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How does that compare to other Q3s? Because I know that quarters can be uneven, the aggregate of the whole year is more informative.

I also wouldn't be surprised if that jobs number goes negative after revisions.

The AI spending has absolutely warped every top line metric.
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is exactly the sort of thing they didn't want to get out. It's not prosecutable, as in 'beyond reasonable doubt' but it is absolutely damning and shows that Trump absolutely knew what was going on, probably encouraged it, and increasingly likely was even directly involved.
December 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's petty amusing he wants his name on an obsolete type of ship that was replaced decades ago. Very fitting.
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My complete guess is he knew something was up but didn't know how bad (deliberately or not) but he's old enough now he may regret turning a blind eye. In any case after this I'm pretty sure he didn't fuck any kids. The same can't be said for Trump. Bill is probably just skeevy.
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lol this is incredible. He's calling their bluff. He's either burning it all to the ground if he gets caught or as skeevy as he ever was, he knows he didn't fuck any kids. Either way, this is *exactly* what needed to be said. Release it all.
December 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We've been saved from wind cancer!
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The amusing thing is this report would have come and gone and hardly anybody would have noticed outside our circles. By yanking the story they have fully activated the Streisand effect.
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm old enough to remember kids in cages. These people have no credibility on this, even if any of this was true (which it isn't).
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It's complicated. Look at how Soros became a lightning rod for just not being a complete fascist. And all he's done is some political donations, not set up an entire Fox News style network. The best thing a billionaire could do is set up an endowment and walk away so there is no influence.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm glad they are speaking out and stuff, but they have to know their reputation is *already* in the tank. That happened the moment they paid Trump a settlement (bribe) and hired Bari Weiss. It's very sad, and they may never recover, but they've already crossed the rubicon.
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Most incompetent upper management spend a lifetime trying to fuck up as much as Bari Weiss has in only a few months.
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
* Additional scrubbing
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"look over here!"

Nobody respects you any more, CBS. Bari Weiss has permanently ruined your reputation for news. I guess that's not a money maker so you probably don't actually care. But you see, the voters have memories. And the fcc won't always be run by Trump's goobers.
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Remember when the right lost their minds when New York tried to restrict selling like 96oz sodas?
December 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Distractions from the real point.
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
...choosing media that's doing the right thing now.
December 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I'm not demanding anything, I said they can choose the paycheck. But that won't earn respect. And they don't get my viewership for doing nothing. Your point is very strange, you seem to want us all to watch CBS since maybe somebody there might want to eventually do the right thing. No, I'm...
December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Im not waiting, I'm supporting independent media directly with views and dollars instead of waiting for corporate media to do the right thing. I'm not sure what your point is.
December 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
...don't get my respect or viewership.
December 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The ones who are speaking out get my support, both eyeballs and dollars. CBS does not get that from me. They get no benefit of the doubt. The serious journalists there (if any) have a choice to make right now. And I don't even blame them if they choose the paycheck over integrity. But they...
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The serious journalists have already left. If any remain, they need to speak up and speak up now or else they are just as complicit.
December 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Bari Weiss must have gotten a call that she was at risk from being uninvited from a DC cocktail party.
December 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM