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TIDBITS-DEC. 25- READER COMMENTS: TRUMP LIES AND JOURNALISM COWERS
(SUED OR DE-FUNDED); CBS JOURNALISM IS INFECTED; CHRISTMAS UNDER
TRUMP; MEMORIES OF CORA WEISS AND VICTOR GROSSMAN; WATCH 60
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_ Reader Comments: Trump Lies and Journalism Cowers (or was sued or
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Memories of Cora Weiss and Victor Grossman; Watch 60 Minutes - What
Donald Trump and Bari Weiss Didn't Want You to See; _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, Shorts, AND
Cartoons - Dec. 25, 2025, xxxxxx

 

* CBS JOURNALISM IS INFECTED  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY LALO
ALCARAZ
* CHRISTMAS...ONLY UNDER TRUMP  --  CARTOON BY DAVID HAYWARD
* NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE
* RE: NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL  (STEVE ZAHURAK)
* RE: DEM LEADERS DECIDE TO BURY DAMNING REPORT ON WHY TRUMP WON IN
2024  (FITZHUGH CORR)
* TRUMP CENTER FANTASY  --  CARTOON BY DAVID ROTHMAN
* RE: NURSES ARE THE BEST OF US. TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD
TAKE NOTES.  (TIM SHEARD)
* AMERICAN TRAGIC  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: CORA WEISS: A CHAMPION OF PEACE, INTERNATIONALISM, AND
WOMEN’S RIGHTS  (HENRY; TED CLOAK)
* RE: A LIFE WORTH LIVING  (RENEE BLAKE; FRED NILES; LEONARD J.
LEHRMAN)
* CHANNELING WALTER CRONKITE  -- MEME
* RENAMED  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY NICK ANDERSON.RESOURCES:
* ‘60 MINUTES’ STORY SHELVED BY BARI WEISS STREAMED IN CANADA
— AND INSTANTLY SPREAD ACROSS THE WEB  (CNN)
* WATCH 60 MINUTES - WHAT DONALD TRUMP AND BARI WEISS DIDN'T WANT
YOU TO SEE  (GLOBAL TV AND THE BREAKDOWN WITH ALLISON GILL)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* JEWISH CURRENTS IS COMING TO LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 8
* ONLINE - FILM SERIES - ALBA FILM SERIES PRESENTS: BEHOLD A PALE
HORSE - JANUARY 8 (PART OF THE PETER N. CARROLL ANTI-FASCIST EDUCATION
FUND)..CBS JOURNALISM IS INFECTED  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY
LALO ALCARAZ

 

Once the paragon of American broadcast journalism, CBS News has been
canceled due to being infected by a putrid, vile, orange pus related
to Pink Eye, called Orange Eye. Much like Pink Eye, this relatively
new disease can also be caught by being too cozied up to the foul
posterior of power. It can cause one (or new CBS News Editor in Chief
Bari Weiss) to single-handedly destroy ones journalistic credibility
in order to do the bidding of autocrats.  Infection can be avoided by
not literally kissing up to political power.

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Lalo AlcarazDecember 23, 2025CALÓ NEWS
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CHRISTMAS...ONLY UNDER TRUMP  --  CARTOON BY DAVID HAYWARD 

David HaywardHoly Refugees Digital CartoonNaked Pastor
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_[__DAVID HAYWARD_ [[link removed]]_ is a pastor
 turned artist painting, drawing, and thinking about what it takes to
be free to be you. If you’re interested in deconstruction, spiritual
journeying, freedom of thought, or looking for your authentic self,
you’re welcome to join me while I search too._

_In case you’re wondering, I’m not actually naked. The idea behind
my name, NakedPastor, is to seek to tell the naked truth - no matter
how vulnerable it feels. I used to be a pastor but I’ve been
creating art and working towards freedom with this community for over
10 years now.]_

 

NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE 

 

Steve SackNovember 27, 2018Minneapolis Star Tribune
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RE: NO MORE BLOOD FOR OIL

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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AMEN!

Steve Zahurak

 

RE: DEM LEADERS DECIDE TO BURY DAMNING REPORT ON WHY TRUMP WON IN
2024 

The DNC will be the death of the Democratic Party.

Fitzhugh CorrPosted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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TRUMP CENTER FANTASY  --  CARTOON BY DAVID ROTHMAN 

 

David RothmanDecember 19, 2025Rothman at Large -- Substack edition
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the oldest website devoted to ebook-related news and views. Cofounder
of __LibraryEndowment.org_ [[link removed]]_. Author of
eight books, including The Solomon Scandals novel. Former poverty beat
reporter.]_

 

RE: NURSES ARE THE BEST OF US. TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN PARTY SHOULD TAKE
NOTES. 

A retired nurse (40 years of care), I was most happy to see the
article on nursing, thank you for publishing it, means a lot to me.

Tim Sheard

 

AMERICAN TRAGIC  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH 

Mike LuckovichDecember 11, 2025Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: CORA WEISS: A CHAMPION OF PEACE, INTERNATIONALISM, AND WOMEN’S
RIGHTS 

Cora was an organizing dynamo.   Fantastic person.

Henry

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I knew Cora for a few months in 1954, when we put together the Dane
County chapter of the Wisconsin Joe Must Go movement to gather
signatures for the attempted recall of Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Ted Cloak

 

RE: A LIFE WORTH LIVING 

What an amazing man. Thank you for introducing us to him.

Renee Blake

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Here's another story:

An American Communist Like No Other

By Mario KesslerTranslation by Julia DamphouseDecember 22, 2025Jacobin
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Victor Grossman died in Berlin, aged 97, last Wednesday. An American
communist, his life was forever shaped by his defection to the Eastern
Bloc at the height of the Cold War.
Victor Grossman's extraordinary life pivoted on a decisive choice he
made in 1952: to defect to the Eastern Bloc rather than allow the US
Army to jail him.(Facebook)
Fred Niles

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Thank you so much for your beautiful obituary on Victor Grossman.

The late Peter Zacher introduced us, regretfully after I had left
Berlin, where I lived from 1983 to 1986, crossing over the Wall many
times (so I'm sure there's a Stasi file on me somewhere!:>). Victor
visited with me and my late parents in NY when he was here a little
over a decade ago, and my wife Helene & I last dined with him (and
Rebecca Schmidt, and David & Karen Ruoff Kramer) in Berlin in October,
2019.

He was a true friend, a man of immense integrity and insight, whose
postings and emails will be sorely missed.

Rest in Power, Comrade!

Leonard J. Lehrman

 

CHANNELING WALTER CRONKITE  -- MEME 

 

Thanks to John Bachtel for posting on Facebook

 

RENAMED  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY NICK ANDERSON 

 

If you ever needed proof that Donald Trump governs like a man whose
guiding legal philosophy is “it’s all about me,” look no further
than the newly christened “Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy
Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Yes, it sounds like a
drunk committee tried to merge a Broadway marquee with a MAGA yard
sign. And yes, the law—actual written law—says the Kennedy
Center’s name cannot be changed without Congress
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Nick AndersonDecember 22, 2025Pen Strokes
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‘60 MINUTES’ STORY SHELVED BY BARI WEISS STREAMED IN CANADA —
AND INSTANTLY SPREAD ACROSS THE WEB 

By Brian StelterUpdated December 23, 2025CNN Business
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The “60 Minutes” report titled “Inside CECOT” was shelved at
the last minute by CBS News chief Bari Weiss — but some were able to
view it on a Canadian network’s streaming platform.  (Screenshot by
CNN/Muellershewrote)
CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss DECIDED TO SHELVE
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a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” CREATING
AN UPROAR INSIDE CBS
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but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.

On Monday, some Canadian viewers noticed that the pre-planned “60
Minutes” episode was published on a streaming platform owned by
Global TV, the network that has the rights to “60 Minutes” in
Canada.

The preplanned episode led with correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi’s story
— the one that Weiss stopped from airing in the US because she said
it was “not ready.”

Several Canadian viewers shared clips and summaries of the story on
social media, and within hours, the videos went viral on platforms
like Reddit and Bluesky.

Full story here
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WATCH 60 MINUTES - WHAT DONALD TRUMP AND BARI WEISS DIDN'T WANT YOU TO
SEE  (GLOBAL TV AND THE BREAKDOWN WITH ALLISON GILL)WATCH HERE:

The full segment aired on the GlobalTV app in Canada. Someone sent me
a link to a recorded version. Let's see if we can figure out whether
Bari Weiss' decision to spike it was editorial or political.

The segment apparently aired on Canada’s Global TV app and was
shared by this Bluesky user jasonparis.bsky.social. You can watch the
entire segment below! Please share widely!

Bari Weiss at CBS claims this segment was spiked for editorial reasons
and not political reasons, however, there are portions of this video
that would indicate otherwise.

WATCH HERE:

 
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In an email to her colleagues, Sharyn Alfonsi said _“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.”_

 

 

JEWISH CURRENTS IS COMING TO LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 8 

Jewish Currents invites you to a celebration of our new issue—in Los
Angeles!

Join us on January 8th at Honey’s at Star Love for a West Coast
issue launch. The party starts at 7 pm, and we’ll have drinks,
music, copies of the new issue, and of course, as many California JC
readers as we can fit in one room. Entry is free for subscribers and
members. Non-members can purchase a ticket for $18, which includes a
copy of the new issue. Not yet a subscriber, but want to change that?
You can subscribe here and save 30% when you enter code LALAUNCH at
checkout.

Honey’s at Star Love is located at 1532 North Western Avenue, Los
Angeles. The venue is accessible by wheelchair. Please email
[email protected] for accommodation requests or with any
questions related to accessibility.

Get your ticket today
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a magazine committed to the rich tradition of thought, activism, and
culture of the Jewish left._

 

ONLINE - FILM SERIES - ALBA FILM SERIES PRESENTS: BEHOLD A PALE HORSE
- JANUARY 8 (PART OF THE PETER N. CARROLL ANTI-FASCIST EDUCATION
FUND) 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 AT 5 PM ET / 2 PM PT

​ONLINE EVENT!

REGISTER HERE
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Discussion Leader Linda Ehrlich

Before the discussion session on Zoom, registrants will be directed to
watch both an expert introductory video and the film _Behold a Pale_
Horse, itselfALBA will direct participants to services that have the
film. Any fees associated with accessing the film must be borne by the
registrant.Tickets are limited. Register now to ensure your
participation. Attendance is free but registration is required.

Moderated by ALBA Board Member Sebastiaan Faber

_Behold a Pale Horse_ directed by Fred Zinneman and released in 1964,
tells the dramatic story of an aging Spanish guerrilla fighter, Manuel
Artíguez (Gregory Peck), who lives exiled in Southern France, and who
in the late 1950s decides to return to Franco's Spain, where he
confronts a captain of the Civil Guard by the name of Viñolas
(Anthony Quinn). A third central character, a young priest, is played
by Omar Sharif.

Shot in black and white with a score by Maurice Jarre, the film
allowed Zinneman--who'd arrived in Hollywood in the late 1930s as a
Jewish refugee from Austria--to return to Europe and revisit the
struggle against fascism a quarter century after the end of the
Spanish war.

_Behold a Pale Hors_e is among the lesser-known, but also more
intriguing, films of Zinneman, who, in the course of his long career,
won four Academy Awards and directed movies such as_ The Search, High
Noon, and A Man for All Seasons._

Discussion Leader Linda Ehrlich

DR. LINDA C. EHRLICH has published extensively about world cinema. Her
most recent book is The Films of Kore-eda Hirokazu: An Elemental
Cinema. Her taped commentary on The Spirit of the Beehive (El
espíritu de la colmena) appears on the Criterion DVD. She has also
recorded two full-length DVD commentaries of films by Japanese
director Kore-eda Hirokazu, for Milestone Film and Video and for
Criterion.

Dr. Ehrlich’s Cinematic Reveries explores the intersection of prose
poetry and cinema. She has also co-edited Cinematic Landscapes, and
The Cinema of Víctor Erice: An Open Window.

She has edited Good Films, Cheap Wine, Few Friends: A Memoir, by Juan
Luis Buñuel, and she recorded a WCLV radio interview about the memoir
with Dee Perry and ALBA’s Sebastiaan Faber.

Dr. Ehrlich has taught at Duke University, Case Western Reserve
University, the University of Tennessee/Knoxville, Miami University of
Ohio, and on two Semester-at-Sea voyages. She has been a Fulbright
Specialist to Granada, Spain, and will be a Specialist in Valencia,
Spain in 2026.

She has introduced films at the Japan Society and Guggenheim Museum.
Pacific Film Archives/Berkeley, MFA/Boston, Pickford Film Center, and
in England and Spain.

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