My piece on the self-dealing of Trump during his second term has gotten a lot of traction, invited endless criticism and questions, and I thought I should respond to as much of it as possible. So, today, I published a follow-up piece answering those Qs and criticism.
BREAKING: Star anchor Anderson Cooper QUITS “60 Minutes” as CBS’s new pro-Trump agenda takes hold.
When one of the most respected journalists in America decides he’s had enough, you’d better believe something is rotten behind the scenes.
After nearly two decades of working for both CNN and CBS News' “60 Minutes,” Anderson Cooper is reportedly walking away from his side gig — declining to renew his contract and exiting before the fall season. And it just so happens this shakeup comes as CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, has turned the legendary newsmagazine into a lightning rod for controversy.
Coincidence? Please.
Cooper, who’s been with 60 Minutes since the 2006–2007 season and racked up multiple Emmy wins along the way, will finish out the current season. But sources say he told CBS weeks ago he wanted out. Officially, he’s focusing on CNN and family time. Unofficially? The timing speaks volumes.
Since Weiss’s takeover, 60 Minutes has been mired in MAGA-adjacent drama. In December, she spiked a report on CECOT — the notorious El Salvador prison where the Trump administration sent migrants without due process. The piece had already been promoted by CBS before Weiss yanked it at the last minute. She later claimed it “wasn’t ready.”
Sure.
Then came reports that a Cooper segment scrutinizing Trump’s decision to accept white South African refugees was subjected to “abnormal” levels of editorial scrutiny. Veteran producers were reportedly “exasperated” by the edits.
This isn’t subtle.
For decades, 60 Minutes has been a gold standard of hard-hitting journalism. Now, under leadership widely described as “MAGA-coded,” stories critical of Trump are suddenly getting spiked, sliced, or slow-walked.
And one of its biggest stars is heading for the door.
Cooper’s departure marks the first major on-air exit since Weiss took control. That’s not just a personnel change — it’s a flashing red warning light.
When award-winning journalists with long histories at a network start leaving just as political interference accusations swirl, Americans should pay attention.
If CBS wants to reassure viewers that 60 Minutes remains independent and fearless, losing Anderson Cooper is one strange way to show it.
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BREAKING: on this Super Bowl Sunday, Epstein Survivors have just released this PSA:
“Stand with us. Tell Attorney General Pam Bondi IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUTH”
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Don Lemon: “You know what Donald Trump? Fuck you. Just fuck all the way off. What an asshole and a small-minded, small dick shit to do. You are an immature child. You are a bigot, a fucking racist, and a small penis asshole”
🚨HOLY SHIT: Kristi Noem just called the Minneapolis woman a terrorist- claiming ICE agents were “attacked” after an agent jumped to safety before shooting her in the face multiple times.
Kristi Noem is a complicit monster.
NOEM: “(What the victim did) was an act of domestic terrorism.
ICE officers were stuck in the snow during an enforcement action when a woman attempted to ram them with her vehicle.
An officer acted defensively to protect himself and others.”
Today, a U.S. citizen was murdered by an ICE agent in Minnesota. This is horrific. Every Democrat running in November must publicly commit to hearings on abuses by ICE — and to prosecuting any ICE agents who committed criminal acts. No silence. No excuses.
The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie amplified the arts, celebrated the arts, stood up for the arts and artists.
It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not.
Next thing perhaps he will want to rename JFK Airport, rename the Lincoln Memorial, the Trump Lincoln Memorial. The Trump Jefferson Memorial. The Trump Smithsonian. The list goes on.
Can we not see what is happening here? C’mon, my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny. This is way beneath the stature of the job. It’s downright weird. It’s obsessive in a weird way. Just when you think somone can’t stoop any lower, down they go…