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citationspod.bsky.social podcast, write @ The Nation, Real News, In These Times, things of that nature columnblog.com
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“Fund the police” was a whole applause line for the people best situated to prevent this.

submitted 19 hours ago • 37 comments

Tenants with @KCTenants just won an 8-month strike -- and showed that labor tactics work on landlords. reporting by @rebeccaburns.bsky.social for @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/rent...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Rather than subvert the neoliberal order, Trump is promoting a more brutish version of it on behalf of corporate America. I wrote about Trump’s tariff regime and how, despite his faux populist rhetoric, he’s using tariffs to harm workers around the globe. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In Ep 222, "The Empire Strikes First Part I: Party Elites Who Lost to Trump (Twice) Blame Everyone But Themselves," we detail how our media allows the same party flacks who got the Dems into this mess, control over the narrative of how to get them out. With guest UC-Berkeley professor Jake Grumbach.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

After ignoring the story—and parroting the government’s line on Gaza genocide for 20 months—Tapper is bloviating about Speaking Truth to Power: by @ahjohnson.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Israel claims that Hamas endangers civilians by hiding behind human shields. Several investigations, however, have found that Israeli soldiers are systematically using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza. Nadav Weiman from Breaking the Silence details what is known about the "Mosquito Protocol."

submitted 9 days ago • 5 comments

In Ep 221, "Anti-Science Mugging on the Right and the Ascent of American Anti-Intellectualism" we detail demagogues' favorite faux populist schtick of taking scientific studies out of context and mocking them, often with help from mainstream media. w/ Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Heard this on the radio and was shocked by the degree of cowardice at NPR, which is something I didn't know I could still be surprised by given the low expectations they've already earned.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

In this News Brief, "NPR Asks Starving Palestinian Living On Rubble to Denounce Hamas, Co-Sign his Own Ethnic Cleansing," we we break down an object lesson in racist US-Israeli national security state toadyism, double standards, and runaway condescension.

submitted 16 days ago • 7 comments

the number of 'takes' there'd be today if Krasner had lost, versus the near-absence of 'discourse' around it, is telling.

submitted 17 days ago • 25 comments

Buddy I think "This content that ended up printed in our newspaper was not approved by anyone in our newspaper" raises more questions than the one you're trying to avoid answering!!!1!

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

“Six months after the election, how can the energy and anger that goes into these tedious recriminations be parlayed into something constructive and useful?” If Harris Opposes Trump’s Horrific Gaza Policies, She Should Say So by @ahjohnson.bsky.social www.columnblog.com/p/if-harris-...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

The 1930s truly was the golden age of sportswriting

submitted 20 days ago • 56 comments

If you want a good look at how hollowed out the NYT is, this analysis of Peter Baker’s commitment to “unbiased” reporting from @ahjohnson.bsky.social does a good job highlighting the absurdity of the ideology that animates their coverage www.columnblog.com/p/to-nyts-pe...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Racist attacks on Rep. Rashida Tlaib are apparently not newsworthy according to mainstream U.S. media. New from @ahjohnson.bsky.social. ⤵️

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Freedom House is allegedly an “independent” champion of “freedom of expression.” Why are they mum on Trump’s crackdown on domestic dissent? By @ahjohnson.bsky.social

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Details on Khalil and the Jena prison he is confined in: - saw child for the first time via 9 photos printed at Walmart - lost 15-20 lbs b/c of vile food - dorms sleep 70 to room in 35 bunks - lights on 24/7 - dorms are kept frigid - the facility was fixed up in advance of congressional visit

submitted 36 days ago • 20 comments

Tons of evil and stupid parts of this NYT editorial but this is both a laughably credulous mischaracterization of Trump/Musk’s “anti DEI” purge and it is propped up but one of—count em—FOURTEEN “manys”. Not sure I’ve seen so many weasel phrases in a single essay. we even got six “somes” to boot

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

In Ep 220, "The Power of Thought-Terminating Bad Guy Labels," we break down the cheap, lizard brain appeal of pejorative, racialized labels––from "terrorist" to "extremist" to "gang member" to "illegal alien." with guest @equalityalec.bsky.social

submitted 38 days ago • 4 comments

According to three members of Congress, Rumeysa Ozturk has been repeatedly denied access to her lawyer, refused asthma medication despite attacks, forced to endure extreme temperatures, and denied religious accommodations. Her ‘crime’? An oped in a school newspaper. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

submitted 42 days ago • 8 comments