CBS News caught spreading climate propaganda produced by outside climate change group

CBS News has leaned on content from a climate change group produced by former network staffers.

In recent weeks, CBS News has disclosed in both on-air and online reports its coordination with Climate Central, a nonprofit that calls itself a "policy-neutral" and "independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives."

CBS News has cited Climate Central research dozens of times since 2021, according to Grabien transcripts. But it wasn't until July that the network began consistently referring to "our partners at Climate Central" on air.

Last month, CBS News published a story about melting glaciers that also aired on "Sunday Morning." Ben Tracy was the correspondent on the segment, with his byline at the top of the article. A disclaimer at the bottom read, "Story produced by Chris Spinder, in partnership with Climate Central. Editor: Chris Jolly."

Another CBS News article in July, also tied to an on-air segment with Tracy, included the disclaimer that the story was "produced in partnership with Climate Central."

Tracy and Spinder don't work for CBS News, at least not anymore. They work for Climate Central. Only Jolly is a current CBS News staffer, according to his LinkedIn page.

Climate Central's website promotes its "Partnership Journalism" program, which it says "contributes data, science and data reporting, editing and guidance to joint features coverage informed by new climate data" to other outlets.

"A partner outlet contributes local reporting, including field reporting, photography and some editing for a story. We contribute data and charts plus a science reporter and an editor," Climate Central states. "For a text story, we help craft a feature in a way that puts climate change in appropriate and accurate context. For broadcast media, we provide story and interview suggestions and help develop and review scripts. Climate Central’s researchers assist with fact-checking."

Outlining how it gets credited, Climate Central says, "We share bylines with print partners and ask broadcast partners to mention our partnership in their coverage." It also says, "There is no charge to the authors or their institutions and the work is explanatory, not promotional."

Tracy, CBS News’ former senior national and environmental correspondent, left the network in September 2024. On his Instagram page, he now calls himself a "Climate Journalist on assignment for Climate Central."

"For Climate Central, I'm Ben Tracy," he says to viewers at the end of his on-air reports.

Spinder, a longtime producer for CBS News, left the network in May and immediately joined Climate Central as a senior producer, according to his LinkedIn page.

"I produce network-quality, broadcast-standard feature news stories focusing on climate and environmental topics and distribute them to 200+ stations across the United States," Spinder writes on his Linkedin profile. "We operate in conjunction with the independent, nonprofit, non-partisan science-based platform Climate Central and adhere to the highest level of journalistic standards that we've practiced for decades working inside traditional network news operations including CBS Network News."

Climate Central's site links to articles from local news outlets it has partnered with. Shari Bell, the group's vice president for content creation, told Fox News Digital that Climate Central "works with many news organizations." When asked which other national outlets have used its produced content, like CBS News, Bell cited The Weather Channel and Scripps News.

Bell confirmed Tracy and Spinder began working for Climate Central earlier this year but refrained from elaborating on what goes into the editorial process in its collaboration with CBS News.

Climate Central describes itself as a "nonadvocacy organization" that "communicates climate change science, effects, and solutions to the public and decision-makers." Among its stated values: "We advance no specific policy, legislation, or technology to address climate change. We are scrupulously non-advocacy and non-partisan."

The organization emphasizes "equity," writing, "We are committed to investigating and communicating the unequal burdens of climate change and to engaging with affected communities," a sentiment echoed in its "Fairness statement."

"Climate change is an engine of inequity. Around the world, socially and economically disadvantaged groups that have barely contributed to the problem often face its gravest threats and impacts," the group states. "In turn, these impacts magnify the inequalities that precede them, as the most-affected populations commonly have the fewest resources to prepare, respond, or recover. In the United States, historically marginalized groups at special risk include Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities."

It adds, "Climate Central regularly highlights the fundamental inequities of climate change. We reaffirm our commitment to investigate and publicize the unequal burdens of climate change, and to increase our efforts in this area. We also reaffirm our commitment to engage with affected communities in developing and disseminating our materials, and to increase our efforts to feature experts from diverse backgrounds."

The website also includes a "Picturing Our Future" page featuring interactive split images showing world landmarks underwater if "we keep our current carbon path" towards global warming.

After Fox News Digital asked CBS News for comment, the network scrubbed the "partnership" language in its disclaimer from one of the articles, which now reads, "This story was provided by Climate Central," and also removed Tracy's byline. A spokesperson for CBS News declined to comment.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cbs-news-leans-reporting-produced-outside-climate-change-group

Tuberculosis outbreak in Maine, most likely linked to illegals

Fears are being raised in Maine after three people in the state tested positive for the world's deadliest disease.

The patients were diagnosed with active tuberculosis and there was no connection between them, suggesting each was infected by a different source.

They are in the Greater Portland area, officials said, and work is now underway to identify and isolate their close contacts.

It comes amid an uptick in cases in the US, with America reporting 10,347 infections in 2024, the most recent year available, up eight percent from the year before and the highest tally since 2011 when there were 10,471 cases recorded.

But officials said the risk to the public from the latest infections was low.

The World Health Organization considers tuberculosis to be the deadliest disease in the world because it kills the most people of any disease, claiming about 1.25million lives every year, mostly in developing countries.

The disease has a high fatality rate, killing up to half of patients if left untreated or unvaccinated. That's far above the fatality rate for Covid, below one percent, measles, 10 percent for untreated patients, and Legionnaire's disease, also around 10 percent.

Tuberculosis was effectively a death sentence in the 18th and 19th centuries when there was no cure, although it can now be prevented by vaccines and treated with antibiotics.

Tuberculosis killed more than 16,000 people in the US every year in the 1950s, but deaths have now dropped 28-fold to around 550 people annually.

Most tuberculosis cases in the US are imported or due to migration into the country, the CDC says, with most patients coming from outside America's borders.

Further details on the Maine cases, including their names, ages and exact locations were not revealed.

The state's CDC revealed the infections on Tuesday, and advised residents be aware of symptoms such as a persistent cough that does not ease within three weeks.

The infections were described as active, suggesting bacteria was multiplying in patients' lungs, but when they started was not clear.

But they added that the risk to the general public was low.

Dr Dora Anne Mills, chief health improvement officer for MaineHealth, warned that tuberculosis could only be passed on if someone was in 'close, prolonged contact' with an infectious person.

She told the Portland Press Herald: 'The vast majority of people do not need to worry about this.

'It's not spread through casual contact like shaking hands or sharing a towel. It's much less contagious than influenza or Covid.'

It can take days for the disease to infect a healthy person who lives in the same home as a patient.

Online reports had suggested the cases were linked to a shelter for asylum seekers in the area, but officials said there was no evidence that this was the case.

Officials say the cases are not yet an outbreak, which is defined as more cases than expected in a specific location or population.

Maine has already reported 28 cases of tuberculosis so far this year, figures show, just 11 cases below the 39 recorded in 2024.

There were 26 cases reported in 2023. It wasn't clear whether this would be a record year.

Children, older adults and those with weaker immune systems are more vulnerable to an infection.

In the early stages, symptoms of the disease include a persistent and unexplained cough and sometimes coughing up blood or chest pain.

Patients may also suffer from unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite, fever and night sweats.

In later stages, patients may have severe breathing difficulties, extensive lung damage and the infection may spread to other organs like the liver or back, causing pain in these areas.

Patients die from the disease due to respiratory failure, or when damage to the lungs means they can no longer get enough oxygen into the body.

Doctors can treat the disease with antibiotics and can vaccinate against the disease using a shot called the BCG vaccine.

This is not routinely offered in the US, because the disease is not common, but can be requested for children, and leaves a small circular scar on the arm, a normal response and sign that the vaccine was effective.

It can also be given to adults, but it is less effective in this group and may lead to someone falsely testing positive for the disease.

In developing countries, the vaccine is administered to children under the age of 16.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15069457/maine-tuberculosis-three-cases.html

Washington's largest school district has been thrust into the spotlight as parents have learned they cannot opt their children out of LGBT lessons

SEATTLE — A Seattle Public Schools (SPS) policy about teaching students an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum is gaining attention from local families and making national headlines Friday.

The policy in Washington's largest school district has been thrust into the spotlight as parents have learned they cannot opt their children out of certain lessons, and the Seattle school district says it's simply following state law.

The SPS website states the inclusive instruction can happen with no prior notice to Seattle families at any grade. The families that KOMO News spoke with on Friday largely support the policy even though the Supreme Court just ruled a group of parents in another state could opt out of similar teachings.

"I believe that Seattle Public Schools is trying to protect the freedom for all students to learn, and I'm in agreement of that," parent Debbie Carlsen stated, adding she remembers the policy from last year and wants these lessons for her now-3rd grade student.

"I want my child to have a well-rounded, pluralistic education," she explained. "I believe that knowledge is power and that when students are able to understand each other, be in each other’s shoes and experiences, that it’s also an opportunity to lessen bullying, and I am a strong believer that schools need to be safe."

The SPS website states students cannot opt out of the following LGBTQ+-inclusive instruction:

-Books with LGBTQ+ characters

-Discussing bullying prevention

-Sharing pronouns

-Answering student questions

-Displaying posters or flags supporting the LGBTQ+ community.

-Acknowledging pride month or teaching LGBTQ+ history.

-Using terms like “transgender” or “gender identity”

The lessons that parents can opt their children out of include lessons about sexual health:

-WA state law requires sexual health education.

-In Seattle Public Schools this instruction starts in grade 4.

-These lessons are age-appropriate and on topics like:

-4th-5th Puberty and HIV/AIDS

-6th-8th Healthy relationships, reproduction, contraception, and disease prevention

-9th -12th Dating and relationships, pregnancy and disease prevention, online safety

-30-day notice is required, and lessons are viewable by families.

It was in June, the Supreme Court reviewed a similar policy for a school district in Maryland. The ruling for Mahmoud v. Taylor states that a group of parents could opt their kids out of these lessons for religious reasons. Those lessons specifically involved books with LGBTQ+ characters.

"The Supreme Court addressed whether or not these parents had a First Amendment right to opt their children out of this part of the curriculum," explained Shiwali Patel with the National Women's Law Center, a group outspoken against the summer ruling and claiming it could have devastating impacts in the classroom.

"Religion and support for LGBTQ+ families can co-exist," Patel added.

That leaves the question of where the Seattle district draws the line when it comes to parents' rights for "opt out" rules.

The Washington state Parental Rights Initiative is a parents' bill of rights, allowing them to review instructional materials, be notified and opt out of certain activities.

SPS in an emailed statement adds that outside sexual health education, "… state law does not provide for selective opt-outs from curriculum, and SPS continues to follow this direction."

The state superintendent's office would not comment on the SPS policy. A spokesperson in a statement writes, in part, the OSPI believes "students receive the most well-rounded education when they see themselves and their peers reflected in their curriculum."

https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-public-schools-lgbtq-curriculum-opt-out-policies-sexual-identities-transgender-learning-lessons-gender-identity-education-school-parents

Two Turkish men arrested in Italian city of Viterbo ahead of popular festival before they could open fire on 40,000 Christians with a heavy machine gun

Italian media reported that the two men were suspected of preparing an attack during Wednesday's celebration, which was attended by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Two armed Turkish men were arrested in the central Italian city of Viterbo, hours before a popular local festival, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday.

Meloni praised police and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi for their "swift intervention" leading to the arrests on Wednesday night, which she said "allowed for the safe celebration of a unique event."

Italian media reported that the two men were suspected of preparing an attack during Wednesday’s celebration, which was attended by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Police in Viterbo were not immediately available to comment on the motive of the arrests or the media reports of a possible attack.

Thousands of people attend Viterbo’s Macchina di Santa Rosa festival, a religious procession and celebration held every year on 3 September to honour the city's patron saint, Santa Rosa.

The main event involves 100 "Facchini di Santa Rosa," porters carrying a towering, illuminated structure called the "Macchina," which weighs nearly five tons, through the city's narrow medieval streets.

In recent months, Turkish authorities have conducted major operations against Turkish crime groups operating abroad in cooperation with European police.

In April, coordinated raids in Turkey and several European countries led to 234 arrests for drug trafficking and money laundering, and the seizure of over 21 tons of drugs.

In May 2024, a joint task force of Italian law enforcement and Interpol forces raided an apartment in the Viterbo hamlet of Bagnaia and arrested the alleged Turkish mafia boss Bariş Boyun, one of Ankara’s most wanted men.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/09/04/two-armed-turkish-men-arrested-in-italian-city-of-viterbo-ahead-of-popular-festival

>>23554657

TB is nasty. Hydrogen Peroxide fixes it. Put in a spray bottle and spray a total of 6 times in your mouth while inhaling, 6 times a day. You'll know you have it because your breath will smell like death.

As a prophylactic, spray 6 times while inhaling, morning and night.

Guess we're gunna find out Trump's actual power-level soon.

Bondi BLASTS mayor, threatens to take away federal funding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-Z21Y0BJM

Emotional exchange between Pirro, DC murder victim’s parents

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Weapons company founded by 21-year-old lands a U.S. Army contract

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Pam Bondi Visits 'Louisiana Lockup'—New ICE Detainment Facility For Illegal Immigrants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXpA44Vg5M

Canada's public safety minister’s phone number found on document seized during 2006 terror probe

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CATS releases surveillance video of deadly light rail stabbing in NC

CHARLOTTE, NC — A shocking murder that rocked South End. Video released by cats on Friday shows Iryna Zarutska walk on the train and sit down in front of her accused killer, Decarlos Brown, on August 22nd.

The 23-year-old from Ukraine had her headphones on, looking at her phone the entire four minutes leading up to the attack.

Video shows Brown look at Zarutska. He eventually pulls a pocket-knife out of his hoodie and flips it up.

Seconds later, Brown lunges at her using his left hand to hold her head as he stabs her three times in the neck. After it happens, Zarutska looks up at Brown scared and confused. About 30 seconds later she fell over.

Passengers on the train react to the attack yet, no one stops brown or helps Zarutska as she is laying in a puddle of blood.

Several passengers seated behind her look on but don’t come to her aid. A passenger seated next to zarutska stands up appearing to be frozen in fear. Her left hand feverishly shaking. eventually one man runs through the train to come to Zarutska’s aid.

Others eventually help as well. Brown can be seen on the opposite end of the car taking off his hoodie to cover the blood falling from his hand before getting off the train about two minutes after the murder.

Brown remains in jail on a first degree murder charge.

https://www.wccbcharlotte.com/2025/09/05/cats-releases-surveillance-video-of-deadly-light-rail-stabbing/

>>23554787

She was probably more safe in Ukraine.

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>>23554800

Guess you can dig on the gender of the person then and completely ignore the rest of the situation.