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In other words, she thinks CBS needs to make sure the story is delayed until the Warner merger completes and is watered down to appear less damning to the administration.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In other words, she thinks CBS needs to make sure the story is delayed until the Warner merger completes and is watered down to appear less damning to the administration.
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NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?
ICE has posted a video of Santa Claus arresting immigrants. Your government is hijacking a symbol of charity to spread fear and hate. it’s up to all of us to defeat these twisted fascists.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The guy who famously crosses every border in one night without documentation?
Wait. I thought Weiss said this was an old story and the 60 Minutes segment didn't add anything new. If so, then why the concerted effort to scrub it from the internet?
CBS furiously trying to take down the 60 Minutes segment about human rights abuses at the El Salvadoran prison that Bari Weiss spiked
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Wait. I thought Weiss said this was an old story and the 60 Minutes segment didn't add anything new. If so, then why the concerted effort to scrub it from the internet?
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This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates.
Truly preposterous.
Truly preposterous.
WELKER: Why was Ghislaine Maxwell moved just days after you interviewed her?
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
BLANCHE: That's a Bureau of Prisons security issue that I will not talk about
WELKER: Did you have anything to do with it?
BLANCHE: I am responsible for the Bureau of Prisons, so every decision they make lands on my desk
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates.
Truly preposterous.
Truly preposterous.
If they added Miller to the CECOT piece after initially refusing an interview, he would take the opportunity to lie and lash out. 60 Minutes would have to edit out the nonsense, and Trump would then sue CBS again.
Doing another piece with Miller later is fine, but to add him here after the administration declines to officially have any comment is a suck up gimme. The real word we are looking for here is complicit.
December 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
If they added Miller to the CECOT piece after initially refusing an interview, he would take the opportunity to lie and lash out. 60 Minutes would have to edit out the nonsense, and Trump would then sue CBS again.
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“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of ‘gold standard’ reputation for a single week of political quiet.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
December 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
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Thorough digital forensics work here. Kudos to the FBI.
UPDATE: Prosecutors helped ID Brian Cole Jr. as the suspected pipe bomber by tracing purchases he made in 2019 and 2020 that include all the components of the pipe bombs discovered outside the RNC and DNC. See the full complaint:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Thorough digital forensics work here. Kudos to the FBI.
This is a powerful message that I hope spreads far and wide this Christmas season.
The priest at a Catholic church in Dedham defended his parish’s decision to replace nativity figurines of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph with a sign reading “ICE was here,” saying the gospel is clear about treating immigrants with respect. trib.al/Ob5ptDw
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is a powerful message that I hope spreads far and wide this Christmas season.
Hegseth may think he's Saruman, but the men and women of the U.S. armed forces are not his Uruk-hai.
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hegseth may think he's Saruman, but the men and women of the U.S. armed forces are not his Uruk-hai.
I don't buy the justification for bombing boats in international waters. It's just plain murder. The administration says we're in an "armed conflict" with Venezuela because they're smuggling drugs, but if drugs were "arms," wouldn't they be protected by the 2nd amendment?
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I don't buy the justification for bombing boats in international waters. It's just plain murder. The administration says we're in an "armed conflict" with Venezuela because they're smuggling drugs, but if drugs were "arms," wouldn't they be protected by the 2nd amendment?
This is the video that Hegseth wants to use to court martial Senator Kelly. Reminding service members that their oath to the Constitution requires them to refuse *illegal* orders is not "sedition."
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is the video that Hegseth wants to use to court martial Senator Kelly. Reminding service members that their oath to the Constitution requires them to refuse *illegal* orders is not "sedition."
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Adding to @gregsargent.bsky.social's spot-on post:
SefDef Pete Hegseth laid the groundwork for this back in February by firing the top JAGs for the Army and USAF (the Navy JAG post was already vacant). He wanted pliant JAGs who wouldn't get in the way of illegal orders. apnews.com/article/pent...
SefDef Pete Hegseth laid the groundwork for this back in February by firing the top JAGs for the Army and USAF (the Navy JAG post was already vacant). He wanted pliant JAGs who wouldn't get in the way of illegal orders. apnews.com/article/pent...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adding to @gregsargent.bsky.social's spot-on post:
SefDef Pete Hegseth laid the groundwork for this back in February by firing the top JAGs for the Army and USAF (the Navy JAG post was already vacant). He wanted pliant JAGs who wouldn't get in the way of illegal orders. apnews.com/article/pent...
SefDef Pete Hegseth laid the groundwork for this back in February by firing the top JAGs for the Army and USAF (the Navy JAG post was already vacant). He wanted pliant JAGs who wouldn't get in the way of illegal orders. apnews.com/article/pent...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Kudos to ABC. More like this please. The reporter asked appropriate questions about the Epstein files (and Khashoggi in another clip) and got the "terrible reporter" bullying in spades.
Reporter: Mr. President, why wait for congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
Trump: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude… I think the license should be taken away from ABC. We have a great commissioner, a chairman who should look at that.
Trump: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude… I think the license should be taken away from ABC. We have a great commissioner, a chairman who should look at that.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Kudos to ABC. More like this please. The reporter asked appropriate questions about the Epstein files (and Khashoggi in another clip) and got the "terrible reporter" bullying in spades.
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight G.O.P. senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith, the former special counsel, into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021."
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
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November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The provision, tucked into a measure to fund the legislative branch, appears to immediately allow for eight G.O.P. senators to sue over their phone records being seized in the course of the investigation by Jack Smith, the former special counsel, into the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021."
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“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
Claw back food stamps? He's trying to force a situation that would allow him to invoke the Insurrection Act, isn't he?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Claw back food stamps? He's trying to force a situation that would allow him to invoke the Insurrection Act, isn't he?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
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BREAKING: DOJ puts 2 prosecutors on leave after they sought prison sentence for pardoned Jan. 6 rioter in separate case. @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social has the latest
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
BREAKING: DOJ puts 2 prosecutors on leave after they sought prison sentence for pardoned Jan. 6 rioter in separate case. @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social has the latest
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Is he just gonna steal $230 million dollars from us?
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Is he just gonna steal $230 million dollars from us?