That’s just the start, everyone in this rotten administration should follow.
Wait, no, I can’t recommend following any of the evil policies that the United States is using right now, not even for Nazis. It’s a struggle, but we have to be better than them, even though this story is so enraging.
Bari Weiss, the unqualified bigot who has never practiced journalism, was appointed to be in charge of the news division at CBS — the rich vermin who run the major media companies wanted to do more mergers that benefit no one but themselves used appointments of puppets as a tool to get regulatory permission to construct monopolies. Weiss has used her power to censor the news, axing a segment of the news show 60 Minutes that put the government in a bad light. The excuse given was that the Trump administration refused to comment on it, which implies that the government has de facto control of what journalism can be presented on CBS. Bari Weiss has sold out.
The segment that was killed was all about our policy of deporting people to CECOT, the inhumane torture dungeon in El Salvador. It’s a brazenly evil place; the administrators have openly encouraged ‘influencers’ to tour it and record what is going on, because they are proud of what they do. 60 Minutes was going to show what the El Salvadoran and United States government was doing to the inmates.
The deported migrants were sent to CECOT, short for the Terrorism Confinement Center, a massive high-security prison built by El Salvador’s government as part of President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown on gangs. Designed to hold tens of thousands of inmates, CECOT is known for extreme isolation, strict control, and conditions that human rights organizations have repeatedly described as inhumane.
Former detainees interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi describe being held in overcrowded cells with little access to sunlight, medical care, or basic hygiene. Several recount routine physical abuse, prolonged confinement, and psychological trauma. Their accounts paint a picture of a system built for punishment rather than due process, with detainees often unsure why they were there or how long they would remain.
Bari Weiss could not allow that, because, Jesus Christ, it makes Trump and his lackeys look bad. Kristi Noem is shown touring the prison, strutting past prisoners held in excruciating positions, standing in front of packed cells while speechifying about how these are the worst of the worst. She looks like Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS.
So it got cancelled.
Except…it was briefly shown on Canadian networks before it was pulled. And someone recorded it — it looks like they just aimed a camera at a hotel room TV — and has made it available to the world.
Go watch it. Quick, before it is pulled down.
These motherfuckers, Kristi Noem, Bari Weiss, Donald Trump, the guards at the prison, the warden, are all evil monsters. They are committing war crimes, except that we aren’t at war, making it even worse. We are all complicit. We don’t get to claim that we didn’t know about the torture prisons — we know. You have no excuse. Are we going to tolerate this corrupt regime any longer?
After watching that video, I needed a cleanse. Maybe you do too — here’s Rage Against the Machine.
Sounds bad. Maybe we should be deporting people to EPCOT instead.
Absolutely disgusting. Expect trolls to come in cheering the flagrant disregard for laws and human rights.
“It’s a struggle, but we have to be better than them, even though this story is so enraging.”
Maybe. But not TOO much better…
@Recursive Rabbit, #2: Yes, I’ve already seen hateful sadistic troll comments on the subject.
Here’s some preemptive food for thought for any troll who comes in here:
Anyone who promotes American agents performing torture will have no basis to complain about our enemies torturing Americans. Torture advocates are agents of their claimed enemies and traitors to humanity in general.
This implies that she wasn’t always a propagandist, but as far as I can see, it’s just more of the same… You can’t “sell out” if you never had any integrity to begin with.
Obama’s biggest mistake was not completely dismantling the torture foundation in our government. He instead shifted the focus to extra judicial killings involving both citizens and non citizens. Should have been impeached but instead key folks involved in the US torture programs were promoted during his term.
LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment
whywhywhy @7
That was my big disappointment when he got elected. I got excited about Obama during the first election, only for him wimp out. The drone killings did not help.
I am as standard practice, opposed to capital punishment and the death penalty. But I carve out an exception for those who abuse positions of trust and responsibility and create great harms by so doing. The more power society gives you, the more responsible you must be in its application, and the more severe the consequences must be if you violate that trust.
Here is a broadcast-quality version of the interview- https://www.thereset.news/p/breaking-heres-the-60-minutes-segment
@2 and @4. It’s been easy recently to counter with these kind of people. Just tell them why they support pedos and Epstein. Their brains melt guaranteed. No need to talk about due process, dehumanization or other stuff when they just don’t care. But if you say they are pedo supporters it tends to actually bug them or at times even demoralize them which is nice to see once in a while.