Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran CBS news reporter who led the story: “I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight.” The reality is that she is much more likely to be fired than Weiss, and that should tell you all you need to know about CBS now.

This is what Bari Weiss et al think "censorship" actually is; when subordinates criticize their superiors. That has been the bedrock of the entire "cancel culture" discourse in elite media; rage at the idea that students, women, journalists, interns, etc might be able to speak against the boss.

And there it is...

It’s also possible (probable??) that neither Usha or JD Vance believe in anything but attaining power, and will say or do anything to achieve that goal.

Curious about what in the self-loathing is going on with Usha Vance to be married to a man who so openly seems to resent that she isn’t white. She’s where she wants to be but I sure want to know what pathology allows that.

Political scientists baffled by all these nasty people on the downside of their careers being so drawn to the Make And Keep It The Past movement.

Y'all ain't mad at Megan, y'all mad at Megan's Law.

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Her husband is a registered sex offender who was recently on house arrest and her brother is doing 25 years for raping a child. She defends and supports them both: www.bbc.com/news/newsbea...

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I think adding to that, the more sports gambling friendly folks stayed on X while the “we love the beautiful game” folks migrated, so it actually improved sports discourse.

I don’t exaggerate that experiencing the Blue Jays’ playoff/world series run on here made me an even bigger fan of them and the game of baseball.

Yes also this is the only app not using an algorithm that shows you posts all out of order from random people you don’t follow. It is—by far—the best real-time social media app to use during live events the world is watching. The MLB playoffs proved that. NFL playoffs will probably be the same.

They reward clicks over truth on Twitter so the algorithm is flooding you with fake news. Why would anyone willingly scroll over there? Also, my life has improved exponentially not having to deal with misogynists and literal Nazis. It’s like Twitter is an addiction and people want to stay sick.

Trying to understand the psychology behind this. Are they attached to their “follow count”? I was quickly able to build the same following over here, except there are no bots or people who followed me the one day they used Twitter back in 2009 then never logged back on.

Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place. Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.

The Pope Effect.

🚨News from Jeff Passan: Third baseman Munetaka Murakami and the Chicago White Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $34 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Murakami, 25, is the single-season home run champion in Japan and will bring his prodigious power to a rebuilding White Sox team.

Billionaire baseball owners who are too cheap to pay for players really ❤️ socialism, it turns out!

Rickey forever ♥️

i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"

does Chase DeMoor have a tip jar?

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Throw this man under the jail. Enough.

Alabama on a 24-0 run since this skeet ☠️

Are we boomer soonering

That was fast.

Got so lucky on this. California banned it when I was a kid and then NYC banned it when I was in college. ❤️❤️❤️

The FBI basically dropped everything to review the Epstein files -- nine months ago. And this is what we're getting? bsky.app/profile/noah...

Does anybody actually believe Jeffrey Epstein abused hundreds of girls by himself while his pals on the island played scrabble? How stupid does the Trump administration think we are?

Well, we know who powerful people are most interested in protecting.

protip: if you have a feminine name, change your name on food delivery apps to a masculine name. it’s like magic, suddenly they stop getting “lost” all the time and needing you to come meet them 😬

Hey, so. The world is awful, etc. And because of that, I'd like to ask a favor: Please spend a few minutes between now and New Years sharing the work you were most proud of this year. People might have missed it, but also, it's nice to see people feel good about the work they do

the Rays are having a fire sale again. Hide your kids hide your wife

The Baltimore Orioles are acquiring right-hander Shane Baz from the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Slater de Brun, catcher Caden Bodine, right-hander Michael Forret, outfielder Austin Overn as well as a Competitive Balance Round A pick, sources tell Jeff Passan

My niece— who is in kindergarten—wants a reporter’s notebook and the pens aunt Moll uses so she can write her own dodger stories 🥹 Don’t worry I got her actually fun stuff too lol

“ oh cool I can’t f—k up wrapping this gum ball machine because it’s in a rectangular box.” ~5 minutes later~ “Oh well!”

wow I’m now the fun aunt who loves buying the kiddos presents they actually want but wraps them all wonky like every bad bitch aunt I grew up around. DREAM FULFILLED!!!!!

Stafford no-looker to Puka

Trading for Matthew Stafford was a v good idea. No notes.

I'm sorry: I'm glad the Brown shooter has been found, but watching law enforcement officials take a victory lap and praise each other feels kinda gross? Given how the FBI messed up by leaking the name of an innocent person and that a random 48-year-old guy avoided capture for days, no time to brag

By popular demand we've added a New Year's Day matinee of Rob Reiner's WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (1989), screening in 35mm January 1st at 2:00pm. Tickets on sale online now.

Everyone in LA still calls it Staples Center. Do you think I’m gonna say “I’m here at crypto dot com arena” ???