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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
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If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.
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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
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Are we great yet?
October 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Are we great yet?
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Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
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"Beckwith reminded him of the federal court order [restricting CBP operations]...
"At 10:57, she emailed him to reiterate she expected 'compliance with court orders and the Constitution.'
"Hours later, her work cellphone went dark. Then her computer did, too."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
"At 10:57, she emailed him to reiterate she expected 'compliance with court orders and the Constitution.'
"Hours later, her work cellphone went dark. Then her computer did, too."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Beckwith reminded him of the federal court order [restricting CBP operations]...
"At 10:57, she emailed him to reiterate she expected 'compliance with court orders and the Constitution.'
"Hours later, her work cellphone went dark. Then her computer did, too."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
"At 10:57, she emailed him to reiterate she expected 'compliance with court orders and the Constitution.'
"Hours later, her work cellphone went dark. Then her computer did, too."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(Updated Version)
(Updated Version)
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(Updated Version)
(Updated Version)
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The full 28-minute Jimmy Kimmel monologue. Please share.
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The full 28-minute Jimmy Kimmel monologue. Please share.
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Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.
September 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.
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"The full history of Sundance—its successes and failures and the role that Redford himself played in both—is a story for another day, but the idea here was sound, the hope he had was pure. And the impact? Undeniable." www.thebulwark.com/p/robert-red...
Robert Redford, 1936–2025
Actor, star, indie entrepreneur.
www.thebulwark.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"The full history of Sundance—its successes and failures and the role that Redford himself played in both—is a story for another day, but the idea here was sound, the hope he had was pure. And the impact? Undeniable." www.thebulwark.com/p/robert-red...
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This is why they’re deleting studies
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is why they’re deleting studies
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Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
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PSA: Please reschedule any fishing charters and remain inland for the next 24-48 hours.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
September 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
PSA: Please reschedule any fishing charters and remain inland for the next 24-48 hours.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President is embroiled in another sex scandal and will be looking for something to bomb.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Thank you on this labor day!!
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Thank you on this labor day!!
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This is why he’s rolled out the red carpet for Putin ‼️
August 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is why he’s rolled out the red carpet for Putin ‼️
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After getting busted living rent free in the residence designated for the Coast Guard Commandant, Noem says she was forced to do that because the media doxxed her.
August 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
After getting busted living rent free in the residence designated for the Coast Guard Commandant, Noem says she was forced to do that because the media doxxed her.
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He had the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, the EU and NATO in the White House and he made them wait while he went to get instructions from Putin ...
For forty minutes?!
For forty minutes?!
BREAKING NYT:
Trump paused his meeting with European leaders and Zelenskyy this afternoon to call Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has since confirmed the call. It lasted for 40 minutes.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump paused his meeting with European leaders and Zelenskyy this afternoon to call Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has since confirmed the call. It lasted for 40 minutes.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Update from Jim Tankersley
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
He had the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, the EU and NATO in the White House and he made them wait while he went to get instructions from Putin ...
For forty minutes?!
For forty minutes?!
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Governor Pritzker is right. No more blank checks for Netanyahu’s right-wing government and its military. No more blank checks for war crimes against Palestinians.
forward.com/fast-forward...
forward.com/fast-forward...
JB Pritzker: Blocking arms sales sends Israel ‘the right kind of message’
The Illinois Democrat said he backed the Senate bid to halt Israel arms sales to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over Gaza crisis.
forward.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Governor Pritzker is right. No more blank checks for Netanyahu’s right-wing government and its military. No more blank checks for war crimes against Palestinians.
forward.com/fast-forward...
forward.com/fast-forward...
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STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”
July 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”
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'Hello human, nice to meet you'
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
'Hello human, nice to meet you'
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