K. T.

Fmr BigLaw, now in-house, science nerd, fmr teacher, 'Burgh proud. All opinions/comments are my own.

[K. T. @KT2740]

People who follow the law don’t need these “roadblock” protections. Just saying.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Acting AG Todd Blanche says he's working to install "roadblocks" to prevent Democrats from prosecuting Trump and his associates in the future

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[K. T. @KT2740]

@chrisbriem I loved my time in Manchester 💕

[K. T. @KT2740]

@Remy1120 Thank you for the recommendation, but the wedding is in North Carolina.

P.S. his pictures are amazing!

[K. T. @KT2740]

Nothing like your photographer telling you that she accidentally double booked and you’re the smaller account and out of luck THE WEEK BEFORE A DESTINATION WEDDING.

[K. T. @KT2740]

@JeffTurek @RyanDeto I fly almost every week without an issue, usually park in the shuttle lot. I truly don’t understand some of the complaints. It took me a while to remember which level to catch the shuttle. But that’s on me.

[K. T. @KT2740]

She’s perfect! Guess where you’ll find me this summer

[Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium @PghZoo]

🩷 She’s gonna be paw-pular! Just in case you missed our announcement earlier today, or you can’t get enough of our cute African lion cub, here are some baby pictures. Read more about it here: https://t.co/RWJZbjsEuM

[K. T. @KT2740]

@TylerMcBrien Innocent people don’t need this.

[K. T. @KT2740]

So… the tax code means nothing from now on? The policy of auditing POTUS is out? This would never fly in a normal life.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

MAGA, yall ok with this?

Trump’s DOJ just barred the government from ever investigating Trump, his family, or any of his businesses for any of the crimes that could have been charged in this case.

So much for no one is above the law, huh?

[K. T. @KT2740]

@broc_at_TSF Have you been to Mercer County? The stained glass is one of my favorites.

[K. T. @KT2740]

Nothing says “welcome to the team” like a couple of people posturing and outlining all of the reasons that you are redundant on the daily….

I think that more people out west should’ve watched Mr. Rogers.

[K. T. @KT2740]

Is there a single person who actually believes any of this? I’m sure that many administrations have backed off on major moves, realized they’re ill-advised. The difference? They didn’t give the play-by-play every 2 hrs that makes us look like total idiots.

[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

What a stupid thing to tweet.

“I’ve been asked to hold off on our military attack of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow”

I’m very skeptical that any serious negotiations are actually happening.

[K. T. @KT2740]

@joeybagovdonuts The Land Before Time

[K. T. @KT2740]

This happened to me on a first date about 10 years ago. He followed up with “you should’ve gone with paralegal, paralegals are hot, lawyers are *itches.”

A good friend was the bartender. That guys pic from the security cam hung next to the register for a long time.

[ꪝe @_wej01]

My friend, a lawyer, on a first date: Hi, I’m Cynthia.

Him: Hi, I’m Mark. What do you do for work?

Her: I’m a lawyer.

Him: I thought you were a paralegal.

Her: My profile says I’m a lawyer.

Him: You just think you’re all that.

Her (gets up and leaves)

So you agreed to go out with her because you didn’t read her profile and when you found out she was more educated than you are, SHE’s the problem?

Do you see why so many women in their 30s aren’t dating at all anymore??

[K. T. @KT2740]

There is a special circle in Dante’s circles of hell for people who use electronic devices to without headphones.

[K. T. @KT2740]

I hear that more than a handful of people have tried to sit on this “bench.” For the record, it is not a bench. It is a fountain and you will not be happy.

[K. T. @KT2740]

Can’t beat a city that is perfectly flat for an am jog. Came across Sit-In Plaza. I remember reading about this in history class.

[K. T. @KT2740]

@smh42974 If that’s what you took from my post that says more about you than it does about me.

[K. T. @KT2740]

Me at 7 am: I’ve never seen gas at $5 in PA before!

30 min later…

I’ve never seen gas at $6 in PA before!!

Are we great again yet, folks?

[K. T. @KT2740]

Thirty thousand feet above, could be Oklahoma….

OKC, checking one of my last states off the list.

[K. T. @KT2740]

@jmshowalter Sometimes losing builds character. A valuable lesson.