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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1h

Meanwhile at Washpost Opinion...

Kathleen Parker What Hegseth Got Right about the military

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 5h

Just in a league of its own
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

Supercut of comments from Republicans today alone about the No Kings rallies taking place this weekend. This has to be some of the worst, and most anti-American, coordinated messaging of all time.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: The Free Press Called Out "Incomplete" Reporting on Gaza's Starving Children. Here's the Complete Story.

Drop Site spoke to the actual families.

✍️By Maha Hussaini & @ryangrim.bsky.social

www.dropsitenews.com/p/bari-weiss...

The Free Press Called Out "Incomplete" Reporting on Gaza's Starving Children. Here's the Complete Story.

CBS's Bari Weiss touted Free Press article as the "ground truth." Drop Site spoke to the actual families.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 6h

CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if it’s actual polling data

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h

Reporters who cover the Pentagon tend to be serious journalists who have spent years covering one of the largest, most complex bureaucracies in the world.

They rarely appear on camera. Most of their names are not commonly known.

And you're goddamned right this is a subtweet.

Neal Augenstein @nealaugenstein.bsky.social · 7h

Very proud of my colleague @jjgreenjr.bsky.social. He embodies the spirit that makes me proud to be a journalist. "Access isn’t a badge, it’s a responsibility. And that responsibility doesn’t end at the Pentagon’s doors." wtop.com/national-sec...

Commentary: I turned in my Pentagon credential — not my commitment - WTOP News

After 20 years of covering the U.S. military, WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green turned in his Pentagon press credential.

wtop.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8h

Oceans rise, empires fall
We have seen each other through it all
And when push comes to shove
I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 8h

Not a poli sci major or a political strategist, but it seems like incessantly hyping your opponents' rallies several days in advance might not be the wisest move

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Lisa McClain refers to No Kings as "the I Hate America rally"

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redcazza.bsky.social @redcazza.bsky.social · 11h

This is such an enjoyable read. The US is full of top notch lawyers. Trump's administration is full of something else.

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10h

"Federal agents had just exited the fortified facility and appeared to be chasing a protester when the protester and officer collided with band members, most of whom were wearing banana costumes."

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Federal agents barrel into band at Portland ICE protest, arrest clarinetist, accuse her of assault

Oriana Korol, a 38-year-old child and family therapist, remains in Clark County Jail.

www.oregonlive.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10h

"Videos show Hamas fighters dragging men into a public square in broad daylight, forcing them to kneel and executing them in front of a crowd of onlookers."

Said one independent analyst: “'Hamas is re-establishing control. Hamas will be even more aggressive now."

🎁 www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 11h

"Why are they targeting a clarinet player ... a clarinet player standing on the sidewalk, far away from the street, following instructions?"

-- Partner of woman arrested and charged w/ assaulting a fed'l officer while playing Ghostbusters theme outside Portland ICE hdq

www.koin.com/video/clarin...

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 20h

There they are! Good Fox.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Fox News, along with ABC, CBS and NBC, did not sign the Defense Department's press policy by Tuesday's deadline, having earlier in the day denounced the new regulations in a joint statement that included CNN, which previously said it would not sign.
"Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon's new requirements, which would restrict journalists' ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues," the news networks wrote. "The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. We will continue to cover the U.S. military as each of our organizations has done for many decades, upholding the principles of a free and independent press."
Fox's dissent is notable considering the Trump-friendly views of many of its opinion hosts, whose ranks previously included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

“That makes me laugh even more than the end of Old Yeller”
— via SNL

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

Yes, noted.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

This one graf from a few weeks ago is all I’ve seen …but perhaps others have done more reporting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/w...

In an interview, one woman who identified herself as the wife of one of the dead men said that her husband was a fisherman with four children who left one day for work and never came back.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 23h

I know this is a very difficult story to report … but finding out whatever we can about these people being killed in extrajudicial executions at sea seems like a pretty high priority right now.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Can't believe he's casting his lot this way, trying to park his argument between the white lines of the Habba situation. There are many levels of precedent here. Comey's lawyers could use an off-ramp from this line of thinking.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Hate to be a 'ruin the kicker' guy but here's the amazing kicker:

“If we ever had a leak of this chat we would be cooked fr fr.”

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

I am a few days late to John Oliver's piece on the Free Press and its portent for CBS News.

But if you have a free half hour, you really ought to watch it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

This post is getting a lot of traction, but this <100K number is print circulation, not overall (including digital, which is much higher).

That said, NYT has around 580k print subs. s23.q4cdn.com/152113917/fi...

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts/prayers to the TIME photo editor today.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

“Leave your rocks at the door”

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d

Where’s Fox?

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only 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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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 1d

"No one on his deathbed ever said, 'I wish I had spent more time at work not firing people.'" – Russ Vought

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