Edwin Eisendrath

Hey David Ellison: you got your merger, now leave CBS News alone A CBS investigative piece on the Epstein jail video broke important new ground. Under Ellison's new MAGA mandate, that story might never be allowed.

It's laughable that Ellison & his cronies are promising us 'objective news' while also agreeing to a Pravda-like newsroom minder. The new owners don’t give a damn about journalism. If they did, they'd leave CBS News alone to keep doing good work. My latest:

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We Can Save Public Radio and Television Viewers and listeners like us.

"No matter where I lived, I knew this was guaranteed because after moving into a new place, we’d plug in our old box television, adjust the shitty little antenna just so, and voila, like magic, there was PBS. It was free."

Maybe we've turned the corner on bleeding local news dry for the benefit of vulture funds.

Trump's in trouble, cue the nuclear weapons distraction ploy Just like in 2017, Trump is recklessly using the threat of nuclear war to shift attention away from his disastrous six months.

Just like in 2017, Trump is recklessly using the threat of nuclear war to shift attention away from his disastrous six months. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/edwineis...

CORDER LIST: 606 U.S.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025 24-109 24-110 ORDER IN PENDING CASES LOUISIANA V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. ROBINSON, PRESS, ET AL. V. CALLAIS, PHILLIP, ET AL. The parties are directed to file supplemental briefs addressing the following question raised on pages 36-38 of the Brief for Appellees: Whether the State's intentional creation of a second majority-minority congressional district violates the Fourteenth or Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. Supplemental briefs for appellants are due on or before Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Supplemental brief for appellees is due on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Reply briefs are due on or before 2 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025. The time to file amicus curiae briefs is as provided for by this Court's Rule 37.3. Word limits and cover colors for the briefs should correspond to the provisions of this Court's Rule 33.1(g) pertaining to briefs on the merits rather than to the provision pertaining to supplemental

😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.

If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.

Allow me to explain the ‘Russia hoax’ hoax Military trucks parading in formation through Red Square, Moscow. (National Archives) Let's start deep in the weeds and then walk out. On Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel — chosen for that role in la...

No longer at the Washington Post but better than ever @pbump.com lays out the latest Russia hoax like Ali laid out Liston.

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I'm very excited to join Edwin @eisendrath.net 's show tomorrow!

A New Cycle of Texas Gerrymandering: Your Questions Answered A redistricting expert answers questions from Bolts readers about the effort to redraw Texas’ congressional map, and its effects on communities of color and political representation.

NEW: A redistricting expert answers questions from Bolts readers about the latest effort to redraw Texas’ congressional map, and its effects on communities of color and political representation.

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Democrats made it free to file your taxes. Now Republicans are blocking it – right after helping billionaires dodge more taxes.

This is a gift to Intuit and H&R Block. It's clear who they work for – not you.

The Big Picture with Edwin Eisendrath Listen live Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Central at 820 AM, on TuneIn, right here on the Heartland Signal website, or tell Alexa to play WCPT from TuneIn.

Saturday on WCPT: how Trump has made us less free, less prosperous and less safe. My guests:

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Somebody needs to say it: I am proud to be a Democrat Americans have always fought for democracy and against tyranny. Democrats still do.

I'm proud to be a Democrat. On the biggest questions of the last hundred years, and continuing to this day, Democrats have delivered a healthier, freer, more prosperous America. We need to work together to do it again. My latest:

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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

From "Newsrooms Need to Get Tougher on All That Lying" by Richard Tofel. dicktofel.substack.com/p/newsrooms-...

Somebody needs to say it: I am proud to be a Democrat Americans have always fought for democracy and against tyranny. Democrats still do.

I'm proud to be a Democrat. On the biggest questions of the last hundred years, and continuing to this day, Democrats have delivered a healthier, freer, more prosperous America. We need to work together to do it again. My latest:

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Showing far more humanity than his subject ever could, @donmoyn.bsky.social is writing Shakespearean tragedy with an American twist here. Read every word ⬇️

They don’t care about anything but gaming the institutions so they can entrench one party rule. This vote is a violation of every oath and contempt for the rule of law.

Online Platforms & Streaming # of chickens Alphabet (Google) 2 Amazon 4 Apple 2 Meta 4 Microsoft 1 Netflix (no chickens! a star instead!) Snap 2 TikTok (rating TBD) Trump Media 5 X / SpaceX 5 Broadcasting & Entertainment Audacy (rating TBD) Comcast 1 Cox Media Group 1 Disney 3 Fox Corporation 4 Gray Media 2 Hearst 2 iHeartMedia, Inc.2 Nexstar 4 Paramount Global 4 Sinclair, Inc. 4 TEGNA 2 TelevisaUnivision 2 Warner Bros. Discovery 3

Chickens are the perfect avatar to show just how cowardly these media companies have become since trump's election.

It's not supposed to work this way. Media outlets should be defenders of truth a democracy, not MAGA megaphones. 1/

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Luke Farritor. Portrait of a Young DOGE Coder Dismantling America’s Institutions

NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled

The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”

NO PAYWALL!

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170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in "misconduct" would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.

Me on the factually misleading and analytically ridiculous misconduct complaint DOJ has filed against Chief Judge Boasberg—and the dangerousness of DOJ so openly trying to undermine public confidence in the only institution that has been even partially effective at checking the Trump administration:

Trump tariffs creating a bumpy ride for Ohio families working in the automobile industry • Ohio Capital Journal The financial tumult of Trump tariffs eating into U.S. carmakers’ profit margins will reverberate in factory hubs throughout Ohio. If inventory isn’t moving, plants cut shifts. Layoffs mount as…

Commentary: Trump tariffs eating into U.S. carmakers’ profit margins will reverberate in factory hubs throughout Ohio. If inventory isn’t moving, plants cut shifts. Layoffs mount as unsold vehicles pile up in dealership lots. Ohio families suffer ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/29/t...

The Tuesday politics chat with Edwin Eisendrath & Susan Demas A recording from Edwin Eisendrath and Lincoln Square's live video

Yes, democrats are doing some good stuff. We talk about that and a whole lot more in this Tuesday politics chat with @sjdemas.bsky.social on @lincolnsquare.media:

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The GOP’s New Voter Suppression Architect Read more here.

Those of us in the pro-democracy camp can no longer afford to play by the traditional rules. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

They’re threatening the refs because they don’t like their calls.

Good man, incredible baseball player. Chicago loved Ryne Sandberg. It's a big loss.

Pull up a chair and join us for another look at some of the terrible things Trump is doing to the country AND how to push back. @lincolnsquare.media

He Was Asked About His Tattoos and a TikTok Video in Court. Five Days Later, He Was in a Salvadoran Prison. Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to…

NEW: Our reporter @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social watched as Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was asked about his tattoos and a TikTok video in a Chicago immigration court.

Five days later, he was sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Say goodbye to cancer and Alzheimer’s research. Say goodbye to American biomedical research.

Mark isn’t just walking away from the Post. He asks and answers this important question: how do we decide which outlets to banish and which to embrace? Very helpful.

The Real Reason for Zohran’s Success Should Rattle National Democrats Exclusive internal campaign data on the reach of Mamdani’s viral videos illustrates that he gets modern messaging in ways other Democrats just don’t.

Remarkable: Zohran Mamdani's video about returning to Uganda racked up 4.5 million views on Instagram, 56% among non-followers, per data given to me.

He is forging a new answer to Dems' digital woes. I talked to his advisers in depth about it. Fascinating. 1/

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🌪️Severe storms with hurricane force winds threaten the plains states
♨️2-hundred million people face extreme heat
🔥Wildfires are burning millions of acres across the country
💰Trump admin emergency response: tax cuts for the rich
My latest: