Some local reports from near Langley AFB reported seeing some possible F-22 Raptors taking off, still lots of activity for normal military ops which usually stand down for Christmas.

Torrent of the 60 Minutes CECOT video: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:bdb41e4843cd979d13d9ca85428b1464691ca088&dn=60%20Minutes%20CECOT.MP4&tr=udp%3a%2f%2fopentracker.io%3a6969%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce

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-...

They will call it the Minnow class.

This is not hard to understand

“revolt”, “political” or revolt, political I think a red line has been crossed.

In an internal email, 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said new editor in chief Bari Weiss had “spiked” the story and said the government was using silence to “VETO” stories.

lol what? Umm isn’t that what “area of study” means? Jeez I’m tired of lazy techbros.

In 2026, fees are going up the zoo, lodge rentals, golf, camping and dog parks. An amendment to keep zoo admission flat failed. open.substack.com/pub/rachbarn...

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

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

Bad science 🧪 “Some experts have suggested the research plan is unethical, because it will withhold vaccines that work from newborns at significant risk of infection. The contract did not undergo a customary ethics review, The Associated Press has learned.” apnews.com/article/hepa...

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

Yesterday we were all waiting in the Epstein line. Today, the entire country has turned into investigators, tracking which files are disappearing. Sixteen gone so far. There’s been a remarkable amount of teamwork, with people working together to identify the missing documents.

Ya think? “Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files”

Für Elise Stefanick’s campaign proved to be more pathétique than eroica. But if you asked her why she dropped out, she’d probably plead the fifth. by Maureen Dowd

The reason we might not be able to vote in future elections is because in 2016 people wouldn’t vote for Hillary because they said she was “too corporate” 🤔🤔🤔

#ROC #EpsteinFiles

@cnbc.com artificial intelligence is having trouble writing.

For the third time in three weeks, China’s Coast Guard entered restricted waters near Kinmen, according to Taiwan’s Coast Guard. The vessels were shadowed throughout the incursion, which lasted approximately two hours.-Taiwan Security Monitor on X

Read @boghuma.bsky.social’s piece on RFK Jr’s HBV vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

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Beef prices are up 16% from last year. Coffee prices are up 19% from last year. Trump doesn’t want you talking about affordability and what his tariffs are doing to our everyday prices. Today’s shiny coins are: -Attack trans kids - Hunger Games (Patriot Games) www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

They should have done a commission to study the issue, including whether they should go FT. The pay which is in the charter is structured to be PT. One can't just declare the job FT without a charter review.

Regarding Fentanyl. Giving it magical properties to make it sound worse than it really is just causes more problems than solving them.

Here’s yet another reminder to vaccinate your kids against diseases that could actually kill them #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

If your SNAP benefits are stolen, you're on your own.

“Instead of focusing on the fact that we made it so you can no longer afford healthcare, you should instead take joy in the fact that trans ppl aren’t allowed healthcare!”

Trump’s meandering primetime address raises new questions about Joe Biden’s press conferences.

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Wonder if he knows something…..

This is beneath the office of the president. No time in history has a sitting president openly insulted former presidents. #deranged #insulting #Obama #biden

“American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.” 🧪

Fixed it for you @usatoday.com

Potentially… apple.news/AtOz-HeBfRWW...

AIRBNB LOBBYING FILES all parts in one thread. Part 1: Airbnb downplayed its footprint in the market. But I used tax receipts to show it accounts for about 1 in 10 room nights. rachbarnhart.substack.com/p/the-airbnb...

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

Rand Paul after classified briefing on Venezuela: “I didn't hear anything in there that really justifies blowing up people clinging to wreckage. I've seen nothing that really makes me think that that's either a legal thing to do or a moral thing to do.

Brilliant. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/o...

Airbnb threatened counties it would stop collecting and remitting taxes on behalf of hosts if Monroe County did a short-term rental registry. Other counties understood Airbnb couldn't walk away. Monroe, well, Monroe had its own reasons for using the threat as an excuse. 1/

Remember when Speaker Johnson said he would always look to the Bible for guidance in his votes and leadership? Which verse guided the decision to price people out of healthcare and towards sickness and death?

This is not what democracy looks like.

An abuser doesn't just hurt you. They re-write reality so it looks like you hurt yourself.

Just one more reason to get vaccinated

The emails show county attorneys had the right idea at first, until Airbnb lobbyists told them to get in line.

They’ve instituted the draft. “In order to correct for the overambitious firings of so many federal technologists, the Trump administration has announced a new initiative called the "Tech Force," and is calling on Silicon Valley to staff it.” appleinsider.com/articles/25/...