• Democracy • Disinformation • Resistance

    Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power

    Sherrilyn Ifill

    Sherrilyn’s Newsletter

    There is no trade emergency. There is no migrant emergency. There is no crime emergency. There is only a chilling and determined power grab by the most dangerous man to every occupy the White House. Eyes on 2026.

    Published On: 09/01/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • Human Rights • Resistance • White Supremacy

    Step Back and Take It In: the US is Entering Full Authoritarian Mode

    Jonathan Freedland

    The Guardian

    Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Culture • Recommended • Resistance • Social Media • Technology

    Gavin Newsom on Why He’ll Keep Trolling Trump

    Intelligencer Staff

    New York Magazine

    "It’s humiliating, it’s embarrassing. So this is a mirror, and it’s a mirror not just to Trump himself, but to these networks. These are the chatbots for the administration. And it’s not just Fox, it’s One America News, it’s Newsmax, and it’s all the folks in the right-wing media."

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Democracy • Human Rights • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Slain L.A. Times columnist Ruben Salazar matters more than ever, 55 years later

    Gustavo Arellano

    L.A. Times

    No one was around when I finally got to Salazar’s niche, in a section of the cemetery called the Alcove of Time. A simple bronze plaque included the accent over the “e” in “Rubén,” which his Times byline never had. Instead of Spanish wine, I brought a flask of mezcal — I don’t think he would have minded the stiffer drink in this 2025.

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Human Rights • Resistance • Safety • Threat Management

    The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How to Fight Trump’s Occupation

    Dave Zirin and Chuck Modiano

    The Nation

    With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

    Published On: 08/29/2025

  • Disinformation • Journalism • Press Freedom

    The White House Is Its Own Media Outlet

    Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson

    Columbia Journalism Review

    The Trump administration is publishing articles that are top-ranked on Google News.

    Published On: 08/28/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    Keep Calm and Protect Democracy

    Micah L. Sifry

    The Connector

    Instead of "catastrophizing" ourselves into despair, pay attention to the regime's weaknesses, including among the MAGA base.

    Published On: 08/26/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Human Rights

    America Tips Into Fascism

    Garrett Graff

    Doomsday Scenario

    Whether we can come back from this moment is a story yet unknown. But it’s clear today America is different and, even if we fight our way back, it will never be the same again.

    Published On: 08/25/2025

  • Artificial Intelligence • Social Media • Technology

    Why the Internet is Turning to Shit

    Alex Skopic

    Current Affairs

    Cory Doctorow’s new book is an insightful diagnosis of how Big Tech is making every app and website worse—even if his solutions leave something to be desired.

    Published On: 08/22/2025

  • Cyber Security • Democracy • Europe • Social Media

    Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance

    Riley Stuart and Anna-Maria Tesfaye

    The New York Times (Gift)

    The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.

    Published On: 08/22/2025

  • Culture • Democracy • White Supremacy

    When (or Will) MAGA Ever See the Light?

    Cassidy Steele Dale

    Think Future

    An imperfect explanation that might make sense.

    Published On: 08/21/2025

  • Democracy • Disinformation • White Supremacy

    Steve Bannon just laid out the MAGA media playbook to subvert the midterms

    John Knefel, Research Sophie Lawton

    Media Matters

    The right-wing media plan for undermining the 2026 elections includes pushing for ICE to stalk polling sites and sending a band of election deniers on tour

    Published On: 08/21/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    On Not Surrendering in Advance Or At Any Point Thereafter

    Rebecca Solnit

    Meditations in an Emergency

    There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context.

    Published On: 08/20/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom • Resistance

    What Bob McChesney Taught Me

    Craig Aaron

    Pressing Issues

    “If you act like change for the better is impossible, you guarantee it will be impossible.”

    Published On: 08/19/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance • Safety

    It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”

    Chris Armitage

    The Existential Republic

    Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.

    Published On: 08/19/2025

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