Peter Chen
@ptrchn1.bsky.social
Senior Policy Analyst, NJPP. Deranged Cubs fan.
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
Hot take: it really was a wonderful life
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Hot take: it really was a wonderful life
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"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
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“Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it.”
The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic
The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic
The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won.
The sociologist Matthew Desmond believes that being poor is different in the U.S. than in other rich countries.
www.theatlantic.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
“Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it.”
The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic
The War on Poverty Is Over. Rich People Won. - The Atlantic
Hot take: the state shouldn't torture anyone even if they have done crimes
December 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hot take: the state shouldn't torture anyone even if they have done crimes
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Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment”
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment”
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
ah this must be that right-wing populism focused on working-class voters i hear so much about
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ah this must be that right-wing populism focused on working-class voters i hear so much about
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The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The right, along the Roberts Court, is trying to nullify the Reconstruction amendments guaranteeing equality under the law, in order to restore the Antebellum Constitution, which envisions “liberty” as an eternal aristocracy of race and class (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
Hmmm almost as though he has picked a side?????
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hmmm almost as though he has picked a side?????
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Crickets from the free speech bros on this, of course.
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Crickets from the free speech bros on this, of course.
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Good morning. This story is the lead at the Murdoch’s NY Post and third lead at the WSJ and Fox News.
It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.
It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Good morning. This story is the lead at the Murdoch’s NY Post and third lead at the WSJ and Fox News.
It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.
It’s nowhere to be found at CBS News.
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rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
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And in 2014, they did the same to Obama www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014...
Why major US TV networks didn't show Obama's immigration address
CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox stick with hit primetime shows but viewers saw the president’s address on Spanish-language channel Univision
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And in 2014, they did the same to Obama www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014...
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You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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Under House rules, a discharge petition wouldn’t get a vote until Jan-but Jan is too late. Premiums would skyrocket for 22M people, and up to 6M could lose coverage. We’re urging Kean, Smith & Van Drew to bring the petition to the floor NOW. Our Statement: www.njcitizenaction.org/discharge_pe...
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Under House rules, a discharge petition wouldn’t get a vote until Jan-but Jan is too late. Premiums would skyrocket for 22M people, and up to 6M could lose coverage. We’re urging Kean, Smith & Van Drew to bring the petition to the floor NOW. Our Statement: www.njcitizenaction.org/discharge_pe...
If only there were some kind of system whereby we could rely not on the good will of the superwealthy but instead make them pay a set percentage of their income and wealth to a central government that could distribute that wealth.
We could call it taxation.
We could call it taxation.
The Trump administration wants to supplement taxpayers’ contributions to newborn stock market accounts by soliciting donations from some of the nation’s wealthiest people and corporations, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced.
Administration asks the ultra-wealthy for ‘Trump accounts’ donations
The Trump administration announced plans to supplement taxpayers’ contributions to new born savings accounts by soliciting donations from some of the nation’s wealthiest individuals and corporations.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If only there were some kind of system whereby we could rely not on the good will of the superwealthy but instead make them pay a set percentage of their income and wealth to a central government that could distribute that wealth.
We could call it taxation.
We could call it taxation.
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
NOTE: for all businesses complain, they LOVE this. High unemployment means they can pay workers less and workers have less bargaining power.
And with the consumer economy focused on catering to the very wealthy, big corporations don't care if people are left out of the economy entirely
And with the consumer economy focused on catering to the very wealthy, big corporations don't care if people are left out of the economy entirely
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November reut.rs/49gilCM
US jobless rate for Blacks and teens surges in November
The unemployment rate for two U.S. groups that are often the most vulnerable to job loss in a softening economy - Blacks and teenagers - surged to the highest levels in more than four years in November, Labor Department data showed on Tuesday.
reut.rs
December 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
NOTE: for all businesses complain, they LOVE this. High unemployment means they can pay workers less and workers have less bargaining power.
And with the consumer economy focused on catering to the very wealthy, big corporations don't care if people are left out of the economy entirely
And with the consumer economy focused on catering to the very wealthy, big corporations don't care if people are left out of the economy entirely
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I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I hear there's discourse about race and employment in the US