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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:

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Would love to snatch up an icon comm if possible! :3

Reffurence IT Staff photoshoot taken by Replic. A bunch of nerds (and a couple of fursuiters) with some funny inflatables in front of a backdrop of soft fabric and pillows.

I got sick as fuck at Reffurence and I'm still recovering from it so not a lot of stories and media from my adventures but I had a good time :D it's been great to work on SysInt with these folks running up to the con and was fantastic to see everyone there <3

Illustration showing an orange Dodge Charger jumping off a bump on a dirt road and over a creek. Astor's character is leaning out of the car and looking forward excitedly.

Catching some air in a 1969 Charger! Pic for Astor. ( @astortw.bsky.social )

#art #furryart #leggy2fast

my goat about to do a korean backdash he's got this he knows judo

Astor, a red and white furry canine, stands wearing a cowboy hat and loading a revolver, looking playfully smug at his cat friend Midnight. Mid is in a judogi (judo uniform) with black belt, standing in an inviting defensive pose, ready for Astor to attack, saying "C'mon!! I can take it!!" and looking slightly crazy.

not sure who would win this one tbh

HIS ASS IS NOT DJing @codemanbirdy.bsky.social
WHERE DJ

Dancing my tail off at #furgroove summer edition last night with @renziwolf.bsky.social & @roshantiger.bsky.social

Happy #furality everybody! Intense charity auction, glad I could end the night winning the Furality Vinyl!

I worked on this, very proud of all the hard work me and my team put in to get this off the ground. And thanks to Aqua for the balls required to allow deployment one day before ticket sale. I actually think it went great, there were only a few very small issues to resolve. On to the next adventure!

God forbid someone hacks my toothbrush and... turns it.. on, or something? That'd be terrible!

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🎉 WHOO!

We all know we like to party during Reffurence, but what's a party without DJ's?!
So DJ applications are OPEN!

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Deadline 1st of July 23:59 CEST.

🪩🎶 If you know a DJ that could perform at a dance, please inform them! ❤️
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#movingpictures , let the man talk his talk #donkeysareawesome

Same happened to me I think it's Discord fucking up their Linux build again as usual. They finally fixed native screensharing with sound a few weeks ago and now this of course. 😮‍💨

I've seen deactivated useless empty profiles hogging cool names for years, but idk if daddy Musk cleans them nowadays, or whenever he needs one I guess.

Just deactivate and private the account and just stay away from logging in?

Amazing week in the Netherlands that also served as my first week with a #fursuit!

Zegt de subtext op de foto dat niet al? 🤔

I am my company's only exposure to alernative operating systems and practises. Luckily for them, I am also the sysadmin.

Very, VERY rare to witness men—especially wealthy white men—talk so openly about grief and suffering. Have long appreciated this moving aspect of who @stephencolbert.bsky.social is. 🖤🖤

Me spinning tunes at Midblep's housewarming party

Awesome time here in the Netherlands, looking forward to coming back for Reffurence this year! Thank you for having me @midblep.bsky.social 😄

📷 @renziwolf.bsky.social

Birdy @ Block Party 01/03/2025 It's been a little slow for me this year. Been dealing with some things. Been a rough start. But with an IRL open decks out of the way I'm getting my energy back. I'm coming back better than ever befo...

Played at Block Party last night, here's a new UKG set from me!

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Wanna see me do a trick? Watch this!

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#fursuitfriday

Happy Valentines day to my favorite boy in the world @midblep.bsky.social

Probably sounds cheesy, but don't let anyone take you down! It's so easy to criticise online, especially when don't know the individual. The work you've done helped thousands find friends and I am so grateful to volunteer for a place that helps make people's days brighter, something you've enabled!

Secondly, finding that many of the cities in Italy were very badly governed, both by tyrannies and by oligarchies, he undertook to welcome and attract to himself the fugitives from these cities, who were very numerous, paying no regard either to their calamities or to their fortunes, provided only they were free men. His purpose was to increase the power of the Romans and to lessen that of their neighbours; but he invented a specious pretext tor his course, making it appear that he was showing honour to a god. For he consecrated the place between the Capitol and the citadel which is now called in the language of the Romans “the space between the two groves,”1—a term that was really descriptive at that time of the actual conditions, as the place was shaded by thick woods on both sides where it joined the hills,—and made it an asylum for suppliants. And building a temple there,—but to what god or divinity he dedicated it I cannot say for certain,—he engaged, under the colour of religion, to protect those who fled to it from suffering any harm at the hands of their enemies; and if they chose to remain with him, he promised them citizenship and a share of the land he should take from the enemy. And people came flocking thither from all parts, fleeing from their calamities at home; nor had they afterwards any thought of removing to any other place, but were held there by daily instances of his sociability and kindness.

One of the founding acts of Rome was to create a space in the most visible and sacred part of the city where refugees from neighboring states could seek asylum, gain citizenship, and receive property, no questions asked; everyone welcomed and benefited from it. Dionysius of Halicarnassus 2.15.3-4: