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‘Let’s do the f***ing news’: Bari Weiss causes ‘eye rolls’ with CBS News rallying cry EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers told The Independent that Bari Weiss’ ‘cringey’ comments on the editorial call literally caused eyes to roll.

NEW from me:

CBS News staffers literally rolled their eyes after new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss delivered a "cringey" rallying cry during today's editorial call, exclaiming: "Let's do the fucking news!"

"She's cosplaying as a broadcast journalist," one said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine | Raja Shehadeh Donald Trump’s proposals are in play, but here in the West Bank we live in fear that the devastation of Gaza is coming our way, says writer and lawyer Raja Shehadeh

This war of revenge has lasted two nightmare years. There’s only one hope for peace: Israel recognising Palestine | Raja Shehadeh

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Thanks to @sethcotlar.bsky.social for drawing attention to their post on FB

Russian media report that drones attacked Nizhny Novgorod and Dzerzhinsk in Russia. Locals heard at least 15 explosions during the night. It was also loud in Nizhny Novgorod. Temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft were introduced at the airport.

Meet the Riot Squad: Rightwing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM In the year following George Floyd’s murder, Fox News and the Trump White House endlessly hyped distorted stories about violence at Black Lives Matter protests.…

yes, I reported on that vimeo.com/935228869

This video is one of the things I’ve seen in the last little while that’s given me most optimism about the future of the United States.

"A clear visual clue that the photograph was not taken in Portland was that the first officer’s shield is marked 'Policia', the Spanish or Portuguese word for police."

As you can see, I had to use cutting edge #OSINT techniques for this one.

Apparently that's the rule. I wasn't aware of it either.

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

i want to remind people that the free press does not publish "journalism" in the way that someone who works in an actual newsroom would understand it

Exclusive | CBS News taps Adam Rubenstein — once ostracized at NY Times for liking Chick-fil-A — as new deputy editor Sources expect Rubenstein will effectively run the Free Press now that Weiss will be busy steering the editorial direction of shows like “60 Minutes,” “Face The Nation” and …

crazy that one of the most storied institutions in american journalism is going to be run by two people with basically no experience to do it

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post photos of fiery Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Oregon Republicans know they can't use an image of the actual (small, tame) protest in Portland to illustrate Trump's fever dream and their fake intel, so they had to make one from stock photos of South American "Policia" leaning on riot shields + what looks like Brazilian football fans with flares

anyway, looking forward to bari weiss restoring “trust in news” where “trust in news” means pumping out propaganda for your oligarch boss

perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.

Trump's war on cities is part of his ugly vision for America The U.S. president is declaring war on cities because they represent a positive, multicultural alternative to MAGA.

American cities, for all their flaws, present an actually existing, multicultural alternative to MAGA's small, hateful and indeed adolescent worldview. And that is why Trump is going to war with them. www.salon.com/2025/10/02/t...

Oregon Republicans know they can't use an image of the actual (small, tame) protest in Portland to illustrate Trump's fever dream and their fake intel, so they had to make one from stock photos of South American "Policia" leaning on riot shields + what looks like Brazilian football fans with flares

Oregon Republican Party * •. X 18m • © President Trump on Sunday deployed 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon after a judge ruled that the Oregon National Guard could not be deployed to keep federal facilities and personnel in Portland safe. "Our intelligence indicates that these people are organized, they're getting more and more people on their team, as far as attacking officers, and they're making plans to ambush them and to kill them. We have specific officers and agents that have bounties that have been put out on their heads. It's about $2,000 to kidnap them, $10,000 to kill them." #stoptheriots #DomesticTerrorists #DomesticTerrorism #ICE #SafeStreets #portlandor #portlandoregon #LockThemUp GRECOD POLICI POLIP PO POL President Trump deploys 300 California National Guard troops to Portland. 126 13 comments 10 shares

“Oregon Republicans cheer the arrival of armed troops from California” is not a headline anyone before 2024 would have ever thought imaginable.

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Sending troops from Texas to forcefully occupy and suppress cities in Illinois and Oregon IN OPPOSITION TO THOSE STATES' GOVERNORS is literally a civil war and it's cooking my brain that Democrats are simply pretending it isn't happening

a reminder that Joey Gibson is tight with Joe Kent who is the Director for the National Counterterrorism Center. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kent

I have never seen this level of professional instigation at protests here in Portland before. I've read about it before going back to cointel but never witnessed it first hand.

I mean, even the right wing activist who's at protests creating MAGA content was like "yeah, actually, that guy was bad news." These Portland right wingers have good ties with the local police, so now they're like "oopsie, don't want the feds coming after our friends." bsky.app/profile/uzza...

One thing that's happening in Portland that Fox News won't tell you is that aggressive, drunk, right wingers have shown up at the ICE facility trying to start fights and the protesters there have not taken the bait. Therefore the story has become "look how Antifa-friendly the Portland police are!"

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

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For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

I’ve been sort of idly keeping track of all the points in the Declaration of Independence’s bill of particulars that arguably apply to the Trump Admin. This is the first four-in-a-row I’ve hit. www.archives.gov/founding-doc...

Federal tactics on protesters escalate, hours after judge rules against Trump Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on prote...

Hours after a federal judge paused the Trump administration’s plans to deploy 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to Portland, federal law enforcement officers escalated the tactics used on protesters in the city.

Troy and I were on the ground:

Veterans gather outside Portland city hall

Veterans gather outside Portland city hall

A hundred plus people, and growing, are gathered at Portland City Hall for the “Duty to Disobey” demonstration. The call is for US military veterans to honor their oath and stand against Trump’s deployment of the military on U.S. soil (and against foreign wars).