Wendy Beck
@wsbeck.bsky.social
Interests include journalism, public policy, art, architecture, dance. Trying to figure it out.
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Isn't this really the end of 60 Minutes? I'd guess the staff will resign or be fired and Weiss will fill the jobs with crazy right wing influencers, "contrarians" and Fox alums.
CBS News is dead.
CBS News is dead.
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Isn't this really the end of 60 Minutes? I'd guess the staff will resign or be fired and Weiss will fill the jobs with crazy right wing influencers, "contrarians" and Fox alums.
CBS News is dead.
CBS News is dead.
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This is entirely to please Trump, who has voiced criticism of 60 Minutes under the new owners, who are the definition of rank amatuers, emphasis on rank. This Stephen Miller interview suggestion is idiotic in the context of this story and shows a startling lack of sophistication or smarts.
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
This is entirely to please Trump, who has voiced criticism of 60 Minutes under the new owners, who are the definition of rank amatuers, emphasis on rank. This Stephen Miller interview suggestion is idiotic in the context of this story and shows a startling lack of sophistication or smarts.
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It’s so funny the person who started “The Free Press” is now in charge of state TV.
Bari Weiss spiked the CECOT story because she wanted to have Stephen Miller included and demanded to control the language 60 Minutes used to describe the men who were brutally tortured after being sent to El Salvador without due process.
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It’s so funny the person who started “The Free Press” is now in charge of state TV.
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60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch full episodes of FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series, and explore news investigations from FRONTLINE's award-winning journalism team.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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Bari Weiss censoring "60 Minutes", protecting Trump and El Salvador's dictator.
But she's such an amateur that it's all exposed, she's caught, as reporter's harsh letter goes public. CBS is crashing.
Free link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
But she's such an amateur that it's all exposed, she's caught, as reporter's harsh letter goes public. CBS is crashing.
Free link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Bari Weiss censoring "60 Minutes", protecting Trump and El Salvador's dictator.
But she's such an amateur that it's all exposed, she's caught, as reporter's harsh letter goes public. CBS is crashing.
Free link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
But she's such an amateur that it's all exposed, she's caught, as reporter's harsh letter goes public. CBS is crashing.
Free link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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CNN’s @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that some CBS News employees are now threatening to quit
5. Link to my story bit.ly/3MOBzqv
BREAKING: 60 Minutes Correspondent Says Trump Story Was Spiked For Political Reasons
In an email to her colleagues, Sharyn Alfonsi said that CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss spiked a story about the Trump administration and El Salvador prisons for political reasons.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
CNN’s @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that some CBS News employees are now threatening to quit
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So we found out today in San Francisco that autonomous cars don't work in a blackout (Waymos shut down, wherever they were, all over city)
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So we found out today in San Francisco that autonomous cars don't work in a blackout (Waymos shut down, wherever they were, all over city)
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
Participating in live experiments is fun! I still wish I'd been asked beforehand. But it is pretty wild and kind of cool to see them discover their edge cases.
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Schiff: "Part of this is a consequence I think frankly of Chief Justice Roberts giving the president absolute immunity when it comes to his instructions to the DOJ. He can pretty much order them to do what he wants and know that he will never be held criminally liable."
December 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Schiff: "Part of this is a consequence I think frankly of Chief Justice Roberts giving the president absolute immunity when it comes to his instructions to the DOJ. He can pretty much order them to do what he wants and know that he will never be held criminally liable."
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Much reporting re DOJ’s omissions and redactions…but whose decisions were they? Surely they went up the line to Blanche and Bondi? Did they overrule career staff? Did they consult with the White House? With Trump?
And if it’s a unitary executive, aren’t they all Trump’s decisions, redactions, etc?
And if it’s a unitary executive, aren’t they all Trump’s decisions, redactions, etc?
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Much reporting re DOJ’s omissions and redactions…but whose decisions were they? Surely they went up the line to Blanche and Bondi? Did they overrule career staff? Did they consult with the White House? With Trump?
And if it’s a unitary executive, aren’t they all Trump’s decisions, redactions, etc?
And if it’s a unitary executive, aren’t they all Trump’s decisions, redactions, etc?
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December 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Your reminder that the Purcell "principle" is "it is always too close to the next election for a ruling that would benefit Democrats, and it is never too close to the next election for a ruling that would benefit Republicans"
A question we got from a reader:
“How can they say it’s ’too close to the election’ to make changes in Texas when the new maps themselves were just drawn!? Isn’t that ‘too close to the election’ too?”
We answered! Check it out here: boltsmag.org/mid-decade-r...
“How can they say it’s ’too close to the election’ to make changes in Texas when the new maps themselves were just drawn!? Isn’t that ‘too close to the election’ too?”
We answered! Check it out here: boltsmag.org/mid-decade-r...
The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered - Bolts
How are the new maps changing the midterms? Why are courts not doing more? Would proportional representation help? We’ve got answers about mid-decade redistricting.
boltsmag.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Your reminder that the Purcell "principle" is "it is always too close to the next election for a ruling that would benefit Democrats, and it is never too close to the next election for a ruling that would benefit Republicans"
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Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow.
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
December 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow.
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy?
Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka?
Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?
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Yes, it’s a coverup by Pam Bondi. But it’s really a coverup by Donald Trump. Bondi is his agent.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Yes, it’s a coverup by Pam Bondi. But it’s really a coverup by Donald Trump. Bondi is his agent.
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apnews.com/article/rele... least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
apnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
apnews.com/article/rele... least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
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NPR identified more than a dozen Epstein files released by the DOJ on Friday that are no longer available Saturday afternoon, including one that shows President Trump's photo.
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NPR identified more than a dozen Epstein files released by the DOJ on Friday that are no longer available Saturday afternoon, including one that shows President Trump's photo.
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Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.
The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers
Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.
www.volts.wtf
December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Today on Volts: I've got a nerdy one for you! I talk with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social about the epistemic crisis & its roots in social identity. He explains why factchecking & media literacy classes will never solve misinformation -- why something deeper & stronger is required.
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Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
Trump makes a "joke" about stealing a billion dollars intended for charity and giving it to himself. (Something he has done multiple times.) "I negotiate with myself," he says.
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Trump openly tells his flock he’s stealing $1 Billion from the treasury for himself — and somehow makes himself the victim in the story.
And they clap.
And they clap.
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The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Trump administration’s release of the Epstein grand jury documents are entirely redacted.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
It’s 119 pages of just black rectangles.
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🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
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Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
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gosh I wonder which "politically exposed government officials" Donald Trump's justice department could possibly be protecting. I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with an answer. It's a real mystery.
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
gosh I wonder which "politically exposed government officials" Donald Trump's justice department could possibly be protecting. I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with an answer. It's a real mystery.
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That's, ah, quite the amazon receipt.
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That's, ah, quite the amazon receipt.
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Hey! Remember when Barr (Bondi) withheld the Mueller (Epstein) documents for weeks so he (she) could mischaracterize what was in the Mueller (Epstein) Report and spin the findings for three weeks and then over-redact them? I sure do!
December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey! Remember when Barr (Bondi) withheld the Mueller (Epstein) documents for weeks so he (she) could mischaracterize what was in the Mueller (Epstein) Report and spin the findings for three weeks and then over-redact them? I sure do!