Bruce, Woody and More Hits vs. CBS

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Jun 05, 2026

Yes, it’s still free to subscribe to this nearly daily newsletter! Greg Mitchell is the author of fourteen books and director of five films for PBS since 2022. In a previous life, he was a longtime editor at the legendary Crawdaddy.

Another travel day for me today but here we go…

Dennis Goris:

Washington Post:

The National Park Service ordered the removal of three quotes at the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston after visitor complained to staff about a quote related to women’s suffrage as being “woke” feminist ideology, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump at a presser yesterday:

Trump: If I did meet with the new Ayatollah, I would be honored to meet him…
Doocy: Do you think because Epic Fury killed his killed his dad and his wife and his kid that he's has hard feelings?
Trump: I would say I'm not his favorite person, but with that being said, he's probably a pro—I don't know him—he's probably a professional in some circles, he has a very good reputation actually, you know, sometimes when people say bad, but a lot of people say bad about me . It's totally false, of course.

The Atlantic:

Trump has already rejected much of this vision of American foreign policy, a point he demonstrated vividly last month by approvingly likening the U.S. Navy to pirates while describing an interdiction in the Persian Gulf. “We took over the cargo, took over the oil. It’s a very profitable business. Who would have thought we were doing that?” the president said in West Palm Beach, Florida. “We’re like pirates.”

The New York Times:

At least 97 of the nearly 1,600 people who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have been accused of new crimes since Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study released on Thursday from Lawfare, the nonprofit legal issues publication. The figure, which is larger than previously known, includes 19 cases that happened after Mr. Trump granted clemency to Jan. 6 defendants on the first day of his second term, according to the study’s author.

Lucian Truscott IV on CBS News:

I don’t think they’re trying to create Fox News Lite. Fox viewers want Fox, not 3.2 beer Fox. What I think is happening is this: The Right in this country has been trying to win the culture war for decades. Nothing they’ve tried has worked. Just look at Trump’s lineup of musical acts that were supposed to perform on the D.C. Mall this month in his “Freedom 250” celebration. That’s what passes for right wing “culture.” Failing to win the culture war, they decided to just buy it. Trump tried making himself chairman of the Kennedy Center and putting his name on it. Not even his MAGA minions would show up to support his version of the Kennedy Center, so he ordered it shut down for “renovations.” Now a federal court has ordered his name removed from the building. It is unclear what will happen to his “renovations.”
The Ellisons and Bari Weiss are doing to CBS what Trump did to the White House. 60 Minutes is the CBS east wing. They’ll tear it down and try to build a cheap, gaudy and ugly monument to Trumpism. It won’t work.
Capitalism will have the final say. The “renovations” of CBS will lose a little money at first, then a lot. The Ellisons will blame Weiss and get rid of her. They’ll get rid of Bilton and blame him for the death of 60 Minutes. Eventually, they’ll tire of the CBS red ink and try to sell it. By that time, it will be like trying to unload a Trump crypto coin on Ebay.