One way to #Resist is to support the very best local indie journalism you can. Mine comes in the shape of @haussamen.bsky.social. In the spirit of great indie reporting, check out this excellent local enterprise story by @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

Yes, the people on your screen observing on the election should know that there's an alternative model for how to do it. It's called the citizens agenda. I have been writing about it, and advocating for it, since 2010. pressthink.org/2010/08/the-... Errol Louis was alluding to it last night:

New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/... This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about. During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

Zohran Mamdani is showing Democrats how to interact with the media. Watch the full episode of Power Lines: youtu.be/xRpE9E7GQTM?... Or listen via a podcast app: link.chtbl.com/PowerLines_S...

38yo Andrew Otazo is a South Florida legend who wanders into the mangroves that line the coast and retrieves literally tons of garbage...then hauls it out by hand. The Washington Post recently shadowed Otazo and documented some of his incredible work. wapo.st/4hDuxjF 🎁🔗

Huge news - Parliament is going to debate the #parkypetition on November 17th

MacKenzie Scott triples down on DEI with $40 million donation to African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

Interesting idea. A entire news market will get a public editor. Indianapolis will be the first local media market to get its own Public Editor, who will monitor all the newsrooms in town. tinyurl.com/2s44zxe8

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended. A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

Careful and powerful analysis by @gregsargent.bsky.social of the New York Times treating Trump's propagandists as "provocateurs" and decision to treat MAGA's ideologically-driven lies as part of a legitimate clash of perspectives in describing Portland. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Small win: #CDC privacy office survived the weekend chaos. Big concerns remain about how HHS, Palantir & others may use STLT data. If agencies must share, we recommend the bare minimum—aggregate if possible—and use high caution and good judgement to protect residents against unsanctioned data use.

NEW: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint against several Trump administration officials, including Karoline Leavitt, Scott Bessent, Kristi Noem and Peter Navarro, for making partisan statements about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign.

I still haven't seen any answer that makes sense to me. Why is an opinion journalist running CBS News as editor in chief? How did that happen, and what is the logic of that appointment? It still isn't clear to me.

"Republicans estimate that 32% of Democrats are LGBT when in reality it is 6%; Democrats estimate that 38% of Republicans earn over $250,000 per year when in reality it is 2%" Reading an academic article on "political sectarianism.:"

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

No mainstream leaders, pundits, media, will treat her life as important as Kirk's. None will see this shooting as dangerous as Kirk's. None will value a brown woman as much as that white man. This isn't just about Republicans. It's the values at the heart of leadership & institutions in America.

1/ This is so f'ing outrageous. You cannot safely restrain people on their stomachs. They're going to kill people. This is very well known now.

ICE reportedly opened fire on rapid responders on the southwest side this afternoon. There are *very few* details on this available at this time. Treat all rumors with caution until verified. This Sun-Times article cites a DHS statement that should be treated, as always, with extreme skepticism:

America tips into fascism" By Garrett Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social Recommended. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

Linked to this yesterday, but I am re-upping today because this is the best piece of practical research I have seen lately. It deals with what's gone wrong in political coverage.

"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice." YES. Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti... Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.

A question every outrage news media viewer should be asking themselves: "am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?" Yes, yes, you are.

Civil society helps uphold democracy and provides built-in resistance to authoritarianism theconversation.com/civil-societ...

My latest:”Through gossamer tributes, Kirk’s cruel condemnation of transgender people & his racist throwback views abt Black Americans were no longer anathema but instead are being treated as just another political view to be respectfully debated —like a position on tax rates or health care policy.”

I have them on my website in case you ever need them! www.jennifermercieca.com/demagoguefor...

Using threats of force and intimidation is a classic strategy of demagogues. It's how authoritarians take over nations and retain power. It has always been one of Trump's signature rhetorical strategies.

Such a wonderful triumph for medical science www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let’s Be Honest About Who #CharlieKirk Was — But Please, Do Not Celebrate religiondispatches.org/lets-be-hone...

Pete Buttigieg WARNS America: “They didn't stop at the law firms. They didn't stop at the Universities. They didn't even stop at the comedians. They are NOT going to stop until they have TOTAL POWER!."

From something I wrote in September 2020... "The big national news providers should have threat modeling teams, just as they all have pollsters." pressthink.org/2020/09/the-...

Arellano, no paywall. archive.ph/rRz5C

Pope Leo XIV demanded Wednesday that Israel stop the “collective punishment” and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza as he pleaded for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the besieged territory amid preparations by Israel for a new military offensive.

#Impeach‰FKJr.

#BrokenPost #WillLewis #Bezos This is the kind of Frankenstein propaganda about Trump as Dear Leader which is the death knell of the Washington Post. It's over. Whoever is fallen, is forgotten. Lets' roll.

Apparently my duet with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social discussing how his #zcavengerhunt was an amazing example of how to build local (and relational) civic infrastructure got flagged on TikTok. For your Bluesky enjoyment:

#Mamdani is right. All three of his opponents -- Adams, Sliwa, Cuomo -- are allies of Donald Trump.

None of the press critics I set up an account here to follow, have commented on IDF killing of #AnasAlSharif, based on their undoc claim he was a Hamas soldier. They've killed 20 reporters for being Hamas, all without documentation. The silence could not be louder. 1/3 cpj.org/reports/2023...

open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/... Fascinating article by @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social on what that nothing burger summit was all about

I’ve written for @noemamag.com about the need for a different approach to economic statistics - the data isn’t ‘rigged’ but it hasn’t kept up with the changing economy www.noemamag.com/the-critical...

"The waste generated by DOGE in six months could have fully covered the President’s misguided rescissions package twice over — with $2.9 billion to spare,” the report states. www.devex.com/news/lawmake...

"Netanyahu and his extremist Cabinet have put Israel in what [T'ruah CEO] Rabbi Jill Jacobs told me is 'the worst position it’s ever been, morally and ethically.'"

From my 2020 post, "Today we are switching our coverage of Donald Trump to an emergency setting." pressthink.org/2020/03/toda...

"Trump’s interference in the sciences is something new. It shares features with the science-damaging policies of Stalin and Hitler, says David Wootton, a historian of science. But in the English-speaking world, it has no precedent, he told me: “This is an unparalleled destruction from within.”

#Resist Daniel Garcia knows what he needs to do.

BREAKING: New documents and testimony make it clear that Emil Bove urged DOJ officials to defy court orders – then misled the Judiciary Committee about it. The facts are disqualifying. And the timeline is damning. Let's break it down. 🧵

#Orbanization of our media system. We're there.

scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...

Outdated laws give presidents far too much leeway to deploy military forces inside the United States. We’re working to reform those laws and establish new safeguards against abuse. bit.ly/43UHkI1