It's really is an important distinction. Students go to school being taught to look out for propaganda to be educated citizens. But if the free press isn't using that language, it's that much harder to see for what it is. And then to fight against it.

Revolting to realize the media did a better job fact checking Bush’s lies about invading Iraq than they’re doing with Trump’s lies about invading America.

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CARTOON OF THE DAY

NOBEL rewards democracy over authoritarianism

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨 1/2

Chicago and Portland showing us how it’s DONE!!

Peaceful assembly isn’t an insurrection. Storming the Capitol to hang your own vice-president and end democracy is.

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too. Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

You know the assignment 👍

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Antifa Animal Crossing

Now I see it this for the pure genius that it is. There were hoping for scary young men throwing molotov cocktails to fit their narrative so they could start shooting people. Instead they got dancing cartoon characters showing the country and the world how ridiculous their nazi coslplay is.

And the Portland Frog watches over his soldiers, like a battle-hardened general.

This is awesome.

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A’ja Wilson game winning shot reaction. This was all of us 😂 #WNBA

A'ja Wilson is the 3rd player in WNBA history to have 30+ points and 10+ rebounds in a WNBA Finals game. 💪 See the full stats here: stathead.com/tiny/BdDSU

#Writers"I could always imagine more interesting places to be than where I was. And more interesting people than me being there. Eventually this led to making up stories and writing things down." --Susanna Clarke #Amwriting #kidlitauthor

Adam Kinzinger is on the spot with this video. Release the Epstein files #USDemocracy

Antifa doesn’t exist but the Epstein files do.

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Annals in sane-washing. When I checked NYT, WSJ, Politico, and WaPo for a story abt how Trump invited PizzaGate guy to the White House and declared an end to the First Amendment, this single story that mentioned it was on top of WaPo. Now it's buried. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear. We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Portland:

Abolish this shit from top to bottom.

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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

Police identified a 35-year-old man they believed was responsible for attacking a synagogue in Manchester, England, during a Jewish holiday.

October #NewJewishKidLit releases. Credit to Stacy Nockowitz.

Everyone should search carefully - the first thing I found was a mistake, with three authors (including me) listed on a book we did not write. The book we DID do together isn't listed. I have notified the law firm.

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown. Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

🚨 THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN

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Jane Goodall, the famed primatologist, anthropologist and conservationist, has died, according to the institute she founded. She was 91 years old. This is such a loss everyone and everything on this earth. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Ted Cruz, in a Senate hearing, slipped saying "Let's stop attacking pedophiles" while urging bipartisanship on crime. The remark came amid debates on Jeffrey Epstein files and crime policy reforms.

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A victim of the shooting at the ICE facility is UNCONSCIOUS, in critical care, may not survive, his wife is about to give birth, and ICE IS KEEPING HIM SHACKLED TO HIS HOSPITAL BED: I just unlocked a new level of rage. www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

Tonight!

We're celebrating a book birthday! Congrats to @ellenoh.bsky.social on the release of her middle grade novel, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. If you know young readers (primarily grades 4-6/ages 9-12) who like scary books, then they're going to love this one. Happy publication day! Welcome to the world!

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Why are people saying "this is not normal" over and over again, instead of "this is illegal" or "this is unconstitutional" or "this is treason?" Not normal sounds subjective, wishy-washy and neurotic. It communicates nothing of substance.