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  • 04/29/2025

    Take It or Leavitt

    In place of legitimate reporters, Leavitt has invited newcomers who transform the press pool into a casting call for a Trump-era Miss USA.

  • 04/22/2025

    Is the Press Next?

    As Trump tries to destroy one free institution after another—universities, law firms, independent public agencies, trade unions—sooner or later he will come for the press.

  • 05/02/2025

    They’re Coming for the Truth-Tellers: Bondi’s Plan to Jail Journalists

    Most alarming part of all is what Bondi reportedly wants to do next. According to sources close to the Justice Department, she has argued that leakers — or even reporters — who provide information that she doesn’t like could be prosecuted for treason, a crime that carries the death penalty.

  • 05/03/2025

    Pure fascist propaganda

    Yesterday, the United States Department of Defense released an AI-generated image venerating the leadership and strength of Pete Hegseth. Of course, there were problems, including the three fingers on one hand, but it doesn’t really matter how many fingers there are because the Party will tell you how many there are.

  • 05/01/2025

    The loss of editorial freedom at 60 Minutes is a sorry milestone

    As with so many of the red alerts – lawsuits, threats, changes in long-held practices that protect the public’s right to know – the problem involves Donald Trump’s overweening desire to control the media.

  • 03/28/2025

    Local news publishers share how they survived attacks on press freedom

    In a country that routinely distrusts and villainizes local news, these attacks did not occur in a vacuum; if they can happen in Clarksdale or Marion, they can happen anywhere.

News

  • Journalism • Technology

    The Machines Are Learning — and They’re Learning to Be Fascists

    Thom Hartmann

    The Hartmann Report

    AI is not just another tech revolution. It’s the perfect storm of surveillance, manipulation, and digital obedience...

    Published On: 05/12/2025

  • Technology • Threat Management

    DOGE’s data “panopticon” pales compared to what’s next

    Nicole Schneidman

    If you can keep it

    If state governments surrender their datasets, there’s no telling how they could be abused

    Published On: 05/12/2025

  • Journalism • Press Freedom

    Pope Leo XIV asks journalists to use communication as a tool for peace

    Sarah Ventre

    NPR

    We must say 'no' to the war of words and images; we must reject the paradigm of war,"

    Published On: 05/12/2025