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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

How can Sen. Ossoff call someone “a prominent Holocaust denier.” Prominent?

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Trump offers $5000 to every American if the GOP retains the House & Senate. He adds: “America is not for sale.”

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If you have little kids or grandkids, then you think of all the books Dolly Parton sent to children all over the country to make sure they learned to read. In a documentary, she said that her father was the smartest person she ever met, and that he could neither read nor write.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

fool me once.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“Truisms pile up like pistachio shells.” — Dwight Garner’s NYT book reviews are always worth a read.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Inexplicable: “Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who adopted two children born in Haiti, signed Justice Alito’s majority opinion...” — NYT Adam Liptak’s excellent analysis of Supreme Court’s majority opinion discounting Trump’s Haitian slurs.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Until today, I never noticed how green (flag blue) our lake is.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you credulously do a segment about the vote in California in which you don’t say the president is lying, you’re spreading disinformation to your listeners.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

MS NOW says Tom Steyer is from Marin County? Since when?

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

"Bari loves this institution," Bilton told staffers at one point during the highly contentious meeting. "She loves '60 Minutes.'"

"She's murdering '60 Minutes,'" Pelley countered. "She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it—and she's doing exactly that."

This story is based on audio of the meeting obtained by Status. A CBS News spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, but Pelley's stunning series of remarks left staffers on the newsmagazine wondering if he will resign.

In the meeting, Pelley pointed out that Weiss has "no qualifications for her job" and told Bilton "you have slender qualifications for this job." Pelley, the former anchor of "CBS Evening News," noted that the changes Weiss has made to that program "have been catastrophic."

"So why should we expect any of this is going to be any better?" Pelley asked Bilton.

Bilton tried to move the meeting along, but Pelley pressed on, challenging the new executive producer’s references in interviews to “60 Minutes” creator Don Hewitt’s vision for the program as he outlined his plans.

"I have another question," the veteran journalist said. "Did you at any point work with Don Hewitt, telling everybody about what Don Hewitt thought, and what his inspiration was? I worked for Don Hewitt from 1999 to 2004 and Lesley Stahl probably worked with him for 30 years. Just wondering how you have such deep insight?"

Bilton replied that he was simply quoting Hewitt’s own words from past interviews and asked Pelley whether he had any other questions. Pelley said that he did.

"I have many questions," Pelley responded. "What was wrong with Sharyn Alfonsi?"

As Bilton started to say he would "defer," Pelley interrupted: "This is not the crowd to dodge."

Bilton insisted he was not dodging.

"Nobody talked to you about that?" Pelley continued, pressing him on the firing. "They're taking one of your correspondents away and nobody mentioned to you what was wrong with Sharyn?"

Bilton acknowledged that he "had conversations with people."

"And what came out of those conversations?" Pelley asked. "They are private conversations?"

Bilton reiterated that he "did not fire" Alfonsi or Vega. Pelley pointed out that Bilton had nonetheless discussed the matter with others. Charles Forelle, a top Weiss deputy and managing editor of CBS News, interjected, telling Pelley that he was being "rude."

"This is not actually productive," Forelle said. "This is not an interview."

"It's working for me," Pelley replied.

"Anybody came into our house—this is '60 Minutes,'" Pelley added. "I guess you wandered in expecting to read a statement off?"

Pelley then asked Bilton "what was wrong with" Draggan Mihailovich, the executive editor of "60 Minutes" who was fired on Thursday.

Bilton again said that he did not fire Mihailovich. Forelle one more told Pelley that he was being "rude."

Pelley did not let up, however. The veteran newsman told Bilton and Forelle that the way management handled the firings was "cruel." Forelle—yet again—responded by calling Pelley "rude."

"I'm not being rude," Pelley shot back. "I have some pretty—you know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock. Sending Draggan Mihailovich to HR to get fired, because nobody could look him in the eye. Not talking about Tanya's contract. Not talking about Sharyn Alfonsi's contract. Not talking about Cecilia Vega's contract. Just calling them up and telling they were fired. That's rude. This is a conversation. That is rude, and you were part of that."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/05/2026

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A hostile CA gubernatorial debate made worse by the moderators. Becerra had a tough time playing defense. Only Steyer wants to tax billionaires. Katie Porter knows more about being a mom than Sheriff Bianco.

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A Pulitzer for Julie K. Brown. Richly deserved, and overdue!

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Fox & Hegseth listen up: Justice Gorsuch slips this message in — “We’re not a nation founded on anyone religion…”

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Trump never heard the term corner store and he said the word groceries is an old-fashioned word. He’s probably never shopped for food or knows people who do.

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

So the media is a bunch of villainous Jews and Trump is Jesus. I fully expect the NYT to sanewash this antisemitic lunacy. So far, they’re ignoring it.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

"Jesus Christ certainly does not support genocide." -- JD Vance. How did we get here?

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Anderson Cooper just said more about the mishegas from Trump’s post.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Tough times for JD Vance: His negotiations with Iran failed. His intervention in Hungary backfired. And he's completing a book on his conversion to Catholicism. Don't bother asking the Pope for a blurb.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

losing my mind tbqh

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Who will Trump blame for “reposting”?

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Excellent NYT account by Laurel Rosenhall: How people who knew little about Swalwell coalesced around him, and how quickly that support evaporated.

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How California Democrats Got Behind Swalwell — and Quickly Abandoned Him

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

With a majority of voters still undecided, Kash Patel helps Swalwell emerge from the pack…

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F.B.I. Said to Dig Up Old Investigative Files on Democratic Lawmaker

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

“since Mr. Hegseth came to office last year, he has sought to return senior Pentagon leadership to its factory settings of predominantly white and male.”

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Hegseth Criticized for Removing Four Officers From Promotion List

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My sweet, talented friend Jeremy Larner has died. He would like his obit even though he'd find some fault w it. And he'd ask why it appears at the bottom of the page. Here's to Jeremy. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/m...

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Jeremy Larner, 88, Dies; Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Worth Watching: Even from a Republican who's not running again, this is an incredible critique of Noem, her leadership and her dead dog. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jijg...

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ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL: Thom Tillis Tells Kristi Noem To Her Face Why He Is Calling For Her Resignation

YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Trump appears determined to bring democracy to Iran, Cuba & maybe Venezuela. Wish he felt that way about democracy in the U.S.

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Live Updates: Trump Says Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Dead

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Trump cares more about winning a fight than having the best AI: "Grok is considered by current and former government officials to be an inferior product."

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Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

At last, a Silicon Valley leader fails to genuflect. Dario Amodei of Anthropic stands up to the Pentagon.

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Anthropic Says It Cannot ‘Accede’ to Pentagon in Talks Over A.I.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Taj Mahal’s voice. By Zack Ruskin, in SF Chronicle.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“Madonna, I’ve wanted to meet you for so long,’” he said. “Well now you did,” she said & walked away…

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Billy Steinberg, Hitmaking Lyricist of Madonna’s ‘Like a Virgin,’ Dies at 75

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 21/02/2026

🚨 BREAKING: In a decisive victory for voters, the Utah Supreme Court upheld a fairer congressional map for the 2026 elections — dismissing the GOP Legislature’s appeal and securing a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.

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Utah Supreme Court upholds fairer map for midterm elections, rejects GOP appeal

That fairer map creates a district where Democratic voters can meaningfully compete.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Alysa Liu's father fled China after participating in the Tiananmen Square protests. Fortunately, we didn't have Trump's immigration policies then.

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Carol Pogash @cpogash.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The most joyful skater wins the gold. And she's from Oakland. There's no one more fun to watch than Alysa Liu.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

One of the great problem with journalism prizes is that they are mostly awarded based on the year a piece is published and not once their true power has been recognized. But if ever there were a case for a special award...it should go to Julie.

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