www.kcrg.com/2025/06/12/u... Sometimes you have to speak up to defend free speech.

www.thegazette.com/higher-educa.... United Faculty has been working hard to maintain free speech in the classroom. The Iowa Board of Regents’ proposal is censorship.

Hannah Arendt, the German-American political theorist who studied totalitarian regimes, noted that “The moment we no longer have a free press, anything can happen." This is a way to defend a free press. @jayrosen.bsky.social @brianstelter.bsky.social @clarajeffery.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social

I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.

Google, WTF??? You don’t have to follow the ridiculousness.

There are about 195 countries in the world. Trump has insulted or threatened six (don’t forget Panama) in his first week. At this rate, he will have threatened every country by early September 2025. Helluva foreign policy. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

A shocking betrayal of operating in the public interest, convenience, or necessity. Allen Media Broadcasting is cutting local TV weathercasts at 20+ stations, replacing it with a hub feed from the Weather Channel in Atlanta. Lodge your complaints with the FCC. 1819news.com/news/item/lo...

The terrible irony of the WaPo’s new AI-run reader comments. The AI-created conversation summary: "The comments overwhelmingly express dissatisfaction with recent changes at The Washington Post, particularly the introduction of AI features.” The Post is completely out of sync with its readers.