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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM

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Freeda40

@janet-40.bsky.social

Putin & Trump should be locked up!

December 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

www.muellershewrote.com

December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM

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Ron Filipkowski

@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Jeff Landry is a moron with zero foreign policy experience, knowledge, or qualifications. ZERO. Nothing. More insanity.

December 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM

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@czeckmate2024.bsky.social

I don’t understand how any news outlet could include in its report that “Russia is fully committed to peace” when all it has to do is order its troops home and stop sending drones and missiles to hit UKR.

December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM

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Anna Bower

@annabower.bsky.social

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 3:37 AM

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Adam Isacson

@adamisacson.com

Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.

December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM

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The Fake History Hunter

@fakehistoryhunter.net

Doctor watching medical drama: "That detail is wrong."
Regular viewers: Interesting!

Cop watching crime drama: "That detail is wrong."
Regular viewers: Interesting!

Historian watching history drama: "That detail is wrong."
Regular viewers: It iS NoT A DoCuMeNtArY!

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December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM

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Mueller, She Wrote

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They’re actually redacting Trump’s name AFTER the release.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.

Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.

See for yourself.

December 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)

@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social

December 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM

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Nicky Schwenzer

@nickyschwenzer.bsky.social

WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE!?

Where is Congress? Where are they?

I want to film this for my kids & my grandkids. I want them to see the day democracy died in Washington, D.C.

Even George is upset 🦮
& we should all be shocked!
No one is here to say this is wrong!

I was born here.
I'm Andrew Howard.
1/5🧵