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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 1d

"The pattern is clear: if you work at a liberal institution and you want the Trump-controlled federal government to step in and discipline it, Bari Weiss is there to help."

www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elit...

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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 20h

As a news nerd I'm always fascinated by org charts, and to me even more telling than who Bari reports to is who will report to her. Troops, territory and budgets are the actual stuff that shapes news coverage. Controlling them is how you control the narrative a news org shapes.

David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 21h

The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 20h

In other words, it doesn't particularly matter whether she knows how to do the boring work of running a TV news network. Her role will be to pick her issues (like, say, Israel) and enforce ideological conformity, with everyone understanding she reports directly to the top.

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 21h

The notion that Bari will be "running CBS News" is slightly misleading. What the reporting suggests is that Tom Cibrowski, a guy with normal qualifications, will be doing that. Bari will be Emperor Ellison's Vader-esque enforcer, outside the chain of command, intervening at will.

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

Similarly cynical, less impressive

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

The two most cynical people I've ever known are both in the news today. One of them, you've no doubt heard, is taking over CBS News. The other is this guy:

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

www.nytimes.com

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noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · 1d

(get the numbers wrong by a full order of magnitude and then) do the math

David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, maybe!

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

The Free Press does have an impressive subscriber base, paid and unpaid, but it has also benefited from injections of capital from the literal richest people on earth, who share its ideology. Meanwhile here's some fun background on Commentary's finances

Commentary’s Cash Crash

The journal of neoconservatism is on a path to insolvency

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, maybe!

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 1d

Best of luck to the working journalists at CBS

Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elit...

www.theguardian.com

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Clayton Oppenhuizen @csoppenhuizen.bsky.social · 4d

@davidklion.bsky.social nailed the convergence of some pop culture discussions I've been having with friends. I'm at once envious of his work and inspired to write something of my own.

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How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left

The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 4d

For @newrepublic.com, I reviewed One Battle After Another and reflected on the fantasy of left-wing political violence that both left and right are indulging right now, even though the real thing barely exists

How One Battle After Another Imagines an Armed Left

The rebels in Paul Thomas Anderson’s movie resemble the Weather Underground less than the right’s conspiratorial image of “antifa supersoldiers.”

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 16d

If you want to understand how the attacks on Ivies illustrates a
close coordination between trumpland, trumpists inside notionally liberal institutions, and purported free thinkers working as state press, listen to @jeetheer.bsky.social interview @davidklion.bsky.social overcast.fm/+AA5oOCynyqs

What Bari Weiss Is Really Up To — The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 18d

Enjoyed talking about the Bari Weiss takeover of CBS on The Majority Report with @samseder.bsky.social and @emmavigeland.bsky.social this afternoon!

Trump's Media Cartel w/ David Klion | MR Live

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 19d

Was glad to be able to have a frank discussion of Charlie Kirk with my @jewishcurrents.bsky.social colleagues, and to talk about this fantasy of "left-wing violence" that the right (along with some fringe parts of the left) has an interest in pretending is real

Charlie Kirk and American Innocence

Jewish Currents discusses reactions to the right-wing influencer’s assassination across the political spectrum, as well as the outsized response in Israel.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 19d

On the latest episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, @davidklion.bsky.social, @benlorber8.bsky.social, and Maya Rosen discuss reactions to Charlie Kirk’s assassination across the political spectrum, as well as the outsized response in Israel.

jewishcurrents.org/charlie-kirk...

Charlie Kirk and American Innocence

Jewish Currents discusses reactions to the right-wing influencer’s assassination across the political spectrum, as well as the outsized response in Israel.

jewishcurrents.org

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Alex Cosh @alexcosh.bsky.social · 20d

"To applaud those making the long-foretold pivot for their moral courage is not only unnecessary but perverse; they are, at best, joining a coalition built by the people they insulted, scorned, and in some cases called for arresting when their words counted most."
www.thenation.com/article/worl...

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

www.thenation.com

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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 20d

"The Democratic establishment in Washington abounds with people who faced no meaningful consequences for their disastrous judgment in the early 2000s, and who have gone on to exercise even more disastrous judgment in the 2020s" www.thenation.com/article/worl...

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

www.thenation.com

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 21d

The President of Barnard College calls for more controversial speakers like the late Kirk (without citing any of his controversial views), a position at odds with what Barnard colleagues describe as a track record of censoring events and speakers on Palestine. (1/4) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

Colleges and universities have long resisted polarization and monolithic thinking by invoking these commitments to open discussion and inquiry, and we must continue to do so. College campuses must remain places where students are able to ask and grapple with hard questions, especially those that are uncomfortable and even hurtful. Higher education’s role is not to erase conflict but to channel it into dialogue, debate and learning. To do so, educators and students must face ideas we find offensive and speakers whose words cause pain.

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 20d

For more on accountability for liberals re Gaza, I can't recommend enough @simonerzim.bsky.social in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, who goes much deeper on this

Rhetoric Without Reckoning

A new wave of liberal Zionist criticism of the Israeli government rings hollow without accountability for the genocide.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 20d

"There may be room for [latecomers] in the tent, but to meaningfully participate will require teshuva, the Hebrew word for 'repentance'—honest self-examination and a dedicated, continuous, lifelong effort to atone for even passively supporting this genocide."
– @davidklion.bsky.social

David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 21d

My column in the new issue of @thenation.com, in which I argue that liberals who are finally acknowledging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza must atone for nearly two years of complicity.

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

www.thenation.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 20d

in the run-up to the Iraq invasion, "it was a better career move to be wrong at the time and apologize later, if ever.

This crisis of accountability has haunted US foreign policy ever since." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

www.thenation.com

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Stephen Lurie @luriethereal.bsky.social · 20d

Atonement is important — and so extremely rare — not just because it suggests actual personal transformation, but because it rewrites the consensus about what was right and what was wrong.

It’s not good enough for people to come along to what’s obvious now.

David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 21d

My column in the new issue of @thenation.com, in which I argue that liberals who are finally acknowledging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza must atone for nearly two years of complicity.

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

www.thenation.com

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