Chip Bayers
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Writer/Editor. Past: HotWired/Wired News/Wired, Newser, Adweek, USA Today. Tw: @chipbayers IG/Threads: @cbayers
That’s my recently-departed Dad in the header pic.
That’s my recently-departed Dad in the header pic.
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So, Congress passes a law requiring the release of ALL the Trumpstein files. Any redactions to protect ONLY the victims
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
December 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
So, Congress passes a law requiring the release of ALL the Trumpstein files. Any redactions to protect ONLY the victims
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
Trump DOJ releases a highly redacted and incomplete batch after working on them for months, citing various lame excuses for their non-compliance
This is what a coverup looks like
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So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.
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1. U.S. Senator Mike Lee has promoted a video posted by Ian Carroll.
Carroll is a conspiracy theorist who regularly spreads neo-Nazi propaganda.
The video Senator Lee is promoting is filled with thoroughly debunked nonsense about “Pizzagate” and also repeats various lies about public figures.
Carroll is a conspiracy theorist who regularly spreads neo-Nazi propaganda.
The video Senator Lee is promoting is filled with thoroughly debunked nonsense about “Pizzagate” and also repeats various lies about public figures.
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1. U.S. Senator Mike Lee has promoted a video posted by Ian Carroll.
Carroll is a conspiracy theorist who regularly spreads neo-Nazi propaganda.
The video Senator Lee is promoting is filled with thoroughly debunked nonsense about “Pizzagate” and also repeats various lies about public figures.
Carroll is a conspiracy theorist who regularly spreads neo-Nazi propaganda.
The video Senator Lee is promoting is filled with thoroughly debunked nonsense about “Pizzagate” and also repeats various lies about public figures.
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US tech leaders say we need climate-disrupting and water-depleting data centers because we need the US to be the leaders in GenAI innovation. Apparently their idea of innovation is overwhelming our information ecosystems with deception & manipulation.
I've been investigating digital deception for ~15yrs and 2025 was the worst year.
VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:
indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...
VC-backed bot farms, endless AI slop, industrial level scams, abusive AI nudifiers, Meta paying $ for hoaxes... Deception was legitimized, monetized & shoved down the public’s throat:
indicator.media/p/2025-the-y...
2025: The year tech embraced fakeness
This year, powerful people, companies, and institutions welcomed digital deception like never before. The rest of us faced the consequences.
indicator.media
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
US tech leaders say we need climate-disrupting and water-depleting data centers because we need the US to be the leaders in GenAI innovation. Apparently their idea of innovation is overwhelming our information ecosystems with deception & manipulation.
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Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
Children are being exploited and abused because Big Tech consistently prioritizes profits over people.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
Enough is enough. Time to sunset Section 230.
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Children are being exploited. Let’s respond by dramatically hindering our ability to point out or criticize children being exploited, using methods we don’t understand because we’re old and incurious.
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He's been calling it the Trump-Kennedy center for weeks.
Q: What's your reaction to the Kennedy Center being renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center?
TRUMP: I was honored by it. The board is most distinguished people in the country. I was surprised by it. I was honored by it. We saved the building.
TRUMP: I was honored by it. The board is most distinguished people in the country. I was surprised by it. I was honored by it. We saved the building.
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
He's been calling it the Trump-Kennedy center for weeks.
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A Chicago story — a 23-year-old U.S. citizen on his way home from the gym who ended up handcuffed by immigration agents — was in my report yesterday on 100 days of Kavanaugh stops: www.lawdork.com/p/100-days-o...
There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law.
When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.
The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.
The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
December 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A Chicago story — a 23-year-old U.S. citizen on his way home from the gym who ended up handcuffed by immigration agents — was in my report yesterday on 100 days of Kavanaugh stops: www.lawdork.com/p/100-days-o...
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The Administration is making noises about not wanting to “lose to China” in AI while letting abject idiots gut scientific research across the board virtually everywhere else.
This is intentionally-produced ignorance.
This is intentionally-produced ignorance.
December 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Administration is making noises about not wanting to “lose to China” in AI while letting abject idiots gut scientific research across the board virtually everywhere else.
This is intentionally-produced ignorance.
This is intentionally-produced ignorance.
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Nancy Pelosi had an equally small margin. She got major legislation passed with ease on a party line vote.
"I have NOT lost control of the House. There are mechagni- Look. We have the smallest majority in US history. There are procees and procedures in the House that are less frequently used -"
MAGA Mike Johnson is not only losing control of the House majority, he's also losing control of basic speech.
MAGA Mike Johnson is not only losing control of the House majority, he's also losing control of basic speech.
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nancy Pelosi had an equally small margin. She got major legislation passed with ease on a party line vote.
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Bluesky folks came up with a fundamentally new and privacy-protecting method of doing this unlike every other service. Almost every negative response is based on how people assume Bluesky is doing this based on how bad everyone else does it. Bad actors have so poisoned the entire market...
v1.112 is live!
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bluesky folks came up with a fundamentally new and privacy-protecting method of doing this unlike every other service. Almost every negative response is based on how people assume Bluesky is doing this based on how bad everyone else does it. Bad actors have so poisoned the entire market...
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
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FFS
ABC, CBS and NBC all plan to carry Trump's address tomorrow despite it appearing to be just a celebration of his "accomplishments"
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
FFS
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He is filth. And if you support this man, you too are filth.
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
He is filth. And if you support this man, you too are filth.
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Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
The Rules of Grief
The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
www.readtpa.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
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He's not just gloating. He's saying Reiner was "reportedly" murdered by a Trump supporter, which is obviously untrue, and therefore it's good and justified. Even for him, this is overtly calling for people to go murder his critics because it makes him happy. He is literally a terrorist.
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
He's not just gloating. He's saying Reiner was "reportedly" murdered by a Trump supporter, which is obviously untrue, and therefore it's good and justified. Even for him, this is overtly calling for people to go murder his critics because it makes him happy. He is literally a terrorist.
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The President of the United States is a despicable human being.
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The President of the United States is a despicable human being.
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WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
WSJ explains how FBI was able to solve Pipe Bomber case after so many years: an Agent wrote code to access T-Mobile data FBI HAD thought was corrupted.
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Story confirms Cole is a Trump supporter and describes Agents are pissed bc Kash and Bongino are claiming credit.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray.
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter.
These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby.
We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
I believe we went 57 straight Packers third downs with Tony Romo reminding us that it was the #1 third down offense facing the #1 third down defense. #MrRepetitive
December 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I believe we went 57 straight Packers third downs with Tony Romo reminding us that it was the #1 third down offense facing the #1 third down defense. #MrRepetitive
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Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
The link between sexual repression and militarism is becoming clearer by the day.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Galloway blames OnlyFans for loneliness, depression, small business closures, extremism, tyranny and *checks notes* impending societal extinction.
His solution? Mandatory national service.
Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic
The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway
www.standard.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Remember, when someone says they blame “porn” for something, what they mean by that is they blame the WOMEN doing the porn. It’s somehow women’s FAULT that men are behave badly.
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
Scott Galloway is a raging misogynist and gender essentialist, he’s Jordan Peterson without the benzo addiction
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They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything.
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
This hit me like a gut punch, because I lost a good friend to glioblastoma. I wish Jason Collins a speedy & full recovery, knowing that Stage 4 Glioblastoma has always been terminal.
Hoping for a cure.
Fuck cancer!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Hoping for a cure.
Fuck cancer!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/688...
Former NBA player Jason Collins announces he has Stage 4 brain cancer
Collins started experiencing symptoms while trying to pack for a US Open trip.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
They were working on an mRNA application for glioblastoma when Elon/RFK laid wreck to everything.
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
[My father died of glioblastoma.]
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Saddest thing is that Neeson’s late wife Natasha Richardson was a AIDS advocate and AmFAR spokesperson and now he’s palling around w anti-vaxxers and AIDS denialists.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Saddest thing is that Neeson’s late wife Natasha Richardson was a AIDS advocate and AmFAR spokesperson and now he’s palling around w anti-vaxxers and AIDS denialists.
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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.