"If you were playing Shutdown Bingo, you probably didn’t have Marjorie Taylor Greene on your card as one of the loudest voices in Congress calling to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits," writes COURIER's @michaeljones.bsky.social.
"The Trump regime has gone to great lengths to divert attention from what had been their followers’ greatest conspiracy obsession," writes @ninaburleigh.bsky.social as she dives into public records on Epstein in American Freakshow.
MAGA doesn't want you to trust the news. But the truth is, some outlets do a good job of combating misinformation, while others don't. COURIER's @markjacob.bsky.social grades them in this week's Stop the Presses:
COURIER's @melissaryan.bsky.social examines the conversation around protest safety — and whether or not you should feel comfortable RSVPing to upcoming protests.
Is AI outsourcing our humanity? Host of How Is This Better, @akilahhughes.com, is joined by @parkermolloy.com, journalist and author of the newsletter The Present Age, to examine the ups and downs of AI usage.
"Our country is at a tipping point ... How we respond in this moment will have outsized consequences for the future of our democracy," writes founder and executive director of Galvanize USA, Jackie Payne, for COURIER.
COURIER's @ninaburleigh.bsky.social dissects the Marvel-like imagery the Trump admin is using to showcase its assault on American cities — and how right-wing media is helping the admin pull it off.
"With local news in a severe tailspin for decades, there was a real question about whether Chicago’s media would meet the moment. But they have indeed," writes @markjacob.bsky.social in Stop The Presses.
COURIER's @michaeljones.bsky.social takes a look at how Republicans' refusal to come to the table on health care led to the ongoing government shutdown — read now:
Elizabeth Yusi, who oversees major criminal prosecutions in the Norfolk office of the Eastern District of Virginia, has confided to co-workers that she sees no probable cause to believe James engaged in mortgage fraud, reports MSNBC.
In the past 20+ years, though, we’ve seen a shift in how the right responds to climate catastrophes — including building out a robust selection of conspiracy theories from chemtrails to Flat Earth.
"My YouTube channel was the beginning of my journey in electoral politics — and I can tell you firsthand: Democrats are losing the fight for attention on YouTube, and with it, the next generation of voters," writes @ethankelly.bsky.social for FWIW.
"[T] he idea of a former Fox News anchor and recovered alcoholic running a world war is imaginable only in a film where Mike Judge remakes Dr. Strangelove as farce, as the last laugh on our Idiocratized nation," writes @ninaburleigh.bsky.social for American Freakshow.
TV I Say host @theashleyray.bsky.social talks with guests Ashley Lawrence, Camille Corbett, and Charlie Webster about podcast scammers, online girlbosses, and the murky intersections between — watch now:
The National Archives illegally released Rep. Mikie Sherrill's unredacted military personnel file, including her Social Security number, home address. The congresswoman is currently running as the Democratic candidate for Governor in New Jersey.
"The Democratic Party won’t be the Democratic Party without unflinching social justice activism. It’s part of our DNA ... And it also won’t win elections," writes Executive Vice President at Blue State @mayarupert.bsky.social.
