Inexcusably Athwart
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If Bari Weiss wanted to get this off the ground, she probably shouldn’t have started with the wife of a controversial fringe political figure
On a Saturday night
Against bowl season
And the NBA Cup semifinals
And the NCAA Volleyball Elite 8
But a real news director could’ve told you this
On a Saturday night
Against bowl season
And the NBA Cup semifinals
And the NCAA Volleyball Elite 8
But a real news director could’ve told you this
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
If Bari Weiss wanted to get this off the ground, she probably shouldn’t have started with the wife of a controversial fringe political figure
On a Saturday night
Against bowl season
And the NBA Cup semifinals
And the NCAA Volleyball Elite 8
But a real news director could’ve told you this
On a Saturday night
Against bowl season
And the NBA Cup semifinals
And the NCAA Volleyball Elite 8
But a real news director could’ve told you this
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Bari Weiss genuinely doesn't seem to realize that 95% of people who actually know who she is absolutely despise her
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Bari Weiss genuinely doesn't seem to realize that 95% of people who actually know who she is absolutely despise her
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Tucker Carlson is a grifter who has no real values and will say anything to get attention.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
December 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Tucker Carlson is a grifter who has no real values and will say anything to get attention.
by Bari Weiss
by Bari Weiss
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25 posts in 3 days from CBS featuring Bari Weiss with Erika Kirk.
Or maybe Erika Kirk with Bari Weiss - it’s hard to tell who was supposed to be the one featured in all this.
Or maybe Erika Kirk with Bari Weiss - it’s hard to tell who was supposed to be the one featured in all this.
December 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
25 posts in 3 days from CBS featuring Bari Weiss with Erika Kirk.
Or maybe Erika Kirk with Bari Weiss - it’s hard to tell who was supposed to be the one featured in all this.
Or maybe Erika Kirk with Bari Weiss - it’s hard to tell who was supposed to be the one featured in all this.
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I particularly love how Bari Weiss has put *herself* at the center of it all, appearing on camera like she's Oprah or something.
Is that really her job? Don't they have professionals who do this sort of thing?
Is that really her job? Don't they have professionals who do this sort of thing?
What an embarrassment was CBS’s total bending of the knee to Trump. The staged town hall with Erika Kirk’s ‘on queue’ tears answering the staged questions were literally disgusting.
www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
Erika Kirk talks faith and grief, fields question from last person to speak to Charlie: How to watch the CBS News town hall
The last person to ask Charlie Kirk a question attended the town hall, airing at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
www.cbsnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I particularly love how Bari Weiss has put *herself* at the center of it all, appearing on camera like she's Oprah or something.
Is that really her job? Don't they have professionals who do this sort of thing?
Is that really her job? Don't they have professionals who do this sort of thing?
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this is crazy:
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
ICE agents visit Brooklyn Park coffee shop, arrest cook after ruse to get him outside
The ICE operation in the Twin Cities is increasingly moving into the suburbs.
www.startribune.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 AM
this is crazy:
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
"ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers.
One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left."
www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...
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It's a sad commentary on what we've become as a country that one of the questions at the Brown U press conference was "How often do you practice active shooter drills?" I grew up in an era when assault weapons weren't widely available & school shootings seldom if ever occurred. I miss those days. 😢
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's a sad commentary on what we've become as a country that one of the questions at the Brown U press conference was "How often do you practice active shooter drills?" I grew up in an era when assault weapons weren't widely available & school shootings seldom if ever occurred. I miss those days. 😢
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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In the newsletter this week, I point out that Stephen Miller’s great-replacement rhetoric depends on demonstrably false assumptions about immigrants’ politics.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
Data is anti-fascist
Last week, this newsletter was refreshingly apolitical. Well, that was then.
Chapter 1
What they want you to believe about immigrants
You don't need to travel too far up the branches of White House...
www.howtoreadthisch.art
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In the newsletter this week, I point out that Stephen Miller’s great-replacement rhetoric depends on demonstrably false assumptions about immigrants’ politics.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...
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Here. Let me cover up your ISIS stink with Trump stink. That should protect American soldiers in Syria
Some bizarre stuff going down in the Oval these days. After spraying the Syrian president with his Trump Fragrance he then asks him how many wives he has.
December 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Here. Let me cover up your ISIS stink with Trump stink. That should protect American soldiers in Syria
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If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
December 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you want to do something like this, why not buy a $150k home in a small town in Italy, France, Spain, or Mexico, instead of having nine people share one bathroom after they eat at a restaurant called "Stinky's?"
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This was the moment I stopped believing in the American government. I think this might be true of many people my age.
🇺🇸 On this day 25 years ago, The Conservative Supreme Court handed George W. Bush the 2000 presidential election.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
A heartbroken Al Gore graciously conceded, and delivered a passionate call for national unity.
🇺🇸 Just 20 years later, Donald J. Trump lost by 7 million votes and attacked our country.
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This was the moment I stopped believing in the American government. I think this might be true of many people my age.
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"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
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The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
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Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
December 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Donald, tell me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf without telling me you are a criminal POTUS having criminals crime on your behalf.
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I love Kristi Noem insisting that no matter how insignificant the long past crime or messed up paperwork, people must be deported. The law is the law and there can be no exceptions.
But drug kingpins, rapists and wealthy fraudsters get pardoned because Trump feels they were treated "unfairly."
But drug kingpins, rapists and wealthy fraudsters get pardoned because Trump feels they were treated "unfairly."
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I love Kristi Noem insisting that no matter how insignificant the long past crime or messed up paperwork, people must be deported. The law is the law and there can be no exceptions.
But drug kingpins, rapists and wealthy fraudsters get pardoned because Trump feels they were treated "unfairly."
But drug kingpins, rapists and wealthy fraudsters get pardoned because Trump feels they were treated "unfairly."
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Best news of the day and a real sign of AI progress.
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Best news of the day and a real sign of AI progress.
What actor’s facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
December 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
What actor’s facial expression in a movie/TV show will stay with you for the rest of your life?
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I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
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Imagine that www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Resigns in the Face of Mass Protests
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Imagine that www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...
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The New Epstein Photos: A Closer Look
open.substack.com/pub/djjaverb...
open.substack.com/pub/djjaverb...
The New Epstein Photos: A Closer Look
This morning the House Oversight Committee released 19 new photos from the Epstein estate.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The New Epstein Photos: A Closer Look
open.substack.com/pub/djjaverb...
open.substack.com/pub/djjaverb...
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"I'm a socialist and therefore employers should not be permitted to fire someone who is on camera hurling racial slurs at customers without first going through an 'exhaustive' adjudication process" is quite the take!
I'm all for stronger labor protections but... come on.
I'm all for stronger labor protections but... come on.
December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"I'm a socialist and therefore employers should not be permitted to fire someone who is on camera hurling racial slurs at customers without first going through an 'exhaustive' adjudication process" is quite the take!
I'm all for stronger labor protections but... come on.
I'm all for stronger labor protections but... come on.
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What's that? You're on 5 Ph.D. committees, & chair 2? A volunteer independent study for 2 Ph.D. students? 16 credits, right there.
We can do this all day. Or we could let universities govern themselves instead of having vindictive politicians that don't even fund us anymore pretend we're all lazy.
We can do this all day. Or we could let universities govern themselves instead of having vindictive politicians that don't even fund us anymore pretend we're all lazy.
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
What's that? You're on 5 Ph.D. committees, & chair 2? A volunteer independent study for 2 Ph.D. students? 16 credits, right there.
We can do this all day. Or we could let universities govern themselves instead of having vindictive politicians that don't even fund us anymore pretend we're all lazy.
We can do this all day. Or we could let universities govern themselves instead of having vindictive politicians that don't even fund us anymore pretend we're all lazy.
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Personal news, but I hope it's of interest to some.
With the help of web developer @jamditis.bsky.social I now have a permanent home for my PhD dissertation from 1986.
Its title is "The Impossible Press," and anyone can read it.
Start here with my blog post: pressthink.org/2025/10/jay-... 1/
With the help of web developer @jamditis.bsky.social I now have a permanent home for my PhD dissertation from 1986.
Its title is "The Impossible Press," and anyone can read it.
Start here with my blog post: pressthink.org/2025/10/jay-... 1/
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Personal news, but I hope it's of interest to some.
With the help of web developer @jamditis.bsky.social I now have a permanent home for my PhD dissertation from 1986.
Its title is "The Impossible Press," and anyone can read it.
Start here with my blog post: pressthink.org/2025/10/jay-... 1/
With the help of web developer @jamditis.bsky.social I now have a permanent home for my PhD dissertation from 1986.
Its title is "The Impossible Press," and anyone can read it.
Start here with my blog post: pressthink.org/2025/10/jay-... 1/
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...