From the bottom of my heart, thank you @brianphillips for this summary I have zero doubts about how much more enjoyable this was than having paid attention or trying to catch up on journo group texts

Thrilled to announce my new project: my friend @sohayward.bsky.social & I have a new podcast series! AMERICAN UNEXCEPTIONALISM: Global Lessons on Fighting Religious Nationalism We ask experts in democracy & religious nationalism around the globe to guide us. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/0...

There is an internal narrative at NPR that listenership and support dropped because the Covid pandemic meant fewer commuters listening on the radio (Meanwhile podcasting and audio news shows like The Daily grew by leaps and bounds) The comments on this post appear to tell a very different story

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

Is NPR erasing diverse voices? NPR's Diverse Sources Database - an incredibly resource for qualified experts from underrepresented and marginalized perspectives -- is GONE. Click any link to the former directory and it just says "not found." One example: guides.library.columbia.edu/findingsources

“We got a beating for breakfast. We got a beating for lunch. We got a beating for dinner.” More than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a Salvadoran megaprison have returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.

tada *jazz hands*

There's something about the way men use LLMs that feel like those men at the strip club who believe that the dancers like them for their personality and wit. They just want a toy that makes them feel good.

efficiency, a toxic concept generally, is entirely antithetical to the production of thought and art!

"conservative-leaning" www.npr.org/2025/07/07/n...

Chris Rufo congratulates his "friends at the New York Times" for scooping him on the Zohran Mamdani college application thing.

It’s so so cool to work in a media environment where news managers are terrified of even the slightest whiff of “woke” journalism and yet this kind of person is a bureau chief TrUsT in jOUrnALisM iS at An aLLtiMe lOw wHy?? HOw cAn iT bE Things are really good. Everything is fine and chill

Good lord

I feel an under-appreciated aspect of the relationship between white supremacism and Western support for Israel is the limits to Israel’s perceived whiteness, there’s a definite tendency to discursively re-“Middle Easternize” them when their and Western objectives visibly deviate from each other.

Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

“The federal agency tasked with helping military family members gain legal status now refers them for deportation, government memos show.” apnews.com/article/ice-...

NEW: The Supreme Court's conservatives halt a preliminary injunction that had restricted the Trump administration's ability to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries" where they have never lived and where allegedly face torture. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

"The livestream shows Mario Guevara, who is known for his Spanish-language coverage of immigration raids, wearing a helmet and a vest identifying him as “PRESS” during a Saturday protest against President Donald Trump’s administration..." t.ly/2NqfH

Please have a look at how NPR sees the work of its own reporters who highlight the well documented attacks on American civil rights underway today:

Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter seems to be associated with the authoritarian, charismatic Christian right. 2 months ago, The Christ for The Nations Institute (CFNI) honored Cindy Jacobs, a top apostle and prophet in the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation movement.

we unfortunately do.

2/2 PBS, notably News Hour, remarkably brave and unbowed under current threats. NPR, not so much. We see this contrast elsewhere. (Harvard v Columbia. Perkins Coie vs Paul Weiss.) It's striking.

Ok but which ones tho Also regret is not the same as saying something isn’t true

The immigration protests have spread to Atlanta, where hundreds of demonstrators rallied last night along Buford Highway and six were arrested www.ajc.com/news/2025/06...

We all understand that an event doesn't have to be a false flag for politicians to find ways to make political use of it right? RIGHT?!?

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Simple stories cause harm. I wish this were something more ppl in journalism cared about We deserve no one’s trust if we can’t understand that. And since we don’t, others are ready to take advantage. That’s where we are

So heavy. Heartbreaking to see the rare spaces of trust and camaraderie btw journalists turned into a hunting ground Fitting for good reporting and brave journalists to bite back

"Anyone who has worked in journalism has had the experience of someone who is paid more than them for doing less work coming to them and saying, 'Hey, we’re going to do this thing now, to become more popular.' ... That idea is: 'Do more of the last thing that was popular.'"

Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...

Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."

I felt it

Pronatalism

There's been a lot of talk in certain circles about raising US marital birth rates. Here's the thing: marital birth rates have been stable in the US for about 30 years. 1/

@npr.org EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Agriculture is demanding states hand over personal data of food assistance recipients — including Social Security numbers, addresses and, in at least one state, citizenship status, according to emails shared with NPR.

Scoop: We've obtained internal cables showing how the U.S. government is pushing countries facing tariffs to clear way for Musk's Starlink State Dept says it's good to encourage Starlink adoption Others point to blurring of Musk's private/government roles ... www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives. New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections. More ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

There's a new conservative study purporting to prove that abortion medication is dangerous. Let's talk about why it's horseshit. To start, it's published by a conservative think tank, not peer-reviewed, and contradicts decades of credible research showing mifepristone is safe

That’s some metaphor

NEW @npr.org: ~100 days in, what has DOGE actually done? It hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But Elon Musk's DOGE *has* amassed unprecedented power over data. A deep dive with @shannonbond.bsky.social:

So basically, there was a Signal chat with tech folks and some Harpers Letter writers, and the Harpers folk were chased out when Andreessen realized they would not go along with censorship. But the tech guys stuck with Chris Rufo. www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

"Sure, they’re contemplating a 'baby bonus.' But they’re also cutting funding for children’s health, reversing PFAS and lead pipe rules, eliminating food safety measures, and attacking vaccines. Call it two sides of the eugenicist coin."

So...Passage Press/Publishing reprints old fascist texts and publishes 'race science' advocate Steve Sailer and great replacement proponent Raw Egg Nationalist The brand is no doubt thrilled for the attention being generated

The employees grew concerned that the NLRB's confidential data could be exposed, particularly after they started detecting suspicious log-in attempts from an IP address in Russia, according to the disclosure.

this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview

Something I’d like to explain to people who are not broadcast journalists: If we name a complex, history-laden topic like, oh let’s say, “eugenics,” in our story, we are then obliged to explain that topic for listeners who may never have heard the term or who may not have history PhDs

After Texas banned abortion, dozens more pregnant and postpartum women died in Texas hospitals than had in pre-pandemic years, which ProPublica used as a baseline to avoid COVID-19-related distortions.