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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

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

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

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DC 🦋 @dcisinthehouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

If the shoe fits....

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Per Wiki. Jack Palance, at a 2004 Russian film festival: “I think that Russian film is interesting, but I have nothing to do with Russia or Russian film. My parents were born in Ukraine: I'm Ukrainian. I'm not Russian. So, excuse me, but I don't belong here. It's best if we leave."

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I do NOT believe JD Vance can command the cult, SCOTUS or Congress the way His Magasty can, no matter who is behind him. I think only Pumpkin Tits has that magic evil. So godspeed blood clots or Epstein or any combination thereof.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 30/06/2025

🚨The GOP provision to DEFUND Planned Parenthood is staying in the Big Ugly bill. Clinics will shutter. Women will lose access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic care. I will be forcing a vote to try to strip it out. Fight like hell. We need to kill this bill.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

If you’re reading this, push your tongue to the roof of your mouth to unclench your jaw… This is going to be a long fight.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/06/2025

By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A barrier of both language *and* generation: My 20ish Uber driver and I were talking books. I asked if he knew who Cher was (I just finished her memoir). He said yes. I said, gee, her mom was married seven times! He thought I was talking about Ed Sheeran, LOL.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

July, 2024: "I don't care how, but you have to get out and vote and again," he added. "Christians, get out and VOTE JUST THIS TIME. You won't have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what? IT WILL BE FIXED. IT WILL BE FINE. YOU WON'T HAVE TO VOTE ANYMORE, MY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIANS."

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Megan Sass @megan-sass.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Feeding my nieces in 2025 like “Open up for the airplane! Heeeeere it comes! Oh, whoops - your broccoli has arrived at Newark - please wait 75 minutes while the nuggies and tatos are taxi-ing.”

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Sandi Bachom 📹🎥🎬 @sandibachom.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🙏🙏🙏 I know it’s a really tough time for everybody, but if you have ever considered donating in support of my independent journalism, now would be a welcome time. See profile for ways. Kind words of encouragement also accepted with equal gratitude. 📹🎥🎬

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DOCUMENTARY TRAILER 'True Believers At The Insurrection' 1/6/21

YouTube video by Sandi Bachom

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Queen’sT @queenst.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Venus in Aries. The love & beauty of freedom, & the harmonious boldness & courage an of individual’s freedom.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

A drone view of detainees forming the letters SOS with their bodies in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility, where Venezuelans at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling are held, in Anson, Texas, U.S. April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 30/04/2025

Bird photography tips, an oldie that is hopefully useful for spring migration right now.

A comic called Bird Photography tips. A good bird photo shows a cape may warbler perched on a branch, with excellent lighting, subject in focus, and field marks clearly visible. A great bird photo shows the warbler in mid hop, labeled with peerless athleticism, levitation??, powerful. An excellent bird photo shows a little round warbler facing the camera, labeled borb, round, and a good bird. An exceptional bird photo shows the bird zooming forward mid flight, labeled nyooooom.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

One of my three has digestive rumblings at bedtime and gets a “chew chew chew” simethicone tablet. But now all three jump at the sound of the rattling container, ears up, eyes shining, eagerly awaiting their “treat.”

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Is it “telling,” “shocking,” or “appalling” that the Shapiro arson doesn’t appear in Trending Topics?

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The otter keeper gave this baby otter a sock to keep warm. She later turned it into a onesie with holes for the hands, feet, and tail

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Never has there been a better ad juxtaposition than what just came across my FB feed:

A video still featuring JD Vance immediately followed by an ad for Joybird sofas.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.

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Eike Exner @eikeexner.com · 24/03/2025

He Hath Risen *somber music transitions into sick electric guitar solo* LIKE THE SWEET MOUTHWATERING DOUGH OF DOMINO'S PIZZA

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Shades of Jamestown’s “Scary Lucy,” lol

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Gird your loins, Johnson&Johnson. The DOGEPatrol will be on your tail. As Emily Litella might say, “What’s all this fuss I keep hearing about antibodies for bisexuals?

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Cybertruck is not a real truck

A tweet by Elon Musk stating Canada is not a real country

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

You frogs have spent 30 years burbling around in the FOX News hate…er, uh HOT spring, enjoying your spa time. Well get ready….

AI generated image of relaxed frogs in a spring, gazing into the distance as storm clouds gather and a lightning bolt strikes.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Love that Muskow body language, don’t you @drjackbrown.bsky.social ?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/03/2025

If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war. The Russians would not have been able to continue to fight for much longer. They were making almost no progress, taking huge casualties.

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

“Holy Billionaire Tentacles, Batman!”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Every time a career lawyer is pushed out, you can assume they were told to do something illegal.

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President Barbie @presidentbarbie.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Army deleted my “Why I served” video where I talked about how I decided I wanted to attend West Point/join the Army after one of the cadets my family used to sponsor died in combat. Probably deleted because she was the first black woman to be CSM at West Point.

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LatigoLiz @latigoliz.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

“One of Many” My father passed away in 2020. He left behind many unfinished projects. This 1962 Bel Air Wagon is one of them. Photo Location: Enumclaw, King County, Washington, USA 52frames.com/photographer... #52Frames #UnfinishedProject #1962ChevroletBelAirWagon #Cars

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MoniqueFerrari @monique-ferrari.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Meanwhile In WA State…

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Hootspa @consolidatedfuzz.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Sign of the times humble brag, I guess: friends are up for academy awards tonight (executive producers of two nominated documentaries), and I—a film lover—am not even watching the broadcast. Depression? Age? Oscars were a fun social thing my whole life. Now? I dunno….So proud of them, tho!

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