AvatarPete ConryFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoWhy NBC Is Suddenly in Full Meltdown Over Ronna McDaniel Hiring Fiasconewrepublic.com - The Daily Blast with Greg SargentThe revolt among NBC personalities is extraordinary—and could force a real debate about all the ways the media enables Donald Trump and MAGA. NBC News …
AvatarPete ConryFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo5 days agoMedia Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more"boingboing.net - Jennifer SandlinWe need to talk more about Project 2025, the terrifyingly right-wing blueprint crafted by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation that is meant …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarWhat Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilitiesverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By John HendricksonTrump fans don’t like how he demeans people. They’ll vote for him anyway. Last weekend, I stood among thousands of Donald Trump supporters in a windy airfield, watching them watch their candidate. I traveled to the former president’s event just outside Dayton, Ohio, because I couldn’t stop thinking …
AvatarPete ConryFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThese Companies Pay Their Executives More Than They Pay in Taxestruthout.org - Sarah AndersonIn his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and the very wealthy …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarTrump Says Some Migrants Are ‘Not People’ and Predicts a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Losesverified_publisherThe New York Times - Anjali HuynhIn a caustic and discursive speech in Ohio, former President Donald J. Trump once again doubled down on a doomsday vision of the United States. Former President Donald J. Trump, at an event on Saturday ostensibly meant to boost his preferred candidate in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary race, gave a …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarHow Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformationverified_publisherThe New York Times - Jim RutenbergIn the wake of the riot on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021, a groundswell built in Washington to rein in the onslaught of lies that had fueled the assault on the peaceful transfer of power. Social media companies suspended Donald J. Trump, then the president, and many of his allies from the platforms …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarTrump Says There Will Be a 'Bloodbath' and Elections Will End f He Isn't ReelectedRolling Stone - Althea LegaspiDonald Trump appeared at a rally hosted by super PAC Buckeye Values in Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday supporting Bernie Moreno, the Senate candidate vying …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarD.C.’s Crime Problem Is a Democracy Problemverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Harry JaffeHomicides have risen in the nation’s capital while falling elsewhere. One key difference: D.C. residents can’t elect their own D.A. Matthew Graves is not shy about promoting his success in prosecuting those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. By his count, Graves, the U.S. attorney for …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarWhy Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian nations in the worldverified_publisherNPR - Lauren Frayer , Fatima Al-KassabDUBLIN — When Fatin Al Tamimi immigrated to Ireland in 1988, she felt like hers was the only hijab on the streets of Dublin. There weren't many other Arabs or Muslims in Ireland at that time. "People thought I was a nun! They were always like, 'Bless you, sister,'" the educator and activist recalls, …
AvatarPete ConryFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIt Sure Seems Like the Courts Have Placed Christianity Above Other Faithsslate.com - By Steve Kennedy“Religious freedom” is having a moment in federal courts. One of the big successful goals of the conservative legal movement was that religious …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarRupert Murdoch's new Russian fiancée ties him to a sprawling web of money — with some surprising connectionsverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Kwan Wei Kevin TanRupert Murdoch, 92, is engaged again. For his fiancée, Elena Zhukova, 67, the engagement stands to add another page to a storied family history and sprawling ties to wealth and power. And with this union comes some new, shared history between Murdoch and a couple of Russian oligarchs, one of whom is …
AvatarPete ConryAvatarAvatarWhy PragerU is trying to get into schoolsverified_publisherNPR - Lisa HagenDespite the suggestive sound of its name, PragerU is not a university. It's a content creator. The conservative media nonprofit makes short, well-produced videos crafted to appeal to college students and young people. It has polished animations and titles like "What Radical Islam and the Woke Have …