih5evldwrc5vo3rxwtsyukihbpofaqajyonjf3qoqabqv7qwwy4ou@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Here's the whole text from Popper's The Open Society and It's Enemies (it's in the notes, always read the notes):
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What does the dissolution of CPB mean? “It potentially decimates all of public media forever,” a scholar says. Read Ivan Nagy. www.cjr.org/analysis/wha...
What the dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting means.
The parent organization of NPR and PBS, already defunded, is shutting down—and claims that’s for the best. But there are dangers ahead.
www.cjr.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
What does the dissolution of CPB mean? “It potentially decimates all of public media forever,” a scholar says. Read Ivan Nagy. www.cjr.org/analysis/wha...
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Good point from @markjacob.bsky.social, worth thinking through now:
"The media’s general deference to the US military’s need for operational secrecy is likely to be tested in coming months and years. After all, Trump is perverting the mission of the military far beyond legitimate national security"
"The media’s general deference to the US military’s need for operational secrecy is likely to be tested in coming months and years. After all, Trump is perverting the mission of the military far beyond legitimate national security"
“The press has to ask itself: Is it still in the public interest for journalists to keep secrets about Trump’s anti-democratic use of the military?”
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January 6, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Good point from @markjacob.bsky.social, worth thinking through now:
"The media’s general deference to the US military’s need for operational secrecy is likely to be tested in coming months and years. After all, Trump is perverting the mission of the military far beyond legitimate national security"
"The media’s general deference to the US military’s need for operational secrecy is likely to be tested in coming months and years. After all, Trump is perverting the mission of the military far beyond legitimate national security"
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The nation's Great Seal includes the motto "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of Many, One"). An eagle clutches arrows and an olive branch. Look for Trump to replace the eagle with his own picture and switch the motto to "Smash and grab." The arrows can stay, with the olive branch replaced by a gasoline pump.
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The nation's Great Seal includes the motto "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of Many, One"). An eagle clutches arrows and an olive branch. Look for Trump to replace the eagle with his own picture and switch the motto to "Smash and grab." The arrows can stay, with the olive branch replaced by a gasoline pump.
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He can’t even grow the spine to put up a *commemorative plaque* honoring the police officers who protect him every single day.
Add it to the laundry list of examples that prove he’s just Trump’s lap dog.
Add it to the laundry list of examples that prove he’s just Trump’s lap dog.
NEW: House Speaker Mike Johnson – after two years of deflecting questions on the matter – is now arguing that the legally-required January 6 plaque must be re-considered
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January 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
He can’t even grow the spine to put up a *commemorative plaque* honoring the police officers who protect him every single day.
Add it to the laundry list of examples that prove he’s just Trump’s lap dog.
Add it to the laundry list of examples that prove he’s just Trump’s lap dog.
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Less than a year ago, Marco Rubio called Edmundo González the “rightful president” of Venezuela. So why has the Trump regime backed off on that? Because Trump doesn’t want an independent Venezuela. He wants to “run“ the country.
January 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Less than a year ago, Marco Rubio called Edmundo González the “rightful president” of Venezuela. So why has the Trump regime backed off on that? Because Trump doesn’t want an independent Venezuela. He wants to “run“ the country.
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What Rs said at the time
Pence: "a dark day"
Rubio: "3rd world style anti-American anarchy"
Cruz: "violence...is ALWAYS wrong"
Graham: Trump's "actions were the problem"
Stefanik: "a truly tragic day"
McCarthy: "undemocratic, un-American and criminal"
McConnell: "a disgrace"
And now we are lied to
Pence: "a dark day"
Rubio: "3rd world style anti-American anarchy"
Cruz: "violence...is ALWAYS wrong"
Graham: Trump's "actions were the problem"
Stefanik: "a truly tragic day"
McCarthy: "undemocratic, un-American and criminal"
McConnell: "a disgrace"
And now we are lied to
This new White House webpage is beyond batshit crazy and disgusting. They are simply declaring a new, false history that defies everything we saw on live television and streams. www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
What Rs said at the time
Pence: "a dark day"
Rubio: "3rd world style anti-American anarchy"
Cruz: "violence...is ALWAYS wrong"
Graham: Trump's "actions were the problem"
Stefanik: "a truly tragic day"
McCarthy: "undemocratic, un-American and criminal"
McConnell: "a disgrace"
And now we are lied to
Pence: "a dark day"
Rubio: "3rd world style anti-American anarchy"
Cruz: "violence...is ALWAYS wrong"
Graham: Trump's "actions were the problem"
Stefanik: "a truly tragic day"
McCarthy: "undemocratic, un-American and criminal"
McConnell: "a disgrace"
And now we are lied to
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took this on January 8, 2025 in the Palisades while covering fires. felt like shit. could barely think or eat. splitting headache. couldn’t comprehend every hallmark of my childhood burning before my eyes. it’s why I wrote FIRESTORM. the book is out today. www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...
January 6, 2026 at 9:12 PM
took this on January 8, 2025 in the Palisades while covering fires. felt like shit. could barely think or eat. splitting headache. couldn’t comprehend every hallmark of my childhood burning before my eyes. it’s why I wrote FIRESTORM. the book is out today. www.harpercollins.com/products/fir...