The Horrified Onlooker
@benjaminabrhm.bsky.social
Librarian. Queermo. Poster Collector. Doof.
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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December 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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"Not only did it seem that city leaders had failed to recognize the magnitude of the crisis until one of their own had died, they had also made those bearing the brunt of the pandemic feel responsible for their own demise."
ProPublica Managing Editor @gingerthompson.bsky.social set out to write a David-vs.-Goliath narrative about Albany, Georgia’s response to COVID-19.
But she realized there were more enduring questions and challenges facing Albany. They were about race and power.
But she realized there were more enduring questions and challenges facing Albany. They were about race and power.
I Started Covering the COVID-19 Crisis in Albany, Georgia. This Moment Made Me Realize There Was a Bigger Story to Tell.
The virus had killed about 38 people, most of them Black, by April 2020. But when a white judge died, local officials made sure to announce her name.
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Not only did it seem that city leaders had failed to recognize the magnitude of the crisis until one of their own had died, they had also made those bearing the brunt of the pandemic feel responsible for their own demise."
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The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?
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Have you reported a naughty potty? Operators are standing by.
Paxton's office launches bathroom tip line
YouTube video by KTSM 9 NEWS
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December 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Have you reported a naughty potty? Operators are standing by.
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And yet if you surveyed the general public, you'd find that most people think the country is more dangerous than ever.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
And yet if you surveyed the general public, you'd find that most people think the country is more dangerous than ever.
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Turns out she's been apologizing for Nayib Bukele for a good long time.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Turns out she's been apologizing for Nayib Bukele for a good long time.
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
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A masterful takedown of Bari Weiss's fearless neutrality schtick:
Bari Weiss, CBS News, and the Triumph of Faux Balance
The record of the Free Press shows her journey from independent to MAGA fellow traveler.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A masterful takedown of Bari Weiss's fearless neutrality schtick:
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My first thought when I see Donald Trump running away from a crowd while holding something of value?
Definitely the idea that he’s selflessly delivering it to someone else.
Definitely the idea that he’s selflessly delivering it to someone else.
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
My first thought when I see Donald Trump running away from a crowd while holding something of value?
Definitely the idea that he’s selflessly delivering it to someone else.
Definitely the idea that he’s selflessly delivering it to someone else.
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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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Updated with a pristine, HD copy courtesy of Leon Thomas
@renegadecut.bsky.social
Watch Inside CECOT now
@renegadecut.bsky.social
Watch Inside CECOT now
The censored 60 Minutes' segment, Inside CECOT, is now available.
Download from @ddosecrets.com: data.ddosecrets.com/Inside%20CEC...
Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi...
The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
Download from @ddosecrets.com: data.ddosecrets.com/Inside%20CEC...
Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi...
The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Updated with a pristine, HD copy courtesy of Leon Thomas
@renegadecut.bsky.social
Watch Inside CECOT now
@renegadecut.bsky.social
Watch Inside CECOT now
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Breaking edge on my no angry Trump posting rule for one second to say that we need to declare a moratorium on elected Democrats doing "awareness posting."
Every post about the Trump dictatorship must end with "I will put an end to this by [insert official action here]."
Every post about the Trump dictatorship must end with "I will put an end to this by [insert official action here]."
For the first time in a generation, we have censorship of the press.
Not because the government prohibits publication of offending material.
But because the administration coerces and dangles corrupt incentives like help with billion-dollar mergers.
(More…)
Not because the government prohibits publication of offending material.
But because the administration coerces and dangles corrupt incentives like help with billion-dollar mergers.
(More…)
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Breaking edge on my no angry Trump posting rule for one second to say that we need to declare a moratorium on elected Democrats doing "awareness posting."
Every post about the Trump dictatorship must end with "I will put an end to this by [insert official action here]."
Every post about the Trump dictatorship must end with "I will put an end to this by [insert official action here]."
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Her whole thing is “No, it is the executives who are actually oppressed.”
Once you view any decision she makes through that lens, everything makes sense, including how she’s gotten to where she is.
Once you view any decision she makes through that lens, everything makes sense, including how she’s gotten to where she is.
In 2022, Bari Weiss ran this viral first-person piece by a top Levi’s executive. She claimed she was hounded out of the company because of her vocal stance on COVID restrictions.
There are no quotes from the company. Or her colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/yesterday-...
There are no quotes from the company. Or her colleagues.
Not even a “no comment.”
www.thefp.com/p/yesterday-...
Yesterday I Was Levi’s Brand President. I Quit So I Could Be Free.
I turned down $1 million severance in exchange for my voice.
www.thefp.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Her whole thing is “No, it is the executives who are actually oppressed.”
Once you view any decision she makes through that lens, everything makes sense, including how she’s gotten to where she is.
Once you view any decision she makes through that lens, everything makes sense, including how she’s gotten to where she is.
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NOTE: On the DOJ slow-walking beat, DOJ waited until the closing days (12/18) of the 60-day appeal deadline to appeal a preliminary injunction granted on 10/20 against DOD's removal of books from DOD schools based on anti-DEI, anti-trans, and other Trump EOs. The appeal goes to the Fourth Circuit.
December 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NOTE: On the DOJ slow-walking beat, DOJ waited until the closing days (12/18) of the 60-day appeal deadline to appeal a preliminary injunction granted on 10/20 against DOD's removal of books from DOD schools based on anti-DEI, anti-trans, and other Trump EOs. The appeal goes to the Fourth Circuit.
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The CISA's new director, hand-picked by Kristi Noem, asked to be "read in" to highly sensitive, compartmentalized intelligence shared with a select few people in the civilian agency by the NSA or CIA.
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The CISA's new director, hand-picked by Kristi Noem, asked to be "read in" to highly sensitive, compartmentalized intelligence shared with a select few people in the civilian agency by the NSA or CIA.
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
It was so sensitive that his predecessor had never asked to see the raw intel. 1/
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Getting an endorsement from David Meinert shouldn't be something to be proud of...but We 💚 Seattle seems to be racking up such endorsements.
He's been accused by multiple women of rape & sexual assault over the years:
www.kuow.org/stories/five...
He's been accused by multiple women of rape & sexual assault over the years:
www.kuow.org/stories/five...
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Getting an endorsement from David Meinert shouldn't be something to be proud of...but We 💚 Seattle seems to be racking up such endorsements.
He's been accused by multiple women of rape & sexual assault over the years:
www.kuow.org/stories/five...
He's been accused by multiple women of rape & sexual assault over the years:
www.kuow.org/stories/five...
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Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment.
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
“Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.”
wapo.st/3YL4T3D
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Putting a power parched non journalist — who has zero experience in investigative reporting — in charge of real reporters usually ends like this: ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Putting a power parched non journalist — who has zero experience in investigative reporting — in charge of real reporters usually ends like this: ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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If the international students had run a newspaper this way, Trump would’ve closed Harvard and banned all foreign students. As it is, he’s basically demanding that Harvard subsidize these “conservatives” on its campus in the name of ideological diversity
December 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If the international students had run a newspaper this way, Trump would’ve closed Harvard and banned all foreign students. As it is, he’s basically demanding that Harvard subsidize these “conservatives” on its campus in the name of ideological diversity
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Trump is a brainless brute but Vance has clearly looked around and decided he can build power by performing the most repulsive caricature of white supremacy. He deserves profound suffering.
JD Vance: "They are not sending their best. Omar Fateh was Ilehan [sic] Omar's candidate for mayor of Mogadishu-- I mean Minneapolis. Little Freudian slip there."
December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trump is a brainless brute but Vance has clearly looked around and decided he can build power by performing the most repulsive caricature of white supremacy. He deserves profound suffering.
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To Wilhoit's Law and JKG on conservatism as "the search for a superior moral justification for greed," add Goethe's "I prefer to commit an injustice than to endure disorder," and you have pretty much have the whole deal, right there.
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
To Wilhoit's Law and JKG on conservatism as "the search for a superior moral justification for greed," add Goethe's "I prefer to commit an injustice than to endure disorder," and you have pretty much have the whole deal, right there.
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Unfortunately for JD you do still have to apologize for being a whiny dipshit
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Unfortunately for JD you do still have to apologize for being a whiny dipshit
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Ask any gay person what "theater kid," when used as an insult, means. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ask any gay person what "theater kid," when used as an insult, means. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...