Trump's biggest donor and RFK Jr's biggest donor are the same man: nepo baby billionaire Timothy Mellon, grandson of 1920s banking tycoon Andrew Mellon. This is how dynastic wealth corrupts our politics.

NEVER FORGET WHY THEY PUT JULIAN ASSANGE IN JAIL! BECAUSE HE EXPOSED THIS! ⬇️

Ed Wong, one of our finest foreign correspondents, has now written a wonderfully interesting book about China, his father's tenure in the PLA, the odyssey of his family, and China's progress. Join us: June 27th for a conversation about all things Chinese asiasociety.org/center-us-chin…

People are always trying to leave POLITICO. Still, it's shocking to see Jack Shafer, one of the great voices in media criticism, moving on. I hope he lands in a good place where his voice will continue to be heard. semafor.com/article/06/25/…

The Michael Medved Show is now available on Spotify: spotify.link/LBQYdCKpJKb

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Four Wall Street hedge fund managers make more than 120,000 U.S. kindergarten teachers combined. 94% of teachers have to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies while the average Wall Street employee gets a bonus of $176,500. Something has gone terribly wrong.

New at Media Nation: Kudos to The Philly Inquirer for a brilliant piece of performance art — but it doesn't answer our fears that Biden can't beat the authoritarian menace that Trump embodies. dankennedy.net/2024/06/30/kud…

Housing costs are now the biggest driver of inflation. Here's one thing that's keeping them high.

Investors bought nearly 15% of homes sold in the first three months of 2024 — the highest share on record. A big reason why home prices have skyrocketed is a lack of supply — and Wall Street sinking its teeth into whatever is left on the market is making the problem even worse.

Just noting that NBC’s telecast of its exclusive, apparently all-important interview with President Biden was immediately preceded by an episode of…”American Ninja Warrior.” Because….well, I guess it was on the schedule?

"Channel 4 News can reveal that Thomas Crooks's, [the shooter's] father, the owner of the rifle that was used to shoot at Donald Trump, was held on a database and profiled by the former president's election campaign and identified by them as a strong Republican supporter, gun

These boys of the Right sure love their iconography.

When Biden steps away from the race he must also step down as president. Running is the prez's biggest job, and he can't do it. Harris must run as an incumbent, with stature equivalent to Trump's, both claiming the administration's wins and running as an independent change agent.

The media's failure to expose Biden's deteriorating capacities may be the most spectacular press failure since WMD. If the Dems now lose, it may be even more consequential. wsj.com/politics/elect…

KAITLAN COLLINS: So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted? JD VANCE: Yes COLLINS: Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6. (May 2024) Aaron Rupar

Worst press failure in a generation? The media's inattention to Biden's decline made his successor a longshot with the impossible job of spackling together a winning presidential campaign in 15 weeks. If Trump returns thank the White House press corps. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

Please read this. It's literally been 8 years in the writing. The first wave of tech disruption of democracy 2016-2024 is over. What starts now is something much, much worse: the age of information chaos. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Press coverage of Trump’s tariffs understates the insanity     presswatchers.org/2025/03/covera… One CNBC analyst has spoken the truth. Will other journalists follow?