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It’s the media’s job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead | Arwa Mahdawi
It’s the media’s job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead | Arwa Mahdawi
The lines between advertising, public relations and journalism have become dangerously blurred
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s the media’s job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead | Arwa Mahdawi
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Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.
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Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on why Speaker Mike Johnson kicked her out of his office...
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari on why Speaker Mike Johnson kicked her out of his office...
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Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.
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Unhappily for the tangerine tyrant, Reagan's speech is legit & can be found here, on the Reagan Library's YouTube channel:
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Unhappily for the tangerine tyrant, Reagan's speech is legit & can be found here, on the Reagan Library's YouTube channel:
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...
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If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded.
These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.
These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.
September 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded.
These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.
These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.
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Pandemics and mass disabling events have historically given rise to fascism.
Why? People are terrified of the disabled.
They don’t want to see or think about it.
Pandemics force them to consider their own mortality.
So when governments start labeling us as “expendable”, folks jump on board.
Why? People are terrified of the disabled.
They don’t want to see or think about it.
Pandemics force them to consider their own mortality.
So when governments start labeling us as “expendable”, folks jump on board.
July 6, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Pandemics and mass disabling events have historically given rise to fascism.
Why? People are terrified of the disabled.
They don’t want to see or think about it.
Pandemics force them to consider their own mortality.
So when governments start labeling us as “expendable”, folks jump on board.
Why? People are terrified of the disabled.
They don’t want to see or think about it.
Pandemics force them to consider their own mortality.
So when governments start labeling us as “expendable”, folks jump on board.
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Patricia Arquette says US isn't 'safe for tourists' and calls to cancel the Olympics
Patricia Arquette says US isn't 'safe for tourists' and calls to cancel Olympics
Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette has issued a warning to tourists worldwide, declaring that the United States is no longer a safe space for them and calling for the 2028 Olympics, planned for L...
www.irishstar.com
July 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Patricia Arquette says US isn't 'safe for tourists' and calls to cancel the Olympics
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Me thinking hard about how
Safety nets
Are
For keeping
Communities
And all
Society
Safe not just an individual
Fauci’s
“I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people” still seems to be a cultural turning point
Safety nets
Are
For keeping
Communities
And all
Society
Safe not just an individual
Fauci’s
“I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people” still seems to be a cultural turning point
May 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Me thinking hard about how
Safety nets
Are
For keeping
Communities
And all
Society
Safe not just an individual
Fauci’s
“I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people” still seems to be a cultural turning point
Safety nets
Are
For keeping
Communities
And all
Society
Safe not just an individual
Fauci’s
“I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people” still seems to be a cultural turning point
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When are we going to counter the DEI attack with attacking rich white DEI nepo garbage - RFK is a drug addict with no healthcare education, training or background with a brain worm, Trump is a moron game show host- both are famous and well known only because of competent parents or uncles.
May 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When are we going to counter the DEI attack with attacking rich white DEI nepo garbage - RFK is a drug addict with no healthcare education, training or background with a brain worm, Trump is a moron game show host- both are famous and well known only because of competent parents or uncles.
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Gift article: America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism. When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Gift article: America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism. When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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RFK Jr blames diet, lifestyle & vaccines for chronic illness.
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
RFK Jr blames diet, lifestyle & vaccines for chronic illness.
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
Dr Oz says it’s a “patriotic duty” to lead a healthy life & be fit enough to serve in the military.
Neither of them are pushing for Universal Healthcare, basic income, an end to food deserts & inequality, clean water etc.
It’s eugenics
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When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare and now owns eight of the 11 largest US day care companies.
What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care
When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare ...
jacobin.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare and now owns eight of the 11 largest US day care companies.
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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie).
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development
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I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.”
I beg to differ. This is curated failure. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I beg to differ. This is curated failure. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I Know Exactly What They Are Doing
Rural foresight
open.substack.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I hear people all around me saying, “They are going to crash the economy. Surely they don’t mean to crash the economy.”
I beg to differ. This is curated failure. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I beg to differ. This is curated failure. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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Missed this, from @olliemilman.bsky.social, when it came out last week. It's a story that should be getting more attention, for all sorts of reasons, including the fact that the USDA is now crippled by cuts.
US honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main cause
US Department of Agriculture calls in university to help study decline as Trump administration staff cuts sting
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Missed this, from @olliemilman.bsky.social, when it came out last week. It's a story that should be getting more attention, for all sorts of reasons, including the fact that the USDA is now crippled by cuts.
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“Everyone knew the river was polluted, but nobody much cared. If anything, it was a badge of honor. As David Newton writes in Chemistry of the Environment, ‘Fundamentally this level of environmental degradation was accepted as a sign of success.’”
And why was the EPA created in the first place, by a GOP POTUS?
Because the Cuyahoga **River** caught on fire. **AGAIN**. In the same year. More than a dozen times in total.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya...
Because the Cuyahoga **River** caught on fire. **AGAIN**. In the same year. More than a dozen times in total.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuya...
The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969
Despite being much smaller than previous fires, the river blaze in Cleveland 50 years ago became a symbol for the nascent environmental movement
www.smithsonianmag.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Everyone knew the river was polluted, but nobody much cared. If anything, it was a badge of honor. As David Newton writes in Chemistry of the Environment, ‘Fundamentally this level of environmental degradation was accepted as a sign of success.’”