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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
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fat bear week is good, but don't forget about borb season
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
fat bear week is good, but don't forget about borb season
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Why is every journalist a suck-up now. Bring back weasel-faced little bastards who hate everyone
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Why is every journalist a suck-up now. Bring back weasel-faced little bastards who hate everyone
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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liberals seem to have this idea that public opinion forms randomly and that politics is about figuring out how to messure it and adjust your positions to match it, rather than something you actively take part in influencing to your own principles
Obviously, we want more immigrants, it’s one of our founding principals, but we also don’t want things to happen that will set support for more immigration back in the long term
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
liberals seem to have this idea that public opinion forms randomly and that politics is about figuring out how to messure it and adjust your positions to match it, rather than something you actively take part in influencing to your own principles
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The problem is that some status professions, like journalism, are actually load bearing. It doesn't matter if fashion houses or tv studios are just nepotism factories. It absolutely matters if the people covering the Presidency got their jobs because they were good at the top 10%er circle jerk.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The problem is that some status professions, like journalism, are actually load bearing. It doesn't matter if fashion houses or tv studios are just nepotism factories. It absolutely matters if the people covering the Presidency got their jobs because they were good at the top 10%er circle jerk.
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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One thing that always bugged me about the complaints about Clinton and Democrats is that Democrats didn't actually re-elect Clinton after the media reported on his abuse, but Republicans voted for a known sexual predator three times in a row
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
One thing that always bugged me about the complaints about Clinton and Democrats is that Democrats didn't actually re-elect Clinton after the media reported on his abuse, but Republicans voted for a known sexual predator three times in a row
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"I didn't cave, I'm just such a weak caucus leader I can't whip well enough to not bleed *a double digit number of votes* against my/our official position" still isn't a great look.
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
"I didn't cave, I'm just such a weak caucus leader I can't whip well enough to not bleed *a double digit number of votes* against my/our official position" still isn't a great look.
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Been saying this for awhile now and no one believes me: the reason the NYT affirmatively likes Trump and wants him to succeed is because he's good for their business
We saw this in Trump I too: when there's daily chaos, more ppl subscribe to more media outlets to keep track
We saw this in Trump I too: when there's daily chaos, more ppl subscribe to more media outlets to keep track
The New York Times Company’s digital subscriptions and advertising surged in the latest quarter, leading to a 26.1% jump in adjusted operating profit compared with a year earlier, the company said Wednesday.
The Times’s Profit Jumps With 460,000 More Subscribers
The Times now has 12.33 million total subscribers to all of its products. It has said it is aiming for 15 million by the end of 2027.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Been saying this for awhile now and no one believes me: the reason the NYT affirmatively likes Trump and wants him to succeed is because he's good for their business
We saw this in Trump I too: when there's daily chaos, more ppl subscribe to more media outlets to keep track
We saw this in Trump I too: when there's daily chaos, more ppl subscribe to more media outlets to keep track
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That's the real shitty part of punditry like this: under the guise of trying to help the Dems do better, it reinforces all the worst & most distorted impressions of Dems.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
That's the real shitty part of punditry like this: under the guise of trying to help the Dems do better, it reinforces all the worst & most distorted impressions of Dems.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
What the pundits want is not better Dems. They just want long, profitable careers as Dem Scolds.
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Klein is right that Dems have to win in red states and that the party should be engaging in some soul-searching right now.
But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.
But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Klein is right that Dems have to win in red states and that the party should be engaging in some soul-searching right now.
But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.
But the soul-searching should begin with basic facts. Moderation *is* the current strategy and Dems are losing despite having a popular agenda. More of the same won't fix it.
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i’m also reminded of how thinking exclusively in terms of issue polling really puts a limit on political creativity.
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
i’m also reminded of how thinking exclusively in terms of issue polling really puts a limit on political creativity.
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Good lord, these dudes will never understand that the whole *point* of the "cancel culture" moral panic in which they participated was to create a permission structure for the current crackdown.
Chait et al were used, precisely to produce this outcome, & they'll never, ever look it in the face.
Chait et al were used, precisely to produce this outcome, & they'll never, ever look it in the face.
The Emptiness of Attacking Critics for Their Hypocrisy
It’s hard to defend crackdowns on free speech. It’s easier to simply claim everyone’s doing it.
www.theatlantic.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Good lord, these dudes will never understand that the whole *point* of the "cancel culture" moral panic in which they participated was to create a permission structure for the current crackdown.
Chait et al were used, precisely to produce this outcome, & they'll never, ever look it in the face.
Chait et al were used, precisely to produce this outcome, & they'll never, ever look it in the face.
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one thing i think about @moiradonegan.bsky.social's point is that you never hear people go from "male loneliness" -> why don't we get men involved in collective projects of meaning for the most part. instead it's usually a discussion about how society is too "feminine"
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
one thing i think about @moiradonegan.bsky.social's point is that you never hear people go from "male loneliness" -> why don't we get men involved in collective projects of meaning for the most part. instead it's usually a discussion about how society is too "feminine"
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Really vibed with this from @joshgondelman.bsky.social's newsletter today. Go make the thing that nobody but you seems to want, because who knows? Maybe someone else does. Do it for yourself and maybe that one other person. (Thanks, Josh!)
September 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Really vibed with this from @joshgondelman.bsky.social's newsletter today. Go make the thing that nobody but you seems to want, because who knows? Maybe someone else does. Do it for yourself and maybe that one other person. (Thanks, Josh!)
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
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“Klein’s interest here isn’t honesty but flattery. It shows Klein isn’t writing about Kirk at all. He’s writing about himself and saying, ‘I’m doing politics the right way because I’m lauding someone who disagrees with me.’”
I told myself I wouldn't do a snap reaction to Ezra Klein's noxious editorial. I said, "If you're still mad about it on Monday, then you can write about it."
I'm still mad about it!
I'm still mad about it!
Ezra Klein Is Doing Politics the Wrong Way
The NYT columnist is more interested in flattering his ego than telling the truth.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Klein’s interest here isn’t honesty but flattery. It shows Klein isn’t writing about Kirk at all. He’s writing about himself and saying, ‘I’m doing politics the right way because I’m lauding someone who disagrees with me.’”
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"I don't care that he's dead."
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"I don't care that he's dead."
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."
No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.
Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
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Wild. The political murders of legislators in Minnesota were “killings.” The shooting of Kirk which cause is unknown is an “assassination.”
They bend the knee without even being asked.
They bend the knee without even being asked.
September 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Wild. The political murders of legislators in Minnesota were “killings.” The shooting of Kirk which cause is unknown is an “assassination.”
They bend the knee without even being asked.
They bend the knee without even being asked.
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This is the type of thing we actually need abundance thought for, but a political tendency oriented around these issues cannot have room for policy elites who call for things like "deportation abundance."
Trying to put rooftop solar up in NYC a good way to get abundance-pilled. In Australia you call the solar installer and they put it up in less than week.
September 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is the type of thing we actually need abundance thought for, but a political tendency oriented around these issues cannot have room for policy elites who call for things like "deportation abundance."