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Legacy media could learn a thing or two from @thebulwark.com about analytical reporting.

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One more time Josh Hawley demonstrates that he absolutely, 100%, will go to the mat for working people. Hell, this time he even wrote an op-ed for the enemy newspaper in order to pretend to a liberal audience how committed he was this time. @nytimes.com even reported as such.

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Yes, it is. (It shouldn't have taken God to tell us that but thanks, @thegodpodcast.com, for doing so and making sure all of us understand the full dimensions of what is happening.)

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In opposition to lawlessness and in support of the principles of rule of law, I dissent.

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Pretty much sums it up.

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@schumer.senate.gov should realize what Thune offers to limit debate is not real. The Big Ugly is. Of course, one Senator or group of Senators can hold the floor to read the 1,000-page bill & explain what damage it will do. cc: @booker.senate.gov @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @padilla.senate.gov

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A good reminder.

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The cruelty is the point. These stories must be told to the American people. Some do applaud the cruelty, but a majority do not. Where is national media in reporting such cruelty? It should be daily front-page news. cc: @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @usatoday.com @wsj.com

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👇 (But don't just block out the propaganda. We all have a responsibility to rebuff it, as @msnbc.com does here. Follow @davidjbier.bsky.social & @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social, who counter the propaganda & advise on how to do so. Speak w/ friends, neighbors, colleagues being taken in by propaganda.)

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A good message from @olgalautman.bsky.social. olgalautman.substack.com/p/please-don... (Note: what the media do not report is how the U.S. slowdown and now denial of weapons, especially for air defense systems, has made the Russian air assaults more deadly.)

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Yes, it is on us citizens. It takes courage, perseverance & discipline. Repeat: "We want to see your name & ID" (they are required to identify themselves). Take down plate nos. Report incident to nearest ICE facility (ea. must record calls). Report to local Mayor's office. Profanity is optional. 👇

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It is hard to pay attention to everything, but do not forget Georgia. There is a crackdown on democratic leaders taking place, but the #GeorgiaProtests continue. This citizen resilience and persistence deserve our respect and support (we may need to have the same).

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We shouldn't just get percentages (though crucial). Where are the individual stories of (non-violent, non-criminal, hard-working) persons being kidnapped, detained & deported? Podcasters should have a focus on at least 1 person daily if mainstream media won't do it. cc: @mmfa.bsky.social

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Say their names. We might if we knew who they were. Mainstream media seem not to think the forced expulsion of citizens is newsworthy. These should be daily @nytimes.com front-page stories (so should kidnapping & forcibly deporting non-citizen asylum seekers). cc: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social

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An excellent recommendation to honor a true hero. The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is an educational experience of the tallest order---& is an eye-opener for those not familiar with the history. If you are out-of-state and can't make July 2, plan a trip to Jackson (admission is modest).

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Yes, it should.

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One wonders how this passes muster in the leading publication of a scholarly field even on the basis of having a debate. See below. Posen is writing mumbo jumbo masquerading as "theory." (Is IR a field that simply allows an "extant general theory" to ignore or make up facts?)

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What media should be doing every day since kidnapping asylum seekers & terrorizing communities is a daily occurrence. (Thx @npr.org. Why @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @usatoday.com, @cnn.com, @msnbc.com, etc. don't do such reporting is part of the problem. cc: @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social.)

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Let's see. The answer is yes if humans reject their capacity for free will and let A.I. dictate the human condition. Truly, this is the stupidest time. And it really is because a lot of the college-educated elites seem to have lost the capacity for analysis.

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How to celebrate #Juneteenth.

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Yes, @mjsdc.bsky.social is correct. Worth reading to the end. KJB precisely dissects the problem of the Roberts Court in all its decisions dating to Citizens' United. (Incessant malleability has led to the gross abuse of judicial power. It doesn't matter that we get a few good decisions tossed in.)

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Pass it on. (cc: @targetmajoritynyc.bsky.social)

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#OnThisDay in 1865, two months after the Civil War ended, all those enslaved in Texas learned they were finally free. The news set off celebrations. The day became known as “Juneteenth,” which became a national holiday in 2021. mississippitoday.org/2025/06/19/o...

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True. Lesson: Model the scrappy 8th grade school paper reporter (not Tucker Carlson).

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If you are still wondering whether the soldiers were purposefully not marching in synch, see below.

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Correct. Don't stop. More: gather names & contact information of witnesses. As possible, gather initial statements. Call the Mayor's office to report an illegal ICE detention of a citizen. Next, contact #ACLU & immigration legal defense organizations. Call ICE detention center. A lot is on us now.

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True. Thx to @newrepublic.com for amplifying this. Trump & Rs are set to approve vast sums ($200 billion total!) for "immigration enforcement" & what we see every day is a federal bureau operating a functioning secret police. Dems (& all of us) ought to be more outraged & generate more opposition.

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True. Facts do matter. And that major US media don't report definitively the facts (every day) is a disservice to the American public. Importantly, facts do get out there. And when they do, public opinion does shift. cc: @nytimes.com @usatoday.com @washingtonpost.com @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social

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Each time Trump steps onto the international stage, he trumpets the cause of Russia & Putin. The officials standing behind him stand behind Trump's support for Russia & Putin. (One hopes Carney and the 5 other leaders speak out to say this is not what the US has stood for or should stand for.)

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Truly, the @nytimes.com gave twice the news coverage to the National Gallery director resigning (2 full-length columns) to the national story on No Kings (1 full-length column).

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The political media have been doing a real disservice for some time --- allowing full-blown lies & numbers ("21 million under Biden") to stand without much correction. Extremism exists. But when the general public confronts the reality on immigration, there is less extremism.

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Military parades are boring by their nature, but Trump made this one especially boring. More significantly, it displayed a dangerous decline in American standing, both in soft and hard power. Rubio is the expression of it.

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A favorite sign from today.

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Elites still find it hard to view Trump as an actual threat to US democracy, here (again) presenting him as a childlike figure fulfilling impish fantasies. Truly, the actions of ICE & the deployment of the military for civilian purposes (to the border, LA & beyond) should disabuse us all. #NoKings

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It was never "only on Day 1." It was always "starting on Day 1."

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Yup (and a good suggestion).

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No one hid what the "Mass Deportations" signs meant at Trump rallies and the GOP convention. Yet news media turned away from Trump's (& Miller's) pledge to make the US a police state with roving bands of masked officers rounding up people w/ no basis. The only defense now is citizen action.

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Listen to this.

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It would be good if more former National Guard officers would say this, not to mention current ones.

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Both things are true.

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BTW, this too is the new world of US-Russian entente: the US has agreed to total surrender of its soft power in the world in exchange for Russia increasing its assertion of nationalist and imperialist aggression. And yes, that is unhinged from 80 years of US diplomacy.

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Welcome to the new world of US-Russian entente: a purported promise by Putin to "participate" in negotiations w/ Iran (as if it were a good thing for the US) in exchange for Trump allowing Russian "retaliation" against Ukraine (as if it already weren't carrying out its heaviest attacks since 2022).

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I will say it again: We underestimate the impact Russian active measures have on America's democracy, its politics, its governance and its standing in world affairs.

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We need not debate the merits of Biden's decision to run again (or his decision to drop out of the race) to note here that not a single reporter has thought to interview the person Tapper and Thompson claim was & is addled. It's called journalistic malpractice.

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If you were thinking it extreme to say so, they really do want us to die. And they even make it seem a rational policy choice since our lifespan is dictated by God and has nothing to do with government funding for health care.

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An important article from @justsecurity.org by journalists who saw a nascent free press overpowered by 2 repressive regimes. @tatyanastroika.bsky.social & Roman Badanin advise on what needs to be done to fight back against Trump's repression & intimidation so this precious freedom endures here.

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Listen to @judgeluttig.bsky.social. All effort should be directed to defeat the budget bill in the Senate. Its provisions would allow Trump & the GOP to establish a dictatorship. But vulnerable Rs know it can't be done before 2026. So direct protest at their Congressional offices. 202-224-3121.

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Indeed. This is beyond not normal for democracies. But it is normal for authoritarian regimes. The question is why legacy media are not reporting the authoritarian takeover of US democracy in straightforward fashion. The fact is many of their journalists are attracted to the authoritarian brand.

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