Bill Orme
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Sokoto State, hit by more than 12 Tomahawk missiles, is populated overwhelmingly by Muslims, who bear the brunt of terrorist attacks there. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto said the area does “not have a problem with persecution” of Christians. #nigeria
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
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Trump’s Claims About Nigeria Strike Belie a Complex Situation on the Ground
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December 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sokoto State, hit by more than 12 Tomahawk missiles, is populated overwhelmingly by Muslims, who bear the brunt of terrorist attacks there. Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto said the area does “not have a problem with persecution” of Christians. #nigeria
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
On @CNN an @Axios media reporter questionsbly claims @cbsnews.com got multiple comments on its #60minutes El Salvador deportation story from different Trump administration sources but declined to use them, contradicting the #CBS reporter & her producers, who said they received no such WH response.
December 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
On @CNN an @Axios media reporter questionsbly claims @cbsnews.com got multiple comments on its #60minutes El Salvador deportation story from different Trump administration sources but declined to use them, contradicting the #CBS reporter & her producers, who said they received no such WH response.
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New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
asked and answered: "When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship" - Sharyn Alfonsi, 60 Minutes correspondent
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
asked and answered: "When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship" - Sharyn Alfonsi, 60 Minutes correspondent
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
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That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
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CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
"If #CBSNews will only run a piece if the White House comments, giving them veto power over journalism, any staff member with integrity will likely quit, because it isn't a news division anymore. It's TASS" - Bill Carter, former NYT TV critic
How long does it take Bari Weiss to destroy journalistic integrity?
60 Minutes.
(Sorry if someone already came up with this).
60 Minutes.
(Sorry if someone already came up with this).
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"If #CBSNews will only run a piece if the White House comments, giving them veto power over journalism, any staff member with integrity will likely quit, because it isn't a news division anymore. It's TASS" - Bill Carter, former NYT TV critic
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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...
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...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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This story is of Paramount importance.
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60 Minutes Abruptly Yanks Segment on Prisoners Sent By Trump to El Salvador Mega-Prison
60 Minutes on Sunday postponed a segment on illegal immigrants who were deported by President Donald Trump and sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador
www.mediaite.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This story is of Paramount importance.
www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...
www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...
Good night and good luck, indeed
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Good night and good luck, indeed
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The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.
Interesting specifics: Mitt Romney says ‘Tax the Rich, Like Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
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December 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Interesting specifics: Mitt Romney says ‘Tax the Rich, Like Me’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
‘Enemy of the People’: She Tracked the Health of Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/c...
She Tracked the Health of Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On
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December 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
‘Enemy of the People’: She Tracked the Health of Fish That Coastal Communities Depend On www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/c...
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May I respectfully make a motion that the matters “is Bari Weiss a witless rightwing hack?” & “is she destroying CBS News” are settled in the affirmative, such that we may now stop presenting evidence to each other here, where theee is no dispute, and use that time for new research/reading/anythint?
December 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
May I respectfully make a motion that the matters “is Bari Weiss a witless rightwing hack?” & “is she destroying CBS News” are settled in the affirmative, such that we may now stop presenting evidence to each other here, where theee is no dispute, and use that time for new research/reading/anythint?
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📢 Some news from me: I've written a book with the erudite and eloquent Fintan O'Toole in which we each argue for - and then against - Irish unity, setting out objectively what seem to us each side's best arguments, and the issues people across the island of Ireland should consider.
June 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 Some news from me: I've written a book with the erudite and eloquent Fintan O'Toole in which we each argue for - and then against - Irish unity, setting out objectively what seem to us each side's best arguments, and the issues people across the island of Ireland should consider.
Steve Kerr more cogent, heartfelt, effective voice for gun control than most (arguably any) Democratic Party leaders youtu.be/-Q1E_Y2yj7s?...
Steve Kerr on Tragic Shooting at Brown University
YouTube video by Golden State Warriors
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December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Steve Kerr more cogent, heartfelt, effective voice for gun control than most (arguably any) Democratic Party leaders youtu.be/-Q1E_Y2yj7s?...
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When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
When your “exclusive” lasts all of 7 hours, because you publicly named a guy who was never charged with a crime, and who now is being hounded by trolls, and will have this show up in internet searches for the rest of his life.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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We @knightcolumbia.org filed a motion calling for the release of the Special Counsel's report on Trump's hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Members of the House Judiciary Committee filed a brief today echoing our call for the report's release. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
House Democrats to ask for release of Jack Smith classified documents report
Judiciary panel Democrats ask Aileen Cannon ahead of special counsel’s deposition next week
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December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We @knightcolumbia.org filed a motion calling for the release of the Special Counsel's report on Trump's hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Members of the House Judiciary Committee filed a brief today echoing our call for the report's release. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sauer saying something is unconstitutional because it "would be unconstitutional under Justice Scalia's dissent" is a remarkably cogent statement of the Roberts Court's approach to precedent.
Faneuil Hall! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/m...
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship oath ceremony at Faneuil Hall, group says - The Boston Globe
More than 20 clients of one immigrant services group have had their oath ceremonies canceled, officials said.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Faneuil Hall! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/08/m...
Can #DOTNYC appeal this order?
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Can #DOTNYC appeal this order?
SS indeed
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- NYTimes fights back against Pentagon prior restraint
- FPF demands court lift secrecy in Catherine Herridge’s privilege case
- Reckless federal agents are the threat, not cameras
- US journalists abducted by Israel describe abuse and US indifference
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FPF demands court lift secrecy in Herridge privilege case
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December 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
SS indeed
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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And here is the Trump admin arguing that it would violate the First Amendment's protection against compelled speech for a court to order agencies to tell their employees that they can't constitutionally deport people based on their political advocacy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And here is the Trump admin arguing that it would violate the First Amendment's protection against compelled speech for a court to order agencies to tell their employees that they can't constitutionally deport people based on their political advocacy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...