SCOOP: Tyson Foods has subpoenaed two news organizations, demanding they turn over notes and contacts with local farmers whom Tyson Foods put out of business. I've never seen such aggressive subpoenas issued by a major corporation to news media. investigatemidwest.org/2024/12/17/tys…

It’s kind of brushed over now but the “mostly apolitical voter” was more Democratic than Republican as late as 2020. This shift only really accelerated post-COVID. nytimes.com/2024/05/24/ups…

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A mole within Fox sent the Trump camp all questions he would be getting at a Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum town hall in January 2024, allowing him to workshop his answers ahead of time, including his "I'm not going to have time for retribution" line cnn.com/2025/01/08/med…

Also, good detail in this Melanie Mason Alex Nieves story - Bass team didn't quickly refute the "she cut the LAFD budget" story, which was absolutely everywhere politico.com/news/2025/01/0…

A really thought-provoking package from the Monthly, examining new approaches to racial justice in higher ed in a post-affirmative action world.

We live in obvious times via Liz Hoffman

$SNAP CEO back in 2022 on TikTok: "They spent billions upon billions of dollars acquiring users & buying content to subsidize both sides of that marketplace....No startup could afford to invest billions & billions of dollars in user acquisition like that around the world"

Great discussion with Jack. Take a listen —>