OldCoastie
@oldcoastie54.bsky.social
Orange County, California, Democrat, Veteran, Dog lover, baseball, broken hearted Kamala supporter. No DMs please, unless I already know you. 💙🏳️🌈🐕🐕⚾️
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Big kudos to 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi for blowing the whistle on Bari Weiss, telling her colleagues in an email that Weiss ‘spiked the story’ after ‘the story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices’.
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CBS News Pulls ‘60 Minutes’ Segment; Correspondent Calls Decision Political
The news organization said the segment about the El Salvador prison where the Trump administration sent deportees needed additional reporting.
www.wsj.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Big kudos to 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi for blowing the whistle on Bari Weiss, telling her colleagues in an email that Weiss ‘spiked the story’ after ‘the story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices’.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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"If the standard for airing a story becomes, 'the government must agree to be interviewed,' then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from being an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
Sharyn Alfonsi
Sharyn Alfonsi
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"If the standard for airing a story becomes, 'the government must agree to be interviewed,' then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from being an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state."
Sharyn Alfonsi
Sharyn Alfonsi
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
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COLORADO — Trump rejects a federal disaster relief request, because the state is run by Democrats.
Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
COLORADO — Trump rejects a federal disaster relief request, because the state is run by Democrats.
Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
Sen. Bennet: “Trump continues to use Coloradans for political games; it is malicious and obscene.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
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You never had to “apologize”.
All you were supposed to do is show those who don’t look like you the very minimum of human decency.
All you were supposed to do is show those who don’t look like you the very minimum of human decency.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
You never had to “apologize”.
All you were supposed to do is show those who don’t look like you the very minimum of human decency.
All you were supposed to do is show those who don’t look like you the very minimum of human decency.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Starting tomorrow, we feel more light every day.
Lets also feel more resistance, more accountability, more standing up for what is right.
Lets also feel more resistance, more accountability, more standing up for what is right.
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Starting tomorrow, we feel more light every day.
Lets also feel more resistance, more accountability, more standing up for what is right.
Lets also feel more resistance, more accountability, more standing up for what is right.
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You Can't Hurry Love
What's one of your favorite The Supremes songs? 🎶
Nearly 5 years to the day of their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on December 27, 1964, The Supremes made their final appearance on the show as a group on Sunday, December 21, 1969. They perform "Someday We'll Be Together." 👇
Nearly 5 years to the day of their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on December 27, 1964, The Supremes made their final appearance on the show as a group on Sunday, December 21, 1969. They perform "Someday We'll Be Together." 👇
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
You Can't Hurry Love
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JD Vance announces his 2028 campaign slogan: Yes We Klan.
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
JD Vance announces his 2028 campaign slogan: Yes We Klan.
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Farmer: As soon as Maurene Comey was fired, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach about what they were up to, because I believed it was not in the best interest of survivors.
The sequence of events—Maurene being fired and then Blanche meeting with Maxwell…
The sequence of events—Maurene being fired and then Blanche meeting with Maxwell…
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Farmer: As soon as Maurene Comey was fired, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach about what they were up to, because I believed it was not in the best interest of survivors.
The sequence of events—Maurene being fired and then Blanche meeting with Maxwell…
The sequence of events—Maurene being fired and then Blanche meeting with Maxwell…
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🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
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Are they going to build atheist prisons where one must convert or else?
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Are they going to build atheist prisons where one must convert or else?
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“For Apple and Google, which together employ more than 300,000 employees and rely heavily on highly-skilled foreign workers, the increased vetting and reports of extended delays were enough for the companies to tell some of their staff to stay in the U.S. if they are able to avoid foreign travel.”
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“For Apple and Google, which together employ more than 300,000 employees and rely heavily on highly-skilled foreign workers, the increased vetting and reports of extended delays were enough for the companies to tell some of their staff to stay in the U.S. if they are able to avoid foreign travel.”
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What Trump and his allies are doing, after all, is not really about honoring him. These tributes are meant to carry the same message as an unrepaired hole in the wall left by a violent domestic abuser’s fist.
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The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification
As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down.
trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What Trump and his allies are doing, after all, is not really about honoring him. These tributes are meant to carry the same message as an unrepaired hole in the wall left by a violent domestic abuser’s fist.
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Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans confirm scandal-plagued former congressman to serve as an inspector general
Anthony D’Esposito will be expected to investigate ethical lapses, despite his own alleged ethical lapses.
www.ms.now
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last year, one-term Rep. Anthony D’Esposito lost after adding his mistress to his official payroll.
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
This year, Republicans made him the inspector general at the Dept of Labor, where he’ll be expected to investigate ethical lapses — despite his own ethical lapses. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Cowards and fascist enablers.
December 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Cowards and fascist enablers.
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Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
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CBS must stand for Can't Be Serious?
They're hiding a story about how the leader of the USA has concentration camps where people of color go to disappear?
Hold them accountable. Turn the fucking channel.
Enough of the pedo protection.
CBS must stand for Can't Be Serious?
They're hiding a story about how the leader of the USA has concentration camps where people of color go to disappear?
Hold them accountable. Turn the fucking channel.
Enough of the pedo protection.
CBS News 'torched' over last-minute cancellation of report on Trump's 'concentration camp'
CBS News cut an upcoming "60 Minutes" report at the last minute on the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador, setting off an outcry on social media.The network's flagship news magazine had been schedul...
www.rawstory.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
www.rawstory.com/60-minutes-c...
CBS must stand for Can't Be Serious?
They're hiding a story about how the leader of the USA has concentration camps where people of color go to disappear?
Hold them accountable. Turn the fucking channel.
Enough of the pedo protection.
CBS must stand for Can't Be Serious?
They're hiding a story about how the leader of the USA has concentration camps where people of color go to disappear?
Hold them accountable. Turn the fucking channel.
Enough of the pedo protection.
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"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
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"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I’m sorry ezra but I could swear you told me the cruel folks were doing this the right way
KLEIN: “.. cruelty as the dominant culture repulses most people. .. Closed and cruel are on their way out. What comes next, I suspect, will present itself as open, friendly and assertively moral.”
@ezraklein.bsky.social
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@ezraklein.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
December 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I’m sorry ezra but I could swear you told me the cruel folks were doing this the right way
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You should, however, apologize for being JD Vance
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You should, however, apologize for being JD Vance