Sam Schifrien
@samschifrien.bsky.social
Human, storyteller, friend & ally to artists, creative problem solver, trivia lover, retired flag football captain, advocate, Jersey native, SC Trojan, proud Jew, anxious American, nerd, caregiver, entertainment industry vet, believer in what can be.
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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 CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
December 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
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“60 Minutes” abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air
’60 Minutes’ Pulls Segment on Trump Deportees Sent to El Salvador Megaprison 2 Hours Before Airtime
"60 Minutes" abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“60 Minutes” abruptly dropped a segment about Trump deportees sent to a megaprison in El Salvador Sunday — two hours before it was set to air
Waiting to see who their Rick Caruso is…iykyk. But still enjoying singing the very catchy “Trmp is on the Epstein List” song on repeat.
Y'all are so cute with your "it's the deadline to release the Epstein Files" and "they can't rename the Kennedy Center without passing a law" stuff. Like he ever gives a flying fuck.
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Waiting to see who their Rick Caruso is…iykyk. But still enjoying singing the very catchy “Trmp is on the Epstein List” song on repeat.
UPDATE!!! Back to a “divisive” downgrade. WTF?!?! To any Jew who voted for these people/their allies…this is the price we all must pay for your idiocy. Make sw*stikas hate symbols again! #mshsa #neverforget
Happy Hanukkah from this administration I guess…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Happy Hanukkah from this administration I guess…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
UPDATE!!! Back to a “divisive” downgrade. WTF?!?! To any Jew who voted for these people/their allies…this is the price we all must pay for your idiocy. Make sw*stikas hate symbols again! #mshsa #neverforget
Happy Hanukkah from this administration I guess…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Happy Hanukkah from this administration I guess…
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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So rando American civilians can criticize CKand get fired, but our fucking PRESIDENT can get up there on the national stage and call Rob Reiner a deranged person and that's just totally fine and okay?
I am hoping for the day when the push notification comes.
I am hoping for the day when the push notification comes.
December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So rando American civilians can criticize CKand get fired, but our fucking PRESIDENT can get up there on the national stage and call Rob Reiner a deranged person and that's just totally fine and okay?
I am hoping for the day when the push notification comes.
I am hoping for the day when the push notification comes.
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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A true legendary artist doesn’t only contribute their art to the world…they use their privilege & talent to make the world a better place. RIP is not enough. May their memories be a blessing.
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
A true legendary artist doesn’t only contribute their art to the world…they use their privilege & talent to make the world a better place. RIP is not enough. May their memories be a blessing.
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Rob Reiner had a hand in writing, producing, directing, knowing a guy, pairing up talents, punching up a script on the down low, doing a cameo for like so much of the funniest shit coming out of Hollywood the last 50 years. His influence is seen everywhere
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Rob Reiner had a hand in writing, producing, directing, knowing a guy, pairing up talents, punching up a script on the down low, doing a cameo for like so much of the funniest shit coming out of Hollywood the last 50 years. His influence is seen everywhere
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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2025 has just been a year of incalculable loss, culturally speaking. It does not feel fair to have this year bookended by the preventable deaths of David Lynch and Rob Reiner and various other deeply unfair and evil shit happening to the medium of film on top of that
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
2025 has just been a year of incalculable loss, culturally speaking. It does not feel fair to have this year bookended by the preventable deaths of David Lynch and Rob Reiner and various other deeply unfair and evil shit happening to the medium of film on top of that
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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Hanukkah teaches us that light overcomes the darkness. May each candle lit be a reminder of resilience and to stand with one another against hate.
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hanukkah teaches us that light overcomes the darkness. May each candle lit be a reminder of resilience and to stand with one another against hate.
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The hero of Bondi: Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner from Sutherland. He grabbed the gun off one of the terrorists shooting at Jews during a Hanukkah celebration.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
December 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The hero of Bondi: Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 year old fruit shop owner from Sutherland. He grabbed the gun off one of the terrorists shooting at Jews during a Hanukkah celebration.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
Ahmed was then shot in the leg and shoulder by another terrorist. He’s being treated in the hospital and expected to be OK.
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The chabad rabbi killed at Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The chabad rabbi killed at Bondi Beach
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
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The movie studio that backed the DVD is being purchased by a streamer.
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The movie studio that backed the DVD is being purchased by a streamer.
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.