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Matthew P. McAllister
@matthewpmcallister.bsky.social
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Teaches about media stuff in college. Studies the political economy of media and commercial culture. He/him

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Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 19h
US journalism is demonstratively weaker now than even a year ago: public media federal funding rescinded; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette closing; billionaire-owner eroding news independence (WaPo, LA Times, CBS), & now massive WaPo layoffs. Those in power know that our watchdogs are less watchful.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"

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Matt Jordan @mattjord.bsky.social · 21h
It's Superbowl Sunday, the day when interests coalesce around a singular purpose

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."

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🧐Trudy Lynn 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @tlt55.bsky.social · 1d
He’s a criminal who can’t resist returning to the scene of the crime.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d
Posting something that blatantly racist, or allowing a staffer access to the president’s account with no indication it’s not him posting something that blatantly racist are both impeachable offenses.

The fact Republicans refuse to impeach him makes them complicit in all his crimes.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2d
NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7d
The conservatives used to shut down the government over a few hundred million dollars. Seriously.

Yet Trump blows billions and sues the govt for billions and gets a “free” jet from Qatar that the govt will spend a billion on then let him take it with him… and not a peep.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.

This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
graph tracking democratic backsliding is occuring more quickly in the US than elsewhere.

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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 9d
And Peter Attia MD telling Epstein the biggest problem with being his friend is he can’t tell anyone about the life he lives. Nice.

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