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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 58m

Samantha Power secretly colluded with Israel to enhance UN role, leaked emails show
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Samantha Power secretly colluded with Israel to enhance UN role, leaked emails show - The Grayzone

Behind closed doors, the noted ‘humanitarian interventionist’ successfully lobbied for Israel’s inclusion on important UN committees even after the Human Rights Council accused it of targeting civilia...

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 59m

Marc Benioff: “I fully support the president… I think he’s doing a great job”

Marc Benioff’s publication: Time “named Mr. Trump its ‘Person of the Year’ last year"

Marc Benioff’s company: “Salesforce has hundreds of software contracts with the federal government”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1h

Wash Post columnist Marc Thiessen — a Fox News contributor and former Bush speechwriter — celebrates: “We’re now a conservative opinion page.”
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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1h

"From the Middle East to Africa, Asia, the Caucuses and Europe, no president has done more for the cause of peace than Donald Trump. If that does not earn him a Nobel Prize, the prize has no meaning.” — Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Yes, Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

His Gaza agreement, though still fragile, adds to an unprecedented peacemaking record.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1h

“You complain about public safety in the District of Columbia, and what are you doing? Defunding their police”
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Trump pledged to make D.C. ‘safe and beautiful.’ His administration cut $40M in homeland security funds.

The Trump administration cuts to homeland security grants in D.C. and 11 states has been paused by a federal judge while they are being challenged in court.

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1h

“the St. Louis School Board is considering closing more than half of its 68 public schools in 2026-27”
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/10/d...

Don’t Fall for the School Closure Temptation

A surge of public school closures is hitting rural and urban America alike. Closures save little money but devastate communities.

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1h

The lack of self-awareness is extraordinary. On CNN just now was nothing but my fellow American Jews… who were not, as best as I can tell, the victims of the Israel/US 2-year genocide against Gaza

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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 23h

Despite being tagged in more than 100 Slack messages, management didn’t respond.

So…

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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 23h

We remain concerned about the wrongful firing of Karen Attiah and continued cuts to the Opinions sections, including layoffs of five Guild members. We asked Post leaders to affirm their commitment to free speech and due process.

Now you can, too:

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Send a letter to Post CEO and Editorial Page Editor voicing your concern

On Friday, Washington Post CEO and Publisher Will Lewis posted a publisher’s note stating that the Washington Post Editorial Board would no longer be endorsing presidential candidates, including in th...

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1d

DC’s horrible Commanders stadium deal gets a shoutout in this excellent video from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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How Billionaires Broke The NFL's Most Loyal Fans

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1d

A glimpse of the kind of journalism we can expect from CBS News now that it’s controlled by MAGA billionaire Larry Ellison’s nepo baby and anti-“woke” ideologue Bari Weiss

From FAIR's Jim @naureckas.bsky.social
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CBS’s Suck-Up to Barrett May Be a Taste of Propaganda to Come

A softball interview with Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett provides a glimpse of the kind of journalism we can expect from CBS News now.

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1d

“there are so many conflicts of interest swirling around the figure of Kushner that it should be nearly impossible for journalists to avoid covering them—and yet they manage to do so remarkably well,” writes Belen Fernandez
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Jared Kushner ‘Out of the Spotlight’—But Not Out of Mideast Politics, or Out of the Money

There are so many conflicts of interest around Jared Kushner that it's hard to avoid covering them--yet journalists do so remarkably well.

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1d

Sinclair's Democratic Dollars

Latest from me...

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Sinclair's Democratic Dollars

Every few years the Sinclair Broadcast Network rears its head, as it did with the recent Jimmy Kimmel controversy, giving me a chance to write about the right-wing station group — as I did Wednesday f...

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 1d

very pleased to have my latest now up at @truthdig.com

Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Sinclair, Nexstar and the consolidation of broadcast television.

MAGA’s Little Media Helpers - Truthdig

The consolidation of broadcast television ownership by networks like Sinclair and Nexstar is precisely what Trump is aiming for.

www.truthdig.com

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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 1d

Sinclair, Nexstar and the consolidation of broadcast television.

MAGA’s Little Media Helpers - Truthdig

The consolidation of broadcast television ownership by networks like Sinclair and Nexstar is precisely what Trump is aiming for.

www.truthdig.com

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 2d

“Kimmel is the beginning. Kimmel is not the end.”

FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 3d

Today, a company's stations can't reach more than 39% of US households—a reasonable safeguard against, say, an authoritarian putsch.

But this sort of media consolidation is precisely what Trump is aiming for, so long as his friends are in charge, as they increasingly are.

fair.org/home/magas-l...

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 2d

and now a quick word from the frontrunner for CA governor, Katie “get out of my fucking shot” Porter
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‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent read on the dangers of Sinclair & Nexstar, and the need for independent media

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about Sinclair & Nexstar, too. Both are bad news for journalism & democracy. bsky.app/profile/linc...

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 3d

The Kimmel boycott is over but these two companies are not done attacking free speech, polluting the airwaves and hurting local news

Read the latest from Jennifer Schulze for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/nexstar-an...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3d

I wrote about Sinclair & Nexstar, too. Both are bad news for journalism & democracy. bsky.app/profile/linc...

Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 3d

The Kimmel boycott is over but these two companies are not done attacking free speech, polluting the airwaves and hurting local news

Read the latest from Jennifer Schulze for Lincoln Square

www.lincolnsquare.media/p/nexstar-an...

Nexstar and Sinclair Are Bad News

The Kimmel boycott is over but these two companies are not done attacking free speech, polluting the airwaves and hurting local news

www.lincolnsquare.media

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 3d

“I always like MAGA-related. If I could, I’d make it 100% MAGA-related.” — Donald J. Trump
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MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 3d

Israel’s New U.S. Influence Campaigns Target TikTok, Churches, and ChatGPT -- but hopefully not Steph Curry!
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Israel’s New U.S. Influence Campaigns Target TikTok, Churches, and ChatGPT

In the wake of SKDK’s cancelled contract, three firms newly registered under FARA are executing influence operations in the U.S. for Israel.

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
fair.org/home/magas-l...

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

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FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 3d

Today, a company's stations can't reach more than 39% of US households—a reasonable safeguard against, say, an authoritarian putsch.

But this sort of media consolidation is precisely what Trump is aiming for, so long as his friends are in charge, as they increasingly are.

fair.org/home/magas-l...

MAGA’s Little Helpers: Sinclair, Nexstar and the Consolidation of Broadcast TV

Sinclair and Nexstar need to stay in Trump’s good graces to ensure FCC approvals. To survive, however, their ABC affiliates need national programming.

fair.org

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Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 3d

It's simply unthinkable that New York Times reporters would participate in a fellowship dedicated to helping Hamas win the “information war.” But for Israel, not a problem
www.dropsitenews.com/p/karsh-fell...

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”

Hardline Israel advocate Jacki Karsh says she founded the new journalism fellowship to help “shift some of the narrative” in Israel’s favor.

www.dropsitenews.com

Pete Tucker @petetucker.bsky.social · 3d

I was hopeful that after Trump’s first term education secretary — Betsy “advance God’s kingdom” DeVos — Linda McMahon would be more like a celebrity joke. But it’s not looking like that. From @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/educ...

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org