Jayson Thomas

Lawyer. Human rights advocate. Pro-America, Anti-Trump

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

WOW! According to BLS data, from January 2019 through June 2025, California created 1,357,499 new businesses!!

How does that compare to states with leaders who like to trash California?

Florida: 717,378
Texas: 574,282

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@PressSec What do you have to be smoking to believe this?

[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

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@nicksortor Someone willing to die to kill cannot be stopped not matter how many troops you have standing around. And the fact that America is awash in hundreds of millions of guns only adds to the problem.

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@karenLovejoy777 @StevenCheung47 MAGA is the most racist, disgusting movement of low lives ever. We are happy here in Manhattan, proudly against fascism and the cult worship of a fat, orange, corrupt moron.

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@WallStreetApes For starters, CNN live-streamed countless Trump rallies - anyone who watched CNN knows that; so when such an obvious lie is included on the list you can be appropriately skeptical about the rest of the claims.

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@MAGAVoice The ppl who screamed about cancel culture and snowflakes are always only projecting about their own deep insecurities.

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@Acyn

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SHIT: This was just posted by the “President of the United States.”

He is such a disgrace.

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@JeffFlake Clearly, you are not. See cmts and party’s autocratic leader.

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@jackunheard What a bunch of delicate snowflakes.

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@elonmusk @grok what are the safety ratings of cybertruck?

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@JDVance This is FALSE and every Republican knows that — it’s amazing how they know their followers will believe anything they say.

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@cjpearson Trump was indicted by several grand juries.

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

Scrolling this app for less than 5 mins, tells you exactly how far the right-wing rot has penetrated society. America feels doomed, dead by its own stupid hand and the nihilism of ppl like Trump and Musk.

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@RossKneeDeep He works for Nexstar, and his network bosses were hired from FoxNews.

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@1drcole @atrupar @Pontifex A “Saint” = someone who said black women lack “brain processing power”; the Civil Rights Act was a “huge mistake”; MLK was “awful”; etc. etc. Nice to see your values.

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@atrupar @Pontifex it’s past time to replace Dolan. He’s a bigot, has been for years. Terrible spokesperson for the church in America.

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@USATODAY A memorial for someone who said black women lack “brain processing power”; the Civil Rights Act was a “huge mistake”; MLK was “awful”; etc. etc. Nice to see your values.

[Jayson Thomas @thom21827]

@CBSNews Unreal … what a grotesque time to be an American