Journalism
Pure fascist propaganda
Steve Schmidt
https://steveschmidt.substack.com
Yesterday, the United States Department of Defense released an AI-generated image venerating the leadership and strength of Pete Hegseth. Of course, there were problems, including the three fingers on one hand, but it doesn’t really matter how many fingers there are because the Party will tell you how many there are.
Published On: 05/03/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
They’re Coming for the Truth-Tellers: Bondi’s Plan to Jail Journalists
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Most alarming part of all is what Bondi reportedly wants to do next. According to sources close to the Justice Department, she has argued that leakers — or even reporters — who provide information that she doesn’t like could be prosecuted for treason, a crime that carries the death penalty.
Published On: 05/02/2025
Democracy • Global
Fascist Population Engineering: Yes to White Christian Births
RUTH BEN-GHIAT
Lucid
If the goal is a White ethnostate, it is not enough to change the political system from democracy to autocracy: you also have to change the culture and the composition of the population.
Published On: 05/02/2025
Journalism • Press Freedom
The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone
Margaret Sullivan
The Guardian
As with so many of the red alerts – lawsuits, threats, changes in long-held practices that protect the public’s right to know – the problem involves Donald Trump’s overweening desire to control the media.
Published On: 05/01/2025
Democracy
Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies
Tom Dreisbach
NPR
In the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump has moved aggressively to fulfill his promise of retribution against an extraordinary range of individuals and organizations, targeting political opponents, news organizations, former government officials, universities, international student protesters and law firms.
Published On: 04/29/2025