Brian Hansbury

#Chorus #Gaza Leftist creators are spreading disinfo about Chorus—and it’s fueling the same chaos as MAGA lies. #ConfirmationBias #FactCheck #Lorenz TikTok video by public_enlightenment

Leftist creators are running with a false narrative in a textbook display of confirmation bias after Taylor Lorenz wrote an article about some influencers getting paid by a progressive non-profit. I made a video about it.

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YouTube’s Deal With the Devil Google once declared OAN too toxic for its platform—now Sundar Pichai and Neal Mohan are breathing new life into the conspiracy network as they negotiate a high-stakes agreement with Rupert Murdoch's ...

Five years ago, YouTube suspended MAGA propaganda outlet OAN, saying it was not an “authoritative” source of information. But today it celebrated a carriage deal beaming the network into millions of homes on YouTube TV. The timing is no coincidence, via @status.news www.status.news/p/youtube-oa...

In a FaceTime video call from the other firefighter to The Seattle Times, firefighters in their gear were seen sitting on logs in front of federal officers. Some firefighters were dismissed back to their vehicles. One firefighter attempted to walk over to his company vehicle to get something to drink and appeared to have been called back by federal officers. In images shared by firefighters from the scene, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is parked nearby. Officers wearing “Police” vests are seen arresting a firefighter, while another appears to be restrained. According to one of the firefighters, they were denied the chance to say goodbye to the detained crew members. “I asked them if his (family) can say goodbye to him because they’re family, and they’re just ripping them away,” the firefighter told the Times. “And this is what he said: ‘You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I’m gonna make you leave.'”

this is a scene straight out of a war zone. the president has declared war on his own country.

Fascism Is a Cancer. Pro-Democracy Journalism Is the Cure. Plus 5 More Healthy News Sources You Must Spread to Fight for America's Life. The information we consume directly impacts the health of our democracy. Improving your media diet, and the diets of others, is the best medicine against the quickly metastisizing cancer of fascism.

In which I rely heavily on the brilliant work of @froomkin.bsky.social and promote some incredible pro-democracy journalism. open.substack.com/pub/publicen...

YouTube video by Media and Democracy Project FCC Plan Could Turn YOUR Local News Into Propaganda | #propaganda #fcc @public_enlightenment

We’re teaming up with legendary media reform activist @suewilson.bsky.social to fight FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s plans to rollback ownership limits for broadcasters. The rule exists to prevent media monopoly, but right-wing billionaires are urging Carr to do their bidding. Help us take action!

YouTube video by Public Enlightenment I Biked 3,100 Miles Across America… Or Did I? | Anyone can post lies, so FACT CHECK EVERYTHING!

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An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

Why Walking Helps Us Think Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.

New York Focus is thrilled to work with @sammysussman.bsky.social as a local investigations fellow with @nytimes.com.

He will continue his reporting on police misconduct across New York state.

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

I haven't seen this aspect noted, but it's top of mind: every totalitarian regime finds ways to justify extrajudicial detention of nonconforming citizens, often under the guise of mental defect or socially disreputable behavior

there's a vast literature on this...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.

How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? Inside the story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.

YouTube video by Public Enlightenment How MAGA Lies Go Mainstream (Thanks To Headlines Like These) #wakeupamerica #medialiteracy

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MAGA has been feeding its base lies for a decade to distract from Donald Trump’s complete lack of fitness for the presidency. Tulsi Gabbard’s ridiculous lies about the Russia investigation are the rea... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

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Newsrooms Must Become Partisans For Democracy National news desks need to forcefully denounce fascist lies while standing up for democratic values.

I'm proud of the work my @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social colleagues and I did in the lead up to the 2024 election to encourage the public to demand better of their newsrooms. It was our attempt to stave off fascism by pushing for pro-democracy news. The work never stops. substack.com/@brianhansbu...

Newsrooms Must Become Partisans For Democracy National news desks need to forcefully denounce fascist lies while standing up for democratic values.

I'm proud of the work my @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social colleagues and I did in the lead up to the 2024 election to encourage the public to demand better of their newsrooms. It was our attempt to stave off fascism by pushing for pro-democracy news. The work never stops. substack.com/@brianhansbu...

Let me know in the comments if you knew Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is a front for fracking billionaires to spread their agenda? Fossil fuel billionaires pay politicians and pundits to downplay the thre... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6RabBj6/

ICE is using tear gas, helicopters, and military equipment to violently assault and detain FARM WORKERS.

God have mercy on our society.

Have you seen this man? In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson is nowhere to be found.

hi @politico.com my name is marisa kabas and i publish the handbasket and you basically copied my story and then linked me in the 23rd paragraph of your story without specific attribution: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...

Let me know in the comments if you knew Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is a front for fracking billionaires to spread their agenda? Fossil fuel billionaires pay politicians and pundits to downplay the thre... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6RabBj6/

FOLLOW for more media literacy! Boomers can fight fascism with facts! We are watching the billionaire media manipulation machine go into overdrive regarding Zohran Mamdani. It’s the usual playbook: at... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

This then becomes what Boomer Dads say at pickleball. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjEajsFo/

FOLLOW for more media literacy! Boomers can fight fascism with facts! We are watching the billionaire media manipulation machine go into overdrive regarding Zohran Mamdani. It’s the usual playbook: at... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

But how are Boomer Dads across America taking the news? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjEajsFo/

FOLLOW for more media literacy! Boomers can fight fascism with facts! We are watching the billionaire media manipulation machine go into overdrive regarding Zohran Mamdani. It’s the usual playbook: at... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

There is a full court press by the MAGA manipulation machine against Mamdani. It’s an opportunity for media literacy! Here’s how that’s affecting your boomer parent: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjEajsFo/

FOLLOW for more media literacy! Boomers can fight fascism with facts! We are watching the billionaire media manipulation machine go into overdrive regarding Zohran Mamdani. It’s the usual playbook: at... TikTok video by public_enlightenment

Great journalism, thank you. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjEajsFo/

YouTube video by Public Enlightenment MSM IS NOT LEFTIST PROPAGANDA | Only people with bad intentions attack the press. #medialiteracy

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YouTube video by Public Enlightenment BOOMERS CAN FIGHT FASCISM WITH FACTS! Turn low info voters into high info voters. This is the way.

Get in here, Boomers!

Learnings from Five Cases of Data Center Development and Defiance | TechPolicy.Press The Maybe's Hanna Barakat considers lessons from five data center developments in Chile, the US, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa.

Data centers are multiplying fast, draining water and power in vulnerable regions. Case studies from Chile, the US, the Netherlands, Mexico, and South Africa shed light on the harms and how frontline communities are pushing back, writes The Maybe’s Hanna Barakat. buff.ly/pzo64Ay

There is, quite literally, <actual socialism> being done right now by the Trump administration 👇, & our most prominent national media outlets are asking the Democratic mayoral candidate in New York if he is a communist. We are a deeply unserious country right now.

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Screengrab of John Oliver (on right) talking to the viewer. On left, a ProPublica and The Current headline from February 19, 2025 reads: "Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story." A highlighted article excerpt says: "... more than an hour each month to upload the employment documents necessary to reconfirm his eligibility..."

On tonight's @lastweektonight.com, John Oliver cited @savmargaret.bsky.social's reporting about the bureaucratic hurdles and technical glitches Georgians have faced under the state's Medicaid work mandate, as the GOP rushes to implement a national work requirement: propub.li/4kfg2SE

Grassley is a robot or hologram and that dude is the operator. Confirmed.

I'll be joining my MAD colleague tonight to discuss the Information War LIVE at 8pm on Substack. Be there!