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  • Social Media

    The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces

    KAYLA GOGARTY

    Media Matters

    As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this content is overwhelmingly right-leaning.

    Published On: 03/14/2025

  • Democracy • Technology

    Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup’

    BY MAKENA KELLY, DAVID GILBERT, VITTORIA ELLIOTT, KATE KNIBBS, DHRUV MEHROTRA, DELL CAMERON, TIM MARCHMAN, LEAH FEIGER, AND ZOË SCHIFFER

    wired.com

    Musk’s loyalists at DOGE have infiltrated dozens of federal agencies, pushed out tens of thousands of workers, and siphoned millions of people’s most sensitive data. The next step: Unleash the AI.

    Published On: 03/13/2025

  • Democracy • Press Freedom • Threat Management

    What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe

    Laurie Winer

    Thinking About

    Magical thinking is far from new. Adolf Hitler came to power amid similar lies and conspiracy theories. We should know where that leads. And, while MAGA may ignore the mountains of books written on fascism, the rest of us are not in the dark about what comes next.

    Published On: 03/13/2025