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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
jewishcurrents.org/bari-weiss-c...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

have said this before but i am very skeptical about weiss’s vaunted charisma

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Remember Jade Helm, the conspiracy theory that included the 🦇 💩 crazy FEMA Death Camps nonsense that was promoted by Alex Jones? www.texastribune.org/2018/05/03/h...

Hysteria over Jade Helm exercise in Texas was fueled by Russians, former CIA director says

Gov. Greg Abbott's decision in 2015 to ask the Texas State Guard to monitor a federal military exercise prompted significant criticism. A former CIA director said Wednesday that the move emboldened Ru...

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Let's f*ckin go! 🤡

a stuffed animal wearing a hockey helmet and a beard

ALT: a stuffed animal wearing a hockey helmet and a beard

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5h

And another really great convo I had with @grza.bsky.social about the antifa bogeyman here! open.spotify.com/episode/5smM...

Did Nothing Wrong 09/29/25 - Chris Mathias

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 5h

Also check out this great convo I had with @michaelehayden.bsky.social and @jaredlholt.bsky.social about the antifa bogeyman here open.spotify.com/episode/7xlC...

Spotify – Web Player

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 8h

Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Germany opposes mass scanning of private messages.

"must be taboo in a constitutional state"

"even the worst crimes don't justify giving up basic civil rights"

Well said Minister Stefanie Hubig!

Leadership we need from Europe's democracies.
www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Z...

Dr. Stefanie Hubig, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, on the occasion of political discussions about privacy in the digital space and about a proposal for an EU regulation to prevent and combat sexual abuse

„Unreasonable chat control must be taboo in a constitutional state. Private communication must never be under general suspicion.“

08. October 2025

„Unreasonable chat control must be taboo in a constitutional state. Private communication must never be under general suspicion. The state must also not force messengers to scan messages en masse for suspicious content before sending them. Germany will not agree to such proposals at EU level. We must also make progress in the fight against child pornography at EU level. That's what I'm committed to. But even the worst crimes do not justify giving up basic civil rights. The federal government's votes have insisted on this for months. And it will stay that way.“

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Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 13h

Giving out subs and hugs at the ICE Facility in Broadview Illinois!

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 10h

The people showing up to protest in inflatable animal costumes are doing way way better resistance counter-propaganda than any of the left-wing militia defense types who show up to civil defense actions in their cosplay operator gear.

Gonna start calling these guys the inflada.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

And now for a report from the hellish, war-zone that is Portland

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 9h

lil sticker design for ECN this year, trying to retain design consistency with last year's stickers but also needed to add little gumboots and a tiny oatmilk latte

sticker design for a bug professionals conference, featuring an iconic beetle of the PNW (a rain beetle, Pleocomidae) in front of a generically Portland-like backdrop. I know that's not a perfect Mt Hood but at least I didn't just draw Mt Rainier like I always do

photo of last year's sticker, an Eleodes in front of a generically Sonoran desert landscape (for the same conference but in Phoenix)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12h

We know more about the massive military-style raid on a Chicago housing complex thanks to the reporting of @southsideweekly.bsky.social, @blockclubchi.bsky.social, and neighborhood resident Eboni Watson who chronicled the event. Among the emerging questions: what's real estate's role in this?

section of text from South Side Weekly's coverage, which says: "The building was purchased by Wisconsin-based investor Trinity Flood in January 2020, according to Cook County records. On October 1, the day after the raid, a judge reviewed an emergency motion from Wells Fargo seeking to appoint Matthew Tarshis of Frontline Real Estate Partners as the property’s receiver.

Flood purchased three multifamily properties in South Shore in 2020. The neighborhood, which had the highest number of eviction filings in Chicago from 2015-2019 according to the Law Center for Better Housing, has seen a rise in outside real estate investors since the 2017 announcement of the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in the neighboring Jackson Park.

Wells Fargo Bank foreclosed on the building in mid-2024, bringing a $27 million lawsuit against Flood for missed loan payments. In late 2024, the City began closing its largest migrant shelters and, through state funding assistance distributed via Catholic Charities and moving support from New Life Church, relocated many families to buildings such as this one."

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

1. CBS, once one of America's most trusted sources for news, has hired anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss as its Editor-in-Chief

With Weiss, CBS is embracing someone who talks a lot about honesty but has a history of distorting the truth to conform to her right-wing ideological agenda.

Let's review.

The devolution of CBS News

A network once revered for fact-based reporting is embracing right-wing pseudo-journalism

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a man with a mustache wearing a cowboy hat and vest is sitting in a bowling alley .

ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a cowboy hat and vest is sitting in a bowling alley .

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 5d

Dems- don't engage "you want healthcare for undocumented immigrants." Reply with "The shutdown is for one reason only- to hide the Epstein evidence that is so damaging to the White House." Every interview, every comment, every time.

Learn how to win in the court of public opinion one goddam time.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 18h

parallels btwn Georgia & ICE: armed plainclothes ‘strongmen’ who’ve brutalized demonstrators & appeared, w/o the usual qualifying government exams, “in order to achieve the capacity to stifle a movement that is now taking on national proportions”. (2024)

Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia

The protests in Georgia point beyond a choice between Europe and Russia, rejecting both local authoritarian rule and foreign economic domination.

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Lotus Winnie Lee @lotuswinnielee.bsky.social · 20h

Another picture of the Yellow-breasted Chat on Monday morning 10/6/2025 in the Verizon Plaza on 42nd Street NYC. 🥰😍#yellowbreastedchat #chat #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #fallmigration

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21h

Russia's disinformation campaign is now using deepfaked audio of Holocaust survivors to attack Armenia, in videos published on the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas October 7th attack on Israel.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21h

Make sure you read the report about how Stephen Miller deported Waco's favorite Mexican restaurant owner.

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A picture of Sergio Garcia and George W and Laura Bush. It is signed, To Sergio Garcia with best wishes.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 1d

PRAY FOR DOLLY PARTON ❤️‍🩹

Freida Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, asks for prayers for Dolly’s health. She says with prayers she know Dolly is going to be just fine.

We all love you, Dolly! Praying 💛

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