Chris Post

@clmazin One of the hallmarks of the dangerously stupid is the consistent belief they've found great solutions that experts somehow missed.

Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.

Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Let this sink in.

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

Somewhere, Jeff Bezos is angrily clicking “track shipment” to see what happened to his new editorial page.

AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.

JUST IN (#AP) via @apnews.com's David Bauder:

"The #AssociatedPress sued three #Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists."
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A Warning from a Hungarian Journalist: ‘Brace Yourself for the Worst’ András Pethő has watched American media head down a familiar path.

American journalists need to step up and do their part to preserve democracy. www.cjr.org/kicker/hunga...

How the Senate Voted to Confirm R.F.K. Jr. as Health Secretary The Senate confirmed Mr. Kennedy by a vote of 52 to 48 to lead the department responsible for public health.

True story: when my older boys were little, they both got whooping cough even though they were vaccinated. It was bad. We asked the pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. They would’ve died, he said.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Authoritarian Playbook - Protect Democracy Today’s authoritarian playbook is a process that happens piecemeal and is hard to distinguish from normal political jockeying.

Comparing the Project 2025 Playbook (static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...) and Project Democracy's Authoritarian Playbook (protectdemocracy.org/work/the-aut...) is a frightening experience.

With the constant barrage of executive orders and nonsense announcements, it is easy for journalists to get lost in the woods. We shouldn't ignore the Greenlands and Gulf of Mexico things, but journalists also need to take a step back and cover the big picture, which is an assault on democracy.

This is how dictatorships are made.

Journalism is not a crime.

Can the media be trusted again? Journalist and human rights defender Aidan White reveals the path to redemption To rebuild trust, media organizations must adhere to ethical journalism principles, maintain transparency about their ownership and practices, and engage meaningfully with the public, says Aidan White...

globalvoices.org/2025/01/23/c...

Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".

I was struck this morning by this story of Pamela Hemphill, who refused a pardon

"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative…We were wrong that day, we broke the law"

Integrity!

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Objectivity, independent media and news avoidance: the terms you need to know to understand news today The way we get our news is changing fast.

The way we get our news is changing fast.

I call it the cone of distraction. It's a triangle of students all transfixed on a single student's laptop.

So I just ate a sleeve of Fig Newtons but they're "Just 100 calories per serving!" Curious, I looked to see the serving size. It's 2. Who eats only 2 Fig Newtons and then is like "Whoa, I'm so full. I better stop."? BTW: There were 14 in the sleeve.

The thing about journalists is that they are not merely the ones who could show up, they are the ones who did regardless of what it cost them.

A promotional image for the movie "She Said" featuring actresses Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in character in a newsroom talking to someone on speaker phone.

I showed the film She Said to a group of college freshman journalism majors. They had no idea the story behind the story that kicked off the #MeToo movement. They came away inspired. Mission Accomplished.

Marshall City Council Considers Streamlined Approach to Event Applications - NewsBreak MARSHALL, Mo. — The Marshall City Council convened for a special work session this week to tackle the city’s approach to managing events on the town square and beyond. With no formal decisions to be m...

Following some questions from the public, the Marshall City Council met this week to discuss the process used for approving street events in Marshall. www.newsbreak.com/chris-post-2...
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We survived the first snow of the season, but a few people on my road needed a reminder that the white stuff is slick. #Oops #winter

Cases dropped against reporters arrested for covering protests At least three journalists recently saw unconstitutional charges against them dismissed. It’s progress, but it’s not enough

Even as we head into a second Trump presidency, the fight for press freedom isn’t limited to playing defense.

Actually, we’ve got progress to report.

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

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