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New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 AM
New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
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If they stick to the pretense of elections, this will all be the prelude to sanewashing Vance. If they intend to ditch voting, expect some serious populist red meat this year.
Trump: "They have the worst policy. How we have to even run against these people -- I won't say cancel the election, they should cancel the election, because the fake news with say, 'He wants the elections canceled. He's a dictator.' They always call me a dictator. Nobody is worse than Obama."
January 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
If they stick to the pretense of elections, this will all be the prelude to sanewashing Vance. If they intend to ditch voting, expect some serious populist red meat this year.
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An excellent case study for those pesky media and hegemony lessons.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
An excellent case study for those pesky media and hegemony lessons.
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Today, Saturday, August 9, 2025, Jen Pawol will be first woman umpire of MLB regular season game. Shoutout also to Perry Barber for her lifetime of work and commitment to help make this historic day possible @umpireplb.bsky.social @mzcsmith.bsky.social @cosell.bsky.social
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Jen Pawol’s ‘super emotional’ reaction to becoming MLB’s first woman umpire: ‘Like a fully charged battery’
A doubleheader between the Marlins and the Braves on Saturday will feature history, with a woman umpire officiating a game for the first time in MLB history.
nypost.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today, Saturday, August 9, 2025, Jen Pawol will be first woman umpire of MLB regular season game. Shoutout also to Perry Barber for her lifetime of work and commitment to help make this historic day possible @umpireplb.bsky.social @mzcsmith.bsky.social @cosell.bsky.social
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Great post. Highly recommended
Wrote about the Dodgers disgracing Jackie Robinson’s legacy by visiting Trump in the White House today. Free and unlocked for all to read: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...
Baseball Stuff I'm Depressed About
Come for the Pirates replacing Roberto Clemente's name and number with a third-rate liquor ad, stay for the Dodgers visiting the president who thinks Jackie Robinson is "DEI."
open.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Great post. Highly recommended
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My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
christinapagel.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
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We are learning that, at the commanding heights of American life, there is little courage. But courage is rising from below. And it is only that that will save us.
I talked about yesterday‘s 50501 protests, which should not be ignored.
FULL ESSAY: the.ink/p/essay-home...
I talked about yesterday‘s 50501 protests, which should not be ignored.
FULL ESSAY: the.ink/p/essay-home...
February 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We are learning that, at the commanding heights of American life, there is little courage. But courage is rising from below. And it is only that that will save us.
I talked about yesterday‘s 50501 protests, which should not be ignored.
FULL ESSAY: the.ink/p/essay-home...
I talked about yesterday‘s 50501 protests, which should not be ignored.
FULL ESSAY: the.ink/p/essay-home...