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10 years ago we had all the cool, left-coded but not oppressively political media everyone's asking for, then private equity killed it
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
10 years ago we had all the cool, left-coded but not oppressively political media everyone's asking for, then private equity killed it
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we fight for freedom
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we fight for freedom
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Los Angeles is under siege, and corporate-owned media has failed to meet this critical moment. #FreeLA
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Los Angeles is under siege, and corporate-owned media has failed to meet this critical moment. #FreeLA
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
If you believe L.A. deserves better, support independent publications like L.A. TACO: lataco.com/join
Become a member of @lataco.bsky.social. Not only are they doing incredible independent reporting on ICE and police brutality, they do the food and culture journalism that's so essential for sustaining local community and keeping the news from being a demoralizing grind. lataco.com/join
Join L.A. TACO ~ L.A. TACO
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November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Become a member of @lataco.bsky.social. Not only are they doing incredible independent reporting on ICE and police brutality, they do the food and culture journalism that's so essential for sustaining local community and keeping the news from being a demoralizing grind. lataco.com/join
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What can you do?
- Get organized. Join a left membership org: Democratic Socialists (socialist), Our Revolution (socdem), Working Families (progressive + liberal).
- Work with them to get a credible threat into your 2026 House primary race.
- Vote. Kick the cowards out.
- Get organized. Join a left membership org: Democratic Socialists (socialist), Our Revolution (socdem), Working Families (progressive + liberal).
- Work with them to get a credible threat into your 2026 House primary race.
- Vote. Kick the cowards out.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What can you do?
- Get organized. Join a left membership org: Democratic Socialists (socialist), Our Revolution (socdem), Working Families (progressive + liberal).
- Work with them to get a credible threat into your 2026 House primary race.
- Vote. Kick the cowards out.
- Get organized. Join a left membership org: Democratic Socialists (socialist), Our Revolution (socdem), Working Families (progressive + liberal).
- Work with them to get a credible threat into your 2026 House primary race.
- Vote. Kick the cowards out.
So-called "PMC class consciousness" cannot ignore two factors:
1. The labor movement. There has been a major upsurge in unionizarion amongst journalism, nonprofit, and higher ed workers, and an upswing in militancy in traditional sectors like teachers and Hollywood that goes back to Trump I.
1. The labor movement. There has been a major upsurge in unionizarion amongst journalism, nonprofit, and higher ed workers, and an upswing in militancy in traditional sectors like teachers and Hollywood that goes back to Trump I.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So-called "PMC class consciousness" cannot ignore two factors:
1. The labor movement. There has been a major upsurge in unionizarion amongst journalism, nonprofit, and higher ed workers, and an upswing in militancy in traditional sectors like teachers and Hollywood that goes back to Trump I.
1. The labor movement. There has been a major upsurge in unionizarion amongst journalism, nonprofit, and higher ed workers, and an upswing in militancy in traditional sectors like teachers and Hollywood that goes back to Trump I.
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE! Now is the time to tell everyone in your life to STOP BUYING Starbucks.
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
www.nocontractnocoffee.org?utm_source=s...
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This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 9, 1935. The Committee for Industrial Organization (later the Congress of Industrial Organizations) was created. Let's talk about the CIO and how it transformed the American labor movement!
They don't want you to know The Remedy
it's kind of funny how Henry George (of land value tax fame) ended up on the list of books forbidden by the Vatican while the Index was still in operation
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
They don't want you to know The Remedy
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Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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CA's economy shows strong growth while we slash carbon emissions. Interesting note: "Emissions from cars and light-duty pickup trucks reached an all-time low as fossil fuel use continued to fall. This drop occurred despite a 1% increase in vehicle miles travelled." ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
CA's economy shows strong growth while we slash carbon emissions. Interesting note: "Emissions from cars and light-duty pickup trucks reached an all-time low as fossil fuel use continued to fall. This drop occurred despite a 1% increase in vehicle miles travelled." ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
A lot of Trump admin policy makes most sense interpreted as a dementia-addled Alzheimer patient's muddled attempt to relive the politics of 80's. The flight cancellations are a nostalgic attempt to recreate the crushing of PATCO. The tariffs are a rehash of 80's anti-Asian racism.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A lot of Trump admin policy makes most sense interpreted as a dementia-addled Alzheimer patient's muddled attempt to relive the politics of 80's. The flight cancellations are a nostalgic attempt to recreate the crushing of PATCO. The tariffs are a rehash of 80's anti-Asian racism.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Not to be a doomer but I think the GOP shutdown strategy is just to never reopen the government and have Trump rule like a king as long as he can. Trump has already claimed full power of the purse with the consent of the Supreme Court and GOP congress; there's no benefit to them to reopen anyway.
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Not to be a doomer but I think the GOP shutdown strategy is just to never reopen the government and have Trump rule like a king as long as he can. Trump has already claimed full power of the purse with the consent of the Supreme Court and GOP congress; there's no benefit to them to reopen anyway.
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Building on this - Prop 50 swing over 2024 presidential vote by county. There was indeed a strong correlation with Hispanic/Latino presence in each county
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Building on this - Prop 50 swing over 2024 presidential vote by county. There was indeed a strong correlation with Hispanic/Latino presence in each county
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Faculty doing what the administration won't- defending the institution.
“The fact of this case shows that the federal government is using the threat of legal and financial sanctions in order to coerce the University of California and to commandeer the University of California in imposing its own ideological and political agenda,”
www.courthousenews.com/uc-faculty-s...
www.courthousenews.com/uc-faculty-s...
UC faculty, staff ask judge to halt Trump's coercive funding cuts
A federal judge cited overwhelming evidence that the Trump administration was using civil rights investigations to go after universities that don't comply with the president's ideological agenda.
www.courthousenews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Faculty doing what the administration won't- defending the institution.
Online media discourse frequently elides this, but it perfectly possible to have journalism that has a clear political line but is still based in evidence and original investigation. "Have your own friendly media" does not have to mean brainlessly regurgitating slogans.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Online media discourse frequently elides this, but it perfectly possible to have journalism that has a clear political line but is still based in evidence and original investigation. "Have your own friendly media" does not have to mean brainlessly regurgitating slogans.
Trump's immigration crackdown is an attack on the entire working class. dailystruggle.org/trumps-immig...
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is an Attack on the Entire Working Class - Daily Struggle
Trump’s mass deportations are not just an attack on immigrants—they are an assault on the entire working class. But with union leaders largely on the sidelines, it falls to rank-and-file workers to or...
dailystruggle.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Trump's immigration crackdown is an attack on the entire working class. dailystruggle.org/trumps-immig...
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Excellent piece from @alexvitale.bsky.social.
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Zohran Mamdani Must Confront the NYPD. Here's What He Can Do.
No single issue will be more challenging for a Mayor Mamdani than policing. But there are concrete steps he can take to reform the NYPD and curb its culture of impunity.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Excellent piece from @alexvitale.bsky.social.
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Public safety will play a crucial role in quality of life, and Mamdani is up against an NYPD team of 86 PR flacks, with a rote story that only the police can keep people safe.
We know that's not true.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
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The Myth Of Coverage
Doctor: I'm in network!
Hospital: I'm in network!
Insurance: I DISAGREE
Doctor: I'm in network!
Hospital: I'm in network!
Insurance: I DISAGREE
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The Myth Of Coverage
Doctor: I'm in network!
Hospital: I'm in network!
Insurance: I DISAGREE
Doctor: I'm in network!
Hospital: I'm in network!
Insurance: I DISAGREE
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More encouraging climate news from California: Early estimates for 2024 shows that the state’s downward emissions trend is set to continue.
➡️ bit.ly/4hV8OE4
➡️ bit.ly/4hV8OE4
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
More encouraging climate news from California: Early estimates for 2024 shows that the state’s downward emissions trend is set to continue.
➡️ bit.ly/4hV8OE4
➡️ bit.ly/4hV8OE4
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Gabriel Garcia Aviles would pass away just ten days later, leaving a grieving family with a lot of unanswered questions.
The full story: lataco.com/second-death...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/second-death...
By Izzy Ramirez
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gabriel Garcia Aviles would pass away just ten days later, leaving a grieving family with a lot of unanswered questions.
The full story: lataco.com/second-death...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/second-death...
By Izzy Ramirez
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I specifically thought “this one’s for high speed rail” as I bubbled in that yes, asshole
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I specifically thought “this one’s for high speed rail” as I bubbled in that yes, asshole
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It's absurd that regional rail in California is governed by the most yokel ass jurisdictions in the given geography and by a bunch of car-brain politicians who never use mass transit. We should be running these agencies with the goal of growing ridership and providing better services.
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's absurd that regional rail in California is governed by the most yokel ass jurisdictions in the given geography and by a bunch of car-brain politicians who never use mass transit. We should be running these agencies with the goal of growing ridership and providing better services.