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Here's my list of the essential truths about our current crisis that are routinely missing from New York Times coverage: presswatchers.org/2025/12/new-...
What are those seminal truths that supply essential context to the daily news report? Here’s my list: That the United States has become an authoritarian state, with armed soldiers on city streets; immigrant neighbors abducted and disappeared by masked agents; the state seizing stakes of companies; political opponents targeted with criminal probes; educational institutions extorted into obedience; media organizations paying tribute to the ruler. This is reality. That Trump is personally deranged and debilitated. That he operates almost entirely in a bubble world of lies and fantasies. That he makes things up, is misled by his staff, and often doesn’t know what they are doing. That white Christian nationalism and virulent racism are primary drivers in this administration. That misinformation and lies are not coincidental to the Trump agenda, they are essential to it. That Trump is engaged in a massively corrupt scheme to enrich himself, his family, and his oligarch friends. That Trump is leading what is effectively a criminal enterprise – openly violating the law at almost every turn. That the Trump administration is systemically diminishing hard-fought civil and human rights for women, for immigrants, for brown people, and for trans people. That the Republican Party of the past no longer exists. It is no longer serious or credible. That the nation’s historic checks and balances, through the separation of powers, have collapsed. That the federal government – especially the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security – has been so weaponized against Trump’s political opponents that nothing it says can be trusted without evidence. That Trump’s cruelty and racism have been fully embraced by the MAGA movement and by federal agents terrorizing and abducting immigrants.
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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auntteefa.bsky.social
Nothing more to add.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
(1/X) I was listening to an interview with someone from Wire about how DOGE cuts have gutted the monitoring of invasive species (specifically ants) and how this could lead to various disasters.

For a minute, I thought, well a disaster like that would hurt Trump, and then I realized that no...
September 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
The DUI hire weighs in.
adamjschwarz.bsky.social Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Jan 30
Hesgeth and Vance use the Washington D.C. airliner-helicopter crash to make anti-diversity, equity and inclusion points, suggesting it was to blame for the collision.

The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
January 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM