Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.

Killing usually requires dehumanizing one's victims. One of the most vital services the press can perform is to rehumanize them. Profiles of some of the Venezuelan villagers recently murdered by the U.S. military at Trump & Hegseth's direction (and the loved ones left behind): tinyurl.com/28m5muh5

"We are at most a few years away from the mainstream media becoming controlled top to bottom, with a few very exceptions, by...right-wing and libertarian billionaires who want quite simply to destroy the idea of the public weal":
newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Education Week headline: "AI Is Picking Up Speed. Are Schools Keeping Pace?"

Short answer: Lord, let's hope not!

Long answer: This is the kind of framing that capitulates to Big Tech (rather than exercising our critical faculties to ask whether we should be buying what they're selling) and that I challenged in this essay (is.gd/acOSmQ) & this podcast episode (is.gd/LOxdlR).

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Rachel Maddow Breaks Down Trump's Shocking DOJ Election Move

youtu.be/wIUFctqkVFI?...

America As No-Longer-Democracy and Not-Yet-Dictatorship Where does the country stand after the largest day of protest in U.S. history? Putting “No Kings” in perspective

A nuanced assessment of the limited but important impact of No Kings protests and of what it means that "a staunchly authoritarian movement is in power but [hasn't] been able to install a consolidated autocracy yet."
Worth reading by @thomaszimmer.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/42mxk7j4

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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department. Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

When it's not working to require patriotism indoctrination, target trans students, and destroy any programs that benefit minorities, Trump's Dept. of Education is committed to uprooting public education in favor of private, religious schooling. Horrifying update from ProPublica: tinyurl.com/bddekpjz

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My new essay on AI (www.alfiekohn.org/article/ai/) includes quotes from, or links to, writings by @emilymbender.bsky.social, @palan57.bsky.social, @stopgenai.com, @ddmeyer.bsky.social, @zachczaia.bsky.social, @lutzfernandez.bsky.social, @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social, @garymarcus.bsky.social ....

But by then, Trump and his crew will have new tools at their disposal, including a beefed up ICE that will include large phalanxes of masked thugs who are experienced in using violence at the president's behest. Thus, if the time comes for Trumpers to effectuate yet another post-election coup, they will have a ready and willing militarized federal police force to back them up and will not have to rely on a ragtag array of right-wing tourists. While many are currently rightly concerned about the impact Trump's brutal “immigration crackdown will have on undocumented persons, the danger of his creation of a massive, non-law-abiding federal police force could extend far beyond the immigration. Congress has just handed the coup leader in the White House new, dangerous tools that he and his cohorts could use in their next attempt to overturn the nation's democracy once and for all.

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Misplaced hope #2: Trump's declining popularity means voters will punish him and the GOP in 2026 and 2028? That assumes they'll allow free elections. To doubt this is no longer absurdly alarmist or just a matter for grim jokes: tinyurl.com/bdz6u6sc

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

Why Colbert's cancellation marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large

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First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow

One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · Mobilize Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

Well, Hullo gawjus!! And here we are! I'll be interested to see what we can make of this platform. I'll stay on as many as I can to observe and see what people bring! I know you will bring love and light and I'm lovin' it!! xoxo