Dan Gillmor
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Some of the most prominent "Young Republicans" are fascists and overt racists, with violent plans for people they despise.

And they're really unhappy that their group chat just leaked.

www.politico.com/new...
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Apple and Facebook are enemies of the open web, and they've shown it by removing apps or pages where people report sightings of Trump's ICE thugs.

The "Justice" Department can't (yet) force censorship of regular websites that don't break laws.

This is why we have to save the open web.
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All corruption in Trump world, exhibit 57,450:

www.wsj.com/politics...
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One guess who's paying for Trump's tariffs.

Correct: You and I and everyone else in the U.S. is eating the cost, not the "foreigners" he pretended would foot the bill.

Tariffs are taxes. On us. Journalists should (but too rarely do) persistently remind everyone of this.
How the United States is eating Trump's tariffs
U.S. companies and consumers are bearing the brunt of the country's new import tariffs, early indications show, contradicting assertions by President Donald Trump and complicating the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation.
www.reuters.com
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We always understood that Marc Benioff's mentor, Larry Ellison, is a sleazy right-winger.

But it comes as somewhat of a surprise -- and a sad one -- to learn that Benioff, who for years portrayed himself as a liberal, is just another Trumpist billionaire.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send National Guard to San Francisco
Mr. Benioff, the Salesforce C.E.O. and owner of Time magazine, once supported Hillary Clinton and a business tax for homeless services. Now he’s fully behind Donald Trump.
www.nytimes.com
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American news media now routinely -- and lazily -- use the word "conservative" to label the radical right wing, i.e. the Trump regime and its cult, now firmly in control of our government and increasingly our media.

This is just one way our purported "news" organizations have normalized extremism.
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The Post later updated the story to reflect the vote count and which (almost none) members crossed party line, which also makes the "bipartisan" label ridiculous.
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Washington Post reports that "the Senate" voted against limiting Trump's power to murder civilians on the open seas, and notes that Democrats were pushing the legislation.

But the Post doesn't report the vote count, or how individual senators voted.

Terrible journalism.

archive.ph/x5p8O
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I now assume that the avalanche of "journalism" "covering" Amazon "deals" on "Prime Days" is almost entirely a revenue generator for the "news" organizations, via commission links.

I canceled Amazon Prime. Consider doing the same.
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Came back to looking at Ad Week magazine after a long hiatus. The overwhelming impression I get from articles is how completely the advertising industry has embraced relentlessly spying on people who never, every chose to be spied on.
ADWEEK
Breaking News in Advertising, Media and Technology
www.adweek.com
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The Trump Action Tracker is brilliant already, keeping track of the regime's bad acts. The UI could use a few improvement, and I'd urge several more categories (or emphasis of sub-categories), but I'm blown away now. www.trumpactiontrack...
dangillmor.bsky.social
National Car Rental's terms & conditions are 200 pages long. Don't believe me? See for yourself:

The length tells you all you need to know.
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An Australian media observer caught one of the Murdoch family's right-wing propaganda arms being its regular shitty self, and the outlet's "excuse" would have to improve to be pathetic.
Ep 26 - Europe has fallen - Media Watch
A Sky News report falsely sounds the alarm on migration anarchy in Europe. 
www.abc.net.au
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This is remarkable, if the title is a bit misleading. It's about way, way more than venture capital fascists and their projects.

Not sure who's behind it, but it's worth at least a look. Valuable resource...
Venture Capital Status
Verified information detailing the global impacts of Silcon Valley, United States venture capital and their global tech fascist projects: The Network State and American Dynamism.
www.vcinfodocs.com
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So CBS "News" staffers are "holding their breath" waiting to see what their right-wing owner and top editor are going to do? GMAFB.

Journalists delude themselves into thinking everything will be fine even in the face of conclusive evidence that it won't.
Weiss and Shine
The Bari Weiss era has begun at CBS News, and David Ellison’s push to reshape the storied network has staffers holding their breath about the future of the outlet—especially as the mogul's talking points show fractures under scrutiny.
www.status.news
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Trump, the Ellison family and their cynical -- but rich -- acolyte, Weiss, are spitting on the graves of Murrow and Cronkite. They're neutering the remaining honorable journalists.

CBS was never perfect. But it once stood for integrity. That's done.

It's CBS "News" now.
Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News under Free Press-Paramount deal
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, the news division of U.S. broadcaster CBS, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press.
www.reuters.com
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This screenshot Ars Technica's homepage headlines the other day demonstrates how completely the tech and media giants are enshittifying what they've created.

(Text of headlines in the alt of the image)
Ars Technica headlines on Oct. 4:

A biological 0-day? Threat screening tool may miss AI-designed proteins

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

Ars Live: Is the AI bubble about to pop?

Apple removes ICEBlock, won't allow apps that report locations of ICE agents

HBO Max subscribers lose access to CNN livestream on November 17