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In a world of doublespeak and access journalism, honest headlines.
Also, Screw Jake Tapper.
Also, Screw Jake Tapper.
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Places doing actual journalism worth supporting:
@juddlegum.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
@teenvogue.com
@theguardian.com
@propublica.org
If you're going to pay for a subscription, pay someone who isn't pushing an Oligarch's viewpoints like the New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times do.
@juddlegum.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
@teenvogue.com
@theguardian.com
@propublica.org
If you're going to pay for a subscription, pay someone who isn't pushing an Oligarch's viewpoints like the New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times do.
How long before CNN gets a Bari Weiss to control their content?
October 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
How long before CNN gets a Bari Weiss to control their content?
This is why I personally contribute to pro publica, and why independent media is so critical to our democracy at this time.
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
October 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
This is why I personally contribute to pro publica, and why independent media is so critical to our democracy at this time.
CBS News conveniently leaving out the pedophilia when it's a Republican. Guess Bari Weiss doesn't care if it is gay or predatory when it's GOP.
October 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
CBS News conveniently leaving out the pedophilia when it's a Republican. Guess Bari Weiss doesn't care if it is gay or predatory when it's GOP.
Oh great. Well, at least it's really a lab this time.
Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. https://cnn.it/4i2BCfj
October 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Oh great. Well, at least it's really a lab this time.
Thank you @wired.com
This is critical coverage of political oppression by Trump's ICE and Thiel's privacy invasion engine.
This is critical coverage of political oppression by Trump's ICE and Thiel's privacy invasion engine.
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Thank you @wired.com
This is critical coverage of political oppression by Trump's ICE and Thiel's privacy invasion engine.
This is critical coverage of political oppression by Trump's ICE and Thiel's privacy invasion engine.
Watch the rats scurry... thanks Guardian!
Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia criticizes immigration crackdown as ranchers’ associations condemn ICE activity
Republican urges Trump administration to ‘step back’ and rethink immigration agenda
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Watch the rats scurry... thanks Guardian!
As a Californian, how can I say this. Fuck off, Steve.
Steve Hilton’s long-shot campaign for governor is courting Golden state voters with unapologetically populist message
‘Of course I’m the underdog’: the British former spin doctor trying to turn California red
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
As a Californian, how can I say this. Fuck off, Steve.
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Well, that's super... intelligence.
The company devoted almost a third of its lengthy S-1 filing to detailing “risk factors,” including the potential of increasingly advanced AI models to manipulate, blackmail, and exhibit other unpredictable behaviors: arstechnica.visitlink.me/GATAU1
Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.
arstechnica.visitlink.me
September 29, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Well, that's super... intelligence.
Stolen value indeed. The NYT should be ashamed. And ProPublica doesn't have bedbugs on their editorial team.
I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor.
September 27, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Stolen value indeed. The NYT should be ashamed. And ProPublica doesn't have bedbugs on their editorial team.
Another win for independent journalism. Support real journalism, not oligarch-owned propaganda.
Journalism gets the goods: Tim Tebow "pauses" his partnership with this wealth seminar company after @kieraevebutler.bsky.social's investigation. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Tim Tebow “pausing” Christian seminar promotion after our investigation
“I think the allegations are extremely serious."
www.motherjones.com
September 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Another win for independent journalism. Support real journalism, not oligarch-owned propaganda.
The magnitude of the land slide that happens when a child's sand castle collapses.
September 24, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The magnitude of the land slide that happens when a child's sand castle collapses.
Thanks for the continued coverage. Hopefully Mainers will kick her to the curb in 6 weeks, and the next admin can actually prosecute her for her crimes.
NEW STORY: Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True. www.propublica.org/article/debu...
ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
www.propublica.org
September 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the continued coverage. Hopefully Mainers will kick her to the curb in 6 weeks, and the next admin can actually prosecute her for her crimes.
Thanks @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social !
As if this horrible person didnt have enough influence and Ellison and his nepo baby weren't bad enough...
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
As if this horrible person didnt have enough influence and Ellison and his nepo baby weren't bad enough...
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
Exclusive: Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment
A cash injection from SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk could reduce investor Larry Ellison’s financial burden and bolster the deal’s investor base.
www.semafor.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Thanks @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov and @gavinnewsom.bsky.social !
As if this horrible person didnt have enough influence and Ellison and his nepo baby weren't bad enough...
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
As if this horrible person didnt have enough influence and Ellison and his nepo baby weren't bad enough...
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
How to prove ACAB.
LAPD cops working for ICE contractors off duty — while the department fights to keep its moonlighting records hidden.
That is the accusation now being leveled directly at LAPD leadership after a judge ordered the records turned over.
That is the accusation now being leveled directly at LAPD leadership after a judge ordered the records turned over.
September 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
How to prove ACAB.
Critical reporting from independent journalists not beholding to an oligarch. Support independent media.
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.
Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Critical reporting from independent journalists not beholding to an oligarch. Support independent media.
Oligarch owned media caves on freedom of the press. Fuck Bezos, and fuck the WaPo.
September 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Oligarch owned media caves on freedom of the press. Fuck Bezos, and fuck the WaPo.
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And this is why I will never pay for the Washington Post until Jeff Bezos is forced to sell the company and I will encourage everyone I know to never pay a single dime either.
September 21, 2026 at 10:49 PM
And this is why I will never pay for the Washington Post until Jeff Bezos is forced to sell the company and I will encourage everyone I know to never pay a single dime either.
Of course Newsmax is still kissing his ass. Proving they're a propaganda outlet.
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
September 21, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Of course Newsmax is still kissing his ass. Proving they're a propaganda outlet.
Pay attention. Any reporter returning to the Whitehouse as press and not standing with CNN, MSNow, and Politico in defiance of Trump is a collaborator, and believes more in access and profit than the freedom of the press.
September 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Pay attention. Any reporter returning to the Whitehouse as press and not standing with CNN, MSNow, and Politico in defiance of Trump is a collaborator, and believes more in access and profit than the freedom of the press.
pay attention to which organizations fail to stand in solidarity for a free press.
“The response to Trump’s attacks on these outlets should be for every news outlet to boycott the Trump White House. They don’t need to stand there to do their reporting. See how Trump likes it when no legitimate news outlet shows up for his tantrums and lies.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...
www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...
Is Trump Collapsing?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
September 20, 2026 at 1:35 AM
pay attention to which organizations fail to stand in solidarity for a free press.
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If the White House Press Corps does anything but boycott all White House events going forward, it's a spectacular act of institutional cowardice.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
September 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
If the White House Press Corps does anything but boycott all White House events going forward, it's a spectacular act of institutional cowardice.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
You don't give a *single inch* to fascists—and that means standing together rather than treating fascism as someone else's problem.
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I don't really follow politics
September 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
I don't really follow politics
It's almost like abusing tyrants never works.
Huh, I guess the whole strategy of cable news outlets not asking the Trump White House hard questions and failing to push back on weak answers in order to preserve their access to the Trump White House wasn't much of a great strategy.
September 18, 2026 at 11:14 PM
It's almost like abusing tyrants never works.
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The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions.
Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone
Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone
September 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions.
Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone
Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone