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    Today:  " Bari Weiss Has Thrown the CBS News Killswitch " Plus,  Steve   Bannon  had photo of  Trump  and  Ghislane   Maxwell ;  Venezuela  is on the verge of a humanitarian tragedy; what happens now that we’re going over the  Obamacare  cliff; and more...     Here’s What Happens Now That We’re Going Over the Obamacare Cliff ACA marketplace enrollees are set to see their health insurance costs spike. But when premium tax credits expire, profound systemic shocks will be felt well beyond individual customers. By Grace Segers   The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down. By Matt Ford Read now   Trump’s 10 Biggest, Most Shameful Billionaire Toadies These businessmen have shown no shame in kowtowing to the president—and he has richly rewarded thei...

One Courageous Correspondent What happened inside “60 Minutes” this weekend Dan Rather and Team Steady Dec 22 Credit: Michele Crowe/CBS CBS News “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi is walking the walk . What she has done for journalism in the last two days is about as important, and courageous as it gets. With her cherished journalistic institution threatened, and her career on the line, Alfonsi is sounding the alarm that “60 Minutes” is sliding further into an increasingly irretrievable and dark place. The Steady team spoke to sources inside the broadcast today to find out exactly what happened when the new CBS News boss, Bari Weiss , spiked a highly promoted piece at the last minute. On background, we learned that Alfonsi and producer Oriana Zill de Granados had for months been working on a story about the Trump administration’s illegal deportations of Venezuelan migrants to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. They interviewed former inmates about the brut...