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We kept being told that journalism was a bulwark against fascism, a "fourth estate". This is the liberal frame for perceiving the industry's worth. But the reality is the polar opposite: fascism has been allowed to thrive, and could not have done so, without journalism.

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This is an absolute betrayal of promises made by Congress to protect the people who protected American soldiers. A betrayal by people who think American greatness is based on half-assed military parades rather than being a credible ally to those that risked their lives for America.

submitted 14 hours ago • 124 comments

The private equity firm that owns Instant Pot took out a loan for $450 million in 2021 and paid $345 million of that as a dividend to its investors and management team. Two years later Instant Pot declared bankruptcy.

submitted 22 hours ago • 23 comments

Jfc

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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.

submitted 2 days ago • 160 comments

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

submitted 1 day ago • 115 comments

Low point of the new @washingtonpost.com?

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I count 49 news headlines on the NYT mobile app home page right now, not including opinion, sports or cooking. None of them are about the massive protests yesterday.

submitted 1 day ago • 293 comments

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

submitted 2 days ago • 219 comments

being able to hear the wheels on the Sherman tanks squeal on account of no one there is some incredible footage. A+ comedy.

submitted 2 days ago • 74 comments

this entire parade

submitted 2 days ago • 22 comments

I'm sorry but the largest protest of my lifetime is not the 7th or 8th biggest news story in the country behind "what does Gen Z want from Instagram?" This shit is humiliating. Rearrange your layout to meet this moment. Omitting the thing happening in every American city is malpractice.

submitted 2 days ago • 678 comments

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing theonion.com/protest...

submitted 2 days ago • 29 comments

Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better.

submitted 3 days ago • 180 comments

Netanyahu has done more depraved shit than just about anyone else in Jewish history. Starting a war with a regional opponent to save himself from being thrown in jail is absolutely despicable—and it’s not even the worst crime he’s currently committing. He’s a world historically heinous individual.

submitted 3 days ago • 123 comments

Paula Abdul gave a movie recommendation as she walked by with Emilio Estevez at a multiplex in Philadelphia.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I know so many journalists who are dynamite at their jobs. Thorough, diligent, honest. And yet there is so much lazy, misleading slop that gets churned out by so many big outlets. Not a single mention that this was recorded in ten different angles of video.

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich 2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor 3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history. The anti-Robin Hood.

submitted 4 days ago • 48 comments

Newsom on Trump's military parade: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, you see it with Putin, you see it with dictators around the world that are weak ... Weakness masquerading as strength ... that's about as small as it gets ... that's Donald Trump."

submitted 4 days ago • 313 comments

This an absolute insane and irresponsible way to frame a military crackdown on the freedom to protest.

submitted 6 days ago • 91 comments

They're going to start firing people to save their margins as AI fails to scale or provide meaningful growth www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/

submitted 6 days ago • 26 comments

this is your occasional reminder that every elite media outlet and editor that spent the last 5 years pretending Republicans were the free speech party is either a moron or a fascist and either way you should treat their every utterance with contempt

submitted 6 days ago • 68 comments

Three things about this comment: 1. Homan is a White House adviser who doesn't have the power to arrest anyone. Neither does Trump. 2. Trump once again acts like he's not in charge. "If I were Tom, I'd do it." Uh, doesn't he work for you? 3. THREATENING TO ARREST A GOVERNOR IS A FIVE ALARM FIRE

submitted 7 days ago • 214 comments

Shameful. This guy is so earnest and patient in describing what happened—something truly un-American. I hope his girlfriend and the family behind them are okay.

submitted 8 days ago • 12 comments

The president exists in a dystopian fantasy world with no connection to reality

submitted 8 days ago • 721 comments

The "Epstein Files will destroy our enemies" stuff is maybe my favorite example of how impenetrable the mindset is. Far more photos of Trump w Epstein than any of his political enemies. And yet! Unshakable belief that The Files will take down Hillary or whoever.

submitted 11 days ago • 22 comments

Poor Jake Tapper, sweating right now as he thinks “how do I make today’s insanity about my Biden book??”

submitted 11 days ago • 8 comments

AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they

submitted 11 days ago • 900 comments

The straightest thing you can do as a man is to think a lot about two other guys' balls.

submitted 11 days ago • 1113 comments

The fake ads are the best part of @theonion.com's print edition

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

just checking in on the president before bed… he just reposted some qanon brain rot about how joe biden was secretly executed in 2020 and replaced with a clone and/or robot 👍

submitted 16 days ago • 225 comments

First ten seconds: What do you mean she “made it worse” — at least she’s apologizing, By the end: Oh no. Oh my goodness. Wtf.

submitted 16 days ago • 97 comments

Page One in Des Moines. @jemsinger.bsky.social

submitted 16 days ago • 1594 comments