Marcia Stepanek
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Marcia Stepanek is an award-winning culture journalist, media professor and Co-Founder, Co-Host and Executive Producer of New Rules Media. She also is founder/CEO of BrandStories and author of forthcoming "Closing the New Digital Divides" (deGruyter-Saur)
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August 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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President Trump said on Saturday he was considering revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship. Trump has feuded with the comedian and actress since before he became president. Experts said the president does not have the power to take away the citizenship of a U.S.-born citizen.
Trump Threatens to Strip Rosie O’Donnell of U.S. Citizenship
President Trump called Ms. O’Donnell, who has feuded with him since before he became president, a “threat to humanity.”
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July 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
President Trump said on Saturday he was considering revoking Rosie O’Donnell’s U.S. citizenship. Trump has feuded with the comedian and actress since before he became president. Experts said the president does not have the power to take away the citizenship of a U.S.-born citizen.
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This is just sick.
via @ktla.com: Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon
via @ktla.com: Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon
July 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is just sick.
via @ktla.com: Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon
via @ktla.com: Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon
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“These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you have seen don't do it justice. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage.”
July 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you have seen don't do it justice. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage.”
Extreme heat is now a summer norm. Business and civic leaders—citing public health, worker safety and economic risks—aren't waiting for political consensus to try cooling things down.
Read and share!
#climate #publichealth
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Read and share!
#climate #publichealth
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July 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Extreme heat is now a summer norm. Business and civic leaders—citing public health, worker safety and economic risks—aren't waiting for political consensus to try cooling things down.
Read and share!
#climate #publichealth
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Read and share!
#climate #publichealth
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"People have just gotten angrier and angrier, and for some, this is a hateful era of public speech and political violence. But for others, it’s the time to start gathering again as communities, in person—to meet again, and resist."
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American Fury
We're in a new age of rage—and resistance
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June 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"People have just gotten angrier and angrier, and for some, this is a hateful era of public speech and political violence. But for others, it’s the time to start gathering again as communities, in person—to meet again, and resist."
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Crumbling systems, political chaos, broken governance. Many Americans feel there's something "weirdly off" about the world—but continue their daily lives, as normal. The dissonance is real. What's up?
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Hyper-normalized?
Crumbling systems, political chaos, broken governance. Many Americans feel there's something "weirdly off" about the world—but continue their daily lives, as normal. The dissonance is real. What's up?
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June 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Crumbling systems, political chaos, broken governance. Many Americans feel there's something "weirdly off" about the world—but continue their daily lives, as normal. The dissonance is real. What's up?
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Lady Liberty is all of us who still care about democracy, the rule of law and an inclusive society.
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lady Liberty is all of us who still care about democracy, the rule of law and an inclusive society.
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Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
June 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.
Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info
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A new riff on 'hyper-normalization' for those tracking our slide into autocracy. Pls read and share.
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Hyper-normalized?
Crumbling systems, political chaos, broken governance. Many Americans feel there's something "weirdly off" about the world—but continue their daily lives, as normal. The dissonance is real. What's up?
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May 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A new riff on 'hyper-normalization' for those tracking our slide into autocracy. Pls read and share.
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The movement to create "Angry Hours" —alternatives to Happy Hours "for pissed-off optimists who can tell that the world is broke but who still hold hope we can repair it."
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Defiance
Just two months into Trump's second term, tens of thousands of everyday Americans—blue and red—are beginning to push a new kind of resistance.
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April 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The movement to create "Angry Hours" —alternatives to Happy Hours "for pissed-off optimists who can tell that the world is broke but who still hold hope we can repair it."
newrulesmedia.substack.com/p/defiance
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Students in Milan hung an effigy of Elon Musk in Piazalle Loreto today. That’s the same place where Mussolini was killed.
January 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Students in Milan hung an effigy of Elon Musk in Piazalle Loreto today. That’s the same place where Mussolini was killed.
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order to Stall TikTok Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/t...
Trump Says He Will Stall TikTok Ban With Executive Order
The social media app went dark late Saturday as a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order to Stall TikTok Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/t...
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The Pacific Palisades neighborhood caught in the #PalisadesFire is one of the biggest users of California's insurer of last resort, with nearly $6 billion in exposure
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January 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Pacific Palisades neighborhood caught in the #PalisadesFire is one of the biggest users of California's insurer of last resort, with nearly $6 billion in exposure
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January 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Phoenix, the nation's fastest-growing city, is a place where democracy's durability "is being put to an intense test," writes George Packer in The Atlantic. "Because a vision of vanishing now haunts the whole country, Phoenix is a guide to our future."
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What Will Become of American Civilization?
Conspiracism and hyper-partisanship in the nation’s fastest-growing city
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December 30, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Phoenix, the nation's fastest-growing city, is a place where democracy's durability "is being put to an intense test," writes George Packer in The Atlantic. "Because a vision of vanishing now haunts the whole country, Phoenix is a guide to our future."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Gisèle Pelicot: verdicts expected in rape trial that shocked France
Gisèle Pelicot: verdicts expected in rape trial that shocked France
Dominique Pelicot likely to be given 20 years for drugging his ex-wife and inviting strangers to rape her over a decade
The mass rape trial that has sent shockwaves through France and horrified the world is expected to end on Thursday with the conviction…
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Gisèle Pelicot: verdicts expected in rape trial that shocked France
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In Ukraine’s stand against Russia, “the most difficult time is now.” Its leaders are bracing for the ramifications of losing American military support in a war where victory is being slowly redefined as survival, Robert F. Worth reports from Ukraine:
Ukraine’s Hardest Winter
Weary soldiers and citizens express fatalistic optimism while preparing for the loss of U.S. military support.
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December 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM
In Ukraine’s stand against Russia, “the most difficult time is now.” Its leaders are bracing for the ramifications of losing American military support in a war where victory is being slowly redefined as survival, Robert F. Worth reports from Ukraine:
This months' lights over New Jersey and four other states has renewed America's fascination with UFOs.
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Game of Drones
Unidentified drones and other mysterious airborne objects are fueling a new age of UFO mania — and renewing public demands for government transparency
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December 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
This months' lights over New Jersey and four other states has renewed America's fascination with UFOs.
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Climate activism braces for a tougher 2025.
From the US to Uganda, how climate activism has been criminalised in 2024
In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet• ...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Climate activism braces for a tougher 2025.
From "rizz" to "brain rot," new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary reflect how Gen Z and Gen Alpha are capturing the zeitgeist of our digital lives—and how algorithms are accelerating the use of these new words in popular culture.
Skibidi do-dah!?
TikTok and GenZ are changing the way we talk, creating a shared language that helps us give meaning to what makes today's world unique
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December 13, 2024 at 9:41 AM
From "rizz" to "brain rot," new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary reflect how Gen Z and Gen Alpha are capturing the zeitgeist of our digital lives—and how algorithms are accelerating the use of these new words in popular culture.