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Mike Beasley
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everyone involved in this story should go to prison for the rest of their lives
aila.org AILA @aila.org · 1d
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
mikebeas.com
once again, things that could’ve been completely avoided if they had just shown the EU they have no power and pulled out of the market
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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gabrielmalor.bsky.social
SCOTUS majority: "[T]he Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois."

Trump cannot deploy National Guard to Illinois to supposedly "protect federal personnel and property."

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
We conclude that the term “regular forces” in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States military. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be “unable” with the regular military “to execute the laws of the United States.” Because the statute requires an assessment of the military’s ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from “execut[ing] the laws” “except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress.” 18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be “unable” with those forces to perform that function.
December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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cwarzel.bsky.social
this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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paulisci.bsky.social
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
mikebeas.com
liquid glass is pretty terrible, especially on the Mac, but every time I have to use Windows I’m reminded things could be so much worse.
December 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
mikebeas.com
why do the pink and white raspberry pi accessories look edible
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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bubbaprog.xyz
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
So this is supposedly the CECOT segment that was pulled at the last minute.

Allegedly, Canada's Global TV app received the episode before 60 Minutes removed the story and it was available there until this afternoon.
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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davidjbier.bsky.social
Utterly lawless: "Agents lined up Latino workers and released people they said were U.S. citizens. They questioned and detained 57 people, including people who said only that they wanted a lawyer."
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
See inside immigration raid at Cato factory as agents bust into bathrooms, sort workers (video)
Agents kicked in doors and herded Latino workers into a hot break room, where they asked each person about their citizenship
www.syracuse.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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tomdreisbach.bsky.social
Remarkable that Weiss held the story given lack of on-air response from the Trump White House.

Under her leadership, the Free Press has published inflammatory claims without even asking the subject for comment.
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
mikebeas.com
No comment is a comment. The White House said what they wanted to say.
stephengutowski.bsky.social Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social · 2d
This isn't a coherent reason to pull a story. If they reached out for comment in a reasonable time frame and got none, they should run the story. If they want to pursue follow up interviews with admin officials, OK. But this is a bizarre justification for pulling a finished story.
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d
somebody realized that she was looking like too much of a admin lackey....
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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ndhapple.bsky.social
Good detail from NPR: “Weiss told colleagues this weekend the piece — planned for Sunday night’s show — could not run without an on-the-record comment from a Trump administration official.”

And if that’s the standard, the White House can kill anything with a no comment.
apple.news/AjJ2qFtJTTLO...
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry — NPR
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
apple.news
December 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
mikebeas.com
I don’t know why anyone cares that Expedition 33 used AI slop as placeholder textures while the humans made the real ones. It’s such a nothing controversy. They weren’t publishing an AI game, they were literally just placeholders during development.
December 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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ianboudreau.com
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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maxtani.bsky.social
CBS News EIC Bari Weiss had concerns about the CECOT piece, I’m told. The network decided to hold the segment pending, among other things, comment or an interview with White House officials next year…
60minutes.bsky.social 60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 2d
An Editor’s Note from 60 Minutes
The broadcast lineup for tonight’s edition of 60 Minutes has been updated. Our report “Inside CECOT” will air in a future broadcast.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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dandrezner.bsky.social
UPDATE: in point of fact there is not an innocent explanation for this.
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
mikebeas.com
candace has gone way further off the deep end than i had thought. haven’t paid her any attention in recent years, had no idea she was so blatant about this stuff. yikes.
stephengutowski.bsky.social Stephen Gutowski @stephengutowski.bsky.social · 2d
Tapper is obviously correct here.
mediaite.com Mediaite @mediaite.com · 2d
CNN’s Jake Tapper Slams Candace Owens Fans For Supporting Her ‘Bigoted Bullsh*t’
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
mikebeas.com
mfw they tell me time isn’t broken (they’re lying)
jack joyce, the guy who breaks time in the game quantum break
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
mikebeas.com
“erika kirk brings out special guest nicki minaj” is one of the weirdest headlines ive read in a while
December 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
mikebeas.com
The message is three sentences long
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
mikebeas.com
ok i finished expedition 33, i think it deserved all those awards.

i installed it on game pass the day it came out but wasnt sure i wanted to play it because its not my usual type of game. finally started this month. incredible work by such a small team. looking forward to a sequel.
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
A key to understand how the Bondi DOJ may be trying to hide information on other men implicated in Epstein's crimes:

Note how Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's letter to Congress says DOJ is redacting information not only permitted by the Epstein Act but also ... the Privacy Act.⬇️
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
mikebeas.com
oh they were transparent all right… about the fact that they want to cover up for a whole bunch of people.
memeorandum.com memeorandum @memeorandum.com · 4d
Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files (New York Times)

Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
December 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM