Good riddance. This is a TRASH website. COMPLETE TRASH.
It' spread lies & dangerous, threatening disinformation 24/7. Disgusting site.

“My purpose as a journalist—and in life?—is to make people in power uncomfortable. Everything else is noise.'

Honored to be included in The New Republic's list of the '25 Political Influencers to Watch in 2024' w/ Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Kat Abu + others:

Check out this little mathematician! 🧮

After her aunt begins counting the steps, our hero takes over, counting to 11 with only one small assist… and leading her aunt to speculate about her special genius.

You’ve probably learned by now that I am a believer in the genius of

Richard Stengel Mainstream media were utterly ill-equipped to respond effectively to right-wing disinformation in 2016. And some have learned nothing since. Look at NBC’s hiring of Ronna McDaniel. Media still pretend Republican politicians aren’t liars and traitors when they clearly are.

Richard Stengel Norman Ornstein Richard, our largest newsrooms were so inept in reporting on the influence efforts by David Pecker, Trump in his Twitter feed, and other types, such as troll farm activity, that they essentially ASSISTED it by featuring the themes in their headlines & then burying the debunking

This is not an excuse, but mainstream media is not good at dealing with outright, wholly fabricated falsehoods. Journalists tend to automatically think, hmm, there might be something there. But we all need to get better at calling out falsity. There is no balance between

Today’s Trump trial testimony reminds us of how mainstream media – including the New York Times, Washington Post and Politico – were badly played by Trump in 2016. An example: The National Enquirer’s Trump-inspired hoax linking Ted Cruz’s dad to the JFK assassination.🧵1/7

Another tough day in the media world ☹️

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Today the Supreme Court is debating whether it’s legal — or not — to assure doctors can save a pregnant person’s LIFE in a hospital emergency room.

Let that sink in.

Justice Kagan just noted a fact we reported in Slate: In the short time that Idaho has been allowed to enforce its abortion ban against women who need emergency termination, SIX women have been airlifted to another state for care that's illegal in Idaho. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Do unto students as you would have had university administrators do unto you when you were a student.

Something I learned when I was 16 yrs old at first civil disobedience action - whenever police are called in, chaos ensues. What would have been a peaceful and short demonstration becomes a siege. Young activists only become more emboldened and determined. Positions harden.
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I agree with Andrew Weissmann (weissmann11 on Threads)🌻. This already major criminal case has now become a genuine bombshell. So much for trying to call it just a tawdry little matter.

.U.S. Department of Justice Jack Smith FBI The FEC NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services

14 percent of WBUR staff gone. Devastating. bostonglobe.com/2024/04/24/bus…

Hannah Bourne-Taylor Michael Gove we aren't going away. This campaign has had nothing but support across the board yet you withhold a positive decision. Do the honourable and decent thing by responding to Hannah and Zac and everyone else who's backed them.

Hannah Bourne-Taylor Veronica Coak Michael Gove My postcard went to Michael Gove in time #frustrating #natureincrisis

Veronica Coak Thank you so much! Hundreds of people have written to Michael Gove BUT there is an election coming up…..