NEW: Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It Wrote a bit about the content mill for consensus the Trump administration has created to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda. More here: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Ok this part of the interview was fun but don't miss the whole episode. Well worth a listen. Also if you're not already following @jamellebouie.net, fix that!

Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”

@gregsargent.bsky.social Hey Greg, we're interested in having you on our show this week (recording today). Please follow back and DM?

Always read @lopatto.bsky.social: "To: Bari Weiss I honestly cannot believe you’ve willingly decided to go into the worst kind of job that exists: management at a dying company."

How Mark Bray, author of the book on antifa, was targeted with death threats: — Trump signs EO designating antifa as terrorists — DHS memo warns about "antifa-aligned" individuals — Far-right trolls target Bray on X — TPUSA treasurer launches petition against Bray www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

That was amazing fantastic interview and discussion!! And as an OTM supporter I’m deeply embarrassed that Mr. Loewinger didn’t get the Dune quote. 😂

June 11: GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn introduces a bill to defund NPR and PBS because of their "left-wing propaganda" and "radical leftist gender ideology." October 7: The news industry's main trade group gives Blackburn its "Support Journalism Champion Award." Just shameless.

Another week, another excellent @onthemedia.bsky.social episode. John J. Lennon is a vital voice that I wish I'd been familiar with years ago, and I look forward to reading The Tragedy of True Crime. Continuously in awe of how Brooke Gladstone combines compassion and incisiveness in her interviews

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second. We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it. But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan. Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

New @onthemedia.bsky.social pod alert! Produced by @cwango.bsky.social : www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

New pod, check your feeds! Brooke speaks with John J Lennon, an incarcerated journalist serving time at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, about his new book "The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us." Riveting interview. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Well done by @whitehouse.senate.gov

An appropriate day to read @msjpauly.bsky.social's piece on conversion therapy, which first came for gay people before it was trained on trans folk. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Some excerpts from our latest episode, when @micahloewinger.bsky.social asked @jamellebouie.net about some of his mean posts on Bluesky: 1/4

The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here For more like this: tiktok.com/@drewharwell instagram.com/bydrewharwell

If you haven’t already, now’s a good time to listen to our recent episode about Bari Weiss (feat @notalawyer.bsky.social)

I wrote about the ascendance of Bari Weiss from a hack columnist to media royalty, and what it means for the future of CBS News.

Continues to be my favorite radio program and podcast, and continues to prove why @micahloewinger.bsky.social was the right choice to step into the co-host role.

Corey Robin on the power of political fear through history, and how McCarthyism forced anti-fascist ideas out of Hollywood (and how Humphrey Bogart actually betrayed the ideals of his most celebrated film). https://lnk.to/onthemedia/bluesky

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as those with lower incomes after Hurricane Helene. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social and Ren Larson

I think Jamelle was a bit shocked when I started reading aloud his mean posts but he made his case for name-calling pretty well. In this interview we also talk about Trump’s mental acuity, Hegseth’s authoritarian fantasies, learning from history, and regulating fear in politics and life.

@jamellebouie.net on why Hegseth/Trump are attacking the military. @onthemedia.bsky.social

This is really really worth your time and also (surprisingly?) very funny

After another 🙄 week @onthemedia.bsky.social does it again with another great ep this time with the wonderful @jamellebouie.net who had me laughing on my run. Thank god. Because otherwise I'd be crying on my run. Again. Jamelle's students are very blessed & I have that pigman song stuck in my head.

This interview alternates between invigorating and inspiring and very very funny, highly recommended

“Mr. Trump was first told of the cuts by Ms. Hochul during a phone call on Sunday evening, according to three people with knowledge of the conversation.”

everything abt this episode demonstrates the careful research and informed passions of American treasures, like Bouie, Robin, Loewinger, Gladstone. OTM is often, drumroll, flawless. Consider a donation.

NYT columnist @jamellebouie.net unpacks the unprecedented Quantico meeting and why studying history is more important than ever. Plus, a defense of name-calling. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

Loved this convo with @jamellebouie.net . Yes, things are scary, but historical context gives (me) some comfort (things have been worse!), as well as courage to get out there and fight (October 18th is right around the corner and I need to make a new sign!)

Jamelle Bouie and Corey Robin on OTM this week?

🎧 On this week’s show: @jamellebouie.net on how fear of Trump is holding us back, and Corey Robin on eerie parallels between now and McCarthysim. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

I asked Jamelle about his posts calling RFK Jr “a eugenicist freak” Antonin Scalia “a run of the mill gutter bigot” JD Vance “a miserable little pig man, who no one respects, who almost certainly does not respect himself”

Enjoyed the @onthemedia.bsky.social interview with @jamellebouie.net very much

listen to me defend my mean posts www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Show's up! www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Great point from @bencollins.bsky.social to @samsanders.bsky.social: the more human a media org seems, the more people are willing to give the org money. I think this is totally true! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

American Eagle was dragged into an online outrage cycle after conservative media figures claimed that liberals were offended by the clothing company's ads featuring Sydney Sweeney and a denim-themed pun about her "great jeans." We checked the data. That wasn't true. openmeasures.io/american-eag...

Absolutely awful to have to re-circulate @onthemedia.bsky.social's Breaking News Consumer's Handbook on Yom Kippur, but here we are. Stay safe, everyone.

I chatted with Kate Lindsay over at Embedded about how I use TikTok to share my reporting 🤳 embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...

According to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in tonight's Status, Paramount's purchase of The Free Press is imminent and will be announced in the next few days, with Bari Weiss being named the editor in chief of CBS News. www.status.news/p/washington...

@onthemedia.bsky.social out there, informing me of things I didn't know, tied into things that are happening now. The first I heard of Uganda was as a kid in the 1970s when Idi Amin began his reign of terror, but after he was deposed, I stopped paying attention. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

great piece from the always-great @pastpunditry.bsky.social and a welcome antidote to vacuous commentators whose historical memories seem to go back no further than the first iron man movie

The idea that what is happening at the moment is just a backlash or response to left wing censoriousness is rapidly becoming a conventional wisdom, a shibboleth that must be uttered to engage with centrist punditry. This is an excellent rebuttal.

Every year, Hell Gate updates readers on how efforts to bring worker-owned local news to New York City is going. This year’s news is very good: Our independent newsroom continues to grow, thanks to supporters who fund it. Here are some updates we're excited to share! hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-20...

last week i spoke with the NPR show @onthemedia.bsky.social about what it feels like serving on an NIH grant review panel as the Trump administration works to defund and destroy US universities and biomedical research www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

A real honor to appear on @onthemedia.bsky.social 22 years (yikes) after I was a summer intern there.