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As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
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In the end, voting for the lesser evil is voting for less evil.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In the end, voting for the lesser evil is voting for less evil.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
Not voting is saying that evil won't hurt me.
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🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
🔥WOW— Sharyn Alfonsi to her @60Minutes colleagues: “Bari Weiss spiked it without a call to discuss… a political decision… we have effectively handed Trump a kill switch… we go from an investigative powerhouse to a STENOGRAPHER FOR THE STATE… corporate censorship…”
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of
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you can tell JD’s been stewing in Euro/UK/Canada immigration discourse too much because no American’s primary complaint about undocumented immigrants is that they contribute too little to housing supply. You hear it more in countries with more public housing & fewer immigrants in construction
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
you can tell JD’s been stewing in Euro/UK/Canada immigration discourse too much because no American’s primary complaint about undocumented immigrants is that they contribute too little to housing supply. You hear it more in countries with more public housing & fewer immigrants in construction
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If you’ve ever had cause to criticize the quality of a subordinate’s work and they respond by saying “but I’ve been working really hard!”, you’ve learned about their inherent incompetence. And know what it’s like to talk to Mike Johnson.
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you’ve ever had cause to criticize the quality of a subordinate’s work and they respond by saying “but I’ve been working really hard!”, you’ve learned about their inherent incompetence. And know what it’s like to talk to Mike Johnson.
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The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
i think you can make a pretty credible case that taking a stand on abrego garcia gave the administration its first high profile, high salience defeat
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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So the president was like “hey Indiana, help me cheat in the next election,” and Indiana was all “no thanks,” but then the president went “you better disenfranchise a bunch of your citizens or I’ll illegally withhold money to hurt you,” and the Indiana Senate went “in that case, an even bigger no.”
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
So the president was like “hey Indiana, help me cheat in the next election,” and Indiana was all “no thanks,” but then the president went “you better disenfranchise a bunch of your citizens or I’ll illegally withhold money to hurt you,” and the Indiana Senate went “in that case, an even bigger no.”
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No see if Dems had held out just a *little* longer Republicans would have abolished the filibuster & then used their newly minted powers to pass the bill that just failed, that among other awful things, would have banned trans-people from existing. Obviously a better outcome.
Yes, a much better outcome would have been to keep the government shut down indefinitely while planes fell out of the sky and the economy began to crash, that certainly is a simply scenario that it would be easy to manage
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
No see if Dems had held out just a *little* longer Republicans would have abolished the filibuster & then used their newly minted powers to pass the bill that just failed, that among other awful things, would have banned trans-people from existing. Obviously a better outcome.
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For a guy that a chunk of this website is still convinced is going to rig the midterms (or cancel them outright!), Trump sure does seem absolutely panicked about what the election is going to look like for him next year.
Trump threatening to pull all federal funding in Indiana if they don't pass the new map
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
For a guy that a chunk of this website is still convinced is going to rig the midterms (or cancel them outright!), Trump sure does seem absolutely panicked about what the election is going to look like for him next year.
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Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo arstechnica.com/information-...
Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo
“Abandonment” offers rare chance to reclaim one of tech’s most recognized brands.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo arstechnica.com/information-...
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Normal Person:
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. She said over and over what Trump was going to do to us, and she was right. I should have voted for her."
Leftists:
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. You really should have provided a better candidate who could have earned my vote."
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. She said over and over what Trump was going to do to us, and she was right. I should have voted for her."
Leftists:
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. You really should have provided a better candidate who could have earned my vote."
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Normal Person:
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. She said over and over what Trump was going to do to us, and she was right. I should have voted for her."
Leftists:
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. You really should have provided a better candidate who could have earned my vote."
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. She said over and over what Trump was going to do to us, and she was right. I should have voted for her."
Leftists:
"Wow. I didn't vote for Kamala Harris. You really should have provided a better candidate who could have earned my vote."
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Hey. It's been over 30 years since Miami last elected a Democrat. Blue wave incoming.💙🙂
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Hey. It's been over 30 years since Miami last elected a Democrat. Blue wave incoming.💙🙂
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Air travelers: "delays suck and airlines frequently rip us off"
Sean Duffy: "I hear you. What if, in response, we make it easier again for airlines to rip you off while I harass you about what you wear to fly & also try & micromanage food offerings at the airport?"
Sean Duffy: "I hear you. What if, in response, we make it easier again for airlines to rip you off while I harass you about what you wear to fly & also try & micromanage food offerings at the airport?"
December 9, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Air travelers: "delays suck and airlines frequently rip us off"
Sean Duffy: "I hear you. What if, in response, we make it easier again for airlines to rip you off while I harass you about what you wear to fly & also try & micromanage food offerings at the airport?"
Sean Duffy: "I hear you. What if, in response, we make it easier again for airlines to rip you off while I harass you about what you wear to fly & also try & micromanage food offerings at the airport?"
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Too many people think their vote is their personal “brand” … instead of hiring the best of two imperfect options for an important job. “Hiring either of these security guards is beneath me, let that creepy incel in the next office choose. My hands are clean.”
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Too many people think their vote is their personal “brand” … instead of hiring the best of two imperfect options for an important job. “Hiring either of these security guards is beneath me, let that creepy incel in the next office choose. My hands are clean.”
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The delta between what Biden did and how much anger he got for it and the absolute crickets Trump has gotten for making the student loan landscape *magnitudes worse than it was before* is absolutely one of the most enraging things about this entirely enraging era.
Congrats again to the people who continuously said Biden did nothing about student loans for four years! www.cnbc.com/2025/12/09/s...
Trump officials move to end student loan payment pause for millions of borrowers
The Trump administration announced a proposed joint settlement with Missouri that would soon force millions of student loan borrowers into repayment.
www.cnbc.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The delta between what Biden did and how much anger he got for it and the absolute crickets Trump has gotten for making the student loan landscape *magnitudes worse than it was before* is absolutely one of the most enraging things about this entirely enraging era.
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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People posting guillotines are functionally identical to people posting nooses.
Where did the picture of the guillotine as solely a threat to the wealthy come from?
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
People posting guillotines are functionally identical to people posting nooses.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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The dude that built our cabinet was telling me that he didn’t teach his son “lefty loosey, righty tighty”. He taught him that the left liberates and the right oppresses. 😂😂😂
December 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The dude that built our cabinet was telling me that he didn’t teach his son “lefty loosey, righty tighty”. He taught him that the left liberates and the right oppresses. 😂😂😂
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The average social media lefter-than-thou would rather completely sacrifice decades of progress than compromise even the slightest iota.
To them, 0% is better than 99%. I'll never understand it.
To them, 0% is better than 99%. I'll never understand it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The average social media lefter-than-thou would rather completely sacrifice decades of progress than compromise even the slightest iota.
To them, 0% is better than 99%. I'll never understand it.
To them, 0% is better than 99%. I'll never understand it.
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The other terrible thing is that it would not be civil conflict between states but within states— urban enters on one side, rural areas on the other. First order of business is getting control of airports and seaports for supplies.
December 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The other terrible thing is that it would not be civil conflict between states but within states— urban enters on one side, rural areas on the other. First order of business is getting control of airports and seaports for supplies.
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LMAO of *course* you're disappointed at the dude who actually knows how electoral politics works, you've been sold a fantasy by people with no interest in actually gaining power.
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
LMAO of *course* you're disappointed at the dude who actually knows how electoral politics works, you've been sold a fantasy by people with no interest in actually gaining power.