Pfläger Katsumata
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My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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"Scientific vandalism."
Ooof.
That's a good new one, too.
Ooof.
That's a good new one, too.
December 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Scientific vandalism."
Ooof.
That's a good new one, too.
Ooof.
That's a good new one, too.
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Congress demanded Jack Smith testify about his investigations, but kept him behind closed doors during his sworn deposition. If we care about transparency, then Congress should release the transcript. My thoughts in Bloomberg.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Release the Jack Smith Deposition Transcript
This week, former special counsel Jack Smith finally had the chance to speak about the findings of his investigation into President Donald Trump. It’s a shame the public couldn't hear him.
www.bloomberg.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Congress demanded Jack Smith testify about his investigations, but kept him behind closed doors during his sworn deposition. If we care about transparency, then Congress should release the transcript. My thoughts in Bloomberg.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
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Absolute bullshit
Media lying is now utterly commonplace.
December 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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DHS's official X account is now copy-pasting anti-immigration posts from Stephen Miller's wife.
You can tell from the capitalization; they just added "POTUS" in front of the 2019 and 2020 bits, but didn't fix the capitalization of the sentence from Miller's post.
You can tell from the capitalization; they just added "POTUS" in front of the 2019 and 2020 bits, but didn't fix the capitalization of the sentence from Miller's post.
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Wanderstop is now 40% off so actually you do have to buy it now. It’s a great game that I liked quite a bit, and maybe you will too! store.steampowered.com/app/1299460/...
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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1/2 Like many today (I'd imagine), I'm trying to channel some positive energy to end the week on.
But, driving home from school drop-off this AM, listening to a radio story about Medicare-related "fraud tourism" charges in MN (that unfortunate concept being a brand new one to me)...
But, driving home from school drop-off this AM, listening to a radio story about Medicare-related "fraud tourism" charges in MN (that unfortunate concept being a brand new one to me)...
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1/2 Like many today (I'd imagine), I'm trying to channel some positive energy to end the week on.
But, driving home from school drop-off this AM, listening to a radio story about Medicare-related "fraud tourism" charges in MN (that unfortunate concept being a brand new one to me)...
But, driving home from school drop-off this AM, listening to a radio story about Medicare-related "fraud tourism" charges in MN (that unfortunate concept being a brand new one to me)...
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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It's a small thing, but such an encouraging trend, when someone posts with a typo – and rather than correcting it, people go ahead and like it, repost, and engage in convo without mentioning it.
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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feels stupid to say at this point but how the fuck isn't anyone invoking the 25th amendment.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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"[He] proves once and for all that he is capable of the lowest low.
There is no worst, there is only worse.
[His] reaction to this tragedy was simply more of the same."
substack.com/home/post/p-...
There is no worst, there is only worse.
[His] reaction to this tragedy was simply more of the same."
substack.com/home/post/p-...
No Such Thing as Worst
The off-the-rails rants of a jealous demagogue diminish all of us
substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"[He] proves once and for all that he is capable of the lowest low.
There is no worst, there is only worse.
[His] reaction to this tragedy was simply more of the same."
substack.com/home/post/p-...
There is no worst, there is only worse.
[His] reaction to this tragedy was simply more of the same."
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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President currently feuding with a beloved American comedy icon who was murdered 24 hours ago.
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Not to get too meta, but the genius of the bit is that it carries so much more than the physical comedy of the sketch (which is great). Archie Bunker has a way to do things: the way he's always done them, the way everyone is supposed do them. No one should be different, and nothing should change.
There is so much for which to remember Rob Reiner. In my family, we have long treasured this one bit he did with Carroll O'Connor on "All in the Family." It has always made me laugh, no matter how many times I've watched it. And we all could use a good laugh these days
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Not to get too meta, but the genius of the bit is that it carries so much more than the physical comedy of the sketch (which is great). Archie Bunker has a way to do things: the way he's always done them, the way everyone is supposed do them. No one should be different, and nothing should change.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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still shocking though i knew how it ends
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
Sandy Hook 13 years ago😪
Now Brown University & Bondi Beach
Children that have had to witness this all the time
STOP
We have Lost So Many
When will it eve end
Always just thoughts and prayers
THIS WILL ASTOUND YOU
PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP⬇️⬇️
DAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
Sandy Hook 13 years ago😪
Now Brown University & Bondi Beach
Children that have had to witness this all the time
STOP
We have Lost So Many
When will it eve end
Always just thoughts and prayers
THIS WILL ASTOUND YOU
PLEASE WATCH THE WHOLE CLIP⬇️⬇️
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
still shocking though i knew how it ends
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When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is really solid investigative reporting from the Sun-Times. And a brutal expose of Greg Bovino, the cosplaying tough guy who has terrorized so many immigrants in Chicago. Read it all. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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Reviews.
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Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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"According to one of the Alligator Alcatraz survivors in the Amnesty report, people were put into the box simply for alerting the guards to someone's need for medication. "They were taken to 'the box' and punished for trying to help me," the person told Amnesty."
This is absolutely criminal.
This is absolutely criminal.
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Keep amplifying these stories so the people who insist nothing is happening see the truth
ICE detain U.S. citizen woman driving to work—dressrd in full medical scrubs.
"I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Agents finally checked ID to prove her citizenship.
Key Largo, Florida
"I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Agents finally checked ID to prove her citizenship.
Key Largo, Florida
December 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Ah. I see people are learning about how the Superhero-Industrial Complex actually works.
Might I recommend a book that tells you how we got to this terrible state of affairs?
josie.zone/true-believer
Might I recommend a book that tells you how we got to this terrible state of affairs?
josie.zone/true-believer
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ah. I see people are learning about how the Superhero-Industrial Complex actually works.
Might I recommend a book that tells you how we got to this terrible state of affairs?
josie.zone/true-believer
Might I recommend a book that tells you how we got to this terrible state of affairs?
josie.zone/true-believer
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"The trick here is simple and old. You starve the public systems until they’re so weak that anything looks like relief. Then you let a billionaire deliver a drop of water and call it a miracle."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/t...
"The trick here is simple and old. You starve the public systems until they’re so weak that anything looks like relief. Then you let a billionaire deliver a drop of water and call it a miracle."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/t...
The Biggest Heist in America Is Being Sold as a Gift to Children
America loves a good illusion. It loves the performance of generosity from people who built their fortunes on systems that leave everyone else scrambling.
www.counterpunch.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"The trick here is simple and old. You starve the public systems until they’re so weak that anything looks like relief. Then you let a billionaire deliver a drop of water and call it a miracle."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/t...
"The trick here is simple and old. You starve the public systems until they’re so weak that anything looks like relief. Then you let a billionaire deliver a drop of water and call it a miracle."
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/04/t...
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A NY University project is tracking lawsuits of low merit filed by the rich and powerful to punish citizens and the press for exercising their 1A rights. They’re called SLAPP claims – Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. This is a growing threat from Trump and other foes of free speech.
www.nyu.edu
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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