Laurie T
@lauriethomp.bsky.social
LCSW, medical social worker, mental health worker, NorCal resister, mom, gma and dog mom. LGBTQ friend, Slava Ukraine! Please don’t DM me unless we’re already established friends. Trying to find some sanity post election and survive the next 4 years.
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Damn, Bill Clinton just called Trump & Pam Bondi's bluff. Clinton released a statement calling on Bondi to release all of the Epstein files that mention him - including photos.
This is what a president with a spine looks like.
Meanwhile, Trump is having the FBI scrub his name from the files.
This is what a president with a spine looks like.
Meanwhile, Trump is having the FBI scrub his name from the files.
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Damn, Bill Clinton just called Trump & Pam Bondi's bluff. Clinton released a statement calling on Bondi to release all of the Epstein files that mention him - including photos.
This is what a president with a spine looks like.
Meanwhile, Trump is having the FBI scrub his name from the files.
This is what a president with a spine looks like.
Meanwhile, Trump is having the FBI scrub his name from the files.
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The competition in the Trump administration to be the first to tip off Putin must have been fierce.
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The competition in the Trump administration to be the first to tip off Putin must have been fierce.
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TODAY: Trump is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Kilmar Abrego's lawyers just got documentary evidence that Todd Blanche lied under penalty of perjury and are seeking sanctions, and the Epstein Files debacle. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Blatant Cover-Up (feat. Adam Klasfeld)
Podcast Episode · The Daily Beans · 12/22/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
TODAY: Trump is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Kilmar Abrego's lawyers just got documentary evidence that Todd Blanche lied under penalty of perjury and are seeking sanctions, and the Epstein Files debacle. Free to listen and subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi story and the Bari Weiss at CBS story are the same story, which is that the upper echelons of legacy media are absolutely rife with people who worship power and don't feel burdened by any sense of responsibility to their profession or the public.
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“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
“What's happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if execs think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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I’m sure Russia won’t bomb and murder people over Christmas because Trump, Vance and Witkoff assure us that Putin wants peace and Russia is a Christian nation.
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m sure Russia won’t bomb and murder people over Christmas because Trump, Vance and Witkoff assure us that Putin wants peace and Russia is a Christian nation.
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THOU SHALT BOYCOTT CBS!!!
LIVE NOW: See The '60 Minutes' Segment Bari Weiss Is Trying To Hide
God on Substack
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
THOU SHALT BOYCOTT CBS!!!
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“He needs a field jacket that fits just right, a ‘Punisher’-inspired challenge coin and a new fleet of foreign cars to drive around in...”
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
Kash Patel’s new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW
The FBI director, who is under fire for use of government resources, also asked for an upgraded jet.
www.ms.now
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“He needs a field jacket that fits just right, a ‘Punisher’-inspired challenge coin and a new fleet of foreign cars to drive around in...”
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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Utterly lawless: "Agents lined up Latino workers and released people they said were U.S. citizens. They questioned and detained 57 people, including people who said only that they wanted a lawyer."
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
See inside immigration raid at Cato factory as agents bust into bathrooms, sort workers (video)
Agents kicked in doors and herded Latino workers into a hot break room, where they asked each person about their citizenship
www.syracuse.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Utterly lawless: "Agents lined up Latino workers and released people they said were U.S. citizens. They questioned and detained 57 people, including people who said only that they wanted a lawyer."
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
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Agents illegally detained dozens of US citizens and demanded that they prove their citizenship. We need to defend our private property rights against trespassing government agents.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Agents illegally detained dozens of US citizens and demanded that they prove their citizenship. We need to defend our private property rights against trespassing government agents.
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ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
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And there goes MAGA’s latest talking point.
Bill Clinton just called on Trump to release the full Epstein Files, including all documents mentioning both Trump and Clinton.
“Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the DOJ’s actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation.”
“Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the DOJ’s actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation.”
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
And there goes MAGA’s latest talking point.
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Nicki Minaj embracing MAGA is proof that wealth is the most powerful immigration document in America.
December 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Nicki Minaj embracing MAGA is proof that wealth is the most powerful immigration document in America.
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Then he was the wrong person for the job sweetie.
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Then he was the wrong person for the job sweetie.
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Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
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I think it’s pretty likely Bari Weiss quits far sooner than anyone expects because if there’s anything we learned from her tenure at the New York Times it’s that this lady hates working, absolutely despises it, and she probably had to send like four emails today
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I think it’s pretty likely Bari Weiss quits far sooner than anyone expects because if there’s anything we learned from her tenure at the New York Times it’s that this lady hates working, absolutely despises it, and she probably had to send like four emails today
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Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
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In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
CBS Abruptly Pulls ‘60 Minutes’ Segment On Migrants Sent To El Salvador Prison—What To Know
In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
www.forbes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
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This is what censorship ACTUALLY looks like.
Gifting this article on the CECOT story in which Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent on the story, is reported as writing: “It [the story] is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now, after every rigorous internal check has been met, is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.”
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is what censorship ACTUALLY looks like.
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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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I don’t think Grynbaum is on here but someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
Here’s his story for the Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
Here’s his story for the Times: 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
I don’t think Grynbaum is on here but someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
Here’s his story for the Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
Here’s his story for the Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves
There is no basis to withhold these images under the clear terms of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. None.
WOW: The DOJ has DELETED an image from its release of the Epstein files that shows photos of Trump in a drawer.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
Yesterday, we noted that this image — file 468 — likely slipped through the cracks while officials were attempting to hide materials pertaining to Trump.
Now, it’s gone.
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves