Why report on the several million great teachers trying to do their jobs, beloved by students and their parents, when you can clickbait these two whackjobs trying to get rich off Ron DeSantis' fascism

#MDSen Democratic candidate David Trone raised $216,145 from donors not named David Trone in Q1 and $18.5 million from those in the opposite category.

Trone has now poured over $41.7M into his campaign, ending March w/$1M remaining.
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In today’s Stop the Presses newsletter, I lay out 5 reasons why journalists accept being lied to – and why they tend to think they're blameless when they pass on those lies to the public.
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The last IRS form I saw from them had them paying Jeremy Scahill $500,000/year.

Hard for a left populist outlet to sustain that on grassroots dollars

This week's Ctrl Alt-Right Delete was heavily influenced by L O L G O P's podcast interviewing the incredible Robin Marty. We're talking about the links between abortion and authoritarianism and how many Americans are already living it. altrightdelete.news/p/fascist-hell…

Abortion is protected under the state Constitution in Michigan. But Republican-led efforts to enact a nationwide abortion ban could still jeopardize those rights, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautioned Michiganders this week.
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Some of the biggest corporations in the country are funding a machine that is stripping away our rights...

This is amazing

A reminder that just six months ago the Trump campaign ran this video ad on Facebook.

me: these polls this far out DO NOT matter

also me:

We asked tech journalist TaylorLorenz.Substack.com what she thought were the top three things that will influence the election cycle online — here’s what she had to say.

Listen to the full episode of Vibes Only with hosts Brian Derrick and Glennis Meagher on Apple or Spotify.

Just got word that Democrats in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature are forcing a vote today to repeal the abortion ban.

They tried this in the House earlier this year, and every Republican voted against it. #azleg

🚨 dream crossover episode alert for people who are very, very online!!! 🚨

TaylorLorenz.Substack.com joins Brian + Glennis on Vibes Only over at COURIER 👇

NEW POD: Journalist TaylorLorenz.Substack.com joined COURIER’s Vibes Only pod this week to break down:

📱The future of TikTok
💉RFK Jr.’s campaign
💻 Top 3 online trends she’s tracking

Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vib…
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/45cmlt…

🔥 episode of Vibes Only today feat. TaylorLorenz.Substack.com talking TikTok, RFK, and the 3 digital politics trends she's watching in 2024.

10/10 recommend:

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I expect to see approximately $50 million in ads with this quote

'Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media posts and comments' that promote American isolationism, stir fear about the border, and stoke racial economic and tensions within the U.S. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

He’s obviously here for episode 8 of Shogun on FX 🏯🎌