John Patrick Pullen
@jppullen.com
Founding editor of @longlead.com, an award winning journalism studio publishing features that make an impact. Formerly: @Fortune.com, and @TIME.com. Yup, they call me JPP.
If Smartmatic can sue Fox News, the city of Portland certainly can, too.
Side note: Portland has a roughly $150m budget deficit.
Side note: Portland has a roughly $150m budget deficit.
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If Smartmatic can sue Fox News, the city of Portland certainly can, too.
Side note: Portland has a roughly $150m budget deficit.
Side note: Portland has a roughly $150m budget deficit.
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The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The skyrocketing price comes as the president threatens to deploy additional troops to more American cities to quell dissent and turn America into a full-blown police state. interc.pt/43qaEH1
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Trump's ICE thugs are targeting veterans of the U.S. armed forces who lack citizenship.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump's ICE thugs are targeting veterans of the U.S. armed forces who lack citizenship.
A day after reading it, this @theverge.com piece by @sarahjeong.bsky.social still echoes in my ears. I urge everyone to read it.
The endgame of the disinformation and media capture we've been enduring has arrived. Bad info needs to only influence a handful of judges to profoundly change the world.
The endgame of the disinformation and media capture we've been enduring has arrived. Bad info needs to only influence a handful of judges to profoundly change the world.
I spent some time spelunking in the footnotes of the Oregon National Guard litigation and came to the horrible conclusion that we're watching the record decay in real time under the weight of a right-wing influencer circus www.theverge.com/policy/81340...
Influencers have fractured reality in Portland
Right-wing content creators managed to successfully brand the Portland police as ‘antifa.’
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A day after reading it, this @theverge.com piece by @sarahjeong.bsky.social still echoes in my ears. I urge everyone to read it.
The endgame of the disinformation and media capture we've been enduring has arrived. Bad info needs to only influence a handful of judges to profoundly change the world.
The endgame of the disinformation and media capture we've been enduring has arrived. Bad info needs to only influence a handful of judges to profoundly change the world.
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With the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, furious debates were happening on social media, fueled by an algorithm that was prioritizing divisive content.
Russian trolls took advantage of the division to further divide Americans.
youtu.be/7cjJIhLTmn8
Russian trolls took advantage of the division to further divide Americans.
youtu.be/7cjJIhLTmn8
Facebook Contractor Shares How Russian Trolls Used Social Media to Sew Division in 2016
#internethistory #historypodcast #hackers
In LONG SHADOW: BREAKING THE INTERNET, Olga Belogolova — who worked as a contractor at Meta following the 2016 presidential election — shares with host…
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
With the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, furious debates were happening on social media, fueled by an algorithm that was prioritizing divisive content.
Russian trolls took advantage of the division to further divide Americans.
youtu.be/7cjJIhLTmn8
Russian trolls took advantage of the division to further divide Americans.
youtu.be/7cjJIhLTmn8
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"To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
2025 me: So that lumberjack on the Real World? He's now the head of NASA and is publicly fighting with OJ Simpson's lawyer's daughter—who's super rich and influential—over the moon landing not being faked.
2000 me: What?
2025 me: Oh and Donald Trump is president…
2000 me: WHAT?
2025 me: …again.
2000 me: What?
2025 me: Oh and Donald Trump is president…
2000 me: WHAT?
2025 me: …again.
Trump’s NASA chief hits back at Kim Kardashian: Yes, we’ve been to the moon
U.S. celebrity shared a conspiracy theory that the lunar landings were faked, triggering pushback from space boss Sean Duffy.
www.politico.eu
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
2025 me: So that lumberjack on the Real World? He's now the head of NASA and is publicly fighting with OJ Simpson's lawyer's daughter—who's super rich and influential—over the moon landing not being faked.
2000 me: What?
2025 me: Oh and Donald Trump is president…
2000 me: WHAT?
2025 me: …again.
2000 me: What?
2025 me: Oh and Donald Trump is president…
2000 me: WHAT?
2025 me: …again.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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@nxthompson.bsky.social, CEO of The Atlantic, went from being a pretty good marathoner to being a very good marathoner as he went from his 30s into his mid-40s. His new book, "The Running Ground," investigates that achievement and what running can teach us about limits and father-son relationships.
October 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@nxthompson.bsky.social, CEO of The Atlantic, went from being a pretty good marathoner to being a very good marathoner as he went from his 30s into his mid-40s. His new book, "The Running Ground," investigates that achievement and what running can teach us about limits and father-son relationships.
I loved this whip-smart interview of @nxthompson.bsky.social by @parkermolloy.com that explores how he wrote a fantastic book while leading @theatlantic.com.
In writing his new book "The Running Ground," Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson.bsky.social), CEO of @theatlantic.com, used AI, calling it "the best editorial tool we’ve ever had." But he has missed feelings on the tech.
![Headshot of journalist Nicholas Thompson with DEPTH PERCEPTION branding with text "[AI] is a giant magnet for finding needles in haystacks.
And then it’s also a force that could completely obliterate us." - Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vuaryrq6kxestqlaedvqtog/bafkreigv2kybdpikjh3bhbktzpvah4ru5grd7fgbovlf6kudfxt2ma7hmy@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I loved this whip-smart interview of @nxthompson.bsky.social by @parkermolloy.com that explores how he wrote a fantastic book while leading @theatlantic.com.
Mexico City's drinking water crisis is a complex, longstanding problem rooted in a number of exacerbating factors, from climate change and over-development to pollution and chaotic population growth.
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Mexico City's drinking water crisis is a complex, longstanding problem rooted in a number of exacerbating factors, from climate change and over-development to pollution and chaotic population growth.
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They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
October 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They don’t even pretend to care. This is the only story. You can’t open the government if the House refuses to show up.
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MLB and MasterCard and Fox’s “StandUp2Cancer” annual appeal hits differently this year bc of Trump’s gutting cancer research thru slashing NIH budget AND having The Butchers of RFK Jr, Oz, and Bhattacharya at HHS.
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
MLB and MasterCard and Fox’s “StandUp2Cancer” annual appeal hits differently this year bc of Trump’s gutting cancer research thru slashing NIH budget AND having The Butchers of RFK Jr, Oz, and Bhattacharya at HHS.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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14 years later, and law enforcement is still using less-lethal projectiles on protesters and the press. Read this from @lataco.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
14 years later, and law enforcement is still using less-lethal projectiles on protesters and the press. Read this from @lataco.bsky.social
In late 2023, Morgan Lieberman began interviewing and photographing the elderly survivors of World War II's Japanese American incarceration. She also visited and photographed the far-flung sites of their detention: Manzanar, Heart Mountain, and Poston — spaces they were forced to call home.
October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In late 2023, Morgan Lieberman began interviewing and photographing the elderly survivors of World War II's Japanese American incarceration. She also visited and photographed the far-flung sites of their detention: Manzanar, Heart Mountain, and Poston — spaces they were forced to call home.
TIL today is National Day of Protest against Police Brutality.
Since 2020, cities across America have paid out millions in settlements stemming from law enforcement’s use of force, including kinetic impact projectiles, during the protests.
Today — National Day of Protest against Police Brutality — explore how less-lethal munitions have been misused by police.
Today — National Day of Protest against Police Brutality — explore how less-lethal munitions have been misused by police.
October 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
TIL today is National Day of Protest against Police Brutality.
The fact that I haven't heard about this at any point in the past 20 hours says something about how messed ✨everything✨ is right now.
Breaking: Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to denounce Trump and his agenda.
It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.
It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.
Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor since 6:20pm last night — protesting Trump and warning that "tyranny has arrived."
"Trump is shredding our Constitution. Is it okay for masked federal agents to arrest people off the street because of their skin color … Not in a free America."
"Trump is shredding our Constitution. Is it okay for masked federal agents to arrest people off the street because of their skin color … Not in a free America."
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The fact that I haven't heard about this at any point in the past 20 hours says something about how messed ✨everything✨ is right now.
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Breaking: Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to denounce Trump and his agenda.
It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.
It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.
Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor since 6:20pm last night — protesting Trump and warning that "tyranny has arrived."
"Trump is shredding our Constitution. Is it okay for masked federal agents to arrest people off the street because of their skin color … Not in a free America."
"Trump is shredding our Constitution. Is it okay for masked federal agents to arrest people off the street because of their skin color … Not in a free America."
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Breaking: Sen. Jeff Merkley spoke on the Senate floor for 22 hours and 37 minutes to denounce Trump and his agenda.
It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.
It's the fourth longest floor speech in U.S. Senate history.
If someone took a wrecking ball to the White House—without asking permission or apologizing—and got away with it, what else could they do?
Could they also destroy your house without reason or remorse?They can and they have. Donald Trump did exactly that.
The White House is the people's house.
Could they also destroy your house without reason or remorse?They can and they have. Donald Trump did exactly that.
The White House is the people's house.
Photos obtained by Law Dork show the dramatic extent of the first step in Trump's purported plan to build a new ballroom on White House grounds with private funds.
Exclusive: Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing is nearly complete
Photos obtained by Law Dork show the dramatic extent of the first step in Trump's purported plan to build a new ballroom on White House grounds with private funds.
www.lawdork.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If someone took a wrecking ball to the White House—without asking permission or apologizing—and got away with it, what else could they do?
Could they also destroy your house without reason or remorse?They can and they have. Donald Trump did exactly that.
The White House is the people's house.
Could they also destroy your house without reason or remorse?They can and they have. Donald Trump did exactly that.
The White House is the people's house.
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We also do accountability reporting that's sorely lacking in this space—stories that other repro-focused publications wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. Notably, workers trust us to tell these stories.
After spending years watching reproductive rights coverage get flattened into political horse race stories at mainstream outlets, Rinkunas and fellow journalist @garnethenderson.com launched Autonomy News earlier this year, holding both right-wing actors and progressive organizations accountable.
Autonomy News
A worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication.
www.autonomynews.co
October 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We also do accountability reporting that's sorely lacking in this space—stories that other repro-focused publications wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. Notably, workers trust us to tell these stories.
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Thanks so much to Parker for the great conversation about @autonomynews.co and why @garnethenderson.com and I wanted to create a worker-owned outlet for expert reporting and analysis on this beat. No gods, no masters
I interviewed @susanrinkunas.com for @longlead.com: depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/susan-rink...
No paywall, no “objectivity,” no bosses: Susan Rinkunas reimagines reproductive rights journalism
The veteran journalist discusses co-founding Autonomy News and why traditional media keeps failing this beat.
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thanks so much to Parker for the great conversation about @autonomynews.co and why @garnethenderson.com and I wanted to create a worker-owned outlet for expert reporting and analysis on this beat. No gods, no masters
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@susanrinkunas.com, co-founder of the worker-owned publication Autonomy News, got started on the reproductive beat while working at Jezebel, where she laid the groundwork of getting to know workers in the reproductive rights and justice space, gaining their trust with stories.
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@susanrinkunas.com, co-founder of the worker-owned publication Autonomy News, got started on the reproductive beat while working at Jezebel, where she laid the groundwork of getting to know workers in the reproductive rights and justice space, gaining their trust with stories.
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This is important
October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is important
It is only a matter of time until a less-lethal projectile will kill another innocent person — and with how haphazardly federal agents are misusing these policing tools, it's sadly going to happen soon, most likely.
An investigation commissioned by Boston Police Commissioner Kathleen O’Toole found that what killed Victoria Snelgrove was a dangerous combination of bad judgment, inadequate planning, incomplete policies, and, crucially, insufficient training.
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It is only a matter of time until a less-lethal projectile will kill another innocent person — and with how haphazardly federal agents are misusing these policing tools, it's sadly going to happen soon, most likely.