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In our recent October poll, 2% of Americans said their primary source of news was CBS. They disapprove of Trump by a net 20 points.
I doubt a campaign against elites and academia — left-coded groups, in the Trumpian formulation — is going to help ratings www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-your-...

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In a new Journalism 2050, @jayrosen.bsky.social recounts how the internet, once thought to hail a new age of democratization in journalism, became a tool for corporate surveillance and the centralization of wealth. With @emilybell.bsky.social and Heather Chaplin.
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My new look, courtesy of Columbia Journalism Review, via The 11th Hour on what was then MSNBC. This image served as we used to call "the art" for this podcast. bsky.app/profile/colu... Topic: "The internet that promised so much: what went wrong..."

Today's Reliable Sources lead:

The right-wing media origins of Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" phrase

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Note: Stealth NYT edit. (Thanks to the eagle-eyed reader who saw that!)

From closed pools to lost parks: the urgent case for a national play strategy in England Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development

Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development...

Apparently, the testimony of 40 minors was not enough to convince then U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta (later a Trump appointee) to prosecute Jeffrey Epstein.

This is one of the biggest cover-ups of our generation. @oversightdemocrats.house.gov won't stop until the truth comes to light.

The Disney Adults Dumping the Mouse Over Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s battle has not only taken over the news cycle, but it has sent the Disney internet into shambles.

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.

Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines

Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university in the state to construct “a Charlie Kirk Memorial Plaza”, with a statue of the assassinated Republican activist and a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.

There’s no hiding the political retaliation and weaponization.

It’s all out in the open.

one of the more lingering thoughts in my head the last two weeks is: could i leave social media and streaming media altogether? and the answer has been an easy yes. it definitely leans more towards streaming and i’m actually mad right now about the number of TVs in my house

The president ordering the murder of 3 more human beings on a boat didn’t even make the list

If this were discovered in a leaked email and published in the New York Times, it might get more attention. But Trump just tweets it out, and most people move on with their day. This is blatant corruption. Blatant weaponization. It is undeniably an impeachable offense.

It’s not being charged as a federal crime because it’s not an assassination. Or a hate crime. Nor did it happen on federal land.

the person behind this unhinged, anti-factual editorial is set to decide coverage at one of the nation’s major news networks

Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status on two homes in two different states, public records show.

Every accusation is a confession www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...

The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.

And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later

How a Maine Businessman Made the AR-15 Into America’s Best-Selling Rifle Neither a gun enthusiast nor a right-wing ideologue, Richard Dyke used political connections and lobster giveaways to build Bushmaster, the company that popularized assault-style rifles.

After each mass shooting, the public asks, “How did we get here?”

The real answer goes beyond NRA lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots.

It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Richard Dyke.

(Published Nov. 2023)

2025 United States federal mass layoffs - Wikipedia

Happy labor day weekend!

If the MAGA in Chief, who put his ugly mug on the side of the DoL building last week, actually supported workers, he and the World's Richest Man wouldn't have fired 290,000 government workers this year (so far). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Un...

Yep, and DC happens to be 40% Black. That's the only reason Trump has to control the District. It's too Black.

ICE’s Spectacle of Intimidation Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents.

Mark Peterson’s black-and-white images of ICE agents evoke film noir and the urban-crime photography of the 1930s and ’40s. “If someone is doing everything right, and then they still get detained, it’s a crime scene,” he said.

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

Thank you, Madam Speaker.

DHS Said to Brief Cleta Mitchell's Group on Citizenship Checks for Voting Read more here.

A senior DHS official held a briefing for a far-right anti-voting group last week on how federal databases can be used to check voters' citizenship status, according to an email sent by the group. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

A photo taken in The Capitol, possibly just off the floor. Tina Smith, wearing black slacks and a maroon jacket, is facing off against Mike Lee, who is leaning towards her.

Photo from The Hill's Al Weaver (from Xitter) catches Tina Smith confronting Mike Lee.

This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator