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SPY + TELEMUNDO CHIEFS?

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Ecuador intelligence boss and Spanish-language media executive among seven killed in Kenya helicopter crash.
1. Private luxury safari/social trip — strongly supported.
2. Miami business/family/social network explaining the group — increasingly supported.
3. Sensi-Contugi conducting some undisclosed personal or professional meetings while on vacation — possible, but unsubstantiated.
4. Joint Ecuador-U.S.-Kenya intelligence/geopolitical mission — currently no evidence.
5. Deliberate targeting/sabotage — no evidence at present.
But the investigation should examine the security angle, precisely because a sitting national intelligence chief was involved. That means investigators should establish his itinerary, who arranged the trip, his communications and meetings immediately before the safari, whether he had any scheduled Kenyan/Ecuadorian/U.S. government contacts, who paid for the travel, and whether his presence on the charter was simply part of the larger group. These are investigative questions, not accusations.

BYE MS REPUBLICAN LIE

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Jen Psaki criticizes the priorities of outgoing Donald Trump press secretary leaving for avoiding good faith engagement with real reporters' questions while elevating Trump sycophants.

PUSHBACK & PUBLISH

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A silent crowd does not make a lie true.
When truth stands alone,
let our voices be a companion… etc.

BYTE YOUR TONG

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Kaity Tong's retirement marks the conclusion of one of the most distinguished careers in New York television news
凯蒂·童(Kaity Tong)的退休,标志着纽约电视新闻界一段极其卓越的职业生涯画上了句号。
La jubilación de Kaity Tong marca el final de una de las trayectorias más distinguidas en el ámbito de las noticias televisivas de Nueva York.

TELEMUNDO

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Puerto Rico origins (1954)
Telemundo's roots go back to 1954, when Ángel Ramos founded WKAQ-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part of a broader media operation that also included a radio station and a newspaper. Note the difference from SIN right away: Telemundo started as a genuinely Puerto Rican/U.S. operation, not a Televisa-financed pipeline, that distinction shaped its identity for decades. Britannica

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COUNTDOWN AND UP

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They were not just on the air, some in our lives. Casey Kasem, Paul Harvey, Vin Scully, Larry Lujack, Delilah, Howard Stern, Rush Limbaugh and Walter Cronkite.

MEDIA DAD

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Some personal thoughts for this year's unforgettable Father's Day Weekend. As I also take time to pay tribute to my great, late father Antoñiquito, for strict rules, my personality, including the Cuban coffee breath, the corny dad jokes... well, except for this one just now. To all fathers of all sizes, ages everywhere on the World Wide Web... Enjoy your Fathers Day weekend!