Kim Masters
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Puck partner Host, KCRW’s The Business
I’m dying listening to the self-aggrandizing swill that Zelenskyy has to listen to rn.
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Mark Chadbourn
about 4 hours ago
Ukrainian drones are attacking the Kushchyovskaya military airfield in Krasnodar Krai.
#explodey
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Jim Alwine
about 23 hours ago
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 5 hours ago
We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.
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Justin Baragona
about 6 hours ago
Yeah, this dum dum is talking about chicken pox. Anyway, it's very cool and awesome that he has so much cultural and political influence.
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Diedrich Bader
about 3 hours ago
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Among a long list of awful things that it caused I’d like the point out the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Africans & also that it put a lot of women of color out of work I’ve gifted this if you’re interested
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AFA.BrZU.ej5-9AkDWqQd&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Kevin M. Kruse
about 3 hours ago
They're enabling creepy lonely men to create submissive "AI companions" that can be modeled on whatever real-life woman they're obsessed with and made to do whatever they want and, Jesus Christ, I need to wash my hands just typing that.
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Bill Grueskin
about 3 hours ago
NYT just ran a bizarrely credulous piece about New College, the school that DeSantis and Rufo have turned upside down. There is one good outcome of the article: This
@donmoyn.bsky.social
post, which is one of the best pieces of media criticism I've read all year.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
https://open.substack.com/pub/donmoynihan/p/the-nyt-recruiting-brochure-for-new?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Robert Reich
about 22 hours ago
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)
about 8 hours ago
This is a helluva piece by local news reporters about the nightmare our city endured. Read every word about the violence & overreach, non-stop DHS lies, disgusting ICE/CPB photo ops, horrible impacts on families & communities & how local Chicago residents fought back.
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Also the product is clearly dangerous and the bros don’t care and can’t be trusted.
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about 6 hours ago
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Cristian Farias
about 18 hours ago
MAGA and DHS are melting down over Kilmar Ábrego García “making TikToks.” I went to look at the video they’re complaining about, and all he’s doing is lip sync to a Christian song in Spanish about trusting God amid trials and tribulations.
www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs...
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TrumpsTaxes
about 19 hours ago
Shortly after the much-discussed Wisconsin State Supreme Court election on April 7th will be *3* Georgia State Supreme Court elections on MAY 19TH. All 3 seats are held by GOP-appointed Justices. We need Dem-aligned candidates to run and win in these nonpartisan races to send a midterm message.
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Matthew Hay Brown
1 day ago
OF ALL THE VESSELS SUNK BY THE U.S. it was the likeliest to have been carrying drugs: a semisubmersible with at least one convicted trafficker on board. The U.S. blew it up, destroyed the evidence and let the survivors go GIFT LINK
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@alexhorton.bsky.social
wapo.st/4qq5ymS
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The U.S. sank the alleged narco-terrorists’ boat — and let them go
In blowing up the vessel, destroying evidence and repatriating the survivors, the U.S. cut short a process that’s helped bring down traffickers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/12/27/us-drug-strike-survivors/
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We bring you everyone’s favorite: the end-of-year megabanter! And what a year. I’m joined by
@mattbelloni.bsky.social
and
@lucasshaw.bsky.social
as we try to make sense of it all.
www.kcrw.com/shows/the-bu...
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Megabanter 2025: Hollywood’s unraveling year of… | KCRW
Kim Masters is joined by Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw for a year-end Megabanter, looking back at a messy 2025.
https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-business/stories/megabanter-2025-crises-consolidation-ai
about 23 hours ago
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The New Republic
1 day ago
ICE agents spent Christmas Eve arresting a man in a Walmart parking lot—even taking his groceries for themselves. A bystander asked ICE if she could take down the phone number of his wife to let her know her husband had been detained. The ICE agents refused.
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Can you guarantee that Peter Thiel will leave?
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Jon Cryer
3 days ago
This *month*
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Jimmy Kimmel is the voice this moment requires.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Jimmy Kimmel Delivers Fiery Anti-Trump Alternative Christmas Message on U.K.’s Channel 4
The late night host was invited by the U.K.'s Channel 4 to speak directly to British viewers and make the traditional counterpoint to the monarch’s annual Dec. 25 address.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jimmy-kimmel-alternative-christmas-message-donald-trump-1236458886/
3 days ago
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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
3 days ago
Look, I'm sure that Nolan's adaptation of "The Odyssey" will be fun, but I highly doubt it will be as good as the original.
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Adam Serwer
3 days ago
This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top.
bsky.app/profile/mark...
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Chris Geidner
4 days ago
BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena. The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses. New, at Law Dork:
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Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-federal-judge-in-pittsburgh
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Preparing to sample and no, he didn’t send it to me.
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“Both Ellisons are close to Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, who one associate described as like an uncle figure to David Ellison.”
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Human Output Enthusiast
4 days ago
US citizens are being deported
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Let’s be clear. Concentration camps.
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I didn’t know maximalist was a synonym for vulgarian.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered a third of the wall space with gold.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/23/us/trump-white-house-oval-office-gold-decor.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
4 days ago
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All In with Chris Hayes
5 days ago
According to a newly released email, federal agents were attempting to contact 10 possible Epstein “co-conspirators” the day after his 2019 sex-trafficking arrest.
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New Epstein email reveals feds tried to contact '10 co-conspirators'
YouTube video by MS NOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9694A6gig
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Bill Grueskin
5 days ago
No 60 Minutes segment can be considered complete without this kind of erudite analysis on the issues of our day.
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Sean Casten
5 days ago
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
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Jill Lawrence
5 days ago
"While the administration focuses on pseudo-terrorists, it risks losing focus on the battle against actual no-kidding terrorists."
@maxboot.bsky.social
on all the ways Trump is endangering us with stupid policies unrelated to reality or facts. The stuff of nightmares. Gift link 🎁
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Opinion | Trump is losing sight of America’s real terrorist threat
ISIS and al-Qaeda thrive as Trump recklessly reallocates scarce security resources.
https://wapo.st/4aAy3tL
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Karl Bode
5 days ago
regulatory oversight stifles innovation
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Elon Musk's Starship Explosion Endangered Hundreds of Airline Passengers
FAA documents revealed that three aircraft were in far greater danger than SpaceX let on of its Starship debris field.
https://futurism.com/space/elon-musk-starship-explosion-endangered-airline-passengers
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I semi-agree with
@mattbelloni.bsky.social
’s latest in principle. Sure, Bari had the right as head of CBS News (🙄) to ask for changes. But in this particular case, obviously nothing was wrong with that piece. Let’s not hand her an option to demand make-work changes to slow-roll the piece to death.
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This is very good.
open.substack.com/pub/linttrap...
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8 Things Bari Weiss Unintentionally Accomplished By Interfering with "60 Minutes"
Imagine what would have happened if she just let that piece run as scheduled. It would've been better for her, better for "60 Minutes," better for the American public, and better for Donald Trump.
https://open.substack.com/pub/linttrapofhistory/p/8-things-bari-weiss-unintentionally?r=1mgvv&utm_medium=ios
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Still think Biden was the bad guy?
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Borrowers in Default on Student Loans Could Have Wages Garnished Starting in January
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/23/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Jason Karsh
5 days ago
It’s taken less than a year of Trump being in office for Republicans to embrace being openly racist as policy and as a party.
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Kara Swisher
5 days ago
This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.
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Weird flex.
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Marisa Kabas
5 days ago
A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
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David Noll
5 days ago
It's actually worse. The Supreme Court has held 9-0 -- Clarence Thomas and other executive power fanatics included -- that detainees rendered to another country via the Alien Enemies Act are entitled to a pre-deportation hearing. There is no legal debate whatsoever.
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Ron Filipkowski
5 days ago
I’m sure this will be popular. 5 million people are in default right now. The Dept of Ed estimates as many as 10 million by end of next year because of job market.
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MBS, busy reformer.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Saudi Arabia: Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in 2025
At least 347 people have now been put to death this year, according to the UK-based campaign group Reprieve.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5m49j14pyo
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Deleting earlier post because this sounds legit.
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Gift link
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‘It’s a war’: Inside ICE’s media machine
Thousands of internal ICE messages show how its public affairs team has coordinated with the White House to satisfy Trump administration demands for viral arrest videos
https://wapo.st/4s6YnC5
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Eric Umansky
5 days ago
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
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Is the answer A) No B) Hell, no. C) I can’t believe what I’m seeing and NO D) All of the above
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Kara Swisher
5 days ago
Implausible deniability
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Dave Itzkoff
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Don’t get your hopes up for a clear message on inclusion.
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
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‘We’ve got work to do’: The new CEO aiming at an elevated Target
Michael Fiddelke says a clearer focus and simpler messaging can return the retailer to growth.
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/18/2025/weve-got-work-to-do-how-targets-new-ceo-thinks-it-can-aim-higher
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