Bari Weiss wants to take down βtoo much powerβ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
Bari Weiss' first weeks at CBS News marked by all-out warfare against professional ethics standards in the newsroom, part of an effort to convert it from journalism into rank political propaganda.
11.11.2025 14:20 β π 351 π 91 π¬ 10 π 22
What happened to Jane, a baby?
A victimβs testimony raises questions about what Donald Trump knew about Jeffrey Epsteinβs abuse of minors, and when
NEW: I examined what we know about one of the most disturbing Epstein allegations involving Donald Trump, from a victim's forgotten testimony in 2021.
"Jane Doe" said under oath that Epstein brought her at 14 years old to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump. /
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/what-happe...
11.11.2025 18:02 β π 83 π 41 π¬ 4 π 2
He campaigned on cutting the cost of living, but he has governed to raise it: regressive tariffs, immigration, fiddling with the Fed, cutting renewable energy, and firing the person whose job was to measure all of this.
11.11.2025 17:46 β π 679 π 273 π¬ 25 π 8
Breaking: Judge Gibson rejects the Legislatureβs congressional boundaries. Chooses the plaintiffs Map 1. A solid northern SLCO district that strongly favors a Democrat.
11.11.2025 06:50 β π 123 π 24 π¬ 5 π 17
Fantastic!
11.11.2025 07:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Solarβs price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
10.11.2025 08:10 β π 7922 π 2212 π¬ 149 π 123
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
11.11.2025 04:17 β π 1284 π 501 π¬ 19 π 13
Former House speaker / Trump adviser newt Gingrich, saying on the record what weβd heard so much on background from those others:
βLook at the rage on the left. It doesnβt sound like a victory party to me. All you have to do is look at the reaction on the left to figure out who won this shutdownβ¦β
11.11.2025 03:38 β π 726 π 159 π¬ 29 π 6
Trump pardons the husband of a Republican congressional ally
Trump has legalized crime if youβre a prominent Republican or married to one.
11.11.2025 03:43 β π 303 π 124 π¬ 11 π 9
The hero of the working class.
11.11.2025 00:31 β π 1102 π 196 π¬ 38 π 4
Sheesh
zeteo.com/p/senate-dem...
11.11.2025 01:23 β π 4442 π 1469 π¬ 191 π 291
they have never *not* betrayed everyone. using the word "if" here reveals just how either a) naive and unsuitable for office you are or b) complicit (and unsuitable for office) you are.
11.11.2025 03:09 β π 194 π 23 π¬ 3 π 0
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
11.11.2025 02:12 β π 4736 π 1203 π¬ 517 π 127
We are angry, Sheldon. We feel betrayed by 8 Senate Democrats.
11.11.2025 02:12 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Some lawmakers and progressive groups blame minority leader after eight senators defect
βDespite his no vote, the entire political world knows this is a direct result of @schumer.senate.govβs leadership β¦ He either blessed this surrender, or was incapable of leading his caucus to hold the line.β www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
11.11.2025 00:57 β π 736 π 198 π¬ 17 π 16
Because this is a brand-destroying action by Senate Dems.
11.11.2025 01:26 β π 5255 π 863 π¬ 129 π 17
The hemp farmers forgot to give Trump a piece of the action. Cut him in for 20% and this all goes away.
11.11.2025 01:35 β π 1841 π 493 π¬ 108 π 27
Please resign.
10.11.2025 06:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BREAKING:
Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more β per pardon attorney Ed Martin.
10.11.2025 05:20 β π 1599 π 815 π¬ 225 π 133
First page of pardons
Second page of pardons
Trump just celebrated Schumer's cave by pardoning 75+ co-conspirators including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
10.11.2025 05:03 β π 2764 π 1070 π¬ 82 π 115
Failure. Resign.
10.11.2025 04:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Senator Schumer has failed to lead this party in one of its most critical moments, and Americans will pay the price. Itβs time for him to step down from leadership and make way for a new generation willing to fight for the people instead of the powerful.
10.11.2025 02:59 β π 2386 π 486 π¬ 30 π 26
This is a bad deal, and the old way of doing things is clearly not working.
We need new leaders in the Senate.
10.11.2025 03:10 β π 17624 π 4897 π¬ 629 π 302
Tell that to the Georgia Democrats and the New Jersey Democrats and the Virginia Democrats and the California Democrats who powered landslide victories this past Tuesday
10.11.2025 02:47 β π 260 π 49 π¬ 3 π 1
Exactly. Why are the 8 dunderheads so dense?
10.11.2025 02:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"Led by King/Shaheen/Ha ssan"
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
10.11.2025 02:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Itβs crazy that a Democratic senator who represents Illinois could see everything this administration is doing in Chicago and its suburbs and vote to reopen the government. Like these should be the Senators demanding so much more than everyone else to reopen the government.
10.11.2025 02:04 β π 436 π 57 π¬ 13 π 3
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
10.11.2025 00:36 β π 25918 π 6446 π¬ 252 π 211
You can direct your ire here
10.11.2025 02:04 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Senate Democrats shouldnβt cave β when health care for hard working Iowa families on the line, you fight. This is a bad deal.
10.11.2025 01:56 β π 198 π 33 π¬ 2 π 3
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