Paul Loop
@ploop52.bsky.social
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Left liberal; ally; SDSU grad; Dodger *and* Charger fan — for balance; ink-stained wretch in a previous life.
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hamiltonnolan.bsky.social
Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.
cmgiulini.bsky.social
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
ploop52.bsky.social
"in error"
goldengateblond.bsky.social
it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.
Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error
www.nytimes.com
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cwebbonline.com
It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.
ploop52.bsky.social
This guy, who scams millions out of their money and their attention parading as an oracle, can barely make heads or tails of a really simple story. Really pathetic.
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johnlurie.bsky.social
Artist's soul corroded by assholism.
ploop52.bsky.social
She called the asshole to flatter him. Smart move.
ploop52.bsky.social
It pains me endlessly that one of the great musical groups is the house band for that hack.
ploop52.bsky.social
A dip into the archives of the Orange County Register circa late 20th/early 21st century would give a fair picture of what op-ed pages are like when governed by true-believing, corporate-adoring conservative libertarians. The same opinions repackaged daily under the names of six different writers.
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jayrosen.bsky.social
Linked to this yesterday, but I am re-upping today because this is the best piece of practical research I have seen lately. It deals with what's gone wrong in political coverage.
jayrosen.bsky.social
"If we want different results, we have to abandon standard practice."

YES.

Finally, someone put together what I and many other critics have been saying about political coverage — then took it further. reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/harm-reducti...

Author Michael Hauser Tov is 28 years old.
ploop52.bsky.social
But why her? Why is someone with a "modest" subscription base but a huge conservative media profile singled out to run the news at CBS?
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jayrosen.bsky.social
I am following this debut, and I don’t know anyone who can explain why an opinion journalist has been chosen as Editor-in-Chief. Did we need more opinion at CBS?
kevincollier.bsky.social
Not an expert on this stuff but I have the sense that no one backing Weiss understands that what she has done her whole career, opinion-based news-flavored content, is distinct from news reporting.
maxtani.bsky.social
Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."
ploop52.bsky.social
the razor in the apple.... you can claim anyone whose reporting you don't like is a "security risk." the same way you can take an ad hoc movement like antifa, capitalize the first A and call it a terrorist "organization."
ploop52.bsky.social
Besides his installing a right-wing hack like Weiss, it will be interesting to see how Ellison deals with Paramount's left-ish programming. I haven't seen Elsbeth, but 'The Good Fight" which spawned it was adamantly anti-MAGA.
ploop52.bsky.social
Or she could merely ignore the lies and amplify them passively.
ploop52.bsky.social
He has a month to refile and it'll be the same shit.
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asharangappa.bsky.social
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
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bubbaprog.xyz
it's also really important to spread the "this is illegal" message as far as you can because the majority of people are not exposed to it! most people do not even know the government is doing the illegal thing it's doing, let alone that it's illegal. when they learn about it they get mad!
asharangappa.bsky.social
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
ploop52.bsky.social
And, by the way, there are going to be negative effects on ABC stations when the audiences for their local newscasts find out that Family Feud reruns are coming up next instead of Kimmel and a lineup of popular entertainment figures.
ploop52.bsky.social
Asking the lawyerly types in my group: As Trump presses his free-speech repression against late-night talk show hosts, is there anything to prevent them from suing him and the FCC?
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fleerultra.bsky.social
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining