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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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The President said some words last night about the economy. I'll help you figure out which ones were true.
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
Inflation, Wages, and Recession Risks: Justin Wolfers' Truthful Takes on Trump’s Talking Points
YouTube video by Justin Wolfers
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The President said some words last night about the economy. I'll help you figure out which ones were true.
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
youtu.be/xtHjvS9yv5g
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While the Trump administration’s document releases have proven little “deep state” corruption, its strategy of chumming the water with red meat for the MAGA base works on the Trumpist propaganda corps.
The Trump administration’s chum cycle
www.mediamatters.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
While the Trump administration’s document releases have proven little “deep state” corruption, its strategy of chumming the water with red meat for the MAGA base works on the Trumpist propaganda corps.
A tough read that’s worth your time.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original has additional imagery which is worth checking out as well. On the one-month anniversary of President…
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original has additional imagery which is worth checking out as well. On the one-month anniversary of President…
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The original has additional imagery which is worth checking out as well. On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate. For four weeks, they had been working overtime to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development, freezing thousands of programs, including ones that provided food, water and medicine around the world.
www.techdirt.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
A tough read that’s worth your time.
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At the National Black Growers Council meeting in New Orleans, Black farmers respond to the $12 billion in tariff relief announced by the Trump administration and outline challenges farms are facing. n.pr/3Mz3N8t
With federal relief on the horizon, Black farmers worry it won't come soon enough
At the National Black Growers Council meeting in New Orleans, Black farmers respond to the $12 billion in tariff relief announced by the Trump administration and outline challenges farms are facing.
n.pr
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
At the National Black Growers Council meeting in New Orleans, Black farmers respond to the $12 billion in tariff relief announced by the Trump administration and outline challenges farms are facing. n.pr/3Mz3N8t
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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“President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%.”
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to 36%, the lowest of his second term, while disapproval has risen to 60%.”
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
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Yup. Even though many in media have been pushing the “perhaps there are some good ideas here” narrative, MAHA is at heart grifting
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Yup. Even though many in media have been pushing the “perhaps there are some good ideas here” narrative, MAHA is at heart grifting
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
Unproven therapies. Unregulated supplements (sold by the grifters). A focus on appearances (see @nytimes.com describing RFK Jr as looking like a “superhero” 🙄🙄). All BS
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat. n.pr/3JS8YPS
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat. n.pr/3JS8YPS
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.
Math teachers at Cienega High School in Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Arizona teachers' costumes weren't about Charlie Kirk. They're facing death threats anyway
Math teachers at Cienega High School in southern Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of the organization’s co-founder, Charlie Kirk.
n.pr
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Turning Point USA continues to carry on the sainted work of Charlie Kirk by singling out innocent high school teachers for death threats.
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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The Trump admin. has justified cuts on fiscal grounds: The federal budget deficit is massive; the Social Security retirement system could soon become insolvent.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
Red State Workers Could Lose Out on Disability Benefits as Trump Administration Rewrites Eligibility Rules
Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older blue-collar workers ineligible for aid. These changes would fall disproportionately on some of Presid...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Trump admin. has justified cuts on fiscal grounds: The federal budget deficit is massive; the Social Security retirement system could soon become insolvent.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
But the disability program is paid for, via payroll taxes, by its own trust fund, separate from the one for the retirement program.
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With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community. n.pr/3LgLjsK
As SNAP benefits run dry, 'grocery buddies' are footing their neighbors' food bills
With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community.
n.pr
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community. n.pr/3LgLjsK
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At a time of multiple international crises, the Pentagon’s official positions will be relayed by Timcast, The Epoch Times, LindellTV and the Gateway Pundit, which means that many people simply won’t believe Pentagon statements at all. Which might be the point
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model
The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At a time of multiple international crises, the Pentagon’s official positions will be relayed by Timcast, The Epoch Times, LindellTV and the Gateway Pundit, which means that many people simply won’t believe Pentagon statements at all. Which might be the point
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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And don't miss the gripping mini-doc, featuring undercover footage captured by @lighthousereports.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
► For more, visit Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/
Operating from their…
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
And don't miss the gripping mini-doc, featuring undercover footage captured by @lighthousereports.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
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🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out
October 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out