Netflix won't counter Ellison's offer. Ladies and gentleman, the full right wing power grab is here and will now be beamed into every home on CBS, CNN, HBO, movies from Warner and Paramount. about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...

well this is dismal

JUST IN: Warner Bros. Discovery says Paramount Skydance's offer is superior to Netflix's

Turning Point Action will bring together U.S. and international politicians at a conference next week — including members of far-right parties across the globe. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

AAUP members are rejecting the Commission for Public Higher Education accreditation standards, which threatens to introduce unprecedented partisan influence over universities. Check out this thread and graphics explaining what is at stake nationally, especially at southern universities⬇️

Candace Owens knows she doesn't need to deliver any receipts with her Erika Kirk series, because it's all about the attention economy. “You can absolutely grow an audience by people being mad at you,” professor Casey Fiesler told the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Jubilee Media Helped Take Charlie Kirk Mainstream. What Do Its Video Debates Mean for the Future of Politics?

Update: They passed it. We witnessed and walked out.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country. www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

the fact the president of the united states is even thinking about asserting emergency powers to disrupt an election - just a few years after he incited an armed coup attempt - should be the top issue. but the media mostly shrugs and the opposition doesnt focus on it.

"This isn't the quiet nepotism of a board appointment at a regional energy company. This is converting the presidency into an asset class. And it’s a whole lot more lucrative than signing up to run for office based on your family name."

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 "Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship — Harvard’s highest faculty distinction — and remaining on leave until that time"

Now up on Substack with a note about the release today of the attack on Erika Kirk from you know who.... substack.com/@matthewboed...

Now up on Substack with a note about the release today of the attack on Erika Kirk from you know who.... substack.com/@matthewboed...

In local news www.ajc.com/news/2026/02...

Utah's Prop. 4 repeal is at 92% of the statewide signature goal, and reached the 8% threshold in nine Senate districts, leaving 17 more to go. The signature removal push has taken ~3,500 names off petitions and is threatening to derail key districts. Read more: utahpolitics.news/utah-prop-4-...

BREAKING: Credible whistleblowers detail how Kash Patel’s misuse and mismanagement of FBI aircraft and resources have complicated high-profile investigations, such as the Charlie Kirk assassination and Brown University shooting.

True story: the congresswoman named her dog after the assassinated TPUSA leader

Dick Durbin says part of the FBI’s investigation of the murder of Charlie Kirk was delayed because of Kash Patel’s misuse of FBI flight personnel. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

FWC biologist fired for Charlie Kirk post seeks summary judgement floridaphoenix.com/2026/02/23/f...

This account of a scholar being targeted by a violent extremist group is chilling. Also chilling is the UNC System Office's lack of genuine concern for our safety. Because their real goal is to put academic freedom on ice. 1/ @aaup.org www.wunc.org/education/20...

Daily Wire: Erika Kirk will be at State of the Union tonight, be featured in Trump adress.

Coming tomorrow on my Substack newsletter called Turning Points. Subscribe for free: substack.com/@matthewboed...

Hank Poitras aka "Planet Hank” once joked about sexually mutilating women as a punishment for getting pregnant. On Friday, he delivered a keynote address at an event in Barre celebrating Turning Point USA’s first chapter in Vermont. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

Coming tomorrow on my Substack newsletter called Turning Points. Subscribe for free: substack.com/@matthewboed...

New accreditor's mandate for "intellectual diversity" invites partisan interference. “When I stop and think about it, I don’t really know what it means. I don’t know what they’re measuring. Do they want to know who I voted for president last time around?” —Carol Harrison, South Carolina AAUP

🚲 manufacturers v. Trump

Hegseth frames Trump policies as ‘biblical’ in address to Christian broadcasters religionnews.com/2026/02/20/c...

The UNC Board of Governors is trying to rewrite the definition of academic freedom, restricting what faculty can say & do in their classrooms & in public. This is a broader effort to limit open inquiry & free debate in higher education. We know what the aim is. We can’t let this happen.

I graduated with a journalism degree from a top school in 2001. The city of my school still has a daily and a campus newspaper. But the former is a skeleton crew doing the best it can. The campus paper sold its building to sustain its future.

UPDATE: A scheduled appearance by Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk at the Utah State Capitol on Monday is off after news of her visit leaked. Read more: utahpolitics.news/update-utah-...

I graduated with a journalism degree from a top school in 2001. The city of my school still has a daily and a campus newspaper. But the former is a skeleton crew doing the best it can. The campus paper sold its building to sustain its future.

As the @aaup.org long noted and in part why it censured Georgia university system for PTR policy

As the @aaup.org long noted and in part why it censured Georgia university system for PTR policy

SCOOP: Naval Academy leaders sent an email to faculty this week that teaching about “divisive concepts” such as systemic racism + sexism is no longer permitted. Faculty also can’t talk about environmental justice or gender ideology. Our exclusive: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

A second story about Turning Point USA starting in Ireland: “A European tour by Turning Point USA, including Erika Kirk, is likely to take place over the summer.” www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

A second story about Turning Point USA starting in Ireland: “A European tour by Turning Point USA, including Erika Kirk, is likely to take place over the summer.” www.thetimes.com/world/irelan...

What If Turning Point USA Is Wrong about Everything? This week's Substack looks at my being named to Turning Point's Professor Watchlist. open.substack.com/pub/greggarr...

Candace Owens’ skirmish with Turning Point USA sums up the right’s disinformation predicament www.ms.now/opinion/cand...

You have to wonder now if this renown rhetoric professor in Texas has to change how she teaches statis theory - a core concept in her discipline - because the powers that be might see her question below as “unnecessarily controversial.”

The University of Texas system has voted to limit 'controversial topics' in class. Where's the academic freedom? "A faculty member is not going to be able do talk about current events without risking being fired. What kind of education is this?" —Brian Evans, President of @texasaaup.bsky.social

You have to wonder now if this renown rhetoric professor in Texas has to change how she teaches statis theory - a core concept in her discipline - because the powers that be might see her question below as “unnecessarily controversial.”

If you know your Stases (fact, definition, value, policy) you know that we should be debating whether or not to call Trump a "president" or some other title. He said he wanted to be a "dictator," is he? A visual argument. >>