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muellershewrote.com
Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.
muellershewrote.com Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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propublica.org
Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.

Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
projects.propublica.org
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.

www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.

www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
Showing highlights of paragraphs 202 through 206 in a doc with 203-205 blacked out. Text in next image 202. Defendants also actively obstructed law enforcement by denying investigators access to Little St. James beyond its boat dock. 203. Defendants also attempted to conceal their criminal sex trafficking and abuse conduct by paying large sums of money to participant-witnesses, including by paying for their attorneys’ fees and case costs in litigation related to this conduct. 204. Epstein also threatened harm to victims and helped release damaging stories about them to damage their credibility when they tried to go public with their stories of being trafficked and sexually abused. 205. Epstein also instructed one or more Epstein Enterprise participant-witnesses to destroy evidence relevant to ongoing court proceedings involving Defendants’ criminal sex trafficking and abuse conduct. 206. Defendants also concealed their fraud on the Government in obtaining unearned tax benefits by providing false testimony and submitting false and inaccurate reporting to the Economic Development Commission to prevent detection of Defendant Southern Trust Company’s non-compliance with requirements concerning the nature of its business and the residency of the persons it employed.
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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gblee.bsky.social
#church #christian

"Death knell for unofficial churches in #China"

via Amy Hawkins @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches
Church leaders and members detained as government tightens controls on underground Christian gatherings
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The 60 minutes segment Bari Weiss killed is here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 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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atrupar.com
Khanna: "The problem here is there are rich and powerful people who either engaged in this abuse, covered it up, or we're on this island. What the American people want to know is who are these people? Instead of holding them accountable, Pam Bondi is breaking the law."
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.

It must be read:
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 4:00 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 22, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
My god.

From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
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.
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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timcarvell.bsky.social
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🧑‍🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Pam, darling, you missed a spot.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8d
Computer, enhance
Photo of a desk from the Epstein files with framed photos on the top and a drawer at the bottom where photos of Donald Trump are poking out EFTA00000468 from the Epstein files Photos of Donald Trump in a drawer
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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polphilpod.bsky.social
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media

my latest for @newrepublic.com

newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
In WSJ, a detailed unraveling of how Putin came to pick Trump's negotiating team for Ukraine, kicking out Gen Kellogg and putting Steve Witkoff in his place. Astonishing detail here. www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
December 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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charlesornstein.bsky.social
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. NOT ONE. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination … don’t matter,” one attorney said.
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
If you followed immigration news this year, please support the many, many local journalists who made it possible. Nonprofit media needs support!

I kept returning to @lataco.bsky.social @calmatters.org @wbez.org @blockclubchi.bsky.social @documentedny.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com & so many more
December 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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handle.invalid
See the newly released photos here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cl62l...
Dropbox
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December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here it is, the 2025 Barrios Translation Prize longlist!
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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motherjones.com
Benny Johnson seamlessly blends fawning Trump coverage, PR, rage-bait, and apologism. This is why he's MAGA's chief content creator.
How Benny Johnson went from BuzzFeed plagiarist to MAGA's chief content creator
He says he did “some very bad things.” But in Trumpworld, that's a plus.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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indivisible.org
House Democrats have introduced War Powers Resolutions to block further military assaults on Venezuela. We’re expecting a House vote this week, so call your representative ASAP and demand that they vote YES to check the regime’s lawless violence: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Senator Kim on Twitter: “This threatened military action directly contradicts what Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth told my Senate colleagues and I today about the mission and goals of their operations in the Caribbean. This is a dangerous escalation, and this administration must come before Congress for public hearings and explain to the American people why they are risking pulling us into another torever war.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM