Renee Searfoss
@reneesearfoss.bsky.social
Lecturer, history dept Coastal Carolina University, transplant Midwesterner, left wing liberal, shy nerd with limited ability to sum up my personality in a few pithy sentences
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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In the news business, we call this a “puff piece.” It’s about the Ellisons, an “intriguing partnership,” according to the NY Times, which seems more impressed by people’s bank accounts than anything else. The Ellisons are buying up media to prop up a dictator. That’s the news. 1/4 🧵
A Father, a Son and Their $108 Billion Push for Media Moguldom
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In the news business, we call this a “puff piece.” It’s about the Ellisons, an “intriguing partnership,” according to the NY Times, which seems more impressed by people’s bank accounts than anything else. The Ellisons are buying up media to prop up a dictator. That’s the news. 1/4 🧵
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The cease-fire in Gaza is more than two months old. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time.
The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The cease-fire in Gaza is more than two months old. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time.
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All the kids are doing heroin, so it only makes sense that teachers do it too
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
All the kids are doing heroin, so it only makes sense that teachers do it too
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 On April 8, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history struck the Banner Coal Mine near Littleton, Alabama.
128 men were killed in an explosion. Most of them were Black. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 On April 8, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history struck the Banner Coal Mine near Littleton, Alabama.
128 men were killed in an explosion. Most of them were Black. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 On April 8, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history struck the Banner Coal Mine near Littleton, Alabama.
128 men were killed in an explosion. Most of them were Black. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
🧵 On April 8, 1911, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history struck the Banner Coal Mine near Littleton, Alabama.
128 men were killed in an explosion. Most of them were Black. (cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
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Macedo and Lee misrepresent what actually happened during the pandemic and are unable to confront Covid's actual toll, presumably because it undermines their premise. A longer take here w/my colleague Greg Gibson:
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
Revisionism in the Wake of Covid
A dialogue confronting the premise of revisionist efforts to diminish the pandemic's severity and dismantle public health institutions.
joshuasweitz.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Macedo and Lee misrepresent what actually happened during the pandemic and are unable to confront Covid's actual toll, presumably because it undermines their premise. A longer take here w/my colleague Greg Gibson:
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
joshuasweitz.substack.com/p/revisionis...
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Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
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December 21, 2025
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
December 21, 2025
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it's not that you have to be stupid to be an effective regime mouthpiece, but it certainly helps bari weiss that she has a wind tunnel between her ears www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
it's not that you have to be stupid to be an effective regime mouthpiece, but it certainly helps bari weiss that she has a wind tunnel between her ears www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”
Met in Michigan: New Epstein files reveal where he met his first victim
The first known victim of Jeffrey Epstein was a 13-year-old girl in Michigan in the 1990s, according to files recently released by the Department of Justice.
www.fox2detroit.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
“In that same court document, it is revealed that Epstein took the then 14-year-old to Mar-a-Lago in 1994, where she was introduced to Donald Trump. According to the files, Epstein elbowed Trump playfully asking him, "This is a good one, right?" with Trump smiling and nodding in agreement.”
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Aged like it drank from the wrong grail
Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
www.theatlantic.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Aged like it drank from the wrong grail
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This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.
The CBS reporter who led the story calls pulling it a "political" decision.
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
"The decision was made after Bari Weiss, the new editor in chief of CBS News, requested numerous changes to the segment."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.
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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
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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These people are gutter trash.
JD Vance: "They are not sending their best. Omar Fateh was Ilehan [sic] Omar's candidate for mayor of Mogadishu-- I mean Minneapolis. Little Freudian slip there."
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
These people are gutter trash.
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One of the constants of conservatism and it runs from Trump all the way down to Bari Weiss is “can you imagine these people trying to run a restaurant and not giving everyone diarrhea within 12 minutes?”
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
One of the constants of conservatism and it runs from Trump all the way down to Bari Weiss is “can you imagine these people trying to run a restaurant and not giving everyone diarrhea within 12 minutes?”
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What once was largely limited to Stormfront and the fever swamps of the internet just a few years ago is now accepted discourse from the White House.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
What once was largely limited to Stormfront and the fever swamps of the internet just a few years ago is now accepted discourse from the White House.
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A dangerous pattern of denying federal dollars to blue states (which contribute more than they receive)
Trump denies disaster declarations for Colorado fires, flooding: ‘We won’t stop fighting’ trib.al/wfmTdLL
Trump denies disaster declarations for Colorado fires, flooding: ‘We won’t stop fighting’
President Donald Trump denied two disaster declaration requests from Colorado that would have allowed the state to receive federal assistance — a move the state’s members of Congress plan to …
trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A dangerous pattern of denying federal dollars to blue states (which contribute more than they receive)
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The NY Times interviewed over 30 of Epstein’s former employees, victims, & associates. The result is one of the most revealing looks into Trump’s sex crimes and friendship with Epstein seen in years.
We’ve condensed the massive story into a TIMELINE of some sex crimes related to Trump . . .
We’ve condensed the massive story into a TIMELINE of some sex crimes related to Trump . . .
New claims of Trump pursuing underage girls
Drugging women, Epstein sex parties, and pressuring minors to drink? The Epstein Files are heavily redacted, but this incredible reporting from yesterday isn't.
trumpfile.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The NY Times interviewed over 30 of Epstein’s former employees, victims, & associates. The result is one of the most revealing looks into Trump’s sex crimes and friendship with Epstein seen in years.
We’ve condensed the massive story into a TIMELINE of some sex crimes related to Trump . . .
We’ve condensed the massive story into a TIMELINE of some sex crimes related to Trump . . .
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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Imagine trying to explain this to someone in the future "There were these people who talked about free speech in prestigious publications all the time and they promoted the career of a woman who turned CBS into state media."
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Imagine trying to explain this to someone in the future "There were these people who talked about free speech in prestigious publications all the time and they promoted the career of a woman who turned CBS into state media."
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The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.
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Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
www.kqed.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
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Nah, I think he took sides pretty clearly.
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Nah, I think he took sides pretty clearly.
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the gall of this! and the gall of this being reported by the new york times. the appalling state of this industry will persist until people finally break the cycle and find another way.
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
the gall of this! and the gall of this being reported by the new york times. the appalling state of this industry will persist until people finally break the cycle and find another way.