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Surfing the blue wave. 🌊. Moondoggie and Kahuna were way too old for me. Joan Crawford is my hero. My surfboard is a weapon. (Also luv LA GALAXY.)

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Health care? "You're on your own."

Housing? "Nothing we can do."

Grocery prices? "You're out of luck."

$200 billion for another war? "No problem!"

Americans—Democrats, Republicans, independents—are SICK AND TIRED of endless wars.

We need to invest here at home.

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

@KaraWestercamp You’re 100% unqualified to be a federal judge. How does it feel to be a bootlicker who can’t think on their own?

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

@RobertKennedyJr What a disgrace you are to the Kennedy legacy.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Dear #MAGA,

If Democrats were cheating in elections, how the fuck do you explain Donald Trump getting elected to the highest office TWICE?

You can't be this stupid.

[The Obama Foundation @ObamaFoundation]

Happy President’s Day to the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama!

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

Happy Presidents’ Day patriots 🫡

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

Elon and his white supremacist a-h0les can post whatever they want here. But my post is gonna get flagged? Be so for real rn.

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@RoxaneLGibson1 @LongTimeHistory These people just sitting here not saying anything. Unacceptable. The way I would be up in that guy‘s face telling him to shut the fuck up and sit down.

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

Wanna know why? Because most white people in the US are MUTTS. Not only am I Scottish, I’m also Northern Irish, English, Welsh, French, Swiss, Hungarian and German. Tell me exactly what fucking culture that is? Other than just being so ridiculously white that I burn in the sun.

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

My ancestors came from Scotland to the colonies in the 1600s and fought in the Revolutionary War creating this country. And I’m JUST FINE with living in a multicultural society. My culture is Californian and Angeleno.
(And it’s Scots with one T, Elon. You fucking moron.)

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

@iamcardib Get ‘em!! 💕

[California Democratic Party @CA_Dem]

Regardless of which team wins today, California already won. Thank you, Bad Bunny and Green Day. #CASuperBowl 🏈💙

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@WhiteHouse 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

@_sorrengailll Yes. Yes, we did.

[Ronan Farrow @RonanFarrow]

Seven years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the world is being asked to forget what happens when governments decide reporters are disposable—and to turn away from what that precedent means for all of us.

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@BoyGeorge @theamelia__ Her profile pic looks like AI. So fuck her and whomever is behind it.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Here's the text of Sharyn Alfonsi's memo about "corporate censorship" and a "betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism:"

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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Making America soooo great. Am I right?

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@Georgesantos @POTUS Fuck right off you grifter.

[Dark Gidget @gidgetgurl]

@CBSNews CBS no longer has any news standards. It is no longer the network rooted in legendary broadcasters like Murrow, Cronkite, Rather and Reasoner. Leslie Stahl: Run girl! Run!