Democracy Now's interviews with Jasper Nathaniel today are excellent Part 1: www.democracynow.org/2025/12/23/j... Part 2: www.democracynow.org/2025/12/23/j...

How the GOP consensus on Israel cracked. From Andrew Cockburn: harpers.org/archive/2026...

“We do not believe that it was necessary to subsidize a billionaire to get a stadium on a prime piece of waterfront property where said billionaire very obviously, very badly wanted to build a stadium,” writes @alexbaca.bsky.social ggwash.org/view/101899/...

“This is an example of smart governmental decision-making that takes the long view… It’s like installing protective glass over the Mona Lisa.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/n...

aired my grievances before the close of 2025 and before i log off from work for a year: ggwash.org/view/101899/...

“Kids gave me this platform, and I want to use this platform for kids.” — Ms. Rachel www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/in...

A sentence in the NY Times: “[Israel] has bombarded Lebanon on a near-daily basis since the cease-fire…” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/w...

Must-read reporting on the West Bank from the New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I remember the hope this strike engendered, but knew little of the backstory. Some excellent history here jacobin.com/2025/12/nyc-...

Another must-read Epstein story from Drop Site News www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...

How inspiring from Wes Moore: elect Democrats like me and we’ll shrug our shoulders (while quietly servicing Big Tech) www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Wes Moore giving off some Larry Hogan vibes www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

The guy who owns this newspaper, Jeff Bezos, just named himself co-CEO of an AI company, and made his fortune founding Amazon, one of the leaders in AI. Apparently his newspaper felt none of this was worth mentioning here www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Trump’s FCC is seeking to further loosen ownership limits and allow powerful media conglomerates to usurp more of the airwaves. fair.org/home/fcc-fig...

If you are looking for last-minute gifts, consider Backroom Deals in Our Backyards thenewpress.org/.../backroom...

Another damning Times investigation on Trump’s ties to Epstein www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

“Neither the President nor his family have ever engaged, or will ever engage, in conflicts of interest.” — Karoline Leavitt www.wsj.com/politics/tru...

Opening line: “Signing a 12-figure contract with a customer is one thing. Collecting is a whole other matter.” www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

WaPo did a Q&A with the Vanity Fair photographer who caused an uproar over his pictures of Trump staffers. His last response 👀 www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

So much for last night’s distraction www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

“We don’t sleep—not at night, nor during the day—because of the garbage. The smell comes at us constantly, and our children are ill… We’re dealing with an infestation of germs and insects.” must-see videos www.dropsitenews.com/p/garbage-po...

Amid rising worries, parents delay the first smartphone… my sister Becca Tucker writes substack.com/inbox/post/1...

“The rush to blame the shooting on a pro-Palestinian slogan reflects the extent to which right-wing (and centrist) media serve as an echo chamber for Israeli talking points,” writes Ari Paul fair.org/home/pundits...

“How did a college dropout from Brooklyn claw his way from the front of a high school classroom to the pinnacle of American finance, politics and society?” Very good (and long) read… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/m...

“For years, Pritzker has bankrolled an array of liberal causes and his own political career at a nearly unrivaled clip, pouring more than $508 million into state and federal elections since 2015, including at least $348 million for his campaigns.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

interesting background on the Monroe Doctrine from Greg Grandin www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/o...

“In what strikes me as an unintentional acknowledgment of weakness, the full membership of the editorial board – which the Post used to proudly list under every unsigned editorial — is now a closely guarded secret." presswatchers.org/2025/12/wash...

Pitch perfect from Antony Loewenstein www.democracynow.org/2025/12/15/b...

There are no adults in the room... just a bunch of AI bros leading us to god knows where (Meanwhile they’re busy building their bunkers and space ships for when the shit hits the fan) www.wired.com/story/google...

thank god this didn’t exist when I was in high school and college. Says a lot that we give this industry a free hand to feast off the vulnerable developing minds of boys and young men www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Fixed it

The Cold War was a good thing; the Vietnam War a mere blunder. And we must now spend ever more for the wars to come. Such is the unassailable logic not of Fox News, but of our leading liberal newspaper, The New York Times www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The SEC "is no longer actively pursuing a single case against a firm with known Trump ties… The agency’s only remaining crypto cases are against little-known defendants without clear ties to Mr. Trump.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...

“While bribery is illegal under federal law, the definition of what can be considered bribery has been limited by recent Supreme Court rulings.” jacobin.com/2025/12/goog...

George Mason is a public university

Shared some thoughts on my latest story (on NYT's Gaza coverage), the Sydney shooting, and more petetucker.substack.com/p/petes-podc...

At some point, the New York Times will have to offer a mea culpa for its complicity in Israel’s genocide (as it did with the Iraq War). Until then, readers will have to make do with being gaslit. fair.org/home/nyt-edi...

“He’ll be lucky to have a bookmobile.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...

“you can’t make the case for populism on the Jeff Bezos owned Washington Post opinion page committed to justifying inequality,” writes Dean Baker substack.com/inbox/post/1...

My latest

“Some critics say we’re mouthpieces for Hamas,” said a top NYT editor. Wait, what? Was he gaslighting readers, or about to come clean about his boss’ familial tie to a group known for pro-Israel zealotry? My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/nyt-edi...

PJM, the largest US grid operator, “plans to power new data centers that it knows it doesn’t have the capacity for — prompting an energy watchdog to warn of heightened blackout risks.” jacobin.com/2025/12/data...

“Well, I would say Zohran’s entire campaign was focused on two issues. Affordability was one. A critique of the state of Israel was another.” — Mahmood Mamdani on his son’s campaign www.democracynow.org/2025/12/11/m...

“Regulate these fuckers.” - Antony Loewenstein www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0_5...

Any number of thoughtcrimes can land you on the FBI’s expansive enemies list — which should be a big story, but somehow isn’t, writes Jim Naureckas  fair.org/home/fbi-is-...

Wild story, great reporting www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Hegseth and his acolytes drag the Pentagon down and down. A bizarre story of one small piece of how that happens. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

These cartoonists' depictions of Mamdani really feel like they’re from another era fair.org/home/with-tu...

First off, I thought engaging in "hateful conduct" was the whole point of Twitter/X. But secondly, I did nothing of the sort. I merely quoted @mizzwelch.bsky.social, the subject of the Times profile

“I used to be a good MSNBC liberal that libbed out and bought into all of that… [But] when you lose a political race two times to a moron, you really have to go, ‘OK, what in the actual fuck is going on?’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/s...