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A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A government-sanctioned "truth arbiter" will soon arrive at CBS. Their role will be to ensure that journalists do not criticize this Administration or express views that conflict with its agenda.
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
This is a betrayal—not just of journalistic independence, but of the public trust. 🧵
The Upside-Down … I don’t know if they’ve been doing it for a while, but I *just* noticed how Colbert’s #LateShow displays Trump truth Social posts with a background resembling The Upside-Down from Stranger Things.
If you’re going to display them, excellent context.
If you’re going to display them, excellent context.
August 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Upside-Down … I don’t know if they’ve been doing it for a while, but I *just* noticed how Colbert’s #LateShow displays Trump truth Social posts with a background resembling The Upside-Down from Stranger Things.
If you’re going to display them, excellent context.
If you’re going to display them, excellent context.
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Hard to verbalize just how many bags of dicks a take like this can choke on, but sufficient to say that it’s a staggeringly large number.
December 2, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Hard to verbalize just how many bags of dicks a take like this can choke on, but sufficient to say that it’s a staggeringly large number.
I’ve no clue whether there are legitimate issues with the 2024 US Presidential election result, but it is gnawing that a side-effect of Trump’s continual 2020 election fraud blathering is that it colors and casts doubt on *any* claims of fraud, reducing chances of real fraud being addressed.
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 PM
I’ve no clue whether there are legitimate issues with the 2024 US Presidential election result, but it is gnawing that a side-effect of Trump’s continual 2020 election fraud blathering is that it colors and casts doubt on *any* claims of fraud, reducing chances of real fraud being addressed.
Scarborough: “what a massive disconnect there was between social media and the real world”
Ignore the message, attack the messenger/medium. Witness Joe updating his old “liberal media” schtick for the modern age; no wonder he feels an affinity for the guy who hides behind “fake news.”
Ignore the message, attack the messenger/medium. Witness Joe updating his old “liberal media” schtick for the modern age; no wonder he feels an affinity for the guy who hides behind “fake news.”
November 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Scarborough: “what a massive disconnect there was between social media and the real world”
Ignore the message, attack the messenger/medium. Witness Joe updating his old “liberal media” schtick for the modern age; no wonder he feels an affinity for the guy who hides behind “fake news.”
Ignore the message, attack the messenger/medium. Witness Joe updating his old “liberal media” schtick for the modern age; no wonder he feels an affinity for the guy who hides behind “fake news.”
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Rep. Goldman: "This is not Donald Trump alone attacking our democracy. If he's successful, it's because Republicans in the House and Senate are complicit and they allow him to do this."
November 14, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Rep. Goldman: "This is not Donald Trump alone attacking our democracy. If he's successful, it's because Republicans in the House and Senate are complicit and they allow him to do this."
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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How are these people so bad at their jobs? CBS characterizes multiple interviewees as if they were swing voters turned by post-COVID inflation—when a quick search for news stories *in which the same people were interviewed* shows they supported Trump in 2016 and are reliable Republicans.
That 60 minutes segment, my goodness.
November 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
How are these people so bad at their jobs? CBS characterizes multiple interviewees as if they were swing voters turned by post-COVID inflation—when a quick search for news stories *in which the same people were interviewed* shows they supported Trump in 2016 and are reliable Republicans.
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“You must give your money to people you find abhorrent or we will put you in prison” is a banger of a free speech policy. Fuck these people.
November 9, 2024 at 1:31 AM
“You must give your money to people you find abhorrent or we will put you in prison” is a banger of a free speech policy. Fuck these people.
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THEY ARE GOING TO BREAK UPON US, and it means a lot to me. it's not *my* kids. it's not *my* partner. but it's my community. it's my friends. it's my family. it's my city, it's my state, it's my country, and it doesn't belong to them, it belongs to us, and THEY ARE GOING TO FUCKING BREAK UPON US
in two days, all of my friends with immigrant spouses and all of my friends with trans children can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for a moment, and that's worth pulling out every fucking stop and fighting to the end of every fucking bell. we end them this week. WE ARE GOING TO BREAK THEM.
November 4, 2024 at 4:39 AM
THEY ARE GOING TO BREAK UPON US, and it means a lot to me. it's not *my* kids. it's not *my* partner. but it's my community. it's my friends. it's my family. it's my city, it's my state, it's my country, and it doesn't belong to them, it belongs to us, and THEY ARE GOING TO FUCKING BREAK UPON US
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It is is why his defeat will be so cathartic and represent a genuine repudiation of the man and his movement. It is also why a Trump victory would be so devastating.
History will show that we knew everything we needed to know. Ignorance will be no excuse.
History will show that we knew everything we needed to know. Ignorance will be no excuse.
November 4, 2024 at 3:16 PM
It is is why his defeat will be so cathartic and represent a genuine repudiation of the man and his movement. It is also why a Trump victory would be so devastating.
History will show that we knew everything we needed to know. Ignorance will be no excuse.
History will show that we knew everything we needed to know. Ignorance will be no excuse.
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Again, if you're introverted but dying to help, try a ballot cure phone bank.
You're calling people who wanted to vote Harris but had something go wrong with their ballot that they don't know about, and you get to call and help them get it fixed.
They want this call. You'll be glad you made it.
You're calling people who wanted to vote Harris but had something go wrong with their ballot that they don't know about, and you get to call and help them get it fixed.
They want this call. You'll be glad you made it.
I was just on a ballot cure phone bank with 300 volunteers, roughly 90% of whom appeared to be middle aged or elderly women.
November 3, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Again, if you're introverted but dying to help, try a ballot cure phone bank.
You're calling people who wanted to vote Harris but had something go wrong with their ballot that they don't know about, and you get to call and help them get it fixed.
They want this call. You'll be glad you made it.
You're calling people who wanted to vote Harris but had something go wrong with their ballot that they don't know about, and you get to call and help them get it fixed.
They want this call. You'll be glad you made it.
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Breaking: By issuing a stay in the Virginia mass voter challenge case, the Supreme Court has injected confusion into the election. This stay will cause eligible Virginia citizens to be purged from voter rolls just before the election — all in service of a conspiracy theory.
October 30, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Breaking: By issuing a stay in the Virginia mass voter challenge case, the Supreme Court has injected confusion into the election. This stay will cause eligible Virginia citizens to be purged from voter rolls just before the election — all in service of a conspiracy theory.
“Democracy Dies In Darkness”
So Bezos is interpreting it as a vision statement, rather than a warning. Got it.
So Bezos is interpreting it as a vision statement, rather than a warning. Got it.
October 25, 2024 at 11:23 PM
“Democracy Dies In Darkness”
So Bezos is interpreting it as a vision statement, rather than a warning. Got it.
So Bezos is interpreting it as a vision statement, rather than a warning. Got it.
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“Do you want lies with that?”
October 20, 2024 at 8:16 PM
“Do you want lies with that?”
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Chi-Chi Rodriguez, we love him folks, don't we? We love to say "Chi-Chi." Not sure how big his dick was. But he was a great player. Probably a big dick, but who knows. Chi-Chi Rodriguez. We're going to send him back though folks. We have to send Chi-Chi back or we're not going to have a country.
October 20, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Chi-Chi Rodriguez, we love him folks, don't we? We love to say "Chi-Chi." Not sure how big his dick was. But he was a great player. Probably a big dick, but who knows. Chi-Chi Rodriguez. We're going to send him back though folks. We have to send Chi-Chi back or we're not going to have a country.