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In 21st century US politics, the two most important ongoing stories are:
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
January 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
In 21st century US politics, the two most important ongoing stories are:
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
1) The radicalization of the GOP, &
2) the degradation of the information environment, ie, the death of accountability journalism.
Neither gets a fraction of the attention devoted to, say, annoying woke undergrads.
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Watch this clip for a concise explanation of a "pro democracy" press: the arguments for it, examples of how it works in practice, my warnings if it never happens— all from five years ago.
Watch to the end and you will see my attempt at a mic drop.
www.cnn.com/videos/busin...
Watch to the end and you will see my attempt at a mic drop.
www.cnn.com/videos/busin...
Professor Jay Rosen on ‘pro-democracy’ agenda for media | CNN Business
The GOP is trying to erase “a world of common facts,” and this is an enormous challenge for journalists, Jay Rosen says. He says news organizations should take up a “pro-democracy” agenda while helpin...
www.cnn.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Watch this clip for a concise explanation of a "pro democracy" press: the arguments for it, examples of how it works in practice, my warnings if it never happens— all from five years ago.
Watch to the end and you will see my attempt at a mic drop.
www.cnn.com/videos/busin...
Watch to the end and you will see my attempt at a mic drop.
www.cnn.com/videos/busin...
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I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I feel like "attention hacking" is most of politics now. The Minnesota aid fraud story is becoming a perfect example.
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
Recap: In 2022, the Biden DOJ filed the first charges against dozens of fraudsters, many of them Somali-American, who'd fleeced a state food aid program. (1/x)
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I think a thing we'll learn tonight is that people fucking hate what is going on and they will straight ticket vote against anyone involved in starving people while pillaging the country and kidnapping their neighbors. I don't think it matters at all who that person is.
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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this is impossible difficulty for most pundits
I wonder what would happen if we banned pundits from using vague umbrella terms like "The Left" and "The Right" for a week and they were forced to actually grapple with the real organizations and individuals driving the political and media agenda.
June 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
this is impossible difficulty for most pundits
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summed up:
unrestricted funding
minimal reporting
no donor driven agenda
and I’d add: let the group decide how many years they’ll spend it over
unrestricted funding
minimal reporting
no donor driven agenda
and I’d add: let the group decide how many years they’ll spend it over
Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com/article/mack...
MacKenzie Scott's game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: 'Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability'
"What they are saying with trust-based philanthropy is to offer support beyond a check," Indiana University's Pamela Wiepking says, "and that’s typically not what she is doing.”
fortune.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:29 PM
summed up:
unrestricted funding
minimal reporting
no donor driven agenda
and I’d add: let the group decide how many years they’ll spend it over
unrestricted funding
minimal reporting
no donor driven agenda
and I’d add: let the group decide how many years they’ll spend it over
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“My campus is fine, but there are campus speech problems elsewhere”
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Students' thoughts on campus speech. Turns out, very few say faculty are the problem. Students also say campus speech is more problematic at other places than their own campus. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
December 21, 2024 at 10:29 PM
“My campus is fine, but there are campus speech problems elsewhere”
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.
“My community is fine, but crime is a huge problem nationally”
“My personal financial situation is fine, but the economy is terrible”
“My immigrant neighbors are lovely people, but there’s a border crisis”
Etc. Etc. Etc.