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Tom | Witness to Folly
@tompin.bsky.social
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Wretched old widower, missing JA, rapidly going the way of all flesh. Leftist. Aspiring race traitor. Views are those of my paymasters & éminences grises.
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
tompin.bsky.social
The company he keeps.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jeffrey Epstein apparently wrote letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump
Letter to former US gymnastics team doctor postmarked three days after Epstein’s death
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
Just in case anyone feels like contacting CBS about @60minutes.bsky.social cancelling the CECOT story and the recent drop in quality of their news programming, here are some addresses.

The main one for feedback is:
[email protected]

Also:

[email protected]

[email protected]
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. 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. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president

The Donald J. Trump Dumpster

The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty

The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility
December 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
tompin.bsky.social
This is sick. #ChristoFascism #SocietyOfTheSpectacle
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrGtCGH7/
Erika Kirk walks out to huge applause to kick off AmFest 2025 🇺🇸🇺🇸 | @tpusa
TikTok video by Fox News
www.tiktok.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
Tina Davis, who modeled for Ford in the mid-1990s, said in an interview that her Ford booker instructed her to get dressed up and attend a Mar-a-Lago party in late 1994. Just 14 and new to Miami, she was told to “dress sexy,” according to her mother, Sandra Coleman, who had accompanied her to Florida. Eight or nine other models came along on the bus. “All the girls were really young,” Ms. Coleman recalled in an interview. “Some of them could have been in training bras.” When they arrived at Mar-a-Lago, Ms. Coleman said, her daughter was promptly handed a glass of champagne. She took it away, but waiters kept offering more. Each time one of the middle-aged men at the party approached her daughter, Ms. Coleman would walk over and introduce herself as Ms. Davis’s mother. During a trip to the bathroom, they ran into Mr. Trump’s new wife, whom they had met earlier. Ms. Maples clasped her hands, Ms. Coleman recalled, and looked her in the eye. “Whatever you do, do not let her around any of these men, and especially my husband,” she told Ms. Coleman. “Protect her.”
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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jbf1755.bsky.social
Yup.

From a late 18th/early 19th century dictionary.

“TRUMPERY, n. falsehood; empty talk” or in New England: “useless matter; things worn out and cast [a]side.”
Photo of a page of a dictionary with “trump” and “ trumpery.”
December 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha
December 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
tompin.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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smith.senate.gov
Somali Minnesotans can speak to this xenophobia so clearly because they feel the consequences of his hateful words.

Read what Faisa has to say:
Profoundly ignorant and profoundly ironic - because the Somali community I know is everything that conservatives and Republicans claim to want in America. We are people of deep and unwavering faith. We pray five times a day, no matter where we are, no matter who's looking. We are generous people who give freely and without hesitation to our neighbors, regardless of where they're from or who they vote for. We are so damn funny. We love so deeply. We proudly live our values. We do not cower. We are as American as apple pie and as Minnesotan as ranch dressing, and we have invested in our communities, our state and our nation.
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
tompin.bsky.social
It ain’t necessarily so.

“What doesn’t make me stronger kills me.” - Nietzsche

m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
Quote of the day by Keanu Reeves: 'Be thankful for​​ the hard times, they can only make you stronger'
Hollywood star Keanu Reeves' words often resonate deeply. His life, marked by early instability and career highs, shapes his perspective. Fans admire his humility and kindness. The actor's journey sho...
m.economictimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
tompin.bsky.social
Way to go, J.B. #Chicago #Illinois

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Imposing New Limits on Immigration Enforcement
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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charles.littlegreenfootballs.com
Torture is making a big comeback in the Trump era.
attackerman.bsky.social Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 15d
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
robertdownen.bsky.social Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 16d
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
A large group of young Republicans and Texas GOP leaders at the Texas Governors Mansion.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Palantir has been in the news a lot lately. Here's what you should know about the corporation that's helping Trump build a vast surveillance state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VwyhErd88
The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Sure, sure — right before we all get crammed into our Economy Minus seats on the plane with no AC, let’s have all the midlife crisis dudes work up a good sweat.
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 15d
In line for the TSA behind this guy
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
tompin.bsky.social
www.usatoday.com/story/entert...
Grateful Dead still making musical mark at 60, gets Guinness record
The Grateful Dead's musical legacy continues with the certification of a Guinness World Record for number of Top 40 albums on Billboard's chart.
www.usatoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19d
there is no more shared reality. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Interpretations of the video differed wildly: Cotton said he “saw two survivors trying to flip a boat, loaded with drugs bound for the United States, back over so they could stay in the fight.” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut, called it “one of the most troubling things” he has seen as a lawmaker.
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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pgourevitch.bsky.social
full moon snow shadows
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
In WHITE FLIGHT, I detailed how segregationists moved from the overt racism of the KKK to subtler and stronger forms of discrimination rooted in a language of race-neutral rights … and then MAGA just picked up the tiki torch and lit a cross again.
weedenkim.bsky.social Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 20d
Social scientists spent the last 50 years arguing that racism is still prevalent in US even if it's covert (racism w/ a veneer), unconscious (racism w/out intent), or systemic (racism w/out racists).

Along comes MAGA, which embraces gutter racism while claiming that teaching about racism is racist.
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 20d
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
tompin.bsky.social
www.commondreams.org/further/fog-...
Fog Of Bullshit: Racist Clowns, Liars and Psycopaths | Common Dreams
The surreal and deadly lurches on. In the last, frantic, script-flipping week, MAGA went from threatening to kill Dems who reminded troops to obey the law to scurrying to parse or ignore the news thei...
www.commondreams.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
tompin.bsky.social
Well, duh. 🤷🏽‍♂️
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 AM
tompin.bsky.social
And war crimes.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
tompin.bsky.social
Oh, this is rich. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials say second strike aimed to destroy drug boat instead of crew
Officials hew closely to secret memo which gives legal cover to firing on boats even if it would kill people on board
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM