Rep. Melanie Stansbury (@repstansbury) on Threads Administration Officials in the Epstein Files: Donald J. Trump (President) Melania Trump (1st Lady) Howard Lutnick (Sec. Commerce) John Phelan (Sec. Navy) Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center Appointee) ...

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Today’s selections for our fifth grade library lesson. #blackhistory #civilrights #freedom ❤️

When you eat beef jerky while watching Drag Race and you have a corg.

Damn, Ricky Martin is one of the only celebrities who has actually aged well. Fun to see him perform tonight! Bad Bunny was great!!

That’s not a cat, that’s a unicorn!

the polish figure skating team in the kiss and cry holding a plush pierogi

IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:

THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

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Dear Congress, grow a damned spine and DO SOMETHING!!! At some point we’re all, even you, going down with this ship. You know this! Stop it before it gets even more out of hand than it already is! #Congress #war #lies #oil

I’m perpetually in high school?

Screen grab of conversation between Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene where she asked why he was reticent to release the Epstein files and said, “My friends will get hurt.”

Screen grab of NYT article where Greene says she urged Trump to invite some of Epstein’s victims to the Oval Office and he said they had done nothing to merit the honor.

How are these revelations not front page news on every mainstream media outlet?! Yes, we already “knew” but this is the New York Times reporting proof of a cover up!

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I’ve watched Eve’s Bayou so many times. It’s pretty old at this point, but it’s just so excellent.

Democrats: We have not yet begun to fight!
Voters: Why the hell not? What the fuck are you waiting for?

No.

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

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

Oof, The Family Stone hits way harder this year. 😭

Sign at the Weiners Circle: "F k T mp we can redact too."

Chicago is having none of this administration's BS.

American here and I have zero clue about the significance of said patches. Is it just a symbol of honor or rank? Do they actually have a function? 🤨

Librarian: “Must be nice getting to just read books all day!” I agree—sign me up for *that* job! 😒

Yeeeep yep yep yepyepyepyep, uh huh! Uh huh!

Ugh, the Facebook Friendsgiving commercial is adorable. Why does it have to be for Facebook? 😂😭

Death Cab for Cutie is on the oldies station, please do not touch me or I will crumble to dust

Cue the bigots blaming the whole thing on the student being trans.

If I were to defy a court order, I'd be in jail, not building a ballroom.

Reopen government, swear in Adelita Grivala, release the Epstein Files, restore healthcare subsidies, and fund SNAP.

New York Times Op-Ed one year ago

Or we could… hear me out now… establish universal healthcare and be finished with corrupt insurance companies that bankrupt people forever. Silly me, right?

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

America is currently a giant experiment to see how long we can keep stuffing a year's worth of news and outrage into every single day before everyone's heads explode

I did this 17 years ago! I can’t believe they still do it, and with what appears to be the same turtles (minus one who I assume died) nonetheless. You’re really the best, Chicago!