@jsigwart.bsky.social
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"Execs at CBS’s parent company Paramount may have dumped Colbert not to appease Trump, but to join with him. There’s ample evidence that billionaires genuinely, sincerely like Trump’s vision of authoritarian rule by billionaire, and want to do their part to crush dissent and discipline the proles."
CBS cancels Colbert as media continues to turn Trumpward
It's not just bending the knee. It's also oligarchic solidarity.
www.publicnotice.co
July 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Execs at CBS’s parent company Paramount may have dumped Colbert not to appease Trump, but to join with him. There’s ample evidence that billionaires genuinely, sincerely like Trump’s vision of authoritarian rule by billionaire, and want to do their part to crush dissent and discipline the proles."
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Why does the media keep screaming CRIME WAVE when the data shows crime is actually going down in many places?
The latest issue of Bad News breaks down how fear-based headlines distort our sense of reality.
👉 vist.ly/3xufx
The latest issue of Bad News breaks down how fear-based headlines distort our sense of reality.
👉 vist.ly/3xufx
Bad News #4: Crime, Panic, and the Media’s Never-Ending Chicken Little Routine
If you listen to American news for just five minutes, you’ll come away convinced you should never leave the house without a flak jacket, a can of bear spray, and maybe a priest.
factland.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Why does the media keep screaming CRIME WAVE when the data shows crime is actually going down in many places?
The latest issue of Bad News breaks down how fear-based headlines distort our sense of reality.
👉 vist.ly/3xufx
The latest issue of Bad News breaks down how fear-based headlines distort our sense of reality.
👉 vist.ly/3xufx
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What began as a routine interview edit turned into a $16M settlement, FCC threats, and newsroom revolt.
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What began as a routine interview edit turned into a $16M settlement, FCC threats, and newsroom revolt.
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
CBS caved. Trump won. Press freedom bent.
🧵A surreal media-political standoff:
vist.ly/3y524
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🧵THREAD: Did the Supreme Court just end birthright citizenship?
No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
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No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
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June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🧵THREAD: Did the Supreme Court just end birthright citizenship?
No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
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No.
Let’s break down today’s ruling—and what it does and does not mean for the 14th Amendment.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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4/ There’s no evidence of AI. Just a candidate trying to speak directly to Spanish-speaking voters — imperfectly, but authentically.
#NYC #Mamdani #Election2025 #Disinfo #FactCheck
#NYC #Mamdani #Election2025 #Disinfo #FactCheck
June 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
4/ There’s no evidence of AI. Just a candidate trying to speak directly to Spanish-speaking voters — imperfectly, but authentically.
#NYC #Mamdani #Election2025 #Disinfo #FactCheck
#NYC #Mamdani #Election2025 #Disinfo #FactCheck
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BAD NEWS #2 is live.
The press echoed alarmist claims about Iran’s nuclear threat—while downplaying their own government’s intelligence.
Sound familiar? It should.
➡️ vist.ly/3n7stxr
Fact-check the narrative. Demand better reporting.
The press echoed alarmist claims about Iran’s nuclear threat—while downplaying their own government’s intelligence.
Sound familiar? It should.
➡️ vist.ly/3n7stxr
Fact-check the narrative. Demand better reporting.
BAD NEWS #2: Reporting or Repeating? How U.S. Media Echoed Israel’s Alarm on Iran’s Nuclear Threat
Factland’s Weekly Media Criticism Newsletter
factland.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BAD NEWS #2 is live.
The press echoed alarmist claims about Iran’s nuclear threat—while downplaying their own government’s intelligence.
Sound familiar? It should.
➡️ vist.ly/3n7stxr
Fact-check the narrative. Demand better reporting.
The press echoed alarmist claims about Iran’s nuclear threat—while downplaying their own government’s intelligence.
Sound familiar? It should.
➡️ vist.ly/3n7stxr
Fact-check the narrative. Demand better reporting.
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EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates that the 16 states with total or near-total abortion bans have sustained more than $64 billion in economic losses annually since the fall of Roe.
Check out @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's latest:
Check out @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's latest:
The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.
A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.
www.motherjones.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research estimates that the 16 states with total or near-total abortion bans have sustained more than $64 billion in economic losses annually since the fall of Roe.
Check out @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's latest:
Check out @juliannemcshane.bsky.social's latest:
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I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I can’t speak for every city, but here in LA, ICE bounty hunters aren’t going after gang members. They’re hunting the vulnerable: gardeners, street vendors, day laborers.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
Easy money, no risk.
Folks need to stop pretending this is about crime.
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social—thank you for your words.
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🖋️ Happy Typewriter Day!
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
June 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🖋️ Happy Typewriter Day!
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
Did you know the QWERTY layout was designed to slow typists down and prevent jams?
❌ MYTH: QWERTY is the “best” layout.
✅ FACT: It was a workaround for mechanical limits in 1870s typewriters.
Turns out, our keyboards are relics of jammed keys.
#TypewriterDay #Factland
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Trump’s decision to drop the bombs in Iran “is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
Democrats in Congress decry Trump’s Iran strikes as unconstitutional
The 1973 War Powers Act and the Constitution both give Congress—not the president—the power to declare war.
www.motherjones.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Trump’s decision to drop the bombs in Iran “is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
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1/ The internet spews gigabytes of misinformation every second.
Even YouTube removed 500,000+ channels last year.
Facebook & Instagram took down 27 million false covid claims.
So how do fact-checkers decide what to check in the chaos?
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Even YouTube removed 500,000+ channels last year.
Facebook & Instagram took down 27 million false covid claims.
So how do fact-checkers decide what to check in the chaos?
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June 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ The internet spews gigabytes of misinformation every second.
Even YouTube removed 500,000+ channels last year.
Facebook & Instagram took down 27 million false covid claims.
So how do fact-checkers decide what to check in the chaos?
🧵
Even YouTube removed 500,000+ channels last year.
Facebook & Instagram took down 27 million false covid claims.
So how do fact-checkers decide what to check in the chaos?
🧵
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A top Alzheimer's study shaped 16 years of research.
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
June 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A top Alzheimer's study shaped 16 years of research.
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
It was fake — and no one caught it.
This week’s Bad News unpacks how peer review failed, and why science needs more than trust.
📩 Peer Review Panic
👉 vist.ly/3n784nc
#FactCheck #Factland #Science #PeerReview
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Some say “slavery ended in 1863.”
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
June 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some say “slavery ended in 1863.”
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
But Texas didn’t get the memo until 1865—and some border states kept enslaving people until even later.
Juneteenth is a reminder that freedom delayed is still part of the story.
#BadNews #Juneteenth #HistoricalAccuracy #FactsMatter
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No Kings
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
Donald Trump has committed at least 16 of those same offenses.
#NoKings
![Screenshot of a list of the 27 specific grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 16 of them in whole or in part, highlighted in yellow and listed below:
"1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
3. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither [Partial]
4. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
5. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
6. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
7. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
8. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
9. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
10. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
11. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
12. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
13. [Partial], abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
14. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
15. [Partial], and destroyed the lives of our people.
16. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us [Partial]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b3psimnw5xxta2n4h5qzxu55/bafkreifschk5h5rhi7ezooza77xgc5hzxi62up3eoqqift5btkt7kui4li@jpeg)
June 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
No Kings
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🚨🚨🚨 SHARE this video EVERYWHERE!!!
This is NOT NORMAL.
This is NOT NORMAL.
Full video of Senator Alex Padilla being arrested for asking Kristi Noem some questions at her press conference in L.A. News article in the comments.
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 SHARE this video EVERYWHERE!!!
This is NOT NORMAL.
This is NOT NORMAL.
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A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.
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We’re picking one story a week.
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
June 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We’re picking one story a week.
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
The kind that gets reported everywhere — but still feels wrong.
Then we break it down. Frame by frame.
Cited, sharp, unapologetic.
It’s called Bad News.
You’ll see why soon. vist.ly/3n6mnnp
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Seeing wild LA protest videos?
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Seeing wild LA protest videos?
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
Some are real.
Some are from 2020.
Some are… soccer fans.
A quick thread on what’s legit—and what’s just viral noise. 🧵
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Four decades ago, a principal’s conviction shocked this California town. Now it threatens to bankrupt the school district www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
A principal’s conviction shook this California town. Now it could bankrupt the school district
Carpinteria Unified argues it can’t defend itself against the claims in four sexual abuse lawsuits, because everyone involved in the alleged crimes has died.
www.sfchronicle.com
March 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Four decades ago, a principal’s conviction shocked this California town. Now it threatens to bankrupt the school district www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
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This is Musk… literally.
March 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is Musk… literally.