A good illustration of how traditional journalistic neutrality runs into trouble with Trump, these people are required to live in a Trumpist halluciniation that demands they invent and believe total fictions to remain in good standing bsky.app/profile/mmas...

💯😠 The evidentiary record associated with the events that culminated on January 6, 2021 and all that happened afterwards must be preserved...

💯😠 Does this clear and harsh take hold special importance? Thank you, @ncronline.bsky.social

💯👍🤔...such an obvious idea, eh? What is the best way to do this? With enough resources, perhaps PBS could offer an alternative streaming service for localized weather, sports, and news... Thank you, @theauthorguy.bsky.social

💯😠... One data point: substack.com/@johnfdicker... Thank you, @jdickerson.bsky.social

💯🤔 Chayefsky - following Minow et al. - foresaw the evolution of television into a playground with quicksand underfoot? Did digital broadcast, the variety of cable, and engagement from interactivity improve it at no cost? bsky.app/profile/ejgo... Looking forward to your take, @jamellebouie.net

💯😠 Thank you, @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social et al...

💯😠 h/t @garrettepps.bsky.social ... ... and thank you, @jimmykimmel.com

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💯😠... Thank you, @gregsargent.bsky.social h/t @pgourevitch.bsky.social

💯😠 h/t @seakelpie.bsky.social and @leftynavyseal.bsky.social

💯😠🤔👍 A very thoughtful short exchange... Thank you @nuclearanthro.bsky.social et al. h/t @cherylrofer.bsky.social

💯😠 Thanks to you both, @mulchy.bsky.social and @jfallows.bsky.social

~💯😠...🤔... because it's sadly more complicated that a boycott can impact, however useful that might be. The alt sources of news, local or otherwise, are mainly using those major media corporations for content. Also, journalism has been undermined by an assault on unvarnished factuality.

💯🤬 Trump must have been on the golf course at the moment... Thank you, @borowitzreport.bsky.social

💯😠 Thank you, @borowitzreport.bsky.social

💯 Thank you, @borowitzreport.bsky.social

💯😠 Electronic forms of information diffusion, storage and manipulation have generally been seen as a one-sided boon to humankind, but it is increasingly clear that every upside has a downside. Maybe someday we will learn to consider both from the outset... Thank you, @nellminow.bsky.social

🤯😠... and what will Caridnal Dolan say to his NY buddies like Chuck Schumer and Mike Bloomberg? Why in God's name would Dolan say something as dubious as this when all the video and written record of Kirk exists? Speaking "in God's name"... So, Pope Leo, what say you? h/t @atrupar.com

I missed this earlier in the week, but this thing happens where a Trump ally/sycophant in the press tosses him a softball and he simply refuses to take the hint/assist

💯😠... h/t @frankamari.bsky.social Maybe Dante's 8th Circle of Hell can be renamed...

A new world where Karl Rove makes sense and Bob Iger is without scruples.

💯😠... ... and one has to wonder if *anyone* will show NETWORK on the 50th anniversary of its release: November 27, 2026. Our terrifying predicament is easily tied to "The Internet" and "Social Media", but are the early predictions of McCluhan, Minow, Mander, and Postman just coming to fruition?

"those commies at cato will get it for this" h/t @gtconway.bsky.social 💯😠... It is said that "consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds", but it is surely more honorable than rank hypocrisy and manipulative dishonesty.

💯😠... ... and yet they whine and cry foul when they are subject to backlash or criticism whether or not it's just as virulent as their own rhetoric. Don't light a bonfire if you can't take the heat or stand in the light... Thank you @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social h/t @normornstein.bsky.social

💯...🤯...😠 Thank you @kevinmkruse.bsky.social and @atrupar.com ... ... and Charlie Kirk? In this context, why not?? In any event, Grok is going to 🤯on his legacy.

💯... and where does that number come from?!? On the other hand, maybe a suit like this could be an opportunity for discovery against the plaintiff. Could the J6 investigation evidence be entered into the record? If this is a civil action, are the rules of evidence different?

💯😠 The only thing left unsaid here is how most of the negative aspects of our historical politics have been embraced by the ”Grand Old Party", transforming it into a destructive malignancy across the entire country. Thank you, @merkley.senate.gov and @iammrbeat.bsky.social

💯😠...🤔... and while not intentional, let's not leave Peter Navarro and Marco Rubio and Bessent and McConnell (and Collins and Grassley and others) and all of the GOP off the hook... But yes, "one man" was the catalyst to the looming catastrophe from tariffs that make Smoot-Hawley seem rational.

💯😠 h/t @thetnholler.bsky.social Thank you, @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

💯re timothynoah.substack.com/p/life-stinks "George Will is today comparing [Charlie] Kirk to Socrates and I just can’t." That's not the worst of it, but it highlights the "two sides" of this professional coin. I sure wish I did not want to say this: Thank you, @timothynoah.bsky.social

💯😠... ... but any longterm POV would admit that we've been living this for *decades* in direct proportion to the multiplicity, rapidity, and lowcost of diffusion and amplification of disinformation by malevolent "influencers" whether professional, named, or anonymous... h/t @elienyc.bsky.social

😠... Spencer Cox was saying something very different initially... so who is the more craven "leader" from Utah: the weak kneed Governor or the now consistently hypocritical senior Senator, Mike Lee?

Great counterpoint, @pbump.com Two considerations: if TPUSA had 250,000 members, let's say that's about 1:1,000 in the cohort from 15-75: a) about 35-70 souls in a filled baseball or football stadium b) a big network-effect amplifier on social media Just sayin'

💯🤔... I'm not from Kirk's cohort or the audience described here, but this makes a lot of sense. h/t @normornstein.bsky.social Also, were many disaffected GenX folks (esp. males) who skewed to Trump angry having 'failed' at college left w/a stigma of unaccomplishment and stuck w/student debt. 1/2

💯... "What he said" @karaswisher.bsky.social w/thanks!

💯😠.. Thank you, @karaswisher.bsky.social

💯😠... ... and the next question after "how" it was done would be "why"... Who benefits from this? Just asking a question...

💯🇺🇲... ... and thank you, @libradunn1.bsky.social. I am not so ironically confident that you would rather be walking your beat at the Capitol this morning than standing as a public voice yearning for a return to relatively peaceful civic engagement.

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💯😠 Thank you, @johncarlbaker.bsky.social h/t @atomicanalyst.bsky.social

💯, thank you, @jfallows.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net

🫢... but what's weirder: - Someone thought of this - Someone would want to do it - It's on "SciFood" blog

💯😠 It's a distinction without a difference, but censoring Tom Hanks? Really?? Perhaps they'll someday try to ban Mr. Rogers reruns by claiming he was a pedophile or The Muppets as illegal aliens... Thank you, @jfallows.bsky.social

💯😠... 🤯(because of complementing Massie...) Thank you, @atrupar.com h/t @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

💯😠 It should boggle the minds and hearts of *any* patriot, living or dead, imagining our predicament on the doorsteps of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with its explicit indictment of tyranny and monarchy. Thank you, @jrakove.bsky.social

💯✊...🤔... a viral meme in the making? ... and if they go to commercial during the first set, as I expect CBS will, start doing it after every change of serve... "Epstein... Epstein... Epstein!"

🤯💯... h/t @joncooper-us.bsky.social... ... and @paulnovosad at that other place. PS: Gov. Kemp's office would not respond to queries... 😠

🤣 Thanks to @theonion.com ... I needed that!

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