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'Tis better to have been followed and unfollowed, then to have never been followed at all.
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Just before airing, CBS management pulled the approved story about the El Salvador torture prison Trump has been sending deported immigrants to.

Neither they nor Trump can bury things for good. The full report is included in this.

#RadioFreeAmerica

www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
The full segment aired on the GlobalTV app in Canada. Someone sent me a link to a recorded version. Let's see if we can figure out whether Bari Weiss' decision to spike it was editorial or political.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Famous people actually born on Christmas Day…

Gregorian Calendar: Clara Barton, Conrad Hilton, Humphrey Bogart, Rod Serling, Jimmy Buffett, Barbara Mandrell, Sissy Spacek, Annie Lennox, Ricky Henderson, Justin Trudeau

Julian Calendar: Sir Isaac Newton
December 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Column: With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Monday, the House and Senate set a modern record for lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency, according to data maintained by C-SPAN and Purdue University.
Column | Congress set records in 2025, some more dubious than others
Republican lawmakers reflect on a year without much productivity and greater ceding of powers to the White House.
wapo.st
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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BREAKING: Axios is reporting that the Trump White House is managing the official DOJ social media account to handle comments about the Epstein files a Trump.

Remember when Presidents were not supposed to run the DOJ?

I imagine Trump made this tweet for the DOJ
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🌿 Get the facts on marijuana rescheduling. NORML provides clarity to frequently asked questions and potential policy implications. #NORML #cannabis #marijuana
Cannabis Rescheduling: Separating Fact From Fiction
FAQs & potential policy implications
norml.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Former Vice President Mike Pence poached over a dozen senior officials from the Heritage Foundation to join his own conservative think tank in the latest sign that all is not well in right-wing politics.
Mike Pence poaches Heritage Foundation staff
Republicans framed this as a return to conservative fundamentals, blocking out “what they see online.”
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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UPDATE

I have updated my story linked below with a high-quality broadcast version of the 60 Minutes segment that was pulled by Bari Weiss.

Here it is (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Here's a downloadable link to the 60 MINUTES piece that Trump's enablers at Paramount's CBS refused to air.

Share it far and wide.

Thanks @jasonparis.bsky.social for posting. #60Minutes
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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BREAKING:

Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See

Video (no paywall): bit.ly/4qn6Jn5
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Since I’m getting “what did I miss” from alot, Paramount Plus, owner of CBS spiked the El Salvador CECOT prison story yesterday on 60 minutes because it made the White House look bad. Cancel paramount plus

Censorship. Bari Weiss
December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton and Brian Wilson are among the cultural luminaries who died this year. Their ideas and personalities helped shape our culture, and they still have plenty to tell us. Here is a tribute to just some of them, in their voices.
Artists We Lost in 2025, in Their Words
Robert Redford, Roberta Flack, Diane Keaton and Brian Wilson are among the cultural luminaries who died this year.
nyti.ms
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Now I know why everybody thinks he legalized , when he announced rescheduling. It started a chain of events. for OSHA and safety standards, transportation standards drug testing with new scheduling laws, even though it does not make it legal. They have to treat the testing different.
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.

You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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One in six seniors enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit were prescribed eight or more medications at the same time, a Wall Street Journal analysis of Medicare data found. on.wsj.com/496L6AL
America’s Seniors Are Overmedicated
One in six seniors enrolled in Medicare’s drug benefit were prescribed eight or more medications at the same time, a Wall Street Journal analysis of Medicare data found.
on.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Truman visiting with Santa.
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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This should concern everyone

U.S. MILITARY WILLING TO ATTACK "DESIGNATED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" WITHIN AMERICA, GENERAL SAYS

theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
December 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Horrific photos from the Epstein files.

Even though he documented a lot, I shudder when I think of what might have been done in private.

Sick, Sick POS.
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The Trump Justice Department says there are "hundreds of thousands of pages" of Epstein material to still be released — in violation of the law, which states all material should have been released on Friday, December 19.
December 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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December 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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If you can help Trudy, even a repost would go a long way. 🙏💙
I’m dealing with very severe income & work loss, which impacts housing & more and need urgent support. TY so much.🤍🤍

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December 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM