I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

Has everyone decided when the Group Watch of "Good Night and Good Luck" is happening?

All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now

@karenho.bsky.social !!

BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.

The Virginia State Police released partial footage of this heroic rescue on I-95 during a snow storm. I filed a public records act request for the full, unedited footage. Here it is! www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required. www.404media.co/flock-expose...

If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism. That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

1/In September, NHTSA opened a defect investigation into Tesla's electrically powered doors. The scope of the "ODI" is here:

It's quite disappointing to see my good Senator from Oregon @wyden.senate.gov still creating content for Elon Musk's platform. It's also quite sad how many ostensibly pro-democracy people (based on likes and shares) are also still there. Is there no better way to communicate with voters?

I have never been a big New Year's vow guy but this I am vowing to spend to support more independent journalists

Alfonsi being the reporter whose story Weiss respectfully killed while refusing to even speak with her

Remarkable work here by @danahull.bsky.social

60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn. www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

The press release from Friday. www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...

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

I have never, once in my career, heard of a news org responding to a decline-to-comment with, “Well, we’ll hold it until you do.” The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.

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

This is what they're not showing us, despite the fact they say it's urgent.

I've never been to Iceland but we have totally adopted this tradition of reading books and drinking hot chocolate on Christmas Eve. jolabokaflod.org/about/foundi...

"The Tesla's doors were locked and would not open."

The Epstein Files: My Observations (Free) jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

Social media & AI platforms are feeding kids harmful content and dangerous advice that can seriously damage their mental health. Check out CCDH’s Parents Guide to learn how to navigate digital spaces safely with your kids ⤵️

DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor. Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0

Today’s NYT story left out Stefanik’s most craven acts — trying to overturn the 2020 election, and then stabbing Liz Cheney in the back. See this excellent CNN 2021 recap, via Daniel Dale www.cnn.com/2021/05/06/p...

I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Wikipedia!

Cool event alert! museumca.org/event/spotli...

Nice @boingboing.net post about the Nerd Reich podcast: “…Connects threads that often get treated as separate stories.” “The takeaway is a billionaire class that promises utopia while building escape routes from the society they're breaking.” boingboing.net/2025/12/19/t...

Gonna stop looking at the Epstein Files in a second because I'm frankly way too skeeved out to keep going but I will say this: the CSAM isn't blacked out nearly enough while the faces of guys in ties are obscured by vanta black rectangles the size of the sun.

Well this is something!! Tesla put out a Safety webpage today that mentions "Safer Aftermath: Safety Doesn't Stop After a Crash." The footnote says: *Certain safety features may not be available in all regions or for all vehicles based on build date. www.tesla.com/safety

1/ Delaware Supreme Court just released its opinion in Tornetta v. Musk. It's a big win for Elon Musk (though not for Tesla shareholders). The opinion is "per curiam" (by the Court, rather than signed by any particular justice). courts.delaware.gov/Opinions/Dow...

AI is welcome to try to take my job. You think a glorified chatbot is going to rewrite the same sentence 34 times? Exactly. Amateurs.

We may have a new winner

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.

So the Brown University shooter is not only still on the loose but potentially killed again

Same with school lunches!

absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos

FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years. It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.

def Sergey bsky.app/profile/snmr...

Is this David Brooks? Who the other two?

If you read nothing else today... just make sure you have some time to grieve

Incredible reporting. This is a must watch for anyone who cares about safety, accountability, EVs, or design. Horribly sad.

Full court press against trans people.

#AGU25 folks, there is a rapid- response town hall TODAY on the #NCAR dismantling at 1 pm, La Nouvelle Orleans ballroom C (per an AGU media advisory)

When three college students died in a Tesla Cybertruck, it kicked off an investigative effort. Now we've made a short documentary, which includes all kinds of footage I got via public records requests. I hope you watch it. www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

NEW: House Democrats' discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies just reached 218 signatures — the threshold needed to force that vote — following the signatures of Mike Lawler, Rob Bresnahan, Ryan Mackenzie, and Brian Fitzpatrick.

Brown University released a statement about a Palestinian student that's being smeared online as the shooting suspect. Not going to share his post because it includes the student's personal info but one of those spreading this harmful rumor was the spokesperson for Turning Point USA, Andrew Kolvet.