Bill Grueskin

Last time I went, it took around 2.5 hours, much of it waiting for stopped traffic to clear. At the end, the cab driver told me that it "wasn't bad at all"

This isn't a middle school essay?

Bari Weiss Takes Her Grift Mainstream Journalism's biggest fraud takes the reins at CBS

I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.

Submitting it now, in the Public Service category.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

If you've ever driven from the Sao Paolo airport to downtown, you'll know why you need that bottle of wine.

Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

A former OMB official said the change could mean "750,000 fewer people would receive benefits in the next decade... and 80,000 fewer widows and children would receive benefits due to loss in eligibility of a spouse or parent"

A Meryl Kornfield/Lisa Rein scoop

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Slow news day for South Florida.

In the 1998 romcom "Sliding Doors," Gwyneth Paltrow plays a woman who either catches a subway train or just misses it, and each option has a greatly different outcome. The Ukraine-Russia War can feel a bit like that, but with North Korean conscripts substituting for Ms. Paltrow.

In the 1993 film “Groundhog Day,” a cynical man is doomed to wake up every morning in the same town to relive the same day’s events. The Middle East can feel a bit like that, only bloodier and more tragic.

If I ever write a lede like this, you have my permission to take my computer, attach it to a 500-lb block of concrete, and toss it into the deepest reaches of the Pacific Ocean.

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Perhaps your fine paper could go with either Page One (WSJ's term) or 1A (Miami Herald's)

Along with the horrific nature of his detention, this is a colossal waste of money:

“Two to four uniformed guards have been continuously stationed in Petitioner's hospital room, monitoring him at all times .. while he sleeps, eats, uses the bathroom.”

Right up there with “alright”

In sum, the President is certainly entitled "a great level of deference," Newsom II, 141 F.4th at 1048, in his determination that he "is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States." 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3). But "a great level of deference" is not equivalent to ignoring the facts on the ground. As the Ninth Circuit articulated, courts must "review the President's determination to ensure that it reflects a colorable assessment of the facts and law PAGE 22 - OPINION AND ORDER Case 3:25-cv-01756-IM Document 56 Filed 10/04/25 Page 23 of 31 within a 'range of honest judgment.'" Id. at 1051 (quoting Sterling, 278 U.S. at 399). Here, this Court concludes that the President did not have a "colorable basis" to invoke § 12406(3) to federalize the National Guard because the situation on the ground belied an inability of federal law enforcement officers to execute federal law. Id. at 1051-52. The President's determination was simply untethered to the facts. c. Whether there is a Rebellion or Danger of Rebellion Defendants also aroue that the Sentember 28 2025 federalization order is authorized

If a federal judge, appointed by Trump, can call him “simply untethered to facts,” our White House press corps can as well.

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I’ve tried this in the past, and the radio is usually a few seconds off from the TV.

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Chicago: The feds gassed the cops.

I’d pay a surcharge to MLB if we could hear local broadcasters anchor these televised playoff games.

This is some painful announcing.

FOREVER DARLAND Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.... Follow back ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. "I was screaming that there was a baby," cried the mother. "But they didn't care," and covered the baby with their bodies, tearing that the glass would hurt him.

Post 6 The Oregonian O Follow @oregonian.com Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don't appear to present clear physical threats.

Back to back posts in the TL today

Just buy a candy bar or a bag of chips, and they'll let you use it.

Read in app Opinion Kathleen Parker Calm down. Roe v. Wade isn't going anywhere. July 3, 2018 More than 7 years ago

Add this one to the queue

Aka “The Kathleen Parker Story”

The excuses by the administration ("shows they're working around the clock") for this security breach are beyond compare.

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FBI agent relieved of duty over refusing Comey perp walk, four people familiar say An FBI agent was relieved of duty for declining to arrange a "perp walk" of the bureau's former director, James Comey, in front of news media cameras after Comey was federally charged last month, four people briefed on the matter said on Friday.

No excuse is too petty

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The Washington Jost Democracy Dies in Darkness& Supreme Court will let Trump end protected status for Venezuelans for now A federal judge had ruled on Sept. 5 that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem broke the law by revoking the temporary protected status of Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants. Today at 5:16 p.m. EDT 67 З min| %. Summary 口217

“Supreme Court will let Trump _______ _____ _____ _____ for now”

(Mad Libs, 2025 Edition)

This has likely been Ellison's plan all along, to force the actual reporters at CBS News to leave, so they can be replaced by whatever brigade of opinion-writers and finger-waggers his new editor-in-chief can entice to join

Treasury Department considers minting a $1 Trump coin The draft design of the coin, which was overseen by the Office of the U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, features Trump’s profile on one side of the coin.

Viktor Orbán is like, 'Whoa, now that's a bit much'

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DOJ leadership "is more concerned with punishing the President's perceived enemies than they are with protecting our national security."

-- 20-year prosecutor Michael Ben’Ary, in a note taped to his door. He was fired after a pro-Trump activist posted a nasty tweet

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Some judicial trivia: This is U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, who worked for Ken Starr and was the chief questioner of Monica Lewinsky in 1998.

Trump referenced a weekend conversation with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, and he alluded to being told by Kotek that the reality in Portland is different from what’s being portrayed to him. “I spoke to the governor, she was very nice,” Trump said. “But I said, ‘Well wait a minute, am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening? My people tell me different.’ They are literally attacking and there are fires all over the place…it looks like terrible.”

Trump told NBC on Sunday that he saw some Portland riot footage on Fox and thought it reflected current events.

It didn't. It was 5 years old, from the George Floyd aftermath.

And we learned that due to the diligence of a local TV reporter, who got the transcript.

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Although the Unity Conference is a collaborative event across the institution, the conference is funded and coordinated through SAS. That distinction in funding and coordination matters under HB 261 because SAS staff and other non- faculty employees fall outside the academic freedom protections specifically carved out in the law. As such, SAS programming must comply with the specific requirements outlined in HB 261. That means: Programming cannot include what the law defines as a prohibited discriminatory practice. Examples include claiming that sociopolitical structures are inherently power struggles between groups, or suggesting that individuals are inherently privileged, oppressed, racist, sexist, or victims based on personal identity characteristics. Presentations should not describe legislation or policies in ways that take a side, such as labeling them “harmful” or attributing them to a partisan “strategy.” Even if the intent is to provide context, that language is difficult to reconcile with HB 261 when used in non-academic programming. In academic settings tied to curriculum, faculty research, or scholarly symposia, these kinds of discussions are allowed. However, the Unity Conference is not an academic conference, and while that exemption exists, programming outside of that is not. As I understand, there are sessions that may violate the above or the code itself; if those conversations involve academic research, they can still occur that day, just separate from the conference. We can keep the same locations and times. In future years, we will consider whether the overall conference should be housed as an Academic Affairs-sponsored event if a decision is made to make this an academic conference. I also want to acknowledge a misstep in earlier communication. In a communication sent yesterday, it was implied that the issue was only the use of words like “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” While those terms are prohibited in programming under HB 261, the broade…

Read this letter from a university VP citing bans on programs that reference such topics as how "sociopolitical structures are inherently power struggles between groups."

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