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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 23m

MMA media member Ariel Helwani: "Without the UFC I have no job"

This thinking is exactly what the UFC counts on. It encourages friendly reporting, softball questions, no pushing back on business practices or behavior and allows the UFC to run roughshod over athletes, commissions and media...

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Defector @defector.com · 21h

Free Press reporter discovers that being an amoral dickhead can cost you friends: defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you…

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 15h

Any MMA sites going to offer opinions on this shit show, or is the fear of losing access going to prevent them from showing any spine?

CSAC punks out, votes to support Ali Act destruction

The California State Athletic Commission has endorsed Dana White’s and Turki Alalshikh’s takeover

www.badlefthook.com

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 16h

MMA media does a fantastic job in not telling readers that Gable Steveson skated on sexual assault charges that forced a change in state law.

Journalism...

MMA Fighting @mmafighting.bsky.social · 23h

Gable Steveson will certainly be in the #UFC sooner rather than later, but could it happen at the #WhiteHouse — perhaps on the same card as a Jon "Bones" Jones vs. Alex Pereira fight? 👀 🔥 🤔

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 17h

Congrats to the California State Athletic Commission on their future TKO employment...

CSAC punks out, votes to support Ali Act destruction

The California State Athletic Commission has endorsed Dana White’s and Turki Alalshikh’s takeover

www.badlefthook.com

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 1d

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

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correcting typo and derailing riff @stefanheck.bsky.social · 1d

I would honestly rather read a handwritten note from my parents in which they say they regret ever adopting me

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Mr. ethics in MMA jourmalism, Ariel Helwani, today said he could have reported on the Frankie Edgar vs. BKFC issue, but didn't do so because he was saving that for a "behind the scenes" BKFC video.

If you're keeping track at home, that's twice this year Uncrowned had a story it refused to run.

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 1d

C'mon now...

As a journalist, don't carry water for a fight promoter, especially one like David Feldman of BKFC...

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 1d

GQ and Vanity Fair have really shit the bed since they hired new EICs. It's painful to see the direction these mags are going.

jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 1d

katherine dee is herself a reactionary who has written for TERF blog fairer disputations. her bio there cites her work at american conservative, unherd, and the washington examiner. interesting how the bio she chose here doesn’t reflect that bias. the work itself features no actual citations

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 1d

It's extremely funny to email me from Vice Studios asking for help making a documentary out of my reporting from before Vice laid everyone off. Personally I would be embarrassed to do that but your mileage may vary lol

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 1d

MMA Journalist of the Year Ariel Helwani: "Without the UFC I have no job..."

Those aren't the words of a journalist, they're the words of a PR flack.

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

"Debate..." C'mon now...

Police visit over 'You lack values' postcard sparks First Amendment debate

A Largo man sent a postcard to Florida's chief financial officer that said "YOU LACK VALUES." Then armed police showed up at this doorstep.

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

"I got a piece of paper with some words on it, none of which are legally binding, but let me in..."

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

www.10news.com

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Well, you can't say she didn't make a strong first impression.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 3d

As Heather Cox Richardson points out, creating Columbus Day to push back against the Second Klan during an era of anti-Italian violence & lynching (a subset of anti-Black Jim Crow violence) was good, just as challenging the way we remember how Columbus advanced Indigenous genocide is also good.

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 3d

That aggregator account is particularly infuriating. A few days ago, I called it out for lifting video sans credit, date, and ID of person shot. They included almost no info!

People need to stop sharing that account's posts, and all the other creepy aggregators too. They're just rip-off artists.

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 7d

As usual, Tennessee Holler lifts video without crediting creator. No location or date. No ID of person shot in the head w/less lethals. All findable!

By removing context, Tennessee Holler damages activism and makes misinfo more likely.

For 3.3k Likes!

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WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

vertical video of a minister looking up and talking to ICE agents on the roof of the Broadview, IL ICE facility.

October 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d

This really fucking sucks!!! I’m not even paid to be here by an outlet, so doing this is just fucking me personally!

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 3d

UFC rolled out a dude with a hand swollen like a catchers mitt on Sat. Betting line moved like crazy ahead of the event, which saw that fighter get knocked out in 1:42 while not throwing a punch with said hand.

Cool organization and oversite.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 3d

It's striking that even in the defenses of Bari Weiss's broader thing no one ever says that she or her website does good work. Even the people that admire the success she's had selling lite reactionary shit to rich old guys top out at "people do seem to like it." You could defend Jake Paul that way.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3d

Hi Sally. When Weiss published a supposed expose on the death of George Floyd, a veteran criminal justice reporter showed in deep detail that the piece was not just wrong but filled with falsehoods and misrepresentations. Weiss did not retract the piece. What do you think of that?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 3d

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Song of the day:

Barbara Manning: Someone Wants You Dead

Someone Wants You Dead

YouTube video by Barbara Manning - Topic

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Trent Reinsmith @trentreinsmith.bsky.social · 3d

These whiners are only making the movie seem cooler. It's like Tipper Gore and the PMRC, but somehow dumber...

Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 3d

Best part of this is the subtle aside about how it took them so long to know to be mad about this because it’s not a movie for children

Conservatives Take Aim at ‘One Battle After Another’: “Year’s Most Irresponsible Movie”

While Paul Thomas Anderson's film is being heralded as a masterpiece by many, some conservatives accuse it of potentially inspiring left-wing violence.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

The deportation order is based on Vedam’s conviction for murder—a crime he did not actually commit and for which he’s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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