Dan Gillmor
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February 8, 2026 at 4:49 AM
The New York Times has done as much as any Big Journalism organization to badmouth San Francisco in recent years. Now it pretends to discover -- by quoting visitors -- that the image isn't the reality.
No doubt, the doom-loop crap will return soon.
No doubt, the doom-loop crap will return soon.
February 7, 2026 at 5:20 AM
The New York Times has done as much as any Big Journalism organization to badmouth San Francisco in recent years. Now it pretends to discover -- by quoting visitors -- that the image isn't the reality.
No doubt, the doom-loop crap will return soon.
No doubt, the doom-loop crap will return soon.
Trump is -- and always has been -- a vile racist. But journalists do -- and always have done -- keep publishing his denials that he is a racist, in the face of the obvious.
February 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Trump is -- and always has been -- a vile racist. But journalists do -- and always have done -- keep publishing his denials that he is a racist, in the face of the obvious.
An example of why I've come to despise Big Journalism:
This NBC News story -- Trump saying he's not involved in Warner Bros. Discovery takeover contest -- is pure stenography. It never mentions that Trump lies about absolutely everything, or that he's already been involved.
This NBC News story -- Trump saying he's not involved in Warner Bros. Discovery takeover contest -- is pure stenography. It never mentions that Trump lies about absolutely everything, or that he's already been involved.
Trump says he'll stay out of the Netflix-Paramount fight over Warner Bros.
The president's comments to NBC News were a reversal from his December statement that he would be involved in the approval process for Netflix’s deal.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 AM
An example of why I've come to despise Big Journalism:
This NBC News story -- Trump saying he's not involved in Warner Bros. Discovery takeover contest -- is pure stenography. It never mentions that Trump lies about absolutely everything, or that he's already been involved.
This NBC News story -- Trump saying he's not involved in Warner Bros. Discovery takeover contest -- is pure stenography. It never mentions that Trump lies about absolutely everything, or that he's already been involved.
Hungary's fascist leader, Viktor Orbán, didn't have as easy a time bringing media under his control as Trump is doing in America -- but he also didn't have a few massive technology oligarchs on his side.
Not a hint on the Washington Post's homepage that it just gutted key parts of its news staff.
Not a hint on the Washington Post's homepage that it just gutted key parts of its news staff.
February 5, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hungary's fascist leader, Viktor Orbán, didn't have as easy a time bringing media under his control as Trump is doing in America -- but he also didn't have a few massive technology oligarchs on his side.
Not a hint on the Washington Post's homepage that it just gutted key parts of its news staff.
Not a hint on the Washington Post's homepage that it just gutted key parts of its news staff.
Cory Doctorow: "America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets."
pluralistic.net/2026...
pluralistic.net/2026...
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Cory Doctorow: "America is not great. It has been gutted by the Epstein class, who robbed us blind, raped our kids, and are now selling us shitcoins and chatbots and the spectacle of protesters being shot in the streets."
pluralistic.net/2026...
pluralistic.net/2026...
Speaking of Wolff, his "I know things about Trump that you don't but which would curl your toes if you did" routine is getting super-tedious.
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Speaking of Wolff, his "I know things about Trump that you don't but which would curl your toes if you did" routine is getting super-tedious.
Epstein, Bannon, 4chan, Trump, Russia -- a cauldron of boiling evil.
Here's how Epstein broke the internet
His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
www.garbageday.email
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Epstein, Bannon, 4chan, Trump, Russia -- a cauldron of boiling evil.
Ethics-wise, Trump and author Michael Wolff look like peas in a pod:
Michael Wolff Advised Predator Jeffrey Epstein on Targeting Trump Per Emails
Newly released emails show Michael Wolff advising Jeffrey Epstein on how to use Trump ties as “PR and political currency,” raising serious ethics concerns.
www.yahoo.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Ethics-wise, Trump and author Michael Wolff look like peas in a pod:
Chapter and verse of Big Journalism's epic failures in the Trump era -- and what's most disheartening is that our top "news" organizations have made it plain they have zero interest in even admitting, much less repairing, the damage they have caused to our nation.
The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism
Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.
newrepublic.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Chapter and verse of Big Journalism's epic failures in the Trump era -- and what's most disheartening is that our top "news" organizations have made it plain they have zero interest in even admitting, much less repairing, the damage they have caused to our nation.
ICE/CBP are criminal agencies, staffed by violent criminals, and gleefully dispatched against Americans by a vicious president and his apparatchiks. It's far worse than most of us understand.
Garrett Graff has done the homework and lays it out here:
www.doomsdayscenario...
Read and share it.
Garrett Graff has done the homework and lays it out here:
www.doomsdayscenario...
Read and share it.
On Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
ICE/CBP are criminal agencies, staffed by violent criminals, and gleefully dispatched against Americans by a vicious president and his apparatchiks. It's far worse than most of us understand.
Garrett Graff has done the homework and lays it out here:
www.doomsdayscenario...
Read and share it.
Garrett Graff has done the homework and lays it out here:
www.doomsdayscenario...
Read and share it.
Trump has been a deadbeat for decades, so no surprise that his regime is stiffing the UN on legally required dues payments, putting the entire organization into danger of folding.
United Nations faces 'imminent financial collapse' without urgent action, UN chief says
The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues in full and on time.
apnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Trump has been a deadbeat for decades, so no surprise that his regime is stiffing the UN on legally required dues payments, putting the entire organization into danger of folding.
Molly White is a peerless observer and explainer of the infinitely corrupt cryptocurrency "industry" and its political schemes.
You really should subscribe to her superb newsletter.
You really should subscribe to her superb newsletter.
Citation Needed
Citation Needed features critical coverage of the cryptocurrency industry and of issues in the broader technology world. It is independently published by Molly White, and entirely supported by readers like you.
www.citationneeded.news
January 31, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Molly White is a peerless observer and explainer of the infinitely corrupt cryptocurrency "industry" and its political schemes.
You really should subscribe to her superb newsletter.
You really should subscribe to her superb newsletter.
Totally unsurprising that Big Journalism is reacting to the arrests of two journalists with ponderous, "balanced" stories that rely on third-party quotes to note that the Trump regime is shredding what's left of freedom of the press.
This isn't a both-sides issue, and this coverage is malpractice.
This isn't a both-sides issue, and this coverage is malpractice.
January 31, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Totally unsurprising that Big Journalism is reacting to the arrests of two journalists with ponderous, "balanced" stories that rely on third-party quotes to note that the Trump regime is shredding what's left of freedom of the press.
This isn't a both-sides issue, and this coverage is malpractice.
This isn't a both-sides issue, and this coverage is malpractice.
Yet another blatantly obvious coverup from the Trump regime, this time in DHS's shape-shifting story about prison videos it now claims never to have recorded.
Remember: You should always presume these people are lying.
Remember: You should always presume these people are lying.
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Yet another blatantly obvious coverup from the Trump regime, this time in DHS's shape-shifting story about prison videos it now claims never to have recorded.
Remember: You should always presume these people are lying.
Remember: You should always presume these people are lying.
Cory Doctorow explains why -- and how -- Canada can counter the Trump regime's political and economic attacks: Become the nation that turns back the enshittification overwhelming average people to further enrich the tiny few who control most of the wealth.
pluralistic.net/2026...
pluralistic.net/2026...
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Cory Doctorow explains why -- and how -- Canada can counter the Trump regime's political and economic attacks: Become the nation that turns back the enshittification overwhelming average people to further enrich the tiny few who control most of the wealth.
pluralistic.net/2026...
pluralistic.net/2026...
Does anyone know a way to donate (online) to a Democratic candidate without going through Act Blue? I don't trust it anymore.
Please don't tell me why I should trust Act Blue. For me, that ship has sailed.
This is about alternatives.
Please don't tell me why I should trust Act Blue. For me, that ship has sailed.
This is about alternatives.
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Does anyone know a way to donate (online) to a Democratic candidate without going through Act Blue? I don't trust it anymore.
Please don't tell me why I should trust Act Blue. For me, that ship has sailed.
This is about alternatives.
Please don't tell me why I should trust Act Blue. For me, that ship has sailed.
This is about alternatives.
Please note that the Trump regime continues to flagrantly, illegally withhold the Epstein documents and plainly has no intention of releasing them (at least until the apparatchiks can destroy/doctor the incriminating stuff).
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Please note that the Trump regime continues to flagrantly, illegally withhold the Epstein documents and plainly has no intention of releasing them (at least until the apparatchiks can destroy/doctor the incriminating stuff).
Pathetic Democratic leadership tells members of Congress to be chickenshits and not go to Minneapolis to support the people standing up to Trump's fascist goons.
archive.ph/jQH9B
archive.ph/jQH9B
January 29, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Pathetic Democratic leadership tells members of Congress to be chickenshits and not go to Minneapolis to support the people standing up to Trump's fascist goons.
archive.ph/jQH9B
archive.ph/jQH9B
Trump regime invades Atlanta elections office. This has nothing to do with investigating voter fraud. It is entirely about the regime's expanding campaign to rig this year's elections.
FBI searches Fulton County elections office as it investigates alleged voter fraud | CNN Politics
The FBI served a warrant Wednesday at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, as it probes alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election.
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Trump regime invades Atlanta elections office. This has nothing to do with investigating voter fraud. It is entirely about the regime's expanding campaign to rig this year's elections.
Yet another federal judge blasts Trump regime for lying and ignoring court orders -- and, as usual, does absolutely nothing about it.
Bottom line: Trump is winning his war on the judicial system.
archive.ph/JhZ5j
Bottom line: Trump is winning his war on the judicial system.
archive.ph/JhZ5j
archive.ph
January 29, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Yet another federal judge blasts Trump regime for lying and ignoring court orders -- and, as usual, does absolutely nothing about it.
Bottom line: Trump is winning his war on the judicial system.
archive.ph/JhZ5j
Bottom line: Trump is winning his war on the judicial system.
archive.ph/JhZ5j
Almost everything about Trump's "Board of Peace" smells of corruption, and Dave Troy's discovery of extremely weird trademarking of the name adds to the reek.
“Board of Peace” Trademark Filings Reveal Its Murky Legal Status
The “Board of Peace” trademarks are not owned by the organization itself, but by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, marking an unprecedented use of executive branch power to protect rights of an ambiguously defined supranational entity.
america2.news
January 29, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Almost everything about Trump's "Board of Peace" smells of corruption, and Dave Troy's discovery of extremely weird trademarking of the name adds to the reek.
Dan Froomkin, one of America's top press critics, dissects what looks like a short-lived internal rebellion by New York Times reporters and editors who -- all too briefly -- told the simple truth about the Trump regime's murder of an American citizen in Minneapolis.
Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing
Truth-telling is hard when your bosses are bootlickers
criticalread.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Dan Froomkin, one of America's top press critics, dissects what looks like a short-lived internal rebellion by New York Times reporters and editors who -- all too briefly -- told the simple truth about the Trump regime's murder of an American citizen in Minneapolis.
The indispensable Garrett Graff points out the pure hypocrisy of right-wingers who are only against tyranny if they imagine that they are the targets.
They love-love-love being the tyrants.
www.doomsdayscenario...?
They love-love-love being the tyrants.
www.doomsdayscenario...?
Minneapolis Proves the Far-Right Isn’t Anti-Tyranny
They’re Anti-the *Wrong* Kind of Tyranny
www.doomsdayscenario.co
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 AM
The indispensable Garrett Graff points out the pure hypocrisy of right-wingers who are only against tyranny if they imagine that they are the targets.
They love-love-love being the tyrants.
www.doomsdayscenario...?
They love-love-love being the tyrants.
www.doomsdayscenario...?
George Will has devoted much of his career to promoting right-wing causes, so it's notable that even he has recognized a core feature of what he calls Trump's "loutocracy."
He says: Assume everything said by the ICE/DHS crowd is a lie unless proved otherwise.
www.washingtonpost.c...
He says: Assume everything said by the ICE/DHS crowd is a lie unless proved otherwise.
www.washingtonpost.c...
January 28, 2026 at 5:03 AM
George Will has devoted much of his career to promoting right-wing causes, so it's notable that even he has recognized a core feature of what he calls Trump's "loutocracy."
He says: Assume everything said by the ICE/DHS crowd is a lie unless proved otherwise.
www.washingtonpost.c...
He says: Assume everything said by the ICE/DHS crowd is a lie unless proved otherwise.
www.washingtonpost.c...