Reporters are prohibited from entering Pentagon locations unless they’re accompanied by Trump administration personnel.
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Pete Hegseth Tightens Reins on Journalists Covering the Pentagon Read Post »
Eight years ago, if you wanted to line the first family’s pockets, your choices—while ethically unprecedented—were limited. There was only so much you could spend on hotel rooms or Mar-a-Lago fundraisers. Fortunately for foreign governments, megacorporations, and anyone else with an agenda, the Trumps have diversified. “It’s a whole different scale than it was in […]
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10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement Read Post »
Why do Republicans and their enablers insist on fantasizing about one of the most evil empires in science fiction? In a recent CNN appearance, former Mitch McConnell adviser and GOP operative Scott Jennings went on the defense, justifying Emperor Palpatine’s violent vision for a galactic empire. When podcaster and contributor Van Lathan pointed out just […]
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How Star Wars Reveals Conservatives’ Authoritarian Fantasies Read Post »
In March, Axios reported that Donald Trump’s Oval Office had begun to resemble an Oscar night gift suite, as world leaders and business officials knew that showing up empty handed risked earning Trump’s displeasure. In response to the news outlet’s catalogue of favors visitors bestowed on the president in such meetings, a White House spokesperson […]
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The Hyper-Aggressive, Comically Loyal Government Flacks Who Talk Like Trump Read Post »
The internet does not have a face. But if it did, I imagine it drools with anticipation when a user begins considering parenthood. It will proceed to unfold reams upon reams of guidance: how to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and raise the optimal child. The user can click and purchase their way through developmental milestones, […]
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A Better Way to Think About Tech’s Hold on Modern Parenting Read Post »
The internet does not have a face. But if it did, I imagine it drools with anticipation when a user begins considering parenthood. It will proceed to unfold reams upon reams of guidance: how to get pregnant, stay pregnant, and raise the optimal child. The user can click and purchase their way through developmental milestones, […]
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A Better Way to Think About Tech’s Hold on Modern Parenting Read Post »
For kids like me, who grew up in the 1960s and ’70s, comics were a big deal. Our media landscape otherwise consisted mainly of books and records, commercial radio, and, in my family’s case, a small black-and-white TV with a coat hanger antenna that got four staticky channels. So we periodically raided our piggy banks […]
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Why is Everybody Hating on Richie Rich? Read Post »
The announcement comes as Trump is fighting to suppress the news media on numerous fronts.
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Trump Says Foreign Movies Are “Propaganda,” Orders 100 Percent Tariff Read Post »
Steve Deace, the host of an eponymous show on the rightwing platform Blaze Media, has built a brand around his brash and provocative personality. Deace has entertained his 52,000 YouTube viewers and 274,000 X followers by calling for violence against drag queens and LGBTQ people and ranting that the Democratic party is controlled by Satan. […]
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JD Vance Poses With TV Host Who Called for Violence Against LGBTQ People Read Post »
This escalation of his dangerous assault on public media could shutter hundreds of local stations across the country.
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Defund PBS and NPR Read Post »
Trump has demanded prosecutions against outlets that have published his low polling numbers, calling media “the enemy.”
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Poll: Majority of Voters View Trump as “Dictator” Who Threatens Democratic Norms Read Post »
The first anchor-outs are thought to have settled in abandoned boats bobbing atop Marin County’s Richardson Bay after nearby San Francisco’s famous earthquake and fires of 1906. Over the next century or so, the community drew artists and bohemians; mariners looking for a long-term anchorage (sanctuary for those at sea); and, increasingly after the 2008 […]
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How Inequality Killed California’s Bohemian Floating Refuge Read Post »
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