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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 4d

A notable response from the most traditionally conservatives of the Ivies. Essentially ‘go do one’.

Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 4d

Dartmouth response to the Trump Administration Compact

president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...

Response to the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ | Office of the President

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 3d

Brett Kavanaugh and his clerks need to read this --->

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From the AskReddit community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the AskReddit community

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

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Joe Germuska @joe.germuska.com · 1d

From 404 Media: Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

In documents created prior to the publication of our article, there is zero mention of concern about the woman’s safety. The records show that the police retroactively created a separate document about the Flock search a week after our article was published, in which they justify the search by saying they were concerned for her safety.

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 1d

Quite a blunt assessment for what Bari Weiss signed up for.

The Linda Yaccarino without the advertising connections analogy seems fairly on the mark.

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 1d

This is an excellent, well-informed piece that demonstrates a very sharp understanding of the huge differences between the worlds of TV news and web publication.

Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

please read my memo www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 21h

“To make matters worse, you have never reported, and they all know it. You don’t know anything about the challenges or judgment calls required for complicated stories.” www.theverge.com/business/793...

Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

www.theverge.com

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like "Policia" on the riot shields should have been a red flag.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 1d

This picture is from 1992 in LA and using it in this post and story shows terrible news judgment.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · 1d

Adam O'Neal vs. a bag of chips is actually a pretty tough call, tbh

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

WaPo letting folks like @crampell.bsky.social & @gregsargent.bsky.social & @pbump.com walk makes the Red Sox trading Mookie Betts for a bag of chips look reasonable.

Great news for Catherine, & us, her readers. What a shanda for the once great newspaper that is now the Free Press on the Potomac.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

“Catherine Rampell is joining The Bulwark, where she will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter while contributing to the company’s podcasts and YouTube channels.

‘Catherine is one of the best…We’re beyond thrilled she’s decided to join us.’”

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

It’s fun to be writing a book about the great work the Civil Rights Division did in the 1960s to eradicate decades of entrenched segregation, discrimination and violence and then read about how the Division today is busy fighting to protect the privileged from imaginary crimes.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 3d

Harmeet Dhillon is now threatening the entire city of Portland because a conservative influencer got arrested outside the ICE building. These people are insane.

Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN

A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. leadership asked for ‘large, beefy’ agents to conduct an arrest of Comey ‘in full kit,’ including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.”

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned

This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 4d

Knee bending in our time: these reporters have integrity. Their bosses? Not so much. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...

Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 3d

Thread, and co-sign. What matters is whether his arrest was justified, and since everyone films everything these days, we will probably find out soon enough.

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 3d

Harmeet Dhillon is now threatening the entire city of Portland because a conservative influencer got arrested outside the ICE building. These people are insane.

Arrest of conservative influencer Nick Sortor outside Portland ICE building now under federal investigation | CNN

A conservative influencer who this week posted videos of clashes outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Oregon, has been released without bond after he was arrested late...

www.cnn.com

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Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 2d

it is honestly stunning how incompetent both of these agents are - they clearly are not physically nor mentally trained to be arresting anyone, much less a random dude in the middle of the street in a city where every passerby hates their guts

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 2d

I hope they think about how one day their children will watch these videos and know that their fathers were bootlicking losers

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

Obviously Hesgeth's comments on changing the culture at the US military and how it will investigate abuses is *very* important context for the murder of a soldier and how it was investigated. For a news organization to say that's off limits is nuts and a disservice angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...

Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

@mjgault.bsky.social was interviewing a ABC correspondent about new podcast on the murder of US solder Vanessa Guillén. When brought up Hesgeth's recent speech, ABC PR interrupted, asked not to talk about that. Then asked Matthew to cut that part. Wild, wild stuff
angryplanetpod.com/p/vanessa-gu...

Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 7d

Apply for the Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship at Harvard.

Work on projects addressing digital transformation, from new revenue models to reporting tools.

✨ Open to US & international journalists.

📌 Deadline: Dec 1 (Intl) / Jan 31 (US):

Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation - Nieman Foundation

The Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation* brings individuals to Harvard University to work on a specific course of research or a specific project relating to journalism innovation. The fellowship is a collaboration between the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Both organizations share a set of common interests […]

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 7d

CBS News is about to become a state propaganda network.

And Republicans hope to enable big network mergers, which would allow them to take control of more networks.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d

According to @oliverdarcy.bsky.social in tonight's Status, Paramount's purchase of The Free Press is imminent and will be announced in the next few days, with Bari Weiss being named the editor in chief of CBS News.

www.status.news/p/washington...

WaPo’s Ad Chief Wavers

Johanna Mayer-Jones, the executive tasked with helming The Post’s ad business, has been weighing her future at the paper—raising the prospect of another high-profile departure at a precarious moment.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7d

Bari Weiss, an opinion writer, running CBS News? A real newsroom? With real reporters covering real beats?

Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social

www.status.news/p/washington...

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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 7d

That’s totally reasonable, right? I mean one side is destroying the government, sending troops to intimidate the other, attacking trans people, dismantling voting rights, banning abortion, removing millions of people’s healthcare… But you wouldn’t want to take sides.
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Jimmy Fallon Plans to ‘Keep My Head Down’ and Avoid Politics on ‘The Tonight Show’: ‘We Hit Both Sides Equally’

Jimmy Fallon says he plans to "keep my head down" and avoid politics on "The Tonight Show."

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