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FYI the whole point of Fox News is to reinforce the message in the video below
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
FYI the whole point of Fox News is to reinforce the message in the video below
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Whether it's garbage NYT left-bait or right wing flood-the-zone nonsense that we all pile on to, we are letting the wrong people set our overall information agenda in a very deep and fundamental way. And it's a very serious mistake.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Whether it's garbage NYT left-bait or right wing flood-the-zone nonsense that we all pile on to, we are letting the wrong people set our overall information agenda in a very deep and fundamental way. And it's a very serious mistake.
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The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
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This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
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He's building a gold-guilded ballroom to host the foreign officials who come to bribe him, while denying millions of hungry kids food. Just how thuddingly obvious, how over-the-top, how florid & theatrical does this story have to get before the media starts honestly telling it?
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
He's building a gold-guilded ballroom to host the foreign officials who come to bribe him, while denying millions of hungry kids food. Just how thuddingly obvious, how over-the-top, how florid & theatrical does this story have to get before the media starts honestly telling it?
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Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hey folks, an update on the battle to bring down prices!
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
Johnson: Snap benefits is a unique situation. I got a summary of the legal analysis…the contingency funds are not legally available to cover the benefits right now
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“They’ve got money for ICE and golden ballrooms but not for hungry families” is so easy it’s almost funny
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The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
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This is fascism in a nutshell. Right here. "A counter-revolution against a revolution that never occurred."
So they promote a battle against a nonexistent huge wave of left-wing violence by committing a huge wave of right-wing violence? 🤨
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is fascism in a nutshell. Right here. "A counter-revolution against a revolution that never occurred."
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Unreal. The casual reader of this @nytimes.com hed and subhed will have no inkling whatsoever that Trump's "characterization" is wildly false and that it's a bad faith *pretext.* Time to get better at conveying the fundamentally pretextual nature of these authoritarian decrees already.
September 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Unreal. The casual reader of this @nytimes.com hed and subhed will have no inkling whatsoever that Trump's "characterization" is wildly false and that it's a bad faith *pretext.* Time to get better at conveying the fundamentally pretextual nature of these authoritarian decrees already.
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I have to be in the top 1% of news consumers and if I hadn’t investigated after seeing a couple jokes I didn’t understand, I literally wouldn’t have known this ever happened, because I was away from screens for about 16 hours. Our news ecosystem is a catastrophe and it’s why this is all happening
September 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I have to be in the top 1% of news consumers and if I hadn’t investigated after seeing a couple jokes I didn’t understand, I literally wouldn’t have known this ever happened, because I was away from screens for about 16 hours. Our news ecosystem is a catastrophe and it’s why this is all happening
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it’s patriotic to let your country’s rich guys enslave you
September 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
it’s patriotic to let your country’s rich guys enslave you
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disturbing reports that the economy is reacting to maga financial policy exactly how everyone said it would
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
disturbing reports that the economy is reacting to maga financial policy exactly how everyone said it would
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My father actually believes that more people died from the covid vaccine than from covid. Can't be budged, when facts corner him he resorts to "that's what I believe" and gets viscerally angry.
He's 90, no point in arguing. He used have common sense but 2 decades of FoxNews has taken it from him.
He's 90, no point in arguing. He used have common sense but 2 decades of FoxNews has taken it from him.
July 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My father actually believes that more people died from the covid vaccine than from covid. Can't be budged, when facts corner him he resorts to "that's what I believe" and gets viscerally angry.
He's 90, no point in arguing. He used have common sense but 2 decades of FoxNews has taken it from him.
He's 90, no point in arguing. He used have common sense but 2 decades of FoxNews has taken it from him.
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Why? Why don't they know? Whose responsibility is it to ensure they know, how are those mechanisms failing, and what can we do to repair or replace them?
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
Poll Shows Public Knows Little About Trump’s Ugly Megabill
The battle to define this incredibly significant legislation has just begun, particularly for Democrats.
nymag.com
July 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Why? Why don't they know? Whose responsibility is it to ensure they know, how are those mechanisms failing, and what can we do to repair or replace them?
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
Those are the questions those who believe in journalism as public service should be asking ourselves. Because 48% is a failing grade.
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Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
The king demands tribute.
buff.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
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You are encouraged to lie to yourself and endless resources will be provided to ensure that you can. Challenging other people’s false beliefs is considered elitist. As a result everyone’s politics ends up mirroring whatever resentments or urges are lurking in their heart or community.
June 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You are encouraged to lie to yourself and endless resources will be provided to ensure that you can. Challenging other people’s false beliefs is considered elitist. As a result everyone’s politics ends up mirroring whatever resentments or urges are lurking in their heart or community.
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How bad will it be? Catastrophic.
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
Proposed cuts to #NSF, #NIH, and #NASA will set the US R&D landscape back 25 yrs+, cause economic and job loss now, and undermine innovations to come.
But, this is the WH's *proposed* budget.
Speak up now before it is too late.
(inflation adjusted $-s below)
May 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Ways you can give money legally to the president-elect:
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
November 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Ways you can give money legally to the president-elect:
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
*$1M for a Mar-a-Lago membership — more than double the president's salary
*Buy his crypto token
*Stay at his resorts/Golf
*Trump Bibles
*Assorted knickknacks including digital ones
We are not in the era of presidents selling peanut farms.
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Fox News is a cancer to our society.
April 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Fox News is a cancer to our society.
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8/ machine learning/AI models and generate lists of people who might be inclined to oppose the incumbent President and then financial resources, social networks, etc that wld make them powerful opponents. We shld be assuming this kind of administration will already be doing stuff like that ...
March 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
8/ machine learning/AI models and generate lists of people who might be inclined to oppose the incumbent President and then financial resources, social networks, etc that wld make them powerful opponents. We shld be assuming this kind of administration will already be doing stuff like that ...
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Did *Trump* convince voters of this? Or are there perhaps a series of institutions in between Trump & voters, mediating what they hear & how things are framed, that affected their views? You could call them ... mediators ... or maybe, for short ...
This cycle, Trump did a good job of convincing voters he was a moderate: in our polling after the election 49% of swing voters said Harris was more liberal than they were vs 39% of voters who said Trump was more conservative than them (similar to what we saw in 2016)
March 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Did *Trump* convince voters of this? Or are there perhaps a series of institutions in between Trump & voters, mediating what they hear & how things are framed, that affected their views? You could call them ... mediators ... or maybe, for short ...