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Parker Molloy

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I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com Chicagoan / wife of @kaylapekkala.com / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4d

Michael Hauser Tov's new Reuters Institute report offers practical techniques that could transform Trump coverage. But media organizations seem more interested in maintaining broken norms than fixing them. www.readtpa.com/p/we-already...

We Already Know How to Cover Trump's Lies. So Why Aren't Newsrooms Doing It?

A new playbook from the Reuters Institute lays out concrete techniques for covering authoritarian politicians. The problem isn't figuring out what to do — it's getting anyone to actually do it.

www.readtpa.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9h

Stu Pickles, making pudding at 4am because he's lost control of his life, wearing a Cubs hat

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Capt. Dustos, Vampire Hunter 👻 @dustinheron.bsky.social · 9h

Theres something beautiful and true here--buried under 50 feet of "what the fuck"

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 10h

“If I can get seconds, thirds and fourths on that raw milk now? Ooh boy!”

Bryce Harper on the birth of his fourth child, a boy, last week: "I've got an incredible wife, man. She pushed that thing out in three pushes and 30 seconds. She's an absolute monster doing it. Women, man, what a breed.
I'm serious, it's an incredible thing."

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9h

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Turns Out Craig Counsell Was Actually Best Baseball Player Of Steroid Era

NEW YORK—After the records of players who used performance-enhancing drugs are carefully removed, statistics provided by the Elias Sports Bureau indicate that lifetime .255 hitter Craig Counsell was t...

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9h

Been trying to figure out who Craig Counsell reminds me of for a while, and I finally figured it out: Stu Pickles

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 9h

Absolutely

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 15h

it was in this moment, where the infamous white nationalist followed by the vice president of the united states shared the cartoon show that neo-Nazis had made about me, that I realized the modern world had gone mad and must end

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 12h

two men are standing next to each other in a room . one of the men is wearing a bears jacket .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a room . one of the men is wearing a bears jacket .

media.tenor.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 12h

I hope he responds to you. He seems to go out of his way to ignore when trans people have tried to interact with him on this topic over the past several years.

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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 13h

Responded to Chait’s take on progressives and the Democrats.

Spoiler: I disagree with him

Jon Chait Thinks Kamala Harris Went Too Far Left. He's Just Falling for Trump's Demagoguery.

A year ago, Jonathan Chait said centrists were winning. When Kamala Harris lost, though, he fell for Trump's anti-trans demagoguery.

theintercept.com

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 14h

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 13h

SCOTUS signaled at its hearings today it may strike down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 19h

Bari Weiss once wrote an NYT column under the headline "We're All Fascists Now."
She said Dave Rubin was called an "anti-Fascist lieutenant" by lefties.
She linked to a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" (left).
The most amazing correction followed. (right)

web.archive.org/web/20180307...

Looks like the Fascist Lieutenant @RubinReport is speaking at an Alt-Right event today. You know what to do, comrades. #Antifa #NoPlatform

Editors’ Note: March 7, 2018

An earlier version of this essay cited criticism of the commentator Dave Rubin as an example of left-leaning attacks on liberals in the public sphere, and linked to tweets that described him as a fascist. Those tweets came from an account that has been reported to be fake. Therefore the example and the links have been removed.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h

If you think today's news media picture is grim, take stock of how Chicago's local journalists are getting at the truth despite Homeland Security's campaign of lies and intimidation.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.

The press steps up as Trump targets Chicago

Local journalism is under siege, but still makes itself indispensable

www.stopthepresses.news

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 18h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 17h

No shit I'm furious. I spent eleven years learning to write well about complex topics in ethical ways, often for criminally low rates, because I believe that work's important. It's deeply insulting to see a total dipshit get fabulously wealthy for telling the rich what they want to hear!

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 16h

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

This is helpful to understand. Thanks for sharing it.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 15h

A bill that basically allows teachers to acknowledge that trans people exist is too spicy for this nazi fluffer

Republicans latched onto the legislation as an example of "gender ideology" at work in state government, with the Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R) demanding Newsom veto it.
The bill promotes the "theory that reproductive anatomy does not necessarily determine a person's gender," Jones wrote in a message to Newsom.
"For third grade students the framework states,"
'When
providing instruction on sexual and reproductive organs, teachers can introduce the concept that gender does not always match the sexual and reproductive organs described," Jones said.
"Teaching controversial gender theories to students as young as eight or nine years old is not a practice that most Californians support, nor want to see happening in our schools."

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

Saw this last week. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn about Epstein's mad basketball skills.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

Folks, it's happening.

We're releasing Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile this Thursday at 7 p.m.

Mark your calendars. Get excited to know even less about Jeffrey Epstein.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

She was running pro-Trump ads in swing states during a presidential election cycle. Truly bonkers stuff. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/p...

Ohio Democratic chair calls for Amy McGrath to take down ad featuring a Trump voter

An ad by Democrat Amy McGrath featuring a Trump voter has a Democratic leader concerned.

www.cincinnati.com

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

Yeah, like she was running TV ads *in Ohio* promoting Trump. Which was a truly messed up thing to do.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

You're a grifter

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

Seriously. Watch the video and then explain to me, in detail, why that girl shouldn't be allowed to play sports with her friends. I'm so sick of bigots like you mouthing off like this.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 15h

None of those bills had anything to do with sports!!!!!

Also, genius, I want you to watch this video and tell me why this little girl shouldn't be allowed to play field hockey with her friends. Bigot. youtu.be/yf9MfYZ-Bl4?...

Meet the Girl Who Lawmakers Want to Ban From Playing Sports

YouTube video by Human Rights Campaign

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