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CBS News may soon have no standards—literally Bari Weiss, the contrarian Substacker turned editor-in-chief of CBS News, appears ready to hollow out or eliminate the outlet’s standards and practices team, claiming that they have “too much ...

Bari Weiss booked her own sister to promote her own publication on CBS, then decided standards were the problem. Nepotism speedrun complete.

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Funny way to say "I will complain for the rest of my life."

The US Senate went from being the site of the greatest climate victory ever to the hothouse of every horrible act to enable Donald Trump. I cannot imagine a good outcome from any direction they're headed.

Only question is when the recokening is coming and if this crew can even handle one.

An unwrapped tamale.

Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.

Convincing you to read my novel with the first paragraph. Share yours if you want.

(This is the opening of THE WRONG SWORD.)

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What we're up against.

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Sarah Kendzior • 4m I've been suspended from BlueSky. I don't know why. I wasn't online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explanation. It seems there's a crackdown. If you enjoy my work and want to make sure you can access it, subscribe! It's free - I would never paywall in times of peril — and voluntary paying subscribers keep it going. It would be great to have your support at this time. Thanks!

In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders. After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...

After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.

We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.

If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇

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More than 15 Senate Democrats join GOP to advance nationwide ban on hemp products, including CBD gummies,

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair and says " you 're out tom " Alt: Michael Corleone tells Tom Hagen that he is out of the famiglia in "The Godfather."

Hey, remember "The Godfather"?
Remember Tom Hagen?
Chuck Schumer is not a wartime consigliere.

Yeah, me too.

If you’ve got a Senate Democrat who is not calling for new leadership, they’re part of the problem.

We should no longer trust Senate Dems who decline to come out against the leadership that led us here. Until proven otherwise, we should assume they were in on the game to fool their own supporters.

This is the thing that Schumer caved to.

"Losing" is Schumer's brand.

"If" they betray? Of course they will.
And since you already folded once, how will you hold them accountable then?

Yeah, this.

Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus

few books i recommend as much as @rickperlstein.bsky.social's "Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus"

want a guidebook for taking over the dems? its in there.

One thing people of color and Jewish people have in common … those who hate us. And we won’t answer hate with hate, but we won’t tolerate those who try to dress it’s filth up and cal it clean and sweet-smelling!

I think some are maybe forgetting just how awful Greene has been. she did false flag stuff with school shootings; she made threats of violence against Ds; rabid Islamophobia and antisemitism; she's said and done really bad stuff!

My happy thought for the week:
I may not be much, but at least I'm not Chuck Schumer.

Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.

1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.

Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.

“We kept @schumer.senate.gov informed throughout”

Translation: Schumer quarterbacked it and made sure only Dems not up for re-election voted to cave

Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.

Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.

Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.

Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.

Hey, @dscc.bsky.social -
I won't donate to you unless Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin are removed from leadership.

Not retired...removed.
Ciao.

Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now.

If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine

Call every Democratic Senator's office and every fund-raising organization and pledge you won’t give so much as another cent to any incumbent Senate Democrat, or to any Democratic Senate fund, until Schumer & Durbin are removed from leadership and replaced by Warren and Hirono.

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Brad Lander for Senate in 2028.

We can get rid of Chuck Schumer in 2028.
I can't wait.