Mark Jacob
@markjacob.bsky.social
Former metro editor at Chicago Tribune and Sunday editor at Chicago Sun-Times. Co-author of 10 books, mostly on history. Writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter at www.stopthepresses.news. Subscribe! It's free.
ABC apparently thinks everything is a matter of opinion, including the U.S. Constitution.
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ABC apparently thinks everything is a matter of opinion, including the U.S. Constitution.
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Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was charged with stalking and home invasion and was freed on $25,000 bond after his lawyer said, ”There’s no evidence to suggest he’s a threat.” Um, what?
Sherrone Moore charged with stalking, home invasion after being fired as Michigan football coach
Prosecutors say fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore threatened to kill himself in front of a woman with whom he had been having an affair after she broke off the relationship an...
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was charged with stalking and home invasion and was freed on $25,000 bond after his lawyer said, ”There’s no evidence to suggest he’s a threat.” Um, what?
I used to live in Arkansas, which seemed to be making progress on education until a wave of Christofascist ignorance embraced by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed the state back into the Stone Age.
Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1
The commission that oversees public television in Arkansas has voted to sever ties with PBS, making it the first state to end its contract with the broadcast giant.
apnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I used to live in Arkansas, which seemed to be making progress on education until a wave of Christofascist ignorance embraced by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders pushed the state back into the Stone Age.
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News orgs need to stop doing stenography for antiscience disinformers (Prasad).
Should @nytimes.com edit headlines/make substantial rewrites w/o informing readers? Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example + our analysis.
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open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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News orgs need to stop doing stenography for antiscience disinformers (Prasad).
Should @nytimes.com edit headlines/make substantial rewrites w/o informing readers? Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example + our analysis.
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open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don’t Notice
The New York Times aided the MAGA, anti-science FDA in its mission to undermine the public’s trust in life saving vaccines. Another example of editorial decisions undermining trust in the Grey Lady.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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#JournalismSky
#MedSky
News orgs need to stop doing stenography for antiscience disinformers (Prasad).
Should @nytimes.com edit headlines/make substantial rewrites w/o informing readers? Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example + our analysis.
👇
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
#JournalismSky
#MedSky
News orgs need to stop doing stenography for antiscience disinformers (Prasad).
Should @nytimes.com edit headlines/make substantial rewrites w/o informing readers? Should they document edits?
Here’s an egregious example + our analysis.
👇
open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...
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The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
This is the guy who said his daughter made him promise not to date anyone younger than her. His daughter was 17 at the time.
December 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is the guy who said his daughter made him promise not to date anyone younger than her. His daughter was 17 at the time.
Deep dive by WBEZ’s Dan Mihalopoulos and the Chicago Sun-Times’ Lauren FitzPatrick into the background of Greg Bovino, the face of the immigration crackdown who is described by one critic as “the Liberace of the Border Patrol.” @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social
Greg Bovino's the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Deep dive by WBEZ’s Dan Mihalopoulos and the Chicago Sun-Times’ Lauren FitzPatrick into the background of Greg Bovino, the face of the immigration crackdown who is described by one critic as “the Liberace of the Border Patrol.” @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social
How soon till this guy makes an “investment“ and gets a pardon from Trump?
Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for fraud
Co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs given more jail time by US judge than prosecutors sought
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How soon till this guy makes an “investment“ and gets a pardon from Trump?
I knew we could count on the New York Times to write a normalizing headline about Trump’s fake “pardon” of Colo. voting machine tamperer Tina Peters. The headline makes it seem as if Trump knows it’s only “symbolic”; Trump didn’t say that when he ridiculously claimed a power he doesn’t have. 1/3
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I knew we could count on the New York Times to write a normalizing headline about Trump’s fake “pardon” of Colo. voting machine tamperer Tina Peters. The headline makes it seem as if Trump knows it’s only “symbolic”; Trump didn’t say that when he ridiculously claimed a power he doesn’t have. 1/3
Trump has as much power to pardon Tina Peters on state charges as I have the power to award the 2025 World Series trophy to the Chicago White Sox.
BREAKING: Donald Trump claims he has granted a “full pardon” to Tina Peters — the Colorado election denier serving a state sentence.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Presidents cannot pardon state crimes. His statement has no legal force.
Trump Grants Tina Peters a Legally Meaningless 'Pardon'
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump has as much power to pardon Tina Peters on state charges as I have the power to award the 2025 World Series trophy to the Chicago White Sox.
It’s OK to enjoy a little good news.
Indiana Senate Republicans reject Trump’s redistricting push | CNN Politics
The Indiana Senate on Thursday voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressu...
www.cnn.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
It’s OK to enjoy a little good news.
The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The key question in American politics now is whether public disapproval of Trump will grow fast enough to save our democracy before Trump builds such a crushing dictatorship that public opinion no longer matters.
No one believes this.
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
No one believes this.
Vance and Trump Jr., reinforcing weeks of death threats against independent-minded Indiana Republicans, are pressuring them to help rig next year’s midterms.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
It’s all hands on deck today for the MAGA mob threats and intimidation.
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Vance and Trump Jr., reinforcing weeks of death threats against independent-minded Indiana Republicans, are pressuring them to help rig next year’s midterms.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
The Trump regime is a Mafia-style criminal enterprise.
Kristi Noem is one of the most blatant liars in the Trump regime, topped in brazenness only by Howard Lutnick and in volume only by Karoline Leavitt.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Kristi Noem is one of the most blatant liars in the Trump regime, topped in brazenness only by Howard Lutnick and in volume only by Karoline Leavitt.
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Lindsey Graham voted to confirm RFK Jr.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Lindsey Graham voted to confirm RFK Jr.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The people of South Carolina should vote for @drannieandrews.com.
The Republican Party is a traitor party, actively working to undermine democracy and impose a Trump dictatorship. They show us that sad fact every day.
December 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Republican Party is a traitor party, actively working to undermine democracy and impose a Trump dictatorship. They show us that sad fact every day.
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What Mark said.
Foreign tourists staying out of the US is not just a sensible personal decision.
It's also an act of solidarity with the American resistance.
Foreign tourists staying out of the US is not just a sensible personal decision.
It's also an act of solidarity with the American resistance.
No foreign tourists should come to the U.S. until we defeat the fascists. Boycott the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. and the 2028 Olympics in L.A. We are politically diseased and should be quarantined.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What Mark said.
Foreign tourists staying out of the US is not just a sensible personal decision.
It's also an act of solidarity with the American resistance.
Foreign tourists staying out of the US is not just a sensible personal decision.
It's also an act of solidarity with the American resistance.
I used to call Trump a “would-be dictator.” I now call him a dictator.
His masked thugs are terrorizing cities.
He‘s trying to jail his enemies.
He’s starting a war on a whim.
He’s taking control of news media.
The Institute of Peace is now “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
He’s a dictator.
His masked thugs are terrorizing cities.
He‘s trying to jail his enemies.
He’s starting a war on a whim.
He’s taking control of news media.
The Institute of Peace is now “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
He’s a dictator.
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I used to call Trump a “would-be dictator.” I now call him a dictator.
His masked thugs are terrorizing cities.
He‘s trying to jail his enemies.
He’s starting a war on a whim.
He’s taking control of news media.
The Institute of Peace is now “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
He’s a dictator.
His masked thugs are terrorizing cities.
He‘s trying to jail his enemies.
He’s starting a war on a whim.
He’s taking control of news media.
The Institute of Peace is now “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
He’s a dictator.
A president doesn’t get to decide which news you watch.
But a dictator does.
But a dictator does.
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A president doesn’t get to decide which news you watch.
But a dictator does.
But a dictator does.
No one should be surprised when a convicted felon kills people and steals things.
Q: What happens to the oil on the tanker you seized?
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
No one should be surprised when a convicted felon kills people and steals things.
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The world is welcome to come to Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽 in 2026 to attend the games in these North American countries!
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No foreign tourists should come to the U.S. until we defeat the fascists. Boycott the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. and the 2028 Olympics in L.A. We are politically diseased and should be quarantined.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The world is welcome to come to Canada 🇨🇦 and Mexico 🇲🇽 in 2026 to attend the games in these North American countries!
🎉⚽️👍
🎉⚽️👍
No foreign tourists should come to the U.S. until we defeat the fascists. Boycott the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. and the 2028 Olympics in L.A. We are politically diseased and should be quarantined.
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
No foreign tourists should come to the U.S. until we defeat the fascists. Boycott the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. and the 2028 Olympics in L.A. We are politically diseased and should be quarantined.
If racist white people are so convinced of their superiority, why are they terrified about hard-working black and brown people showing up? Why are they afraid of the competition?
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If racist white people are so convinced of their superiority, why are they terrified about hard-working black and brown people showing up? Why are they afraid of the competition?