“An unidentified prosecutor in New York wrote that flight records showed Trump had flown on Epstein's private jet eight times during the 1990s, which was more than investigators then were aware of.” Via Reuters

DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar: "Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."

This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?

Peaceful and blessed Christmas for American journalists.

CBS furiously trying to take down the 60 Minutes segment about human rights abuses at the El Salvadoran prison that Bari Weiss spiked

A withering thread about the folly of Trump’s self-named “battleship” push.

EXCLUSIVE: Four House Republicans, including Colorado Rep. Jeff Hurd, joined Democrats to challenge the Trump administration’s dismantling of the nation’s leading weather and climate research institution.

Economy’s so good you get paid to take medicine, by this math.

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

The thing that’s been eating me since watching Spinal Tap II: the guitars. They shifted to Epiphones, PRSs, Schecter and Music Man. Gone are guitars so elite you’re not even allowed to look at them.

Good thread on the Weiss debacle.

Told you so.

💰Trump’s wealth increased by about $2.5B since his reelection, to $6.9B 💰 Eric’s increased 10x, to $400M. 💰 Don Jr.’s 6x, to $300M. 💰 Barron, a college sophomore, is worth $150M.

ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.

bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public

“Trump has converted a constitutional safeguard of mercy & amnesty into a tawdry instrument of corruption & grift, draining it of moral gravity & any veneer of public integrity.” Kim Wehle explains the unprecedented ways Trump has abused the presidential pardon power. 🔗 zeteo.com/p/trump-pard...

This is a big deal in the conservative legal world: John Malcom and the Ed Meese center are leaving the Heritage Foundation, 15 staff departing in all. (Hard to translate this for a BlueSky audience, but it's a pretty significant move in the conservative legal world.) www.wsj.com/politics/ele...

The 60 Minutes piece on the Trump Administration’s torture prison that Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see has leaked.

“.. her lengthening series of missteps cast fog around Paramount management’s ability to run media properties with any degree of success.” @bristei.bsky.social $PSKY variety.com/2025/tv/news...

"energy independence"

Trump is now trying to name while classes of Navy ships after himself: “Trump has for years advocated for revamping America’s fleet of warships, which he has said are ‘terrible-looking.’” Via WSJ

Bari Weiss does not seem to have a good understanding of what's been going on with the Alien Enemies Act, including that courts -- including SCOTUS -- have repeatedly faulted the administration for failing to give detainees a meaningful opportunity to challenge being sent to El Salvador.

There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.

Analysis: Trump’s Marijuana Moves Unlikely to Immediately Impact Gun Owners [Member Exclusive]

Earlier this month, after Trump blasted "60 Minutes" for interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene, correspondents noticed a change behind the scenes. "Bari Weiss got personally involved," specifically with stories about politics, a source at the program says.

American food safety could be headed for a breakdown www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...

BREAKING: The Trump administration is using "national security concerns" to halt all offshore wind construction. Here's @jael.bsky.social with what's going on — and what happened last time they tried this argument: heatmap.news/sparks/trump...

100%. The amount of time spent checking the output is time that could have been spent rooting the facts out the traditional way.

"What is happening to CBS is a terrible embarrassment and if executives think they can build shareholder value by avoiding journalism that might offend the Mad King they are about to learn a tough lesson. This is still America and we don’t enjoy bullshit like this." - Sen. Brian Schatz #CBS $PSKY

Is DHS going to pay for the door that they exploded off the house of a guy who turned himself in and was immediately released? www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Agree. Sharyn Alfonsi is standing up. People need to stand up with her and for her.

If I didn’t run a story because of a no comment or ignored request, I’d have have published a lot fewer stories. Weiss’ standard is absurd.

Please: Bring back cheap simple cars.

Fun conversation with the guy in the hardware store about tariffs as I bought the most expensive nails I’ve ever seen.

Good detail from NPR: “Weiss told colleagues this weekend the piece — planned for Sunday night’s show — could not run without an on-the-record comment from a Trump administration official.” And if that’s the standard, the White House can kill anything with a no comment. apple.news/AjJ2qFtJTTLO...

On a call just now, Bari Weiss tells staff she held the CECOT story because it wasn’t ready & to advance a months-old story, they need "the principals" on record. Yesterday, CBS reporter Sharyn Alfonsi warned if they can only do stories when government responds, it “gains control” over 60 Minutes.

China ramping up nuclear missile forces, no desire to talk arms control. Via Reuters

I went to AmericaFest. It was strange and sad and unsettling. www.ms.now/news/america...

This is the moment when having credibility matters.

Do predictions markets have a contracts on whether Miran will speak on like Christmas Day or New Years eve?

when they say "take the country back," they're not talking about winning elections

Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump Justice Department: “These mistakes are causing department attorneys to lose credibility with federal courts, with some judges quashing subpoenas, threatening criminal contempt and issuing opinions that raise questions about their conduct.”

"free speech warriors"

Here’s a gift link to this stunner Washpost story, quoting the 60 Minutes correspondent on the CECOT story, who accuses Bari Weiss of spiking the piece all because the Trump Administration wouldn’t comment. “Government silence is a statement, not a VETO.” wapo.st/3YL4T3D

“The Free Press” www.wsj.com/business/med...

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

And there it is...

Rapper and singer-songwriter Nicki Minaj described U.S. Vice President JD Vance as an "assassin" during an appearance with Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated by a gunman in September.

Worst case scenario playing out at CBS?