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Cool image from www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... . X-axis, economic adversity. Y-axis, 20 years later, propensity of that state towards "D", for personality traits associated with being generally jerkish towards others.
You kinda assume that it's high D in red states, low D in blue, but that's wrong!
You kinda assume that it's high D in red states, low D in blue, but that's wrong!
May 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Cool image from www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... . X-axis, economic adversity. Y-axis, 20 years later, propensity of that state towards "D", for personality traits associated with being generally jerkish towards others.
You kinda assume that it's high D in red states, low D in blue, but that's wrong!
You kinda assume that it's high D in red states, low D in blue, but that's wrong!
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NPR responded to the Trump administration's shocking attack on free speech with a Morning Edition series that took an “on the one hand/on the other hand” framing to an assault on core democratic rights.
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Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe
NPR offers only two possibilities: Trump is increasing free speech, or censorship is just a swinging pendulum whose victims change as administrations change.
fair.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NPR responded to the Trump administration's shocking attack on free speech with a Morning Edition series that took an “on the one hand/on the other hand” framing to an assault on core democratic rights.
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fair.org/home/hey-npr...
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Just blocked two who quote-posted me with calls for violence against ICE. I’m nonviolent myself, but that’s not why I blocked them. Their beliefs are up to them. But once again: anyone advocating violence on a fed-monitored website is a rightwing troll posting bait or a fool taking bait.
April 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Just blocked two who quote-posted me with calls for violence against ICE. I’m nonviolent myself, but that’s not why I blocked them. Their beliefs are up to them. But once again: anyone advocating violence on a fed-monitored website is a rightwing troll posting bait or a fool taking bait.
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“Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs”
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
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Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
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April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“Forget Trade. Here’s the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs”
A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
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A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.
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Read @paulrosenberg.bsky.social's conversation with @katherinestewart.bsky.social about her new book, Money, Lies, and God, and the Christian Right's long march towards authoritarianism.
A Movement to Destroy Democracy
Journalist Katherine Stewart on the Christian Right’s long march towards authoritarianism.
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March 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Read @paulrosenberg.bsky.social's conversation with @katherinestewart.bsky.social about her new book, Money, Lies, and God, and the Christian Right's long march towards authoritarianism.
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs?
sign.moveon.org
March 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
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As Trump and Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives in Washington are doing so little to stop the administrative coup. They also might wonder why the media so rarely ask the same question.
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fair.org/home/corpora...
Corporate Media Offer Excuses for ‘Powerless’ Democrats
In the face of an authoritarian administrative coup, corporate media give cover to elected representatives whose duty is to uphold the Constitution.
fair.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
As Trump and Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives in Washington are doing so little to stop the administrative coup. They also might wonder why the media so rarely ask the same question.
fair.org/home/corpora...
fair.org/home/corpora...
People Get Ready: Trump's Reichstag Fire Is Coming www.commondreams.org/opinion/peop...
People Get Ready: Trump's Reichstag Fire Is Coming | Common Dreams
An attack on America—real, orchestrated, enabled, or imagined—that would enable him to play the role Bush did after 9/11 would be very politically useful.
www.commondreams.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
People Get Ready: Trump's Reichstag Fire Is Coming www.commondreams.org/opinion/peop...
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
Reinstate Target's DEI Programs NOW!
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI prog...
sign.moveon.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
When companies invest in DEI, they invest in people. Now's the time for Target to stand firm in its values, not retreat. Will you add your name to call on Target's leadership to reinstate its DEI programs? sign.moveon.org/petitions/ta...
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My latest...
The Washington Post is famed for opposing a prior Republican president with an expansive view of executive power. These days the paper’s higher-ups are careful not to offend the president or Musk, and even call on the Constitution-defying billionaire duo to push further.
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WaPo Provides Cover for Musk’s Government Takeover
It wasn’t just Jeff Bezos’s company that threw Elon Musk a lifeline, but also his newspaper.
fair.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I’ll say it one more time.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
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The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
January 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I’ll say it one more time.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
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The media is complicit.
The media is complicit.
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Even if Trump simply chooses not to enforce the ban against TikTok, the Supreme Court has provided politicians with judicial justification that free speech concerns can be subverted if you say the words “national security” and “foreign adversary” enough.
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Trump Vow to ‘Save’ TikTok No Reprieve for Free Speech
This could very well be merely a delay in a ban, rather than long-term preservation of the TikTok platform.
fair.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Even if Trump simply chooses not to enforce the ban against TikTok, the Supreme Court has provided politicians with judicial justification that free speech concerns can be subverted if you say the words “national security” and “foreign adversary” enough.
fair.org/home/trump-v...
fair.org/home/trump-v...
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Elon Musk threw up a Nazi salute for all the world to see. Then did it again. Yet the only one to face consequences is a meteorologist who called him out.
My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/musks-n...
My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/musks-n...
Musk’s Nazi Salute Becomes ‘Awkward Gesture’ in ‘Exuberant Speech’
There’s something about the start of a Trump presidency that makes grown men do strange things, like heiling Hitler.
fair.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Elon Musk threw up a Nazi salute for all the world to see. Then did it again. Yet the only one to face consequences is a meteorologist who called him out.
My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/musks-n...
My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/musks-n...
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Psh, how could you possibly call Elon a Nazi? He only:
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
January 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Psh, how could you possibly call Elon a Nazi? He only:
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
- Did a Sieg Heil at the inauguration
- Obsesses over Western birth rates
- Had grandparents in the Canadian Nazi Party
- Endorsed Germany's far-right party, AfD
- Replatformed avowed white nationalists
You triggered libs.
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I wrote about the Washington Post's craven new slogan, "Riveting Storytelling for All of America," Bezos's goal of reaching "firefighters in Cleveland," and what it all means for the paper.
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As Trump II Begins, Bezos Swaps Scrutiny for ‘Storytelling’
The new direction sounds like the Foxification of the Washington Post, a move away from any attempt to hold the powerful to account and toward inexpensive clickbait punditry.
fair.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I wrote about the Washington Post's craven new slogan, "Riveting Storytelling for All of America," Bezos's goal of reaching "firefighters in Cleveland," and what it all means for the paper.
fair.org/home/as-trum...
fair.org/home/as-trum...
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"The white supremacy cause is back in vogue and that makes for an explosive moment, politically and physically."
A strong statement on 'Mehdi Unfiltered' today from Democratic Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, on the consequences of what he calls Elon Musk's 'Heil Hitler' salutes.
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A strong statement on 'Mehdi Unfiltered' today from Democratic Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, on the consequences of what he calls Elon Musk's 'Heil Hitler' salutes.
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‘Kleptocracy’ in the Making: Democratic Senator on Trump and His Billionaire Administration
Sen. Chris Murphy says billionaires like Musk are really in charge, while Mehdi presses him on TikTok and Gaza.
zeteo.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"The white supremacy cause is back in vogue and that makes for an explosive moment, politically and physically."
A strong statement on 'Mehdi Unfiltered' today from Democratic Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, on the consequences of what he calls Elon Musk's 'Heil Hitler' salutes.
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A strong statement on 'Mehdi Unfiltered' today from Democratic Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, on the consequences of what he calls Elon Musk's 'Heil Hitler' salutes.
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