The Media Pipeline
Hint: It's Dangerously Corroded
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration
Liberals Are Left Out in the Cold as Social Media Veers Right
Hundreds of thousands of posts lauding Mr. Trump’s victory filled Truth Social, the social platform that the president-elect owns. Speculation about what the new administration would accomplish ran rampant on X, which is owned by Elon Musk. Gab, Parler and other right-wing social media sites were flooded with thousands of memes glorifying Mr. Trump.
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
The clock is ticking down on a crucial but little-noticed part of President Donald Trump’s first round of executive orders — the one tasking the secretaries of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to submit a joint report, within 90 days, recommending “whether to invoke the Insurrection Act.”
The MAGA Assault on the Media Is Picking Up Steam
Trump’s courts-based intimidation campaign against the press descends from handiwork of one of his most prominent Silicon Valley backers, venture capitalist and neo-reactionary ghoul Peter Thiel.
Capitulation is Contagious
The brave few who stood up to the magnates of...
Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask And Help Others Once You Are Out of Immediate Danger
When an authoritarian regime takes over, NGOs, advocacy nonprofits, and activist organizations face significant threats.
Meta’s Abandonment of Fact-Checking Empowers a President Who Traffics in Lies
Certainly, people can debate policy issues and the virtues of candidates, but fact-checking is another matter. There is such a thing as truth.
Trumpocalypse Now
After years of warnings about what Donald Trump would do if he returned to power, the president is dismantling institutions, warping law enforcement agencies, seeking retribution on his critics, treating undocumented immigrants with cruelty, imposing and threatening seismic tariffs, and openly musing about seizing foreign territories. The American experiment is convulsing before our eyes.
And yet, you wouldn't quite realize it from the tone of the news coverage.
