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🚨DC friends! Join opposition movement + media leaders tonight at @couriernewsroom.bsky.social's "Courage > Cowards" holiday event. Brilliant humans, smart takes + strong drinks to toast this hellish year in 🇺🇸 farewell 👋 RSVP + bring your fav antifa friends 😎🎄🥂

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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.

Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."

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Liberal media’s big year online This year has seen Democratic operatives pitch donors on more than a dozen new efforts, while established left-of-center outlets grew faster than ever.

Kyle Tharp's Chaotic Era newsletter offers an encouraging overview of progressives' attempts to boost their media reach. Kyle cites the sponsor of my Stop the Presses newsletter, Courier, which is big on TikTok and also runs local newsrooms.
@kylewilsontharp.bsky.social @couriernewsroom.bsky.social

Liberal media’s big year online This year has seen Democratic operatives pitch donors on more than a dozen new efforts, while established left-of-center outlets grew faster than ever.

NEW: It has been a big year for Democrats looking to solve their partisan media problem.

2025 has seen Democratic operatives pitch donors on more than a dozen new efforts, while established left-of-center outlets grew faster than ever.

www.chaoticera.news/p/liberal-me...

Garbage Day A newsletter about having fun online

“It’s proof that the American right has spent the last decade letting algorithmic spam tell them what they want to hear, astroturfing themselves into believing that some silent majority out there believes in their worthless MAGA crusade.“

Another excellent @garbageday.email

www.garbageday.email

We're talking podcasts. We're talking newsletters. We're talking new media with @taraemcg.bsky.social, Navin Nayak, @chriscillizza.bsky.social, Linda Douglass.

WATCH — @jenpsaki.bsky.social : “Courier compiled 23,000 Epstein emails into a searchable database… Donald Trump's name appears more than any other. And that’s just from these emails. Who knows how many times in 100,000 files.”

The lesson for all Democrats: Be brave, be bold, fire your traditional comms hacks and hand the keys to your digital strategists.

The differences in how right-wing media outlets and creators are treated and empowered by Republicans compared to how left-leaning media outlets and creators are treated by Democrats never ceases to madden me. To their detriment. It's just wild.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

The Compassion Trap: How the Shutdown Weaponized Democratic Values Against Democracy Itself When Opposition Parties Stop Fighting Because the Cruelty Becomes Unbearable. And Why They Shouldn't.

"It’s a nasty tactic but an effective one. Create unbearable suffering. Wait for your opponents’ empathy to overwhelm their resolve. Then offer relief in exchange for political surrender." - @adambonica.bsky.social
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...

We did it, Zo Read to the end for a good post

As usual, my fav analysis is @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
at Garbage Day (+Panic World pod)

“The effects of the internet, a deeply alienating globalized economy, and the rise of a technofeudal billionaire class have finally cracked American Democrats wide open”
www.garbageday.email/p/we-did-it-zo

May every candidate Schumer and Jeffries refuse to endorse win as big as Zohran did last night 💫

I can’t stop thinking of every young person who worked, volunteered for or believed in Zohran’s campaign. For the rest of their lives, on bright days like today - and far darker days to come, they will have a leg up because they will always have hope in the driver’s seat 🫶

U.S. World Business Arts Lifestyle Opinion Video Audio Games Cooking Wirecutter The Athletic New York Times - Top Stories Live LIVE N.Y.C. Mayoral Election 3m ago Election Day in the U.S. 5m ago Top Stories MAMDANI SEALS VICTORY IN IMPROBABLE RUN LIVE Nov. 4, 2025, 10:14 p.m. ETJust Now Democratic Socialist Wins Mayor’s Office in Surge of Anti-Establishment Discontent Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old lawmaker, became an electrifying voice for New Yorkers disillusioned with runaway living costs and a scandal-plagued old guard. See more updates › After Decades of Low Turnout for Mayor’s Races, Voting Soars in New York 3 MIN READ Va. Governor › Va. Governor race called Va. Governor Candidate Percent Pct. Spanberger Democrat +56.8% 56.8% Earle-Sears Republican +43.0% 43.0 92% of votes in

Zohran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City, according to Decision Desk.

fuck yes new york 🗽✨🇺🇸

Americans are turning on Trump. Can Democrats earn their trust? Bad poll numbers only tell half the story

"More than 55% of people under 45 believe that the American Dream is no longer achievable, a disaffection that has fueled a deep desire for a fundamental reordering of society."

Anyone who doesn't want a fundamental reordering is benefitting from it!💡
www.progressreport.news/p/americans-...

The Washington Post Has Become Right-Wing Even Faster Than I Thought It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right-wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?

"If The Washington Post becoming right wing doesn’t make these people [rich liberals] want to take spade in hand and plant some trees, what on earth will?"
- @mjtoma.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

The Washington Post Has Become Right Wing Even Faster Than I Thought It’s not going to happen. It’s happening: The mainstream media is becoming right wing. What are wealthy liberals going to do about it?

New Column: Chew on this. The nation's capital, one of the most Democratic cities in America, no longer has a liberal newspaper. The techbro takeover of the mainstream media is a crisis rich liberals must wake up and address. newrepublic.com/article/2025... via @newrepublic.com

Agree with every word of @faiz.bsky.social here - we need more candidates with both the spine to stand up to the tech billionaires who have co-opted our democracy, and who have a vision for how to hold tech + AI accountable to building IN SERVICE to all Americans, not in detriment.

uhhh

Come hang with me and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a live conversation at 3pm ET today on COURIER's IG channel about the critical role independent media is and must play in standing up to this administration and safeguarding our freedoms 🇺🇸

The Andrew Cuomo Campaign Is All in on MAGA Influencers With the NYC mayoral race coming to a close, Andrew Cuomo is courting right-wing creators.

“The clear desire to align himself with power at all costs, wherever that power might be, is one of the reasons he’s getting rejected so hard online. It’s a misunderstanding of the moment.”

Everything in this post by @dellavolpe.bsky.social on the views of voters under 30 but mostly THIS perfect metaphor:

dellavolpe.substack.com/p/after-ever...

New CBS Boss Wants Fox News Star as Evening News Anchor Bari Weiss is allegedly having conversations about bringing some Fox News energy to “CBS Evening News.”

The wildly over-valued $150M purchasing price of Bari Weiss' substack network by Larry Ellison makes more sense when you consider the rapid + complete MAGA-fication of one of the longest legacy news brands in America she was hired to be the public architect of.
www.thedailybeast.com/new-cbs-boss...

"Staley previously voted for Trump but says he has since gravitated more towards the political center...he wants to see action on things like rising costs and worker protections. Those two issues in particular have drawn him more recently to Bernie Sanders + Zohran Mamdani..."

In small towns and rural communities, young voters say they feel unseen by leaders Gen Z and millennial voters will make up more than half of the electorate in 2028. They're a crucial bloc for both parties, but many are facing daunting economic realities and feel unseen by leaders.

"I want somebody to inspire me," he added. "It doesn't matter if you're red or blue, whatever side of the aisle you're on, like, come on, guys, what do we want?"

An absolute must-read on how young people feel left behind by political leaders today.
www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...

If you thought what Rupert Murdoch built at Fox News was dangerous (and it was), you should really get acquainted with Larry and Keith Ellison.
cmarmitage.substack.com/p/american-o...

DC Democrats' short-term memory loss They've tried rigging primaries before, and it hasn't gone well.

Something I'm reflecting on a lot these days is how Dem leaders drank their own koolaid for so long, believing they were the ones protecting democracy, when they are STILL clearly only interested in protecting themselves. Seems pretty undemocratic to me.
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