If Biden loses in November, it will be in no small part because of this👇Democrats need to invest FAR more heavily in pro-democracy media, content creators, and other non-political advertising efforts NOW to address this asymmetry on TikTok. My 2016 PTSD is on fire right now 🚨🔊

A great piece by Mark Jacob about understanding the process of reporting on politics.

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The New York Times seems willing to ride its high horse all the way to a Trump dictatorship.

I believe in the right of Christian extremists to have narrow-minded views of LGBTQ people and women. But we can’t let them turn our country into a dictatorship so they can shove those views down our throats.

How could you think otherwise?

The The Associated Press FTW! 'It was a remarkable moment in modern American politics: The House speaker turning his Republican Party against the federal and state legal systems that are foundational to the U.S. government and a cornerstone of democracy.' apnews.com/article/donald…

Christian nationalist pact with the devil. politico.com/live-updates/2…

The Chicago Reader is returning to weekly publication and could use your help.

The New York Times-CBS poll in mid-May of the 1988 presidential race.

I edited a fun-yet-practical book on writing called “Everybody Needs an Editor,” by Melissa Harris and Jenn Bane (Jenn). It comes out in September, but consider pre-ordering now. It has a section on using AI without surrendering your humanity. simonandschuster.com/books/Everybod…

Here's a gift link to J.D. Vance's 2016 article in the Atlantic in which he warned: “Trump is cultural heroin. ... His promises are the needle in America’s collective vein.'
Now Vance is a drug pusher, profiting off of the addicts.
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Let’s not fool ourselves into thinking a conviction would hurt Trump in the election. Bragging about pussy-grabbing didn’t. Separating migrant children from their parents didn’t. A large minority of Americans wants a racist, sexist dictator. Decent people simply must defeat them.

Read my list of 12 reasons to be skeptical about political journalism. No. 7 is:
“When a politician tells an interviewer, ‘That’s a great question,’ it probably isn’t.”
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A great list from Mark Jacob especially for young journalists who need to know what NOT to do when covering politics⤵️

stopthepresses.news/p/12-reasons-t…

One of the most important skills of a president is hiring talented people. Yet Trump put people in top positions whom he later called “gutless,” “lazy,” “the world’s most overrated general,” “dumb as a rock,” “didn’t have a clue,” etc. Trump sucked at a key part of the job.

3 felonies a day? Andy Biggs must be talking about the people in his social circle.

“All the polls seem to measure is the ability of propagandists to flood lies into the system.”

The NY Times “have abrogated their duty.”

— Mark Jacob and Fred Wellman

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