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Scott L. Powers
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Retired entertainment editor @ Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times.
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The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent"
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
www.theatlantic.com
September 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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The "objective" journalists who won't say Trump is building a dictatorship will share the responsibility if he succeeds in destroying our democracy. And if that happens, their "objectivity" will be gone too, punishable by death or imprisonment.
September 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Production assistants on 'Chicago Fire' and 'Chicago Med' claim hours cut after unionizing
Production assistants on ‘Chicago Fire’ and ‘Chicago Med’ claim hours cut after unionizing
Until recently, a production assistant was one of the few jobs on a TV set that was non-union.
www.chicagotribune.com
August 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Glen Hansard on songwriting:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1BLe...
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July 29, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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Do not make of people in death what they never were in life.
July 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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A pack of driven reporters is hard to manage! Of course! These people are to various degrees feral obsessives who care a lot about what they do & often risk a lot to do their jobs. Imagine walking in with zero real reporting or mgmt experience & expecting devotion--not earning it. Fucking clownshow.
June 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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chicagotribune.com
Welcome to the Tribune’s new weekly theater news column, beginning this week.
Chicago Theater Report: Shattered Globe announces new artistic director and Broadway debuts set for fall
www.chicagotribune.com
June 2, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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Why aren't more artists following the Boss' lead?
Springsteen taunts White House in D.C. concert — and promises more pre-election ‘ruckus’ www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Springsteen taunts White House in D.C. concert — and promises more pre-election ‘ruckus’
The show at Nationals Park was the second-to-last in a tour that the 76-year-old rocker has cast as an act of resistance against President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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He's right. Hitler did it first
May 19, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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chicagotribune.com
A former Tribune critic’s writings are being adapted into opera for the second time. This time, it’s his life onstage.
A former Tribune critic’s writings are being adapted into opera for the second time. This time, it’s his life onstage.
www.chicagotribune.com
May 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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A smart, funny, brave and creative artist whose work graced the pages of the Chicago Sun-Times. I was lucky to get to know her a bit then.
Nicole Hollander, Acerbic Feminist Cartoonist, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
April 20, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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One job of journalism is to identify changing circumstances that require changes in policy. So when the first-ever convicted-felon president assaults the free press, why would reporters honor him at a dinner just because “that’s what we always do”?
Wake up. Cancel the Correspondents’ Dinner.
Cancel the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Trump will be guest of honor at the “nerd prom,” with journalists serving as suck-ups
www.stopthepresses.news
April 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.
April 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Rex nails it. Cancel the correspondents dinner.
rexhuppke.bsky.social Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · Apr 6
As a journalist, I find the mere fact that this insipid event is happening this year to be several steps beyond disqualifying. You’re watchdogs, not lapdogs. Have some damn integrity.
jayrosen.bsky.social Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Apr 6
According to @status.news, journalists at the White House Correspondents dinner are plannning to make a "subtle but pointed statement" with their attire, such as "pocket squares and pins with the words of the First Amendment."

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Meanwhile...
April 6, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Happy Easter
April 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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If you're interested legacy media's failures in addressing authoritarianism, I urge you to read these two pieces by @sulliview.bsky.social. 1/ margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
margaretsullivan.substack.com
March 29, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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More #NoKings from Northbrook- lots of support from cars!
March 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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First #NoKings protest in Northbrook IL crowd growing !!
March 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.

#NoKings
An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …
March 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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I keep asking myself this, and then sadly remembering I know the answer.
joncooper-us.bsky.social Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Mar 7
Why was this story on the front page of the UK’s Daily Telegraph — but NOT America’s leading newspapers?
March 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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This is the SAVE Act that Trump is discussing tonight.
gbedekovics.bsky.social Greta Bedekovics @gbedekovics.bsky.social · Apr 7
A House vote on the SAVE Act is imminent. If enacted, 69 MILLION married women would have a much harder time registering to vote bc their name doesn’t match their birth certificate. It shouldn’t be harder for women to vote than to their husbands…why do we even have to say that #HandsOffHerVote
February 25, 2026 at 3:11 AM
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I can't get over this number: in 2007, there were 360,000 newspaper jobs. Now, there are 80,000. "My local paper sucked!" Sure. What sucks even more? The void. "I get all my news from the Guardian!" No, the Guardian doesn't report on your town council, your school board, local cops.
February 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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These words by Supreme Justice Gorsuch should be printed, in full, on tomorrow’s front pages.
For those who think it important for the Nation to impose more tariffs, I understand that today's decision will be dis-appointing. All I can offer them is that most major decisions affecting the rights and responsibilities of the American people (including the duty to pay taxes and tariffs) are funneled through the legislative process for a reason. Yes, legislating can be hard and take time. And, yes, it can be tempting to bypass Congress when some pressing problem arises. But the deliberative nature of the legislative process was the whole point of its design. Through that process, the Nation can tap the combined wisdom of the people's elected representatives, not just that of one faction or man. There, deliberation tempers impulse, and compromise hammers disagreements into workable solutions. And because laws must earn such broad support to survive the legislative pro-cess, they tend to endure, allowing ordinary people to plan their lives in ways they cannot when the rules shift from day to day. In all, the legislative process helps ensure each of us has a stake in the laws that govern us and in the Nation's future. For some today, the weight of those virtues is apparent. For others, it may not seem so obvious. But if history is any guide, the tables will turn and the day will come when those disappointed by today's result will appreciate the legislative process for the bulwark of liberty it is.
February 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM