"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.
American Freakshow author, @ninaburleigh.bsky.social, uncovers a cache of previously unreported global Epstein travel records with a curious pattern — read now:
"[U]nder the terms of [Trump's] deal, [TikTok] would be largely controlled by Oracle, Silver Lake, and Andreessen Horowitz—a trio of companies owned by Trump-aligned billionaires," writes @michaeljones.bsky.social for COURIER.
MTG is calling on Trump to pardon former Rep. George Santos. Santos is currently serving a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty to federal fraud charges.
"Since Disney has opted to join the growing list of media conglomerates capitulating to the Trump regime, my family has opted to cancel our subscriptions to Disney+ and its sister platform Hulu," writes @melissaryan.bsky.social for Ctrl Alt Right Delete.
"[I]f we lose our sense of humor, we’ll lose our minds ... comedy is a great way to get people to pay attention to what’s happening, even if they’re determined to ignore the news," writes @markjacob.bsky.social in today's Stop the Presses.
Disney CEO Bob Iger asked Jimmy Kimmel to “tone down his political rhetoric,” according to Bloomberg. Kimmel reportedly won’t apologize, but he also doesn’t want to put his 200 show employees out of a job.
Democratic mayoral nominee in New York City, Zohran Mamdani, is set to announce that he's cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week, reports amNewYork.
"AI data centers do not cover the collateral costs of their operations – we do. Everyday working class Pennsylvanians will pick up the tab every month, indefinitely," writes Frank Arcoleo.
Resonate's Eric Coffin-Gould and Carly Evans take a look at the social media fallout of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the surge of engagement the right has seen online in this week's edition of FWIW.
