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WITAOD

@witaod.bsky.social

@annabower.bsky.social starts off Lawfare's The Year That Was by talking about DOGE:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

Lawfare Daily: The Year that Was

Lawfare contributors reflect on 2025.

www.lawfaremedia.org

December 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

NEWS: Congresswoman Joyce Beatty sues Trump to block the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Read the complaint: washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/new-law...

Case 1:25-cv-04480
Document 1 Filed 12/22/25 Page 2 of 18
INTRODUCTION
This is a lawsuit to stop the unlawful renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts ("the Kennedy Center"). Shortly after President Kennedy's assassination,
Congress designated the Kennedy Center as the sole national memorial to the late President within
the nation's capital.
Because Congress named the center by statute, changing the Kennedy
Center's name requires an act of Congress. But on December 18 and 19, 2025—in scenes more
reminiscent of authoritarian regimes than the American republic the sitting President and his
handpicked loyalists renamed this storied center after President Trump. This is a flagrant violation
of the rule of law, and it flies in the face of our constitutional order. Congress intended the Center
to be a living memorial to President Kennedy-and a crown jewel of the arts for all Americans,
irrespective of party. Unless and until this Court intervenes, Defendants will continue to defy
Congress and thwart the law for improper ends.
2. For decades, the Kennedy Center has served as a renowned hub for the arts in the
nation's capital. But when Defendant Trump entered office for his second term in January 2025,
he became fixated on controlling the Kennedy Center. In February 2025, in a norm-shattering
development, Defendant Trump ousted members of the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees;
installed sycophants in their place; orchestrated the firing of the Kennedy Center's President; and installed Defendant Richard Grenell, who served in the first Trump Administration, to lead the Kennedy Center. In a stunning move, Defendant Trump even appointed himself to the Board, after
which his handpicked Board elected him as Chair. The ongoing politicization of the Kennedy
Center has had grave consequences for the institution. Major figures have broken their ties with
the Kennedy Center, and public reporting has found that nearly half of the Kennedy Center's
tickets now go…

December 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM

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Matt Novak

@paleofuture.bsky.social

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV.

There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

Pulled 60 Minutes segment on CECOT : CBS : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

This is a screen recording of a 60 Minutes segment about the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) prison in El Salvador, which was intended to be...

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December 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM

Brian Strouselhousen

@geekdoh.bsky.social

Why, no one could have ever seen something like this happening. I mean not with the clearly independent new management at CBS. Shocking I say! Shocking! #notshocked

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Dec 22

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It 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.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
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 an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
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.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

December 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM

Brian Strouselhousen

@geekdoh.bsky.social

With the current management, it will soon be "Tonight, on "30 seconds", followed by some random tRump soundbite.

Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · Dec 22

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

December 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM

Brian Strouselhousen

@geekdoh.bsky.social

@annabower.bsky.social I just watched your video on the legal fumble of the century. I was looking at Pete Skandalakis's name and realized that it has both scandal and lackey in it. And based on your analysis, I feel both of those would fit with his overall behavior in that case. Just sayin'... 😀

December 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff.org

Learn what makes Privacy Badger, our free browser extension to stop companies from spying on you, different from other “ad blockers.” privacybadger.org/#Why-doesn%...

Privacy Badger

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October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

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October 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM

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Climate.us

@climate.us

Do you believe that climate facts should remain free from political interference and easily accessible? If so, watch our video and consider supporting our initiative.
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August 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Liisa Lee

@liisalee.bsky.social

The Real Killing Blows of the Big Ugly Bill...
Never forget this is the real fascism they baked in.

June 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM

Brian Strouselhousen

@geekdoh.bsky.social

It would be so very funny if it weren't so stupid.... When will we have a tariff on air that crosses the border?

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · May 5

The customs agents assigned to collecting this 100% movie tariff

May 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM

Brian Strouselhousen

@geekdoh.bsky.social

This is a must watch....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xITS...

We Need To Talk About ICE

YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh

www.youtube.com

April 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Brian Strouselhousen

@geekdoh.bsky.social

So sad that this is where we are now..
xkcd.com/3081/

PhD Timeline

xkcd.com

April 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑

@50501movement.bsky.social

TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!

This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.

It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.

#50501movement

April 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM

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Bren

@kindofnerdy.bsky.social

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April 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM

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J. Smith

@jooltman.bsky.social

Please watch this and if you think it doesn’t apply to you and your loved ones I beg you to think about adding the word YET to your thoughts. Once due process is gone, it doesn’t matter what you speak, wear, study.

People’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · Mar 26

RUMEYSA OZTURK KIDNAPPING VIDEO

Here is a video of federal agents detaining Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk Tuesday night.

Rumeysa was abducted as she was heading to meet with friends to break her Ramadan fast.