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Patricia Dellera's avatar

Where were the follow up questions last night? She let him get away with so many lies. I am fed up with CBS. It's no longer a news station - it is as bad as Fox. I have watched my last 60 minutes. What a sham. She just gave him an outlet for outlandish lies and false statements. I wish all reporters would refuse to question him. Refuse to pay attention to him. Write about him but no more interviews. HIs strangled ego loves reporters gathered around him. Deny him that.

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Edie Sadowski's avatar

Stopped watching CBS !😡💩 because they are now running by the Orange Felon's idiot friends

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N F's avatar

The former head of CBS Les Moonves said that "he's great for ratings." That's all the corporate media morons care about. With a functioning press, that idiot would have never been elected.

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Paco Fitchett's avatar

What a shame to see another formerly good network slip down with the likes of Fox, they will lose this patron, along with their integrity.

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Deborah Shell's avatar

Come on, he NEVER gets follow up questions, especially from those that have already capitulated to his demands! But, hope springs eternal, I guess!

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Gary harmon's avatar

Agree Patricia. Same thing last week or the week before when one of the men on 60 minutes let the Gov. of Utah walk all over him with lies about how he loved to work with the Dems and come to many agreements. Sure, as long as they are his side of the agreements. Not one challenge or follow up question from the reporter. Where is Dan Rather when we need him? A tough, aggressive and no BS reporter.

Also agree that no reporter should ever interview DT. It is the same lies repeated again and again. Why bother. They should end every news item about DT with "This event brought to you by our convicted felon and rapist-in-chief". He can't change that truth and should be tagged with it for the rest of his life. Harris had the opportunity and credibility to "re-prosecute" this monster before the election and should have.

She should have gone after the "so called Christians", GOP, independents and anyone backing this criminal and embarrassed them about their support. To late now!

Vote Blue... GH

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Eva Seifert's avatar

There could have been follow up questions. The interview was nearly twice as long as the aired portions.

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Carolyn Arnold's avatar

Thank you! So well said.

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carlyn frey's avatar

Paramount is on It's knees to Trump. Ellisons have hired Bari Weiss to be editor in chief of CBS news. They are firing staff and replacing them with pro Trump tripe. Boycott!

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Lynne Burt-Jenkins's avatar

Maybe you are not the only viewer to recognize the Truth in this article.

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

I agree!!!!!!

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Edward Jay Allan's avatar

Don the Con. Epitome of “What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours SHOULD be mine. And given a quarter of a chance WILL be mine. “

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Cherylee Bowerbank's avatar

Yep we in NJ always called him Don the Con!

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RP2112's avatar

Awesome post. This is the battle-- the people vs the ultra-wealthy elite. And look who those ultra-wealthy elite have lined up behind-- Trump and R's. They're buying pardons, buying government favors by donating to demolish the people's house, and buying power by getting positions in government. It absolutely needs to be the story, and needs to carry this narrative. Dems, despite the protests of some loud purity-testers, have largely been fighting this battle against ultra-wealthy elite power for a long time. Need to lean into this fight.

Only slight disagreement is that Dems have been messaging thriving vs surviving for a while. One of VP Harris's key slogans was to "create an economy where people don't just get by, but get ahead." Biden emphasized how infrastructure and CHIPs act would create high paying jobs mostly for people w/o college degrees. And they've all pretty relentlessly supported unions, which, when utilized without corruption, are one of the key ways to have people thrive instead of survive.

Terrific post, Mike. Thank you.

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MGL 929's avatar

Biden stood on a union picket line. Here in MI, still have fair amount of auto union jobs. However, for the 1st time, Trump won MI.

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Patricia Kreger's avatar

Agreed, RP.

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Public Servant's avatar

We need to throw Trump in prison to save our sacred democracy. Millions of public servants have been impoverished by the MAGA shutdown. Please help us if you are able: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/emergency-furlough-maga-shutdown

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Kristine Gasbarre Qaderi's avatar

I definitely caught this too. Thanks for highlighting.

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Mike Nellis's avatar

Thanks for reading and engaging!

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Edie Sadowski's avatar

Re stacked this post!

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Connie Vaughan's avatar

I watched 60 Minutes- I was disgusted and angry

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Mike Nellis's avatar

It was maddening to watch!!

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Peggy Fry's avatar

I couldn’t bear to watch - I hate his voice (and all the misinformation and lies he pumps out without stopping) I hate his poochy mouth when he talks, like he wants to charge listeners by the way to word, and how RUDE he is in conversation- he didn’t listen to a word Nora said and kept interrupting her like she didn’t matter.

And now he’s going to pay SOME aid they decided to deny half of the $ that users of SNAP are supposed to get. And the court ruled today that the administration is OWED to those people. And they airily stated that it “would take some time to get it out to them.” What a group of incompetent fools! If they gave a damn about those users they’d stay up and work to get checks out by Friday. But they obviously don’t give a damn for anyone not RICH and WHITE.

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Carolyn Arnold's avatar

Yes! I just can't watch him or hear his voice! Watched 60 minutes for years, not anymore!

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Ken C's avatar

Trump accuses Biden of dereliction of duty in using an autopen, it appears that Trump is in dereliction his duties using an autobrain. When he is not heavily scripted and managed by the Heritage Foundation, he will free range in a kaleidoscopic discharge of total lies and fantasies while pinballing streams of consciousness that collide with each other resulting in thought salads of pure confusion.

Yet despite these quite obvious and serious crevasses of cognitive voids, we entrust this man to be leader of the free world?? If ever there was a question of the emperor's new clothes, we are staring at this butt naked imbecile, disbelieving that the majority of the GOP Congress continues to capitulate to his derangement and dementia.

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Cherie's avatar

People should remember that Gatsby in the book was a major-league criminal - that's how he got rich less than 4 years after his WW1 service! Trump & all his ilk admire that kind of thing.

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Stevew's avatar

The orange dictator thinks he can get away with anything. Thank the Robert's Court.

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Ellen Kahn's avatar

So far, he has

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Stevew's avatar

I don't think that will be the case after the Mid-terms

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N F's avatar

We got the Roberts court thanks to idiots in 2000.

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Bridgett Novak's avatar

And thanks to Machiavellian Mitch McConnell blocking Obama's right to appoint a Justice, then his ramming through Trump's appointment of Coney Barrett...in addition to all the spineless, sycophantic Senators approving Kavanaugh (and blocking a thorough FBI background check). And SCOTUS not having any Ethics rules...that would allow us to get rid of Thomas and Alito.

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Deb Haugh's avatar

I, too, am enraged. Everyone needs to be using every form of resistance in any way they can.

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Dianna McCullough's avatar

Well, Nellis has hit it all on the nose. Every bit true and that’s important. For 10 years I’ve watched Trump’s inappropriate behavior and listened to his lies. Why if Biden had played any of the Trump games and lied the papers would have crucified him - they did anyway. I’m thoroughly disgusted how they treat Trump with, kid gloves and chase after him. A known felon, lover of Putin and the likes, the best liar in the world and just plain cruel. Doesn’t care a fig about the people, country nor the constitution. Mind boggling how any patriotic citizen can’t or won’t admit to the truth…Trump is destroying the country, harming the people & could care less.

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Bridgett Novak's avatar

Exactly! Heartlessness and corruption on an epic scale, along with self-serving bribes, payoffs, international alliances that benefit his family's interests. What happened to the checks & balances we were all raised with?! Turns out the takeover of the media, judiciary, education and political landscape is all part of a decades-in-the-making plan. There's the infamous Project 2025, but to learn more about its genesis, check out the Master Plan podcast -- https://www.levernews.com/tag/master-plan/

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Robyn E's avatar

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I cannot understand how even the most racist and misogynistic Americans decided to vote for Trump a second or third time. Apparently they forget about the nearly a million fellow Americans lost by his disastrous leadership during the coronavirus pandemic. And the rehearsal insurrection on January 6, 2021. How could you watch the Capitol being stormed, gallows raised, Mike Pence threatened to be lynched, and decide that was okay? Trump is the president of mega billionaires not MAGA. No policy that has been implemented in his second term has benefited regular Americans. But it's difficult for the rest of us to take satisfaction in knowing that we were right and MAGA was wrong when we all will end up going down with the ship while Trump and his sycophants helicopter to safety.

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Carolyn Arnold's avatar

And how could anyone vote for a convicted felon for president of the United States!

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MGL 929's avatar

They didn’t forget. Entirely different facts nightly on FOX News.

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debra's avatar

If you really wanna barf, check this out: https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/11/president-trump-60-minutes-greatest-nine-months-in-the-history-of-the-presidency/ The White House website, instead, should read: Trump Busted for Child Sex Trafficking and Money Laundering.

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Gail Silvers's avatar

Didn't watch. Didn't need to. All the same shtick, same scam answers.

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George Boccia's avatar

I wish this post could be read on air on every news channel. This post should be a Democratic campaign ad. You have nailed every filthy aspect of this man’s character. And folks, don’t forget this POS said he could kill someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. It may not be Fifth Avenue, but he has killed 67 people last count in their puny boats lawlessly and with impunity. It ain’t just Black lives that don’t matter to him, it’s every one of us.

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Joan Wiersma's avatar

100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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