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forever student of life & irreverent rebel on life’s journey — collecting experiences not possessions. I’ll rest in peace only when the anguished cry of the marginalized & oppressed no longer reverberates in the air.
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

📽️ WATCH: At ProPublica, we’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing the second Trump administration. If you are a federal employee and have tips, documents, data or stories you can share that the public should know about, reach out: www.propublica.org/tips/

Ann Telnaes says her Washington Post editor refused to print this cartoon depicting tech billionaires, including Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, paying homage to Trump. The free press is disappearing before our eyes. Brava to Telnaes for resigning in protest. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

“In addition to Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the cartoon depicted Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg; Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of The Los Angeles Times; and Mickey Mouse, the corporate mascot of the Walt Disney Company.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...

In the 1970s, jeans weren’t considered presidential. Then came President Jimmy Carter. Carter, who died on Sunday, would prove to be an Oval Office trendsetter. Nearly all the presidents who followed him were captured wearing jeans while in office. nyti.ms/4iUDLYZ

U.S. markets close for Jimmy Carter's mourning day — U.S. stock markets will remain closed on Jan. 9 to honor former President Jimmy Carter's passing. https://www.aol.com/us-stock-markets-remain-closed-171244739.html

Everybody remember to go get you a library card to help keep them funded

THIS ⬇️ !! And USE your library card!

Democracy Docket is not on Substack, so it does not benefit from that network effect. It's just another safeguard to ensure that it will remain fiercely independent of any corporate overlord. To support its work, becoming a free subscriber or paid member. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...

Perhaps I've misunderstood all along and WaPo ownership views "Democracy dies in darkness" as aspirational.🤔

"The menace of Adolf Hitler has been greatly exaggerated.... There is an innocence almost childish about the detailed fashion un which he sets out to be blood-curdling." --New York Times, Sept. 27, 1930

The New York Times is quietly becoming a puzzle, games and recipe company.

How to avoid global chaos in the next ten weeks www.economist.com/leaders/2024...

In the week since the U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk has used X, the social media platform he owns, to reiterate his support for President-elect Donald Trump. Some of X’s users have decided they want to post elsewhere. Among the largest beneficiaries of that desire is Bluesky. nyti.ms/48JtYAt

Bluesky stuns in new App Store ranking

Just broke out of the X jail of craziness to fly into the @bsky.app — let’s hope one can soar here